Since the beginning of autumn last year, the state of Pausswart has generally suffered from severe drought.
If the other party does not give it, they will rob the Hailan government by themselves, although it is rich, it is not able to buy all the affected Baoshihua city-states, and these disaster people, instigated by their lords and even led by themselves, swarmed across the border like locusts, broke into the territory of Hailan to burn and loot, forming a joint force from north to south, increasingly spreading to the depths of the Bologni Peninsula, and even threatening the safety of the towns near the capital.
The top priority of the Hailan authorities was to expel this group of bandits from the north, and they did not have the strength to resist the threat from the sea at the same time, and despite their many grievances, they did not dare to openly refuse the demands of the Imperial Navy, and after many negotiations, they were finally forced to allow the Imperial Navy to borrow Coral Harbor as an anchorage until the end of the war.
On 22 April, the Imperial Navy fleet sailed into the Golden Horn and entered Coral Harbor that afternoon.
Most of the social strata were critical of the ruling authorities' compromise and weakness towards the Yasan Empire, fearing that the Imperial fleet would occupy Coral Harbor and refuse to leave, while more far-sighted people feared that once the Imperial Navy captured Parnia, it would send an army to firmly occupy the Parnia Peninsula and then intervene in the affairs of the Golden Horn, posing a challenge to Hailan's traditional sphere of influence.
All of the above criticisms have increased the pressure on the royal family and cabinet of the Sea Blue, and they have to deeply reflect on the impact of the Imperial Fleet's crusade on the local situation and the hidden dangers they have sown.
After a heated debate, the rulers of Hailan reached a consensus: the victory of the Imperial Crusade was by no means good news for Hailan.
Hailan is currently unable to send troops to stop the Imperial fleet from moving north, nor does it want to see the Parnias grow stronger and stronger with the support of the Kingdom of Kolas, competing with Hailan for supremacy in the waters of the Golden Horn, so the better option is undoubtedly a "two-sided bet": on the one hand, Coral Harbor will be lent to the Imperial Navy as a wartime anchorage, and on the other hand, it will try to get in touch with the Far Eastern high-level to explain to them the bitterness of having to lend Coral Harbor, and take the initiative to provide the Far Eastern Navy with detailed information on the Imperial fleet's every move.
In this way, no matter which side of the empire and the Far East wins the final victory, they will be grateful for the help of the Sea Blues.
Especially on the Far Eastern side, obtaining detailed information about the dynamics of the Imperial Navy can make up for the disparity in the strength of its own fleet, making the two sides more evenly matched, the battle more intense, and in the end, it is likely that both sides will lose: the Imperial Navy will be forced to abandon the landing on the Parnia Peninsula due to heavy casualties, and the Far Eastern Navy will also suffer a devastating blow, completely losing the potential to compete with Hailan for supremacy in the Golden Horn.
Such a result is undoubtedly the most in line with the expectations of the Hailan authorities.
In the early morning of April 22, the same day that the Imperial fleet sailed into the Golden Horn, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a secret letter to the royal family of Parnia, explaining the full details of the "tsunami" operation, and proposing to send an envoy to Parniaborg to meet with the Vlad royal family and the top of the "Far Eastern Court" to specify what "unofficial support" the Sea Blue people could provide to "dear Far Eastern friends" in this coming war.
The Hailan authorities took the visit very seriously, and the new Foreign Minister, Lord Parini, personally went to Parniaborg to take care of the matter.
The Far East side also did not dare to slack off, Prince Carroll immediately forwarded the secret letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hailan to Roland, and later that day, Roland, who had just returned to Colasburg from the Southern Front, immediately teleported to Parnia to meet with the Vlad royal family.
The next morning, Roland, accompanied by the Vlads and Veronica, arrived at the port to greet the incoming envoy of La Mer.
During the ride, Roland listened to Lady Theodora's introduction and had a general understanding of the envoy.
Lord Parini was born into an old aristocratic family in La Hai, and was a typical gentleman of La Mer, who was sleek, eloquent, elegant and artistic, and was born to be a good diplomat.
Having previously served as La Mer's ambassador to Canaan, he made a name for himself in Bethlehem's high society with his social savvy, and returned to Patus last spring to take over as foreign secretary.
Since Lord Parini's visit was an "unofficial act" and he could not take official ships, and in addition to guarding against the Imperial Vulture sentries scattered over the Golden Horn, he had to borrow a civilian exploration ship called the "Little Dolphin" and quietly dive from the bottom of the sea.
"You wait first," Roland interrupted Lady Theodora's words, and couldn't help but raise his voice: "What kind of exploration ship you just said can dive under the sea, isn't it a submarine?"
Lady Theodora smiled, "I knew you would ask that," and Carol and Veronica, who were riding in the carriage, laughed as well.
"Roland, you guessed it, the Little Dolphin is indeed a magic submarine, which can sneak on the bottom of the sea for a long time without surfacing for a week or two, just like a big fish with an iron shell hidden deep underwater."
After listening to Veronica's introduction, Roland was even more surprised.
"As far as I know, the navies of all countries in Varess have design plans for submarines, but so far none of them have been successful in practice.
Prince Carol shook his head with a smile: "Of course it's impossible, including Hailan, the submarines currently trial-produced by the major powers of Varess are at best an enhanced version of the diving bell, and the actual combat value is not as good as the diving mecha of our Far East Navy, but the Little Dolphin is an exception, this submarine is not the property of the Hailan military, but belongs to a privately operated marine salvage company." ” "The company is mainly engaged in two businesses, one is the exploration of veins on the shallow continental shelf; The second is to salvage shipwrecks and explore ancient cities that have been submerged by the sea, where they can unearth antiques and treasures.
The Little Dolphin was a surprise from the company's exploration of underwater relics, and is said to be a creation of the Ocean Age, which has a history of tens of thousands of years. ” "The exploration team hired by the salvage company managed to launch the Little Dolphin, which can drive this magic submarine to shuttle around the bottom of the sea, so that it is easier to salvage the wreck, survey the ore veins and ancient ruins, but they don't understand the magic technology used by this ancient submarine, and they can't imitate similar submarines yet
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