Hailarsen Port lay at the northernmost tip of Southeast Asia, on the pointed edge of a large island.
It was also the finest and best-equipped Western port in the East, capable of repairing warships under 5,000 tons. Battleships were certainly out of the question.
This was also the root of why East Island had been able to dominate the Western Pacific in the previous life. Without bases and ports for maintenance, large warships were a one-use investment.
At this moment, a vast fleet had already gathered here.
Over a thousand vessels of all sizes stood neatly arranged in the harbor. All civilian ships had long since lost their berths.
Within the harbor, the Governor-General's residence had been converted into the temporary Eastern Command of the Allied Forces.
Among the Sixteen Kingdoms Allied Army, Da Luo Country, which had the strongest army and had mobilized the most troops, served as commander, while the Great Millet People served as Chief of Staff.
Only the army could resolve the final issue. The navy could only resolve the problems encountered by the army.
This was the consensus they had formed after the last great war.
Because the Great Cheng Dynasty was a typical land power rather than a sea power, blockading its trade would grievously weaken it, but could not deliver a fatal blow.
That Lu Empress Dowager could flee inland.
And since naval vessels could not go ashore, they could not overthrow the other side.
A war meeting was underway in the command center.
"We must concentrate our forces and seize three major ports. From south to north, we will deploy troops onto the northern land in sequence. In Great Cheng, the north determines the south. As long as we resolve the north, a single imperial edict in the south will settle everything,"