Imperial Majesty and People's Hearts Turn to Me

Whoosh—!

The sea wind howled past, while dark clouds rolled across the gray, hazy horizon.

Even though the Eritrea Sea had entered the rainy season at the beginning of summer and was no good place for navigation, it could not stop the desperate battle between the two powerful fleets west of the Andaman Strait.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...

Like thunder preceding an unknown storm, the dark sea was painted scarlet by the blazing cannon fire.

One side in the fierce naval battle flew the Blue Pennant Flag.

In the Tulip Alliance's combined fleet, mainly composed of Faletis, Tairo, and Garratt, there were 112 main warships of fourth rate and above. They were divided into five squadrons and maneuvered flexibly under the command of the Mind Network.

Moreover, they traveled light. Despite conducting an ultra-long-range operation across the Black Sea, Treasure Sea, and Eritrea Sea in succession, they had not even brought a single decent Supply Ship, much less any other baggage.

The other side flew Flame Pennants that looked like blazing fire.

For Sirius, its territory shrinking continuously over the past few years was evidently not entirely without benefits. With its lands now limited, it could concentrate more troops within them, causing its defensive strength to soar.

The fully intact First Fleet possessed ninety-two line-of-battle ships of third rate and above, as well as more than four hundred auxiliary warships of fifth rate and above capable of ocean-going voyages. In terms of sheer warship numbers, it could look down on its opponent completely.

It was not that Sirius's upper echelons and Philip II were overly bold, dispatching such an overwhelming force overseas during the War of National Destiny against the Lowland Republic instead of using it to protect the kingdom.

The reason was that the capital's defenses were already more