At an altitude of 8,000 meters, airships were monitoring the nearby sea surface, looking for the location of the Forty-nation Alliance of the West Sea.

"Captain, find out the situation."

In the cabin under the airship, a detective holding a telescope hurriedly shouted to the captain of the airship.

“Where?”

Hearing the shouts, the captain of the airship came over quickly.

"There are many small boats on the sea at the thirty-two degrees west, and it is expected to exceed 2,000." The investigator said quickly, leaving the position of the high-power telescope.

The captain came to the telescope and observed it for a while, and immediately ordered: "Report the discovery to the navy below immediately. In addition, inform other airships of what we discovered and closely monitor the small boats."

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"Captain Andrew, the airship sent information and found that it was twenty-five degrees west of us. More than two thousand small boats were coming towards us. Currently, there are still eighty nautical miles away. It is expected to meet us in two hours." In the command tower of the Yamato, a naval intelligence soldier immediately reported to Andrew.

"Two thousand small boats!" Hearing this, Andrew frowned and thought for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Tell all ships to prepare for battle. If they meet, warn them to leave immediately. If they do not listen to the warning, they will allow all ships to open fire freely and do not let them get close."

"Yes." The messenger responded immediately and immediately began to convey Andrew's orders.

After giving the order, Andrew picked up the satellite phone and dialed Wang Han's number. If his guess was correct, then his response must be approved by Wang Han before he dared to implement it.

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"My wife is beautiful! I'll leave him to my brother to take care of him." On the boat, the thin man took a photo of his wife to show his companions next to him. There was a kind of powerlessness and freedom to see through life and death, and a little miserable.

"It's very beautiful. There are four brothers in my family. My parents are old. This time, my elder brother and I are here. The old parents at home can only be given to the care of the third and fourth brothers. They are only fourteen years old and thirteen years old." The man of the same age next to the young man sighed, and the worry in his words was unconcealed. He was not as open-minded as the men around him.

"Those damn nobles." Hearing this, the free and easy young man gritted his teeth.

"What's the use of saying this? If it weren't forcing me, who would have been willing to die?" The middle-aged man holding the oar at the stern of the boat sighed when he heard the words of the two, "I really hope that the Xinguo will unify the West Sea, so that our family will no longer have to be oppressed by those nobles. Unfortunately, we are destined to not see that day."

“…”

Hearing this, the other two on the boat were silent.

If they were not forced, how could they be willing to drive a ship full of explosives to die? It was all the damn nobles and powerful men who used their lives to threaten them. If they didn't come to die, their families would all die.

Similar scenes were also performed on other small boats. Some people were open-minded in the face of death, while others were facing death, cursing the nobles loudly and cursing the new country.

This is the trick that the kings and nobles came up with. Didn’t the Xinguo protect civilians? They used civilians to launch suicide attacks on the Xinguo navy.

If the navy of the New Kingdom shells these civilians, they have reason to attack the New Kingdom's people-friendly policy and damage the New Kingdom's reputation. If the New Kingdom does not stop it, then these civilians will drive ships filled with explosives and hit the New Kingdom's warships.

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"I understand, you drive away from them first. If they make dangerous moves, you can fire directly. Don't affect your judgment because of possible public opinion conditions. Everything is based on your safety as the primary condition."

On the satellite phone, after Andrew's report, Wang Han directly replied to the instructions.

"Yes, I understand, head. Everything will be based on the security of the army as its top priority." Hearing Wang Han's answer, he quickly promised.

After hanging up the satellite phone, Andrew finally felt relieved.

He is not afraid of public opinion. Anyway, he is thick-skinned, so public opinion cannot make him feel uneasy. What he is really afraid of is the pressure brought by public opinion, and that kind of pressure is the knife that really kills people without blood. Now with Wang Han’s words, he can feel relieved and not be embarrassed.

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"General Andrew, the destroyer of the Chris, discovered the situation, was the two thousand small boats reported by the airship."

Two hours later, the intelligence soldier suddenly stood up and saluted Andrew to report.

"Tell the Chris... and other ships, if they encounter it, they must immediately drive away the small boats. If they insist on refusing to leave, they are allowed to fire and expel them. Those ships are prohibited from approaching any warships. If necessary, they can directly aim at the ships for shelling, and everything is based on their own safety and normal navigation." After hearing the report, Andrew immediately issued an order.

"Yes!" The intelligence soldiers immediately responded and sent Andrew's new instructions to the ships.

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"I saw the steel warships of Xinguo."

On the sea, a young man on a small boat looked at the steel warship coming from the sea in the distance, and said the other people in a low voice.

"Brothers, it's time for us to set off. Although we have only known each other for a day, you two are very fond of my appetite." Hearing the young man's words, the bearded man next to him glanced at the Xinguo warship that could already be seen with his naked eyes, and smiled at the other two. After that, the bearded man began to row hard.

"If there is an afterlife, I hope to be born in the new country. What if you say, I ignite the explosives in advance?" said the young man, patting the large wooden barrels on the cabin of the small boat.

"It's okay to light the explosives in advance. Although I'm going to die, I don't want my family to continue living in that country and be oppressed by those nobles." said Beard. Looking at the steel warships gradually approaching on the sea in the distance, I sighed: "I really want to go to the new country to see it! That must be a country suitable for civilian life."
Chapter completed!