668 Mediterranean Squadron (1/2)

Chapter 668-Mediterranean Squadron

Translator: ryangohsf

Editor: Nora

The Spanish people asked and asked, finally arriving at the conclusion of Atlantis.

”Apart from this, there is no other way.”

After the truth was revealed, their moods became even more complicated. If they had truly lost to the Shanhai City voyage squadron, they would not be able to accept it. After all, in their eyes, Shanhai City represented the east, which was synonymous with backward.

However, if it was the Atlantis Civilization, it would be a whole different story. In their eyes, Atlantis represented a whole new and advanced system.

”If we think about it this way, we did not lose too much face.” The Spanish consoled themselves.

However, they felt complicated about the Atlantis island that had just reappeared. Facing this cause of their destruction, they felt a love-hate relationship.

The battle with the voyage squadron had made them fall far behind in the search for Atlantis compared to the other countries.

If they did not act, it would all be over.

However, the destruction of the invincible squadron posed a huge problem. This was without mentioning the fact that the Shanhai City squadron was still roaming the Gibraltar Straits and staring at them.

”Don't tell me that Shanhai City is going to extort us once more?”

Thinking about the chance of this occurring, the Spanish wanted to vomit blood.

The Lords along the seas even said, ”Now, it is not about going out to sea; we must prevent the voyage squadron from attacking our territory. A country war is imminent, so the matter of Atlantis should be left for another time!”

”Well said!”

Finally, the Spanish realized that the country war was far from over.

The entirety of Spain instantly entered a crazy battle preparation state; they were determined to stop the enemy on land, ”If they dare to attack us, they will not return!”

One had to say that even though this proud race had faced some setbacks, their personality was hard to change.

This news from Spain made it easier for all the spies from the various countries. They did not need to do much and could learn about everything that had happened in the Mediterranean, passing the intel to their Lords.

This time, the Mediterranean region was in an uproar.

”The Spanish Invincible Squadron has fallen; their glory is no more!” This news was just too massive.

Not only France, even Italy, Greece, and Egypt saw the chance to attack the Mediterranean. They wanted to make use of this chance to break the control of Spain and swiftly become a strong country in the region.

Of course, there were some Lords who were worried about the voyage squadron. Even the Invincible Spanish Squadron had fallen to Shanhai, so would there be room for them in the Mediterranean in the future?

”We are afraid of blocking a tiger from the front but a wolf creeps up from behind!” This was their worry.

The Lords had complicated feelings. They were afraid of the strength of the Shanhai City squadron, but they were unwilling to give up the chance to rise up in the Mediterranean.

With that, all sides held many meetings to try to strike a balance.

The entire Mediterranean became chaotic to the extreme.

On the contrary, France's Lord Henry had a certain attitude. When he received the news, he immediately contacted his officer in hopes of forming a strategic alliance with Shanhai City. He was willing to add much more to the terms that he had set before.

The Mediterranean looked like it was going to flip upside down, but Ouyang Shuo acted like everything was normal and continued on as usual.

In the guest room of Dragon Head, Ouyang Shuo was discussing appointment matters with Alvaro.

Alvaro was born in Spain and was extremely familiar with the Mediterranean and the Atlantis. The Spanish Invincible Squadron in history walked out of the Mediterranean and entered the Atlantic under his guidance.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo had no reason to move him back to China. If he did, it would be like destroying a treasure. The best choice would be to form a new squadron here in the Mediterranean.

Ouyang Shuo planned to build a fifth squadron under the Nanyang Navy, which Alvaro would become the fleet admiral of.

The backbone of this squadron would be the 56 thousand Spanish soldiers and the 20 thousand sailors.

Under normal circumstances, the Mediterranean Squadron would need to be mixed up.

As such, Ouyang Shuo let Zheng He choose some capable generals from the voyage squadron and added them to the Mediterranean Squadron. At the same time, he set a rule that more than half of the core generals in the Mediterranean Squadron must be local Shanhai City soldiers.

With that, the Mediterranean Squadron would be formed up from the Spanish Navy, the Shanhai city local soldiers, and the pirates from the Gulf of Aden. The three of them merged together, providing good internal competition.