Chapter 1194: The Battle of Anga Lake Begins (Part 1)

"Calm down, Enli." Su Cheng, who was standing next to Enli, said in a calm tone, "I think the Frankish fleet is just a bunch of large matches floating on the lake."

Time passed by minute by minute.

Just as the two armies were about to complete their respective formation deployments, Mud suddenly walked quickly towards Su Cheng, who was standing on the bow of the Hyperion, and said to Su Cheng urgently:

"Captain Cheng! The Frankish army sent an envoy to our army! The commander-in-chief of the Frankish fleet asked this envoy to bring you a message!"

"Emissary?" Su Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "Let the envoy come over, I want to hear what the commander-in-chief of the Frankish fleet wants to say to me."

In a short while, a small boat carrying the Frankish envoy was successfully towed under the Hyperion.

After being searched and confirmed that he was not carrying any weapons, the envoy was brought to the deck of the Hyperion and in front of Su Cheng.

"Since you didn't bring a translator, that means you can understand and speak Britannic, right?"

Su Cheng continued to speak to the envoy in a simple and clear manner:

"To make a long story short, what does your commander-in-chief want to say to me?"

Because the Britannian Empire and the Frankish Empire are sworn enemies, the envoy did not speak politely to Su Cheng.

No greetings were made, and no honorifics were used.

He spoke loudly to Su Cheng in Britannic with a strong accent:

"Our commander-in-chief asked me to tell you the following-"

"You have no chance of winning!"

"The best option left for you is to surrender obediently!"

"But I think you will definitely not surrender obediently!"

"So-be prepared to be ravaged by our army!"

"I will watch your dying struggles firmly in my eyes!"

"Remember the name of the unit that is about to defeat you and the name of its commander-in-chief-the Royal Fleet of the Frankish Empire! Commander-in-chief-Otto von Hollweg!"

After listening to the messenger's words quietly, Su Cheng pulled the corner of his mouth and chuckled a few times.

"The person who commands this fleet is named Otto von Hollweg... Haha, a name I haven't heard of."

"The Royal Fleet... The name of this unit is not bad."

"What a concise provocation."

The messenger's report was full of provocation.

But Su Cheng was indifferent to this provocation and was not angered by it at all.

Instead, he said to the messenger with a slightly smiling tone:

"Go back and tell your Otto von Hollweg - I don't expect your level to be higher than Allen Jones, just do your best."

After that, Su Cheng turned his head and moved his eyes to Mud beside him:

"Send the Frankish messenger back."

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Royal Fleet, flagship Helles -

Otto, with veins slightly bulging on his forehead, said in a deep voice to the messenger who had just returned in front of him:

"Did that Su Cheng really say that?"

"Yes!" The messenger responded loudly.

After being sent out of the formation of Su Cheng's army, the messenger turned back as quickly as possible and boarded the deck of their Royal Fleet's flagship, Helles, to inform Otto of his trip and repeat to Otto what Su Cheng had asked him to bring to Otto.

When Otto heard that Su Cheng did not expect his ability to be higher than Allen, veins popped out on his forehead.

"Su Cheng, that bastard...!"

Otto growled with gritted teeth.

"How dare you insult me ​​like this... How dare you say that my ability is lower than that Allen Jones!"

Otto asked the messenger to bring such a naked provocation to humiliate them. As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, Su Cheng would naturally not swallow this bitter breath.

So - Su Cheng asked the messenger to take back a short but humiliating sentence for Otto.

As early as when Allen had just joined the Britannia Empire, Su Cheng had heard that Allen was ostracized by his colleagues in the Frankish army.

The reason was that there was no "Feng" in Allen's name, and he was not a noble.

The Frankish Empire was a country that attached great importance to family background.

It was also a country with serious class solidification.

It was difficult for civilians to be promoted to nobles, and the nobles monopolized almost all senior positions in the country.

Take military officers as an example. Among those who hold high military ranks such as general and admiral, none of them are not from noble families with the word "Feng" in their names.

And Allen is the only exception.

He is the only exception since the founding of the Frankish Empire.

Allen is the only hero in the nearly 300-year history of the Frankish Empire who has obtained the highest military rank of "general" as a civilian.

Allen relied on his own efforts and a little bit of luck to ascend to the position of "general".

It's a pity that even though his ability is so strong, he still can't get the respect of his colleagues.

Allen is the only "commoner general", and his colleagues of noble origin naturally exclude him as an alien.

Although it is not clear whether Otto von Hollweg is one of the many people who exclude Allen, Su Cheng still has the mentality of taking a gamble and let the messenger take his words to report to Otto to see if he can use this sentence to anger Otto.

Su Cheng was lucky - he made the right bet.

Otto was not just trying to exclude Allen.

He was deeply rooted in the idea of ​​family background, and he wished that Allen, a commoner, would quickly roll down from the position of "general". It would be even better if he could die directly.

In Otto's eyes, only nobles could be qualified for high-ranking officers such as generals and admirals.

Allen, who was a commoner and became a general, was tarnishing the sacred title of "general".

That Su Cheng actually said that he did not expect his ability to be higher than Allen Jones - for Otto, this was an insult worse than spitting directly in his face.

Otto, with veins bulging, clenched his fists tightly, and calmed down the anger in his heart.

At this moment, a hearty and loud laughter suddenly sounded beside Otto:

"Hahahaha! That Su Cheng is unexpectedly interesting!"

"I thought that Su Cheng would only let the envoy bring back a few harmless and harsh words like 'you are the ones who will lose'!"

"In the end, he actually let the envoy bring back such an interesting sentence! It really made me laugh to death!"

"Admiral Neumann!"

Otto turned his head and directed his sharp eyes filled with anger at the owner of the laughter just now - a very burly and strong young man.

"What's so funny?"

"Is the sentence that Su Cheng asked the envoy to bring back so funny?"

If it were other generals, they would probably be so scared that they couldn't speak when stared at by Otto's sharp eyes.

However - this burly young man shrugged without changing his expression:

"I think it's very funny~~"