Paulo Mancini gazed into the distance, where a long line of smoke rose into the sky like a serpent, as the Bharatiya Navy bombarded and destroyed the ports and naval bases of Barletta, Bari, Brindisi, Croton, and Catanzaro over the last four days. He gazed helplessly, with boundless rage filling his heart, but in the end, he could only vent his anger by screaming at his subordinates, whilst hoping to catch a Bharatiya scouting vessel.
During this time, he also received a distress signal from the Austrian port of Vlore about an enemy attack, and naturally, being occupied with tailing the Bharatiya fleet that was on a path of destruction, he did not have any spare ships to support the Austrians. Besides, even if he did, with the current situation, he would not want to send anyone either.
