The Bay of Quel'Thalas

Difficulty: very hard


STORY

While you were destroying the orcish fleet on the high seas, our scouts finally managed to find the location of the orcish naval shipyards.  They are even more powerful than we had feared.  Their shipyards churn out dozens of warships daily.  
These shipyards, located in the Bay of Quel'Thalas, must be destroyed immediately.  If we do not destroy them soon, the sheer number of orcish ships of war will be enough for them to rule the seas.  This difficult task falls on you, commander.  We are confident that you can succeed.

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HINTS
For general hints on naval battles see the hints for the level 7.  Some specific hints for this scenario:
1. Build 2 shipyards and a foundry as soon as you possibly can.  Build submarines and a few battleships quickly.  Don't worry about land forces for now.  Concentrate on the sea, except make sure you have a few ballistas and flying machines.  If you are unable to secure an oil patch early on, you are going to have major problems.  
2. After you have a few battleships and about 6 subs, start building land forces.  The enemy will eventually start to land troops on your island, and you need to be ready.  12 or so knights should be enough.  You may also want to buiild a few more towers around your shipyards, which is where the enemy troops will land.
3.  Keep building more subs and battleships.  when you have about 9, send them to the exit from the enemy bay.  They can cause alot of damage to exiting ships there.  
4.  When you have enough ships and troops, build a transport and land near the bottom right.  Take out the towers and work your way up to the bay, using mages and ballistas on towers.  
5.  After you take out the towers near the entrance to the bay you can send subs and battleships in to sink the enemy ships.  After you do that, the rest is easy.