Chapter 29: The Eve of Dawn
On the outskirts of Sand Island, Crane's fleet. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Ten minutes ago, we had detected two enemy fleets coming to support, ranging in size from fifty to one hundred." In the war room, an island owner is briefing on the current situation. "It is suspected that more enemies have arrived to support, but no specific location has been found."
After the owner finished speaking, the entire conference room fell silent, the smoothness of the early days of the war had disappeared, and now every step was extremely difficult. Clun looked at the chart with his hands crossed, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Please give me another chance, Lord Admiral!" Unable to stand this silence, Moya stood up and said: "I must go in this time, I don't find a reason for the defeat last time, this time I will hold the consciousness of death, and I won't look back if I don't succeed!" β
Clone pointed to the charts and constantly rearranged the model of the fleet, deducing the battle situation. When Moya finished speaking, Crawn glanced up at her, and there was no emotion on his face.
"Moya, you sit down first." Crawn looked at her and whispered, then turned to the owner of the island who was in charge of the logistics and asked, "How long can we keep up with our supplies?" β
The island owner who managed the supply hurriedly stood up and said, "If you just trap the other party here, the supply can last for half a month, and a new batch of supplies can be delivered every three days, so theoretically you can look forward to being here infinitely." If a general attack is launched, the repair barrel can last for six hours with general casualties, the arrow reserve can support all archers for an hour of continuous fire, and the rest of the resources can be used for more than three days. β
Clone stared at the charts, marking the situation between friend and foe. Some of the other island owners were silent, some offered advice, and some took the initiative to ask for war.
"John, Gonduff, you two are attacking from two directions." Eventually, it was decided to send John and Gondav each to attack with a force.
"Moya, I have another important matter for you." Clouen handed a sealed order to Moya, and ordered "The whole army to be repaired and wait for the dawn." β
At this time, it was late at night. Crown's fleet was like a beacon in the night, attracting several fleets to ambush around.
"It is impossible to break through, the enemy is well guarded." Jin Jia came back from the sea, his movements were very light, and he did not make any sound. After the end of the daytime battle, Mu let Jin Jia ambush around the enemy fleet, looking for an opportunity to sneak attack some of the enemy, but unfortunately the other party retreated in an orderly manner, and when he returned to the fleet, he was already on strict precautions.
"It's a pity, I still think I can take the opportunity to destroy some of the enemies." Mu doesn't have any frustration, this kind of thing is a surprise if it succeeds, and you don't have to worry if it doesn't work.
"Continue to monitor the enemy and wait for the opportunity." Mu had no intention of entering Sand Island, so he was outside to pick it up.
Sand Island, the forward position.
"Damn, there's no more gold." An island owner is directing the elves to build defenses, but the gold is gone. The elves left immediately because of the gold, and could only command the soldiers to build some rough defenses.
"Let the soldiers rest well tonight, it seems that the other side will not carry out a night attack." Mike observed the situation of Clown's fleet, and when he returned, he ordered a rest, and let the soldiers who did not need to be on guard go to sleep.
"Haven't you rested yet?" Han Lie walked to the battle room and found that the lights inside were still on, and Mike was fiddling alone in front of the charts.
"Lord Han Lie." Mike didn't look up, and the soul grid knew who was coming in with a slight perception, and said, "I can't sleep at all, Cloune will definitely come to attack tomorrow, I have to think of a way." β
"It's really hard." Han Lie came over and saw that the chart had been deduced countless times, and he couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart. In comparison, he is very unqualified, and he doesn't have a good plan in advance for every battle, but fortunately, with soldiers such as Langley and Blowing Snow, it is relatively easy.
"Tea? This is a specialty of this island. Mike picked up the teapot and poured a cup for Han Lie and himself, temporarily taking his eyes off the chart. The curling smoke hung in front of me, and I really wanted to disperse Cloun's fleet like smoke.
"How did it turn out?" Han Lie rarely deduces because it is too laborious and is not his specialty. But there is still a certain understanding of this, and there will be many answers to the deduction, each of which may be the final result, but there are probabilities, and the answer with the highest probability is likely to be the situation that is about to happen.
"It's bad." Facing his allies, Mike had nothing to hide, saying: "There is still a chance to block tomorrow's attack, after all, we have won a victory before, and the enemy has suffered a lot of losses." There were also several support forces waiting for an opportunity outside, and the enemy did not dare to attack with all their troops. β
"However, I'm scared of Crawn for a long time." Mike drank it all, put down his glass, and said, "We're stuck on this isolated island, and resupply is a big problem. With the blockade of Cloune's fleet, there is no supply from outside, but on the contrary, Cloune's troops can be continuously resupplied. His territory is much larger than ours, and his supply capacity is stronger than ours, so if it goes on like thisβ" Mike didn't say any more, and the results speak for themselves.
"No, take the initiative?" Han Lie hesitated, but still spoke. Now, just looking at the comparison of forces between the two sides, the gap is not so big that it cannot be bridged. Moreover, there were hidden forces hiding on the periphery of Crane's fleet, and it was easy to cooperate with the attack.
"That's probably the best solution." Mike redone, pointing to the charts, and said, "Our current supplies can still support a big fight, and if we attack before dawn, we have a good chance of breaking the deadlock." β
"But." Mike's gaze dimmed, and he continued, "Although Sand Island is mine, a large part of the troops stationed here come from the island owners. Although the South Bay United Alliance has designated me as the leader of the alliance, I know that I am only the leader of the alliance in the form, and there are many things for everyone to discuss together. β
"They don't agree, why?" Han Lie didn't understand very much, the long pain was better than the short pain, and the current situation on Shadao should not be dragged on.
"Do you really not know?" Mike glanced at Han Lie, and there was a faint anger hidden in his eyes.
"Know what?" Han Lie felt a little bad, but he really didn't know much, so he could only ask hard.
Mike glanced at Han Lie deeply, closed his eyes, lay down on his chair and said, "If you attack, it's good if you succeed, but if you fail, Sand Island will fall immediately." If defended, Sand Island can hold on for a while. β
"This?" Han Lie was a little incomprehensible in his heart, according to this mentality, shouldn't it be Mike who disagreed? After all, if Sand Island is gone, he will have no place to stand.
Mike went on to say, "They need time, they need time to arm their islands. Mike is also helpless in his heart, this kind of psychology is understandable, the longer his side supports, the longer they can prepare, the more confident they are to deal with Crowne's next attack. The only person who will suffer a lot of frustration is me, as the owner of Sand Island.
"How so?" Han Lie thought about it carefully and felt that what Mike said was also very reasonable. Others still have a way back and are unwilling to take risks, and for Mike, dragging it out is tantamount to chronic suicide.
"Then you can show them the hope of winning." Han Lie thought for a moment and suggested, "They definitely want to see victory over Crawn here, as long as they see the hope of victory, they will naturally follow the attack." β
"I hope that tomorrow's development of the situation will be as you said." What Han Lie said, Mike has thought about it before, and has thought about the specific way of action, but whether it can succeed or not depends on the will of God.
Han Lie stayed in the room for a while, chatted with Mike for a few more words, and left. Mike simply stopped deducing the charts in his room, it was enough, and went back to his room to rest, and he had to command the battle tomorrow.
"Island Master, do you still want to see that gold-level dark soldier?" Langley asked the island owner that Han Lie had come out this time to see the gold-level dark soldiers who were locked up in the cabin. Because his identity was too sensitive, Langley had Shooting Fish and several soldiers in the cabin and kept an eye on him.
"No, let's go back." After listening to Mike's matter, Han Lie was not in a good mood. It doesn't matter if you find a gold-level dark soldier now, now that you know that the shooting fish is watching, there will be no problems, so you can rest assured, this matter will be solved when you return to Guyun Island.
"We're going to help in tomorrow's battle." Han Lie muttered to himself and headed to the soldier's camp.
The night was a long one, and for most of the soldiers, it passed quickly, and neither side attacked in the middle of the night until before dawn.
"Get up, get up," and the soldiers on both sides woke up before dawn.
"Big brother, you're ready." George said as he spoke, nervous. Not only John, but George was also on the sidelines, even a little worse than John. This battle is an opportunity for the two to enhance their prestige and improve their situation.
"Let's go." John surveyed the soldiers who were about to follow him and led the way out.
"Good spirits." Clone stood on the deck, watching the soldiers assemble, satisfied. With a good deck of cards in his hand from start to finish, Cloune is much better at Mike mentally.
"The Owner." Jin Jia woke up the wood, and the island owner had ordered him to wake up the island owner as soon as there was a war.
The rest of the fleets that were hidden nearby also began to move, closely monitoring the movements of Crown's fleet.
"Soldiers." Crane and Mike stood in front of their own phalanx of soldiers at the same time, mobilizing for the battle.
"When the dawn comes, you will break through the enemy's fleet, go on, and inscribe victory on the dawn level!"