Chapter 1896: Battle of the Golden Horn (II.)
"Your Highness Roland, Lady Lyubov, good afternoon!" The rain-soaked face of the commander of the Far Eastern Independent Wyvern Knights and Air Force Major General Fanny became more and more delicate and delicate, but the smile on her pretty face was as hearty as sunshine: "It's not hard, as Far Eastern soldiers, this is our duty." ”
Fanny's conscientious attitude impressed Roland, convinced that it was the right decision to transfer the Dragon Knights to sea in time. The reason for this arrangement was because he received bad news from Veronica the night before yesterday, learning that the Knights of Parnia's griffons had suffered a crushing defeat in their night attack on the Imperial fleet, which made him surprised and realized that the naval strength of the Asshan Empire was far more powerful than he expected, and immediately sent a message to Fanny, who was stationed in Cold Creek Town on the Western Front, to lead the Wyvern Knights to rush to the rescue to enhance the naval combat effectiveness of the Far East Fleet.
After receiving the order, Fanny went to Marshal Pavel's headquarters to complete the transfer procedures, and led the Wyvern Knights to set off overnight, after a full day of long-distance flight, from the westernmost point of the Far East to the southernmost point, under the guidance of the military magic radio station, found their own fleet that was sailing at full speed in the coral sea, and led the Wyvern Knights to land smoothly and join Roland and the admirals.
The headquarters of the Combined Fleet in the Far East was located on the flagship "Sea Palace", and Roland and Lyubov had no experience in naval warfare, so they only had the idle post of "observer" in the headquarters - as Lyubov said, they were the only idlers in the fleet. The real operational command in the command is Victoria and Helena, the former has been the commander of the North Sea Federation Navy for a long time, and the latter is the commander of the North Sea Fleet, who has made great contributions to the establishment of a strong navy in the Far East. In addition to these two beautiful admirals, the highly respected Sir Edric also participated in the southward operation as the commander of the carrier-based aviation, that is, Fanny's direct superior.
The fleet sailed through the rough seas, and Roland's mind fluctuated like waves. With the intelligence provided by the "Little Dolphin", he already had some knowledge of the composition of the Imperial fleet, especially the three battleships, which were deeply disturbed by the high firepower displayed in the shelling of the shore defense positions of Parnia. Compared to the range and caliber of the naval guns, the enemy, including the "Sea Palace", is far inferior to the main warships of the Imperial Navy, and if they open a battle line on the sea to bombard, they will hardly see the possibility of victory.
Knowing that there was a gap in the strength of the fleet, and knowing that the Imperial Navy's intention of shelling the port of Parnia was to "encircle the point and send reinforcements", that is, to force the Far East Fleet to rush to the rescue and wait for the effort to meet the attack, Roland had no choice but to bite the bullet and hit the gun port of the Imperial giant ship.
Knowing that he could not do it, he did it because he could not afford the consequences of the fall of Parnia. If the Imperial Navy controlled the Parnia Peninsula, it would be like holding a sharp knife against the soft belly of the Kingdom of Koras, ready to cover the army's northward march and pose a direct threat to Krasburg. At the same time, the Imperial Crusade Corps, which had been mired in guerrilla warfare on the Western Front, would also be freed and cooperate with the Navy in launching a pincer offensive against the Far East.
If the situation really deteriorates to that point, Roland has no choice but to withdraw the legions that have gone south to the Twilight Valley to strengthen the capital, and all the fruits of the previous victory will be wasted, not only strategically passive, but also politically and diplomatically heavy: once the Kolas Legion withdraws from the Twilight Valley, it will be impossible for the Parnia Legion to continue fighting while their hometown has fallen to the Empire, and when the Kolath Legion and the Parnia Legion withdraw from the battlefield, The Canaanite legions, commanded by Gloph, could not fight alone.
Looking at the simultaneous battles on the Western Front, the Southern Front, and the Parnia Peninsula from a macro perspective, Roland was surprised to find that the joint attack of the army and navy of the Assanian Empire objectively helped the Naraku Order, as if it was intended to help the Naraku Order break the siege before launching such a massive combat operation. If it weren't for the fact that the state religion of the Asshan Empire worships the sun god Perot as an idol, and the believers of Pero and the believers of the god of death are inherently incompatible, Roland would simply suspect that the top of the empire and the "black-robed" Otro secretly colluded and secretly formed an offensive and defensive alliance.
Since the survival of the Parnia Peninsula was related to the success or failure of the Far East's war on the Western and Southern Fronts, Roland had to risk sending a fleet south to support, and the next naval battle that could break out at any time would determine the ownership of the Parnia Peninsula and the entire Far East - the first war he could not afford to lose in his life.
Just when his mind was heavy, there was a sudden magic wave in front of him, and a red ball of light appeared. Roland stretched out his hand to hold the ball of light and read the magic message, his face became more and more solemn, and he turned to Lyubov and Fanny and said: "The headquarters has just received urgent information from the 'Little Dolphin', and our situation seems to be very bad, Vita urges us to hurry back to the combat meeting. ”
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In the bridge battle room of the "Sea Palace", Victoria, Helena, and Sir Adric talked in a low voice in front of the huge nautical chart hanging on the wall, and their faces were extremely grim.
At this time, there was a sound of the door opening behind her, and Helena turned around to see Roland walking in with Lyuboff and Fanny, and hurriedly gave a military salute to report the latest developments on the battlefield.
"Your Royal Highness Regent, you have just received a secret report from the 'Little Dolphin' from the harbor of Parnia, just 10 minutes ago, a large group of vultures and horses took off from the deck of the Imperial warship and moved in a cluster towards the northeast sea of the Golden Horn, seemingly heading straight for our fleet."
"So the enemy has detected the location of our fleet?" Roland frowned slightly.
"It's not unexpected." Sir Edric pointed to the ceiling above his head, "The rainy weather has seriously hindered the lookout's vision, and enemy naval sentries can easily approach the sky above the fleet under the cover of dark clouds as long as they take the 'invisibility potion' beforehand, even if they dance around the mast of the battleship, they don't have to worry about being discovered." ”
"We are in a hurry these days, and we don't care about hiding our tracks, but fortunately the 'Little Dolphin' has reported the news in time, otherwise I am afraid that we will not be aware until the enemy air force drops bombs." Viktoria said with trepidation.
"The purpose of the Imperial Navy's trip is obviously to bomb our warships, how far are they from the sea we are in?" Lyubov asked his sister.
"Our army is still about thirty nautical miles from the main fleet of the Empire, and in such weather, considering the direction of the wind and the influence of rain......" Victoria paused for two seconds before calculating the answer: "If the vulture flies at full speed, it will be above us in about half an hour." ”
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