Chapter 460: Preparation and Battle

For the soldiers, the end of the battle does not mean that it is really over, and the next step is to count the results and write them into a report.

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Record of military merit

Time: January 13, 180, morning, fine.

Location: Banwan Harbor waters

Event: The Woodonassee Elven Republic warship reconnoiters in the harbor, and the harbor navy attacks to drive the scout elven ship away.

Your own participation in the war: all ships of the Third Army of the East China Sea Fleet; Total number of troops participating in the battle: 51 knights, 10 soldiers; Commander: Bruno.

Enemy participation in the battle: 1 Hayabusa-class battleship, 10 officers, 26 mages, 21 sailors, 19 sailors, 10 miscellaneous servants. Total strength: 86, 36 knights, 40 soldiers, 10 civilians.

Results: Destroyed 1 Hayabusa-class battleship, 1 captured knight, 35 soldiers, 8 civilians; Kill 6.

Battle damage: 0 killed, 3 seriously injured (3 knights), 5 minor injuries (5 knights), 0 missing.

Rating: Excellent.

Meritorious: 1312.

Sign:

Observer: Penny Lewis.

Supervision: Mushroom Biscuit Mona.

Commander:

Commander:

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Bruno looked at the documents brought by the observer, and was instantly unhappy: "This is a battleship!" Where are the civilians on the warship!? ”

The observer hugged Mona and looked at Bruno with a calm expression: "I have already determined that those 10 miscellaneous servants are civilians without combat effectiveness. If you are not satisfied with the review, you can apply for arbitration. ”

"Hmm......" Bruno looked at the report in his hand, the expression on his face was very tangled.

According to the latest performance evaluation standards, killing civilians has no merit, and captive civilians only have 1 merit and do not enjoy the "evaluation bonus". If these 10 miscellaneous servants are treated as "soldiers", they can increase the merit value by almost 100. As a combat commander, Bruno can apply for high-level arbitration if he feels that there is a problem with this achievement, but if the arbitration results are that the report is okay, then the "evaluation bonus" of this record will be canceled and part of the merit will be deducted......

"Forget it." Bruno picked up his pen and signed his name in the "Commander's Signature" field, before handing the report back to the observer.

The observer snorted coldly, with a haughty expression, took the papers, and left.

The merit system is a promotion system within the demons.,Give the demons merit points through work evaluation.,And then promote them according to the merit points they have.。 Through this merit value system, the demons have a relatively "open and transparent" promotion standard within the demons, which effectively reduces Green's workload - when he needs to be promoted, he can be promoted directly according to the merit value.

When the merit record is completed, the battle is over, but for the whole campaign, this is just an "appetizer".

On the blue sea, a fleet of five elven warships is breaking the waves.

A blonde elven warrior stood on the bow of a warship and held out her hand. With a "hawk chirp", a goshawk flapped its wings and rested on the elf's arm.

"Oh~cutie~" The blonde elf reached out and stroked the goshawk's neck, a gentle smile on her face.

The goshawk made a lazy "cooing" sound, squinted its eyes, and seemed to enjoy it very much.

Beside the blonde elf, the deputy captain looked at the goshawk in the blonde elf's hand: "Captain, has something happened?" ”

"Oh~ nothing. It was Patricia's idiot who fought with the demons, only to be destroyed by the demon navy. Now it's running in our direction. The blonde elf snorted coldly, "That idiot has apparently forgotten our strategic goals!" ”

The deputy captain frowned slightly: "I thought those demons had given up." ”

"Oh~ Winifelred, if those demons really gave up, they would have sent someone to negotiate with us a long time ago. Since they didn't send anyone to negotiate with us, it's clear that they haven't given up yet. The blonde elf touched the goshawk's neck, and with a lift of his hand, the goshawk flew into the sky again.

"Dying and throeping." The deputy captain snorted coldly, "Without the support of the Church of the Sea Goddess, and without the alchemy materials in the south, it is impossible to support a huge navy with the poor materials in the north alone." ”

"Although we have destroyed the demon fleet and blocked the trade routes, the strategic materials stored by the demon clan in the past few years are still enough to support them in one or two large-scale naval battles. If you want the demons to give up, at least wait until their 'water walking' potion is exhausted! The elven captain smiled slightly and turned his head, "Herald!" ”

"Yes!" The herald standing behind the blonde elf straightened up.

"Herald! Change routes. Target: Demon Banwan Harbor! The blonde elf commanded.

"Yes!" The herald saluted, then hurried away.

The deputy captain glanced at the departing herald: "Did something happen in Banwan Harbor?" ”

"The demons of Banwan Harbor are salvaging the Dragon Turtle Island that we destroyed before." A smile tugged at the corner of the blonde elf's mouth, "Let's go have some fun with those bunnies, we can't let them have too much comfort." ”

The elven fleet, led by the sea breeze, headed for Banwan Harbor.

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In Banwan Harbour, salvage work is still ongoing.

The salvage work was not smooth. Due to the large amount of sand and gravel accumulated on Dragon Turtle Island in the deep sea, the weight of Dragon Turtle Island is much heavier than expected! As a result, the fish people have dived into the sea and are stepping up the cleaning of sand and gravel in an attempt to reduce the weight of Dragon Turtle Island.

In the evening, an elven fleet appeared on the surface of the sea!

The lookout on the lighthouse sounded the alarm, and the fleet commander, Cardier, with half-eaten mushroom bread in one hand and mushroom soup in the other, rushed out of the canteen and headed straight for the battery.

Soon, Cardier came to the fort located on the high ground.

"Commander!" A naval officer saluted Cardier, "Elven battleship found!" ”

"How many enemy troops are there?" Kardell picked up a telescope and observed the situation in the sea.

"Five Panther-class, the main fleet of the Republic."

"Looks like it's real this time." Cardier licked her lips.

To build a battleship, you need to cut down trees, and they are all trees that are more than 100 years old! For elves, this is the equivalent of consuming Treant soldiers to build ships. This kind of behavior has always been strongly opposed in the elf-dominated countries.

Because the ancient trees are too valuable, the number of elven warships has always been small, and they basically take the high-end route. Five warships are nothing more than a minimum standard fleet for human forces, but for elves, they can already be called the main fleet.

On the flagship of the elven fleet, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Ophelia Silvermoon, stood on the deck, observing the situation inside the harbor.

"It seems that these demons have made a lot of preparations this winter." By sharing her vision with the goshawks in the sky, Ophelia was able to see the entire battlefield with ease.

Banwan Harbor as a whole is in the shape of a crescent, and on the two teeth of the crescent, the demons have built a large number of batteries to deter the fleet at sea.

And in the harbor, a large number of fishmen, Mona, demons, and ship girls are salvaging something there. The appearance of the fleet made the salvage personnel in the port a little flustered.

"Captain, please give orders!" The vice-captain saluted Ophelia.

Ophelia: Herald! ”

"Yes!" The herald straightened up.

"Order the whole army to stand by and wait until it gets dark."

"Yes!" The herald delivered the order.

Through the heralds, Ophelia's orders were quickly communicated.

On the harbor battery, Cardier held a telescope and observed the situation of the elven warships. The elven battleship stayed out of range of the battery, as if waiting for this......

Are they waiting for reinforcements? Or are you waiting for the night? Or are they waiting for us to attack? Cardier was a little unsure of the elves' plans.

If there was only one elven warship, Cardier would send someone to attack and test it. But if there are five elven warships, if there are fewer people, it will be meat buns and dogs, and if there are more people, the salvage work will probably have to stop.

There are 3,000 fish militia under the command of Kardier, 500 ship mothers, more than 2,000 magic cannons, and in addition to 100 storm eagles of the air force temporarily accepted Kardle's dispatch. Theoretically, the port defense is definitely fine, and even if the elven fleet comes, it is unlikely that the port will be captured. But this is not what Cardair needs!

What Cardier needs is victory! Cardier must wash away his shame with a bitter victory.

Kardier: "Herald!" ”

"In!"

"Order! The militia and the fish-man team continued to salvage, and the rest of the troops stopped salvaging and went into operational readiness! Officers of all ranks organized the members and prepared for battle! ”

"Yes!"

The herald left, conveying Cardier's order to everyone. The salvage work was suspended, and everyone entered the stage of combat readiness.

"Boss, do you want to use our trump card?" Locke, the adjutant of Cardier, was full of excitement.

"Don't. The enemy had only five battleships. The order given to me by the Demon King is that unless there are more than ten elven warships, or the port cannot be defended, the submarine cannot be used. ”

"Okay." Adjutant Locke's face was full of disappointment, "It looks like this battle is going to be a tough one." ”

"Not necessarily." Cardier took out a communication mirror and injected it with magical power.

Soon the magic mirror lit up, and a half-orc maid appeared in the magic mirror.

"This is the Four-Three-Four Air Base! Commander Kardell, do you have any orders? ”

"The enemy has appeared, and I need support." Cardier spoke.

"Yes! We immediately ordered the Storm Eagle forces to go. Air support is expected to arrive in three hours! ”

There is a Fish-Man camp in Mid-Bay Harbor, but there is no mana node, and Stormhawk will not be able to replenish its mana if it were to be stationed there. As a result, Kadell's air support needed to be departed from an air base 200 kilometers away and arrive at the battlefield after three hours.

Although the wait is a bit long, it doesn't seem to be a big problem, you just need to get stuck in time and attack at the same time.

The elven fleet did not move at sea, and Cardier, in order to wait for air support, did not immediately attack.

Time passed slowly, and soon it was slowly getting dark.

The turrets lit up searchlights one by one, aimed at the location of the elven battleship, and monitored the situation on the sea. With a pocket watch in her hand, Kardell looked at the time from time to time.

At the same time, on the elven battleship, the elven commander Ophelia looked up at the silver moon in the sky, and a smile appeared on his face.

"It's a nice day tonight."

"Yes, Captain." The lieutenant of the fleet also showed a smile on his face, "This weather is very suitable for infiltration and assassination." ”

"Since those demons are unwilling to take the initiative, then let's do it first." Ophelia took a deep breath, "Herald! ”

"Yes!"

"Order the whole ship to prepare for war!"

With Ophelia's order, the elven fleet finally moved.

I saw that the fleet left the port directly, out of the range of the searchlight.

On the Fort of Banwan Harbor, Kardell looked at the elven fleet that suddenly left, and raised her eyebrows!

"Why did those elves run away?" Adjutant Locke couldn't help but ask, "Do those elves know that we called the Air Force?" ”

Cardier frowned slightly and looked at the time in her pocket watch.

"Keep on guard! Don't let your guard down. Cardier hesitated for a moment, "Don't forget how the fleet in Midbay Harbor was destroyed by the elves last time. Elven warships that can be invisible at night! ”

The demons once suffered a big loss on the elven stealth battleship. But Cardier wasn't going to fall twice in the same pit!

Although stealth warships are dangerous, as long as they are on guard and deployed on the sea, it is impossible for them to enter the harbor without being detected, even if they can be invisible. And among the demons, there is no shortage of water scouts!

At Cardier's orders, a net was drawn up on the sea outside the harbor. Elven warships can be invisible, but being invisible doesn't mean disappearing! If a battleship touches a fishing net, it will still be exposed. At the same time, in order to strengthen the vigilance, Cardier also arranged fish militia to act as sentinels at various nodes of the net.

Although the fish people are pitifully weak in combat and cannot carry out ocean-going warfare, they are still perfectly fine as sentinels in the offshore area.

Shortly after the cordon was drawn up and the sentinels were arranged, the Storm Eagle forces arrived at the port. However, by this time, the elven fleet had disappeared......

The Monas rode the Storm Eagle troops, hovered in the air for a moment, and then left unhappy.

"Mona, Mona, Mona!" A Storm Eagle cavalry yelled angrily.

Mona is very unhappy with Kardell's mischief.

On the quiet sea, Ophelia, the captain of the elven fleet, stood on the deck of the battleship, holding a telescope, looking at the departing Storm Eagle troops, and smashed his mouth: "The gods are above!" We're almost colliding with the Demon Air Force! ”

"It seems that we have good luck. The gods are on our side. ”

"Hey~ Since the gods are on our side, then we can't live up to the trust of the gods." Ophelia licked her lips, "The gods are above!" Get ready for battle! ”