Chapter 562: Admiral's Decision
Witnessing Parsacis's unreasonable accusation against Helena, Maximian couldn't help but frown. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
It is true that he favors Parsacis, but it does not mean that he indulges the other party for no reason, the "Aurora" is obviously a difficult bone to gnaw, since Helena's identity has been exposed, what is the difference between letting her go alone to seize the Aurora and sending her to death?
He was about to open his mouth when the hatch suddenly opened, and Renard dragged a shark back into the hall.
"Lord Admiral, there is a new situation, the 'Dawn' has broken out of the shallows." Renard casually threw the half-dead shark to the ground.
Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the shark, and soon noticed multiple obvious burns.
"This is a trace caused by fire-based magic, and the other party is not only good at fireball magic, but also has mastered the super magic technique 'steam casting'." Parsacis groaned and said firmly, "It must have been the lighthouse witch named Nikita, who is Roland Kolas's comrade, Renard, where was this shark attacked?" ”
Renard strode over to the chart, raised his staff and drew a circle in the waters near the Merfolk Islands.
Parsacis sighed, surprised: "It's 60 nautical miles from the place where they ran aground, and it seems that they are really out of trouble, so it will be a bit tricky for us to catch the airship again." ”
"Actually, it's not completely out of the woods," Renard smiled weirdly, "I used magic to communicate with that hapless shark just now, and learned that the 'Dawn' is drifting at sea with its sails up, and it seems that the engine has failed and cannot take off for the time being. ”
"Storm Trooper" Ducatt walked up to the chart, drew a line between the Stranded and the current location of the Aurora, and muttered in confusion: "The route is wrong, this is clearly far from the direction of Baigull Harbor, where do they want to go?" ”
"It's Eagle Island!" "The pilot of the airship is the daughter of Fleman Edric, and her brother is on board, and this route leads to the Eagle Island of the Edric family, where the airship can be resupplied and repaired!" ”
"So what's next, continue to hunt down the Dawn?" Ducatt asked.
"I've sent the 9th Flying Shark Brigade to track down the 'Dawn', and if their destination is Eagle Island, they will inevitably pass through 'Bone Thorn Island' on their way, and I will immediately send a message to the Bone Troll Tribe to let those water trolls intercept the airship." Renard said.
Bone Thorn Island is a notorious island in the Merfolk Islands, and the water troll tribe that lives on the island is a vassal of the Pirate Regiment of the Troll Island, often following the pirate fleet to do some raiding and robbing houses.
"The 9th Flying Shark Brigade plus the Water Troll Tribe can cause some trouble for the 'Dawn', and if Edric's Eagle Regiment makes a move, the Flying Shark and the Water Troll alone will not be enough." Maximian paced back and forth in front of the chart, muttering with his hands in his hands: "Maybe we should set a bigger goal, such as taking Eagle Island." ”
The territory of Eagle Island is similar to that of Giant Demon Island, less than 800 square kilometers, and there are two ports, one of which is a military port, only two frigates, and a relatively weak navy. However, the Giant Demon Island has a powerful air force that looks down on the states of the Northern Gulf, which is the famous "Eagle Regiment" of the Edric family, and the giant eagle throwing blasting barrels at high altitude is very threatening to the battleship, and the Giant Demon Island does not dare to provoke the other party easily.
But that's no longer the case.
"Since we want to pursue the "Dawn", it is inevitable that there will be a conflict with the Adric family on Eagle Island, even if we give up the pursuit of the Dawn and fight with the White Gull Harbor in the future, the Adric family, as the most loyal ally of the White Gull Harbor, will definitely send warships and Eagle Regiment to support, sooner or later we will still have to meet each other, rather than lying on the back of the enemy at that time, it is better to take the initiative to attack now, send a detachment to attack the Eagle Island, and take this stumbling block in one fell swoop! Maximian slapped his palm on the chart, and his mind was decided.
"I fully agree with the Admiral's battle plan, capture the 'Dawn' and control the Eagle Island by the way, if we can force the Adric family to surrender, it is best to bring the Eagle Regiment under the command of the Admiral, greatly enhance the ship-based aviation of our army, and the chances of winning against White Gull Harbor are greater, even if the Adric family refuses to serve and lead the Eagle Regiment to escape from the old nest, we can at least occupy the Eagle Island as the anchorage and supply base of the fleet to provide logistics support for the follow-up operations." Renard's attitude is also clear.
Maximian bowed slightly, and continued to emphasize the details of the operation: "The operation time of the detachment should pay attention to cooperating with the main fleet, it is best to choose the main fleet to move close to the territorial waters of Baiou Port at the same time, Adric is likely to report to the Yangbo family for help, and the Yangbo sisters will send a fleet to the rescue, and the main fleet of our army can take the opportunity to ambush them halfway and catch them off guard!" ”
"Lord Admiral is wise!" Parsacis's eyebrows fluttered, "I am willing to lead the fleet to conquer the Eagle Island, recapture the Aurora, and kill Roland Kolas and his allies!" ”
"Shame on the snow?" Maximian shook his head and smiled, "Parsacis, you are carried away by hatred, you need to calm down, not to mention that compared to the small fight on Eagle Island, I need you to stay in the main fleet to command the Navigator Regiment, Helena, you have lived in White Gull Harbor for many years, and you want to have made a lot of friends there, if you let you slaughter them with your own hands, it would be too cruel, why don't you lead the detachment to fight on Eagle Island, how about I send Hundins Bana and Holuz as your assistants?" ”
"How dare I disobey the Admiral's orders." Helena took the errand with a blank face.
Maximian's order was immediately conveyed to Helena as the flagship of a light cruiser "Canglong" with 30 24-pounder guns, two fast destroyers "Tiger Shark" and "White Shark" with 20 18-pounder guns, and the crew of the three ships included 500 sailors and 200 elite Sawa Fishman marines equipped with amphibious sea slug mounts.
In addition, Maximian also allocated 200 "flying sharks" to provide air support to Helena, this monster that resembles a shark is a kind of amphibious magic beast in the sea and air, responsible for detecting the enemy situation in peacetime, and when necessary, it will also take on the important task of fighting giant eagles and providing air escort for ships, which can actually be included in the sequence of "carrier-based aviation".
Helena cast a spell to teleport to the bridge of the "Canglong" and took over the command of the detachment, the white dragon Hundin Spana was stationed on the "White Shark", and the "Butcher of Chaos" Holuz boarded the "Tiger Shark", and after the communication coordination, the three warships broke away from the main fleet and changed course to attack in the sea area where the Eagle Island is located.