Hank is indeed a recruit, but only in terms of length of service, and in fact, it is clear to any qualified soldier that the difference between a recruit and a veteran is not just the length of service, but the number of wars experienced. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAt this point, Hank thinks he's not inferior to the other at all. In just half a year, they have experienced countless invasions of gunpowder and war, and Patilina has almost put all the various situations under the war she has encountered on their heads, tracking, counterattacking, encircling, encircling, encircling, fleeing, and attacking......... In this respect, Hank is no longer a rookie, but a battle-hardened veteran.

His idea is the same as that of Captain Balk, which is to use decoy to lure the opponent into the terrain in his favor, and then defend instead of attacking. It's just that compared to Captain Balk, Hank is more conservative, and he chooses to use the reconnaissance fleet as a decoy, precisely because the reconnaissance fleet is a high-speed reconnaissance ship, and the advantage in speed should be enough to make up for most of the problems. And now......... It depends on whether the other party is fooled or not.

Looking at the point of light approaching the reconnaissance fleet in front of him, Hank couldn't help but reach out and straighten his collar.

At the same time, the griffin knights, who were in charge of reconnaissance, also discovered the reconnaissance fleet above the clouds. As Hank had expected, they were not stupid enough to attack the metal battleship directly, but immediately retreated after scouting, reporting what they had observed to Captain Balk.

"How many warships does the other side have?"

"Three, sir."

"Uh-huh..............."

Hearing the griffin knight's return, Captain Balk couldn't help but fall into deep thought. If it is an ordinary war, then he also needs to consider whether the other side will have other fleets to participate in the battle. However, this time the battle between the two sides was based on a premise -- that is, all the warships on this side of the school city were built by those students themselves.

So, how many warships will they be able to build in just one year?

In Balke's opinion, I'm afraid it's impossible to have one. However, Archmage Nicholas made it clear to them that not only had the battleship been built, but that several warships had been started and completed together. Of course, the number of specific warships is not revealed by Archmage Nicholas because of the fate agreement involved. But in Balk's opinion, I'm afraid there won't be too many.

"What about the size of the battleship?"

"Slightly smaller than the Galen-class light warships."

"Uh-huh..............."

This is very much in line with Balk's guess, in such a short period of time, the other party naturally can't build the kind of huge warship he has seen before, this kind of light warship is very in line with his own conjecture. From this point of view, the other side should intend to focus on guerrilla warfare and avoid head-to-head confrontation as much as possible. If that's the case, then they shouldn't stay where they are for long, but they can find where they are, and at least have some prediction and judgment on where they will go next.

In terms of the number of warships, the main fleet led by Balk had a total of fifteen mixed warships, plus ten warships of the task force, which far surpassed the enemy in terms of the number of personnel and the number of warships. In fact, at this moment, Balk had received a message from the task force, demanding that he must do everything possible to destroy the other side. But Balk decided to err on the side of caution, even though the other side was no match for him in any way. But they will not underestimate the enemy, this is an important moment that determines the survival of the empire, and it cannot be overstated. Although the other party behaves like a rookie, it is better not to take it too lightly before making sure that the other party is really a rookie.

However, not everyone agreed with Captain Balk's judgment.

"Nonsense!!"

Looking at the orders transmitted through magic, Christopher snorted disdainfully, he was the commander-in-chief of the task force and the second leader of this combined fleet. This time it was he who led the task force to join forces with Balk's First Fleet to fight against each other. Unlike Balke, Christopher was not a steady and sophisticated commander. His face looked like a grinning wolf, and in fact the task force itself was in line with the temperament of a wolf pack. They never play frontal combat, but are good at sneak attacks from behind, side attacks and the like. Because of this, the composition of the task force fleet is basically high-speed warships, and what they are best at is movement warfare, and it is a waste to ask them to defend here as if the cavalry were standing still in line in Christopher's opinion.

What if the other party may have a back hand? As long as these three ships are defeated, then the enemy will have to respond, and at that time, won't they be able to defeat the other side better? It's better than waiting here, could it be that old fellow Balk can only think of this way?

"Send another letter to General Balk, saying that we don't think it's a good idea to wait like this, and that the task force wants to set out first and attack the enemy."

Christopher gave the order again, and then picked up his pipe and put it in his mouth, he had decided that this time he was going to attack no matter what Balk answered.

Receiving Christopher's report again, Balk also sighed helplessly. He didn't really want the task force to be his assistant. In any history, in any dynasty, in any country, in any force, the struggle and confrontation between the central army and the local warlords are always indispensable. In fact, Balk initially thought that Christopher would refuse to make him second-in-command, but what he didn't expect was that the other party would accept it......... But this was not unexpected.

"Send a telegram to Commander Christopher, and I agree that he will attack, but in line with the actions of the First Fleet, with them attacking first and us as rear support."

"Is that okay? My lord? ”

Hearing Balk's reply, the adjutant standing beside him couldn't help but ask in surprise. According to Balk's plan, they were going to stay put and then compete with each other for patience. In Balke's opinion, in any case, those rookies should not have much patience, and most of the young people are young and vigorous, as long as they delay long enough, they will definitely seek change, and at that time, they will be able to see more problems and key points.

But Christopher's correspondence is completely opposite to Balke's, which is not to say that the two have any superior command ability, in fact, as a fierce general, Christopher's own command ability is also quite praised by the Rainbow Council, if you have to say, it is the difference in the command style of the two. Balk is more stable, but Christopher is better at "moving", in this case, it is impossible for each side to compromise with the other, so the best way is to let the other side move.

"I knew ........."

Captain Balk responded again, and Christopher smiled excitedly, tapped his pipe lightly, and then immediately gave the order.

"Order the 'wolves' to outflank from the right, and when I give the order to attack, fire as soon as you are within range! Until then, don't send more griffon knights to avoid startling the snakes. ”

After receiving the order, the "wolf pack" immediately began to move quickly, and they cut through the sky with a roaring trajectory, hiding in the heavy fog between the valleys, and approached the target. Like wolves in the forest, they hide among the woods and bushes, carefully searching, surrounding and attacking.

However, they didn't know that everything they had done at the moment had already been presented in front of Hank's eyes.

"It's a task force...............

As he watched the light spots on the screen move forward at a smooth and fast speed, Hank couldn't help but sigh. The reputation of the task force, he had also heard about it. It's just another thing to actually see the other person's actions. The current Hank is no longer a dazed and ignorant recruit, so he is still very impressed by the other party's formation actions. You know, how difficult it is to maintain an offensive formation in high-speed movement without being detected by the enemy, and Patilina has already made them know it more than once. Because of this, when he saw the task force in action, Hank also understood that he had encountered a strong enemy.

Christopher didn't have the stupid choice to rush to it, and real wolves wouldn't choose to do so. And as he said, the reason why he chose to attack the enemy was to make them change, and from this point of view, Christopher can be said to be half the battle, after all, Hank did not mean to let his reconnaissance fleet be beaten in vain.

However, he was also reluctant to expose his hole cards.

"Order the reconnaissance fleet to be ready for battle, and when attacked, immediately set out in the direction of three o'clock, activate the probe after getting rid of the enemy's pursuit, and keep the surrounding situation in hand as much as possible."

Hank has enough confidence in the combat effectiveness of his battleship, although he said that the reconnaissance fleet is a decoy, and the other party does act according to the bait, but Hank does not want the other party to swallow the bait. After all, the other party is only dispatching a task force, and this kind of small fish is not worth releasing a killer weapon by itself.

Facing each other, Hank looked at the command screen in front of him.

There, the shining light is rapidly approaching. (To be continued.) )