Chapter 37: The Broken Silver Bead (1)
After receiving a reward from his cronies, Nimitz locked himself in his room and remained silent for twenty minutes.
Twenty minutes later, he was fully dressed, pushed the door open, and went straight to Hirschbend's room.
"Commander, I think it seems that our fleet has not been trained for a long time. β
Hirschbender disagreed: "Didn't you just conduct a joint exercise of sea and air integration a month and a half ago, and you must know that training is not cheap." Especially at the juncture of the general election, the nobles must be reluctant to pay for it. β
"Yes, but, well, now there's an opportunity to move the whole of Hong Kong without spending a lot of money. β
"Tell me about it. β
"Three of the eight capital ships in our harbor participated in this operation on Stamford Floating Island, and according to the plan, they will return tomorrow at noon, and according to the habit of the main city to slam the door, the return of the magic energy supply must not be so sufficient. β
"You mean, a rehearsal for replenishment at sea?"
"You really know it. β
"Well, that's a good idea. The lads have also been idle for a long time. But Nimitz, tomorrow is Sunday, and the boys must have a full plan for the party tonight, so I'll give you a notice, it's a little late, right?"
"It's a rare opportunity, Commander, if you want to mobilize the capital ship in normal times, just the approval will make people's heads bigger. I don't think it's too late. β
"You're still as diligent as ever, so be it. But you're going to be busy all night tonight. β
Nimitz slammed on his heels: "Responsibility and glory!"
Nimitz pushed open the door of the command room, strode out, and began to wait in the corridor with the adjutant who was waiting outside and ordered loudly: "Immediately notify all officers and soldiers, urgent tasks, cancel all vacations, return to the garrison within three hours, and start the drill at four o'clock tomorrow morning, and violate military law!"
The adjutant carried the pen like a fly, brushed it down, and took the order.
"Immediately notify the Tasd supply station, immediately transfer the magic energy spars stored in the station to the dock, and prepare to replenish at sea, the loading must start before seven o'clock tonight, and the completion must reach more than 70% before three o'clock in the morning! In addition, except for the capital ship, all frigates must be dispatched to provide cover for the transport ship!"
This order frightened the second adjutant into stupidity: "General, is this an order signed by the commander?" Moreover, such a big action does not have the approval of the city hall......
"The city hall is busy with the general election, and the efficiency is surprisingly low, and when the approval comes down, it will be too late!"
"General!" the adjutant's face turned pale, "Please tell me, Yinzhu Harbor, will it be attacked?"
"I'm not sure. β
"If there is no attack, unauthorized movement of the fleet, no permission from the town hall, no authorization from the commander......" the adjutant swallowed with difficulty, "you will go to a court-martial." β
"I'm pretty sure. But I can't turn a blind eye. I'll bear all the consequences, go ahead. β
"Yes!"
As night fell, Yinzhu Harbor was shrouded in darkness. It did not fall asleep as usual, because of the insistence of a certain high-ranking general, most of the sailors dragged their tired bodies and scolded overtime and tossed around.
The next morning, the pearl of Jagenque will shine brightly in the sun. Who would dare to attack Jacque's fleet?
Busy until three o'clock in the morning, when the work at hand was temporarily over, Nimitz quietly breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes for a nap.
The location of the fleet assembly has been determined, whether it is the capital ship returning from Stamford Floating Island, the transport and supply ship in the port, or the frigate, they have all made their way to that location. In this way, the situation of being passively beaten has been greatly alleviated, and if the blind man dares to rush directly to the military port from the sea, unless he can take the military port within an hour, he will wait for the fleet that is moved to the open sea to stab him in the back!
As for other things, military tribunals or something, let's take one step at a time!
At this time, the adjutant suddenly knocked on the door: "General, the No. 22 lookout post reports that drift ice has appeared in the northeast of the military port." It is estimated to arrive in three days. β
"Come in, this year's drift ice appeared more than a month earlier than usual. Let's follow the process. β
The drift ice in the North Sea is not a simple ice floe, but a large iceberg that moves slowly by the sea, and if it hits a floating island, the consequences are unimaginable. The general way to deal with it is to observe and predict its path in advance, and if there is a threat, bomb it with a fleet, or climb an iceberg and plant a fire bomb in a weak place to blow it up.
"Also, General, the operation on Stamford Floating Island is over, and the airship team is ready to return, and the return time is eight o'clock tomorrow morning. β
"Got it, it's ready here. It's a pity that those boys ran for nothing, and they didn't catch a single ice mayfly, hehe. β
"yes, I don't know where those guys are hiding. β
"If it's all right, you can go down. β
"Yes. β
The adjutant went down, but Nimitz was sleepy. He stood up and paced quietly in the dark office.
"Drift ice? more than a month early? Should we let the airship scout it? Forget it, the toss is already ruthless enough. This year, the sea temperature is high, and it is possible that drift ice will appear earlier. There's no way an ice mayfly can float through drift ice, right?"
However, he still mentioned the receiver of the communication circle: "Correspondent, I am General Nimitz, and I will pick up Deputy Commander Hirschbender." β
"Sorry, General, the deputy commander has already slept, said before going to bed, there is no good news, do not wake him up. β
Nimitz was stunned, and originally wanted to report it and listen to the deputy commander's opinion.
The fleet has already reached the open sea and has begun to form a formation, and the threat from the sea can basically be ruled out; the ice mayflies in the air are flying slower than the airships, and there are less than five hours before eight o'clock, and it will take at least three hours to fly from the outermost observation post to this positionβa mere beast, can kill Yinzhu Harbor in two hours? What are you kidding!
Perhaps, it's me who is disturbing myself?
The deputy commander is still calm, there are still many things I need to learn. Take a break.
Thinking about it, Nimitz sat down, lay on the table, and fell asleep.
As soon as he fell asleep, the herald hurried over, just in time to be stopped by the adjutant who came out of his office: "What are you doing?"
"Report! An urgent message from Presto, the commander of the visiting fleet of the Kingdom of New Tennotiran, the details of the North Sea Monster. He said that the Ice Mayfly might use the North Sea Troll as a cover to approach the harbor and launch a surprise attack!"
If it weren't for the fear of waking Nimitz up, the adjutant really wanted to laugh out loud, but he endured it again and again, finally calmed down, took the letter, and threw it into the trash can at the door: "Little savages in the southern jungle, talk to us frost giants about the North Sea Monster? This joke can make me happy for half a year! When we cross the ocean, they are still liquid! the horse!"
At the same time, a huge iceberg floated on the surface of the sea one hundred and fifty nautical miles north of Rahu. No, more than one, less than five hundred meters behind it, another iceberg also slowly moved over.
If you zoom out and pull it up, you will see that there are twelve icebergs floating on the endless blue-black sea at night, and they are approaching Yinzhu Port.
Beneath the surface of the sea are tentacles that dance like a forest.
Twelve North Sea Monsters, assembled.
The huge magic energy core began to exert its strength, and the abundant magic energy flowed between the hatching rooms in the body, and the ice mayfly eggs broke one after another, and the blue young mayflies crawled out one after another, and then, under mental control, obediently crawled along the long corridor towards the body surface of the North Sea Giant Demon.
Huge air supply pipes beside the corridor blew a bitter wind that stiffened their wings and bodies, and a massive aerosol chamber at the end of the corridor sprayed them with light and tough armor.
One thousand two hundred and thirty-seven ice mayflies soared into the air and flew towards Yinzhu Harbor.