Chapter 63: Desperate Situation
"Athena, how is Odin?" The tall and fierce trench walked lightly to Athena's side.
"The head of the regiment is fine, I just want to be alone and quiet!" Athena looked at the captain's room with the hatch closed and sighed, "How many of those collaborative teams are willing to take orders?" ”
"Only mayflies are left! However, they are only willing to go to Alexandria to find out the news, and will not help us with any more hiring tasks! This is because the mayfly has owed treacherous favors before. The trench gritted his teeth and said in a hateful voice, "Damn, those three traitors are so hateful!" ”
"You can't blame them all!" The white veil on Athena's face fluttered slightly, and there was a hint of tiredness in her pleasant voice, "They have never fought with the General Regiment, and now they are willing to transmit the information of that battle back to the General Regiment, and they have done their duty!" ”
"So what! They are also part of the Temple of the Gods, and even if they can't share the suffering, they shouldn't have betrayed the information that we were out of Y-space and stinging to those collaborative teams! The trench slapped the side of the ship fiercely, venting the resentment in his heart, "Don't let me touch them again......"
Athena didn't answer, brushed the hair around her ears, turned her head to look at the sparkling sea, her heart was turbulent, and it was difficult to calm down for a long time.
Sincerely, Athena agrees with the plan adopted by the Thorn in Alexander, and if Katerina and the tyrant of the sea can be killed at the same time, then the Temple of the Gods will have achieved a breakthrough in the era of sea power.
With the passage of time, in fact, the original strategy of the Temple of Gods to rely on the power of the old K group to reach the apex of X-space in one fell swoop was almost bankrupt. In order to find the old K-regiment, the Temple of the Gods almost exhausted its resources and means, and even gave up the main mission of the Ottoman Empire, just to be able to get this powerful battleship at its feet, so that it would not suffer too much in the naval battle.
However, what they didn't expect was that more than a dozen collaborative teams in the world's major seaports, two core transfer sub-groups, and hundreds of reincarnation groups failed to find any clues of the old K group. On the contrary, in the process of breaking the game with force, he was slowly forced into a desperate situation by the plot task.
The detachment led by the trenches was bloodlessly annihilated by Vasa's troops, which seemed to be a coincidence, but in fact it was an inevitability. The trench detachment was originally arranged by Superstring Space to serve on an English regular warship, and it was they themselves who used Henderson to coerce the old captain to change to the Spanish galleon, which is now the "Golden Elephant".
The Golden Elephant itself was tasked with raiding Swedish whaling ships in the North Sea, and even if they didn't run into the Vassa in Danish waters, they would most likely run into Hedram's Hell God, or Gelhardt's Vestelos.
The Golden Elephant itself was an old-fashioned Spanish galleon that would have been used for broadside combat, and if Hedram and Gerhardt had no problems with their brains, they would have used gunfire to deal with it as well. In long-range artillery battles, these two Swedish admirals are much more powerful than Xu Mo, a rookie.
After the trench detachment converts the service battleship, the possibility of the team's destruction is actually very high, which is the backlash of the plot mission for the Temple of the Gods to break the game strategy to a certain extent. And the Temple of the Gods abandoned the main mission of the Ottoman Empire, and it was slow to find the old K-regiment. As a result, the team had to be dispersed in the final stage, and the Thorn led another detachment on a treasure mission, only to die in Alexander.
Compared to the impact of the destruction of the trench detachment, the destruction of the thorn detachment was more deadly to the Temple of the Gods. The first is the deputy head of the stabbing group, leaving aside the strength of the reincarnation. In the Temple of the Gods, Thorn is one of the three founders alongside Odin and Athena, and his death is an indescribable mental blow to the members of the Temple.
There were five men in the trench detachment, and all three were dead except for the trench and the crow, which looked like a puppet. There were seven people in the Thorn Detachment, four of whom died including the Thorn, and three who broke away from the team were equivalent to the annihilation of the entire army. So far, the super team of more than 20 second-order and above transferees with a core member, the Temple of the Gods, has actually lost more than half!
Even more deadly, the three detached members of the team converted the space of the Temple of the Gods, and the information of the destruction of the two divisions was betrayed to the collaborating teams. When these three reincarnators followed the Temple of Gods into the era of sea power, they were also punished by Y-space and deprived of all merit points and equipment items, which was also a last resort.
The only good news for the Temple of the Gods is that they have finally confirmed from the information sent back by the three reincarnators that the old K regiment is on the Vasa, and the thorn is very likely to have been killed by the old K himself. In other words, the old K-regiment did not hide as they originally imagined, but had been using the plot identity, using the powerful Swedish battleship, quietly waiting for the opportunity to hunt them.
Anyone who can become a senior reincarnation is not stupid, and after realizing this, not only the three members of the sub-group who broke away from the Temple of the Gods, but the other collaborative teams are also not optimistic about the fate of the Temple of the Gods. What's more, they now know that the Temple of the Gods will not stay in Y Space in the future, and they have no thighs to hold, and they don't need to worry about offending this original super team.
Having lost the two major sub-groups and the loss of the collaborative team, although the Temple of the Gods still has more than ten core members of the main group, it has almost reached a desperate situation. There will be no one to help them with the mercenary tasks, and there will be no extra manpower to carry out the treasure missions. If the Temple of the Gods used to be in an extremely bad situation in the era of sea power, now they are at the end of their rope.
"Squeak!" The hatch of the captain's room was opened, Odin appeared in front of Athena and the trenches, and the head of the Temple seemed to have cleaned up the bad mood of losing his close comrades, and his face regained confidence and fortitude.
"Captain (Odin)!" Athena and the trenches were relieved to see Odin regain their spirits.
"Any news from the mayflies?" Odin asked lightly.
"Not yet, they won't reach Alexandria until the day after tomorrow!" The trench groaned for a moment, then looked up and replied.
"Captain, are we going to continue to wait for our chance in Marseille?" Athena's melodious voice rang out again.
Odin turned his head to look at the busy docks of the port of Marseille and sighed in his heart. Their luck was not good, and when they arrived in Marseille from Seville, Henri Morgan and the Sovereign of the Sea had just left.
However, at that time, the collaborative team was on a mercenary mission, and Thorn led the sub-team to carry out the treasure mission, and the Temple of the Gods was not in a hurry to complete Henry Morgan's golden bounty plot immediately, so they stayed in Marseille and waited for the return of the Sea Sovereign.
There were many ports in the Mediterranean, the Strait of Gibraltar was under Spanish influence, and the rest of North Africa was under Ottoman rule except Morocco, which of course included Greece and the Arabian Peninsula. Italy was not yet a unified state at this time, with the exception of a few vassal principalities, the rest of the country belonged to Spain, and the Balkans belonged to the Holy Roman Empire.
Henry Morgan's situation was very peculiar, and the king of the Caribbean, no matter how arrogant, would not dare to let the Sea Sovereign dock in a Spanish port. Although England and Spain had ceased war, the Spaniards hated him so much that it was difficult to say what would happen once they knew he was aboard the "Sea Sovereign".
Even though England and the Ottomans had an alliance, it did not mean that Hayreddin and the local Muslims would welcome Henry Morgan to North Africa. Moreover, after the battle in the Danish seas, the Temple of the Gods had already deduced that the Sea Sovereign was likely to take revenge on the Vasa, so it was inconvenient to dock at a North African port.
Therefore, although there were many ports in the Mediterranean, they found that Henry Morgan could only use the port of France as a supply port. Waiting for the return of Henry Morgan in Marseille was their best bet.
However, the situation is different now, not only is the Temple of Gods no longer have mercenary quests and treasure quests as a way out, but the number of members has also been greatly reduced. Even if they succeed in assassinating Henry Morgan and accumulate some resources, the remaining ten or so of them may not be able to pass the "trial" of X-space.
"No, we can't wait for Henry Morgan any longer!" Facing Athena's question, Odin shook his head, "We must fight the old K-regiment!" Only by defeating the old K-regiment can we deter the other teams in X-Space and delay and reduce the intensity of the 'trial'. Otherwise, what awaits us is only the destruction of the group! ”
Hearing Odin's words, Athena and the trenches were silent. Although the Temple of the Gods also has a powerful warship, the achievements of the old K regiment in the past two months and more fully illustrate their naval combat strength. The Vasa has become a terrifying sea monster, and they have wasted the opportunity to train their troops while they are waiting, and their hope of winning the naval battle is very slim.
However, Odin's words are very reasonable, they have reached a dead end, and only by defeating the old K regiment can they have the last glimmer of life. Athena looked out at the sea, and her mood slowly sank. The sequelae of losing Black-Eyed Lut are gradually emerging, and they have completely lost to the old K regiment in terms of strategy, and can only hope for the final decisive battle.
"Leave one of the crew behind, and if you find out that the Sea Sovereign is returning to Marseille, give the information we have to Henry Morgan!" Odin's eyes flashed, "I hope our previous judgment is not wrong, if Henry Morgan is indeed here for the Vasa, maybe we will get some extra luck!" ”
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"Bang!" In a hotel room in Venice, a wine glass was shattered.
"What a bullshit super team, they're just a bunch of idiots!" An angry shrill scolding voice sounded in the room, "It's a shame that we have worked so hard to relay the information of so many old K-regiments to them!" ”
"Anon, what now?" Rose said coldly, "Since the tyrant of the sea is the old K, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the people in the Temple of the Gods to defeat the old K regiment in a frontal naval battle, should we join the war?" ”
The Scorpion Regiment, which has been keeping a low profile in the era of sea power and only doing the minimum main quest, also got news of the Temple of the Gods from some sources at this time. In fact, at this time, the reincarnation teams of the two major spaces have more or less understood the causes and consequences of this intermediate space-time battlefield.
Compared to the reincarnation of the X space, the team of the Y space was even more shocked. If it weren't for the personal accounts of the three traitors of the Temple of the Gods, they would never have believed that the Temple of the Gods would be defeated by a small team in this way. Because they didn't understand, the other teams in Y Space chose to stay out of the matter and stop helping the Temple of the Gods.
"We must go to war!" Anon's face was a little pale, and the other teams of the Great Round Table members in the X space could stand by and watch, only they had to join the war. For the first time, Anon regretted the action of inciting everyone to deal with the old K regiment.
"I agree to go to war, but with the little sailboat we have now, meeting the Vasa is a delicious dish!" Qin Long said expressionlessly, "Do you have any other plans?" ”
"Of course!" Anon showed a shy smile, as innocent as when he first entered the space, but the words in his mouth were extremely cold, "You guys have been with Miss Michelle all these days, do you really have a crush on that cow?" ”
Michelle ...... Admiral Hogan's daughter? Qin Long raised his eyebrows in surprise, and looked at Rose as if they were looking at each other, each showing an excited look.