Chapter 374: Puzzle
For Lapaton, the capture of the caravan was completely expected, because judging from the content of the last communication of the convoy, it was clear that it had been attacked by an unknown enemy, and it was attacked by a large number of enemies, so the caravan would definitely not be able to be saved.
Therefore, it is more appropriate for Laparton to say that it is reinforcements than to investigate, to find out who is attacking the caravan.
The attack on the route to transport war materials is definitely a major thing that must be paid attention to for the rebels, and in a war of this level and intensity, if the supplies can't keep up, the battle must not be fought, so this matter must be investigated.
First, we need to figure out who the enemy is.
Second, to figure out the size of the enemy.
Third, it is necessary to destroy the enemy.
That's the real purpose of Lapaton's trip.
Therefore, after learning that the caravan was likely to have been captured by the enemy, he still ordered the fleet to move at full speed and go to the combat airspace without stopping.
Since the convoy had sent a communication before it was completely destroyed, it was not difficult to know where it was attacked, and although it was not possible to pinpoint a specific location, the general airspace could still be determined.
The fleet commanded by Lapaton then kept moving at full speed, starting from Tatsujuku Castle in the morning, and moving at full speed throughout the day, without stopping for a moment, until late at night, they arrived in the airspace where the caravan was attacked!
I have to say that the speed of Lapalton's party is really fast enough, according to normal circumstances, it takes at least one day and one night to get from Tatsusu City, and even two full days if it is slower, but he came in only one day and half a night with all his strength, which can be described as fast.
And after reaching the airspace of the engagement, that is, the airspace where the escort fleet had the last message, Lapalton gave an order to lower the altitude and fly to land.
As I said just now, the purpose of his trip has long been not to support, and now that it has been a whole day and half a night since the caravan was attacked, where is there any need for support, and Lapalton's current goal has long since changed from support to investigating who attacked the Chamber of Commerce.
The news from the escort fleet only mentioned the attack, so until now, it was not clear who the enemy was, whether it was the Sky Alliance, the Air Pirate Regiment, or the Independent Sky City that did not participate in the big battle but planned to take advantage of the fire.
So the first thing Lapadon had to do was to figure out the true face of the enemy.
It is difficult to find out who the enemy is in a sky where the battle has long ended.
In the eyes of many laymen, this is almost impossible, but for insiders, this is not the case.
Although the battle takes place in the air, don't forget that the downed battleship, whether it disintegrates directly or crashes, will eventually fall on land, so if you just look in the sky, of course, there is no trace, but if you look on the ground, you can find a lot of evidence and clues.
And don't forget, although the escort warships responsible for protecting the caravan were completely destroyed, they were more than 30 large warships after all! Even in the face of an overwhelming enemy, couldn't these 30 or so warships shoot down even a single enemy warship?
Obviously impossible, an escort fleet of this size, even if it encounters an enemy twice as large as itself, will eventually be able to inflict certain losses on the enemy, even if the losses are not large, but there will be one after all.
In this way, it is not difficult to find out who the enemy really is by going to land to find out the wreckage of the battle, especially the wreckage left by the enemy's warships, and judging by these wreckage.
Therefore, as soon as he reached the airspace of engagement, Laparton ordered the fleet to descend to find the wreckage to determine the exact location of the engagement and further verify the identity of the enemy.
More than fifty warships slowly descended from the sky, and soon came to the sky above the primeval forest, and then began to search for it in the night.
Since it was already late at night when they arrived in this airspace, the battleship had to light up the huge magic lamp and aim it at the forest.
"My lord, the wreckage has been found!"
Still sitting in the captain's room, Lapaton was soon informed that the fleet had found the wreckage of the battle.
"My lord, the fleet has found some scattered wreckage, and it should not be far from the core of the battle. ”
"Okay, let's work hard, search carefully, and the sooner we can determine the identity of the enemy, the better it will be for us. ”
"Yes!"
With a sound of agreement, the lieutenant left the captain's room, while Lapaton remained seated in his place, and slowly closed his eyes, as if to close his eyes.
After only ten minutes, the adjutant who had just left came to him again: "My lord, a large number of warship wrecks have been found, all of them are our fleet, and this should be the area where the battle took place." ”
"Very well, send out the Sky Demon Warriors to look carefully. ”
"Yes!"
With a command, two squads of Sky Demon warriors flew out of the battleship and flew to the ground.
"My lord, the Sky Demon Team has discovered something new!"
Soon after the Sky Demon Squad was sent out, a new situation arose.
"The Sky Demon Team has discovered a large number of cargo ships!"
"What?"
Lapperton, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, immediately opened his eyes and frowned when he heard this report.
"A large number of cargo ships...... Was it sunk?"
"No, it doesn't seem to be, it looks like it was forced to land in the forest. ”
“............”
This kind of report made Laparton groan for a while, and then stood up: "Take me to see." ”
After saying this, he left the captain's room with the lieutenant, and then the fleet began to slowly approach the location where the Sky Demon team found the cargo ship.
After only ten minutes, under the illumination of the huge magic energy lamp, Lapaton, who was already standing at the bow of the ship, saw the cargo ship mentioned by the air demon team.
In Lapaton's sight, more than twenty cargo ships were parked in the forest, and the two air demon teams he sent were levitating around these cargo ships, and on the ground around them, there were some demon corpses, which looked like they had just been killed.
When they looked closely at the cargo ships, they found that there seemed to be no one in the ships, and they did not see any crew members calling for help.
What's going on?
Finding so many cargo ships docked in the forest, Lapaton was also a little confused, because whether it was the Air Pirate Regiment, the Sky Alliance, or the Independent Sky City that attacked the caravan, there was no reason to park these cargo ships in the forest.
And then there's the crew of the cargo ship.
There are more than 20 cargo ships, and the crew on them is 500 people, where are all these people, why don't they see anyone coming out for help?
Have they all been killed by demons......
It's weird.
Standing on the bow of the ship and thinking for a while, Lapalton said to the adjutant on the side: "Let the Sky Demon Team go down and check the specific situation." ”
"Yes!"