Chapter 15: Assault
With Yan Jing's order.
The preparations for the first phase of the expeditionary fleet are in full swing.
The suggestions of Lin Qin and Fu Shudao, the two masters of the Chengshu Dao, have been very fruitful.
Since learning that the Evil will launch an unprecedented attack, and that the expeditionary fleet is willing to offer to assist in the migration of the settlements.
In the area around Lighthouse Island, all settlements that can receive the news have chosen to join the expeditionary fleet.
Especially under the premise of learning that the preparation time has been compressed and the atmosphere on the expeditionary fleet is becoming more and more urgent, many settlements that originally wanted to wait and see can no longer be calm and idle as spectators.
The smoke of war has begun to fill.
In a fateful war, there was no neutral camp.
All this is faithfully reflected in the number of personnel recruited by the expeditionary fleet.
On the first day, there were no more than 3,000 people, and on the second day, the number of survivor squads and even some warships that were relying on their strength and wandering abroad increased, directly breaking through the level of 5,000.
The first two are okay, obeying the arrangement, and can basically be transformed into fleet boat people in a short period of time, while the situation of wandering warships is a bit special, they are more like a combination of mercenaries and merchant ships.
In the past, he sold goods and took tasks by shuttling between major settlements and dragon boats.
Although they were strong in battle, their style was quite loose, and they did not accept the reorganization of the expeditionary fleet, but only expressed their willingness to participate in the great expedition in exchange for a post-war station in the airport.
Yan Jing did not refuse this, and agreed quite happily.
To put it bluntly, Yan Jing didn't care what these people came from, whether they had other ideas, he only had one criterion, as long as he was willing to assist the expeditionary fleet against the evil spirits, he could negotiate any conditions.
Of course, if these people plan to trouble him and don't contribute to the work, then after the war, he will have his own way to solve it.
In any case, the increase in the strength of the expeditionary fleet is undoubted, and the resulting siphon effect is becoming more and more powerful.
The next two days.
The entire expeditionary fleet entered a virtuous circle.
A large number of manpower replenishments have enabled the tasks to be carried out extremely quickly.
However, this large-scale human gathering has unsurprisingly caused the focus of evil, and the preparations on the airport side are still unknown, but the environmental changes around Lighthouse Island are becoming more and more clear.
From the third day onwards, the storm in the area where Lighthouse Island is located became more and more frenzied.
The sky in the Shenzhou world, which has lost the sun, is already dark, and now it is even more difficult to see the light, even during the day, you have to turn on the searchlight.
That's all there is to it.
Sheltered by a lighthouse, the dim light does not affect the work.
The real trouble is the monsters that lurk in the airspace around Lighthouse Island at some point.
From the evening of the third day.
Monsters of all kinds launch a suicidal assault on the expeditionary fleet.
"At eleven o'clock, three weevil-trunked birds were spotted approaching at a rapid pace, and the Blade was ready to take off!"
This is the fifth warning issued by the Storm Tower in the morning hours of the fourth day.
After receiving the news, the Blade team, which had been on standby for a long time, rushed out of the inner city, braved the rain to pass through the workers on the deck and the armored soldiers patrolling back and forth, and went straight to the overhauled Blade not far away.
….
Only three minutes later.
The Blade soared into the sky with the hum of its engines and sped out.
At this time, everyone on the deck was still busy with their work, and there was no confusion at all, not that everyone had a big heart, but the attacks in the past ten hours were too frequent and numb.
When they were first attacked, it did cause a lot of confusion, and the upper echelons of the expeditionary fleet even suspected that the evil cult was ready to strike first and block them on Lighthouse Island.
As a result, after several combat airships took off, it was found that there were only two or three kittens, which was not enough to pose a threat.
This behavior is more like a temptation of the expeditionary fleet.
Want to figure out the progress of their preparations, monitor
The actions of the expeditionary fleet.
"Hey, I'll just say, let's join the fleet is the most correct decision, you look around, the soldiers are equipped with combat airships ready to take off at any time, if our previous settlement encountered an attack of this scale, it would have been overwhelmed!"
On the left side of the ship, the new boatmen who were lining up looked at the fierce battle in the sky and sighed with emotion.
In front of them, the staff of the dragon boat were still carrying out the final registration work in an orderly manner.
"This fleet is good...... When I came, I heard that today was the deadline, and we were about to launch an expedition, so maybe we would have to go to war."
Someone next to him shrunk his neck, looked back at the fleet members who were evacuating from Lighthouse Island, and said,
"You see, they're moving everything from the island to the dragon boat, and they must be planning to leave Lighthouse Island to do so."
"Hah! If you're afraid, it's still too late to go down now, isn't it just going to the battlefield, you still have to face that group of monsters if you stay, it's better to fight with the big army, as long as you can fight for a future for our descendants, Lao Tzu's life is worth it!"
In the face of danger, some people retreat, and naturally some people rise up.
Those who are struggling to survive in the last days are most lacking in blood!
There was endless discussion here, and on the other side of the Sky Survey, Yan Jing was listening to the report of Fu Shudao and others.
Although there are still a number of settlements on their way, the situation around Beacon Island is proof of the urgency of the situation.
The expeditionary fleet could not wait any longer.
The evil can send a large number of monsters to harass them, and even the environment has changed, which shows that the situation near the airport has deteriorated.
The success or failure of the Great Expedition is at stake, and now is no time to slow down for the sake of one or two thousand men.
"Up to now, the total population of the expeditionary fleet is close to 30,000, and the combat force is close to 5,000, of which the number of first-line elite troops equipped with power armor is 831, nearly 100 combat airships of various types, and the number of air combat troops is 1,256......
Although a large number of fighters have been absorbed, the fighters who can really go to the front line and face the evil are basically the elite of the seven dragon boats, and the rest are also selected from the best of each settlement.
On the contrary, the air combat unit does not have so many requirements, and as long as it can go to the battlefield, it will be incorporated into the combat unit.
"Almost, the specific battle plan is up to you, all I can do is open a gap for you, and the most dangerous tasks will be entrusted to me!"
Yan Jing listened to Fu Shudao's report, nodded from time to time, and finally spoke.
Professional things are left to professional people to do.
Yan Jing had never thought of interfering with the specific combat plans of the various units of the expeditionary fleet.
After all, he only knew a few guard captains so far, and it was pure trouble to rush in and engage in micro-manipulation.
What he had to do was simple, that is, to show the expeditionary fleet the way forward, and then do his best to cut through the defense line of the airport, find the evil hidden in the airport, and crush it to ashes!
Peace Shark