Chapter XXXVII: The Turning Point of the Battle
The unknown situation directly caught all the personnel in the command headquarters by surprise, no one would have thought that the Seagod Empire, which had been fighting with them for more than 30 days, would be so powerful, far beyond their imagination, the enemy was fighting with them at the same time, but it could actually carry those spoilers, you must know that most of those spoilers are Venerable first-level beings, although their wisdom is not high, but this does not mean that their combat effectiveness is not strong! However, even in this situation, the Poseidon Empire still coped with it so easily, which was really impressive. However, in any case, this time the battle expeditionary force must cross over and must achieve victory, otherwise, the expedition to Zhongzhou will become a bubble and a real joke, because in front of them, there should be more powerful existents than this Poseidon Empire, and some can even be described as nine deaths and uncertain futures, if they can't even pass this, where can they have the ability to defeat those enemies who are more powerful than the Poseidon Empire?
"How long will it take for the Eighth and Ninth Armies to arrive?" Kong Ming did not answer their questions, but asked directly. For the current expeditionary force, instead of fighting with the enemy like this, it is better to really separate the enemy and let them divide their troops into two ways, in this way, the expeditionary force will be more active for the next battle, after all, the number of enemies is unknown, and the number of demon beasts is also unknown, in such an ignorant battle, it is very dangerous for an army, if it were not for the fact that the Poseidon Empire does not have an air force, the expeditionary force can escape from the sky at any time, and Kong Ming will not directly plunge millions of people into such an ignorant battle。 In addition, Kong Ming would not think that those forces of those places that the Poseidon Empire had conquered for so long and had not conquered. will be weaker than them.
"At their current speed, it will take another thirty minutes to get to us. Sima Wei replied on the side. The entire headquarters will monitor the whereabouts of every army, both its own and the enemy's.
"What is the approximate distribution of the Poseidon Empire's army under the seabed?" Kong Ming asked directly as he looked at the magic screen. There are certain displays in the magic screen, and these displays can let him know a general range of the distribution of the Poseidon Empire's army, but these are not what he wants, he wants to be more specific, and these specific things cannot be displayed directly.
"After more than a month of exploration, we have roughly figured out some of their specific distribution, with the warships of our expeditionary force as the center. In this part of our seabed, almost all of them are their combat troops, among them, all kinds of demonic beasts are the mainstay, the gods only account for about one percent of their attack strength, the saints account for about one-tenth, and the rest are six or seven level demonic beasts, these demonic beasts are chaotic, and there is no law at all. And at any time the combat consumption can be replenished at any time. In the course of the battle. We found that to the east of us, the Demon Shark clan was the majority of the four royal families of the Poseidon Empire, and to the south of us, the Demon Whale was the majority. In the north there are mostly magic medals, while in our west there are mostly magic rays. Merfolk are almost never seen. Sima Wei directly reported that after more than a month of continuous reconnaissance and continuous exploration of the seabed. They've finally gotten some way to detect life on the seabed, but. That's all there is to it, they really don't have much confidence about the rest. After all, the sea is too deep, and the situation is too complicated.
"There is no information about the mermaids?" asked Zhang Yiming.
"No, they're too deep to be detected. Sima Wei said very regretfully, the time is too short, and the exploration of the sea is not as easy as imagined.
"The mermaid clan is the royal family of the Seagod Empire, and their number will definitely not be low in this battle, otherwise, it will be difficult for them to suppress such a huge army, or a group of demonic beasts, and it is impossible to say. And there are so many mermaids among them, we haven't found one, it's really sighing!" Zhuge Yibu sighed, he was really a little surprised by the enemy's secrecy work, not because the other party was clever, but because the other party was in the sea, and it was a mermaid who had been stored in the sea for a lifetime.
"The mermaids have always been legends in the sea, and it is very normal to see them. Historically, with the addition of countless legends and wild histories, only three times have been recorded. Kong Bing explained that as a literati, he is absolutely qualified in this regard.
It's just that when he finished saying this, he saw countless pairs of idiot-like eyes looking at him, at this time he knew that he was wrong, indeed wrong, in addition to Zhuge Yibu and Zhang Yiming, who can be regarded as literati, Ye Jianhui is a strong man among the elves, and his knowledge is naturally not a problem, and other people, including Kong Ming, are all coarse people from a certain point of view, isn't it meaningless for him to say this? Not only that, but it is also easy to offend these coarse people led by the commander.
"Commander, you'd better come and take a look yourself. A voice came from inside a corner. Kong Ming turned his head, it was a staff officer who was pointing to a small magic screen, above the screen was a sea, Kong Ming didn't see anything, but looking at the staff officer with some panic, Kong Ming still put down the discussion on this side and walked there directly, everyone looked at Kong Ming walking over, I don't know what happened, but, they stopped the discussion, and now the information that can be transmitted to the command must be very valuable information. Kong Ming walked in front of the screen, looking at the sea and seeing that there was really nothing, he asked directly, "What's the matter?"
"Report to the Commander, a merfolk appeared here just now, less than three seconds before and after, but now it has disappeared. The staff officer reported.
"Luo Shen, replay the screen. Sima Wei said on the side, hearing this news, not only he was taken aback, but everyone was surprised, could it really be said that Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive?
As the footage on the screen slowly replayed, everyone saw a tiny, tiny fishtail flashing in the sea, if they didn't pay attention. Then this is no different from other fish, and next to this fish tail there is something like a human figure. It's also a flash, and everything is in this flash. It's easy to overlook, and the only thing that makes everyone happy is that it resembles a mermaid, with human-like hair, and that's what makes the scouts spot them. The staff officer was a little nervous, after all, it was only for a moment. It feels like it's just a fish.
"Put it on the big screen, and then the fat man, immediately organize the hands to stitch this picture, I need to know what the situation is in ten minutes. Kong Ming said directly. Then he looked at the staff officer and said, "Not bad!"
Kong Ming immediately returned to his previous position and watched the picture appear directly on the big screen, this is a mermaid, and it only occupies a small part of the whole picture. It's just that compared to just now, everyone can see very clearly, this is a mermaid, a female mermaid. In the background of this mermaid, there is seawater, and there is not a trace of blood, and there are no other fish around.
"Find out where this surveillance is right now. Kong Ming said, he didn't know why there was a mermaid flashing here. It doesn't matter what kind of place or trap it is, he just needs to know that there are mermaids there, then it should be not far from the enemy's headquarters, or it should be the enemy's headquarters at all. These are sufficient.
"It's been found! That scene is about a thousand kilometers northeast of us. A staff officer shouted from a corner of the command. It's not very difficult to find, after all, every scouting place corresponds to a corresponding scout.
Mark his location on another large screen. Sima Wei hurriedly said.
Kong Ming didn't pay attention to the staff officer's shouting, but looked at the other big screen. A static map of the entire battle situation is shown here, one by one. The current situation map of the entire expeditionary force is directly marked.
And at this time, a thousand kilometers northeast of the expeditionary force. A small red dot suddenly appeared, and the red circles around the dot kept going from small to large, and then disappeared directly, so as to show the location they needed to pay attention to now.
"Order the Eighth and Ninth Armies to fly in that direction at once, and when they arrive, to storm directly into the sea and attack the merfolk there. The mission was divided, with the red dot as the dividing line, with the Ninth Army in charge in the north and the Eighth Army in the east. Destroy all the mermaids in there for me, maintain the formation throughout the battle, don't mess up, can't fight a war of attrition, and must fight quickly. Without any hesitation, without any hesitation, Kong Ming ordered directly.
After receiving Kong Ming's order, the Eighth and Ninth Armies, which were flying in the sky, adjusted their flight direction and flew directly towards the target.
War is really full of accidents, one moment you may still win, but the next moment, you will find that you have nothing, this transition between life and death is sometimes in an instant, heaven and hell are sometimes really only one step away.
Yu Lingling is a carefree mermaid, she was born in the royal family since she was a child, under the doting of her parents, just like a real princess, she has never been wronged at all, from childhood to adulthood, it can almost be said to be smooth and smooth, and for the mermaid who is a saint when she grows up, she only needs to work hard now to become a god respected by everyone, with a thick foundation, no way. If it weren't for the mermaid tradition, she wouldn't be here if both men and women had to walk on the battlefield as an adult. I've been here for more than a month, and I can only hide in the dark and dreary abyss every day, in order to prevent humans from discovering their whereabouts, the light in the abyss has been strictly controlled, except for a little light in those military places, there is really no light at all in other places, the dim abyss, the deep atmosphere, makes her, the proud daughter of the Poseidon Empire, have endless pressure and complaints. Today, she finally got to their group to come out on patrol, she immediately rushed to a few meters below the surface of the water, glanced at the sky, of course, in order not to let the enemy find out, she was very helpless to sink directly again, this qiē, just to see the sky.
"Yu Lingling, do you know that this is a violation of battlefield discipline? If the enemy notices us here, then this battle will have unimaginable consequences for us!" Yu Feng, the mermaid who led the team, said with some annoyance, he was the leader of this team. Responsible for all the things of the entire team, and this patrol is also led by him. It's just that everyone knows that they are just pretentious. It's a kind of experience, there is a qualification, and it's those monsters that really patrol.
"Come on, it's just to look at the sky, it's not a big deal, why make a fuss? The other squads haven't happened before, everyone has been bored for more than a month, what's wrong with relaxing! I really take myself as a character!" A clear voice came from the side, this is also a female mermaid Yu Minting, she has a strong nature, she was originally fighting with Yu Feng for the position of the captain of this team, but because she is a female mermaid, she lost to Yu Feng, and she was naturally unconvinced, which is also the reason why she has targeted Yu Feng everywhere since this month.
"Come on, stop arguing. Everyone gives way, it's really not good for Yu Lingling to do this, and the captain is right to criticize, it's not a way for us to be here now. Why don't you go down?"
"What's a big deal, what's a big deal?" Yu Feng yelled at Min Ting sternly, he had already had enough of this woman fish for a while. Oppose him everywhere and find his faults. Now he is still inseparable, how can he be embarrassed as the captain? Now he must use this excuse to give the other party a good look. Otherwise, how do you think you can command this team?
"Violating military discipline is not a big deal? Showing the surface without permission is not a big deal? Don't you know how much effort those people put into finding our merfolk? Don't you know how many merfolk were left in the entire army when they attacked Heroic Island for the first time?" Yu Feng is really a little crazy now, more than a month of dark life, so that such a noble mermaid can only be accompanied by those lowliest starfish, through the little pitiful light in the abyss to feel their own existence, which makes them really unbearable.
Yu Ximin didn't know that his intention to make the mermaids less harmed and to put them in the most critical place at a critical time made all the mermaids hide directly in the abyss, which directly caused the dissatisfaction of countless mermaids. As the royal family of the entire Poseidon Empire, how many mermaids have suffered since they were born? The absolute rule has made arrogance deeply rooted in their blood, so even if they have lived in the ocean all their lives, they rarely stay in such a dark place, and the annoyance has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of every mermaid, including Yu Ximin.
"Come on, don't make a big fuss, we are more than a thousand kilometers away from the battlefield here, where do they get so many scouts to look around? Really, some people don't want to take advantage of Lingling's momentary curiosity to play? Hmph, your father is the commander of the Third Army, and my father is the deputy commander! Everyone is the same, who is afraid of whom!" Yu Minting said in a hurry, in this team, there are extremely good elders in every family, either father, grandfather, or uncle or the like, it can be said that among the mermaids in the entire Poseidon Empire, there are few families that do not have such high-level figures, after all, the life of mermaids is too long, and the strength is strong, how many connections are related, even they themselves are not clear.
"Hurry up and patrol, or you will miss the time, and the above will approve it again." "The other merfolk are still watching the two mermaids arguing, and some are not calm, after all, this place is too close to the water, if it is said that the expeditionary force is a sword formation, then all the merfolk will have to be reimbursed.
"yes, it's too close to the water, and if we invite humans, we'll be done playing, let's go!"
"If you want to die, don't drag me along, I'll go first. ”
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The decapitation of the first battle shocked all the merfolk, and it also had a lot of shadows on the expeditionary force. That attack made all the mermaids have a misunderstanding, that is, the expeditionary force was directly aimed at the mermaid clan, and they were not even willing to pay attention to other royal families, which made the gap between the royal family and the royal family of the Poseidon Empire, which already had a big gap, bigger and bigger. Of course, these are not within the scope of the expeditionary force's thinking, after all, it is a battle between two races, not a battle between one race, and in a short period of time, the spies of the expeditionary force have no way to infiltrate into the Poseidon Empire. In the same way, there is no way for the spies of the Poseidon Empire to infiltrate the expeditionary force.
Under normal circumstances, a scene like this is just a common scene on the battlefield, for thousands of soldiers, no one can guarantee that all people's thoughts will be unified to one point, no one can guarantee that they will not violate any of the military discipline, and no one can guarantee that they will complete the control of their own curiosity, so it directly causes many violations of battlefield discipline on the battlefield, which is a very normal thing, if there is no violation of discipline in any army, it has become a strange thing, after all, they are in charge of people, not machines。 But it is precisely this violation of discipline on the battlefield that sometimes becomes the source of the destruction of an army. Therefore, in an army, it is impossible to put too much emphasis on discipline.
Li Yao stood with a flying sword flying above the sky, constantly calculating in his heart.
"Commander, there are still ten kilometers left before the place where the enemy's mermaid was found!" a staff officer reported to Li Yao, who was close to him.
Ten kilometers is only a matter of moments for an army that can reach a speed of 1,500 kilometers per hour.
"Have all the orders been delivered?" asked Li Yao again.
"It's all passed on?" Li Yao asked again.
"It has all been conveyed, and the Eighth Army has been contacted, and we will go down ten kilometers further back from the place where the enemy is found, and then go directly to the bottom of the sea at an oblique angle of 30 degrees. The staff officer replied.
Li Yao nodded, under normal circumstances, the place where the enemy's outpost or patrol post is found will be a certain distance from the detachment in front, and this distance has a lot to do with the reaction time of the team and the weapon. Under normal circumstances, in the era of cold weapons, this distance will be closer, so that after discovering the enemy's situation, it is convenient for the troops on the side to prepare for battle, and at the same time be ready to support the battle ahead, while in the era of hot weapons, this distance is usually a little farther. Therefore, the location of the expeditionary force to find the enemy cannot be the position where they are stationed, but the location of their outpost, if the discovery point is directly into the water, it will give the enemy a little longer reaction time, which the expeditionary force does not want to see, so only ten kilometers back is a better position to enter the water.
"All personnel began to lower the altitude, to get into combat readiness!"
"A company is ready for battle!"
"The second company is ready for battle!"
"Three companies are ready for battle!"
"The fourth company is ready for battle!"
"The fifth company is ready for battle!"
"The sixth company is ready for battle!"
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"Ready!"
"Ready!"
"Ready!"
"Ready!"
"Ready!"
At the time of arrival, the Eighth and Ninth armies began to transmit constant orders, and by now, they were completely close to the enemy's center, the strategic goal had been achieved, and there was no need to hide anything at all.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The figures of the soldiers of the expeditionary force drilled directly into the sea, and rushed into the water, making countless waves gradually rise from the sea.
"The sea god is above, what the hell is going on?" Yu Lingling looked at the countless expeditionary soldiers flying overhead, and the whole person was completely stunned, dumbfounded, and muttered, she didn't expect this kind of thing to happen at all. The entire mermaid patrol team was completely frightened, they all opened their mouths wide, and looked at the enemy flying overhead from the water, and they didn't react at all for a long time.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!" Yu Feng muttered, and then suddenly shouted, and at the same time, the alarm of the enemy attack was directly transmitted.
In an instant, Yu Ximin, the mermaid commander who received information in the abyss, was also stupid, how did the expeditionary force know that they were here......?