089: The fleet that suddenly appeared
When the Captain of the Empire appeared on the large screen of the control device, he looked around with a worried look on his face, and soon spotted Cleo who had just walked through the door. Pythia hurriedly saluted her, and asked anxiously, "Your Highness Princess, I'm late!
Cleo smiled and immediately comforted me softly: "I'm very good! With Ellens and everyone protecting me, everything is going smoothly, don't worry! I have good news for you, the Athenians have agreed to form an alliance with our Ajid family!"
"Hehe, the Queen Mother has already told me about this!" The captain was also very excited and said: "It is all thanks to your efforts, Your Highness, that we can achieve such results that can change the situation, and we are all proud of you!"
The eldest princess shook her head and said modestly: "This is not my credit alone, but also thanks to everyone's hard work, the royal family of Pera will never treat you badly! But that is also after the end of the war, now the difficulties have not passed, the next hard battle is the key to be able to hold Delos, if we lose here, it means that all the previous efforts will be in vain!"
"Your Highness is right!" Pythia nodded immediately, "I know that the Nicene fleet is concentrated in the northeast, and the Empire has now bypassed them and entered the airspace southwest of Delos, and will soon be able to join you." ”
"Well done!" Cleo lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then proposed, "The other party should not have noticed the existence of the Empire by now, this is a good opportunity, or we will attack the enemy's fleet before dawn!"
"Well, that seems a bit too risky, doesn't it?" said Pythia, who hesitated a little.
"What are you afraid of?
Elrens took a step forward at this time and interjected: "I have been shrinking back all day, when is this battle going to be fought! It's better to rush over directly now and catch them off guard! Anyway, it's almost dawn now, as long as I change back into the form of a black dragon, who can stop Lao Tzu!"
The eldest princess frowned and did not speak, thinking fiercely about countermeasures in her heart.
The captain of the Imperial thought for a moment, and continued to object: "But the other side has two heavily armed air combat ships, and there are five other air cruisers and more small warships! Even if you turn back into a black dragon, it is difficult to guarantee that you will be able to destroy the opponent's main force in a short time." If you return to your human form before the battle is over, won't we be completely annihilated?! I think that only by continuing to stay on Delos Island and relying on the island's defense system to counterattack the enemy can we be invincible! As long as we can hold on, after a long time, the other side will not be able to take advantage of it, and we will naturally retreat!"
What Pythia said does make sense, although the black dragon is strong, but it has a time limit, in case it can't solve the enemy in a short time, I'm afraid it will become very passive! Cleo and Ellens both couldn't help but change their minds, and were about to nod their heads in agreement with the air combat captain's proposal.
However, at this moment, the top of the large metal console suddenly flashed red, emitting a sharp warning sound of 'beep'!
Several people were taken aback, and Cleo hurriedly asked, "Oni, what's going on?"
The little Lori magician replied a little panicked: "I don't know the specifics, but it's likely that I found out that there was an intruder!"
"Intruder?!"
Cleo and Ellens glanced at each other, a sense of foreboding in their minds. Could it be that this is the reason why the Nicaeans have been staying far away and refusing to take the initiative to attack? They do have reinforcements, but where did they come from?!
After a few people looked at each other in surprise for a moment, Oni reacted. She hurriedly ran to a rectangular metal table next to her and quickly flipped a few switches. A large pale blue light flashed on the platform, followed by a set of familiar three-dimensional scenes suspended translucently on it, and if you looked closely, you could detect many points of light moving in the scene.
"It's a holographic magic projection!" This was the second time Elrence had seen this magical old shijie magic item. He hurriedly walked over, with this device, it would be much easier to find the intruder.
It didn't take long for Oni to shout and point to somewhere on the outskirts of Delos: "I saw it, here!"
Cleo and the dragon hurriedly fixed their eyes, only to see a group of black battleship-shaped objects floating in the sky above the sea to the north, flying rapidly in the direction of Delos. At this rate, it looks like you'll be able to arrive before noon!
"It's another floating ship battle group!" Elrens suddenly felt a pang in his heart: "Damn, where the hell did these guys come from?!"
Cleo was also surprised to see this change, and she leaned over the metal table, observant with full attention. You must know that the floating fleet of the Nicaeans alone is already very difficult to deal with, and now with this fleet of unknown origin, it is simply impossible to win! Not only that, but even if you want to escape, it is difficult to ensure the safety of everyone!
Suddenly, the eldest princess raised her head with a pale face, and her big eyes were full of incredulity!
Her voice trembled with nervousness, and her tone was very frightened: "I, I recognize, this is, it's the Eastern Floating Fleet belonging to Pera's staff......"
"What? it's the Eastern Floating Fleet!" Elrens and Oni were surprised when they heard this.
The Eastern Floating Fleet of the Olympia Alliance, which was under the direct command of the General Staff, was not strong, with a small number of warships and old models. He has been stationed on the front lines of the Anatonian battlefield, and is responsible for monitoring the flanks of the Nicaeans. Now this fleet has left its garrison and appeared near Delos Island for thousands of miles, what is the purpose of this?!
Several people looked at each other in a depressing atmosphere, and after a moment of silence, Pythia said hesitantly: "Could it be that Melechlos received the news that the Nicaean fleet is here, so he ordered the Eastern Floating Fleet to leave the front line and rush here to intercept them?"
After saying this, the captain of the air combat ship smiled self-deprecatingly again. In fact, he didn't even believe what he said, and the possibility of this was too low! The Eastern Floating Fleet was subordinate to the General Staff and had always only acted on the orders of Melagaros. As we all know, the vice-regent is an anti-war faction, who has always advocated peace talks with the enemy, and has always adopted a passive defensive attitude in war, and it is impossible to send the Eastern Floating Fleet to take the initiative to attack and leave the jurisdiction to fight the enemy so far away!
Cleo felt only a chill in his heart, so that there were only two possibilities left.
In this way, although Delos would fall into the hands of the vice-regent, he did not let the enemy Nicaeans take advantage.
To make matters worse, Melaculus had already colluded with the Nicaeans, so he abandoned the Anatonian front line and allowed the Nicene fleet to attack Delos through the airspace of the Olympian League. And now they have to join forces with the enemy to flank this place and betray Delos to the enemy as a condition for their peace talks!
"It's too much!, this traitor, I must behead him and sacrifice him to the gods!!"
Cleo clenched her fists and slammed into the platform in hatred! Since the beginning of the war, she has done countless things for the safety of her country. Countless lonely nights, she racked her brains and exhausted herself to build a central floating fleet. How many times have she gone to the front line to fight bloody battles at critical moments, regardless of her life, and even almost died on the battlefield, she has no hesitation in these difficulties!
However, at the moment when countless Pera warriors were fighting desperately against the enemy and dying tragically, Melageros, as the vice-regent, betrayed the country and the army behind his back! How many people's efforts were wasted, and how many people's sacrifices were completely meaningless! Cleo felt her heart dripping blood, indescribable anger filled her body, and the flames of hatred burned violently, and Melaculus had to pay the price no matter what!
Elrens looked at the princess Pera sympathetically, patted her on the shoulder and reminded, "It's useless for you to be angry now, let's think about how to solve the problem!"
"I understand. Cleo nodded, took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart for the time being.
In war, you have to be prepared for the worst. After basically figuring out the identity and purpose of the fleet that suddenly appeared, how to remake Jihua according to this change has become a problem that Cleo and others urgently need to think about. After a series of fierce battles, the air defense Liliang on Delos Island has been seriously reduced, and the magic power of the Death Ray is not much left, although it is being urgently replenished, but it is difficult to guarantee how long it will last in the future.
As for the air combat puppets, although their morale is high because they have just won the victory, after all, they have lost too much in the daytime battle, and now most of them are wounded, so they are also unable to exert their maximum combat effectiveness. Although the enemy has just lost a heavy cruiser, its strength has not weakened much, and now it is more likely that a large number of warships will come to help! Delos, which was already overstretched, will now face an enemy who has multiplied its strength
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