Half an hour later, the Illyrian naval fleet and the Knights of the Parthenon Puppeteers, under the command of Elrens, Oni, and Leviathan, poured out of their nests and marched north to join the forces of the Merfolk Kingdom.

Around noon, the group finally arrived in the waters near Andros Island. Elrens stood on the bow of the flagship heavy cruiser Delos and looked into the distance. I saw that there were more than a dozen huge dark blue creatures like a hill floating neatly on the northern sea, these creatures had a single horn with a glowing blue light in front of their heads, and there was a large hole at the top of the back, from which from time to time there were fountain-like water columns, which were the heavy magical creatures in the army of the mermaid kingdom - the narwhal whale.

Around the narwhal, there are also huge phalanxes composed of countless tiger shark riders. When they saw the Illyrian fleet arrive, a group of Tiger Shark Knights leaped out of the formation and swam quickly in the direction of Elrenth. The first middle-aged general wearing gold armor and holding a sapphire trident is none other than the mermaid prince Prian.

"His Highness Elrens!"

The merfolk prince came to the front of the Delos and stood on the back of its saddle and shouted, "According to the reports of our spies, the enemy seems to be aware of our movements, and the combined fleet of the opposing side has sent a large number of warships to patrol the coast of Thessaly. If we pretend to make a forced landing, I am afraid that we will soon be discovered, and when the time comes, the enemy will flank our landing force from both land and sea, and it will be difficult for us to resist it!"

This is also to be expected, and their large-scale mobilization of troops, no matter how covert, will cause a little movement. If the other party is unaware. That's what worries.

Ellens smiled and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured, Princess Cleo has ordered Marshal Ptolemy to lead the entire Southern Navy fleet north and attack the enemy fleet in a big way. The opponent's main force should have been attracted at this time. We are now immediately rushing to the battlefield and attacking behind the enemy fleet. If the enemy fleet can be defeated in one fell swoop with this battle, the landing can rest easy. ”

Prian pondered for a moment and nodded: "Since His Highness has already prepared, we will attack right now!"

With that, the mermaid prince turned around and returned to the formation. After a short while, the Illyrian naval fleet merged with the Tiger Shark Legion of the Merfolk Kingdom and continued northward.

Meanwhile. Marshal Ptolemy, who had been prepared for a long time, received the order of the Empress Dowager Olympias to attack, and began to lead nearly 100 warships of the Southern Navy Fleet, together with the Eastern Floating Fleet, which had just completed its reorganization, to the north.

Since the war on the sea. The Olympia League Navy has always used defensive and harassing tactics and has never attacked head-on. However, the Eastern Roman Navy has always been closely watched, and has not relaxed its vigilance, and this time the Southern Navy fleet has assembled in its entirety. The momentum is huge. This was soon discovered by enemy patrol ships.

When these Eastern Roman sailors saw this unprecedented large-scale fleet, the huge bodies that towered over the sea like hills, countless extremely heavy armor plates reflected dazzling flashes, rows of erected heavy magic cannons, black tubular cannons carved with complex and evil spells, and the sound of the ship's whistle echoed in the waves one after another.

The Eastern Roman sailors were so stunned by this terrifying momentum that they immediately turned the bow of their ships and sped away as if they were fleeing for their lives, intending to report the enemy to their superiors

Field Marshal Mendes, who commanded the Eastern Roman Navy, and Emperor Justinian heard the news. Immediately realize that the situation is not trivial. The Olympia Alliance Navy, which had been avoiding the war, suddenly made an unprecedented move, gathering such a large-scale fleet to attack. It was inevitable that he would make a desperate attempt to defeat the Eastern Roman Navy in this battle, so as to seize the sea dominance of the Sea of Qin, so as to turn the tide of the entire Balkan hegemony.

In addition to the main force of the Eastern Roman fleet, the navy in Justinian's hands was supported by the Holy Roman Black Sea Fleet and the Volga fleet of the Slavic Bear Clan, with more than 300 large and small warships, far exceeding the Southern Fleet of the Olympian Alliance. Justinian had always hoped to destroy the enemy's sea power with overwhelming superiority, but it was only because the Olympian navy was quite cunning and always used the terrain advantage to dodge and was unwilling to fight a decisive battle.

Now it is rare for the other side to take the initiative to attack, and the Eastern Roman Combined Fleet can take advantage of this opportunity to concentrate superior forces to destroy them in one fell swoop! Thinking of this, Justinian and Mendes immediately began to act excitedly. They sent heralds one after another, and all the warships stationed and patrolled nearby were transferred to the sea off the port of Thessaloniki, gathering a huge fleet of nearly 300 warships, and at the same time mobilizing the floating fleet as air cover, and converging together to meet the enemy forces in a mighty south.

A large-scale naval battle that would decide the outcome of the battle was about to begin, and both sides were doing their best to mobilize troops and vow to seize this good opportunity to completely seize the supremacy of the sea.

In the afternoon, a drizzle began to fall in the cloudy sky, and the vast sea was filled with fog, and visibility was greatly reduced. The forwards of the two fleets met head-on in the area of the North Sporades through the fog, and after several rounds of tentative magic cannon fire, there was little damage due to poor visibility. However, at this time, something very puzzling happened, and the Southern Navy fleet suddenly turned around and hurriedly withdrew from the battlefield and headed south.

After hearing this information, Marshal Mendez, who personally commanded the combined fleet, frowned tightly and looked at the gloomy sea in front of him without saying a word.

A tall and sturdy admiral beside him couldn't help but ask, "Your Excellency, the enemy has retreated, but has not run far, are we going to pursue?"

The marshal did not speak, his face was gloomy as a dark cloud outside.

Another thinner general reminded: "The enemy retreats suddenly, I am afraid that there will be fraud." ”

The tall general shook his head and said, "The enemy army found that we were twice as numerous as them, so they naturally wanted to retreat. Knowing that you will undoubtedly defeat and kill yourself, isn't that a fool?"

"The enemy already knows that we have a numerical superiority, so why do you want to take the initiative to attack? Isn't it a waste of strength to retreat after an attack?" The thin general was unconvinced.

The tall and strong general wanted to refute, but Mendes finally sighed and said, "Don't fight, I have already made a decision." ”

(To be continued......)