Listening to Oni's question, Nicias could only reply with a wry smile: "We have lost too badly! Before the departure of the mage regiment and the knights, there were more than 1,000 people, and more than 300 puppets of various air battles! However, after half a day of hard fighting, almost half of the puppets were shot down on the spot, and the rest were all wounded. More than half of the brothers were killed or wounded, and now their morale is very low, and their combat effectiveness is probably less than one-tenth of what it was at the beginning!"

Losing nine-tenths of its combat strength in one battle, this is really a big surprise! Oni couldn't help but turn pale, and asked in a trembling voice: "How can this be, is the strength of the opponent's fleet really so strong?"

The knight commander shook his head: "The fleet sent by the Nicaean this time is mainly two air warships and six cruisers, and the rest also have a number of small destroyers and fast ships, all of which are not the latest ship types, and their strength is not average. But the problem is that their formation is very tight, and the mutual fire support between the ships is very effective, and the reaction between advance and retreat is extremely fast. It's not like us, they all rush and slam with brute courage, and they are no match for the enemy at all!"

Cleo sighed at this time and interjected, "Your Knights are accustomed to using the methods of land warfare, but in air combat, charging in close formations will not be effective. Not only will this not be able to exert the maximum firepower, and it will not be able to break through the enemy's formation at all, but it will only suffer heavy casualties due to the resistance from all directions, and defeat is inevitable!"

Oni and Nicias listened to this criticism, and they both looked at each other, and their faces were not very good. However, they also had to admit that the Athenians did not have experience in large-scale air combat, and did not know how to command the operation from the air, which led to the failure of this operation.

Both of them couldn't help but look a little discouraged for a while, and when Cleo saw their lost looks, she slowed down and comforted, "Even so, after all, we haven't been wiped out yet. As long as the tactics are properly configured and the defense system of the floating island is relied upon, we may not be able to block the attack of the Nicaean in the night battle! Reinforcements will arrive tomorrow, and it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory!"

The Celestial Princess's face was serious, and her expression was determined and powerful, and these words were like a shot in the arm for Nicias. After he stopped, he finally regained his strength, clenched his fists and said, "Your Highness is right! We haven't failed yet, how can we give up, as long as we learn from our mistakes last time, we will definitely be able to do better next time!"

Then, he turned to Oni and reported: "When we retreated just now, we found that the other party's fleet was not in hot pursuit, and it is estimated that they were afraid of the defense system on Delos, so they did not dare to attack. But it's hard to say how long this hesitation will last, we have to try to reorganize Liliang during this time, otherwise once the other side knows that most of the defenses on the floating island have been destroyed, they will definitely attack with all their might, and we will definitely be unable to resist it......"

After an urgent hustle and bustle, the sun finally slowly set in the west.

When the sunset of zuihou on the horizon also disappeared on the surface of the sea, only a faint starlight remained in the dark night sky. However, looking into the distance in the dark, you can see many huge shadows floating between the clouds in the distance, and the shadows seem to be terrifying demonic beasts coming out of hell, exuding a strong killing aura.

At this time, inside the flagship of the Nicaea Floating Fleet, the 'Phrygian Dynasty', there was a rather oppressive atmosphere. On a high platform in the fleet's conference room, the chief court magician, Golden-robed Narciss, sat behind a round table with a grim face, at odds with Admiral Mendez, the governor of Dalmatia and commander of the fleet, and the two sides were at loggerheads.

Looking at the majestic figure that loomed in the darkness of the floating island in the distance, Narsis said slowly with a gloomy face: "Your Excellency, Commander, have you seen the lights on Delos? More than eighty years ago, my mentor also saw this kind of light. At that time, our country was still called Eastern Rome. ”

"That was more than eighty years ago, what do you want to explain?" General Mendes asked with a blank face.

Narsis's eyes were half-closed, recalling distant past.

"At that time, we Eastern Romans had one of the most powerful fleets in the world, and Theodosius Bixia was even more powerful! However, even so, after a year of hard fighting for the siege of Delos, we still failed! The fleet suffered heavy losses, the Master was seriously wounded, and what was even more terrible was that the Eastern Romes began to decline after that battle, and only thirty years later the Latin Kingdom captured the capital Byzantium...... All in all, we can't afford to repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

The fleet commander was very unimpressed by this, he shook his head and said: "How can the current situation be compared with the past? First of all, eighty years ago, the enemy commander on Luo Island was Philip the Great, the emperor of Olympia, but now he is a stinky little girl! Second, even the most powerful warships in eighty years cannot compare with our two Phrygian-class air warships today, and our magic craft has made great progress! On the other hand, the opponent's defense system on Delos Island is still an ancient magic weapon from the old Shijie, although these equipment are powerful, but they are exactly the same as they were eighty years ago!"

Speaking of this, Mendes pointed to the distance with excitement and said: "Zuihou! The most important point is that the warring parties were assembled and well prepared, and the war was protracted. But now that we have taken advantage of the enemy's civil strife to attack suddenly, they will certainly be caught off guard, and the battle during the day is proof of this! Under such God-given favorable conditions, if we do not seize the opportunity to break the enemy in one go, we will have no chance if we let them breathe!"

The fleet commander's words were reasonable, and everyone in the conference room couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement

However, the golden-robed mage lowered his head and thought about it, but he still objected: "What you said makes sense, but I don't mean to give up attacking Delos, but there is no need to take the initiative to attack under the uncertainty of the situation. As far as I know, Mel'agros' fleet has arrived not far from here, and it's time for him to fulfill his original promise. Let his fleet be in the vanguard, and when both sides suffer heavy losses, we will take the opportunity to attack. In this way, we can defeat the enemy without sacrificing our forces in vain, and Delos will not escape from the palm of our hands......"

Borrow someone else's hand to fight the enemy, but Zuihou's interests belong to himself. Narcis's Jihua was also very attractive, and the opinions of the people could not help but diverge again, and the meeting room was noisy again.

The commander of the fleet had a terrible gloomy face, he did not approve of cooperating with Melagolos from the bottom of his heart, such a villain could even betray his own country, what else could not be done ?!

Thinking of this, Mendez stood up, looked directly at the golden-robed mage, and said, "Your Excellency Narcis! Bixia has entrusted me with this mission, and I will be responsible for the fleet! I respect your opinion, but in any case, Melaculus is not trustworthy! We must not pin our hopes for success on him, nor can we let this great opportunity go to waste, we must take the initiative now and take Delos Island as soon as possible!"

Listening to the words of the other party's near-showdown, Narsis was extremely unhappy. But he clenched the scepter of the Kingdom's Chief Magician in his hand, but he was still speechless. Justinian Bixia sent himself to assist Mendes, although it meant to supervise the army, but this did not mean that he could be above the commander of the fleet. What's more, at this critical moment on the eve of the start of the battle, it is very unwise to easily fall out with Mendes, which will not only seriously damage morale, but may even cause the collapse of the fleet!

The golden-robed mage was silent for a long time, and Zuihou had to reluctantly retreat: "Okay, you are the commander of the fleet, you have the right to decide everything!" But I still hope that you will be careful, the air defense system on Delos Island is very powerful, and there are many secret methods hidden, so you must not rush the whole army rashly. I propose to send a small force to test in batches, and it is not too late to attack with all our strength after finding the opponent's weak point. ”

Now that Narsis has taken the initiative to back down, it is not good for Mendes to continue to be aggressive. After a little thought, he nodded briskly: "In that case, let's send the Trabizon to attack first......"

On the other side of the island of Delos, the regained knight captain Nicias used the limited time to quickly reorganize the demoralized mage and knights. Oni also commanded the group to make emergency repairs to the broken air combat puppets, and with the help of magical ancient magic devices, the repaired puppet corps finally regained some of its combat effectiveness.

At the same time, Oni also sent someone to take Dmitry and other Pera knights to the floating island through a teleportation device. The members of the expedition had to be stranded in the fortress of the port of Paros after being knocked out by a series of lightning attacks by the Soul Breaker, and were later captured by the navy of the Southern Fleet in a coma, and they all suffered when they woke up. Fortunately, the Parthenon knights sent by Oni arrived in time, and the admirals did not know that the Athenians had defected to the royal family of Pera at this time, so they happily handed them all over to Oni

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