When the New Year's bell rang, the whole city of Buckle was in a festive mood. Despite the fact that the folk festivities continued late - or rather, early in the morning, Elysia hurried back to the lord's mansion in Dibes with the crowd.

"When?" asked Alicia, leaning casually on the couch, her legs crossed, looking unkind.

Dibes was already sweating all over his body at the moment, and he would have turned around and fled on the spot if he could. But reason told him that if he did, the little queen's electric shock would follow and turn him into a cloud of charred black coal. So the young city lord finally quietly wiped his sweat and replied cautiously: "Just when the bell rang just now, everyone celebrated the New Year together. I'm so sorry, Your Majesty, and I've had the expeditionary fleet send out a non-stop message that the previous message was fake......"

"But Francis hasn't responded to them yet, has they?" said Alicia, raising her hand and biting the nail of her thumb fiercely, scratching slightly, "The Dark Empire must have somehow interfered with our telecommunications. Damn, Hannah has planned it all from the beginning!"

"Wait a minute, please. Li Huayin raised his hand in confusion despite the obstruction of Jebutan beside him, "Little Ellie, when celebrating the New Year just now, someone took advantage of everyone's laxity to welcome the New Year to sneak into the City Lord's Mansion, and then sent a congratulatory telegram and fake strategic instructions to the expeditionary fleet in your name, but why do you say that this is designed by the other party's boss in advance?"

The blonde girl who puffed out her cheeks and pulled the innocent slime in her arms twice on the back looked very cute, which made Li Huayin immediately drool and wanted to pounce on her and hug her violently - fortunately, the cold sweaty Jebutan grabbed her in time. There is no daily routine of an electric shock.

After sulking in her heart, Alicia took two deep breaths and raised her head, "Eige warned us before, saying that Hannah's action this time was against the Alliance Expeditionary Fleet. In light of the likely pattern of attack, I assumed that the objective was to assassinate Dibes in order to disrupt the command of the Marines, which he did. But that was only one of the goals of the other side's operation. They have bigger goals.

In retrospect, Hannah's plan had three goals listed. The first was to attack the people gathered in the square to cause panic in all parts of the mainland, but I later stirred it up, second, to kill Dibes, which was also perfectly solved by the little guy in my arms, and third, and the biggest and most important purpose of the other party. That is to take advantage of the confusion that arises after the success of the first two operations, or our laxity after the failure, to issue false instructions to the expeditionary fleet. In other words, the first two articles are only foreshadowing, and whether they are successful or not will not affect the implementation of the last one. ”

"Since the instructions are false, it is not a little contact with the locals, and it will be a goof...... Yes. Speaking of this, Li Huayin also showed an expression of sudden realization. "That's why the other party interferes with the communication?"

After the little queen finished pulling the innocent slime, she pulled her hair again: "Ah, how can it be repaired! I obviously have such a big advantage, but in the end I was still exploited by Hannah, and now I have a big fire in my heart!"

Seeing this, Michelle immediately stepped forward in distress to stop the girl's movements, while Sophia curled the corners of her mouth slightly behind the fan, turned her head to look at a young man next to her, and said, "Alicia." Are you suggesting that Ilya can sneak into her room tonight to help you put out the fire?

"Poof!" Chassi, who was sipping tea, couldn't help but spray all over the ground on the spot. "Ahem, I'm sorry, I choked on it. Having said that, as a superior person, the mental pressure is really great, Alicia, have you entered menopause so quickly before you grow old?"

"What's the matter with such an undisciplined follow-up spoof, the author who arranged the role of the spit service for you is already in tears at the moment!?" Alicia casually threw her perverted and lascivious slime onto Chassi's plump chest, causing her to let out a series of exclamations, "Sun Xiang." Hurry up and drag your girl back and have a good training!"

"Dare I ask where you have run away as a girl, Your Majesty!?"

Dibes, who was covered in cold sweat, weakly stretched out his hand and said, "That." Everybody. How about putting aside the topic of everyday life and allowing us to focus on the current response?"

At this time, Yuege, who was sitting in the corner silently sipping tea, suddenly said for no reason: "The festival has not been lost." ”

Laughing.

Alicia, who was desperately panting, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, stroked her stomach and waved her hand weakly: "Okay, okay, Yuege's divine words are definitely the most violent complaints, let's restrain ourselves." Don't touch Michelle, I really don't have a stomachache, and I'm not pregnant with someone's child. Now, let's get down to business, Dibes, have you figured out what Hannah's instructions to the expeditionary fleet were?"

"No, I can't. Dibes shook his head gloomily, "The communicator was very completely destroyed after use, leaving no clues to crack it at all. The other party is a veteran in this area, and even Hannah herself may not have done it. Now the only way is for someone to catch up with the expeditionary fleet at breakneck speed to warn them, but ...... How easy is it to say?"

"Now, Alicia. Is the spiritual link between you and Icarus still not working?" Sophia suggested as she shook her head decisively and helplessly, shaking her folding fan gently, "How about the mercury lamp that resides in Mangla, it should be fast with her strength." ”

Everyone thought it was a good idea, but the little queen waved her hand vigorously and vetoed, "Don't think about it." She's really fast, but at the same time it's very energy-intensive. Rather than let her fly halfway and suddenly fall into the sea because of exhaustion of energy, N years later, with the waves washed up on the beach, and then picked up by a certain bear child, winding up, causing countless daily lives to start another new life or something, it's better to read the chairman-sama's fanbook. ”

"Although the latter ones don't understand well, but it seems impossible, then forget it. Sophia sighed softly. "But then again, it hasn't been long since the last Coalition naval battle was won, and no expeditionary fleet, no matter how brave and good it is, will not be able to advance long distances and threaten Tyranmere. What did Hannah do to plan this attack in the New Year to mislead our fleet?"

Dibes scratched his cheek and guessed: "Maybe there are bases in the direction of the fleet's advance that are very important for the enemy?"

Ilya disagreed next to him: "It shouldn't be for the base, once the fleet finds out that the deceived base will not be able to hold it." Since you can't hold it, it's better to give up and not hold it, and by the way, you can concentrate your forces. The enemy's target is likely to be the expeditionary fleet, after all, Lord Francis is the greatest threat to the enemy these days. ”

"But where did the other side get the troops to annihilate the expeditionary fleet, wasn't their main force basically wiped out before?" Chasi sneered profusely, "Could it be that the other party has made some little monsters so quickly?"

Michelle tilted her head and said with a confused face: "Why do you think so complicated, maybe there is a secret facility hidden on an island in front of our fleet that the other party cannot evacuate? Doesn't that make sense?"

After being silent for a long time, Alicia suddenly turned around and grabbed her two hands, stared at her eyes with a serious face, and said firmly: "Sister Michelle, you should be my military advisor." ”

"Wooh!?"

"What are you going to do if you want a natural soldier to be a military advisor!?" Sophia walked up quickly and slapped the blonde girl's head unceremoniously. "Do you use her natural nature to pull the IQ of both friends and foes to the same level as her?"

"Don't talk like people who are spewing dirty words on random posts. Alicia proudly puffed up her slightly bulging breasts and said, "Compared to them, I'm going to have a lot more discipline!"

"I'm sorry, I really don't know how to complain. ”

Dibes laughed again and pressed his hands to make a peacemaker and said, "Well." Michelle said that the probability is indeed very high. But after all, this is just speculation. What's more, before analyzing the enemy's strategic intentions, let's first find a way to inform our fleet. ”

Alicia pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed tiredly and said, "Actually, there is a very simple way, but everyone hasn't remembered it. Since the enemy has interfered with our communications with the expeditionary fleet, wouldn't it be sufficient for us to get in touch with the base in Wailing Bay? ”

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The wind and waves on the sea are getting stronger and stronger, and there is no intention of stopping at all. The huge coalition fleet had long since stopped advancing, waiting for the weather to pick up.

"The New Year's is not in my hometown to bake the stove and soak the girl, but to come to this place to blow the sea breeze, I really have a head cramp. Francis, who was standing by the porthole of the bridge, sighed deeply and turned his head. "Still not connected to the homeland?"

The communications soldier shook his head with a wry smile and said, "No." Maybe it's due to the weather, not to mention that the mainland can't even contact the Wailing Bay base. Your Excellency, Commander. What do we do now?"

Francis didn't answer, but walked to the table and looked at the charts that were laid out on the surface and asked, "Now, Jikrem, what do you think?"

"I use Kuaibo...... Uh, I'm sorry, I didn't say anything. After being glared at by Francis, who was not in a good mood, Jikrem, who had wanted to ease the atmosphere, coughed and returned to his usual serious expression and said, "Our current position is here. According to previous reconnaissance by Her Highness Icarus, there was a medium-sized island about 350 nautical miles ahead, with nothing on the island, and 470 nautical miles to the left, a number of small reef islands, in which she also detected energy fluctuations, where enemy warships were likely to be hidden. And just now at midnight, a message from the mainland sent us a congratulatory telegram in the name of Her Majesty the Queen, and gave instructions to go in the direction of the archipelago to reconnoiter and annihilate the enemy. This communication was indeed sent from the city lord's mansion in Bucklde, and with the character of our little queen, it is not impossible for her to go to have a tryst with her little lover during the New Year, and then go to Dibes to be a guest by the way. So I think this newsletter should be true. What are you still suspicious of?"

"I'm wondering if our little queen has deducted the maintenance fee of the communication relay station, otherwise Mao's current signal can't even compare to PHS!?" Francis said with a frenzied face, "Well." The topic of His Majesty's stinginess will be put aside for a moment. I'm just thinking, this side just received a communication unilaterally and the signal was suddenly cut off before it could be replied, is there really such a coincidence in the world?"

"It's a bit strange for you to say that...... Jikerem couldn't help but look uncertain when he heard this.

After a long silence, Francis turned to look at the guards at the entrance of the bridge and said, "Has His Highness Icarus rested, if not, please come to the bridge." ”

"No, Commander. Her Highness is stroking a watermelon alone in the viewing room, and I will go and invite her now. ”

“...... So where did that badly out of season fruit come from?"

A few minutes later. The pink winged angel with a watermelon in his arms walked into the bridge: "Are you looking for me?"

Francis motioned for Icarus to walk over to the table, pointed to the medium-sized island on the chart, and asked, "Your Highness, did you take a closer look at this island when you last reconnoitred it?"

Shake one’s head.

Just a cursory glance twice? Sure enough, there was no energy reaction that couldn't get her attention. Francis nodded to himself, and then said as tactfully as possible: "I don't doubt you, but some of the things that happened just now are too strange, and I personally think it is necessary to conduct a more detailed reconnaissance of these two places again." If you can. I hope you ...... early tomorrow morning."

"No, I don't. I'll be able to strike right now. Without hesitation, Icarus replied, "You are the commander of the battlefield, and if you think it is necessary, then I will naturally strictly complete the tasks you have been given." ”

Francis was also relieved when he heard this: "Well, I'll let the dragons of the night be in charge of the fleet's vigilance." Your Highness, you don't have to worry about us, it will be of the greatest help to us to find out what exactly is hidden in these two places. ”

The Queen of the Sky didn't continue to speak, instead turned around and walked out of the bridge.

The soldiers who had been standing by the hatch saluted Icarus when she arrived, and then opened the hatch. Let the howling wind sweep in a large amount of water vapor, wetting the Queen's silver-white armor.

"Your Highness. The current wind and waves on the sea are more than ten meters high, please be careful when flying at low altitudes!" the captain of the group of soldiers shouted at Icarus, "Also, if you meet those hardcore guys who like to sleep with Hunter Crawl during the mission, kick their chrysanthemums twice for us!"

Icarus, who didn't know why the soldiers were so enthusiastic about the chrysanthemum plant, nodded faintly, walked out to stand on the deck in the wind, suddenly spread his wings, turned into a meteor and disappeared from everyone's sight.

The wind was strong, but it wasn't a problem for Icarus. She turned up the power of the detection system to the fullest, and slowly approached the medium-sized island as her primary target at a gentle speed.

The further you go, the more exaggerated the wind and waves become. Icarus couldn't help but increase his thrust a little to maintain his speed - and for an ordinary surface warship, it would have capsized and sunk in such an environment.

I don't know how long it took, and a huge black shadow finally appeared on the sea in the distance.

Francis suspected that there might be something on this island, so did I accidentally miss something during my first reconnaissance? Icarus lowered his altitude slightly, and cautiously flew forward against the waves—and so far there was no reaction from the probe, as if it were just a deserted island with no people.

But since the Queen of the Sky is determined to search this place carefully, she naturally won't choose to leave easily. She slowly landed on the edge of the island in the bad weather, shrunk her wings to keep them from being blown away, and began to look around.

There was no vegetation on the island, the rocks were black and very hard, and occasionally a few small things like crabs crawled past the feet of the Queen of the Sky in a hurry, and the soil was about the same color as the rocks, only slightly lighter, and its surface was barren, as if it had been cursed by dark magic.

Since the storms in the ocean are formed by demonic spells, it's no surprise that expeditionary fleets like this one, which have been affected by it and become a veritable island of death, have seen a lot along the way.

Could it be that Francis was mistaken? Humans are always suspicious, maybe his nerves are too tense? Icarus stood still for a moment, and finally raised his feet and walked deeper into the island.

In any case, Francis's order to Icarus was to inspect the island carefully and thoroughly, and just standing on the edge and looking at it now naturally does not count as a complete task.

On this black island, Icarus, who is walking alone in a silver armor, stands out. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )