Chapter 741: Names and Preparations for the Expedition
The exercise to test the alliance's new fighter jets was a natural success, and these small aircraft are far more agile than the large, bulky and sluggish air warships, and they can provide fire support to ground forces in a more timely and effective manner in land warfare, and can replace the traditional scouts to reconnoiter the whereabouts of large enemy forces. It can break away from the main force in groups and strike at the depth of the enemy's defense line and then return safely with speed advantage, and its role in naval warfare is immeasurable - if it were not for the fact that the standard equipment of the Dark Empire Navy is submarines and the number of fighters is somewhat insufficient, it is likely that the enemy fleet will be defeated by the fighter group in this battle before seeing the shadow of the alliance warships.
Perhaps in the face of a few strong men, the fighter plane is indeed not as strong as the air battleship, and the thin small body is as brittle as paper paste, but ...... After all, there are not many powerhouses in that realm. What's more, Alicia asked her subordinates to develop fighters not to deal with the final boss but to deal with the sea of miscellaneous soldiers, thick steel plate armor (because Ya is floated up with floating equipment, there is no need to deliberately reduce the light weight of the fuselage) and small magic shields are enough to ensure the survival of the aircraft on the battlefield.
After using the compass to solve the problem of the Harpy as the pilot's ruckus, the only trouble now is that the energy consumption of the fighter is relatively large, and the combat radius is not as far as Alysia expected.
It's no wonder that floating equipment, propeller engines, shields, and airborne guns all cost magic crystals. Although in order to avoid the situation in the fierce battle where the energy consumption is so serious that the fighter cannot fly back due to too many guns, the people of the Jishu Development Department specially designed two sets of independent energy supply devices for the flight system and the fire protection system. But even that didn't satisfy Alicia.
The little queen didn't force this, she asked the Jishu development department, who had no relevant experience, to tinker with this kind of flying machinery that I had never even heard of was to catch ducks on the shelves, and now people have come up with decent results. Don't worry about anything else. At present, the fighter of the alliance Jishu is only in its infancy, and it will be slowly improved in the future.
After the exercise and the reliability of the aircraft, Alicia and her friends left Paulis City on the fourth air battleship and the first aircraft carrier in Drowlivan, and rushed to the Wailing Bay in the deep sea. There, the Alliance's main fleet had been waiting for a long time, and at the sound of an order, it would crush the navy of the Dark Empire with a thunderbolt, and send ground troops to the continent of Taranmere to launch a formal counterattack against the demons who had already occupied half of Drowlivan.
"Before arriving at Wailing Bay. We have a very important matter that must be addressed immediately. Alicia, who had gathered everyone in the corner of the bridge, said in a deep voice, and even Dibes, who was sitting in the captain's chair not far away, was attracted to the attention, "And the situation is urgent." It has reached the point of urgency. β
"What the hell is it?" Anqi hurriedly asked with concern, "Could it be that those fighters suddenly discovered that there was some kind of defect?"
[Sister Anqi cooperates so well, goodjob! Although you are about to come and pull my stupid hair......]
The blonde girl, who successfully made everyone's nerves, decisively raise her index finger and said with a serious expression: "No, it has nothing to do with airplanes. It's this battleship. I also didn't notice until now that there was a huge problem with it. It's going to be a big problem if you don't fix it right away. β
Nearby Vasis couldn't help but swallow hard when she heard this.
"Sister, what is that?" Imrith tilted her head and wondered, "Ease hasn't noticed anything unusual on the ship in the past two days?"
"It's so sweet, little Ace! If you continue like this, you will definitely be tricked back by some unscrupulous male protagonist in a light novel in the future!" Alicia unceremoniously pointed to the tip of her sister's nose and said loudly, "Didn't you notice that this battleship has not been named so far?"
"That's really ......"
Before Imrith could finish her sentence, Angel angrily grabbed the silly hair on the top of Elicia's head. Under the horrified gaze of the officers and men on the bridge, the little queen screamed in pain, and shouted in incomprehension: "So you have gathered all of us here for such a trivial matter as planning to choose a name for the battleship? Do you dare to be more boring!?"
"It hurts, it hurts! I'm really going to drop it!" Alysia, who desperately tried her best to rescue her baby Silly Hair, covered her head with tears on her head and pretended to be pitiful, "Sister Angel, how can you be like this, don't you know that for some characters, Silly Hair is their essence?
"Ah, yes? I've heard that some people's personalities change dramatically when you pluck them out, and maybe next time I should try to pluck out that noble hair, so that I can see if you'll go from an unruly evil belly to a gentle and innocent soft girl?"
After a long pause, Alicia resolutely replaced verbal answers with action - she quickly summoned a round slime and held it to her head.
Seeing this, everyone in the bridge couldn't help but have black lines on their heads.
Imrith sneered, wiped the cold sweat from her head, and changed the subject: "Ah, how about putting this question aside? My sister is right, it's time for us to give this battleship a name." Otherwise, how are we going to inform the base when we arrive at Wailing Bay?"
Hearing this, Michelle nodded her head and agreed, "Well, it is. So Sister Ace, do you have any good suggestions?"
"My sister used my name last time, so I guess I should use my sister's name this time. β
Dibes, who was not far away, also walked over to join the discussion: "In that case, how about calling it the 'Queen Elicia'?"
This should have been a very good and undetectable secret flattery, but Alicia's pretty face suddenly darkened, and she said angrily: "Don't call it that, I don't want this ship to be blown up and sunk by the spies of the Dark Empire diving into the water before it leaves the port." β
(For children's shoes that it doesn't understand, you can go to Baidu's famous battleship "Queen Elizabeth.") οΌ
Patting the horse's hooves, Dibes scratched his cheeks in embarrassment and retreated to the side. And Anqi, who was trying to save her boyfriend's mistake, hurriedly spoke: "Then Bixia, how about just using your name without adding any title? β
Alicia's face changed slightly: "Although I don't care if there are any of these, but weishenme, you always have to talk about my name, can't you think of something else?" Like the 'Archangel number' or something. β
"Let's not mention whether the God King Douglas Bixia will come to look for trouble, are you sure that the warplanes on this battleship are really as powerful as Gang Damu, or do they hide the legendary transformation function and can gorgeously transform from a fighter to a mecha warrior?" An Qi said with a speechless expression on her face.
"What's going on with this kind of hanging to the explosion, Senior Sister Anqi, you shouldn't have been done anything strange by Dibes, right?" the little queen couldn't help but blush when she heard this, but she quickly said, "That name just now was just a joke by the way, don't care." But I'd like you to think of other names. After all, this battleship is a temporary modification, not a properly designed and produced aircraft carrier. β
Imrith nodded understandingly, "Well, that's true. Then my sister. ...... with the name of Ernie sauce"
"No need to talk!" replied the blonde girl without hesitation.
That excited look almost lifted the slimes off his head.
"Mia, Ace isn't done yet. The little girl's face was full of grievances, which caused everyone to suddenly have infinite pity.
It seems that Queen Bixia hates His Royal Highness quite much. Hawkers, as a younger sister. It must be a very hard thing to have such a deep sister control brother, right? Anqi, who was dripping with cold sweat, rubbed her head and proposed again: "Since that's the case. Then name it after the city of the Empire. How's the 'Paulade'?"
Obviously, Alicia was not very happy with this, but she couldn't think of a more name, and suddenly fell into a deep groan.
At this moment, Ilya, who had not spoken beside him, suddenly spoke: "Now, I said, it is better to name this ship with 'Dawn'." Because after our victory in this naval battle, we will launch a counterattack against the demons and reclaim the territory of Drowlivan from them. The tide of battle, which was almost on the verge of being conquered by the enemy, was reversed, just as the dawn had finally dawned after a long night. β
Everyone's eyes lit up suddenly.
"Hmm. That's it!" Alicia, who was full of excitement, immediately clapped her head, "The first aircraft carrier, the first counterattack, it is indeed fitting to use 'Dawn' to commemorate it! Dibes, the name of this battleship is officially determined to be 'Dawn', you contact the base in Wailing Bay and ask them to inform the whole army." β
"Yes, let's do it!"
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Once again, Elithea, who had been successfully swiped by Ilya, led the aircraft carrier Aurora to join the Alliance's main fleet in the Wailing Bay. The officers and men showed great interest in this strangely shaped ship, but they did not break discipline and boarded the ship to see what was going on, but only watched from a distance.
Ignoring the curious babies, she and her friends found Francis, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, at the base, who, with the help of her good friend Jikrem, had already prepared the documents for the report and waited quietly for the little queen to summon her.
It's just that the two didn't expect Zuihou to come to the door in person by Alicia.
This girl's habit of never putting on a show is already known to passers-by, and Francis, who finished saluting Elysia, quickly settled down and looked at the documents in his hand and said: "Queen Bixia, according to your orders, the coalition fleet has completed a certain amount of training, and those rookie novices have also somewhat adapted to the battleship and can go out at any time. β
"It's only a certain amount of fruition, but anyone can see the look on your face, okay?" Alicia pouted and casually found a chair and sat down, "Okay, no matter how Spartan you train those poor rookies, it's good to be able to build up combat power." But Francis, the chart I gave you was provided by Randy. Have you sent someone to scout?"
"Can we not mention Randy, that guy has left a psychological shadow on all of us. Francis shuddered when he heard this, "But." The location of the island on the map he provided has so far been correct. Thanks to this, our Scout team has destroyed many magic arrays, and as you can see when you arrived, the hurricane has largely stopped. I believe that this coalition will definitely win!"
"That means this guy isn't doing anything in the dark, at least not yet. Alicia muttered softly for a moment and looked back at Francis in front of her, "Okay, all in all, the Alliance's side is ready. And how prepared is the enemy's side? Have you sent people to reconnoitre?"
Hearing this, Jikerem next to him stepped forward and replied: "Back to Bixia, I once sent a submarine to go deep into the enemy's waters to conduct reconnaissance, but the result was seriously unexpected. The navy of the Dark Empire showed no signs of nervous preparation at all. Their ships all retreated into the ports on the mainland of Taranmere, giving up sea supremacy to the Alliance. My daring submarine was not discovered by the enemy until it was less than ten nautical miles from a coastal city, and escaped without being pursued. Queen Bixia, what are they messing with?"
[Do you give up the right to control the sea...... What a bold and decisive decision. This is the strategic thinking of the new Demon King Ulrik that Randy said?]
Seeing that Alicia was silent, she fell into deep thought. Imrith, who was standing beside her, hurriedly stretched out her index finger and gently poked the girl's shoulder: "Sister, adult." β
"Ah, I'm sorry. Distracted. The little queen bowed her head apologetically and said, "Since the enemy has taken the initiative to give up the right to control the sea, then we don't need to be polite to the other party." Francis, when the Aurora finishes resupplying tomorrow, you can set off with the fleet. The enemy's tactics should be to let us land, and then use the powerful ground forces of the demons to tear our army to pieces, and wait for us to consume a lot of the fleet's energy in order to save the army before launching a general attack, annihilating the main force of the alliance in one fell swoop. In theory, this jihua is highly likely to succeed. Because our warriors really can't compete head-on with the demons, and the number of soldiers is seriously insufficient in comparison. When the fleet received the routed army and approached the coast. If you let the powerful Demon Beasts and Demon Warriors launch a fierce attack......"
Everyone in the room suddenly felt that the temperature had dropped by several degrees.
"Well, it's not absolute. Alicia squinted her eyes and waved her hand casually, and said nonchalantly, "I've been thinking about the problem of the coalition soldiers being no match for the demon warriors for a long time. According to past experience, the soldiers of the demon clan are generally one or a few people leading a large number of cannon fodder to fight. Since the physique of all the races in the alliance is far inferior to the demons, and they are ruthlessly consumed by cannon fodder, they will naturally lose when they fight. But if you remove those annoying cannon fodder that can't seem to be killed, and let the scarce number of demon warriors fight against our soldiers, Zuihou will definitely win the coalition army. β
Recalling the strange battleship and the machinery on board, Francis muttered thoughtfully, "Queen Bixia, the battleship you brought this time should not be ......"
"Well, you'll know then. The blonde girl said with a wicked smile, "Remember, we don't have many troops with us, and we will definitely not be able to defeat the enemy's large army." Therefore, the goal of this battle is very clear, which is to capture a city as a bridgehead, and let the Jishu members set up a long-distance teleportation array in it. The mana generated by this kind of engineering fluctuates so much that it won't be long before the enemy notices the anomaly. β
"And the task of the fleet and the marines is to hold the city under the onslaught of the other side, right? Francis nodded solemnly, "I see, just to defend the city, the fire support provided by the fleet and air warships is enough to cover the entire battlefield, no matter how much cannon fodder the other side comes, it is not enough to bombard." This should be an easy task. β
Angel, who was guarding behind Elysia, immediately reminded: "No, we must also consider the possibility that the demons will gather powerful elite warriors to attack under the cover of cannon fodder. It is very dangerous to not have a master on the city wall, and it must not be sloppy. β
"Sister Anqi is right. Alicia said as she looked back at Varkis, who was visibly startled, "Don't hide, soft girl, that's how I kidnapped you...... Uh-no, the reason for the forced pull. Icarus, Kezi, Sister Mami, my two-headed mount, and a certain purple-haired Lori god who doesn't know when it will appear, plus little Ise, me, and the master of the queen (divine beast) palace next to me who can play superhuman transformation for three minutes, it is enough to deal with ordinary demons and even Ulrik himself as the final boss, but our lineup has a fatal flaw, so we need Vakis, your minion, to make up for it. β
Vacis, who poked her head out weakly from behind Michelle under the gaze of everyone, suddenly asked in confusion: "Alicia, your lineup is already very strong, where will there be any flaws?"
"Remember the little monster that attacked Baolai City the other day? We couldn't hold it off so many times, and Zuihou still won by trick. "That's right, the biggest flaw in my lineup is that there's no big guy! Your minions are visible to all, but each one is bigger than the other. β
"......" The tearful soft girl was already embarrassed and didn't know what to say. (To be continued......)