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The Phantom of the Dark City Chapter 1028: The Chase

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    In just an instant, the "Langya" turned into a ball of flame.  The speed was so fast that even Christopher was taken aback, but he certainly hadn't considered the possibility at all.  However, the speed of the opponent's counterattack, the accuracy of his judgment, and the intensity of his firepower still surprised him.  Because this doesn't look like the reaction of a group of new recruits at all. Instead, it looks like a decision made by veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles.  It is said that it is better to cut off one finger than to injure ten of them. The difference between sinking a warship and damaging a warship is naturally self-evident.  Not only that, after successfully destroying the target, the three metal warships immediately evacuated from the battlefield at a very fast speed without mercy. They turned sideways at a speed that was definitely not inferior to the task force, and then fled quickly.  So this immediately posed a problem for Christopher - should he continue to track?  Or evacuate first?  For Christopher, he certainly could not forgive the enemy who destroyed his warship and fled like this.  But in turn, the powerful force that the opponent unleashed during the counterattack forced him to choose to act cautiously.  In the end, Christopher did not choose to move forward - the reason why the wolves are wolves is because they are not tigers and leopards. They will not confront their prey head-on. Once entangled and at a disadvantage, it is best to evacuate immediately.  So Christopher gave the order decisively.  "Stop the pursuit, immediately send reconnaissance troops to track, and keep surveillance of the enemy" But what Christopher didn't expect was that it didn't take long for him to get a reply that was beyond his expectation.  .  "Report, the target is missing." "What?" According to the accounts of the Griffin Knights, they were able to follow the opponent at first, but not long after, the three battleships far in front of them suddenly looked like  It disappeared out of thin air and disappeared without a trace.  Not only that, there was no response even on the crystals specially designed to detect magic fluctuations, which confused them greatly, but if they were lost, they were lost, and they had nothing to say about it.  "Immediately close the formation and move closer to the First Fleet." Christopher did not feel humiliated because of his own humiliation. On the contrary, this scheming noble officer smelled danger from the opponent's unusual behavior.  The opponent's combat effectiveness is unknown, the capabilities of the battleship are unknown, everything is unknown.  But now after contact, the unknown parts are not clear, but more and more.  For example, how does the opponent lock the target and start attacking?  The battleships of the Magic Empire are fired by magic cannons, and the firing of magic cannons can only be handed over to skilled operators. In other words, each magic cannon is controlled by a mage.  Moreover, the fire fired by the magic cannon is not like the magic missiles released by the wizard. It has the ability to track itself, so it is necessary to calculate and aim in advance.  Because of this, in order to obtain the greatest possible results, the general battle of magic warships is to break into the opponent's side as much as possible without the opponent reacting, and then pour artillery fire on the most susceptible to hit in the shortest time.  - Overall, this is not much different from fleet battles on the ocean.  But the battle just now was different. In other words, the formations of both sides were in a T-shape. The parts of the opponent's fleet that were most vulnerable to attack were under the artillery fire of our fleet. However, because our fleet was moving head-on,  So there is almost no part that can be attacked.  But in this case, the opponent's artillery fire accurately hit his own warship.  In a fleet battle, the difficulty is no less than hitting a long sword thrust from the front with a hundred arrows.  But the other party did it. Either the other party had countless gunners who had experienced hundreds of battles and hit every shot, or the other party used some new method unknown to them.  The possibility of the former is almost zero, and if it is the latter, continuing will only cause you to suffer more losses.  This is not just a battle, but a war that will determine the future life and death of the Sorcerous Empire. From this perspective, any risky move absolutely needs to be considered.  "The enemy has retreated." Looking at the retreat of the task force, Hank frowned, but he was not disappointed.  If you always move forward according to your own expectations in battle, it only means that the enemy is stupid enough.  In fact, most of the time, the enemy is not that stupid.  This was one of the lessons Patilina had told them back then. Of course, Hank would not be swayed just because the enemy's actions deviated from his expectations.  Because soon, he issued a new order.  "Then, let the Imperial Army taste their own bitter pill!" The moment Hank finished speaking, the orderer immediately passed the order through the probe toOn the screen of the reconnaissance fleet at ??.  At the same time, the First Fleet Balk also received the order from Christopher.  "It actually failed" Looking at the content on the parchment in front of him, Balk couldn't hide his surprise. The reason why he allowed Christopher to take the initiative was because he took a fancy to the task force's assault.  ability.  In his opinion, even if the task force will not succeed, at least it should not fail. But now, Christopher met the other party and lost one of the empire's most elite battleships in just one encounter. This can be said  It's unbelievable - if it weren't for the fact that it had Christopher's magic mark on it, Captain Balk would even think it was some kind of enemy trick.  "Immediately move closer to the task force, set up a defensive formation, and monitor the surroundings!" What worried Balk the most was the information that Christopher later mentioned that "the surveillance was fruitless and the opponent escaped." Although  This is not a problem in a literal sense.  But everyone knows that enemies who are missing are sometimes more dangerous. If the hunter becomes the prey, the situation will only get worse.  But soon, Balk¡¯s bad prediction became a reality¡ªjust half an hour before he was about to rendezvous with the task force, a report came from the left wing of the First Fleet that they had been attacked by the enemy.  "They suddenly appeared like this!!" The middle-aged man who appeared in front of Balk looked depressed, even a little scared.  "It's really sudden, sir!! We all followed your orders and monitored the surroundings, but there was no movement at all. Even the magic crystal did not transmit abnormal pulses. But just like that, they suddenly appeared  "" With this unlucky man's inconsistent narration, Balk finally understood the specific situation.  As they moved their formation, the "Bird" was conducting reconnaissance and surveillance on the flanks of the fleet in accordance with Balk's orders.  But without warning, three metal warships suddenly appeared in front of them out of thin air, and then launched a fierce artillery fire on the "Asuka", hundreds of magic beams hit them almost simultaneously.  He captured the unsuspecting "Asuka" and turned it into an erupting fireball.  This scene left other friendly ships around stunned and unable to react at all.  And when they hurriedly moved their guns to counterattack, the opponent suddenly disappeared without a trace just as they suddenly appeared.  "This is simply" After hearing the report, Balk couldn't even smile bitterly. The other party was simply retaliating with tooth. This was the tactic that Christopher's advance fleet was best at using.  But he didn't expect that he failed to use this tactic just now, but the opponent successfully learned it.  As a result, now, the First Fleet is actually required to taste the bitter pill.  "It seems that the other party also has an opponent that cannot be peeked at." As for how the other party found him, Balk is not without ideas.  If the opponent has been monitoring the task force, then when they see the task force retreating, they will naturally consider the possibility of merging with the main force, predict the opponent's movement trajectory, and then find the merged force to launch an attack. It is not a clever idea.  Tactics - In fact, there are no clever tactics on the battlefield, only effective tactics.  Any effective tactic is smart, but conversely, smart tactics are not necessarily effective.  "What should we do next?" After finally reuniting with the main force, Christopher also learned about what happened to the First Fleet. He could only be speechless about this - being defeated by the enemy was depressing enough.  It would be really depressing to be defeated by the enemy using the method you are good at.  , "Gather the fleet and carry out a full-scale defense. The opponent relies on elusiveness, so we should not give them the opportunity to elusiveness. Once discovered, we will immediately attack us and force them to enter the frontal battlefield to confront us. Before that, we only need to strengthen our vigilance.  "As the commander-in-chief of the First Fleet, Balke gave the most secure answer.  But Christopher obviously didn't care about such trivial matters.  "Then, how should we report to the high-ranking archmages behind us?" "" After hearing Christopher's question, Balk was silent for a while before giving the answer.  "Just report it truthfully." In fact, when the archmage sitting firmly in the rear received the report from Balk and Christopher, they were really surprised.  The archmages are not good at fleet battles, but in their opinion, there should be no problem with the two most powerful fleets in the empire against the warships created by a group of mage apprentices and low-level mages.  But noThinking that it had just begun, both sides had lost two elite battleships as well as those brave and fearless soldiers and mages in just the trial stage. This was really beyond their expectation.  "Is it true that the Parsus Territory was not directly involved?" This was the first question that came to the minds of the archmages immediately after receiving the report, and to this, Archmage Nicholas also gave a positive answer.  "Including Lord Zhan, no one in Parsus has directly intervened. I can guarantee this." Upon hearing Nicholas's answer, the expressions of the archmages not only did not get better, but became more gloomy.  If Zhan and others were involved in this, they would be able to accept it.  But now, just because of their different ideas and development directions, a group of mage apprentices and low-level mages can actually compete head-on, and even defeat the most elite magic warships in the empire Can it be said that the defeat of the magic empire is really a matter of fact?  Is it inevitable?  (To be continued.)
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