Chapter 1406: Twenty Hours, Three Fleet Groups!
"Three fleet groups assembled in twenty hours?"
"Isn't this a bit too rushed?" The Flame Elf King heard Zhao Chen's instructions.
She frowned and asked with some concern.
She was also a commander, and she knew very well that even if a fleet had enough interstellar warships, it would take time to truly form an interstellar fleet with sufficient combat power.
That requires multifaceted preparation, rather than simply having interstellar warships and being able to deploy them for battle.
If you only have one, or thirty.
That's no problem at all. With some communication between them, they can form a combat system.
However, when the scale increases to three hundred, three thousand, or thirty thousand ships, the difficulty increases exponentially.
If an interstellar fleet has not completed its core framework, even if it is deployed to the battlefield, it is highly likely that various problems will prevent the smooth execution of combat orders.
It's a complete mess.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Flame Elf King, twenty hours is a considerable amount of time.
Forming three fleet groups is simply an impossible task.
"I also know that this is a task that sounds impossible to accomplish."
However, within our Dragon Empire, there is a complete combat system, and every commander is the most suitable soldier for the Dragon Empire!
I believe they completed the combat mission I assigned them within twenty hours.
I vouch for this with my identity as the Emperor of the Dragon."
After Zhao Chen finished speaking, he looked at the Flame Elf King: "You don't need to worry about this part."
All I want now is to get rid of your two Holy Elf fleets, which can immediately support two new battlefields.
And ensure battlefield stability for at least twenty hours.
Twenty hours from now, my fleet will arrive at the battlefield as scheduled to cooperate in the battle!
The Flame Elf King said in a deep voice, "Mobilizing my two legion fleets is no problem."
Our mission here is to cooperate with you in combat and jointly resist the invasion of the Devouring Civilization Legion's fleet!
Even if we don't receive reinforcements from your fleet, we will remain at our posts.
Until...until certain conditions are met.
The Flame Elf King's eyes dimmed, probably because he was thinking about the restrictive conditions imposed by the High Council.
“Therefore, there’s no need to rush this twenty hours.” The Flame Elf King looked at Zhao Chen.
"Since that's the case, then let's settle on that."
"We, the Dragon Empire, will make the arrangements for the twenty-hour matter." Zhao Chen didn't say anything more about this issue.
Since the other party doesn't believe it, we can only wait for the opportunity to present the facts in front of us, and then we will naturally convince them.
"However, I must remind you of something."
This second wave of invasion fleets dispatched by the Devouring Civilization may consist of more than ten million interstellar warships across two battlefields.
Rumors suggest there are over ten million interstellar warships, but our intelligence personnel are still trying to find out the exact number.
I will notify you as soon as I have any new information.
However, you must be prepared for the worst.
In the previous days of fighting, it is estimated that the commander of the Devouring Civilization Invading Fleet also realized our powerful combat capabilities.
Just like the combat capabilities of your Dragon Empire Legion fleet.
This increased their attention to you, which naturally led them to send more troops.
"Therefore, the possibility that they will send more troops later cannot be ruled out," the Flame Elf King said solemnly.
Zhao Chen smiled slightly and said, "To be honest, Your Excellency Elf King..."
Actually, I had already prepared for the worst.
So, the things you're worried about aren't a problem for me.
From the very beginning of this battle, our Dragon Empire had no way out!
“Actually, we’re all in the same boat,” said the Flame Elf King.
Then, two new battlefields were added.
They also entered a state of war immediately, and thanks to prior plans, both battlefields proceeded very smoothly.
First, two fleets of the Holy Elf Legion entered the arena.
Thanks to previous cooperation and the combat experience gained from the three previous Holy Elf Legion fleets, these two Holy Elf Legion fleets quickly got into action.
In addition, the number of the Devouring Civilization Legion's fleet was also gradually increasing at the beginning.
It took fifteen hours of combat to fill these two new battlefields with five million interstellar warships that had devoured civilizations.
By this time, the two Holy Elf fleets also began to feel the pressure from the Devouring Civilization Invading Legion fleet.
After all, they don't have a Dragon Legion fleet to rotate and defend here.
Even if they split their million interstellar warships in two and rotate them in combat.
Their combat time also far exceeded that of the Holy Elf Legion fleets in the other three battlefields.
And who is under the most pressure among them?
That was undoubtedly Dong Lan, the city lord of Luoyang.
The presence of a battlefield around the Luoyang star system already put considerable pressure on Luoyang City.
Now, two adjacent battlefields have emerged.
This undoubtedly put Luoyang City on the edge of a precipice.
"Lord of the city, our Luoyang city is currently operating at full capacity."
The two newly added star system battlefields are continuously sending evacuees to our side. Although we still have plenty of room for personnel resettlement, managing them also requires sufficient staff, as well as living supplies, energy supplies, and so on. These numbers are rising rapidly every day.
In addition, there is the movement of interstellar transport fleets. Some interstellar transport ships directly transport battlefield supplies to our Luoyang City, where they are then loaded by interstellar supply ships that have withdrawn from the battlefield and return to the battlefield.
Previously, we only needed to support the logistical supply lines for one galactic battlefield.
In addition, the coming and going of these starships has caused congestion on several of our main shipping lanes, reducing shipping efficiency by at least 30%, and there is even a possibility that shipping lanes will be paralyzed in the future!
We now have to support battlefields in three star systems, and as the war intensifies in the future, the demand in this area will only increase.
"Our work in this area in Luoyang could collapse at any moment!" The adjutant looked at City Lord Dong Lan with anxiety, her face also showing signs of exhaustion.
Upon learning of the addition of two new star system battlefields, the senior management in Luoyang City barely got any rest during the past dozen or so hours.
This is undoubtedly like two mountains pressing down on their heads.
"The addition of two new star system battlefields is something no one wants to see."
But since it happened, and it happened around our Luoyang star system, we naturally need to take responsibility for it.
Why was Luoyang built here?
One of the reasons is for moments like this.
Therefore, no matter how great the difficulties, we must persevere!
Lord Dong Lan said earnestly, "As for the problems that have arisen, we just need to solve them one by one."
The first issue is the resettlement of people within Luoyang City. We have more than enough people to accommodate them; the only shortage is management personnel.
In this regard, we can simply recruit from other places.
Then comes the issue of waterway management.
The loading and unloading operations in Luoyang have reached their limit.
We can build several temporary interstellar docks on the outskirts of Luoyang City to facilitate the transfer of interstellar transport ships and interstellar supply ships.
In this way, the pressure on Luoyang can be relieved.
............
Lord Dong Lancheng then offered his own solutions to various problems, both big and small. Soon, one thorny issue after another was resolved through methodical handling.
Luoyang City continued to operate, and although it seemed to be under immense pressure, all aspects of its work were running smoothly.
At least three star system battlefields were unaware of any changes behind them.
Luoyang 11 Galaxy
"Report: The enemy's offensive is intensifying."
Our defenses are under immense pressure everywhere, and the losses of our starships are steadily increasing!
"Report: The enemy has breached section 0711 of the defense line. We are urgently mobilizing nearby interstellar fleets to repair it!"
"Report: One of our fleet units has been entangled by the enemy, who are attempting to encircle it. The fleet unit requests reinforcements."
One message after another was reported to the flagship commander of the Holy Elf Thirteenth Division Fleet.
The current situation has left the commander of the elven fleet in a state of utter disarray.
"Damn it, I didn't expect these civilization-devouring invasion monitors to be so difficult to deal with!" The commander of the elven fleet looked at the increasingly dire defensive line in front of him.
If we compare the defensive depth of the previous three star system battlefields.
It will be discovered that in less than twenty hours, the battlefield area of Luoyang 11 star system has even exceeded that of any of the other three star system battlefields.
Previously, he had not participated in the battle, but had only obtained battlefield intelligence information from various battlefields.
Based solely on the battlefield situation information, he assumed it was just a normal battlefield confrontation, perhaps with some pressure, but not too much.
But when he received the Flame Elf King's order to lead his 30th Holy Elf Legion fleet to the Luoyang 11 star system to confront the invading civilization fleet.
Only then did he truly understand the terror of the enemy on this battlefield.
Even in less than twenty hours of fighting, he felt suffocated by the pressure.
Meanwhile, the fighting has been going on for over a hundred hours in the other three battlefields!
"How many losses have we suffered so far?" the commander of the Elf fleet asked.
"To date, our Holy Elf 30th Legion fleet has lost more than 60,000 interstellar warships!"
Furthermore, according to the data, the number of interstellar warships lost per hour is still increasing.
"If we don't get support, we can only hold out for less than two hundred combat hours at most before we are completely wiped out," the adjutant reported.
One million interstellar warships could only last for two hundred combat hours.
This was even without enemy reinforcements.
He didn't know if his side had any reinforcements.
However, the enemy usually has reinforcements.
Because up to now, no matter how many enemy interstellar ships they have destroyed, there will always be a corresponding number of interstellar ships filling those damned rotten holes.
As a result, their losses on the battlefield will only increase.
Sudden!
The commander of the elven legion recalled a piece of information he had received when he received his orders.
That was a direct notification from the Flame Elf King to himself and the commander of another Holy Elf Legion fleet.
The Dragon Emperor stated that these two newly added battlefields only require their two Holy Elf Legion fleets to hold out for twenty hours.
Their support fleet from the JF-17 Dragon Legion will arrive soon.
However, the details of the support were not provided.
As the Flame Elf King had said, for the Dragon Empire, to mobilize reinforcements at this time would be a very big deal, especially since it would be within twenty hours.
So the Flame Elf King only said that one sentence, but told them not to take it to heart.
We must be prepared to fight a fierce battle on the battlefield.
At the time, he didn't think much about it, nor did he expect the battle to be so difficult.
So now he's starting to pin his hopes on this matter.
"How much time has passed since we joined the battle?" the commander of the elven fleet asked his adjutant.
The adjutant replied, "It has been sixteen hours so far."
Sixteen hours, which means there are four hours left until the 20-hour mark.
I imagine that continuing for another four hours shouldn't be too much of a problem.
This was the thought of the elven fleet at that moment, but in the next four hours, he clearly realized what it meant for time to drag on endlessly.
At the same time, the enemy's powerful offensive caused their battlefield losses to reach a peak, with 10,000 interstellar warships lost in a single hour!
This is absolutely the heaviest casualty figure ever recorded by the Holy Elf Legion fleet on the battlefield of the Wraith Dragon Empire.
And the twenty hours were almost up.
However, there has been no communication from the Dragon Empire.
This left the Elf fleet commander feeling very disappointed.
At this moment, the casualty rate of the Holy Elf 30th Legion fleet has reached 10%!
Their casualty rate even exceeded that of the three Holy Elf fleets that had entered the war earlier.
Right at this moment.
A communication window popped up.
It comes from the Dragon Empire.
The hint comes from: Admiral Qingman, Commander of the Eighth Fleet Group of the Xiaolong.
The Eighth Legion Fleet of the JF-17?
But what he knew before was that the Dragon Empire currently only had six Imperial Fleets.
Where did this eighth place come from?
With some doubt in his mind, he agreed to the video call.
At that moment, a video window opened, and the voice of a snake-man officer came from the other end.
"Hello, I am General Qingman, commander of the Eighth Fleet Group of the Xiaolong Army."
Ordered to support the battlefield in the Luoyang 11th star system.
Twenty minutes from now, my legion fleet will arrive at the battlefield.
After that, we will take over the battlefield.
The rotation tactic will continue.
You have five hours to rest.
Five hours later, your team will continue to rotate.
Is there a problem?