Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Chapter 1282 – Winning and Losing at the Same Time
Blue seas, clear skies.
Beneath the white clouds, 40 ancient looking fighter jets rose up, giving out deafening roars as they streaked through the sky.
They were a group of air cavalry.
In front of the fighter jets, the Lamu warships of the Darkness empire were clearly visible.
Interestingly, the Darkness empire called themselves the gods of the night. However, who knows what kind of paint they put on their warships, but they were all shining with an eye-catching silver.
Those two were complete opposites.
Without walkie talkies, after the fighter jets flew into the sky, it would be tough for them to communicate with one another. They could only follow the prior arrangements as they flew toward their targets.
Fighter jet after fighter jet charged down from above.
“Air siege!”
“Do not panic, aim the cannons at them.”
The Darkness squadron was really well trained. Although there was a moment of panic, chaos did not ensue as they aimed their black cannons at the diving fighter jets.
“Fire!”
‘Hong! Hong! Hong!’
The cannon fire immediately struck two fighter jets. Smoke rose into the air as they crashed into the ocean. With the simplistic structures of the first generation fighter jets, they were naturally limited to some simple evasion measures.
Luckily, the majority of them were able to brave the cannon fire to continue charging down.
‘Hong! Hong! Hong!’
Another round of cannon fire erupted. Since the distance was much shorter, four more fighter jets were shot down.
At that moment, some fighter jets finally managed to toss down gunpowder from above the Lamu warships.
‘Hong!’
The warship that was struck had a huge hole blasted into its deck.
On the deck, people flew into the air and onto the ground. The warship started to shake. Some of the warships were blown apart from the side. Seawater flowed in and was about to drag the entire warship into the depths of the ocean.
Warship after warship broke out into smoke.
When Ichiro saw this scene, his face turned green. He did not expect the enemy troops to be so crazy.
“Fire! Fire the cannons!”
The Darkness Squadron could only continue to fire and shoot down the enemy fighter jets.
The birth of the fighter jets had totally changed the naval battle mode. It evolved from simple warship versus warship battles to more complicated air strikes.
The aircraft carriers were also born from that.
Under the attacks of the Great Xia fighter jets, the Darkness Squadron suffered heavy losses. 12 warships were sunk on the spot and 15 were damaged.
However, Great Xia had also paid a hefty price. Out of the 40 fighter jets that they sent out, only 10 returned.
At the same time, Shi Lang grasped this chance while the enemy troops were badly hurt to surround the enemy and launch a closely packed firepower attack. This move aimed to both cover the fighter jets while expanding their rewards.
The magic powered submarines that were discovered by the enemy struck out once more and took down four warships.
The war situation shifted once again.
Ichiro looked out at the smoking ocean surface. Looking out, pretty much all his warships were damaged, and the rumbling smoke negatively affected visibility.
He had just been feeling delighted moments ago, but now, his face sank.
Ichiro was prepared to withdraw. If this continued, they would suffer heavy losses. Just as he was prepared to retreat, the communication compass sounded out.
“Good!”
Ichiro cut off the communication compass, and his anger turned into happiness.
It was news from the 4th and 5th divisions; they were rushing toward the battlefield and could arrive in an hour.
Since reinforcements were about to arrive, Ichiro decided to not withdraw.
“Scoff, who dies in whose hands is still not decided yet.” Ichiro ordered the squadron to shrink their defensive line.
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Flagship, Streamer.
The weird actions of the Darkness Squadron did not escape Shi Lang’s eyes.
“Something is not right!”
Shi Lang frowned. Under such conditions, the enemy not retreating and choosing to fight to the death went against all battle logic.
After all, with the speed of the Lamu warships, retreating was nothing difficult.
“There’s definitely something going on.”
Shi Lang’s expression became really solemn as he ordered, “Tell the remaining fighter jets to scout the area to see what’s going on.”
“Yes, admiral!”
Very quickly, five fighter jets took off and disappeared into the horizon.
At the same time, Shi Lang contacted the 4th division to get ready to flee. Although they had won this battle, it was a victory with heavy losses.
Without the fighter jets, the Pacific Squadron could not expand their gains.
Half an hour had passed, and a fighter jet returned with the latest intel. The 4th and 5th divisions of the Darkness Squadron rushing over to help had nowhere to hide.
When Shi Lang received the news, he did not hesitate and gave the order to retreat.
If the enemy managed to surround them, there would be no way for them to retreat without heavy losses.
Under Shi Lang’s commands, the Pacific Squadron’s cannons fired out. They launched their strongest round of cannon fire, suppressing the enemy and sinking another four.
Following which, the Pacific Squadron made a beautiful turn around and sailed off.
When Ichiro saw that, he was unwilling and ordered the ships to give chase. After they chased for a while, they stopped once more. The radar of the Lamu warships had discovered enemy submarines lying ahead.
That’s right, although they were able to see through the stealth of the magic powered submarines, there was nothing they could do about it.
If they wanted to forcefully break through, they would have to get past the submarines first. Half of their warships had already been sunk, so they could not afford such a cost.
“Damn it; I wish you luck!”
Looking at the enemy warships disappearing into the horizon, Ichiro cursed before giving the order to save the floating soldiers on the surface.
For those warships that could be saved, they tried their best to save them.
Each Lamu warship was worth a lot, and the Darkness empire could not afford to waste any of them.
…
The first naval battle between Great Xia and the Darkness empire had ended in the victor withdrawing.
Ironically, although they won this battle, they would have no chance against the Darkness Squadron unless they were equipped with more iron armored warships.
This also meant that Great Xia had lost their authority over the ocean.
This was a sad truth.
The ocean battle report went from the Navy Headquarters to Ouyang Shuo’s desk, making him silent for a long while. Only then did he say to Su Zhe, “The military meeting before the New Year will have one more point, which is how to reequip the Pacific Squadron in the shortest amount of time possible.”
“Yes, emperor!”
Su Zhe nodded and jotted it down.
Since the Chinese New Year was about to arrive, Ouyang Shuo wanted to hold a large-scale military and administrative meeting before the break to summaries the 7th year and plan for the 8th.
The relevant topics were sent to the participants.
Ouyang Shuo adding in one more point now was because he realized the rise of the Darkness empire or rather the Lamu warships could change the Pacific Ocean situation.
If they did not treat the problem promptly, it would give rise to a huge problem.
The appearance of the Lamu warships was a warning to Ouyang Shuo. In the past seven years, he was used to having the technological lead and had tasted the sweetness of such black technology.
Now, it was time for him to be on the receiving end.
It was not possible for Great Xia to take all benefits anymore because that was not practical.
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1st month, 17th day, Hawaii Prefecture.
The end of the navy battle did not mean the end of the war of Hawaii. On the contrary, along with the 150 thousand Darkness empire army successfully disembarking, the war had just begun.
Like the navy, the army forces of the Darkness empire were made of players and slaves. The players acted as the main force and the slaves were the supporting troops or sometimes just cannon fodder.
They were about to face the Tiger legion corps 1st legion.
Hawaii was made up of eight main islands and 124 small ones as well as shoals and small rocks circling the islands.
The eight main islands were, in order of size, Kauai, Niihau, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe, and Hawaii island.
Maui and Kauai were global tourist destinations.
Hawaii Prefecture’s ruling city was located in Oahu island, Honolulu, which was a city connected to China. The other seven islands had a county. Together, they formed the Hawaii Prefecture.
The only teleportation formation in Hawaii was in Honolulu.
After the Pacific Squadron withdrew, the 1st legion Legion General Cao Gui did not arrogantly try to defend all eight islands. Instead, he chose to focus on Oahu.
All the resources of the prefecture, especially the grain, were gathered in Honolulu.
As the ruling city, Oahu island was the place with the highest population. In terms of size, it was the third biggest. After the reset, the island was just 1574 square kilometers big.
The Pearl Harbor on the island was the previous navy base of the Pacific Squadron.
Following which, Cao Gui would have a fight to the death with the enemy on Oahu. He said to the soldiers, “Until we use the last bit of grain here, we won’t leave!”
