Just as Mao Jiang thought, the battle plan formulated by the general staff was to have the West Sea Navy and the South China Sea Navy meet the enemy first.
Just as Mao Jiang led the Beihai Division to circle toward the enemy's rear, the West Sea Division and the Nanhai Division also began to advance toward the south.
Blue sea, blue sky.
A series of mechanical birds flew across the sky.
Guan Hong, a mechanic apprentice and a top mechanic bird pilot.
Driving a machine bird is a technical job. Every machine bird pilot in Dali needs to enter the machine military school and study for more than half a year before he can fly a machine bird into the sky.
Behind Guan Hong, there is an observer named Zhao Bin. Guan Hong is responsible for driving the machine bird, and Zhao Bin is responsible for observing the situation below. Or when encountering a battle, Zhao Bin will also use the crossbow arrows on the machine bird to launch an attack.
The two have been partners for three years and have spent more than a thousand hours in the air.
Today they once again received a new mission, serving as scouts for the army in the rear, observing whether there were any enemy warships in the sea ahead.
After flying into the sky, they kept thinking about flying south, feeling the strong wind in the sky and looking at the blue sea.
"Laoguan, I heard that Liu Shan from Feiyun Camp has reached the ninth level of warrior!"
Zhao Bin from behind looked at the sea below and chatted a little boredly.
"Yes! Even he has become a ninth-grade warrior, but we are still a sixth-grade warrior!" Guan Hong said a little depressed.
There is a big gap between ninth-grade warriors and sixth-grade warriors, especially in the military. Not only is there a gap in treatment and salary, but there is also a gap in resources.
After the ninth rank, you will be an innate warrior. If you can become an innate warrior, you will not only be trained by the above, but you will also be promoted to a school captain.
Although the captain is not a general, he is second only to the general.
The establishment of the four major naval divisions in Dali is very different from that of the army. The army generally retains the original general army system, but adds an internal organization above the general army and divides it into five armies, front, rear, left, right, center, and five armies.
It is further divided into commanders of corps.
The four major naval divisions are further divided into five divisions: front, rear, left, right and center. Each division has five battalions. Under the battalions, there are warships. Each warship has a large warship, several medium-sized battleships and fast ships.
To put it simply, the Qu is the smallest combat unit of the Navy, with about 1,500 to 2,000 soldiers.
Each battalion has about 10,000 soldiers, and each division has 50,000 soldiers, so five divisions equal 250,000.
This is the current size of the four major naval divisions after expansion.
However, the four major naval divisions will still expand in the future. According to the military aircraft department's military expansion plan, the total strength of the four major naval divisions will reach two million, which means that the strength of each navy will reach 500,000.
If we continue to expand, the four major naval divisions will become five or six majors, and there will be no further expansion from the original four major naval divisions.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Guan Hong and the others. What they care about is whether they can become a captain.
The Qu is led by the military marquis, the battalion is led by the captain, and the troops are led by the general, and there are also two or three deputy generals.
For ordinary soldiers, the rank of captain is already a considerable official position.
A captain has tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, three to five large warships, and twenty or thirty medium-sized battleships and small speedboats.
Although the captain is not a general, he is already a full-grade military attache of the fifth rank.
As long as the military sergeants reach the innate level, they will be awarded the rank of captain at least. If their abilities are outstanding, they may be directly promoted to generals.
Guan Honghe was very envious of Liu Shan from Feiyun Camp. They joined the navy together and became the pilots of the machine bird together. As a result, Liu Shan was about to become a captain, and he was only a small commander.
Just take care of three machine birds.
"I heard that the reason why Liu Shan's cultivation level improved so quickly is because he achieved his first achievement three years ago. At that time, the general personally rewarded him with more than ten pills." Zhao Bin said with curiosity.
This matter is not a secret in the Nanhai Navy. Many people have heard about it, and he also heard about it from other people.
However, he has only joined the Nanhai Navy for three years. He used to be an archer in the Dali Border Army, unlike Guan Hong who has always been in the Nanhai Navy.
"Well, he has met His Majesty! When His Majesty first went to sea, he followed the ship. Although he was just a scout, he also paid homage to His Majesty's holy face." Guan Hong said with jealousy.
What a great opportunity it was, but he was not chosen. Every time he thought about it, Guan Hong felt depressed.
"Hey, time and fate, I can only say that Liu Shan's fate is really good!"
Guan Hong had to lament the unfairness of his fate.
At this moment, Zhao Bin suddenly exclaimed: "There's something going on!"
"Where?" Guan Hong suddenly became energetic and asked quickly without caring about his emotions.
"Southeast, over there!" Zhao Bin pointed to the southeast.
Guan Hong looked sideways and saw a black shadow falling from the sky in the distance.
Although it was far away, he could still clearly see that it was a machine bird!
The machine bird has been shot down!
"Are there any enemy warships?" Guan Hong asked.
"I didn't find it, but I seemed to see a figure!" Zhao Bin said nervously.
Guan Hong's expression changed drastically.
There is no warship, only an unknown figure.
This shows that the person who shot down the machine bird was probably a powerful person from the Jizhao Realm.
He may also be an innate master.
Although innate warriors cannot fly for long periods of time, they can fly into the sky for short periods of time.
But no matter whether they are powerful people in the Jingzhao Realm or innate masters, they are not something they can deal with.
"Let's go over and take a look!" Guan Hong did not flinch, but instead flew the machine bird toward the southeast.
"etc!"
Just when the machine bird was flying southeast at full speed, Zhao Bin suddenly shouted.
"Run!!"
"What's wrong?" Guan Hong asked doubtfully.
"There are ships, lots of warships!"
Zhao Bin's voice was extremely urgent.
"Where?" However, Guan Hong didn't see it.
There is obviously nothing on the vast sea!
"Gone!"
"What! You can't be mistaken!"
"Impossible! How could I have seen it wrong!" Zhao Bin said anxiously.
Guan Hong once again forgot to take a look at the sea below, and still did not see any warships.
But he still followed Zhao Bin's wishes and turned away.
Because he believed that Zhao Bin would not talk nonsense, nor would he be reluctant to investigate because of fear.
The machine bird wanted to fly to the northwest, but Zhao Bin still stared at the sea to the southeast.
He really saw this warship just now, more than a thousand warships formed into one.
But in just a moment, all those warships disappeared.
"Magic circle!"
"What magic circle?" Guan Hong asked.
Zhao Bin said solemnly: "I heard that the magic circle can exert many magical abilities. Do you think the Giant Spirit Dynasty will have the ability to become invisible in a large area?"
Guan Hong was slightly stunned, this involved a blind spot in their knowledge.
In other words, the formation is simply not something they can access.
"Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Guan Hong said.
"How is that possible?" Zhao Bin said, "I used to be an archer."
As an observer, the most important thing is your eyesight. If you have poor eyesight, you will definitely not be able to serve as an observer.
"How many warships are there?"
"More than a thousand ships!" Zhao Bin said with certainty.
Guan Hong was thoughtful.
"Our enemy is the Western Army of the Giant Spirit Dynasty Expeditionary Force. They have nearly 300,000 troops and more than 8,000 warships."
"If you read it correctly, even if this one is not their main force, it is still a large enemy force!"
"If it is true as you said, they have a large-scale invisible magic circle!"
He paused and his expression became extremely solemn.
"You are right, we must go back as soon as possible!"
Although he is only a small expert, he is also aware of the impact of a large-scale invisible formation on the overall battle situation.
Without any further hesitation, Guan Hong immediately flew quickly towards the location of their warship.
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On board the Nanhai Navy flagship.
Dali Nanshan Bo, Nanhai Navy Commander Liu Zhen listened to the report from his generals, his face became more and more solemn.
"Invisibility Circle!"
"Is there such a thing?"
Liu Zhen asked in a deep voice.
The general who reported it said with a helpless smile: "I don't know, the last general doesn't understand the formation!"
This is the most troublesome part.
Although Dali's formation industry has developed very rapidly in the past two years, due to its weak foundation, there are no professional formation masters among the four major naval masters.
As for the invisible magic circle, they naturally knew nothing about it.
"Send a message to the military aircraft department and request support from the formation master!"
Liu Zhen gave the order directly.
The war was somewhat beyond their capabilities.
What functions does this invisible magic circle have? How far can it be used? Does it have other functions? How to defend against it and how to break it?
They have no clue at all, so how can they fight each other?
"Here!"
The general responded and immediately ran out of the ship building in a hurry.
This matter was quickly spread to Falling Star Island through the communication circle.
And all the staff officers in the headquarters on Meteor Island also looked confused.
Invisibility circle!
Or a magic circle that can make thousands of warships invisible? How could there be such a magic circle?
Before the battle even started, the situation changed in ways they could not predict, which made all the staff members very embarrassed.
Yu Wen Chengdu, as the leader of the camp, frowned.
After a while, Duan Haichao hurried to the camp.
"Meet the adults!"
"Senior Duan, please sit down!" Yuwen Chengdu said in return.
"No need!" Duan Haichao waved his hand, "The Giant Spirit Dynasty really has an invisibility circle!"
"There shouldn't be any lies!" Yuwen Chengdu said.
Duan Haichao took a deep breath, his face full of shock.
Seeing this, Yuwen Chengdu frowned even deeper, "This invisibility circle is very difficult to deal with!"
"No, it's very easy to break the invisible magic circle. A fallen leaf or a stone can cause ripples in the invisible magic circle, making it lose its effect."
Duan Haichao shook his head slightly and said: "But the invisibility array is a sixth-grade array!"
The formation levels are classified by the Dali Formation Association. Just like the formation masters, the Dali Formation Association also divides the known formations into grades.
"Not only can they deploy stealth formations, they can also deploy them on the ship," Duan Haichao said.
"Is this difficult?" Yuwen Chengdu asked with a frown.
"It's difficult. The invisible magic circle has twelve bases. Even if it's just a small-scale arrangement, it's not something that ordinary array masters can do, let alone a large-scale arrangement on a ship!"
"Twelve formation bases are twelve warships. These twelve warships must keep synchronization on the sea. The larger the range covered by the formation, the farther apart the distance between these twelve warships will be!"
"This is not just a matter of formation, but also how these twelve warships stay consistent on the sea!"
Duan Haichao explained.
After Yuwen Chengdu listened, he probably understood the difficulty of arranging a stealth formation on a warship.
Generally speaking, formations are arranged in a fixed position.
In other words, it is not difficult to arrange it on a ship.
However, it is not an ordinary difficulty to use twelve warships as the base of the formation, let them drift on the sea, and activate the formation.
"In other words, it is not difficult to crack the stealth formation, but the Giant Spirit Dynasty has formation capabilities that far exceed ours. We still need to prevent them from using other formations!" Yuwen Chengdu said.
"Yes, the stealth formation does not have any attack capabilities, but there are many formations that have both protective and attack functions, and the opponent may have other powerful formations," Duan Haichao said.