The Mechanical Empire of the End of the World - Chapter 641

c641 Fighting outside the holy city

The stove was burning vigorously, slightly dispelling the darkness in the sentry fort.

Beside the stove, several silver-helmeted soldiers gathered around it, trying to use the fire in the stove to dispel the coldness on their bodies.

But they were very close to the stove, but the coldness on their bodies was still chilling.

When they were warming themselves by the fire, they turned their heads from time to time to look to the side. Just in front of the observation port, there stood a figure in a gray robe.

He was obviously wearing very thin clothes, but he seemed to be able to ignore the cold air, and his eyes kept scanning the strait outside.

“Master monk, come and keep warm. It has only been a few days. Even if the enemy wants to come, it will not come so quickly.”

In normal times, this sentry fort is unmanned and in a state of desolation.

Many years ago, the Holy City eliminated the forces on the opposite continent, and the population moved to the Holy City.

After that, the sentry forts on the coastline were abandoned. Only the sentry forts on the inland inner defense line were still in use as the outer defense line of the Holy City.

Standing in front of the observation hole, listening to the words of the soldiers behind him, the monk’s expression moved slightly, his sight moved slightly, and he looked at the distant sky.

In his pupils, a golden stream of light flashed…

He turned around and said in a deep voice: “Send the signal immediately, the enemy is coming.”

Hearing this, the soldiers were stunned, and then they reacted, hurriedly left the stove, and hurriedly found the signal flare in the sentry fort.

“Swish…”

More than ten seconds later, with a “swish”, a red signal flare flew into the sky, exploded at an altitude of one thousand meters, and turned into a ball of fire.

In the direction of the inland, about ten seconds later, a red signal flare rose from the ground more than 20 kilometers away.

As the signal flares were launched one by one, the Holy City received news of the enemy’s attack in less than a few minutes.

“Bang…”

In the headquarters of the Knights Templar, the door of Peggy’s office was rudely pushed open.

A silver-armored soldier hurried in, half-knelt on the ground, and said, “Captain, there is a warning from the Dover Strait. The enemy is coming…”

With a frown, a hint of surprise flashed in Peggy’s eyes.

It seems that Black Flag City has been prepared, otherwise it would not be able to launch an attack on the Holy City so quickly.

This is the main battlefield of the Holy City. The enemy is really confident…

Without hesitation, Peggy waved his hand and said, “Send a message to all knights, and the fleet will immediately take off and meet the enemy outside the Holy City.”

“Yes!”

After a sound, the silver-armored soldier stood up and hurried away.

After a moment, as Peggy’s order was issued, on the walls around the Holy City, in the garrisons of various knights, the walls lit up with golden light.

“Quick, get on board, prepare for battle…”

The silver armor on the wall surged, and one soldier after another boarded the large and small sailboats docked on the wall.

As the monks radiated golden light, the golden sails of the spacecraft opened ostentatiously, and the hull was covered with golden lines.

Twenty-meter-long airships and seventy-meter-long three-sailed airships took off and flew to the sky south of the Holy City.

Looking up at the sky from the ground, large and small golden sailboats were connected, like a flying Kongming lantern.

In less than a quarter of an hour, hundreds of airships flew away from the Holy City and lined up in the sky south of the Holy City, divided into five layers.

The length of each layer of the battle line was no less than five kilometers, and the distance between the upper and lower layers was no less than one hundred meters.

More than a thousand airships surrounded the large airships. At a glance, in the sky outside the city, the fleet formed a golden wall.

Looking at the golden airship, the deck was full of silver-armored soldiers. There were eight twin-linked heavy machine guns on both sides of the ship. Behind the ship, there were a large number of soldiers waiting in full battle array.

On the lower deck was the artillery deck, each with no less than eight artillery pieces. Each artillery piece was made of copper, with golden lines flashing on it, just like the artillery pieces of the sailing warship era.

Behind each cannon, there were four silver-armored soldiers responsible for adjusting the direction of the cannon, and a monk holding a wooden staff.

On the bow of the deck, there was a monk in white monk’s clothes. He looked up at the sky, with golden light in his pupils, and his eyes seemed to penetrate the clouds.

Just as the golden fleet was ready, a huge fleet was sailing in the sky about 50 kilometers south of the Holy City, in the clouds.

Sitting upright in the captain’s chair, Li Meng watched the radar capture the target on the central control screen in front of him.

267 large targets, 1371 small targets…

Seeing this, Li Meng knew that the fleet was exposed, otherwise the opponent’s flying units would not have taken off so ostentatiously and waited in front of the city.

“Stop moving forward, descend in altitude, and leave the extreme temperature layer…”

Since the opponent has discovered the arrival of the fleet, it means that they have the ability to discover the fleet hiding in the extreme temperature layer, and there is no need to stay in the extreme temperature layer.

Following Li Meng’s order, the fleet flying in the clouds stopped advancing and slowly descended.

Outside, as a burst of fire flashed in the clouds, warships sank from the clouds and slowly descended.

Less than fifty kilometers away, the two sides were already vaguely visible in the sky.

When the hazy clouds outside the window were no longer a piece of fog, Li Meng saw a golden glow on the edge of the distant sky.

In the dim sky and earth, the two sides were fifty kilometers apart and looked at each other from a distance.

Standing on the deck at the bow, Morin looked at the fleet flying out of the clouds in the distance, his face was full of solemnity.

The strength of Black Flag City is indeed not weak. Looking at the number of steel ships, there are probably nearly a hundred ships.

With such a number, Black Flag City is probably out in full force…

Thinking of this, Morin’s eyes flashed with doubt.

Black Flag City is coming with great momentum. When did the Holy City and Black Flag City have such a deep conflict? Black Flag City launched an attack on the Holy City at all costs.

Is it just because of the fallen warship a few days ago?

It is impossible. By shooting down that warship, the Holy City was defending itself. Black Flag City was the invader and the evil party.

Sitting upright in the captain’s chair, Li Meng looked at the golden fleet in the distance, his face thoughtful.

The strength of the Holy City was beyond his imagination. Although he didn’t know the strength of those large spaceships, they must be able to launch golden psychic beams.

They were facing the fleet from the side, which meant that the firepower of the large spacecraft seemed to be concentrated on the side. With so many large spacecraft and so many small spacecraft, the firepower might have surpassed the fleet of Black Flag City.

Retreat?

With a solemn expression on his face, Li Meng said in a deep voice: “Keep the current distance, release the Sky Eye fighter immediately, use the cover of the extreme temperature layer to rush into the enemy fleet formation, and the missiles will immediately lock the enemy fleet. Once the Sky Eye fighter immediately locks, it will open fire and start the attack…”