Billy Budd took Lin Ao and others into an auditorium built in a cave. The exterior and interior walls of the auditorium were covered with murals. Unfortunately, the colors of the murals and even the walls themselves had collapsed due to age. sharp.
The interior of the auditorium was transformed into a temporary operations department. Apart from the messy electronic instruments, there was only a simple long table. The short Admiral Alan saw everyone coming in, welcomed Captain Shepard with a smile, and felt sorry for yesterday's "accident". Shepard also felt embarrassed and relived the days when he and Admiral Alan fought side by side in "Carthage".
Admiral Alan cleared his throat: "I'm sorry to call you here, but HER's spies are very arrogant now. There was an explosion in Trabzon last month, and two of my men were involved."
"It's such a shame."
"But I am very happy that everyone on the Osiris did not care about yesterday's 'accident' and agreed to attack the HER forces entrenched in the Crimean Peninsula with my 'Macedonian' legion this time!"
"Crimea Peninsula?" Lin Ao had heard of this place before.
Admiral Alan glanced at Lin Ao coldly, and then motioned for everyone to sit down first. His beautiful secretary put a holographic projector on the table, and after starting it, a holographic map of the Black Sea area appeared.
"Here." The beautiful secretary pointed to the Crimean Peninsula and began to introduce. "At the beginning of the war, HER sent a large number of airborne troops to capture the Crimean Peninsula, and then took control of Odessa, Moldova and other areas. Now its main force It is competing with our army for the Romanian region in the northeastern Balkan Peninsula."
"Why doesn't HER just go south and completely control the Black Sea?" Anton asked.
"Because now our army has established heavy defenses in four places: Istanbul, the Bosporus, the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara. They can take it by force, but the cost is very high."
"What's the price?"
"The cost is that seizing these four locations will cause great damage to their military strength, and they will be unable to prevent our army from launching a counterattack on the Crimean Peninsula. Therefore, HER's current strategy is to control the Balkan Peninsula and advance simultaneously by land and sea. Control the Black Sea. Also..."
The beautiful secretary zoomed in on the east coast of the Black Sea.
"The east coast of the Black Sea is still under the control of the New Muscovite Principality (TPM). Although the two forces have already declared war, there has never been a conflict on the earth. If HER's military strength is damaged, TPM will launch a formal operation against it at any time, allowing HER It has become vulnerable to enemies from both sides in the Black Sea. However, TPM now wants to develop internal affairs and does not intend to provoke HER."
"But." Colonel Billy Budd of the New EU took over the topic, "Last night our soldiers and the crew of the Osiris teamed up to smash HER's attempt to use a new underwater humanoid weapon to attack the TPM's port, and then put the blame on The conspiracy of our army. It shows that HER now plans to let TPM and our army compete with each other and consume their strength."
"Is TPM so easy to take the bait?" Anton asked.
"The new EU has a lot of grievances with the TPM, which is hard to say."
The beautiful secretary zoomed the map back to the original scale. This time, several arrows appeared on the map, representing the new EU's counterattack route. One of the routes stood out to Shepard, which was an attack route along the east coast of the Black Sea.
"This is……"
Seeing Shepard's expression change, Admiral Alan showed a proud look: "We informed TPM of HER's conspiracy information. In return, they allowed our army to pass through the sea areas they control in three days. In this way, I The main force of the army and navy started a battle with the main force of HER in the central area of the Black Sea. The army hit the Odessa area attacking HER. And everyone on the Osiris will cooperate with our submarine force to launch a surprise attack on the Crimean Peninsula along the east coast of the Black Sea. HER base camp!”
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"As expected, we have left the most troublesome task to us. Does HER's base camp mean we can win it if we take it?"
Anton complained as he drove the jeep back to the city.
"Anyway, we originally came for HER, and this battle may cause a major blow to HER." Captain Shepard said.
“Are we all going to be at the mercy of the new EU in the future?”
Shepard shook his head vigorously: "Just this once, I don't want to be tricked by that 'old fox' Alan again."
The jeep was about to drive back to the port, but the four of them saw three people who looked like reporters being stopped outside the port guard post. .
A beautiful Asian reporter with short hair held up the microphone and almost stabbed the sentry guard in the face.
"Why am I not allowed to interview the crew of the Osiris!?"
"Madam, there is no Osiris here, please go back!"
The female reporter pointed to the Osiris parked in the port and asked: "What is that? You covered the ship with sea-colored cloth, thinking you could deceive HER's satellites, but you can't deceive my eyes!"
"Madam, if you don't go back, I will detain you!"
"You are interfering with press freedom!"
"There is no freedom in time of war!"
Captain Shepard got out of the car, walked to the female reporter and introduced himself: "Hello madam, I am Shepard Downey, the captain of the Osiris. If you have any questions, please tell me directly."
The short-haired female reporter's eyes shone, she looked Shepard up and down, and after being convinced that the person coming was the captain of the Osiris, she handed over her business card.
"I am Sima Qian, a reporter from the Global News Network. These two are the photographer Thucydides and the assistant Herodotus."
Photographer Thucydides and assistant Herodotus saluted Shepard respectively.
"The Osiris did not hesitate to betray the colonial satellite council of 'Mycenae', but also stood up to fight against HER's atrocities. I am very moved. I hope to interview the Osiris with the ship!"
Shepard scratched his chin, then smiled and said, "Okay, I welcome you aboard!"
Sima Qian and others looked at each other: "You... agreed so easily? Aren't you worried that we will cause trouble to your ship?"
"Although the Osiris betrayed the Parliament, it did not betray the people of Mycenae. I hope to convey this to the universe through you. Furthermore, more and more colonial satellites are surrendering to HER out of fear. I hope Osiris inspires those who haven’t given up resistance yet!”
"Then I'll trouble you from now on!" Sima Qian beamed.
"However, all the content you interview and shoot must be reviewed by us, and the areas you can enter are also restricted. All interviews must be made in advance. This is to avoid the leakage of military secrets. I hope you understand."
"I understand that all of our interview documents, Osiris, can be accessed at any time!"
Anton held his forehead and said: "The days to come will be even more difficult..."
