"Commander Carmen, the Azure Dragon Alliance fleet will arrive in one minute!"
On the flagship bridge of the Tailo Empire, the deputy was reporting to Carmen.
"Notify all legions. Once the Azure Dragon Alliance's main force arrives, immediately abandon the defensive posture and switch to an all-out attack. Send this order to Kilian as well!"
"Yes, Commander!"
That final minute was exceptionally agonizing for Marquis.
Even though he had promptly adjusted the formation and dispatched numerous legions to reinforce both flanks,
the time was still far too short. Such a massive fleet redeployment simply could not be completed in just two or three minutes.
Sure enough,
they had only just begun repositioning, with not even a tenth of the deployment completed, when the enemy forces on both sides arrived!
But that was fine. They could defend while continuing to hasten the deployment. Although the initial losses would be greater, he still had sixteen entire legions. There was no way they could be defeated within just three days.
Battle erupted on both flanks. Marquis's sixteen legions were directly caught in a three-sided pincer attack, and his forces were at a disadvantage on every front.
However, before the fighting had gone on for long, bad news arrived.
"Commander Marquis, a large number of gigantic Transport Ships have been spotted behind the enemy forces on the flanks!"
"Transport Ships?"
Marquis was taken aback.
What was there to report about Transport Ships?
Which legion did not have vast numbers of Transport Ships?
After all, by Teli Empire standards, every legion had 105 trillion vessels: 100 trillion warships and 5 trillion Transport Ships and supply ships.
So, wasn't it standard procedure for there to be large numbers of Transport Ships behind an enemy fleet?
"No, Commander. These Transport Ships are far too large. They are