After finalizing the follow-up battle plan against the Third Navy, John directly ended the communication. He slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, then frowned as he examined the sand table before him and began analyzing the current situation.
At present, with the Artificial Waterway in place, even if the Bloodhowl Legion intended to build rafts or cross it by other means, given their numbers, they would need at least a day no matter which method they chose.
Therefore, until tomorrow afternoon, the only enemy force he truly needed to deal with on this battlefield was probably the fleet of eighty-three warships attempting a pincer attack.
And he needed to prevent the Hellfire Suicide Doll Legion they carried from successfully landing and beginning combat.
"As for Reginald himself, considering that his spell formations, like Ostan's, are both grant-type and domain-type anti-city spell formations, most of his combat strength relies on warships and troops. His individual strength is instead inferior to Gromas, the core of the Crimson Tide. So when fighting him, I don't need to worry about some decapitation tactic. I only need to find a way to restrict or lure the enemy fleet's naval guns."
"Besides, in the story, Heim Alchemical Technology had only just completed preliminary calibration and had produced only one batch of prototypes. Therefore, the Hellfire Suicide Doll Legion should number only around three thousand. In pursuit of mobility, they were all built in relatively small canine forms, and the explosive devices capable of bursting and spreading a massive amount of specialized flames were all installed in their abdominal cavities."
"Furthermore, Cassandra Eibomark, the commander of this alchemical force, is a wind-element transcendent Mage and possesses a unique enhancement-type spell formation. After buffing the Hellfire Suicide Doll Legion, she can raise their speed to two hundred