Chapter 741: The Battle Collapses
A new attack has thrown the rescue fleet into a hurry.
Now it is on the vast sea, and all the warships are sailing at a high speed again.
The effect of the black field bullet is far less miraculous than it was on the Danube River.
However, if it is used with a large number of mines, it can still have a surprising effect.
As soon as many warships rushed out of the dark field, they plunged headlong into the fresh minefield and were blown up.
After sinking seven or eight battleships in a row.
The speed of the pursuing battleship group has obviously decreased, and each black area has to be treated carefully.
In this way, the purpose of the explorer fleet has been achieved.
Mines themselves are not offensive weapons, and they have just done this completely to get their own warships out of trouble, as long as this purpose is achieved, it does not matter how many opposing warships they have blown and sunk.
The more seriously damaged No. 118, after breaking away from the battle, went at full speed and headed straight for the Danube plain.
The remaining warships regrouped, like a ferocious shark, and continued to circle around the rescue fleet of the East China Sea State, closing the distance between the two sides from time to time, giving them a salvo to destroy several of their warships.
After the first round of blockade, the Explorer fleet became more cautious, and whenever they saw signs of the opposing fleet gathering to block it, they avoided it far away, and targeted them where they were weakest.
"Your Highness, we can't entangle with them here, the longer the stalemate, the greater the damage they will cause to us, our main task is to rescue the main fleet led by His Majesty, now that we have attracted their fleet, this purpose has basically been achieved, let's continue to approach the direction of the mouth of the Danube River, hold the mouth of the river, and welcome His Majesty's main fleet out, and then it will not be too late to plan later!" Captain Cornell suggested.
Captain Bray agreed: "The warships led by the Eternal Night Army are even stronger than we expected, unless they are forced into a special environment, it is difficult to drown them with numerical superiority, at least we can't do it alone, in my opinion, welcoming Your Majesty out is still a top priority, but this matter cannot be carried out until we arrive at the mouth of the sea, send someone to inform Your Majesty in advance, and when we drag their fleet, we will retreat first." ”
"Since the two captains have said so, let's act according to the plan, wait until we have made peace with the main fleet, and then drive them into the terrain that is not favorable to them and completely wipe them out. Although Prince Leiden had a deep unwillingness in his heart, reason still made him nod.
For he couldn't think of a better strategy to deal with the fleet led by the Eternal Night.
Can't catch up.
Attack and can't attack.
The only thing that can be done is to keep fighting.
Regardless of the loss of the number of battleships, they drained their ammunition alive, and then pursued and intercepted them with faster clippers.
It's just that this method consumes too much and takes a long time, and no one knows how many shells are on board the battleships led by the Eternal Night Army, and how easy it is to replenish their shells.
Once the misestimation is made, the result is that the wife is lost and the army is broken.
Prince Leiden did not have the guts to make such a decision.
It's better to meet up with his father Stubin as soon as possible and leave it to him to decide.
Meanwhile.
Danube, the temporary flagship of the East China Sea Fleet, the Hydradi.
Stubbin, who had just slept for less than half an hour, sat up suddenly, listened intently for a few seconds, rushed to the deck barefoot, and asked the sailors on the deck, "Did you hear the cannons?"
"Echoing Your Majesty, the enemy has not launched any attack since yesterday, and we have not heard any artillery sound. The boatswain of the questioned sailors replied stiffly.
Could it be that Your Majesty is too tired and has delusions in his sleep?
As soon as the words came to his lips, the boatswain swallowed them stiffly.
In recent times, His Majesty has been more irritable and slightly undesirable, and has been lightly beaten with a salt-soaked leather whip.
All those who followed him, were careful.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Stubbin's current state is really bad, his face is gloomy, his eyes are covered with bloodshot like spider webs, and he doesn't know how long he hasn't closed his eyes.
Then again, whoever is in his current position will not sleep soundly.
During this time, whenever he heard the roar of artillery fire, Stubbin would wake up, lest the Eternal Night Commander launch an all-out attack on them, regardless of the damage.
Once you wake up, it's hard to fall back asleep.
It's just that the fatigue tactics of the Eternal Night Army Leader play a thief.
Feints, real attacks, daytime raids, night raids, a combination of virtual and real, and so on.
There are all kinds of tactics, which can be described as varied.
It was not clear to anyone whether the other side was a regular shelling to scare them, or to cover their boarding troops, rushing over to grab their ships.
Especially after the complete collapse of their landing force, their life became even more difficult.
No one in the East China Sea Fleet wanted to mention the battle two days ago, especially in front of King Stubbin.
It was no longer a battle, but a one-sided slaughter.
Only a few high-ranking members of the East China Sea Fleet knew that the situation had fallen into a total collapse, not after the landing force had collapsed, but after Captain Gordon, who had gone to the detachment to deliver Stubbin's orders, had fled in disarray three days earlier.
The appearance of Captain Gordon, who returned to the East China Sea Fleet, was really tearful and sad.
The arrows taken out of him one after another were half a catty, and the ill-fitting armor on his body that had been snatched from the Eternal Night Army Leader had already turned into a sieve, and I don't know how many interceptions and pursuits he had passed along the way.
The most terrible thing is that there is a three- or four-centimeter-long piercing knife in the abdomen, judging from the chrysanthemum-shaped knife marks, it is caused by repeated twisting after the Eternal Night Saber is pierced.
Fortunately, the position was staggered a little bit, and he didn't directly hit the vital organ in the abdomen, otherwise, Captain Gordon would not have been able to come back alive.
The knife wound has been relatively properly treated with first aid, but in the high-intensity exercise, it has repeatedly cracked, and the bandage that bandages the wound has turned black and red, I don't know how many times it has been soaked in blood repeatedly, and after it is untied, it has a strong rancid smell and can smoke people half to death.
The carrion dug up from the wound was a pound, and the internal organs could be clearly seen.
When Captain Gordon saw King Stubbin, he only had time to say a word, "Shia Moore betrayed, and the Great Bay Islands are in danger." ”
He fell into a deep coma, and he has not woken up yet, and it is unknown whether he can survive it.
The news stunned Stubin on the spot.
Previously, they only took into account the difficult situation of the main forces of the East China Sea Fleet, but ignored the situation of the East China Sea Fleet sub-fleet.
Since the Eternal Night Commander has been holding back from the beginning, calculate them.
How could it be possible to just count them all the way?
If the situation of the East China Sea Fleet detachment is also extremely difficult, let alone come to support them.
Whether Captain Shiamor can be relied upon is still two theories.
At least Stubin never gave 100% trust to the other party, as evidenced by the fact that he did not hesitate to lead the team to recruit in person.
Shia Moore's betrayal was terrible news, and the latter news kept Stubbin awake at night and fell into a state of madness.
Because he not only asked for help from Captain Shia Moore, but also from the fleet left behind in the Great Bay Islands.
There was no problem with that.
While the main force of the East China Sea Fleet is trapped on the Danube River, the water power of the Eternal Night Army should also be contained by them.
It would be extremely stupid to substitute the premise of Shia Moore's betrayal and ask for help from the Great Bay Islands.
When the time comes, not only will the Eternal Night Army's manpower on the side of the Five Rivers Battlefield be free, but the detachment led by Shia Moore will instead become the help of the Eternal Night Army, and will instead attack the Dawan Islands, the old nest of the East China Sea Country.
Stubin really knows too well what Sia Moore is like, the other party either doesn't betray, and once he betrays, he will be absolutely ruthless to the extreme, and he will never give up if he doesn't uproot the East China Sea Kingdom, so as to prevent Stubin from retaliating in the future.
Originally, Stubin still had the last expectation for this matter, hoping that Captain Gordon made a mistake, and Shiamor did not make such a decision.
This expectation was shattered after half a day.
Because reinforcements from the ground forces led by the Eternal Night Army have arrived.
One cavalry corps and two infantry corps were out-and-out offensive troops.
The former were legions of hoplite cavalry, each of which was a regular knight armed to the teeth.
The latter is equally impressive, both of them are composed of Kentana barbarians two meters and two meters away, and they are also equipped with excellent heavy armor, and once the two-handed weapons are wielded, the lethality is only stronger than that of the heavy cavalry.
The advantage of the hoplites was that they charged in groups, and when they lost their speed, they became more clumsy.
The Kentana hoplites were a little worse in the collective charge, but after the charge, they were more mobile.
What made Stubin vomit blood the most was that the Eternal Night Army leader clearly had the best infantry in the world, and when he had an absolute advantage, he still didn't charge head-on.
The first to go out was the artillery, and under the arch of the military formation, there was a burst of indiscriminate bombardment.
After shattering the landing army of the East China Sea Kingdom, all the legions swarmed up and tore them apart.
Despite his best efforts to support the fleet, Stubbin was unable to prevent the tragedy from coming.
The 50,000 landing troops, under the all-out attack of the other side, did not hold out for even half a day, and most of them fell to their knees and begged to surrender.
There were also a large number of sailors, who were in a hurry, jumped into the Danube and tried to swim back into the East China Sea Fleet.
However, the Eternal Night Army Leader had already prepared, and the artillery camp that extended up later was bombarded indiscriminately, and the Longbow Corps rained down arrows.
In this case, even the East China Sea Fleet itself was overwhelmed with no head, let alone the sailors who jumped into the river in a panic.
In the end, less than 5,000 people were able to escape alive from the East China Sea Fleet, and many more were killed by random arrows on the shore, sank to the bottom of the river, and became a floating corpse.
After the destruction of the landing force, life became more difficult for the East China Sea Fleet.
Because the threat of shelling is no longer just on the river, but on both sides of the river.
Their artillery camp, far more agile and mobile than they expected, came out of nowhere, popping up from place they didn't expect from time to time to give them a bombardment.
Now their warships did not even dare to approach the relatively narrow river to prevent attacks from the ground.
If the East China Sea Fleet wants to return to the sea, it is no longer as simple as breaking through the interception of their fleet, they must also bear it, they come from the shore of the narrow area along the Danube River.
Now a second voice has appeared within the main forces of the East China Sea Fleet.
It would be a foolish choice to think that they were now on the Danube and waiting for help.
When they found out that attacking Jiangmen Port was a trap, they should have rushed out as soon as possible, regardless of the cost.
Because the longer they delay on the Danube, the more passive their situation becomes.
And then it extends to questioning Stubbin's personal ability.
This kind of remark is a typical afterthought, and he only dares to whisper in secret, and no one dares to say it to Stubbin's face.
When they first saw the Eternal Night Army leading a brutal artillery attack, their morale was completely robbed, and the entire East China Sea Fleet became a pot of gruel, and many soldiers heard the sound of artillery, their brains went blank, their hands and feet were weak, and they didn't know what to do at all.
In that case, a swarm of flocks to storm the sea fleet led by the Eternal Night is no different from a frightened school of sardines, driven by the enemy until they are driven into the most suitable hunting grounds, where they are frantically gluttonous.
Stabilizing the morale of the army, allowing them to adapt to the artillery attack of the Eternal Night Army, and finding a more suitable time to break through was definitely a stable choice at that time.
It's just that I didn't expect that the layout of the Eternal Night Army Leader is interlocking, and it has been forcing them to death.
It gave Steubin a feeling that it was not that he was incompetent, but that the enemy was too cunning.
After receiving Captain Gordon's warning, Stubin was frantically trying to find a way to remedy it.
It's just that he knows for himself that the effect is not ideal.
Not to mention that the Eternal Night Commander will not sit idly by, a single distance is an insurmountable obstacle.
They don't have the Giant Eagle Mount like the Eternal Night Lord, although they have been trying to build their own Mountain Eagle teleportation system over the years, following the example of the Eternal Night Lord.
However, this kind of communication system is more suitable for fixing the connection between islands, and the effect is not worse for warships whose whereabouts are uncertain.
Stubin was not sure if the grey duck he had released would find the Great Bay Islands, and when he would be able to find it.
And calculating the time, Leiden estimated that he had already gathered the remaining fleet and embarked on the road to rescue.
On the side of the Great Bay Islands, even if you receive the news, it is not very useful.
Changing the strategy now, rushing out rashly, and finding a way to rescue the Dawan Islands is the real stepping on mines everywhere.
Not only will the Dawan Islands not be protected, but the main force of the East China Sea Fleet will also suffer a serious blow, and it will only then fall into the hands of the Eternal Night Army.
In this case, Stubin couldn't help but wonder, is it a kind of luck that Captain Gordon can escape back?
Or is it another trap for the Eternal Night Lord?
Captain Shiamor did not surrender to the Eternal Night Commander, and was still entangled with the Eternal Night Commander on the Five Rivers Battlefield.
The rescuers he sent out were intercepted by the Eternal Night Commander, who took the opportunity to lay out.
In order to break the deadlock, induce him to make a wrong judgment and rush out at any cost, so as to severely damage the main force of their fleet.
This wasn't just Steubin's paranoia.
The impression given to him by the Eternal Night Commander is that from top to bottom, he has always been rigorous.
Even the collaboration between the legions has reached a level of seamlessness.
How could it be that he couldn't even see a seriously injured prisoner, not only let him escape, but also let him bring extremely top-secret information?