76. Face to face
As Veneto was getting ready for a second high-charge bombardment, Antong suddenly reminded from the side:
"It's better to be attached to the protrusion, but to be able to attack the connection downward. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Veneto paused for a moment, quickly understood what he meant, recalibrated the muzzle, and lowered his crosshair slightly.
The previous round of Roman artillery bombardment had only achieved two hits, which was actually very wasteful, so considering the dispersion of the main gun and the area of the target, it should be better to lower the crosshair and attack the junction, and if the entire protrusion could be stripped from the dock by attacking the junction, perhaps the effect would be better than destroying the protrusion directly.
This round of Veneto's strong charge shooting achieved the effect of 5 hits, about three of which hit the protrusion directly, and two were scattered around, which was a little better than the effect of the previous round, and other ship girls also began to attack, and the scene became lively again for a while.
After this round of shelling, An Tong hurriedly observed the results of the battle, but failed to find any obvious changes, he pursed his lips and ordered to Rome: "Please continue after the cooling is over." ”
After speaking, he looked at the time again, at 5:45 in the morning, the sky had begun to light slightly, and the main fleet of the deep mist might return to help at any time, and the time left for him was about to reach the final limit.
Roma fired a third salvo five minutes later, this time only one hit the protrusion, the remaining three hit the connection...
At this time there were still two rounds of high-charge firing left.
However, after this third round of attacks, an unexpected harvest was achieved - although the surface of the protrusion still did not change, but then the light gradually brightened, and Antong was keenly aware that the color of its surface seemed to fade a little? This indicates that the phagogy covering its surface has decreased!
"Attacking the connector is more effective than directly attacking the core, and destroying the connector can effectively weaken the energy content on its surface!" An Tong hurriedly said to Veneto, who was preparing for the next round of shelling, "We still have a chance!" ”
"But—" Veneto was also pleasantly surprised by the discovery, but the expression on his face was more worried, "We only have one last two chances." ”
"Do your best." An Tong nodded at her, "Even if we fail this time, we can smoothly figure out its weaknesses, and it will be much easier to deal with later..."
Having said that, he also knew in his heart that next time, would he have such a good opportunity to face this dock alone? Will there still be so many shipwives, including two battleships capable of high-charge firing for their own drive?
For others, there may be a chance in the future, but for him An Tong, this is the last chance.
Five minutes later, perhaps due to the gradual improvement of visibility, Veneto's fourth salvo had the best result since the start of the battle, with 7 of the 9 shells evenly scattered around the salient, and the shelling alone made the energy on the surface of the protrusion appear to be visibly diluted!
"Attack, attack! Don't save ammo anymore and attack with all your might! An Tong shouted loudly, he couldn't care too much at the moment, and he must seize this last and best opportunity.
After a minute of firefighting, the protrusion looked noticeably different from the rest of the body, and the Deepmist Dockyard was about to reveal its most vulnerable parts in front of everyone.
But at this moment, it seems that it realizes that there is a real threat to life, and the dockyard immediately launched counterattack measures! I saw that more than ten cracks opened at the bottom of it at the same time, and one after another deep mist began to swarm out of the crack!
This change suddenly made the situation chaotic, and the ship girls who were originally waiting for the shelling had to start cleaning up these deep fogs, although they were only the fragile lowest level of deep fog, which did not pose any threat to the ship girls, but it effectively shared the firepower and attention of the ship girls!
"Damn it!" An Tong scolded, "This guy has never stopped producing deep fog since before, but has hidden them all in his body to avoid unnecessary losses!" ”
"Hold on! Maybe it will be crushed in the next round! Antong shouted at everyone, but he also knew in his heart that the rest of the shipwives would probably not be able to carry out an effective fire gathering in this environment.
As the minutes ticked by, Rome's last charge shot was almost ready, and new deep fog was still pouring out of the dockyard, and the production speed was faster than before!
Both sides have tightened the last string, and this is about to be the key point that will determine the outcome of the game!
Finally, at 6 o'clock in the morning, when the morning sun had already jumped out of the sea, the Roma fired the last round of strong charge fire!
The volley landed six hits, four hit the connection and two hit the surface of the core. But it was these last two hits that finally destroyed the surface of the protrusion, revealing a patch of white that had been tightly wrapped inside, like an egg that had been stripped of a few pieces of its shell.
"The light ship is responsible for cleaning up the enemy, and the heavy ship is all hitting the attack salient!" An Tong gave the final order, cocked the binoculars, and looked at the salient.
There he saw an eye, an eye that was almost identical to a human without the slightest emotion!
And that eye, which seemed to be staring at him from a long distance and through the thick portholes, did not move the slightest bit of this eye, allowing the ship's shells to crash into the shield one after another, or explode through the shield.
An Tong's speculation is not wrong, even after the evolved dock, he forcibly created a humanoid form for himself.
At this time, as the shell of the ship mother gradually exploded on the surface of the protrusion, the black egg was finally stripped of all the eggshells, revealing a complete human form!
The deep mist, which looks indistinguishable from a human maiden, stands at the top of the dock! Facing Antong in the Dreadful.
The kings of both sides finally face each other in the final stage of the decisive victory.
Who will be the winner?
Three seconds after the core of the dock was fully revealed, a cannonball drew the most perfect parabola and smashed into its head with precision, and after a bang, the final victory was finally revealed.
The humanoid core stretched out a slender hand that was exactly the same as that of a human girl, and directly caught this cannonball!
Immediately after, under An Tong's gaze, streams of black mist quickly emerged from its body, like a huge black cloth, blocking other incoming artillery fire and wrapping her up again.
And when its body was about to completely disappear behind the energy devourer, An Tong saw a sarcastic smile on its expressionless face through the gap in the energy devouring gap? It's like announcing to Antong that it is the final victor.
An Tong unwillingly hammered the porthole, his teeth clenched, and he couldn't say a word.
And at this moment, Kaga behind him brought even worse news:
"An Jun, the enemy's support force was observed from 7,000 meters away... Their workhorse... It's back. ”
This is a sign that humanity has finally lost the battle... Antong no longer has a strong charge shot in his hand that can effectively penetrate the opposing defense...
Just give up? At the last moment, just like that? An Tong looked at the dock core that had changed back into a black cocoon, and his heart was full of unwillingness.
"Is it still possible to shoot a strong charge?" Antong asked Veneto beside him, "It only takes one time, the last time, and we can destroy it completely!" ”
Veneto frowned in embarrassment, turned his head to look at his main gun, and said: "My main gun is already very badly worn, if I shoot with a strong charge, it will be completely destroyed, then I will lose all combat effectiveness..."
"The enemy has thirty seconds left to reach the battlefield and crush ... Oh no, we had to retreat immediately. The Roma next to Veneto also said.
"No!" An Tong waved his hand, "We still have time, the main force of the return reinforcement should only be a part of the light deep fog, the threat is not great, we still have one last chance!" ”
"Even if the eldest sister fights to destroy the main gun and break through the shield again, we will not be able to effectively organize the fire coverage." Rome continued: "Your troops are out of ammunition, and it will be difficult for our men to be safe if they continue to gather fire, and I cannot let my sisters accompany you on your adventures." ”
"We must retreat immediately!" The Roman stared at An Tong solemnly, and said with a straight face.
"No problem, get everyone close to the Dreadful, let's start retreating, we have a ship girl here who can lighten the weight of the ship, and the speed of retreat will be faster than the pursuit of the deep fog." An Tong didn't reject her decision, but changed his mouth and said, "But please do the last round of strong charge shooting." ”
"Why? Even if you break through the shield again, no one will be able to cooperate with the fire! Want to bet one last time? But with all due respect, the probability of this is too low, and Sister Veneto will lose her main gun and lose her combat effectiveness for a long time, which may even directly affect the situation in our Mediterranean theater! "Rome looked at Antong like a fool, and he didn't understand why he still insisted.
"No, no, no, you're wrong, it's not a low-probability gamble, on the contrary, I think it happens to be our best chance so far!" An Tong straightened up again, faced the puzzled eyes of all the shipwives present, and stretched out his hand to point out the window.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's dawn."
"Huh? Isn't that a line from a football celebrity? Des Moine asked stupidly, "What if it's dawn?" I don't have any more shells! Most of the sisters ran out of ammunition..."
An Tong glanced at her angrily, and then spread his hand to the other two ship girls beside him, and said, "We have here, don't we have two ship girls with sufficient combat power?" ”