From the perspective of the old world, this biplane seaplane, led by Luo Zhengdao, a traverser, is a primitive aircraft with low performance. However, the technologically backward Corsair fighter is not useless, this rudimentary aircraft has been dismantled and equipped with attachment points, and it can quickly transform into a bomber.

When they saw the three white signal flares rising from the sea in the distance, the 48 planes that were on standby at Wake Reef immediately gave up the original battle plan of taking off in batches and bombing in turn to suppress the goblin fleet, and all of them mounted a mixed combination of explosive bombs and incendiary bombs according to the bomber mode to ensure that the effectiveness of the attack on the ship was doubled.

At this time, looking at the group of bombers flying in black like a flock of late returning birds, Modo Blackwater only felt a thrill in his heart, he had seen the scene of pirate bombers raging many times. The wooden battleships of the goblins are only passively beaten when they encounter high-flying aircraft and throw bombs, and the organization of fleet firepower to shoot in the air is at most to find a balance at the psychological level, and the actual shooting down record is equal to zero, which is tantamount to a little monster crashing into Ultraman, to put it bluntly, it is a dish of other people!

Glancing at the surging pirate fleet and the ironclad ships not far away, Modo Blackwater weighed the stakes, as if he had exhausted all his strength, and shouted with a roar:

"Crash the pirate flagship and prepare for a white-knuckle fight!"

The ideal is very plump, the reality is too skinny, and the face of the flagship captain who heard the order changed drastically, and he leaned over and whispered:

"Your Excellency Commander, the enemy ships are too fast, we can't catch up with ......"

"Boom-"

At that moment, an explosive bomb fired by a pirate ironclad landed near the Goblin Flagship Command Station, and the explosion flashed along with the golden flames. The big goblin commander who felt black in front of him must be glad that the shell he was hit by was not fired by the 11o pounder main gun, but it also set off a storm of flames. In an instant, the stone chips that were fired from all directions rubbed into the air with a sharp whistle, like dozens of shotguns fired together, and the flying shrapnel swept across the stern deck of the goblin flagship in an instant, and the goblin soldiers in the explosion range fell like crops harvested by scythes, and Modo Blackwater's vision was filled with blood and smoke, and his ears were full of the dying screams of the wounded.

The Great Goblin Commander himself was unable to retreat, its forehead was cut by a stone shard, and blood gushed out, and Modo Blackwater crouched down against the wound, moaning in pain.

"Medic! Military! His Excellency the Commander was wounded, and now I took over the command of the flagship, and the departments reported the damage. ”

The captain on the side helped Modo Blackwater to the side and sat on the deck to rest, shouting loudly to his subordinates for emergency treatment, the level of the goblin navy is not very professional, but after spending so much money and personnel, it has still trained a group of qualified seamen.

After some debridement and bandaging, the wounded Modo Heishui regained consciousness, and at this moment he was seriously injured, he was unable to stand up and continue to direct the battle, and could only say in a weak voice:

“…… Retreat immediately, we can't win...... Execute the order! ”

It is true that the Goblin Fleet did not lose this battle, and the ship losses were only a little more than 20%, but Modo Blackwater was no longer sure of winning. The experience accumulated from past failures tells it that instead of gambling with the lives of his subordinates on that meager hope, it is better to go home as soon as possible and find another opportunity to start a war.

The pirate ironclad ship does have the tactical value of one as ten, or even one as a hundred, and this trip must be reformed. Modo Blackwater, who was in front of him for a while, secretly decided that he must report and apply for a trial production of ironclad ships, and he did not fight against a warship of the same level as the pirates, and it was too reluctant to win this war with no end in sight.

The overall retreat plan drawn up by the Goblin Commander was very level, and all aspects were carefully considered, except for the warships that had been sunk and damaged in the course of the head-to-head confrontation, and the other Goblin Warships separately salvaged the goblin soldiers who had fallen into the water, and gradually withdrew from the battlefield in an orderly manner according to the original plan with the detachment as a unit, even for the most vulnerable transport fleet. Assuming that the strategic objective of annihilating Will Needham, Count of Froe, and destroying Wake Reef were the standard, the Goblins would have lost, of course, but they had made great strides on the tactical level.

In a state of fierce battle in which the two sides are still in a stalemate, it is by no means an easy matter for one side to withdraw from the battlefield without paying an extra price.

With a stunned expression, he watched the goblin fleet run away with lightning speed, and for a while Luo Zhengdao really didn't know what to say, and the Yaling Overseer Sariel glanced at someone with her beautiful eyes that couldn't see the focus of her gaze, and said:

"Your Excellency, are you going to go after the goblins?"

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao nodded slightly depressedly and said:

"You can't let the green skin run away like this, and you have to be careful when pursuing, don't get bitten back."

The Goblin Fleet has lost more than 100 ships of various types, but it still has complete combat power, even if the privateer fleet has the advantage of ironclad ships and air power, it can only be reflected in morale and battlefield shape. According to the actual combat power estimate, until the moment when Modo Heishui ordered to withdraw from the battlefield, the Goblin Fleet still had the advantage of troops, otherwise it would not be able to withdraw from under Luo Zhengdao's nose. The pursuit of the pirate fleet only extended the results of the battle, and could not change the outcome of the two sides reaching a draw, and the historical grievances can only be resolved one day in the future.

The crusade against Count Will Needham had once again ended in vain, which was nothing of news for the Second Goblin Empire, and many goblin bosses had little expectation before Modo Blackwater came out, and when the outcome was known, it was nothing to say.

Building a navy, which is a completely unfamiliar territory for goblins who were originally landlubbers, have been suppressed by the armies of human dynasties for generations6 regions, and spend their days like rats in ravines to avoid pursuit, or else to fight guerrilla warfare with human armies, when have they dealt with the unpredictable ocean? Suddenly defeating the Bright Dynasty and then becoming the overlord of the Great 6, environmental changes force the goblins to go out to sea to fight the storm under the premise of being ill-prepared. Needless to say, this kind of historical leap is unprecedented in magnitude, and it is inevitable that the so-called big steps will pull the eggs, and the clumsy appearance of the goblin navy is very normal to pay tuition!

If it takes ten years to train a group of mud legs into a steel division in all directions, and even dominate one side, then it will take a hundred years and several generations of hard work to finally forge an excellent navy, which is quite difficult.

The naval tradition is not just a matter of waiting for idle people to come up and say a word, the traditional naval powers of the New World, such as the Yaling Empire and the Elven Federation Navy. The latter has a long maritime history of thousands of years, and the former has tens of thousands of years of rich experience.

It is said that in the vault of the Royal Navy Headquarters building in Yaling, thousands of cabinets of charts, hydrometeorological numbers, logbooks, and other materials accumulated over the years were taken into account the practical need for regular copying and reproduction, as well as updating the inventory numbers.

Just to ensure the completion of this tedious paperwork, the Royal Admiralty of Yaling has employed more than 200 scribes and draftsmen on a permanent basis, not to mention the other archival documents in the collection, which is no exaggeration to describe it as vast. Because of this, even if the Yaling Royal Navy does not have an overwhelming overall advantage in terms of hardware, the Elven Federation Navy, which is as vast as a dog, does not dare to say that it can defeat the Yaling Navy, and has been carefully avoiding a direct naval armed conflict with the Yaling Empire. In the final analysis, the navy is a technology- and capital-intensive aristocratic service, and both are indispensable

Modo Blackwater, who has been defeated repeatedly, does not rely on nepotism to rise to power, and eats dry food, although the goblin fleet is defeated. The privateer fleet followed and chased for hundreds of nautical miles and only achieved limited results, Luo Zhengdao began to worry about being killed by the goblins again, so he simply pushed the boat down the river and gave up the pursuit, only to fall far behind and send the goblin fleet out of the country.

Returning to the home port of the main 6th to berth, Modo Heishui, whose head had been bandaged many times, stepped off the springboard, and when he saw the chief of the military department who came to greet him, he leaned down with shame on his face and said:

"Your Excellency, I have been defeated again."

Although the number of goblin priests accompanying the expedition was not enough to treat all the wounded, it was still no problem to heal the goblin commander, and the shrewd Modo Blackwater deliberately kept the blood-stained battle robe in the shape of the wounded, naturally peddling the basic fact that he had no merit and hard work.

At a glance, he saw through the careful thinking of his subordinates, but the chief of the military department was not interested in debunking its performance, and said in a flat tone:

"Well, how's your body?"

"Report to the chief, it doesn't affect the operation anymore."

The butt decides the head, and telling nonsense with his eyes open is a compulsory course as a bureaucrat, and even if he is a pure soldier, after the rank of officer jumps to command tens of thousands of soldiers, he must devote himself to learning how to survive under the bureaucracy. Counting the famous generals who have been experts in foreign wars and amateurs in civil wars, and finally died at the hands of their own people, they are the poor representatives of such courses. To be a great commander, you need to have a hand against the enemy, and you need more than one hand to deal with your own people.

At this time, the commander-in-chief of the military department glanced at Modo Heishui and said:

"I've read the report you submitted before it came out, and it's better to ask about some of the content in person, right?"

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the subordinate must answer truthfully."

The so-called remembering to eat or not remembering, that is to scold the stupid pig, Modo Heishui has suffered at the hands of Luo Zhengdao and it is not once or twice, as the saying goes, a long illness becomes a good doctor, and it has also figured out its experience after being beaten too much. For example, the goblin navy's tactics of overwhelming the territory at every turn are not very bright, sometimes it works, and sometimes it inevitably fails. The reason for this is nothing more than the fact that the pirates are nimble, and when they see that the situation is not good, they immediately smear the soles of their feet and slip away, and they are only backed by strong force, and it is difficult for the goblin fleet to force the pirates to carry out an endless fleet Armageddon.

In view of these shortcomings, which were exposed in reality, Modo Heishui summed up the lessons of previous battles before this expedition, and secretly submitted a report to the chief of the military department to test the opinions of the military department.

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