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The Tao Te Ching of the Old World says: The man who is a soldier is also an ominous weapon. Where the division is, thorns are born. After the great army, there will be a fierce year.

The more than 100,000 locals of Wake Reef soon experienced the ongoing impact of the war on their lives during the protracted battle with the goblins, and their daily food quotas had to be reduced to about half as one of the main food sources, fisheries and seaweed farms, shut down.

Although the Mage Tower at Wake Reef provides the irrigation water needed for agricultural production, crops have their own growth patterns, and you can't expect to harvest wheat in the morning and eat it at sunset. As the tug-of-war dragged on, the damage caused by the long-term stalemate and small-scale high-intensity engagement on Wake Reef was far more terrible than a vigorous decisive battle, so much so that Luo Zhengdao had to start thinking about abandoning the holding strategy and adopting a more aggressive and risky combat method.

At this time, stopping in the armored command tower of the ironclad ship Heijin, experiencing the helplessness of people in the rivers and lakes, and dressing in fancy according to aristocratic etiquette, Luo Zhengdao's fingers clenched the hilt of the sword hard, and said in a deep voice:

"Come on! Let's focus on breaking the goblin fleet. Vena, signal, order all fighters to take off, today is the time for a decisive battle. ”

Desperate is not Luo Zhengdao's favorite mode, this battle he finally made up his mind, pure luck thing, he will not do it, although it is more reluctant, he still does not doubt that his ultimate goal of becoming a winner can be achieved smoothly.

When there is a generational gap in weaponry, the technologically advanced side will have a crushing and brutal strike effect on the lagging ones, and this gap in equipment and technology is reflected on the battlefield, and it is often achieved by taking the overwhelming victory of the advanced side as the benchmark.

In terms of conventional military strength, Luo Zhengdao has absolute confidence, and his two ironclad ships are enough for goblins to drink a pot of life, but the intelligence shows that Ban En, who is immortal in the thief's heart, gave Zheti Baishan an artifact, this news makes Luo Zhengdao feel a little uneasy in his heart, whether Ban N will intervene again halfway, this is an off-site factor that is difficult to quantify and consider!

The days of the long siege will be more and more difficult, and this psychological expectation will sooner or later demoralize the pirates, feeling that the goblin fleet is gradually showing fatigue in the brutal engagement, Luo Zhengdao, who has the winning hole card in his hand, finally can't hold it back, and is ready to have a complete showdown with the opponent to roll or two eyes. At the end of the day, no one can expect a semi-professional army to be loyal and self-sacrificing, and before the advent of modern nationalism, the army was a beast fed by victory and money, and if it lost any kind of nourishment, it could turn around and eat its master.

After carefully calculating the gains and losses of sticking to changes and taking the initiative, Luo Zhengdao decisively chose the latter, he was more willing to take his fate into his own hands than to hope for those unattainable accidents.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Hearing the muffled whistling sound of their heads passing overhead, the goblin soldiers were all too familiar with the thin-looking wooden flying machines that had been throwing bombs and incendiary bombs on their heads for a long time.

Seeing this, one of the goblin captains jumped to his feet in anger and cursed:

"These damn wooden birds, shoot rockets to knock them down immediately."

After learning that Luo Zhengdao had opened the aircraft, the goblin military department immediately sent multiple spies to collect intelligence, and finally came to the conclusion that seaplanes do have certain tactical uses, but the prospects for development are limited. After archiving the information of the pirate fighters, the goblin military department turned back and continued to drive their ancestral goblin airship, in their opinion, the research of the airship project is much more promising than tinkering with the aircraft, and the technical content is not comparable.

The Second Goblin Empire would come to such a slightly surprising conclusion, and that was because Luo Zhengdao hid the Dawning aircraft carrier. What is the future of a seaplane with a maximum endurance of less than half an hour and a bomb load of only 300 pounds without a carrier vehicle? I really can't blame the goblin for being too earthy.

"Prepare to drop bombs...... Put! ”

The eight seaplanes whizzing in four groups dropped ammunition on the goblin artificial island pier in a two-plane formation, and after feeling the sudden lightness of the fuselage, the pilots immediately turned around and returned to the sea in a playful manner, shortening the time window of exposure to enemy anti-aircraft fire as much as possible.

"Boom-"

"Hoohoo! It's burning! ”

The foundation of the artificial island is made of sea driftwood and timber, and the earth and rock covering the top are only an add-on to the ballast and fire protection, when the bombshells dropped by the pirate fighters brutally lifted the earth and rock, and then a large number of incendiary bombs ignited the exposed wooden support below. Seeing this, the goblins who stayed behind shouted and shouted urgently, and split up to pump water from the sea to extinguish the fire, saying that they were quite skilled in this work. No way! Every time the seaplane bombed, the goblin soldiers had to make a cameo role as a firefighter, and they couldn't do it if they didn't want to be proficient.

The technology tree is not so easy to climb, and the chemical products that Luo Zhengdao expected have been in the association stage, and the two mage advisors used the ideas he provided to carry out preliminary refining of crude oil, and the test results were four products.

Naphtha, a highly volatile flammable liquid, if not stored in a sealed container, a pound of liquid exposed to the air can be wiped clean in less than half an hour, whether in liquid or gaseous state, it is extremely flammable and explosive, is a first-class dangerous goods. Kerosene, a combustible liquid with relatively stable properties, is used to light lamps in daily life, and can save some edible oil. Heavy oil, a viscous liquid that flows slowly, only burns with more smoke than a flame. Bitumen, the semi-solid residue left over after refining, is a very versatile material, whether it is shipbuilding, construction, and even medicine.

The incendiary bombs dropped by the seaplane were a 2.5:7.5 mixture of naphtha and bitumen, and at the front of the mortar shell-shaped ceramic bomb was a universal fuse with a fire cap.

This new type of incendiary bomb replaces the alchemy mixture incendiary bomb with the same effect, in addition to the poor stability and incompatibility of long-term storage, it is definitely an ideal criminal tool for arson.

This bombing was only the beginning, and the pirates today were uncharacteristically not only did not accept the good news, but intensified their air raids. Huge swarms of pirate warplanes came like locusts, bombarding the artificial island in waves, and the huge plumes of smoke rising from this artificial floating island could be clearly seen even in the six settlements of Wake Reef, which was a signal of an imminent all-out attack.

"The pirates are coming!"

Hearing the shouts of the lookouts, Modo Blackwater, who happened to be on duty to blockade the port area, clenched his fists and shouted:

"Prepare for battle!"

Before the indiscriminate bombardment was over, the pirate warships lined up in a three-way column were approaching from the depths of the harbor at Wake Reef, and at the front was the ironclad ship Black Gold, followed by the new flagship Gold of Luo Zhengdao. These two warships rushed straight to the blockade line arranged by the goblin fleet in a sharp manner, and had the posture of engulfing the enemy in one fell swoop.

Luo Zhengdao, who had prepared his homework in advance, did not rush all the way, but reminded Brando Scarlet Yan and said:

"Don't get too close, hit the goblins with long-range artillery fire."

Hearing this, the fleet commander was speechless, and he was very dissatisfied with Luo Zhengdao's interference with his battlefield command, and shouted:

"Prepare for shelling!"

"Tom ......"

I have long seen the invulnerable iron turtle skills of the pirate ironclad ship, and the goblin warship facing the battle at this time almost pounced on the two ironclad ships with the will to fight to the death, perhaps in their opinion, it is the only hope to win by jumping to the white-knuckle battle, Luo Zhengdao is more willing to maintain his own advantage, he repeatedly beckoned his subordinates, do not recklessly entangle with the goblin.

The goblin fleet on the opposite side has been completely crazy, and the shooting degree of the cannons is crazy, and the goblin soldiers are doing their best, and they can't even use the strength to eat milk, but the hardware conditions cannot be crossed, and they insist on filling the cannon chamber that has not yet cooled with stone pine powder, and the result can only be a tragedy.

Luo Zhengdao, who had spent a lot of time in the swarthy enclosed armored command tower of the new flagship Gold, did not need to rely on those large periscope-like observation equipment, he could also confirm how fierce the Goblin Navy's offensive was. You know, when you stay in the command tower, you can clearly hear the low roar of the wrought iron armor that is three and a half inches thick outside being repeatedly hit by stone bullets, and this sound gradually becomes a piece that is impossible to tell the number, just like the noise of dense raindrops hitting the tin roof in the middle of summer.

Taking a deep breath, Luo Zhengdao said to Brando Scarlet:

"Let's focus on the attack!"

Hearing this, His Excellency the Commander nodded, he unplugged the brass pipes in the ship, and gave instructions to the signal department located above the command tower:

"I am Commander Crimson, and I order all ships to concentrate their fire on the Goblin battleships, to ensure that the enemy ships are sunk, not damaged. I repeat, concentrate your fire on the Goblin capital ship and make sure to sink the enemy ship. ”

Don't look at the stupid appearance of the ironclad ships and think that they can't run fast, when you turn on the rocket-type motor afterburner, these iron bumps can run a lot faster than the average sail battleship, even if the cruiser is good at degree, not every ship can catch up with the ironclad cheating-style full assault.

I saw two ironclad ships rushing to the forefront of the fleet sequence, like two prehistoric beasts rushing into a flock of sheep and rushing to kill, such a high-profile move naturally attracted most of the enemy's attention, and they immediately became the target of the goblin warship. Suddenly, the cannons rumbled and bullets rained down, and although the fire of the goblin fleet was so furious, the stone bullets fired from the 24-pounder and 32-pounder cannons equipped with the goblin battleships were no match for the metal armor of the ironclads. When the hard and thick iron plate collides with the stone projectile, the hard and brittle stone bullet cannot withstand the huge impact force and cracks, and the noisy scene of falling into the sea is spectacular.