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In the eyes of the attacked goblin fleet, the landing point of the enemy's battery fire is not very different, which is an accuracy that can scare people to death! On the other hand, there is nothing to praise for the pirates on the turret, the firing tables of the giant cannons are all calibrated by test firing in advance, so that they can actually miss, and they are not afraid of making people laugh to death?

Immediately, the gun commander of the No. 3 battery on the right flank had an ugly face as if he had just died of his father's mother, and he brandished the artillery short sword with its own scale on the blade and shouted:

"Wind deviation correction, left one, fire!"

"Boom-"

The second stone projectile corrected for wind deviation did not disappoint the pirates again, and the sixth-class battleship leading the forward fleet was pierced through the hull by a 4oo-pound stone projectile that fell from the sky directly into the hull from the foredeck. At this moment, the goblin warship's waterline was lowered by more than two yards, followed by a clattering sound of wood cracking and gurgling water, and then the unfortunate ship sank as fast as the witnesses could see, and the bottom of the ship was presumably a large hole in the stone that had been penetrated into it, and the sea water poured in like madness.

"Whoa! Abandon ship! Abandon ship! ”

Goblin soldiers are recognized as excellent warriors in the New World, but unfortunately they are not a group of excellent sailors, and many goblin soldiers even learn the basic skills of navigators such as swimming during the training camp before they go out. Now that the ship was so damaged that they didn't know what to do to save it from sinking, they should abandon ship and escape as soon as possible rather than act blindly.

The chaos faced by the goblin fleet was only the end of the battle under the heavy fire of the batteries, and as several other batteries joined the chorus, the turquoise sea outside the harbor of Wick Reef was like boiling water, and almost every few seconds a goblin battleship was hit and sunk.

There is no way, the lethality of this fortress giant cannon level is too ferocious, and the Goblin Striker Fleet, which is mainly composed of light ships below the patrol ship level, how can it be the opponent of these giant guns?

The apprehensive Jeti Hakusan saw through the binoculars the ugliness of the forward fleet, its bearded cheeks twitched twice, and ordered:

"Order the detachments to maneuver freely, and the capital ships to prepare to approach the coast for artillery bombardment, and quickly suppress the battery fire."

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander."

It is estimated that people in the age group above elementary school will no longer be confused about which one is hard enough, so it is never a good idea to send a fleet to gnaw on shore-based batteries in the era of sail warships.

In the history of the Old World, those fortified ports that were captured by the enemy were either successfully attacked by the attackers who concentrated more than three times the superior forces and firepower, or the defenders had a situation in the rear and fell under the attack of Hai 6, or there was a leading party or something inside. In a word, in the case of little difference in the overall combat power of the two sides, there has never been a precedent for shore-based batteries to lose to fleet firepower, especially in the era of sail warships, if anyone thinks that stone and rammed earth fortresses are not as strong as wooden battleships, then I am afraid that in addition to the ass problem, only the question of IQ can support the basis of the above logic.

The New World is home to many magical powers, and it is not easy to obtain them, and the higher the power, the harder it is to obtain, and this law itself can prevent the abuse of high-end power. Like the ballistic missile forces of the Old World, the Arcanists are not cheap cannon fodder to be conscripted into the army, and the cost of driving them into battle is far more terrifying than raising an army.

Compared to the ancient goblin and dragon civilization depicted in the history books, the subsequent magic card master and the Aragami walked on the earth, those great times when the magic power was extremely glorious, from the era of the first empire of the goblins who changed the alchemy route, the magic power of the new world gradually declined with the arrival of the dry demon period, and it can be said that the situation is much worse than before, and it can no longer be described by the situation of "demigods walking all over the streets, and there are as many lich as dogs".

Entering the reign of the human dynasties, compared to the proliferation of high-end forces in previous generations, the magical power in the declining period is only used as a final means at the tactical level, and its deterrent effect is far greater than the actual combat value.

Similar to the kind of powerful and demigod-like beings who can destroy a city with their own power, and even subvert an entire country, they have completely faded out of people's sight, and they may still exist in an unknown corner of the new world, but ordinary people will never be able to figure out their activities.

"Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-......boom-boom-

A bad idea, at least on the surface, seemed like a good idea until it was turned out to be a bad idea, which Zheti Hakusan may not have heard, but he had already experienced the bitterness. As the goblin fleet approached the port, not only the artillery shells located on the high ground rained down, but the artillery fire placed on the top of the harbor fort also began to join in to participate in the siege, the bear goblin commander had never encountered a more fierce long-range fire attack than today in his life, and the stone bullets that fell every second had to be counted by the fingers of one hand, and the gunshots like bursting beans could not be heard at all.

“…… Your Excellency, as far as we can see, we have sunk more than fifty warships and damaged more than a hundred. ”

A staff officer covered his forehead wounded by shrapnel and ran to Zheti Baishan to report the funeral, and the already annoyed bear goblin commander shouted anxiously:

"So what do you say? Is it necessary to retreat? ”

Hearing this, this staff officer didn't know that he had hit the muzzle of the gun when he heard this, and when Titi Baishan slaughtered it for the crime of shaking the morale of the army, I am afraid that there would not be many sympathetic voices. The goblin staff officer knew that the situation was not good, and hurriedly remedied it and said:

"No, we can lock down the port for a long time to trap the pirates."

Indeed, there are thieves for a thousand days under the heavens, and there are no thieves for a thousand days. If the blockade line against Wake Reef is established, the Goblins' warships and personnel must be rotated from time to time, and some of the warships must be transferred to the rear for repairs.

Since the blockade mission had to be carried out on a rotational basis, the number of troops directly involved in the blockade on the front line was relatively limited, and even if it was optimistically estimated, Zheti Baishan would have to leave about 200 warships to participate in the blockade of the port.

Imagine the possible future combat scenarios, the ironclad ship Black Gold and the sister ship Gold, which may be completed and launched at any time, these two ironclad ships, together with the old flagship Avenger, as well as ten battleships with the prefix "Yuan" and nearly eighty cruisers and frigates with lower displacement have been hiding in the depths of the harbor of Wake Reef to recuperate. The goblin fleet has no absolute superiority in quantity, nor does it have an advantage in the quality of warships, and the pirate fleet is calculated with intent or not, so it has to suffer a big loss!

Although there are many more times when he loses than he wins, and the Bear Goblin Commander has accumulated a lot of experience in naval warfare, he immediately saw through this extremely bad idea after a little thought, and the plan for a long-term blockade of the port is undoubtedly a beautiful thing to look at, but the actual feasibility is zero.

The problem is that it is more important to find an excuse to retreat now than to stay here and be beaten, Zheti Baishan puffed out his cheeks and sighed:

"I order, retreat to the open sea to repair, and continue the offensive tomorrow."

The top brass of the Second Goblin Empire have already made up their minds to pull out the stinger of Wake Reef, and it doesn't matter what the front-line commanders think, they can't twist their arms and thighs!

After a few days of stubborn perseverance, the number of warships under his command had reached a point that was unbearable for Zheti Baishan, and just as it was about to forcibly terminate the combat operation, the life-saving reinforcement fleet finally arrived, and the number of goblin warships besieging Wake Reef had once again exceeded the 600 mark, which was even larger than the huge army that had been used earlier. However, more is not necessarily a good thing, and the resources consumed every day to sustain this siege war are enough for a small country to declare financial bankruptcy, and even the big goblin empire can struggle a little.

In order to support the siege, several goblin technicians proposed an artificial floating island, using a large amount of driftwood, ordinary timber, and earth and rock to build an artificial island on the surface of the sea twenty nautical miles from Wake Reef, which could be used to moor warships in rotation.

When the local elite exposed the strategic intention of settling down, Luo Zhengdao knew that things were not good, and this war could be said to have escalated to the stage of protracted war, evolving into the last thing he wanted to see

"Twenty-eight more ships sank today, alas!"

The Bear Goblin Commander pinched his fingers and counted his own losses, it looked listless, and the repeated tug-of-war during this period had burned Zheti Baishan.

Battleships are not cabbage, the navy is a technology-intensive service, and what makes the bear goblin commander more heartbroken than the loss of the warship is those goblin sailors who will never return, how much effort has it taken to train these guys to have a look, and they will become cannon fodder in the blink of an eye, how can they not be heartbroken? In a state of long-term blood loss, Zheti Baishan felt that the fleet was slowly dying. The day before yesterday, even the logistics troops on the artificial island, that is, those men and carpenters, had gathered to be trained and prepared to replenish the front-line troops.

Just as Zheti Baishan was in a deep tangle, the information sent by a goblin staff officer trotting made it stunned, and he exclaimed:

"Will Needham is out! Is he crazy? ”

War is the root of all evil in the world, it can bring ugliness and pain to the world, and it can bring anything but good things.

The goblin fleet, which had always held the initiative on the battlefield and received regular support from the rear, was still in such pain, and Luo Zhengdao, who was stuck at home and unable to move, was even more miserable at this time, and he was under no less pressure than Zheti Baishan.