Chapter 118 Six Good Things Come in Pairs
The arrival of the Misheva detachment was of much greater significance to morale than the combat value of the fleet itself. The Palci fleet, which was in a bitter battle www.biquge.info was like a man struggling in the middle of the ocean and caught a plank, while the Arubanian fleet was about to kill a lion and was besieged by a pack of lions.
"Attack with all your might! Don't pause! Mapsul yelled.
At this time, the Arubanian fleet had two options, the first was to take advantage of the fact that the other side's reinforcements had not yet arrived, and immediately slip away. Doing so will save the remaining ships for the next chance to fight, but Mapsur will have to accept the humiliation of defeat, and the Anmen fortress will be isolated. The second is to attack with all your might before enemy reinforcements arrive and regroup, destroying as much as possible the enemy flagship and gaining an advantage in the battle that follows. But this is very risky, and it is completely gambling with time. Mapsul clearly chose the latter.
His orders were carried out to the letter, and the Arubanian assault fleet braved the intense fire of Palci's main battleship, but still set fire to its own ships against the wind, and plunged straight into Elda's flagship.
At this moment, of course, Elda was no longer willing to sacrifice his life to fight the enemy army like he had just done, but it was difficult to ride a tiger. Although the outer ship has the advantage of reversing directly without steering, it is not fast and cannot get rid of the pursuit of the Arubanian light warship. Although the warships on both sides tried their best to maintain the safety of the flagship, it was a pity that the disadvantage of the geese marching array was that once the center was attacked, the two wings were too large to support the center in time, and the only ones that could protect the flagship were only seven or eight neighboring warships.
Eventually, the forty warships of the Arubanian fleet managed to ignite Elda's flagship at the cost of twelve. Stuck to six flaming enemy ships, Elda's flagship burst into flames. At the same time as the flagship was on fire, three large warships guarding the flagship were also set on fire by the opposing side.
"Abandon ship at once, my lord!" The adjutant suggested.
Elda hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "As a commander, you shouldn't give up your flagship, but since reinforcements have arrived, it would be too derelict to give up the chance to win at this time." ”
Elda immediately gave the order to abandon the ship, and the soldiers began to evacuate the ship in an orderly manner under his command. However, in the process of replacing the flagship in Elda, a considerable number of the flagship's officers and men were killed by Arubanian arrows, and the entire Palci fleet was temporarily in a state of disorder due to the loss of unified leadership.
Elda's absence left Mapsur with a precious amount of time. He took advantage of this opportunity to successfully divert his fleet to avoid the Palch fleet's ramming tactics, and in the end, except for the loss of more than half of the forty ships of the commando, the losses of the other troops were still within a tolerable range. The result of his adventurous assault was the burning of three of the flagship of the Palci fleet and other large ships, the capture of two, and the heavy damage of eleven ships. It can be said that it has the upper hand, and it has succeeded.
But the other cost of doing so was that Misheva's fleet had already arrived in battle to join the battle.
Speaking of which, Misheva has not had to be easy at all these days, and in order to collect the ships that have been blown away by the strong wind, he has hardly slept in these days, and only closed his eyes a few times. Even so, thirty percent of the small and medium-sized warships in the Second Fleet were not recovered, and Misheva did not dare to delay any longer and hurried to the Anmen fortress, thus becoming an important weight to turn the tide of the war.
Although Misheva did not know what the previous battle had been, he had witnessed Elda's flagship catch fire. Since the fate of the main general was unknown, Misheva resolutely took on the responsibility of the main general, while directing his subordinates to deploy a formation to protect the flanks of the large warships, and at the same time issuing orders to adjust the large warships that were caught in a bitter battle. Before Elda could replace the flagship and retake command, Missheva's actions succeeded in compensating for the weakness in the Palch fleet array, and the actions of Mapsul were suppressed.
When Elda returned to his command post again, he immediately began to adjust his formation and combat strategy. With the escort of small and medium-sized ships, Elda was able to take full advantage of the advantages of the Palch fleet, even if he had already suffered considerable losses. And Mapsul watched as the door of victory closed before his eyes.
"True God, do you really want to destroy Arubania?" Mapsur muttered a thought.
Indeed, he should have fled as soon as the enemy reinforcements arrived, so that at least there would be another chance, but it was too late for now. Elda, who received reinforcements, gave Mapsur a chill down his spine, and the use of the fleet and the arrangement of the formation were simply impeccable, not only forcing the Arubanian fleet to gradually lose the upper hand, but what was even more terrifying was that Elda gradually opened the encirclement network in the process and prepared to annihilate himself! Mapsur had to admit that he had been dreaming to defeat this enemy before, and if it weren't for the big problem with the opponent's initial configuration, I'm afraid he would have lost a long time ago.
The only chance now is to abandon most of the friendly forces and start retreating, so that at least a quarter of the fleet can get rid of the enemy forces. But Mapsur could not do this, because the result of doing so was no different from the total annihilation of the army, and there was no other naval power left in the eastern waters of Arubania, and even if these fleets could get rid of the enemy forces, it would be difficult to avoid the fate of being surrounded and intercepted by the enemy fleet, and finally all of them would be destroyed. If the Arubanian fleet of Paz Bay were destroyed, the city of Basradis would also be the target of Palci's attack from the sea. Every road in front of him leads to the other side of the light, so it's no wonder that Mapsul let out such a frustrated sigh.
Mapsur did not want to see the destruction of the fleet in Paz Bay, the fortress of Anmen, and the attack of the city of Baslaris by Palci, so he decided to die in battle on this sea today. Mapsur immediately gave the order for the whole army to fight to the death.
From this moment on, the fate of the fleet in the bay of Paz in Arubania was sealed. But at this time, the Palchi army on the shore let out an earth-shattering cheer. Of course, they didn't know that their fleet was in control, at least not yet, and they cheered for another thing, which was that they had dug up the water for the forces of Martis who were trapped in the main fort. (To be continued.) )