Chapter 466: Crisis and Over-the-horizon Strike
Time is rushing, and it has come to the end of September in the blink of an eye.
In the northern part of the New World, there was already a faint chill in the morning and evening.
The heat is still rolling in the tropical golden sea, and of course it is not only the climate, but also the pirates' desire for wealth.
The cyan smoke of gunpowder on the sea gradually dispersed, and a battle was nearing its end.
"Uha ——!"
At present, the only "Skinman" under Aiwen's command, Baldwin, shows a half-human, half-shark combat form at this time.
Reaching a height of two meters, the upper body is covered with blue-black muscles like hard granite, and the shark's dorsal fin and a long spike protrude high on the back.
The face covered with fine shield scales seemed to be elongated and pointed with a mask, and when the mouth was opened, the corners of the mouth were already grinning behind the ears, and the layers of white sharp teeth were no different from a real shark.
Although he was covered in blood, not a drop of blood belonged to him!
Wielding the elite level half-sword in his hand and constantly attacking, although the military swordsmanship that has not been practiced for a few years has not reached the proficient level for the time being, but relying on the strength close to the senior knight level, it is like hitting an anvil to smash the opponent and retreat.
Bell!
The red-haired Cyrius was a formal knight, and at this time, the tiger's mouth was cracked and bloody, and his whole body was almost falling apart. There is no longer the power to resist except for the mechanical parry, and the despair in his eyes can't help but be revealed.
This monster-looking guy also has monster-like powers.
It's not that he didn't want to abandon the merchant ship and jump into the sea to escape, but could this monster with fins like a humanoid shark let himself escape?
But at this time, the hilt of the sword gradually became slippery because of the blood flowing from the tiger's mouth, plus the muscles and bones were paralyzed, and after receiving the opponent's sword, the long sword actually flew out of his hand.
Baldwin smirked on a shark's face and slashed down with a sword!
"No—"
Click!
He didn't even use a spell, and an extraordinary person of the same rank had already been cut down by him. Even if it is extremely difficult to grow in strength in the future, it does not prevent him from being strong now.
Then his pirates easily slaughtered the merchant ship, which had the courage to resist with its transcendent beings.
Although adhering to the concept of "thieves" and "righteous thieves", the objects of mercy do not include such rebels.
"Let's go, pack up the loot, let's go back!"
Baldwin crushed a crystal amulet made in advance by Milan and swept away his own side's spiritual traces in the area. The regimental commander was not here during this time, and they were acting more and more cautiously.
But.
After the "Gladiator" returned with a full load of loot.
The original edge of the battlefield.
A long, narrow brig expedition ship seemed to have lifted off a layer of invisibility cloak, slowly emerging from the air. A young figure in wizard's robes stood at the bow of the ship, his eyes shining with a relieved smile
"I've been waiting for nearly two months, and I've finally been able to catch you? Dragoon Pirate Regiment!"
The White Knight has done several major things in succession this year, and the direct property damage caused to Sylius is still secondary, and the waves behind are the most far-reaching.
A privateer came forward one after another, like a mosquito that had seen blood, and pounced on Sylius, even the largest and the most abundant blood could not bear it.
In a phrase that only an official can say, "the impact is extremely bad!"
Whether it is the White Knight or the "Dragoon Pirate Regiment" under his command, they have become a thorn in the side of Syrius.
Especially now that the war in the southern continent has begun, the official-backed privateers on the New World have been completely undisguised.
Tulips, in particular, changed their original attitude towards pirates.
As long as you don't plunder the Alliance, and are willing to pay taxes on Tulip's territory, even if you are a real pirate, you don't have to worry about being defeated by the Navy, and you can even get shelter.
Of course, the colony's top brass wanted to teach the endless privateers and their supporters a lesson, but even the militaristic Cyrius was not unlimited.
It is on the same page as most powerful countries, and it has no allies, so it is miserable to start a war of national fortunes that involves a wide range of people, and if you are accidentally stolen by other enemy countries.
However, since it is a banner, as long as it can catch the tail of the white knights and dragoons and inflict heavy damage on them, it will certainly be able to deal a great blow to the arrogance of the anti-Cyrius alliance in the New World!
It just so happened that in addition to the priests of the "eternal fire", they already had new collaborators.
The war in the southern continent has been stalemate for nearly a month.
The situation in the Tulip colonies on land has gradually become clear, and with the current largest army in the world, it is natural for Sylius to attack the city and destroy the fortress.
By this time, Ilya, who had the weakest fighting spirit but the most fertile territory, had already fallen, and the weaker Thessaly and Palos had lost most of their important resources, and the other countries had their own losses, but they were only severe.
This is probably due to Hylius's "picky eater"?
So at this time, logistics at sea are even more important.
From Tulip's point of view, if the supply line is completely blocked, it will already lose half of the war without waiting for reinforcements to arrive, and from Sylius's point of view, as long as this supply line is held, there is no fear that Tulip's warships will hide.
Because they had suffered a loss in the "Treasure Tree Bay", they would not attack the large port of Tulip again unless they had to.
And as expected, the indigenous Kingdom of Dahomey also joined in and played a leading role.
In the comprehensive strength comparison, the alliance navy, which had less than half the third-class battleships of Syrius, could not confront them head-on at all, and could only rely on guerrillas.
Strive to hold out with minimal losses until the arrival of reinforcements!
It's in this stalemate at sea.
The belated "Storm Horn" broke into this growing whirlpool.
There was no time to repair them, so Evan directly turned into a Thunderbird and took Olivia back to the ship where he had just arrived in the "Gulf of Benin".
Then instead of heading south to the "Treasure Tree Bay", he went all the way north to Cape Verde, the choke point of the supply line blocked by Cylius.
In the seagull's reconnaissance network, there is a small fleet of 3rd class ships, 1 4th class ship, and 2 5th class ships constantly patrolling. It's like a fishbone stuck in the throat of the Alliance, but it's extremely uncomfortable to die.
If it weren't for the fact that Cyrius was just as hostile to Huymar, who currently ruled Cape Verde, it would not be unusual to triple the blockade force in order not to expand the scope of the war.
And Aven's mission is to unplug them!
Storm Horn on the bow floor.
"This is a new weapon you made?"
Watching Evan and Roddy fiddle with the strange weapons that looked like guns and cannons together, Milan felt as if he had fallen behind in just a month.
"That's right, I'll open your eyes today!"
Including the three transcendents of Milan, Boris, and Gary, although they had gone through a long journey, the crew members were in good shape, and they surrounded them one after another.
The total voyage was less than a month, only half of what they had traveled from the Old World to the New World, and it had little impact on their combat effectiveness.
Besides, with this thing, there is no need for their combat power for the time being.
Maybe in the future, I just need to shout the second battalion commander and pull up Lao Tzu's Italian-sized electromagnetic cannon. You salted fish only need to shout Captain Six Six Six in the back. ’
Evan glanced at the group of soon-to-be-unemployed guys.
After adjusting the weapon, I came to the firing position of the electromagnetic gun, and my vision was connected to the seagull's mental network.
The target is forty kilometers away, and it must be guided with the help of the seabird's field of vision, otherwise even with a third-order transcendent vision, forty kilometers away can only see loneliness.
Buzz –
Turn on the power of "Aquamarine", the blue runes on the silver-white cannon body light up in turn, the electromagnetic cannon emits a slight buzzer, and the strong current has passed through the coil built into the barrel.
In the expectant gaze of a group of people.
Ai Wen slowly relaxed his body, and lines of data appeared in his eyes, among the four Sylius warships that were difficult to see with the naked eye in the distance, the modestly sized fourth-class ship had been firmly locked by him with the "biological fire control system".
Without hesitation, pull the trigger.
Bang –
The iron-ribbed wooden shell of the "Storm Horn" shook violently.
After the loud bang, a thick line of bright red fire split through the atmosphere, and disappeared from their vision in the blink of an eye, leaving only a beautiful rosy red trail on the retina.
It was a metal cannonball violently rubbing against the air, producing a large amount of plasma smoke, beautiful but deadly.
Sixteen seconds later, under the intently gaze of everyone connected to the psychic network.
Although no sound could be heard, a dazzling flash of thunderbolt passed.
Forty kilometers away, the fourth-class ship seemed to have been hit by a battering ram, and it trembled violently. In the middle of the hull, a large hole with a diameter of nearly two meters and running through the entire hull suddenly appeared.
On this line, the outer hulls of battleships, the ship's guns, and the human body were scattered in all directions, and the turbulent sea water was already pouring in.
After waiting for 20 seconds, the indicator on the cannon lights up.
Bang –
After the hull of the ship shook, another line of fire flew out from the four-meter-long gun port.
Looking at the battleship again, there was another penetrating wound. Although it did not sink immediately, it had completely lost its combat effectiveness.
"Whew!"
He whistled lightly and smiled as he looked at the officers who were already stunned
"It's a triumph of technology!"
to the technical level of the initial model.
This [Extraordinary Armament Electromagnetic Cannon 10] is an enchanted aluminum cone-shaped projectile that can be fired once every 20 seconds, with an initial velocity of 2500 m/s, which is 2 to 3 times faster than the speed of ordinary bullets, seven times the speed of sound, and a range of 50 kilometers.
An enchanted warhead that carries a huge amount of kinetic energy and destroys it by hitting its target.
At the same time, the ammunition can be switched, and the specially enchanted Aluminum Bullet No. 2 can disintegrate at the moment of hitting the target at high speed, turning into a large puff of flammable and explosive aluminum powder, and the plasma smoke is enough to ignite it and cause a violent explosion.
Even if it is not as good as the so-called active destruction element, it is already a hundred times stronger than the cast iron shells of this era.
And because there is no need for gunpowder propulsion, Evan has added a stabilizer wing to a pure metal warhead to achieve higher accuracy.
But.
With version 10, it is impossible to smash a battleship with a single blow like the golden spear that weighs hundreds of kilograms.
However, the advantage is that unlike the golden spear that counts the charge time in minutes, with the material resistance of the current enchanted silver electromagnetic cannon, it is no problem to shoot non-stop for ten minutes with a rate of fire of 3 rounds per minute.
It was enough to completely empty the small fleet out of sight.
All of a sudden, Evan clearly experienced the thrill of killing other warships from the "Commander of the Guards"! This is a quasi-legendary attack power!
"Let me try!"
"Let me try!"
“”
The next moment, the deck was already boiling.