Chapter 311: Confrontation
"Kill!"
A large number of sea tribe warriors emerged from the middle of the fleet, and they quickly climbed onto the warship along the hull, because the attack came too suddenly, and this time was the time when the soldiers were at their lowest vigilance, and the human side was caught off guard by this wave of sea tribe raids, and many sea tribes had already climbed onto the deck, and the soldiers on the warship were neatly dressed and organized an effective resistance.
"Archer, prepare!"
"Put!"
An ordinary bow and arrow is certainly not enough to deal with a heavily armored orc warrior, but it is not bad to deal with a sea warrior with poor armor, especially the sea tribe who has left the sea and climbed onto the ship.
In a salvo at close range, more than two dozen Sea Tribes fell to the ground with arrows, and after two or three volleys, a small open space was cleared of the deck. The skills of these sea tribes to fight are really not very good, and they can fight against humans at sea completely by relying on environmental advantages and numerical advantages, and the basic sense of battle is not good, such as a large number of people crowded on the deck and being harvested, this kind of thing does not only happen on one ship, but only more than ten minutes after the war, the surrounding sea water is stained red, and the blood flows back into the sea along the drain of the ship.
In the past, the sea clan wanted to take the warship by taking advantage of the numerical advantage, constantly pouring onto the warship from all directions, the human beings had five hundred warships, and the sea tribe sent five thousand people, relying on the tactics of the sea of people to drown the humans on the ship, there was not much room for rotation and retreat on the ship, once the short-handed battle was the bloodiest war of attrition, even the knights sitting in the town, as long as they did not break through to the sky level and could fly short distances, they would be consumed by the huge number of the sea clan.
The naval battles in this world are very ugly, because there is no artillery gunpowder, and there is no blood-pumping scene of ten thousand cannons firing at all, and even because the main opponent is the sea tribe, a race that has no concept of warships at all, the human warships do not even have a collision angle, only some semi-fixed planks are designed on the side sides, which can facilitate the two warships to set up a temporary passage when they approach, so that the warships can support each other.
Except for the fact that the human side would use long-range weapons such as bows and arrows at first, the entire naval battle was fought by the two races into hand-to-hand combat at sea.
"Boom!"
"Ahh
"Get out of the way!"
However, this time, the Sea Clan's methods were obviously a little higher than before, on a large warship, there were nearly a hundred archers standing high on the bridge pouring arrows around, and there was a circle of Sea Clan's corpses lying densely on the deck, half of which was their credit.
Originally, if the Sea Clan wanted to attack them, they first had to withstand the rain of arrows, break through the barriers of the human sword and shield soldiers and spearmen between the deck and the compartment, and only then would they have a chance to attack the bridge and the higher position of the warship, but now a huge water dragon condensed in mid-air and smashed into the bridge, because the archers on the bridge were densely formed, and nearly thirty archers were blown out at this time, even if they were not killed on the spot, they lost the ability to threaten the Sea Clan warriors.
"It's the Sea Clan Priest! Spread out a little! β
"Phew!"
As he spoke, the commander of the warship slashed another patrol guard who was attacking him with another sword, and before he ran out of fighting energy, it was difficult for these patrol guards who were not even quasi-knights to pose any threat to a commander with knightly strength.
However, after the archers on the bridge were smashed by the water dragon technique of the sea tribe priest, they were obviously stunned, and there was a short pause in the long-range support, which greatly reduced the pressure of the sea tribe, and the crossbowmen who came to their senses to re-fire were also trembling, and the attack strength was not as good as before.
This made the soldiers in front, including the commanders of the knight rank, a little uncomfortable, without the dense bows and arrows to interrupt the rhythm of the Sea Clan's attack, the Sea Clan warriors kept pouring up, killing a stubble and rushing up more, there was no respite at all, so that this medium-sized warship with a full crew of nearly a thousand would be captured sooner or later.
"Herald! Order the flag-bearer to call for help from the surrounding ships! β
"Also, order all the oarsmen in the bilge to come up and join the battle with their weapons!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Each ship has a considerable number of operators, and they are all strong young men, these people have received a certain amount of military training on weekdays, and they can still use weapons, but they are not as proficient as the professional soldiers who are now fighting on the deck, and the casualty rate is probably not low if they are pulled into the battlefield, and if these people lose too much, the actions of the ships after the war will definitely be affected.
However, this is no longer a matter for the commander to consider, and there is no living force to join, and after the deck is completely lost, judging from the style of the Sea Clan, there will not be a living person on this warship.
"Kill!"
Soon, the reserves and boat operators who received the order quickly joined the battle, in this case everyone knew that they had to fight hard, the Sea Clan did not have the habit of leaving human captives at all, with the addition of reinforcements, the pressure on the deck was slightly reduced, but it was still only a matter of time before the ship fell like this, and the Sea Clan's numerical advantage was too great.
In the return battle, the human race is naturally in a state of division, and each warship is not connected to each other, but the sea clan can concentrate on storming some of the warships, and easily block the support of other warships, and the human warship is easy to encounter an absolutely superior number of sea clan attacks at a certain point in time.
"Damn, why haven't the reinforcements moved at all."
The commander subconsciously looked at the position of the flagbearer on the bridge, but found that the high platform was empty, and the flagbearer who was supposed to send a message for help had fallen to his position inexplicably, and it can be seen from the two corpses around him that the reserve flagbearer tried to take over the other party's post after the flagbearer on the high platform fell, but before he could get there, he was also attacked with precision, and the archers on the bridge were also down, and almost no one who was alive dared to raise his head and release arrows again, all of this happened in a very short time, The commander of the warship failed to react in time.
He has never experienced such a naval battle, although the sea tribe has an absolute numerical advantage in the past, but it is firmly suppressed by humans in long-range attacks, and it can even be said that in the past, the sea tribe did not have the ability to attack from a distance, they basically had to take ten times the life to capture a warship, but now, the attacking sea tribe has the ability to suppress human long-range attacks.
"Priest of the Sea Clan."
The commander subconsciously thought of the special power that suddenly appeared in the Sea Clan.
"Bang!"
A sharp ice crystal galloped towards the commander, but the guarded commander returned his sword to block it, but the attack did not end, this ice crystal quickly split into dozens of pieces, and flew towards the surrounding soldiers, the commander with knight-level strength was okay, the armor on his body was already excellent, and he also reacted quickly to raise his sword to protect his face, and his hands and feet were only scratched, but the surrounding soldiers were not so lucky, and two soldiers were directly pierced by the flying ice crystals and struggled on the ground in pain.
But at this time, the commander who is a knight has no time to rescue them, and there is a priest in the sea tribe who attacked this ship, and this priest is now like a turret for the human side, except for the commander, it is difficult for others to resist the spells released by the other party.
If there is no support, this medium-sized warship will probably be taken by the Sea Clan in less than an hour.
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The dragon boat, as the flagship of the human fleet, is also one of the key targets of the Sea Clan, and its large size allows it to carry more soldiers while also being attacked by more Sea Clans.
The situation on the battlefield was much worse than expected, and it was not only the ship that had just fallen into a bitter battle, but even some small ships had been completely captured by the Sea Clan, and the entire ship had been washed in blood.
However, the situation on the dragon boat is indeed better, after all, whether it is the number of soldiers or the number of strong people, it is far more than other warships, and there are five or six large warships around to cooperate with each other, and the sea tribe climbs up and is swept down like ants, and there will be no danger in a short time.
"Brother-in-law, isn't there a way to go on like this, do you want to let the dragon make a move?"
At this time, Parley was neatly draped and followed Richard closely, and the battle on the ship was mainly commanded by the deputy captain Paul, that is, the hero who had been certified by the system, and it turned out that Paul's ability was indeed not bad, and the original chaotic situation became orderly under his dispatch, saving Richard and Parley a lot of trouble.
And although Parley has the strength of the knight rank, he obviously has to spare his life a lot, not only the ordinary sea clan warriors and sea patrol guards besieging the dragon boat, but also the high-level bloodline warriors with the strength of the big knight There are several not to mention, there should be no less than three sea clan priests who are ready to make a move, his knight-level combat power is not enough at all, he is afraid that if he does not follow Richard's side, it is possible to die inexplicably.
"Dragons are not suitable for dragon boats."
Richard vetoed the idea of letting the red dragon shoot, the melee on the deck was not suitable for the red dragon to join, let alone whether it would be injured by mistake if the dragon's breath went down, and it would be a little ridiculous if the sea clan didn't sink the ship and let the red dragon take a dragon's breath.
Of course, the number of sea tribes at this time is indeed a bit of a headache, originally with the strength of him and Natalis, dealing with the sea tribe warriors whose strength is generally not as good as ordinary human soldiers is simply a random killing, the cold moon scimitar in Natalis's hand danced, and the black fighting spirit was released in a ring, and every time Natalis was around at least dozens of sea tribes would be cut into two pieces, and it was very strange that the sea tribe killed by Natalis did not shed too much blood, but quickly turned into a shriveled corpse like a plant withering, the scene was very weird.
Richard on the side is also not low in killing efficiency, after the Vulcan Sword is triggered, he looks more conspicuous than Natalis, each sword will take the lives of several Sea Clan warriors, just this half an hour of effort, he and Natalis have killed no less than a thousand Sea Clan warriors, and there is no difference between the patrol guardians and ordinary Sea Clans in front of him, and they are not counted separately.
But despite their astonishing killing efficiency, the Sea Clan still launched a steady stream of attacks on the dragon boat, as if there was something more terrifying than being hacked to death by them was forcing them to rush forward one after another.
"Brother-in-law, let's discuss something."
Parley gave all the command to Paul, and he easily paddled beside Richard, just pick up the heads that Richard and Natalis missed, anyway, he had already decided that Richard's side was the safest place at the moment, although this guy was a little dazzling on the battlefield, but he obviously had the strength to spare, and he could always protect him.
"Huh?"
"If you're going to run on a dragon, take me with you."
Richard: "......"
Sure enough, this is the fourth prince Paley he is familiar with, it is impossible for him to live and die with the fleet here, and when it is impossible to do anything, escape, ah no, retreat is the best option.
"Just follow us and stay safe, we're not there yet."
Fortunately, Paley is only talking about it for the time being, and has not made any substantive moves, and although the battle situation has deteriorated, there is still some distance from Pare's escape line.
"Woo, woo, woo..."
Richard then did something strange in front of ParΓ©, he actually took out a small blue horn and blew it in the middle of the battle, and then took his hand and wiped it a few times on a black ring on his hand.
Then something happened that made Parley even more unbelievable, a group of black dots appeared in the sky, and a flying creature he had never seen before flew towards the dragon boat.
And in the cabin of the dragon boat, five huge ogre chiefs wearing heavy armor rushed out, why didn't he remember that an ogre chief had been on the boat?
"Brother-in-law, what are these?"
Parley asked Richard next to him with some uncertainty, if there must be a suspicion, it can only be the brother-in-law next to him who is full of mysteries.
"Well, they are my subordinates who I subdued during the Battle of the Wilderness, and I arranged for them to go on ships to participate in the battle, and each of them has the strength of the peak of the Great Knight."
Richard dealt with Parley with the same excuse as a fool, there were so many loopholes that Parley didn't know where to start, and in the end he could only think of it and didn't want to, at least he was sure that this group of horrible guys was his own.
"Bang!"
The heavy mace in the ogre chieftain's hand slapped a sea patrol guard out with a single blow, and the whole brain was cracked open by the mace, and the morale of the ordinary human soldiers was boosted when they found out that these ugly and tall monsters were from their own side, and even the ugly face of the ogre looked a little ugly and cute.
With five fierce ogre chieftains and hundreds of stealth banshees with quasi-knight combat power to join the battle, the battle situation on the dragon boat is the most relaxed, ordinary sea clan warriors and sea patrol guards can't even break the defense against the ogre chieftain, with their leadership, the sea clan will be untenable on the deck.
But the other ships did not have as much high combat power as the dragon boat, and after a while, several more warships were broken by the Sea Clan, and even a medium-sized warship attacked by the Sea Clan priests lost their resistance life, and the battle situation was still not optimistic.
"Roar!"
The ultimate hydra also joined the battle under the command of Richard, and Richard, who originally liked to wait for his opponent to play his cards first, couldn't help it this time.
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"Your Excellency High Priest, then, that monster has appeared."
The Sea Clan who reported to the High Priest looked frightened, he was a member of the Sea Clan who launched a tentative attack before, and the killing efficiency of the Ultimate Hydra left an indelible shadow on his heart, as soon as he saw the Ultimate Hydra, he immediately rushed to report to the High Priest, but the nervous words were a little unreasonable.
"Is it finally there? Just let my baby play with it..."