Chapter 309: The First Battle
Nanyang
On the sea, the white sails are connected, more than 2,000 warships occupy a large area of the sea, in addition to the warships prepared by Parley, the nobles of various families have also turned out their own families under the example of the Marquis of Waraya, and nearly 1,000 warships have been put together, and the preparation time is two days longer than estimated, after all, it is a matter of concern for vital interests, everyone knows one thing, if this battle fails, the situation in the south will definitely collapse completely, waiting for them may be the order of the kingdom to ban the sea and move inward, How can the southern nobles, who have eaten the benefits of sea trade for a hundred years, accept it.
Such a fleet can be said to be huge in any era, and it also indirectly reflects the development of commerce and shipbuilding industry in the south of the kingdom, Richard was shocked when he saw the white sails that covered the sky and the sun when he arrived at the assembly anchorage, and even now, Richard is standing on the bridge of the dragon boat, observing this large fleet.
"The navy of the kingdom, as well as the big ships that the nobles can take their hands on, are all here, and more than 100,000 sons are also a group of warriors who are currently the best at naval warfare in the kingdom, and this battle can only be won and not defeated."
The Golden Dragon Kingdom has always not attached much importance to the construction of the navy, and the kingdom's fleet is not very strong, and usually at most expels the Sea Clan in the coastal seas, and when the Southern Legion was ordered to go north, Parley used some means to control the fleet in his hands, or rather, Parley controlled this part of the naval force with the acquiescence of the Golden Dragon.
The general policy of the kingdom is to deal with the upcoming attack of the orcs with all its might, and at this time, it is impossible to continue to increase the investment of forces in the south to fight to the death with the sea clan, so the support of the kingdom in this battle is limited, and it mainly relies on the power of Parley's own management and the strength of the southern nobles themselves to fight this battle.
Although Parley's words were calm, they already sounded a little nervous to Richard, because this guy usually looks like a hippie smile at any time, and now he is rarely serious, talking to Richard about the situation.
Richard glanced at the white sails that could not be seen.
"Don't worry, just the sea clan, it won't be our opponent."
"Brother-in-law, you are really confident, fighting at sea with the Sea Clan is different from fighting on land, this group of guys is very tricky, but even the dragon boat was captured by them at the beginning, and they don't need to sell it back to us."
The size of a dragon boat is already about the same as that of the aircraft carrier of later generations, and the carrying capacity can reach nearly three thousand people, which is several times more than the carrying capacity of ordinary large warships, and the dragon boat is generally used as a flagship, and the army on it is the most elite part of the army.
"How did you get captured, the bottom of the ship was scuttled open?"
When Richard asked, Parley looked at Richard like a fool.
"Sea ships can be chiseled? What's more, the bottom of the dragon boat is thickened, not only is the middle wrapped with a special iron sheet, but also a layer of water compartment design, they really want to chisel the bottom of the boat, at least it takes a lot of time to use the sea clan of the bloodline warrior level to break a hole, and with the bottom design of the dragon boat, breaking a hole will not have much impact on the dragon boat, with the kung fu of chiseling the boat, they might as well climb onto the boat directly to empty the people on the boat. ”
Richard really didn't have much experience in naval warfare, and with his understanding of the navy in his previous life, he couldn't guide the special situation of the Golden Dragon Kingdom's navy at all, after all, the enemies of these warships were mainly sea clans, not other ships, and the technology didn't know where the point was crooked.
Richard used to learn from some film and television dramas about the tactics of water ghosts scuttling boats, and they basically dealt with boatmen fighting in the rivers, and it was actually a difficult thing to break through a large sea ship and make this hole sink so big.
But although he didn't understand, Richard couldn't help but say something.
"Why can't you chisel it, believe it or not, I can chisel this ship?"
Although Richard's words are good, they are also reasonable, although the bottom of the ship is specially designed, but this strength should not be able to stop the destruction of the Sky Rank powerhouse, after thinking about it, Parley simply ignored Richard's words, and talked about the tactics of the Sea Clan.
"The Sea Clan is constantly climbing onto the warship, and there may be a Sea Clan jumping up in any direction, that is a terrifying thing, and we have only one purpose for this battle.
Let the fleet get close enough to the Sea Clan's clam farm, and you can fly to the Sea Clan's clam farm on a giant dragon, and use the clam farm as a threat to force the Sea Clan to cease the war, as long as we prove that we have the ability to threaten the clam farm, the Sea Clan will naturally compromise. ”
Richard nodded silently, the number of sea tribes is huge, the number is probably several times that of humans, and the social division of labor is small, many sea tribes are in a state of half people and half soldiers, it is the norm for the sea tribe to gather millions of troops at every turn, and it is normal to be directly crushed by the number of sea tribes.
"I'm still confident of a big win that I've never had before."
"Hopefully, brother-in-law, you can recharge your batteries, the key to this battle is still yours, no matter what the war will be, when the distance is close enough, you will immediately set off with the dragon."
Because there are only two people on the bridge, Parley and Richard will show his worries on his face, not so confident in front of everyone, since the Sea Clan priests have recovered their spell-casting ability, Parley has even considered whether to give up the action, but the great situation that has been managed in the south with all his efforts, Parley is really reluctant, coupled with Richard's help, he made up his mind to start this battle.
In contrast, Richard was actually more confident, and in addition to the ultimate hydra that always accompanied him from the stern, his confidence also included the ability of the red dragon under his command to move far beyond that of ordinary dragons.
The Red Dragon, with its treasures and skill bonuses, has at least twice the maximum flight distance of the Kingdom Dragon Knight, and he can go directly to the Sea Clan's clam farm at a greater distance.
"Wow!"
An eagle's cry interrupted the conversation between Parley and Richard, and the sword eagle landed directly on the bridge, and a slender female soldier came down from the eagle's back, panting and running to the two.
"Lord Parley, Lord Richard."
After saluting the two of them, the sword knight reported the latest situation.
"All the sea tribes that have been harassing the coastal waters have all retreated."
"Well, I see, you can go down and rest first."
"Master Xie."
After the female soldier left, Richard and Parley glanced at each other, and it was obvious that the Sea Clan had already discovered the traces of the fleet, but with such a large fleet going to sea, they did not plan to hide, but the Sea Clan discovered the fleet a little later than they expected. From the time of departure to the present, most of the time has passed, and at the speed of about ten knots of the fleet, they have now walked more than a hundred nautical miles, and by the time the sea clan army gathers to intercept them, I am afraid that they have already walked nearly a third of the way.
"Wave the flag! The ships were ordered to be more vigilant. ”
"Yes!"
"The Sea Clan has discovered us, and the next voyage may not be so smooth-->>
Finish. ”
"Get ready for battle."
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"Sea Clan!"
"The third formation has been attacked by the Sea Clan! Requesting Support! ”
The attack of the Sea Clan came a little faster than they expected, and without waiting for the dawn of the next day, about three or four o'clock in the morning, the flank fleet was attacked by the Sea Clan, and soon could not support it and sent a signal for help.
"Order, let the seventh, the ninth..."
"Wait a minute, don't let the other fleets change direction for the time being, this should just be a tentative attack by the Sea Clan, and their main force won't arrive so quickly."
"Even if their main force doesn't arrive, the third formation can't resist it."
"I've already sent reinforcements."
Richard pointed to the sea, revealing a meaningful expression, while several generals waiting for orders on the side stood a little embarrassed and at a loss after listening to Paley's half-cut order.
"The nine-headed beast."
"Hmm."
After learning that Richard had sent the Ultimate Hydra, Parley temporarily stopped the order to let other fleets support, it was just a part of the Sea Clan army that was trying to attack, and he also wanted to see how powerful the Ultimate Hydra that Richard said was comparable to the strength of the Sky Rank.
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In the third formation, the sea tribe approached several warships on the flanks in the night, although they were spotted by the human soldiers who were on the night vigil when they were climbing, but with the huge number, they still managed to climb onto the warships, and at this time they were engaged in a fierce battle with the human soldiers on the flagship deck of the third formation.
Under the dark night sky, only the torches on the deck illuminated a small blurred vision, the sea tribe's vision in the dark is much stronger than that of humans, and fighting in the dark night is more disadvantageous to humans.
"Light the torches and light the prepared torches for each squad!"
The humans in the south have also dealt with the sea tribe for so many years, so naturally they will not be unprepared, the sea tribe can live in two or three hundred meters of sea water, and it is normal to have the ability to see in the dark.
The soldiers and sailors on the ship lit the prepared torches, which could be regarded as recovering some of the disadvantages.
"Kill!"
The soldiers who are draped in good clothes continue to rush out of the cabin and fight with the sea tribe who climbed onto the warship from all directions, although this flagship is not as good as the dragon boat that Parley and Richard ride, but it is also one of the main warships of the kingdom navy, the hull length is nearly two hundred meters, in addition to the necessary sailors on board, there are two nearly 1,000 soldiers on board, and the battle at sea is already considered a strong force, but it is still not worth the huge number of sea tribes, as more and more sea tribe soldiers climb onto the deck, especially in the middle there are many sea patrol guards, The human soldier was quickly squeezed backwards.
"Phew!"
A blue-gray fighting aura that was inconspicuous in the dark night flashed, and the sea patrol guard who had just raised the halberd in his hand was cut in the throat.
In order to stabilize the situation, the commander of the battleship personally joined the battle with a sword, the bloodline warriors of the sea clan have the same combat effectiveness as the human knights, but they are much more expensive than the knights, most of the time they will not easily rush to the front line, at least let the ordinary cannon fodder consume several rounds of bloodline warriors before they can shoot, and now the sea clan on the deck is temporarily blocked by the human knights with their strength, but with a numerical advantage, they are still constantly impacting the defense line of the human soldiers, according to this situation, it is a matter of time before the battleship falls.
"Herald, ask the seventh and ninth formations, why haven't they moved yet!"
The commander is also a little anxious, he can be the captain of a small formation flagship, his strength is already the peak knight of the half-step knight, it is not a problem to cut down dozens of sea patrol guards, but his fighting spirit and physical strength are not unlimited, if there is no support, he doesn't have to wait for the blood warriors of the sea clan to make a move, it is a matter of time before he is surrounded to death by these ordinary sea clan soldiers and sea patrol guards.
"My lord, the signal from the dragon boat! They say reinforcements have arrived! ”
"Already here? Where's the reinforcements? ”
The commander was a little puzzled, obviously the nearest formation around him had not made any moves, where did any reinforcements come from.
However, he soon noticed an anomaly, as if the number of sea tribes was decreasing. There were no follow-up sea tribes to climb onto the ship.
"This? What a monster this is! ”
At the bottom of the sea, the bloodline warrior who was directing the Sea Clan soldiers to launch an attack on the warship couldn't help but let out a sigh in front of the monster with a body length of more than twenty meters and nine heads in front of him.
This monster is killing his soldiers with great efficiency, nine snake heads attack at the same time, each blow is extremely fast and accurate, there is no time to miss, whether it is an ordinary soldier or a patrol guard, after being bitten by any head, they will immediately lose their life, and there is not even a little room for struggle.
The original attack on the ship also stopped, and a large group of sea tribes attacked around the hydra, but none of the attacks worked, let alone ordinary sea tribes, after the patrol guards with battle axes approached, an axe went down like an itch, and even traces could not be left.
Perhaps, the Bloodline Warrior will be able to deal some damage to it? The thought that passed through the mind of the bloodline warrior who commanded the battle, and then shook his head and threw this dangerous thought aside, the bloodline warrior was bitten by any of the nine heads, right?
Hydra deserves the title of low-level soldier killer in the game, its performance is now even better than in the game, there is no strong person in the vanguard of the Sea Clan who can break the defense against it, and the number of beatings but can't stand the Hydra has nine heads to harvest at the same time, and after a short while, the dead and wounded soldiers of the Sea Clan are higher than fighting with human soldiers on a warship for half a day.
Although the Sea Clan has a clear hierarchy and a high level of execution, it is impossible to send them to death all the time, and after paying a huge price but not seeing a trace of the possibility of defeating the ultimate hydra, the follow-up Sea Clan soldiers have hesitated, and the offensive action is not as resolute as at the beginning.
Others looked at the bloodline warriors in the rear, as if they were expecting the other party to make a move. However, they did not wait for the bloodline warriors to make a move, but waited for the order to retreat.
Humans have tamed such a terrifying beast to fight for them, and I must go back and report to the priests.
After finding a reason to convince himself, the bloodline warriors who commanded this group of bloodline warriors who were tasked with the task of temptation and harassment quickly ordered his men to retreat, and the remnants of the Sea Clan warriors withstood the pursuit of the Terran soldiers, withdrew from the decks of each warship, and withdrew with the bloodline warriors in the direction of the sea tribe's large army.
The night gradually returned to calm, and the first round of tentative attacks launched by the Sea Clan took advantage of the darkness to be thwarted, and Richard had a more intuitive judgment of the ultimate hydra's combat power.
As long as you don't get tired and lose your physical strength, the ultimate hydra seems to be invincible in the water at the moment...