Chapter 200: The Flames Over Elpahim I
The fleets of the Shadow Men on both sides spotted the Summoner's fleet that had suddenly burst out of the cloud wall, and they reacted immediately, turning their heads above the sea of clouds, and from a distance it looked like two crescents were sandwiching them in this direction.
"They've found us!" Six Shadows stared in that direction and reminded the others.
Kaka and the other alchemists activated several alchemy circles on the deck at the same time, and several crystals were projected into the air, and several dull sounds exploded, forming a white mist that shrouded the heads of everyone.
A few flashes of new green light flashed in the distance, and the Shadowman's floating ship chose to fire directly, but at such a distance, it was conceivable that everyone only watched the few flashes of magic fly over their heads with a long trail.
The light of the fire fell from the clouds, close enough to illuminate the faces of everyone on the deck, but this scene had long been familiar to everyone in this air battle, and they couldn't even make any waves in their hearts.
"They look nervous!" A glint flashed in the eyes of the Six Shadows, but in fact, his tone was actually even more nervous, "But we are only a dozen boats, what are they nervous about?" β
"Anyone who discovers an unidentified fleet near their flagship will be nervous, not to mention that we are still hostile." Fang Yu also looked in that direction and replied softly, "It's not a question of more or less. β
The fog that filled quickly obscured his vision, as well as the line of view between the Shadow Man's fleet and them.
Fang Yu picked up the communication crystal and gave the order to descend in a low voice, but in fact, before he could give the order, the experienced captains in the fleet made the same judgment.
There was a thunderous sound from outside the fog, and it was the Shadow Man's fleet that launched a salvo after two corrective shots. But it was so far away that the shimmering green glow passed either over their heads or under the bottom of the boat.
The glittering green light brightened the mist, and occasionally there was an explosion or two, the sound of a windboat being hit. Six Shadows looked at the flashes below with some concern and asked, "Will we be surrounded by them?" β
If Fang Yuan's understanding of fighting on the air and sea is also the experience of aboard the Seven Seas Traveler, she and Kaka are just marines in the Jeffrey Redcoats' fleet.
"It's too late for them."
Fang Yu was silent for a moment, and then only replied in the affirmative.
Six Shadows was slightly stunned and looked at him suspiciously, but did not get any answer, so he had to look back at his partner again.
Kokaka just let go of his hand on the alchemy array, and then silently looked at the vast white mist beyond the side of the shipβhis gaze was a little still, but he didn't answer.
The girl also looked in that direction, and saw that after the smoke had cleared, even the fleets themselves could no longer see each other, only vague outlines could be seen, and the erected masts, and the shadow of sails.
At this moment, the only means of communication between ships was about the frequent noise in the communication crystal.
Other ships reported damage on the communication channel, and only three ships were shot, none of which were fatally wounded. And the captains of the ships have already urgently arranged damage management to control the fire-
Liuying listened to those voices, and then breathed a sigh of relief, and looked back at Fang Yuan, thinking that the other party's judgment did not seem to be bad.
But Fang Yu didn't seem to intend to make her feel better, and frowned and said again: "Don't worry too early, they chose to fire directly at such a long distance, they should find that it was too late to stop us." But they can't stop us, and their artillery fire doesn't. β
Only then did Kaka raise his head and nodded slightly: "Yes, there are at least six or seven more salvos before we get out of their range." And we still have one round of smoke grenades, but at an average five-minute interval between a salvo, two rounds of smoke don't last that long. β
Kaka raised his head and looked at the others: "We will have at least one salvo, we will be completely exposed to the fire of the other side, those are two fleets, no...... It is even possible that it will be a flanking attack from three directions. β
He pointed directly in front of the mist, "Don't forget that we have a main fleet of Shadow Men ahead of us, and although we are not yet within their range, it may not be in half an hour. β
As he spoke, the boy took out his pocket watch, opened the lid and said, "That is to say, in about twenty-five minutes we will be exposed head-on to saturated fire from the front and flanks, and as long as the luck is not too bad, all of you here should have two quarters of an hour to live." β
Liuying heard that a pair of willow eyebrows were raised: "...... Wait, what do you mean if your luck isn't too bad? β
It's just that before she finished speaking, a green light suddenly flashed outside the fog in the distance, which only caused everyone to look in that direction.
The green light seemed to penetrate the fog in an instant, and the next moment everyone on the deck heard a loud bang, and a beam of green light hit the side of the ship, and the wave swept in, lifting everyone off the deck.
Fang Yu reacted quickly, and realized that something was wrong the moment the green light came into view, and subconsciously shot out a flying claw, grabbing the pillar of the mooring next to the mast, but in an instant, he felt a whirlwind of the sky, as if he had flown out of the boat, and then 'bang' into something.
Then the opposite force pushed him violently, and he only felt that he was swaying and seemed to be hanging in mid-air, and the straight cable of the flying claws dragged him so that he would not fall into the sea of clouds.
Fang Yuan's mind was groggy, and it took almost a long time to come back to his senses, realizing that he had hit the side of the ship, and then looked up, only to see that the wind boat was already in flames.
He shook his head, quickly retracted the cable, and climbed onto the deck, only to see the others rolling all over the place. Either they are staggering up from the deck, or they have already reacted and are fighting the fire.
Fang Yu jumped off the side of the boat at this time, only to see Kaka sitting aside, put down the communication crystal in his hand, and then looked in this direction. The other party's dark eyes reflected the firelight, but he seemed as calm as ever, and said calmly: "We were hit by a cannonball, but luckily, the cannonball penetrated through the utility room, and there was only a line away from the magic pod. β
"Who told you?"
"I just asked the first mate."
Fang Yu looked at this talented craftsman from the Jeffrey Redcoats with some surprise. It's only been less than a minute since he was attacked, and normal people probably haven't reacted yet, this guy is unreliable or unreliable, but he's terrifyingly calm.
He was silent for a moment and asked, "What about the loss of manpower?" β
"A few people have been lifted out of the ship like you, Captain, but they are not as lucky as you can catch anything," Kaka shook his head, "It's unclear that those people can be resurrected, and they may fall out of the resurrection range of the ship's icons." β
"As for the other bad news," Kaka added, "that shell cost us both sides of the winged sail, and while the wingsail didn't slow us down much, we might have some trouble turning the way around." β
Fang Yu closed his mouth and frowned.
In fact, this is where the biggest trouble lies, and once the smoke clears, the loss of mobility means the loss of hope.
It's just that he pursed his lips and didn't talk nonsense, just silently picked up the communication crystal and ordered the other ships to give back the damage in this round of salvo.
However, the news seemed to be good, and they were the only ones who were the unlucky of the salvo, being hit by a shell to the side of the ship, while the other ships were lucky enough to avoid the attack.
"But it's not the way to go," Kaka said again, "we didn't get to where we expected, and the firepower of the other side far exceeded our expectations. Right now, we may not even be able to touch the edge of that 'wall', let alone get close to the filmmaker's flagship......"
Fang Yu pondered for a moment, and immediately asked, "Then how far are we from the Shadow Man's flagship?" β
"Anyway, it must be more than twenty minutes, not to mention that the other party will also move."
"Then let them move," Fang Yu was silent for a moment, "but that wasn't our purpose in the first place. β
Kaka looked at him with some surprise.
Only then did Fang Yu pick up the communication crystal: "Notify all ships to change course to azimuth 17." β
"Direction seventeen?" Momiji's surprised voice came from the communication crystal: "Isn't that deviating from the direction of the Shadow Flagship...... There are a few other fleets of Shadow Men out there, aren't we throwing ourselves into the net? β
"It's okay, you just let them do what I say."
Momiji's lips moved, although this order sounded extremely strange, but at this time, there were really not many options left for them. She understood that the other people on the ship would not question anything at this time.
In fact, although the other captains raised some doubts, everyone also understood that the situation on the battlefield was ever-changing, and when the plan exceeded the previous expectations, only Fang Yuan, the original planist, understood what they should do now.
And in this situation where every second counts, it is better to give the other party unconditional trust than to ask the other party to spend words to explain something. Now that they've made a unanimous decision to come here, there's really only one simple choice left.
That is to move forward.
So the fleet, after a moment's descent, immediately began to turn slowly under the cover of smoke.
The Shadowman's fleet was followed by two volleys, followed by the third and fourth salvos.
This time, however, Lady Luck seemed to be on their side, and the third salvo brushed the fleet, while the fourth salvo hit a wind-swept ship at the rear of the fleet, but it was still slightly injured and did not affect its sailing.
It was only before the fourth salvo that the smoke had already begun to dissipate, and the rain falling from the air seemed to accelerate the degradation process of the smoke to some extent, which was not good news for everyone.
However, Fang Yu did not hesitate too much, and directly let the fleet release the second round of smoke bombs, and his order made Kaka look at his pocket watch - since the second round of smoke bombs were released a little earlier, this meant that the time they were exposed to each other's fire would also be correspondingly earlier.
"The filmmaker's flagship is still directly ahead of us......"
"But it's not enough."
Before the smoke blocked everyone's view once more, Six Shadows reminded them in a somewhat trembling voice.
Although she is also the elite of the Jeffrey Redcoats, she is still only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl after all, not to mention that her personal strength is too small in the battle of Kukai.
The sound of whistling artillery fire once again drowned out her voice, and the flickering light of the fire proved that a windswept ship had been shot, and the communication from the fleet channel was not optimistic, and a ship had been hit by a mast, and if it could not be repaired in a short time, the other side would obviously have to temporarily withdraw from the battle sequence.
Fang Yu actually knew very well in his heart that under such conditions, it was almost impossible to damage the ability to repair the ship's mobility, the other party could only stay in that place, and once the smoke cleared, it was the time of death.
However, he didn't have time to think too much about it now, this detachment had a total of seventeen ships, and even if he lost one, there would still be sixteen left. At this moment, there is only one statistic left on the ship, and there is only one statistic left on the battlefield.
He gently shook the crystal in his hand and ordered, "Keep turning." β
A deep voice came from there: "The Gallia is temporarily out of formation. β
Fang Yu bowed his head lightly in agreement.
In the sixth round of artillery fire, the detachment began to accelerate after the turn, and the smoke on both wings had actually been left behind them, and the entire fleet was once again exposed to the vision of the Shadow Man fleet.
Kaka closed the lid and looked up, the time was almost exactly as he had expected, the sky was covered with a huge shadow, and they seemed to be staggered with the fleet where the Shadowmen's flagship was.
And behind them, it was the two detachments on the left and right flanks of the shadow people who had been closely following. After the smoke parted from the left and right, there was a roar of artillery fire in the distanceβthe main battlefield of the Shadow Fleet and the Elector Fleet.
On the upper and lower flanks of the main battlefield, there were several fleets each, and the commander of the opposing side seemed to have finally spotted their unidentified 'intruder' close to the flagship, and the other side immediately ordered the fleet at the back of the battlefield to turn in this direction.
Those are exactly what Momiji said before.,The Shadow Wing's escort fleet in that direction-
"They see us!"
In the communication channel, the captain of the Napelle couldn't help but say in a deep voice.
Even this experienced old captain couldn't help but tremble a little at this moment, and the enemy was chasing and intercepting him in front and behind, and no matter which way he looked at it, they seemed to have fallen into a heavy encirclement.
The next moment the roar of artillery fire drowned out all the sounds in the communication channel, and they had lost the cover of smoke, and this round of artillery fire covered almost the entire fleet.
The glow of the green explosion filled everyone's vision, and the many windboats on the periphery almost immediately burst into flames, even shattering, torn apart by the violent force and torn into wreckage above the empty sea.
In the midst of the earth-shattering roar, Fang Yu turned his head and saw Momiji walking up from below deck - the other party first looked at Kaka and Six Shadows on the side, Momiji knew the latter.
After all, she is one of the core craftsmen cultivated by the Oak Knights, and the guild will naturally give her an analysis of those potential competitors, and as the direct target of the Knights, the Spear of the Silver Forest, the newcomers cultivated by the Jeffrey Redcoats are the focus of the guild.
Among them is the young man in front of him, and the guild's evaluation of him as the core genius of the next generation of the Jeffrey Redcoat Team is quite high, at least it has exceeded the judgment of the two geniuses of the Silver Forest Spear.
Momiji sighed slightly, although the guild is now a thing of the past, the memories left behind at that time will not disappear. She looked at the short, white-blond girl beside Kaka againβshe didn't know each other, but thought it was their partner.
That's not a craftsman, it's normal that she can't recognize it, but as Kaka's partner, she thinks it's also a newcomer of the same level.
Only then did she take her eyes off the two of them, put them back on Fang Yuan, and then took out her communication crystal: "Silver Vislan sent a communication from there, and the other party asked us, what do you want to do?" β
Fang Yu looked at the girl who had once fought his way out of the encirclement from the Traveler's Rest, and at this moment only the flash of artillery fire was reflected in his eyes.
He was silent for a moment before he opened his mouth.
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"What are they doing?"
The movement of the Shadow Fleet also attracted the attention of others.
Bai Xue was putting down the communication crystal in his hand, looking at the flash in the sea of clouds in the distance, and suddenly asked with some surprise.
There was silence all around, and only the cacophony of announcements coming from the communication crystal seemed to describe the one-sided situation on the air and sea battlefield.
In the previous battles, Silver Vislan, as the main force that rushed to the front to attract the attention of the Shadow Fleet, endured the most artillery fire in the previous frontal charge.
In less than an hour's battle, they had already lost nearly a third of their sailboats, which was also the most tragic in the history of the battle of the air and sea. And even the remaining two-thirds of the sailboats were almost all injured.
Silver Vislan's main flagship had been hit by seven shells in the previous battle, and the ship had caught fire in several places, and not long before she had to be distracted to command the ship's sailors to contain the fire, lest the Wavebreaker become the first flagship to sink due to the fire in this battle.
But less than ten minutes ago, it was obvious to everyone that the firepower in front of the shadow man had suddenly weakened slightly, although it was not obvious, but in the shelling of the artillery that they could barely breathe, everyone could still clearly feel it.
The observer then noticed that at least two of the fleets on the flanks of the Shadow Man were retreating, turning towards the rear of the fleetβit was like, as if a fleet had suddenly appeared behind the Shadow Man.
Is there support again?
But Bai Xue looked at the news that came from the Moon Dust Fleet about a quarter of an hour ago, and the other party had at least an hour before he could enter the field.
As for the main force of the military fleet from Crosswind, and even the royal fleet from Goland's kingdom, it was even more hopeless, the last time they received a notification from the direction of Crosswind Harbor was about half an hour ago, and there was no news after that.
Bai Xue and Light Dye speculated that the other party should not have crossed Cloud Harbor at this moment, and even if the main fleet from Hengfeng Harbor could be counted on a little, it would take at least a few hours before they could reach Rainbow Bay.
As for the arrival in Elpahin, it was even more of a no-brainer.
So which fleet will it be?
Bai Xue was guessing when she suddenly saw her communications officer hurriedly running from under the command bridge and shouting upwards, "Madam, it's our own fleet!" β
Bai Xue raised her eyebrows: "Please make it clearer." β
"It's the detachment that the Jeffrey Cardinals had departed from, and they went around the southeast wall of clouds from under the clouds, and went around the interior of the Shadow Fleet," the communications officer said breathlessly, "...... To be precise, they took advantage of the fact that the Shadow Man's fleet was constantly moving south under the pressure of our offensive, and they appeared directly in that direction. β
He raised the report in his hand: "They sent a message telling us that they are now fairly close to the location of the filmmaker's flagship, and the filmmaker will definitely be distracted to stop them. β
"The detachment that the Jeffrey Redcoats sent out?" Bai Xue was slightly stunned, and then a look of surprise appeared on her face: "Isn't that the detachment where that guy is, they actually went around behind the enemy?" β
But she reacted quickly, and a glint flashed in her eyes.
She immediately made a decision, and immediately lowered her head to look at the air and sea situation map spread out on the command platform, which roughly mapped the position of the fleets on both sides at this moment.
And the light dye on the side looked a little puzzled after hearing this: "Do they want to make a move on the flagship of the filmmaker, let us cooperate with them?" But isn't this a bit whimsical, didn't we also find the flagship of the shadow man early in the morning, but the capital ship near Gongwei is obviously not easy to deal with, and we tried several times but couldn't get close to that direction......"
"How many boats are they?" He couldn't help but ask, "The order we gave them was to stop the Shadow Fleet's support on the ground, how did they end up in that place?" β
"No," but Shirayuki shook her head categorically, "I'm afraid that guy's idea is the opposite, light dye." β
The former was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but look at him suspiciously.
But Bai Xue had already picked up the communication crystal, and after a pause, he spoke: "Please pay attention to the fleets, pay attention to the movements of the Shadow Man fleet, the time is now seven thirty o'clock, and in five minutes, the silver Vislan fleet will launch a general attack." β
She fell silent again, and after a few moments, a soft voice rang out over the Fleet Channel: "Please cooperate with us. β
"General attack?"
There seemed to be a moment of silence in the fleet's communication channel, but soon, a response came from there, and the first to speak was from the fleet and the military:
"Okay, we understand."
Then there was a voice from the spear of the Silver Forest: "Bai Xue, we have also received a message from that side, I probably understand what you mean...... We will try to cooperate with you as much as possible. β
"This is the Heavenly Flower, we will also cooperate with you from the flank to launch a charge, time is limited, not much to say, I wish you good luck in advance."
At that moment, etheric communications were being transmitted to each other over the battlefield.
The thick wall erected by the Shadow Man's fleet on the frontal battlefield has not changed in any way, except for a slight flash of light inside, as if a skirmish is taking place.
But with the entire air-sea battlefield above the Elpakhin Plains as the background, looking up in the air from the ground, looking through the clouds, the ship groups of the multiple Electors that were surrounding the huge fleet of the Shadow Man at this moment were slowly turning.
The situation on the battlefield seemed to be quietly changing, and on the ground, Zi Feiyu was also retracting his gaze and looked at the silver-haired girl beside him with some surprise.
He hesitated for a moment before he spoke, "It seems that the people of Silver Vislan are preparing for a decisive battle with the huge fleet of the Shadow Man, will it be too soon, if they fail......"
"The commander of the Silver Vislan side is Bai Xue," Yugudora interrupted the other party lightly, "Although that young lady is arrogant, she is actually quite cautious in command, and besides, I have no knowledge of commanding fleet battles, and I can't ask you why." β
She shrugged her shoulders slightly, and as she swept the snow off her shoulders with her hands, she replied, "At times like these, I usually choose to trust professionals, and in this regard, she is much better than me." β
"As for us," replied the silver-haired girl, looking at the snowy horizon in the distance, "just do our own thing, since the Silver Vislan are preparing to launch a general attack, we will almost have to cooperate with them, and they should soon contact our side, but we can't keep the other side waiting." β
She turned around and said to Zifeiyu, "Go and inform the people of the other guilds, as well as the redeemed, and tell them that we are also preparing to launch a general attack." β
Eugudora paused slightly.
"Target ......"
"Elpahim."
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