Chapter 199: Seeking Victory
At the moment when the blue light crossed the sky, the Shadow Man's fleet slowly cracked like a thick wall, but in the midst of that gap, Fang Plover saw a strange-looking wind boat—it was as huge as if it were a creation of the Giant Realm, and the huge, pitch-black, towering hull of the ship stood with countless thorns, as if it were a giant echinoderm creature suspended in mid-air.
And around that thing, there were also many main warships of the Shadow Men that were also massive, but very small compared to the former.
That's the filmmaker's flagship!
Almost instantly, Fang Ou realized what he had captured, he had never seen such a huge and strange wind boat, so large that it almost made people feel a little uneasy. But he fell on the deck, but in his mind it was like an electric light piercing the darkness, and suddenly an idea came to him.
Fang Yu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and hurriedly grabbed his communication crystal, he took a breath, as if he repeatedly confirmed that his thoughts were based on sound logic, not just a flash of inspiration;
At this moment, the voices of the ships asking each other were heard in the communication channel:
“…… Are you alright, guys? ”
"Captain Ed, how are you doing over there?"
"I'm fine," Fang replied before he spoke, "But everyone, I have an idea. ”
"Captain Ed, please speak."
"Ladies and gentlemen, the upper left of the fleet, at nine o'clock," Fang Yu looked again at the shadow cast by the huge ship in the sky, "do you see the windboat?" ”
There was a brief moment of silence in the channel, as if people were looking away or walking out of their captain's room, and after a while, someone replied, "Captain Ed, we see it." ”
"That might be the Shadow Man's flagship," Fang Yu's tone was full of composure, "but whether it's or not, it should be quite important, do you see the Shadow Man's main battleship next to it?" I think instead of being passively defensive, we should take the initiative to attract the attention of the other side and leave them with no time to care. ”
"So you're saying that we're going to attack the Shadowmen's flagship?"
The voice of the inquiring was quite familiar, it was Kaka's voice, and he looked back and saw that the boy was kneeling beside him, holding the side of the boat with his hand, and looking up at the direction in the sky.
Kaka's mouth opened and closed, and he was muttering praise, "That's really a genius idea, breaking into the encirclement and attacking the opponent's flagship surrounded by more than a dozen capital ships, and there are several detachments on its periphery.
As long as we succeed, of course, we will not necessarily turn the tide of the war, because as we all know, the flagship is only a symbol, and the chain of command can be temporarily transferred to another ship.
Of course, this may also be a heavy blow to morale, but it's a pity that the other party is not ordinary at all, and whether there is morale or not is a matter of two words. ”
His mouth is wonderful, but the words in his mouth mean the opposite.
On the side, Liuying looked at her companion very worriedly, she had not been dealing with Fang Yu for a long time, and it was not clear whether this commander was good or bad, but His Excellency the Commander always had to have some majesty of his own, right?
It's okay in the guild, after all, everyone knows what kind of virtue this guy is, and this is outside, or in the middle of the battle, who knows if the other party will make an example of them?
She quietly tugged at her companion's sleeve, and secretly winked at him, but unfortunately threw the 'wink' at the blind man, who didn't look at her from beginning to end.
Six Shadows was so angry that they only gritted their teeth and gurgled.
Kaka turned his head at this time, but only looked at Fang Yu with a calm gaze: "So we only have one question left now, Captain, how can we not turn into a wisp of dust in the sky before we reach each other?" ”
Although he asked the question in person, his voice also reached the fleet's communication channel.
That was also the question in everyone's hearts, and of course everyone also heard the meaning of Fang Yuan's words, but few people dared to question it in person.
The Shadowman's flagship is at the heart of his fleet, and attacking the main formation of the Shadowman fleet to distract it is not a surprising tactic, it sounds like a rehash of the same old tune.
But the fleet of Silver Vislan, the fleet of the Spear of the Silver Forest, and the fleets of the military and Fenris are all carrying out such a mission, but even the other party can't do it, how can their weak brigade succeed easily?
The wings of the Shadow Man's flagship are surrounded by fleets on the upper and lower wings, and unless the other party is deaf or blind, they can only be allowed to go around. What's more, even if the other party is really deaf and blind, the capital ships that defend the left and right of the filmmaker's flagship will not turn a blind eye to the enemy in front of them?
Those huge capital ships, in the Kaulin-Ishurian classification standard, are at least similar to the existence of the first or second class battleships, and they are air and sea behemoths that can reach a length of about 80 or even nearly 100 meters.
None of them could match their small boats, let alone not one, but more than ten.
But Fang Yu shook his head and sat up with his hands on the deck.
"None of what you say is a problem," he replied, "because we don't have to succeed." ”
Kaka was slightly stunned.
"What?" Even the six shadows were stunned for a moment, and they forgot to glance at their companions for a while.
"Everyone, compared to the entire battle situation, we are just a partial division, this is of course a disadvantage, but it is also an advantage," Fang Yu lowered his tone very slowly, he was not clumsy in words, but he also had no experience in commanding, so he could only use a relatively stupid way to try to make his words sound real and credible: "The battlefield of Kukai is three-dimensional, if we divide this battlefield into a level, then we are at the bottom of this battlefield at the moment-
At this moment, the Silver Vislan, the Spear of the Silver Forest, and the armies of the military and Fenris have shifted the center of this battle to the middle and upper part of this battlefield, and while the attention of both sides is focused on the main battlefield, we are actually in a relatively inconspicuous place. ”
"Guys, we're in the clouds below, and there's a wall of clouds in the far side of the battlefield, you should have more experience than me, and I guess the wall of clouds will travel to the back of the Shadowman fleet between seven thirty and eight o'clock, and it's still half an hour away—"
Fang Yu looked at the cloud wall towering on the side of the battlefield, his voice became more and more confident, and his tone couldn't help but bring a kind of contagion.
"If we use some means, it is not impossible to bypass the fleets below and on the flanks of the other side and get close enough. There is a risk of failure, of course, but can't we accept the possibility of failure now? ”
There was silence in the communication channel, as if everyone was silently calculating the possibility, the captains of these ships were all old people with many years of experience, they may not be good at naval battles, but they would only be more accurate in judging the direction of the wind and the weather than the square plover.
"If we descend below the clouds now, and then turn east, we can cut to that wall of clouds in twenty minutes," someone immediately said, "The battlefield has been moving south and east, because that direction is exactly the direction where Elpahim is, so if you count the time......"
"Just right," another voice said, "Of course there is the possibility of defeat, but if the wind changes direction, or if something happens on the battlefield, it is not so easy to say." ”
"There is little chance of a change in wind direction, and there are at least three hours left for the day and night sea and land breezes to alternate, which is far enough for us to operate. We are only worried about what changes will occur in the battle situation, we can judge the direction of the wind, but we can't judge the battle situation. ”
"There is no need to judge," Fang Yu spoke again: "The possibility was zero before, but now it has exceeded half of it, and it is impossible for us to pursue an ethereal ten percent certainty." ”
"Indeed, Captain Ed is right," one responded, "especially in this situation." ”
"And ...... we?"
People looked at each other.
Once again, there was some quiet in the communication channel, and while the plan did sound a bit fanciful, everyone couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when it showed that it was possible.
Because all the successes and failures it brings seem to represent unpredictable changes, huge changes, or costs.
"But even if we bypass those fleets," Six Shadows couldn't help but ask, "Can we hurt the Shadow Man's flagship even the slightest, how are you going to break through the defense line formed by the Shadow Man's capital ship?" ”
"We don't need to break through," Fang Yuan's gaze patrolled the airspace, "as long as we arrive at that position, it will be decisive for the change of the situation on the battlefield, we are not the only ones on this battlefield, Silver Vislan and the military will not miss this opportunity." The only thing that restricts us now is time, and we must be in that place before our vital forces are exhausted—"
Six Shadows looked back at Kaka.
The latter sighed, nodded to her, and then quietly sent a message: "Have you bought your insurance?" ”
Six Shadows couldn't help but glance at this guy, but she could hear the implication of this - there is indeed such a possibility, but as the executors of this plan, they are also in a situation where they are dead.
Once you reach that position, it will be a certain death for everyone in this fleet, and turning into ashes is really not an exaggeration.
However, they will provide an opportunity for the entire fleet, and if the Silver Vislan, the Spear of the Silver Forest, the Fenris, and the military seize this opportunity, it will not turn the tide of the battle, but at least it will perfectly fulfill their original tactical objectives.
It leaves the filmmaker with no time to pay attention to what is happening on the ground.
"Everyone." Fang Yu lowered his voice.
But before he could speak, someone had already responded to him: "Then do it, Captain Ed, we approve of your plan." We don't know if it's right or wrong, but at least we can't come up with a better way, so instead of dividing our opinions, we should work together to get through the difficulties......
If it succeeds, we will taste the joy of victory together; If we fail, we will bear the bitter consequences of defeat together. This is also the result of all of us discussing together.
Here's a response from the Napelle. ”
"That's what everyone on board the Sovereign means......"
Then there were more than a dozen similar responses from the communication channel.
Fang Yu listened to everyone's voices, and couldn't help but take a light breath, he held the communication crystal, raised his head and looked at Kaka, Six Shadows, Red Leaves, and the alchemist named Xia Yue on the side.
There is no firmness, or gaze full of conviction, those words that shine brightly, as if nothing is relevant to the moment. Everyone was only full of thoughts, and all they looked at was uncertainty, nervousness, or doubt about the plan.
It's a big gamble that doesn't need to be embellished, except that they have no choice but to look for a glimmer of opportunity from the slim odds, or passively wait for defeat to come.
Perhaps Bai Xue asked Canghai Guzhou to entrust this fleet to him in order to make such a judgment, although he didn't understand why the other party must believe that he could make a decision at a critical time.
Even he himself may not be sure—
However, this battle itself may only be a possible choice under desperation, and for everyone, what the outcome will be is just an unknown.
The wreckage around it was filled with flames, and the rising smoke obscured a corner of the battlefield, or rather, it was just an inconspicuous corner of the battlefield.
Fang Yu picked up the communication crystal and gave an order:
"The ships are ready, sequentially releasing smoke grenades and disengaging from the battlefield."
"Then descend to the bottom of the clouds, then turn east and sail into the wall of clouds in twenty minutes."
All the ships replied in the affirmative.
The sailors hurried to their posts, and the marines took advantage of the situation to set fire to the Shadow Man's floating ship while cleaning up the messy deck, and then returned.
The gunners prepared smoke grenades and let them out with a few sounds, and the white mist exploded in a billowing cloud of smoke, like a blooming white bud. It's just that the scattered smoke forms a straight line, completely obscuring the view coming down from above—
In the midst of the shadowy smoke, the fleet began to turn, and the snow-white sailboats turned in one direction, and the winged sails were raised high, causing the sailboats to slowly descend in altitude.
After about a few minutes, they were in the clouds.
The surrounding scenery was completely obscured by clouds and mist, Fang Yu put his hand on the side of the ship, listening to the squeaking sound from the shaking of the ship, he was no longer the stunned young man he was at the beginning, with the experience of sailing on the air and sea, he could judge their general direction.
There was a faint roar of artillery fire above, sometimes enough to penetrate the clouds and brighten the surroundings.
The windboat would sometimes leap out of the clouds, opening up the surrounding landscape, but that was only a flash in the pan, and the Owls raised their heads to catch the wall of clouds moving sideways in their left hand direction.
The ships were full of experienced captains, and the cloud wall was quite close to them.
Kaka seemed to resigned himself to his fate, and was sitting down by the mast, carefully counting his tools, and he asked the sailor for three handguns, and after examining them one by one, inserted them into the belt behind him.
Six Shadows sat on his partner's side, and he was used to this scene, every time he wanted to go to the battlefield, the other party was like this. She couldn't help but shake her head and check her weapon as well.
Momiji and the others are much calmer, it's not the first time she's cooperated with Fang Yuan, she just looked at Fang Yu curiously, when she first met Fang Yuan, the other party was still a guy who didn't understand anything.
And now, he is a commander who can command a fleet.
Although she still looked a little young, she had at least earned everyone's trust, and she couldn't help but compare her performance with that of the other party, and she had received a lot of help from Yugudora and Zifeiyu before she became the leader of an independent team - but she didn't get into the groove so quickly.
After about ten minutes of sailing, the surroundings seemed to be somewhat quiet, and the sound from above the air and sea battlefield seemed to be cut off by the clouds for a while, and seemed a little distant.
This detail made Fang Yu raise his head and glance upwards, frowning for a moment, theoretically, they shouldn't be far away from the battlefield.
He couldn't help but pick up the communication crystal and asked, "Have we deviated from course?" Are we still below the battlefield? ”
"Captain Eddard, we haven't deviated from our course," replied the captain of the Napelle in the communication channel, "and the results shown on the Wind Elemental Detector are the same, but the position of the Shadow Man's fleet seems to be a little different from what we expected. ”
Fang Yu frowned: "Can we rise in height now?" ”
"Captain Ed, you've entered the cloud wall in front."
Fang Yu closed his mouth, although there were some doubts in his heart, but the situation on the battlefield was already ever-changing, the opportunity was fleeting, and they were just gambling. As long as it's gambling, there's no such thing as a sure thing.
Indecisive and hesitant will lose the opportunity that has already been obtained, and since they have decided to carry out this plan, they can only go one way to the dark now. Although he was uneasy in his heart, he could only suppress his uneasiness at the moment.
After a violent shake, the wind boat under his feet entered the rising clouds, and although the scenery around him did not change, Fang Yu knew in his heart that they had entered the cloud wall.
He had many such experiences in Orenze and in his previous escapes, and he was more accurate in judging than others, Fang Yu looked back, and the others were really unaware of this.
As soon as you enter the cloud wall, the ship begins to rise, and not only does the deck tilt slightly, but you can also detect this through the change in the state of the flaps. Fang Yu took a pocket watch from his bosom, lifted the lid with his thumb, and glanced down at the time—a quarter of an hour had passed since they entered the clouds.
He looked up and saw that Kaka was doing something similar to himself, and the two of them met eye contact, each seeing the look in their eyes.
The altimeter showed that they had reached an altitude of fifteen hundred meters, which was already the middle and upper end of the cloud wall, and at the same time detached from the bottom of the battlefield.
They will soon break through the cloud wall, but after that, whether they will get into the predicted position or face a fleet of Shadow Men who are in good standing is all uncertain.
Although they expected that this route should cut into a certain area of the Shadow Fleet, it was expected that this kind of thing had always been a possibility, and they could face a completely different situation with only a slight change in the tide of battle.
Fang Yu put down his pocket watch, picked up the communication crystal, took a deep breath, and then said in a low voice: "Everyone, prepare to adjust the course." ”
"Three minutes later, we leave the clouds and prepare for battle."
There was silence in the communication channel, except for the low sound of inhalation.
In the strange silence, the clouds in front of them began to thin, as if in an instant, the clouds parted, and the scene on the battlefield at that moment was reflected in everyone's field of vision.
As soon as Fang Yu saw the situation outside, his brows couldn't help but furnish, and there was no worst-case scenario that they had expected, including the situation of crashing head-on into a detachment of shadow people.
However, it was not the best that was expected, and the development of the battle seemed to deviate from their expectations to a certain extent, which made them appear in a position that was not in the direction they had originally envisioned.
"The tide of battle seems to have changed to a certain extent," the voice of the captain of the Napelle came, "We are in a bit of a different position, I don't know if it's because of the Silver Vislan and the Spear of the Silver Forest, or if the Shadow Man himself avoided the direction of the Cloud Wall......"
"Guys, we have a detachment of Shadow Men on each side of the flank, but we're right in the window between them."
"I see the Filmmaker's flagship, it's right in front of us, at twelve o'clock—"
"It's less than ten miles away from us."
A motley of voices could be heard in the communication channel.
"They've found us!"
Fang Yu subconsciously raised his head in that direction, only to find that the detachment of the shadow man on the left seemed to have noticed this detachment that suddenly appeared behind the cloud wall, and began to turn in this direction in unison.
It was really unlucky, he couldn't help but curse secretly.
But Fang Yu still maintained enough calm, and instantly passed the positions of the two sides in his heart.
"Guys," he said immediately, "leave them alone, release the smoke bombs, and we'll have time to rush straight in." ”
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