Chapter 283: The Verge!

"Look! It's low tide, and there are so many fish!"

I don't know who in the crowd on the beach suddenly shouted, which instantly interrupted the young man's thoughts.

Looking up, the tide receded rapidly, and the beach instantly became vast, with countless fish, starfish, seashells, and crabs stranded on the beach because of the low tide of the sea.

call

"Rush!

Tourists who were still playing on the beach rolled up their sleeves and rushed to the beach.

Even a number of gentlemen who were obviously well-off and dressed in high-end formal clothes joined in, and the fish may not be worth much, but just like when fishing, they enjoy the process of catching and the joy of harvest.

"Quick, Cork, there's another one behind you. ”

"Mary, what do you see I've caught? A big lobster, that's great! We'll make a cheese-baked lobster at noon. ”

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The beach was transformed into a celebratory sea, and everyone was enjoying the "feast" of the sea's bounty.

They didn't even notice that the seabirds, which had been wandering in the nearby sky, suddenly became a mess, and then flapped their wings and flew inland.

The animals in captivity in the city also let out manic cries and broke free from their shackles and ran out wildly.

"It seems that the time of low tide is much earlier today?"

A middle-aged captain of the city guard on the shore who was on duty today took out a brass pocket watch from his bosom and looked at the time suspiciously.

Today's low tide was at least an hour earlier than yesterday's, and it was unprecedentedly large, with even the rock base of the lighthouse completely exposed.

"Strange!"

It was the first time the captain had seen such a situation after living in Niske for so long.

Suddenly.

A legend that he had heard from a retired old sailor popped into his head, and all the strange signs in front of him were exactly in line with that legend

While hoping that his guess was wrong, he couldn't help but open his mouth in fear, and even his voice almost changed tone: "Don't go! Come back soon! It's a tsunami!"

However, his reminder came too late, and a snow-white waterline appeared in the sky in the distance, like thousands of galloping white horses, and in the blink of an eye, it was already whistling.

Except for a small number of experienced sailors on the shore who had already begun to retreat early, most of the tourists were immersed in the joy of the harvest, and had already penetrated deep into the exposed sand, which was close to the devastating catastrophe that they did not realize.

Thundered

It wasn't until the huge roar that they couldn't ignore resounded in their ears, and they suddenly realized that the huge shadow cast by the wall of water that obscured the sunlight had completely enveloped them.

Without giving them any time to react, the wall of water slammed down.

"No !!"

The dreams and futures of the rich, the poor, the parents, the children, the elder brothers, the younger sisters, and all of them were shattered in an instant!

In addition, in addition to its high speed, the second characteristic of a tsunami is that it has almost no loss of energy during the transmission process.

In the open sea, the wave height may be only a few meters, but when it reaches the shallow water of the coast, the wavelength decreases and the wave height increases sharply, reaching tens of meters, forming a "water wall" containing huge energy.

At this time, even if the "tsunami" created by hundreds of sea monsters is not as good as the real natural disasters in nature, when they reach the shore, they have grown from the initial 1 meter to a terrifying 30 meters!

With a loud thunderous sound.

The 30-metre-high crashing waves engulfed everything on the beach, including the nearby commercial port.

Crash

Then, without stopping, he crossed the coastline and entered the water city of Niske, and attacked the entire city with great speed. Bridges collapsed, houses collapsed, and the inhabitants had only time to scream before disappearing into the waves.

You know, as a city that is almost half-built on the water, even the tallest building in the city is not 30 meters tall!

However, it is not without exceptions.

The only place close to the coast that survived the tsunami was St. Mark's Church, a sanctuary of the goddess of kingship and navigation, where the clergy and the people who happened to take refuge were spared.

There is nowhere else to go, and the former Harpoon whaling ship First Officer Fisher and the bad gambler Pips, who have been here for free for a long time.

"God, is this divine punishment?"

The young first mate, who had a lot of vicissitudes on his face, looked at the huge waves whistling past him, and his empty heart that had been destroyed by the great white whale seemed to be filled with something else.

While everyone else was throwing themselves down under the statue of the goddess to thank the gods, he muttered to himself, "If people had such power, they wouldn't be in pain anymore, would they?"

Meanwhile.

In the face of such an overwhelming natural disaster, the military port built on the headland was certainly not spared, and the two patrol ships that were anchored in the harbor crashed head-on into the raging wall of water. Then all the facilities and buildings, including those on the port, were completely swept away under the ransacking of the wild waves.

If it were the turn of the "Storm Horn" to take a turn to rest today or arrive in Hong Kong half a day earlier, there would definitely be no escape from this tragic ending!

However, although the harbor was destroyed, the fortress built on the slope stubbornly held out during the tsunami.

The more than 1,000 garrisons stationed in it should be grateful to the craftsmen who did not cut corners when building the fortress in the first place.

The stone fort with a total height of more than 36 meters withstood the baptism of the tsunami, especially the slope structure of the solid fort with a height of 20 meters on the first floor, which greatly mitigated the impact of the tsunami.

Bell!

In the continuous sound of alarm bells, the figure of Major General Coverdale is not tall, but it is like a reef that has survived the wind and rain on the seashore, but still stands for thousands of years.

He stood at the top of the fortress, his body hunting in the harsh wind that accompanied the tsunami.

The three waves that followed had come to an end, and the sea had slowly receded from both sides of the fortress, but the Major General's steel-like heart, which had endured the wind and rain, could not help but tremble now.

The great knight's keen eyesight allowed him to take in the devastation of the "Nissk" after the tsunami, and the low terrain and vertical and horizontal waterways provided excellent conditions for the tsunami to exert its power.

After three huge waves, sixty percent of the entire water city has become an underwater city.

Among them, the casualties are even more numerous.

The corpses are all over the field, and they are terrible

But the catastrophe at the mouth of the "Leiden" has only just begun.

Roar

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The deafening roar of the behemoth plunges those who managed to survive back into despair. It was a five-headed large species that was left behind by Hugginste and seized the estuary to ensure a way out!

In fact, when the first tsunami came, the estuary of the "Leiden River" in the middle of the north and south headlands was the center of the disaster.

Rear Admiral Coverdale watched as hundreds of gigantic sea monsters rode the raging waves from here into the interior and up the expansive Leiden River.

Even the Pirate Throne ship, which had obvious characteristics, followed behind the sea monster and swaggered into the inland river by taking advantage of the surging water level in the river!

But as Evan expected, even if the major general was a third-order grand knight, and even if there were more than a thousand defenders standing in the fortress, what could he do to stop a tsunami?

Major General Coverdale finally understood, like Aven, why the Pirate King didn't care about revealing the location of the operation in advance.

Because he has absolute "potential" in his hands!

In this case, as long as the fourth order is not out, the tsunami will be full of chickens and dogs.

He could only send a warning signal at the first time to inform the city along the rear of the news of the attack by Huggins.

In particular, the "Golden Lion" and "Brandenburg", in addition to sending out warning signals, also used terns to transmit key information.

Fluttering

Look at the communication terns that take to the skies.

He only hoped that the meandering waterways of the "Leiden" would gradually cancel out the potential energy of the tsunami, and when the current receded, these sea monsters, which seemed to be launching a "suicidal" charge, would be trapped in the shallow riverbed on their own.

It is true that they are the "masters" of the sea, but the land has never been their hunting ground! This kind of attack will inevitably make the army of sea monsters pay a heavy price!

However, whether things will develop as he expects the Major General does not know.

He only knew that for the sake of those citizens who died in the tsunami, he also had to defend the fortress and completely block the entrance to the sea, so that the sea monster and the crazy pirate king who might return here would never return!

"Summons the 'Storm Horn' and the 'Royal Guard' to come back immediately!"

According to the cruise plan, if there are no accidents, the "Cape Storm" should be close to the port at this time, and the "Royal Guard" has just departed on another route, and it should not be too far from the military port.

As for the other warships, it is useless to come back.

He didn't notice.

Fluttering

Before the garrison released the terns, from the high ground near the mouth of the sea, two black shadows had already shot into the air and flew towards the upper valley.

Obviously, the tsunami invasion is not only a warning signal, but also a signal of the actions of unknown forces

However, even if Major General Coverdale noticed, he would no longer have the energy to meddle in his affairs, because the battle belonging to the "Fortress" was already on the verge of breaking out!

Bang bang bang

Hiss!