Chapter 491: The Death of the Combined Fleet
After the arrival of Kapnos, Dane learned from the system news of "Dynasty Heart" that the Holy Spirit is a necessity for the construction of top-level class buildings in advance, and its effect is to make top-level class buildings be built one step ahead of meeting the building conditions. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The premise is that you must have the blood of this top-tier class.
As a result, Dane sent a request to the green dragon Capnos, hoping that he would leave a drop of dragon blood as a trigger for the opening of the Holy Spirit.
Of course, he couldn't have told Green Dragon about it directly, but he just made such a trade request for another reason.
At a modest cost, Dane received a drop of Kapnos' blood and succeeded in activating the Holy Spirit to build the Emerald Glade.
So, a year ago, there was an emerald green forest to the west of Orinedu; And today, the Sindellaire National Navy fleet has the help of seven green dragons.
In order to recruit these seven dragons, Dane visualized a lot of costs. A large amount of resources were piled up, and the Emerald Glade was at full power to recruit these seven heads.
The resources required to recruit a green dragon will cost 150,000 gold coins if all of them are converted into gold.
Seven heads, that's more than a million! Dane threw almost all the loot he had gotten after conquering Cinderella!
In fact, if it weren't for the seven dragons, using the materials represented by these more than one million gold coins in other parts of the kingdom would greatly increase the development speed of the kingdom.
Of course, all in all, the price is worth it. At the very least, if more than a million gold coins were spent on the navy, there would be no naval force that could compete with the Combined Fleet.
With the dragon as the top combat power, Dane has an extra killer weapon in his hand.
Since it's a killer feature, it's naturally not something that can be taken out and used when there is something to do.
Without this need, Dane also chose to rein in his edge.
In the past year, the kingdom of Sindelair has not encountered any major wars, and some small-scale conflicts, including this confrontation with the coalition forces of the three countries on land, do not need the dragon to take over, and only rely on the kingdom's powerful army to maintain the situation.
Hide, when used as a killer tool, to surprise the enemy at the most critical time, that should be the best option.
And the so-called critical moment is talking about the present.
The combined fleet was powerful, but they never thought that the Hindlailes actually had the help of dragons, and the air defense of the ships was quite poor, and those sea eagle cavalry were like flies and mosquitoes fighting eagles when facing dragons, which was useless at all.
With its sharp beak, the sea eagle can easily poke a fish out of the sea, but how can it fight a dragon?
On the contrary, the dragon has a claw and a tail, and as long as it touches the side, the sea eagle will surely die.
In fact, there is no need to attack directly, as long as the dragon rushes over, under the dragon's might, the sea eagle will instinctively fear and flee.
They are not a very brave bird.
As the forward formation of the Combined Fleet approached and accelerated towards his own fleet, Dane gave the order for the dragon to be dispatched.
The three 10,000-ton warships were not bought by Dane as capital warships at all. After all, although the dragon is huge, it can't fly on the sea all the time, and it must have a place to rest and eat. At the same time, it is necessary to keep military secrets, and there must be a hiding place.
Well, giant battleships are the best choice.
Including the Yellow Dragon, these three huge ships bought from the Shire became three 'aircraft carriers'.
As for the combat capabilities of the ship itself, which acts as an aircraft carrier, of course, it is not so important.
In fact, the Huanglong and the other two aircraft carriers were only symbolically equipped with some artillery. The double rows of gun compartments that should have been used for battleships were all removed, and the interior of the giant ship was converted into a temporary habitat for dragons.
At the beginning of the war, the deck was opened, the seven-headed dragon leapt to its feet, and Dane, riding on the strongest and mightiest one, began to launch a fierce attack on the enemy's forward formation.
As soon as the dragon appeared, it made the forward formation of the Combined Fleet feel great fear. And when the dragons launched the first round of offensives, the neatly arranged goose-shaped formation of the combined fleet was scattered all at once.
A one-sided massacre followed.
The first to be destroyed were several small frigates. Immediately afterwards, the scattered battleship formations were constantly attacked by flames from above. Among them, the most courageous steel torrent is naturally the top priority of the dragons' strikes.
In the end, this battleship, which symbolizes the pride of the Florentine, even with very good defense, could not withstand the attack of the green dragon. Even before their guns could swing towards Hindlaire's ships, a large number of artillery pieces were destroyed under the dragon's breath, or the soldiers of the artillery crew were burned to death, resulting in the loss of combat effectiveness.
In the end, Vice Admiral Paparos refused to admit defeat and commanded the warships to prepare for a collision with the Yellow Dragon of the Sindelaretes. But even then, they were not able to succeed in doing so, and were completely destroyed when they were only one step away.
The destruction of the Steel Torrent means that the forward formation of the Combined Fleet has completely lost its combat effectiveness.
The forward formation of the Combined Fleet, a total of twenty warships, of which three dreadnought-class battleships existed. Among them, fifteen battleships were directly sunk on the spot, including two 10,000-ton battleships including the Steel Torrent. The other five, with damage, fled the battlefield.
The Sindelaere National Fleet then launched a strong pursuit. In the end, the escaped battleship did not end well and was directly destroyed. Two more warships were captured.
In the end, the combined fleet, which was the most powerful maritime power in the Southern Cross Sea, was destroyed.
Although, in the end, there were actually fourteen ships left in the Combined Fleet, including four battleships, the United Fleet, which had already lost its courage, did not know how much to discount its combat effectiveness - even if it was not, they could not do anything with the seven dragons flying in the sky.
What is the point of existence of such a combined fleet?
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After the end of the war, known as the Battle of the Dragons, the blockade of Hindlaire's territorial waters was naturally lifted. A week later, the combined fleet of the Duchy of Florence and the Kingdom of Pudri was disbanded, and Admiral Prodmore took responsibility for the defeat in the war, resigned in disgrace, and took the capital of the Kingdom of Pudri, the Silver and White Capital. Pending investigation and trial by the Joint Tribunal.