Chapter 429: Tyranny and arrogance

Starting from the port of Truto to the port of Zhanxini, because it has to bypass the mainland, there is a voyage of tens of thousands of kilometers, even if it follows the monsoon, the organized voyage of a large-scale fleet will take at least half a month, plus it echoes the fleet of Shenlong Island from afar, it is difficult to exchange information at sea, and the time for the attack must be agreed in advance, so it is impossible for the Sixth Fleet not to leave some rich days for itself. Therefore, from the time Higg received the Sixth Theater of Operations, the attack on the port of Zhansini would be at least twenty days later.

Comparatively speaking, the port of Krusto from Yaning Island to Shenlong Island is only more than 7,000 kilometers away, if you count the time when Nicole resupplies the fleet, although it departs later, but the voyage is relatively close, and there is no need to consider the time of joint operations, then the time of Nicole's attack on Crusto Port should be basically the same time as the attack on Zhan Sini Port, and it is even possible that Nicole will act earlier.

What happened to Nicole's side, Higg had no way of knowing, but the incomparable watchtower of the Alchemy Country, in the evening, had already discovered two fleets more than 200 kilometers away, which were coming towards Zhanxini Harbor, shattering the minds of all those who were lucky, all illusions were shattered, and the war became a reality in an instant!

The enemy still has a few hours to sail, and if you count the time for the two fleets to prepare for battle, the enemy should attack before dawn or early in the morning tomorrow. The port of Zhansini does not seem to have changed much, the ships are still in and out, and the merchant ships on the port are loading and unloading. It was not until it was completely dark that all the merchant ships that were recruited sailed into the predetermined sea area according to the plan, and were linked by a group of five heavy iron cables, and between each two ships, five or six heavy iron cables of more than 20 meters were hung, and the iron cables were tied with airy sheepskin balls, so as not to sink into the sea because the iron cables were too heavy. Merchant ships were loaded with timber or wheat straw and tied tightly to their hulls.

On top of the two hundred merchant ships, with half sails and battle flags, hunted in the wind, rising and falling in the weak morning sun.

The fleet of Shenlong Island and the fleet of the Sixth War Zone arrived as scheduled, and the sea area to the southeast and southwest of Zhan Xini Harbor was heading towards Zhan Xini Manman, a total of more than 170 warships, each warship had three huge white sails, turning the southern sea area almost into a white expanse.

"Woo-" The alarm of the enemy attack finally sounded in the port of Zhanxini, and the warships of the Alchemy Kingdom, which had been waiting to meet the enemy for a long time, slowly raised their sails.

The sailors of more than 200 merchant ships, looking at the white sails in the sky, immediately lowered all the sails on the ship, threw all the anchors into the water, and then jumped on the small fast sails, and sailed away quickly to the northern coastline.

Signal flares of different colors shone in the air, streams of beacon smoke spread into the distance, a horn was rapid and loud, and white sails gathered, waiting for an order to start sailing.

On the shores of the port of Zhansini, there were tall watchtowers, and Higg, Lufasi, and Modorik stood on the main watchtower, looking at the 170 warships that were rushing towards the port of Zhansini with full sails on both sides.

The morning glow on the southeast side of the sky gradually dissipated, and the white clouds under the blue sky seemed to be frightened by the sea battle of this century, and drifted away in all directions.

The white sails were gradually approaching, and on the enemy ships, battle flags were slowly raised, and Higg could even see clearly that on the huge yellow battle flags on the flagship of the western fleet, there was a pure black five-clawed black dragon embroidered, with teeth and claws, majestic, and it seemed to make people feel that bursts of dragon chanting were coming from the pavement.

"Lord Admiral!" Higg Yuguang saw that Modolik's face was pale, turned his head and said to him, "Although I am the commander-in-chief, I am not familiar with naval battles, this battle is fully commanded by you, you are the supreme commander of this naval battle, everyone including this commander and the general staff are controlled by you, if you let us charge, we will charge, let us kill the enemy, we will kill the enemy!" The day when the Alchemy Nation's navy dominates the sea starts today! ”

"Commander-in-chief, I'm ......" Modolik's legs trembled and his face pale, "I'm afraid I'm not up to the ......"

"Bastard!" Higg angrily grabbed Modolik's chest and said, "You're still not a man, do you have any eggs?" All the soldiers are looking at us, His Majesty is looking at us, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty are looking at us, all the men, women, old people, and children of the Alchemy Country are looking at us, behind us is the land of the Alchemy Country, and if the enemy wants to trample on our land, he must first step on our corpses! If you can't cheer up, your dignity and my dignity will fall into this vast sea with the fiasco of this naval battle! ”

"Lord Admiral!" Lufasi smiled, "There's nothing to worry about! The pre-war deployment has been done very well, as long as the operation is commanded step by step! Although our defeat is decided, all that remains is to drag them into the water and go to the shipwreck, so this battle has no matter whether it is won or lost, only about dignity! This staff officer and commander-in-chief are with you, you complete the strategy, we congratulate you, you can't do it, we share the responsibility with you! ”

Modolic looked at Higg and then at Lufassi, and saw that both of them were smiling and calm, so he stabilized his mind, took a deep breath, and said: "If the strategic goal is accomplished, Admiral Ben is willing to jump off this watchtower and die in the belly of the fish!" Heraldβ€”"

"In-"

"Order all the pseudo-battleships to set sail to meet the enemy, full sails!"

"Yes, Admiral!"

The herald's signal flag, which carries the order to fight from one watchtower to another......

"Order all warships, raise anchor, hang half-sails, and be on standby at any time!"

"Yes, Admiral"

……

Modolic said: "Commander-in-chief, Lord Lufasi, Admiral Ben intends to change his plan and fight the powerful Shenlong Island fleet instead of the weaker Sixth War Zone!" ”

"Why?" Higg asked.

"There is no reason, the fleet of Shenlong Island is too arrogant!" Modoric said.

"You are the supreme commander here, we all listen to you!" Higg said, "Then don't fight the Sixth War Zone, don't fight the fleet of Shenlong Island, and specialize in all kinds of arrogance!" ”

"Okay, specialize in all kinds of arrogance, hahaha!" Modoric finally let go and laughed.

……

The battleships of Shenlong Island are in the west, and the battleships of the sixth theater are in the east, divided into nine columns, and they did not put the merchant ships in Zhan Xini Harbor in their eyes at all, although the placement of those merchant ships was a little strange, but everyone thought that this was the enemy's hasty response to the battle and used the merchant ships as cannon fodder, so they did not hesitate to rush over, and those merchant ships were simply chickens and dogs in front of the battleships charging at full speed, and they were instantly knocked over by the collision angle of the battleship. The battleship that hit these merchant ships still wanted to continue to move at full speed, but found that their battleship was very heavy and difficult to navigate, and was entangled by the other four battleships that had not been destroyed and the battleship that had been knocked over. The warships that were not loaded with merchant ships rushed to the inner harbor even more arrogantly, but they were entangled by the iron cable intercepted between the two merchant ships, and dragged several merchant ships, and immediately lost their speed.

After many merchant ships and cargo ships were knocked over, the wood and wheat straw on the ship did not break away from the hull, but were closely connected with the hull and floated on the sea, those wood were originally a huge threat to the rapidly charging warship, if the high-speed charging battleship hit the merchant ship cargo ship with a ramming angle, there was no damage to its own hull, but those floating on the sea surface and tied into a large bundle of wood, the impact angle could not be hit, only the hull itself to impact, therefore, there were more than ten warships that collided with the wood in an instant, and at the same time, the sailors on the battleship are also pretending to be crooked, full of meat and vegetables!

Although the wheat straw did not harm the hull of the ship, the wheat straw that had been soaked in the sea was extremely heavy, and these tightly trapped wheat straw were connected by several huge ropes, and the battleship trapped by these wheat straw could hardly move, which was even worse than the battleship besieged by wood. The sea area of the Alchemy Country has just melted into ice, and the sea water is extremely cold, and if you want to go into the water artificially to untie the ropes, unless you die.

The battleships in front stalled and were damaged, but the battleships rushing rapidly in the rear had no idea what was happening, and they followed one after another, and for a while, the combined fleet of the Sixth Theater and Shenlong Island was completely disrupted, and also lost its speed advantage, huddled together, and was completely surrounded by these iron cable arrays.

Nearly sixty of the one-third warships were still lucky enough to break through the barbed wire of the merchant ships and enter the inner harbor, but the speed had been reduced a lot because they had to slow down to avoid the barbed wire of the merchant ships. Forty of them rushed towards the twenty merchant ships disguised as warships, while the others continued to rush towards the inner harbor.

"Order-all warships sail with full sails, destroy the eighteen warships that sail to the inner harbor, and the gargoyles along the coast attack!" Modoric shouted.

"Yes, Admiral!"

……

For a while, the black gargoyles along the coast flew all over the sky, followed by forty-three warships, and met the eighteen battleships heading towards the inner harbor in a black and oppressive manner, starting the epic confrontation between the two sea overlords of the Alchemy Kingdom and Shenlong Island.

Among the seven arms of the Alchemy Country, there are second-level gargoyles and fifth-level lantern gods who can fly, and there are first-level goblins, fourth-level mages and seventh-level Titan Giants who can attack from a distance, only the third-level iron man and the sixth-level Naga are hand-to-hand combat troops, and the ranged attack classes or flying classes account for five, which also creates a powerful navy of the Alchemy Kingdom.

Shenlong Island is also not ambiguous, seven arms, the second-level Harpy Witch, the sixth-level lion scorpion, the seventh-level black dragon will fly, the third-level Poison Eye, the fourth-level Medusa will attack from a distance, in addition to the first-level cave man and the fifth-level Minotaur are hand-to-hand combat arms, those who can attack or fly remotely also account for five.

Therefore, the arms of the two forces are equal, there is no doubt that flying and long-range attacks are more suitable for fighting on warships, and the armies of these two countries are destined to dominate the sea, and, in addition to the first-level goblins, the long-range shooters of the two countries also have the ability to fight hand-to-hand at the same time, which is completely different from the long-range arms of other forces, and there is almost no power to fight back when they are hand-to-hand combat by the enemy.

Seeing the gargoyles of the Alchemy Country attacking, the harpy witches and the royal griffins of the sixth war zone on the battleships of Shenlong Island also took off and began to fight for air supremacy, and the blue sky of the entire Zhan Sini harbor was almost covered by the gargoyles and harpys flying in the sky, and a large area of black oppression.