Chapter 387: Fleet Battle (I)

Xiao Yan and Galadia jumped onto the bone dragon again and were released from the open deck on the side side. This time, they were going to find the pirates' cruisers and privateers.

"Bone Dragon? It's so convenient to have flying vehicles in naval battles...... If we can carry some griffon knights in the fleet, it might be useful......" Somerville looked at Odulas as he took to the skies, and began to diverge his thoughts, and turned to the signal man and said: "Inform the fleet behind you, reconfirm the speed of the transports and cruisers, and keep them vigilant to follow behind the main fleet, and once they spot the orc privateers and cruisers, they will immediately start to block them." ”

"Actually, even if the transport ship is wiped out, it's nothing." After Somerville gave the order, he whispered in his heart, "At the cost of thousands of young men's lives, in exchange for our absolute control of the sea, this is not a loss~ Prince Commodus lives or dies, as long as he masters the sea, the future belongs to us." ”

But...... It's better that the lads can land smoothly, our fleet needs some strongholds on the northern coast. If Commodus had survived, he would have been embarrassed to refuse our request.

"It's about to go into range, Admiral!" The fleet staff interrupted his divergent thoughts.

General Somerville smiled and turned to the herald:

"Inform the fleet.

"The kingdom is prosperous in one fell swoop, and all the soldiers will fight bravely to kill the enemy, and must destroy the pirate fleet.

"Recording ...... in the logbook"

Somerville looked down at the pocket watch in his hand,

"At 14:14, the battle began."

"Boom!" The flagship battleship Misrati opened fire as its side turned toward the bow of the pirate fleet, and a barrage of fireballs flew over the pirates' heads, cracking the sails into a sieve.

The powerful firepower of the sail battleship came from the dozens of naval guns arranged on the sides of the hull. When the bow of the ship is facing the enemy, the power of the ship's guns is simply not exerted.

"Don't stop! Battleships can't turn! Pirate Commander Helix jumped up, "The fleet moves forward and cuts off their battle line from the middle!" So that we can face them on the side side! Don't hold back you idiots! ”

Turning the Mithril fleet in front of the pirate fleet was an extremely risky move, and if they didn't block the pirate's path in time, the battle line under General Somerville would be split in two by the numerically superior pirate fleet.

However, if the Mithril fleet completes a U-shaped turn in front of the pirates, they will be able to concentrate the guns on one side from multiple directions and crush their opponents with overwhelming firepower superiority, taking them out one by one.

With a continuous roar, the Mithril fleet followed their flagships one by one and cut through the pirates, raining down cannonballs on the battleship Lucky York, which was exposed in front of them.

The hapless pirate battleship ignored the flagship's orders and forced its way to meet the enemy sideways in front of the Mithril fleet in an attempt to meet the enemy in front of the Mithril fleet in order to exert fire, exposing its port side to the scorching barrage. The battleship Endless Rum, which followed closely behind, painted a gourd and tried to fight back on the spot.

However, they are too slow......

"Prince Oak, Counterattack, starboard volley!" Two more Mithril battleships appeared in front of the pirate fleet at high speed, aiming at the pirate battleship that was slowly turning around at a near-perfect angle. The gun emplacements on the starboard side opened fire almost simultaneously, with a suffocating salvo roar!

"Wow!" The captain of the Lucky York watched as a cannonball pierced the oak side in slow motion, smashing into his face in a large pile of debris. His sailor let out a scream, and then flew into the sky along with countless pieces of wood and shattered cannons.

In the blink of an eye, the giant ship was struck by countless fireballs, shattering from the sails to the hull and blasting out one by one.

"Lucky York sank! Endless rum number smashed! ”

Less than a quarter of an hour after the battle began, the two battleships led by him were reduced to debris in the siege of the Mithril fleet on all sides, one sank and the other was heavily damaged, and then perfectly blocked the route of the rear battleships.

Helix's battleship formations all slowed down. Now, whether they want to carry out the orders of the fleet commander or not, it is impossible to intersperse the battle lines of the Mithril Navy. The pirates turned to the side of the ship in an attempt to concentrate fire, but this further led to the breakdown of the entire formation.

"Fight back! Counterattack! "Helix was desperate to find that his command of the fleet had gone out of control in such a short time, and the battleships except his flagship could not act according to his plan at all.

The nine gunboats of his second squadron had not yet reached the right flank, and even if they did, they would have crashed headlong into the Misrati, which was in a U-turn to outflank the pirates' right flank.

"Hahahaha! Artillery roars! Somerville watched as one of his lieutenants was smashed to pieces by a shell that hit the bridge, "Keep the fleet course." Tell everyone, I, Admiral Somerville, are not going anywhere, and even if I am killed, I must annihilate the pirates' main fleet here!"

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"Lord Overseer, find the dwarven convoy." A troll sailor reported. In front of him was the ogre pirate overseer Grubitok, commanding 4 cruisers and 12 high-speed raiders. The main force of their fast fleet was hidden in the corners of the battlefield, with only a few high-speed privateers for reconnaissance.

After escaping from the avalanche on the lakeside, the Two-Headed Ogre Overseers returned to the sea to carry out naval combat missions on the orders of their masters.

"Very well, the whole army is attacking. (Sailors, hoist the sails!) Grubitok shook his two large heads, "sink these dwarven infantry to the bottom of the sea, and the master will be pleased." (We'll be rewarded!) )”

"Send out the Wyvern! (Let them see the new form of naval warfare!) )”

Following the order of the Ogre Admiral, six small wyverns flew from the privateer ship in the distance. These creatures are fused with the wings and long tail of a dragon, but their bodies are different.

The three-headed wingspan is huge, the back is broad, and the forelimbs and wings are fused together. This is a ground/sea attack wyvern equipped with a pilot and bombardier, Rajanus, a powerful creature created by Angmar fusing his life essence with orcs and ogres.

The other three have sharp limbs, which are smaller and more flexible. They are Boglius, an aerial combat dragon with only one rider, modified from the cunning Goblin Thieves.

Γ“duras is not Angmar's only work. The dragons were one of the evil and chaotic creatures they created while living in the lair of the Cold Mountains.

The Rajanus could carry a large number of bombs and oil, and could spew flames, making them a great threat to wooden warships; Poglius, on the other hand, was a dexterous hunter, responsible for air cover and reconnaissance.

"Wyvern United, Boyd Jones, strike!" The orc commander Boyd, who commanded the six wyverns, beckoned to his order group and spread his wings from the deck into the sky.

"The Wyvern Wing has been released, Overseer."

"Fleet acceleration! (Attack the dwarven transport!) The Ogre Overseer's fleet of pirates immediately swooped down like wolves on Mithril's convoy.

"That's a lot! With only 6 cruisers and 6 gunboats, Mithril struggled to completely intercept twice as many enemies. Galadia sat behind Xiao Yan and surveyed the vast sea. They spotted the pirate's cruiser shortly after the start of the war. From time to time, Odulas made his way through the clouds, monitoring the movements of the orc pirate ships.

"If the enemy is a regular navy, it is really difficult." Xiao Yan carefully identified the pirate's flagship, "However, it's hard to say how much pressure and loss the pirate fleet can withstand. Have you found the flagship? ”

"It's easy." Galadia pointed to a jet-black and fast battleship, "There are complex and frequent magical communications coming from that ship, and while I can't decipher the contents, his identity as a command ship is revealed. ”

"Okay, let's deal with it!" Xiao Yan's pilot, Odulas, swooped down, "You wash the deck first, and then support with Ulduras above, and I'll deal with the commander." ”

Galadia nodded, and fired a barrage of flashing arrows in the direction of the dwarven fleet, alerting them to the course and number of enemy fleets.

Nearby pirate warships also spotted the bone dragon and flash. A large number of pirates immediately began to intercept the air with ballistas, muskets, and bows and arrows. Odulas dodged through the barrage, quickly closing in on the flagship.

"Hey!" Galadia's bow began to condense with a powerful arcane radiance, "Steady your course, I can't aim at this chaos." ”

"Good, good!" Xiao Yan pulled up the bone dragon and began to circle to find an angle.

"It's so slow! And do you have to go for horizontal armor? Give me the control! Galadia grabbed Xiao Yan's arm and jumped lightly in front of him to grab the reins, almost sitting in Xiao Yan's arms.

"What are you doing!" Xiao Yan was shocked, "Don't you want to stabilize the course?" ”。

"Hmph, you think you have to go around in circles to stabilize your course, but in fact, you climb and then swoop!" The girl pushed Xiao Yan up on the bone wing, "You are responsible for boarding the ship and killing the commander, and I ......"

"It's time to show off the skills of the Magic Thunder players!"

(End of chapter)