Chapter 654: Naval Battle
Within half a day, the garrison near the harbor under the control of the Ice Castle, as Zhou had expected, launched a sea pursuit on the ships left behind by Simonti.
The Sea Devil was only in eco-mode under Simon's control, just to give the angry dwarves time to catch up.
This period of pre-war leisure, Zhou Zhenshu saw the cruelty of this sea. Compared to the sea journey he and Alan had experienced, this 'frozen sea' where they often saw ice floe showed them what danger lurked.
Don't underestimate these ice floes, where danger often comes from beneath the ice floes. Small pieces of ice floes can be said to be able to be swept away by the currents separated by the bow shunt where the Sea Devil passes, and there is usually no accident. However, if you encounter a medium-sized ice floe of more than 3 square meters, you need to be careful.
Not only can sea monsters be hidden underneath these ice floes, but even the ice floes themselves can cause some damage to the ship. While these injuries were nothing to the Seadevil's resilience, they were simply the result of hitting a single ice floe. In the event of a large-scale medium-sized ice floe, even the Sea Devil under it will not be able to get any benefits.
If this is the case, it may be possible to wait for the ship to slowly repair itself after the danger period, but what is even more dangerous is the sea monsters frozen in these close chunks of ice floe. That's right, the edge of the seas farther north is where these monsters originated. As winter approaches, these sea monsters choose to hibernate with ice. Because of their natural ultra-thick fat and low consumption in the dormant state, they can completely avoid oxygen intake.
With the arrival of spring, these 'nests' of ice-engulfed bodies drift with ocean currents after breaking, passing through this sea. As for the time when these sea monsters will wake up after breaking the ice, it depends on the climate and other reasons in this sea. In short, because it happened to be the 'thaw period', the group of people who waited for the dwarves to chase the soldiers won many prizes along the way.
Compared with these, the most dangerous is the oversized iceberg. Because, there must be monsters hibernating in this iceberg, and the danger brought by the sea surface is greater than that brought by the iceberg on the surface of the sea.
Such an oversized bunker is the best natural barrier. Therefore, under the iceberg is not only the favorite hunting place for sharks, but also a restaurant for awakened sea monsters to eat.
I don't know if Zhou was lucky or didn't sail for a long time, although he 'encountered' sea monsters in the medium-sized ice floe along the way, he has not encountered large ice floes and giant icebergs so far.
However, the leisurely days of Zhou Zhiqi hurt them came to an end at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
"It seems that our prey is really very obedient, and this is not obediently getting into the trap we have set!"
It was boring to speak, and he had been in the captain's room, his eyes always on the sonar hair extension. After a long wait, he finally saw the black dot in the crystal display screen that was rapidly approaching them.
"Oh? Are you sure it's the guy we're waiting for, not some hunting sea monster or the like? ”
It's no wonder that Alan is curious, although he has been reading books for many years, the focus of his understanding is on the destructive power and reproduction of monsters in various places. All, the hunting ability and running ability of creatures are also vague, and the understanding is not comprehensive.
"You can see if you look at the speed at which the points are moving. The current sea monsters are almost all fresh from the ice. After a winter of hibernation, the physical strength they retain at this time can be described as precious. And will their remaining physical strength be wasted on long-distance travel? Obviously, in combination with the above analysis, those that show that the black dots are feasible for ships are large after all. ”
Zhou's explanation made Alan nod, looking at Allen's sudden realization, Simon on the side added: "That kid didn't ask for much understanding, he only said one aspect correctly. He only analyzes it in terms of biological habits, which is very imprecise from a scientific point of view. Moreover, this kid is not qualified enough in terms of biology. ”
In the face of Zhou Zhixian's unsatisfactory squint, Simon ignored his face at all and directly pointed out his lack of knowledge.
"When you looked at the monitor before, what did those sea monsters show? Isn't it dark and bright, a little flickering. This shows that the skin of the sea monsters here has a certain amount of sound absorption. However, there is an upper limit to this feature. In addition, the sound bands emitted by the sonar I made were continuous, so they were presented on the screen in this flickering form. ”
I have to say that compared to the half-bucket of water like Zhou Xuanju, Simon is much better than him in understanding and applying knowledge.
As Simon finished his science, the black dot on the screen was very close to the Sea Devil. For this situation, the people present did not have the slightest worry, but they were eager to see how Simon played such a game between 'hunter and prey'.
This game-like revenge is not difficult for Simon. But he wanted to take this opportunity to instill in others the proper use of the power of science.
Picking up the microphone in the captain's room, Simon commanded the goblins in the operation room below deck, "According to the original plan, let's play with a few captured and still frozen sea devils first." ”
Simon did this to satisfy his curiosity, and he wanted to see how the other party dealt with these sea demons and sea monsters. After all, when he attended the ceremony before, Simon watched the shipbuilding process of his peers throughout the whole process. At that time, there were no attack devices set up on it.
On the other hand, Simon, who was holding the enemy's treacherous revenge for the purpose of slowly torturing the enemy, did not want to kill these dwarves who caught up so quickly. He wants to let these guys go into despair little by little, and die a painful death in despair.
I have to say that honest people can't afford to mess with it, and even more so, technical nerds who stay at home can't afford to mess with them.
In the face of Simon's moves, the dwarven fleet that was sped up to the point that was not far away from the pursuing ships was hanging from the pursuing ships, and the way they responded did make a hint of surprise flash on Simon's face.
Through the hidden instruments on the sea demons, he finally knew how these damned monsters could avoid the attacks of these sea monsters.
"Predator's feces?"
Seeing the sea demons fleeing in panic, Simon gave a second plan to his subordinates in the operation room without changing his face.
"Put the blood that all kinds of sea devils and sharks crave in the back, wait until they arrive at the predetermined location, detonate the vessels that store the blood, and make sure that the smell of the blood spreads quickly."