Chapter 225: Platoon Artillery Firing
"You came just in time, the people of the Taran Guild have been asking for support, you go up first, and I will arrange for others to come over to support as soon as possible."
As the commander of this temporary fleet, Merlin is more responsible for macro-level regulation and control, as for the specific arrangements of various battlefields, he only needs to say what he wants to achieve, and the others will naturally be implemented by the following people.
Don't ask about the process, just look at the result, this is the most basic quality of a commander, if you bow down to everything, I'm afraid he won't be able to do it even if he is tired to death.
Kennibal was one of the executors responsible for the implementation of the strategic plan, he was mainly responsible for part of the battlefield in the south, and he was probably urged by the people of the Taran Guild, and he did not care about the suspicion of being sick and rushed to the doctor, and sent him to the front line when he saw an idle team.
The Stygian Moon team was captured in this way, and Wang Hao and others, who had just retreated from the outer battlefield, had not had time to catch their breath, and were sent to the front line again to resist the counterattack launched by the town defender fleet with the people of the Taran Guild.
The man who led the way was out of kindness, but he was also afraid that this elite team would suffer a big loss if he didn't know the details, so he told him about some places to pay attention to on the battlefield.
Originally, the situation on the battlefield was still favorable to the players, and under the command of Merlin, the player successfully divided and surrounded the fleet to which the defender belonged, and encroached on it little by little, although it was not fast, but it was very steady, which is exactly Merlin's consistent style.
The health of the town guardian boss is also steadily decreasing, and everything is developing on the bright side.
But when the durability of the town keeper boss dropped below 50%, the surrounding grave guards suddenly became crazy for some reason. He no longer dodged, and after a few rounds of shelling, the distance between the two sides was finally reduced to less than ten yards.
What happened next was a scene that stunned all the players. When these grave guards approach the player's ship, they don't actually want to engage in broadside combat. The players smelled a strong smell of gunpowder, and then saw a little fire flashing on the opposite ship, and some smart people realized that something was wrong, but as soon as they turned the bow of the ship, a roar erupted from the side.
The flames were so bright that the ships closest to the grave guards turned into fireballs one after another and sank to the bottom of the sea.
The players who saw this scene were all pale, which can be regarded as a naval combat version of human bombs. Whether it is in terms of deterrence or actual effect, the effect is very obvious.
Although not every grave guard ship has this tendency to self-destruct, the psychological shadow brought to players by the previous scene is too great, and players will always have some apprehension when facing the town guardian fleet again.
When the Defenders' fleet, which had been scattered across the battlefield, launched another heavy charge, the player's response was to quickly shoot out a round of cannonballs, and then immediately began to turn the bow of the ship and start retreating, some of whom did not want to retreat. Seeing that the people around him had withdrawn, where were they willing to stay where they were and wait for death.
It's like a domino effect, and the panic quickly spreads throughout the battlefield and players are demoralized. And the fleets of the town defenders who were divided and surrounded also began to assemble towards the designated places one by one. With this happening, the situation of the players naturally becomes unfavorable.
Of course, this doesn't mean that all players are in a state of chaos. At this time, you can see the most essential difference between guild players and scattered groups.
In some war zones garrisoned by major guilds, although they were also caught off guard by the suicide attacks of the town defender fleet. But when they reacted, they immediately made all kinds of targeted measures. Cannon fodder or decoys were selected to attract enemy fire, while others took the opportunity to attack with greater efficiency than before.
And for those who are selected to be bait or cannon fodder, there will be no complaints, because they know that they know that for their efforts at this time, the guild will inevitably be rewarded, which the scattered group cannot do.
Merlin was only the nominal commander of this temporary fleet, and he had almost zero control over these players, and the resources he could mobilize were very limited, so he couldn't do anything about it.
Merlin didn't do nothing, in fact, when the battlefield was just showing signs, he anticipated the next battle situation, and quickly launched an action, he visited the leaders of the major guilds, and persuaded everyone to put aside their prejudices and selfishness, and the most important thing is to work together to kill the town defender boss first.
Naturally, the people who can become the heads of the forces on the previous side will not be really stupid, and after discovering the changes in the battle situation, they also realize that if they continue to play their own small calculations, I am afraid that this time they will return in vain.
After figuring this out, these bigwigs simply handed over the control of their fleet, and Merlin, the commander of the fleet, became worthy of the name for the first time, although the fleet that brought together the elites of all forces only accounted for less than 30% of the total number, it almost included more than 70% of the combat power of the whole field.
And when Wang Hao and others joined the battle again, it was also the time when Merlin coordinated the relationship between all parties and prepared to launch a counteroffensive.
The horn of the counterattack first sounded from the southeast corner, where an elite fleet formed by an elite group drawn from the major guilds was assembled, and Merlin also relinquished his overall command and personally served as the commander of this elite fleet.
It is really not necessary, at this time, the scattered groups have fallen into a state of not fighting, and it is difficult for Merlin's orders to be passed on to these people, even if they receive orders, whether these people will obey or not is two words, and there is no concept of sacrifice in their hearts.
"Hehe, the real opportunity is coming, Haotian, are you ready?"
Looking at the fleet in front of him, which gathered the essence of all parties, Merlin's pale face couldn't help but show a look of satisfaction, whether it was from the technical level or equipment training, the elite level of this fleet was still above the wolf pack fleet built by his own guild, if it wasn't for the critical situation, the heads of those guilds would never give up control of this fleet, and this was exactly what he needed.
In order to achieve this goal, he even did not hesitate to make the entire battle situation erosive.
In fact, this is also a doubt that Wang Hao has always had in his heart, with Merlin's ability, no matter how powerful the defender fleet is, it is unlikely that the other party will let the battle situation erode to this point, at least in Wang Hao's opinion, when the battle situation shows a little bit of this kind of symptoms, he can come up with several targeted measures, even if he can't resolve the crisis immediately, he can buy a certain amount of time.
From this point of view, there is still a certain difference between the personalities of Wang Hao and Merlin, if Wang Hao sits in Merlin's position, it is really unknown whether he can make this decision so decisively and ruthlessly.
"Let's go."
Merlin's face was extremely cold, but his eyes began to become hot, and sure enough, compared to the art of commanding in the rear and the calculation of people's hearts, the smell of gunpowder on the battlefield was better.
Smelling the choking smell of smoke wafting under his nose, Merlin's expression was faintly intoxicated.
"Attack, destroy all enemies in front of you."
Although the members of this elite fleet looked at the somewhat neurotic commander in front of them with some puzzlement, their excellent quality and excellent training made them react immediately.
Attacking the enemy in front of him, the dense artillery fire descended like a thunder god, dyeing the sea red, and the rain of bullets in the sky formed a canopy, and the distance between each shell seemed to have been measured, and the accuracy was shocking.
From the time they started firing to the time they stopped, they were as if they were one person, and the error between the front and back would never exceed two seconds.
If Wang Hao saw this scene, he was afraid that he would be even more shocked, this is almost the prototype of platoon gun shooting, in order to do this, the training of players, the requirements for equipment, and the tacit understanding between each other are very high.
In another time and space, just as the hierarchical operation technique distinguishes the difference between ordinary and expert players, whether or not to master the tactics of platoon firing is also regarded as the watershed between the main fleet and the ordinary fleet, and only the fleet that has mastered this tactic can pose a great threat to those players at the master level.
If you change to an ordinary fleet, unless the number is large enough to achieve a qualitative change, it is difficult to pose a threat to master-level players, otherwise there will not be so many videos of one enemy hundred, one breaking thousand, or even one man being a thousand people.
The high-end combat power of the individual and the main fleet of the collective strength are always on opposite sides.
The former is loose and free, the latter is rigorous and orderly, and there are naturally irreconcilable contradictions between the two, and each is constantly looking for the means and ability to restrain the other.
Just as master players continue to tap their own potential to improve their operation skills, the fleet is also constantly improving tactics to improve combat efficiency, and the tactic of platoon gun shooting is created to cope with a single high-end combat force.
Players who are under the fire of the cannon are almost all dodged and can only withstand the blow of artillery fire.
This tactic is also famous for killing a large number of solo masters.
Everything has a counterweight, and the platoon gun shooting tactics are not invincible, at least its threat to the top masters is greatly weakened, and the first navigator in Russia has let the world really see the horror of the top combat power, and the first battle of Herma has made it the first person in the world.
Although the fleet later introduced the platoon artillery matrix tactic, claiming to be able to bombard and kill the world's top masters, it was not accepted by the majority of players because there was no actual combat example to prove it.
Three years later, the nautical world is the stage for heroes.
Seeing the effect of this round of artillery fire, the column of water that rushed to the sky was almost lined up in a straight line, extremely spectacular, Merlin was slightly distracted, he instinctively saw something from this round of shelling, but his eyes were a little dazed.
It's a pity that this scene seems to be a flash in the pan, and the scene just now seems to be just a coincidence, no matter how hard this elite fleet tries, it can't reproduce the grand scene just now.
After all, the members of this elite fleet come from major guilds, and the scene just now is mostly a coincidence. (To be continued......)