Chapter 165: The Decisive Battle (I)
Wang Hao saw Nelson again, but he didn't get any preferential treatment.
Like many ordinary players, he looked at the majestic man standing on the deck of the "Victory" from afar.
Nearly 10,000 warships of very similar shapes and styles surrounded him, and the cold sea breeze blew the Yonzi military flag whirring.
His gaze was level, as if he had penetrated time and space, looking at the enemy's situation from afar.
As a result of previous disturbances and losses suffered in the initial stages, the number of the Royal Navy was actually just over nine thousand.
And the French navy is a full 10,000.
However, due to the existence of the military spirit, the strength of the British side is not slightly weaker than the other side.
However, the number of players in France is nearly two million more than in the UK.
Nelson's brow furrowed, the number of enemies was somewhat unexpected, and he needed to prepare early.
In fact, what he had just done was really observing the situation in the French camp.
This is an open secret in the upper echelons of the British Navy.
Nelson's gift is perceptive, he can see far away, and he can often see through the intentions of the other party with a few clues.
It's a support talent, but when combined with his commanding ability, it's a headache for anyone.
In view of the layout of the French Navy, he made some minor adjustments to the fleet under his command, believing that when the time came, he would definitely be able to surprise the other party.
At this time, Wang Hao was leading the Holy Blood Combined Fleet to stop in an inconspicuous place, in this kind of decisive battle involving tens of millions of ships, the strength of individuals is small, and two thousand ships are also like a stone, and there will be no bubble when thrown into the sea of people.
In this battlefield, each player has only one chance, and the dead player will be cleared out of the sea.
So, if you want to get a higher score, then saving your life is the first criterion.
Of course, the so-called life first does not mean that you let the whole battlefield run around, it will seem to be faster.
Wang Hao's trick is to always follow closely behind the large army, and rush up to bite when he gets the opportunity, just like a hunter, Nai surname is their best weapon.
It's not a smart idea to be too showy in the early days and plunder points, it will attract more firepower from the enemy fleet, and if you let the enemy commander get the idea, then you can congratulate you, you are dead, no matter who it is.
Although this is a glorious thing to do, because your excellent performance makes the enemy commander can't help but want to kill you, I believe that most people will not be willing to accept such an ending.
As the players arrived, Nelson glanced at the players who were still rushing to join behind him, but he didn't wait any longer, and then waved his arm, and immediately the flag bearer sent his order to the other ships.
In a fully enclosed battlefield, without a liaison, flag language is an indispensable skill in large-scale naval warfare.
Seeing the NPC's fleet in Nelson's command in an orderly manner, while the player's fleet is crooked, looks a bit miserable.
There is no way around it, there are millions of ships, and the players are so good and bad that even Nelson can't transform them.
In his eyes, these players are just auxiliary battles, and it is the main fleets of both sides that really play a role in determining the outcome of the battle.
At the same time, the French side also struck.
The two fleets moved towards the same coordinates, and it was not until more than ten minutes later that the two sides finally met.
"I'm going to get back our victory."
French Admiral Truguet looked sharply at the opposite side, his voice didn't sound loud, but miraculously let everyone on the battlefield hear it.
"You can't do it with me."
Nelson's answer was also very tough and confident, and there seemed to be a different charm in him, which made people involuntarily believe what he said.
Wang Hao was not far away, and faintly saw a conch-shaped object pinched in Nelson's hand, and couldn't help pouting, a howling conch, no matter how you say it, it also costs a few gold coins, these two guys actually used it as a microphone, which really made him can't help but vomit.
Perhaps because of the limited duration of the conch, the two soon ended the conversation and the battle was about to begin.
Due to the relationship between the surnames, the positions of the two sides are also very different.
Wang Hao looked at the opposite side, and his eyelids couldn't help jumping, except for Trugai and a few frigates, the others were actually players.
That is, the French players will be the main force in launching the first wave of attacks, or rather, cannon fodder.
On the British side, the players are mostly placed on the wings, and the Chinese army is made up of the Royal Navy, which also shows that Nelson is a very proud and confident person.
Wang Hao couldn't help but be a little glad that Nelson was indeed a very good commander, and at the same time gave a silent sigh for the players opposite, these guys were just used to consume the energy and cannonballs of the British main fleet, and it was a bit reluctant to describe it as cannon fodder.
The Holy Blood Combined Fleet was located in the middle of the right side of the main fleet, and they looked at the French players who were rushing to the front, their faces were very excited, thinking about when they could rush out like this, even if it was worth dying.
I don't know what promises Truguet made, anyway, this group of French players did not have the slightest consciousness of being cannon fodder, they were stimulated by honors and post-war rewards, and their eyes were flushed, looking at the British Royal Navy in front of them, as if they were looking at moving points, and their morale was extremely high.
Nelson looked at the Inhumans who were rushing towards him, a hint of strangeness flashed across his face, and he immediately ordered to attack.
The distance between the two sides was about three hundred yards, but the French players did not expect the enemy attack to be able to hit so far.
You must know that the range of ordinary artillery is generally between 220 and 250, but the British battleships are obviously beyond common sense.
Wang Hao was not surprised by this, the magic weapon of the British navy was the speed of ships and the sharpness of artillery, and the range of artillery was longer than that of other countries.
This is not to say that the British navy is invincible, the characteristics of each country's navy are different, just like the German ships are thicker in armor and have higher shooting accuracy, and the ** battleships are large and rough, but the attack power is the first in the world, and so on, not to mention for the time being.
The French player fleet was obviously stunned by this sudden artillery bombardment, nearly 10,000 battleships above the third order, almost nearly 100,000 cannons, so many shells smashed into the French player fleet, as if they had been combed through by a comb.
Wang Hao roughly estimated that under this round of shelling, the French player fleet almost paid the price of nearly 10,000 warships sinking or seriously damaged.
The French camp, with millions of players, is a lot of losses, which is really not much, but it has dealt a heavy blow to the crazy momentum of French players.
Looking at the surrounding pieces of shipwrecks and sawdust, even people with a little hot heads couldn't help but wake up, although the reward is good, but you have to have a life to get it, such as the companions who haven't put the cannon in front of them, the final reward is bound to be very limited.
Although they were still rushing towards the main British fleet, as long as they recalled the scene full of shipwrecks in their minds, their hands and feet would involuntarily slow down.
For Nelson, achieving this goal is already considered earning.
Trugait, however, seemed to have no casualties in front of him, and soon after the first group of players played, the second group of players were ready to fight, and his purpose was very clear, that is, to use players to consume the opponent's physical strength first, and then launch a full-scale attack.
"You want to drag me down with these aliens?"
Nelson's face did not move, but he snorted coldly in his heart, although his means of commanding the army were relatively gentle, but he did not have the kindness of a woman, it was unreasonable, the other party drove the Inhumans to come to die, but he let his own Inhumans watch the play in the back.
Players who had been watching the battle on the left and right flanks were quickly given orders to fight.
The position of the Holy Blood Combined Fleet is good, and it is not in the sequence of this battle, and many players still show disappointed looks.
Wang Hao was very speechless about this, but he didn't want to explain, in such a large-scale battle, the initial battle was the most dangerous, as long as he survived this time, the next road to take would be much easier.
Most of his attention was on the French camp, he observed the layout of the French, speculated on the enemies he might encounter, analyzed the weaknesses of the opponent, and formulated a plan for attacking.
During this time, the British Royal Navy of the Chinese army once again taught the French an impressive lesson.
After the first volley, the British never concentrated their fire in this way, and under Nelson's command, they divided their artillery into three groups and struck them in turn, forming a continuous attack.
The French players seemed to be fixed on that 250-yard dividing line, beyond which French ships would soon be sunk by artillery fire.
Under the British three-stage fire, the French player fleet was gradually thinned.
Moving tactics on land to the sea, there are many problems that need to be overcome, in this regard, Wang Hao can only use the word admiration to describe his feelings at the moment, such a subtle command, at least he can't do it at present.
The top-notch Legendary Captain lives up to his reputation, ruining his opponent's plans and eliminating hundreds of thousands of enemy players with a single move.
Unless Truge wants to heap more resignations, his plan is not viable.
Under the three-stage firepower, it is difficult for ordinary players to gain an advantage, no matter how large the number of players is.
was so easily destroyed by the old opponent that his intentions, Trugai's face was naturally not very good, although there were still many Inhuman cannon fodder below, but he could not be sent to death in vain, he immediately let the second batch of player fleets ready to be dispatched to the left and right flanks to support, and the battle in the middle was solved by himself.
Although the three-stage shooting tactics are good, they are indeed unexpected, but to say that this tactic is invincible, it is not necessarily, Trugue has full confidence and forces the opponent to change tactics.
A smaller, extremely fast French NPC fleet rushed towards the opposite side.
The French NPC fleet, also known as the sea dragoons by the outside world, is recognized as having two parts, one is the fast speed of the ship, and the other is the fast rate of fire, with these two points, the French navy is undoubtedly the best light cavalry.
The most common tactic used by the French navy was to use its high-speed movement advantage to find its weak points, hit it with a single blow, and then flee hundreds of miles.
If there was any weakness in this fleet, it was that the armor was too thin and the durability was relatively low.
The strengths and weaknesses are so stark, perhaps just like the French surname, love and hate.
The attacking French fleet did not follow the path of the player's fleet in front of it.
With their ship's speed, they quickly crossed the player's fleet that was blocked from the blockade.
The British Royal Navy also found out about the situation here, and quickly modified some of the shooting essences, but unfortunately the name of the sea dragoons was not blown out, and the latter just accelerated collectively and left this round of artillery fire behind.
Seeing that the main fleet of France moved, Nelson understood that the real battle began.
Throughout, he didn't see those Inhuman players as real opponents, not only him, but Truguet.
The battle on both flanks is also raging.
The battle here is basically player-oriented, and both sides are very excited, and they are lucky compared to the cannon fodder in the middle.
When Nelson's order came, the battle was in full swing.
Wang Hao and others, as a reserve force, also appeared on the front-line battlefield.
The current situation is neither too good nor too bad for Wang Hao, the strength of the players on both sides is almost the same, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to distinguish the winner for the time being.
Behind these players are the NPC fleets of the two countries, whose mission is to hold the left flank of the army, and they will not take the initiative until the players they belong to are gone, but if someone takes the initiative to attack, they will also launch a counterattack.
The size of this NPC fleet is roughly maintained at about 1,005, of which ordinary third-order ships account for most of them, there are dozens of elite-level ships, and there is only one leader-level, that is, the commander of this detachment.
Wang Hao measured the difference in strength between them, and immediately gave up his plan to rush head-on.
He began to lead people on the battlefield, and when he encountered a slightly weaker enemy, he would come forward and eat it, and if he encountered a large number of enemies, he would quickly retreat, in this battlefield, it was too simple to fight, and no one would chase after him all the time.
Some people will say that this will slow down the growth rate of points, but Wang Hao's original purpose was not to target these players in front of him.
The reason why he is on the battlefield is mainly to absorb some scattered or small team players, and the great man once said that it is necessary to unite all the forces that can be united.
What Wang Hao has to do is to need a lot of helpers.
No one has noticed that in a corner of the battlefield, this unknown team is growing rapidly in a snowballing way. (To be continued.) )