439 Mothership
As a special substance from the water elemental realm, although polar ice has many advantages, it also has many disadvantages if it is to be used in the main material realm. One of them is that if the polar ice is left in the ordinary environment for too long, the ice attribute source energy that maintains its special properties inside it will gradually pass away.
Then, the polar ice will turn into ordinary ice cubes and slowly melt.
Gordon put a lot of thought into storing his precious ice golems. In the underground chamber of Sea Cliff Castle, there is a small Xiaoice snow world that has been cut and brought to the main material realm by the Grand Arcanist, which can naturally be used to store ordinary ice golems.
However, those battle ice golems that Gordon carries with him and can be summoned at any time require special handling. He transformed the interior of the dark green spinel necklace used to store the golem into a small ice and snow field to store his ice golem. Just working on the square inch world in such a small necklace took four or five days of Gordon's time and thousands of gold worth of magic materials.
If it weren't for the powerful equipment of the entire magic room, I'm afraid it would have been difficult for him to complete this job. After all, that dark green spinel necklace was a product of the Sun Elf Empire, and the magic technology contained in it was no lower than that of the Netherduran Magic Empire.
The last time the Ice Golem wielded a huge role in a battle at sea, Gordon was unexpected. He didn't expect these ice golems to be able to board the enemy ship so easily and then win. This battle had a heavy enlightenment for Gordon, and he realized the great value of the special material of the ice golem in naval warfare.
A technology that Turbulence wants to transform into normalization. Naturally, it takes a lot of effort to improve and perfect.
Since Gordon wants to use the Ice Golem in naval warfare, he must first build a mobile base for the Golem Horde at sea.
Duli Namin's Golem remote control. Although after some improvements by Gordon, its performance is worthy of actual combat, but its maximum command range is only 10 kilometers.
This is enough to keep the operator in a safe place away from the battlefield and operate the Golem remotely. But it is still far from the earth, thousands of miles away to control unmanned weapons, and kill the enemy in silence.
If you use Sea Cliff Fort as a base. The Ice Goblins who live underground can manipulate the Ice Golem within a range of up to 10 kilometers. At this distance, even defensive operations are stretched. Unless you wait for the enemy to hit the bottom of the Sea Cliff Fort. Otherwise, the Ice Golem won't be of much use.
Such a powerful weapon, but everywhere is limited by the control distance, and it can't be of great effect, how can Gordon accept it.
If you want to further increase the usable distance of the controls. The cost and time involved. It's just too high. Gordon felt that he would not be able to further improve the remote golem control device unless he had reached the Seven Rings Spell Attainment and became a high-level mage.
So there's another way to increase the Ice Golem's range: build a mobile base of control.
If Gordon had a flying battleship or even a floating city on hand, this qiē would naturally not be a problem. However, those national-level strategic weapons, he naturally cannot possess. But there is one such as Rob. An Imperial first-class battleship like the Antello is also sufficient.
After all, his territory is surrounded by water on three sides, and the combat environment he will face in the future. Most of them will be at sea. So it is perfect to use this battleship as a mobile base.
Gordon spent so much effort and money. Will be the whole Rob. The lower space of the Antello has been completely transformed into a huge ice chamber, not just to store the Ice Golem. The Ice Golem's manipulators, the goblins, can also use this place as a temporary living space when they get on the ship, and take advantage of this extremely cold environment to do some daily maintenance work on the Ice Golem.
If the Ice Golem suffers damage during a battle, it can also be repaired here.
Rob. The Antello is the Sea Base for the Ice Golem to command, store, maintain, and repair.
This concept, similar to an aircraft carrier on Earth. It's just that the ship didn't carry an airplane, but an ice golem.
Due to the advantages of its own material, the Ice Golem can float in seawater. The last time you were on shore against a pirate ship anchored by the Vulture Pirates, you could have the Ice Golem crawl along the seabed with its load. But if you want to fight the enemy's fleet in the open sea, this method will not work.
At a depth of hundreds or thousands of meters, it is simply impossible for the Ice Golem to approach the enemy ship at a high altitude by walking, and then float and board the ship.
Therefore, Gordon had to find a way to improve the Ice Golem's mobility in the water, allowing it to approach enemy ships with agility and speed.
It's as simple as attaching fins to the Ice Golems and letting the goblins control the Ice Golems to swim in the sea the way humans do.
But that's the case, it's still too slow. Therefore, on each Ice Golem, Gordon carved a simple wind attribute magic circle. Quite simply, it is to continuously shoot high air currents backwards to propel the Ice Golem forward through the water.
However, this kind of circle is a one-time one. After using it this time, if you want to continue using it next time, you have to engrave the circle again.
Not only is this a waste of time, but it also consumes a lot of magic materials in the long run. But Gordon can only take this compromise now.
When the Ice Golem has enough to accumulate in the future, Gordon can redesign an Ice Golem that is specifically designed for naval combat. But for now, for the time being, I can only make do with the humanoid golems that were originally only created for ground combat.
Gordon put so much effort into making the Ice Golem have enough degree and flexibility in the water, not so that they could board the pirate ship and fight the enemy hand-to-hand.
Although the Ice Golem's combat power is very strong, it is not very efficient to do so.
Another of Gordon's killer features is Alfrin's Wrath, which is the world of Telos' version of dynamite.
In fact, initially, after strengthening the long-range attack capability of his fleet, Gordon planned to use various ballistas to directly shoot Alvlin's Fury.
He encapsulated these extremely destructive powders into clay pots. Then attach a collision touch circle, which can be used as a new type of ammunition for ballistas. This is much more powerful than traditional stone projectiles.
But considering the accuracy of the ballista, Gordon dismissed the idea. After all, the dynamite of this world. It's not a chemical product that can be produced at will, but an expensive magic-like item.
The cost is too high, even if it is a missed shot, Gordon will feel heartache.
So in the end, he decided to have the Ice Golem carry Alfrin's Wrath and approach the enemy ship directly, mounting it on its hull. Then detonate again.
When approaching enemy ships, the sailors often use common ranged weapons, such as bows, crossbows, javelins, throwing axes, and the like. None of them can deal enough damage to the Ice Golem. Only the high-ranking warriors on board, as well as the mages, were able to threaten the Ice Golem.
But Gordon now has as many as thirty ordinary ice golems in his hands. With the strength of the King of Hyven. There is simply no way to stop these ice golems. Blow out big holes in his battleships one by one.
As the Aldrich fleet approached in a menacing manner, Gordon also left the upper deck and came to the cabin below the battleship. The thirty ice goblins in charge of controlling the Ice Golem all stayed in the lower cabin like an ice cave with a stern expression.
In front of each of them, a small crystal ball was placed to watch the image circle drawn on the golem's eyes, and then direct the golem to act.
These little guys all looked stern. Sitting in front of the crystal ball, he looked nervous before the big war. Her Majesty, who was in charge of them with full authority, was now elevated. flew over lightly.
"Hello host, we are all ready." Ainia whispered.
Gordon was a little curious: "Strange, why are they so honest?" ”
"I'm just telling them that if they can wait quietly and quietly for the battle to come, then after this battle is over, you will prepare a sweet meal for them."
"I see. I'll just say, how can these little guys suddenly be sensible and understand the severity and horror of war? Gordon nodded, "It's not as noisy and annoying as it used to be, but it's pretty good." But Ainia you made that promise to them on my behalf...... I'm afraid you're hungry yourself, aren't you? ”
Seeing Gordon's smiling expression, the dignified and elegant Ice Fairy Queen also blushed and became a little overwhelmed.
"This queen is really simple and cute. If only all the queens of this world were like Ainia. But it's a pity that those women who can stand on the top of a country are probably more powerful than men when they play political conspiracy. Gordon thought to himself.
He waved his hand and said, "Okay, it's not a big deal for girls to be gluttonous at all." Especially those women who are noble and seem to be perfect, if there is such a small shortcoming, it will look even more cute. Rest assured, at the celebration feast, I will make a special dessert for you to enjoy the Queen. ”
Ernia didn't hear what Gordon said later. Her Majesty, the red-faced queen, had only one thought echoing in her mind at this time: "What do his words mean?" Is he complimenting me on my cuteness? ”
This little episode between the two people was not revealed by others. Gordon seized the time and gave the order for the Ice Golem to attack.
The lower cabin, which was supposed to be a paddle cabin, has now been converted into an ice golem's storage room. When the paddle doors on both sides are opened, the height is just above the waterline.
One by one, the ice golems jumped into the sea.
At this time, the king of Hywen, who was about five kilometers away from Gordon's fleet, also saw Rob. This scene on board the Antello. However, at this distance, even the huge Ice Golem can only show a small black dot in the telescope. So Abel . Aldrich only knew that on the giant ship of Gordon, there were one unknown object after another, jumping into the sea.
He told the head of the Straits Mercenary Regiment about the news. Alger is a knight nobleman, but his knowledge of magic is not much better than that of the King of Hyperven. He thought for a moment and said with a smile: "It seems that we have won this battle." Gordon's control over his navy was pitifully weak. Seeing our fleet approaching, the slaves who were paddling in the lower cabins were already frightened and jumped into the sea to flee for their lives. ”
The King of Hyperven laughed dryly. Although, like Alger, remain optimistic. It's a very important thing. But a little bad premonition gradually rose in his heart.
After driving for a while, when the distance between the two sides had narrowed to three thousand meters, Abel suddenly had a very strange thing.
"What the sailors on that ship. All in thick winter coats? Now this season, isn't it uncomfortable for them to dress so thickly? ”
Following the direction pointed by the King of Hyven, Alger also raised his binoculars and looked at Rob. Antelo. He also saw this anomaly. And the sailors on other enemy ships did not have such an unseasonal dress.
"There must be something wrong with this ship!" The King of Hyven became more and more convinced of his guesses.
"So what are we going to do? Stop the offense? Withdraw to Blackiron City? Wait until you slowly figure out what's so weird about that ship before attacking? Alger retorted. In his opinion, the king of Hyperven seemed to have suffered many setbacks. Became suspicious and lost his sharpness.
Their enemy is a mage, the kind of guy who mysteriously plays with arcane energy. There was something out of the ordinary with his ship. It's also normal.
It would be the most stupid thing to mess with yourself for such a small suspicion.
After all, the balance of strength between the two sides is there. Alger didn't believe that the other party could rely on a few spells. to turn the tide of this battle.
It's a pity that Alger didn't know. The real power of a mage is not that he can use a few spells, but that he uses spells and a series of derived means to make targeted arrangements for the current situation.
The King of Hyven was suspicious, but Alger was right on one point. At this point, it was impossible for them to change their plans because of the slightest anomaly revealed by the enemy.
The fleets of both sides continued to move in the opposite direction. The distance is getting closer.
When the King of Hyperven saw that Gordon's fleet seemed to just keep a low course and move slowly towards his own attack. There was no change of formation, no countermeasures, and the sense of uneasiness in my heart gradually dissipated.
"Even if the other party has any tricks, in front of my fleet, it will be useless!"
At this time, the sailor with the rangefinder ran from the bow of the ship to the king of Haiwen: "My lord, a thousand meters away from the enemy fleet!" ”
"Very good, put the sails away, paddle, aim the bow at the enemy, and sprint!" The supreme commander of the fleet, gave the order.
At the same time, Gordon's fleet made a move.
The ballistas mounted on the ship opened fire one after another, sending the stone projectiles weighing 300 kilograms into the sky in a beautiful arc.
However, since 1,000 meters is the ultimate range of these ship ballistas, the accuracy is naturally miserable, and in the first round of salvos, not a single stone was hit. The best result was nothing more than a stone projectile that landed on the port side of the enemy's flagship, the Poseidon Believer, which stirred up a column of water and drenched a few soldiers.
Seeing this scene, the sailors under the command of the King of Haiwen mercilessly booed mockingly.
"Hah! Is that mage really going to defeat us with this weak ranged attack? The confident Strait Mercenary Captain grinned. He was so relaxed that he even had time to take out a box of wax from his pocket and rub it a little more on his head.
Maintaining a shiny and neat shape seemed more important to this knight than this naval battle.
With such a long-range firepower of the enemy, it is a question whether they can sink one of their own ships before engaging in broadside combat. If that Gordon. If Freeman only had this means, then there would be no suspense in this battle.
Unbeknownst to the confident Alger, Gordon did have another option. It's just that at this combat distance, his ice golem is still only cruising around the battleship, and has not attacked.
Because the circles carved into these golems only lasted ten minutes once activated, he had to wait until the enemy's fleet was close enough before attacking.
In addition, a little closer, the ballista hit rate on each battleship will gradually increase. Maybe not to deal a fatal blow to the enemy, but at least to interfere.
Huge stone projectiles that screamed and rained down from the sky, even if they didn't hit their own battleships, would make the sailors turn their attention to these long-range attacks. Then, it will be easier for the Ice Golem to get close to the enemy.
As the distance between the two sides closes even closer. The fleet of the King of Hyperven began to spread out flexibly, dividing into small groups. They are ready to use the tactics of a pack of wolves to concentrate their local superiority and destroy the enemy one by one.
On the other hand, Gordon's fleet was like a big fat man who was unresponsive. There doesn't seem to be much to do about it, other than still attacking enemies with inefficient ranged weapons.
Finally, a 500-ton fast battle ship "Fishman Pioneer" under the command of the King of Haiwen took the lead in entering a distance of 200 meters. The ship's archers had reached the side and pulled the strings, sending a rain of flaming arrows onto one of the battleships on the far right of Gordon's side.
Although each ship was fire-resistant when it left the factory, this only delayed the fire. Fire attack is still the most effective means of naval warfare.
It would be best if a few rounds of dense rockets were lucky enough to set the enemy ship on fire. If you don't do it, that's okay. Take advantage of the chaos of the enemy to extinguish the fire, just take the ship and board the ship, or simply end the battle with a violent ramming.
The captain of the Fishman Pioneer is also a former pirate. Proud of his past identity, he still likes to wear an eye patch despite his eyes intact, and even keeps a parrot as a pet.
The captain, who was addicted to role-playing, watched his battleship approach the enemy at this time, and the sailors on the opposite ship were either scurrying in the rain of arrows, or wolves were fighting the fire everywhere, and his heart suddenly felt a pang of excitement.
"In this naval battle, the honor of sinking the first enemy ship belongs to me!"
But before the confident smile on his face could be fully revealed, he heard the exclamation of his subordinates: "There is something underwater on the side side!" ”
Then, there was a violent explosion. (To be continued......)
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