Chapter Eighty-Nine: Volley

"See that squad of warriors?" I asked Ashuford in one direction.

"Where?"

"Count the third row from the back, the row in front of you."

"See. It felt like their movements were not in harmony with the brigade. Ashford shouted again as soon as he finished speaking. Wait, these are not fighters. That's a mage in disguise. ”

"You've finally found out!"

"But it's normal to mix mages in the warrior formation! Even if the other party asked the mage to change his armor, it was nothing more than an extra layer of cover, right? I've used similar tactics before. ”

"If you pay attention, you'll see what's wrong with what I'm talking about." When Asford heard my words, he immediately looked at it several more times, but in the end he couldn't find anything out of the ordinary. I finally reluctantly reminded him: "Watch those people's weapons." ”

"Weapons? Wait, here's ...... Rune Sword? No, that's the Sword of Power. Those are theocratic priests! Are they going to sΓ©ance? ”

The profession of theocratic priests can be said to be the magic swordsmen among the priests, and their melee attack power may be regarded as the best among the priests. However, compared to ordinary professions, the biggest special feature of theocratic priesthood is that once the number of people in this profession increases, it will become very terrifying, because theocratic priests have a collective skill sΓ©ance. No matter what god is descended, it will not be easy to summon the gods to participate in the battle anyway. There are a lot of expired gods around me, but Ling and Xiao Chun have both had their mana restricted, and if a Dytans like a Dytans suddenly pops up, you can imagine what will happen. Sweeping a thousand armies is nothing more than a flick of a finger for a person like Ditans.

As soon as Ah Xiufu confirmed this situation, he immediately ordered the entourage next to him to find a telescope with a higher magnification, and his purpose was nothing more than to confirm what kind of god symbol was hit on the opponent's earth power sword. Generally speaking, theocratic priests will have special gods to serve, and the gods descended will be different according to the gods they serve, and the specific gods will have a great impact on the subsequent battles.

"I think I've seen that sign." One of Ashford's assistants said suddenly.

"Have you seen it? What kind of divine sign is that? ”

"It's a terrible deity."

"Terrible? How scary can it be? Is it more powerful than the dark lord god Ditans? I couldn't help but ask.

"Nope. Not the same concept. This divine land is definitely inferior to the dark main divine land. The terrifying thing about him is that his skills are very perverted. This guy is the god of feelings. He can seal off all our senses. ”

"Shut off all your senses? Will we become deaf and blind? ”

"It's not all. Affected by divine power, people can't feel it even if they touch the enemy. And there will be no pain. It is not known that it was cut by the enemy. I don't know where the enemy is until I die. You don't even know if you've been attacked. ”

"Damn. Isn't that impossible to fight? ”

"That's not it." This player actually touched a badge from his body. "Actually...... I'm also a believer in the Divine Land of Sensations, so I'm not affected by this spell. ”

"But we're not!" Asford anxiously asked, "Is there any way we can exempt this skill?" ”

"Unless you all join the believers in the God of Sensation at once."

"Is there another way?"

"As far as I know, no." The player replied in the affirmative.

I shook my head. "There must be a way, the problem is that we don't know. There is no invincible existence in "Zero", so there must be a solution. By the way, which camp does this god of feelings belong to? ”

"The God of Sensation is one of the Earthly Gods of the Dark Temple."

"Damn, it's my own person for a long time!" I said to Ashford depressedly: "You don't have to worry about this, I'll take care of it." ”

"Are you sure it's okay?"

"Unless this god of sensations intends to turn his back on the Temple of Darkness and does not intend to join the Temple of Light, he will not want to mix up on either side."

We're talking about it, but the enemy isn't clear what we're thinking. They thought we weren't paying attention to the theocratic priests, so they kept moving forward. Of course, we'll talk about it. Blocking the offensive still cannot be stopped. When the opposing team advanced close enough to the city wall, the team really stopped, and then saw the theocratic sacrifice phalanx in the center of the team suddenly flash, and then all the disguised guys fainted in place.

"Whatever the request for summoning me, as long as the sacrifice is suitable, I will not refuse any request." The huge figure that suddenly appeared in the sky was very shameless and directly asked for the sacrifice.

A theocratic priest who hadn't fainted yet took out a special piece of paper from his body, because it was too far away for me to see what it was. However, the priest quickly held the piece of paper and shouted to the figure in the sky, "Our sacrifice is here, please help us close the feeling of the enemy in front of us." ”

"I accept your request." The god of sensation reached out and with a gesture, the piece of paper flew directly into the palm of his hand. After putting away the strange piece of paper, the god of sensation turned and floated towards the city wall again, but he was stunned for a moment when he flew in front of the wall. "Are you ......?"

"My name is Purple Sun."

"It's really you!" It's a 180-degree turn from the previous attitude towards those theocratic priests, and when I feel like the god is talking to me, the attitude is like a waiter in a five-star hotel, although there is no flattering component, but it can still make you hear very respectful.

I took a few steps forward to the edge of the wall. "How did you get here?"

"Me? …… I was called. These people are my believers. I just sensed their calling. ”

"Oh. That one...... You also saw that the people they summoned you to deal with were actually my people, you see this ......? ”

The god of feeling looked at the believers behind him with some embarrassment, and then looked at me again. "Well, may I ask if you have any information about Lord Ditans?"

"Yes. He also had a part in this war. ”

"Then I didn't say anything." The God of Sensation suddenly turned to his own theocratic priest and said, "How can you summon me to fight against the will of darkness, this is absolutely not allowed. I now deprive you of the right to summon me and seal it forever. ”

The biggest difference between the profession of theocratic priesthood and the general profession is that they rely on divine power to fight, and once the gods they serve give up their protection, then the profession of theocratic priesthood is equivalent to nullification. As soon as the priests heard that the God of Sensation was going to seal their summoning ability, they immediately shouted anxiously. But the god of sensation didn't react at all. Immediately after announcing these decisions, the god of sensation vanished in place.

It was only at this point that Asford came up and said, "How can you scare a god away?" ”

"Let's be clear. It wasn't that I scared him away, it was that he was scared away by the fame of Didtans. I had already greeted Detans before this battle, and Detans had made it clear that he would support us, which means that Detans also has a stake in this war. If this guy messes up the Ditans plan, what do you think he's going to do with Ditans when he goes back? ”

"That's right."

One of the guild members beside Ashford suddenly asked, "But since you can find the gods, why don't you just let him help us in the battle?" ”

"Because of the restrictions." Asford helped me explain: "God can command his armies to intervene directly in some large wars, but they themselves are absolutely not allowed to directly participate in wars. ”

"But didn't their god appear when our guild helped the Frost Rose Alliance fight against the Japanese guild before?"

"That's the god doppelganger, not the god himself, and it seems that the system has different restrictions on the intervention of the gods in various countries. For example, the gods of the indigenous tribes of some small African countries are not even as powerful as the ordinary gods and generals of the Chinese Heavenly Court, but their relative involvement is very high. These gods can even go abroad to fight without restrictions. But those gods who are relatively strong are very restricted. Self-protection is fine, but taking the initiative is not good. I helped explain.

That is to say, regardless of the power of the gods and earths of various countries. In fact, the strength that came out of the final table is actually about the same, right? ”

"That's about it. However, depending on the different experiences gained by players in different countries, this balance may be affected, for example, I personally have a good relationship with the Chinese Heavenly Court, which leads me to apply for the Heavenly Court to intervene in the event that I need to. The intervention of the Heavenly Court will be higher than the normal value, which is the influence of the player on the power of the gods of various countries. ”

"Understood, so what will the Dark Temple Land support look like this time?" The member asked. When he asked, Asford immediately looked at me, waiting for my answer.

"I don't know about that." I'm absolutely telling the truth, when I negotiated with Didans, this guy was just trying to help, but he didn't say exactly what he was going to do, so he didn't know anything else except that he was going to support our war now.

The sudden defection of the god of feeling caused the Anglo-French alliance to be in chaos for a long time, but the commander of the other side showed amazing calmness and reaction speed. Although the heavy shield infantry and sword and shield men that were originally used for cover seemed to have completely lost their meaning, the commander of the opposing side quickly adjusted his strategy to allow these people to turn to cover the real attack. Although these people were only used for cover before, these units with amazing defensive power are indeed very suitable for siege warfare. So a fierce battle for the city wall began again. But these are not the content I want to care about, I have no room to play in the general regular battlefield, even if I can be invincible, but after all, there is more than one section of the city wall, and it is not much of a role for me to block that small area. Besides, Ashford is not short of ordinary troops, and unless there is a particularly strong enemy unit, there is no point in me dispatching.

Probably because there were no special means available, the enemy seemed to be starting to revert to his usual style of play, and I patted Ashuford beside me. "Keep an eye on yourself here."

"You're going to run again?" Asford looked like the boss didn't want to.

"Please. The South Korean side is also disrupted. What's the matter with me staying with you? ”

"Then if something happens, do you want to come back quickly?"

"Don't you have a crystal communicator? If you have something to do, just call me directly, and I will evaluate the situation and decide whether to come over or not. ”

Ashuford was not an unreasonable person, and nodded after listening to my words. "Oh well. But you need to make sure the communication is always on. ”

"Don't worry, if you are unlucky, I will follow you, it is impossible to harm you."

I reluctantly made many reassurances to Ashuford before I proudly left Iron Cross City, and after passing through the teleportation array to the Korean side, I found that this side had just entered the intermission time of the war, and the war in various places seemed to have entered a period of stability. Both sides are hurrying to rest their forces, and there doesn't seem to be anything I need to worry about. I was about to turn around and leave, when I suddenly noticed that King Chuang appeared near the teleportation array, but as soon as I found him, he ran towards me.

"Boss. Top dog. ”

"Why are you running to South Korea if you're not wandering around the sea?"

"Huh? Didn't you call me? ”

"Me? When did I call you? ”

"But the Strategic Command said something was looking for me?"

"I'm not alone in the command!"

"That's right. Then you can help me ask what the rose is? The Steward should know, right? ”

"Wait." I turned the Ring of Love and connected to the Ring of Love of the Rose. "Wife. Which of you is looking for the king? ”

"That idiot is there for you?" The voice of the rose can be described as angry. It looks like he's going to catch King Chuang and eat meat!

When King Chuang heard Roseland's unkind tone, he hurriedly squeezed in front of the floating picture and asked, "Eldest sister, why did I offend you?" ”

"You idiot, I said something was notified to you, why did you just run away?"

"Didn't I come for you?"

"Who told you to come to us? Can't you say it in the crystal communicator? ”

"But I thought ......"

Rose didn't give King Chuang a chance to defend at all, so she directly interrupted: "Okay, okay." Now we won't discuss this. Listen, there's the latest news here. The Japanese have just assembled a large fleet ......"

Before Rose could finish speaking, King Chuang preemptively asked. "Where did the Japanese get their fleet? Didn't we sink their new Third Fleet just a few days ago? Why did another one pop up? ”

"Japan's shipbuilding industry has always been very developed, not to mention that they are now desperate to throw money into it. You also know the game "Zero" that money can be directly exchanged for huΓ n into strength, and in the end, it is still the economy. Although we have sunk a lot of ships, the enemy's construction speed has not slowed down, and it is not impossible to form a fleet again in a short time. Why do you ask so much? ”

"Okay, okay, count me too much. You go on, you go on. ”

"Listen, the Japanese fleet has escorted a large group of transports this time, and your mission is to take out this fleet. Absolutely no enemy should be allowed to leave the Japanese mainland by water. ”

"As long as the enemy's fleet position can be found, I believe that interception is not too much of a problem."

Rose found that King Chuang was a little light, and immediately warned him sternly: "Don't underestimate the Japanese fleet, although they were beaten badly before, the technology of the new fleet is the latest, and the combat effectiveness is not the same as those old warships." This time, the troop carriers are loaded with NPC troops to support those pro-Japanese Korean forces, the number is quite large, once they successfully land, we will become very passive, so you must not have problems on your side, otherwise you will not be enough to compensate even if you commit suicide! ”

"Of course, I know that. In short, the key problem is to find the enemy's fleet. As you know, the sea is so big, and the warships are not civilian ships, and they will not take a fixed route in a warring state, so it is really not easy for us to find them in the vast sea! I can't afford to let them slip through the middle! ”

"We'll use Babelta and the Vast Sky Mirror to help you see the enemy's position, by the way, Zi Sun, will you come along?"

"What am I going to do?" I looked at the rose suspiciously.

"According to our spies, there is a secret weapon hidden in the Japanese fleet, and according to our analysis, there is a very high probability that this secret weapon is a powerful creature. The combat effectiveness of the battleship group against the monsters is not very good, and it depends on you at this time. ”

"Okay then."

Seeing that we seemed to be finished, King Chuang hurriedly asked, "Is the enemy going to sea now?" ”

"Of course, why am I in a hurry to find you?"

When King Chuang heard this, he immediately said anxiously: "Then we have to hurry up, otherwise it will be difficult to fight once the islands in the deep sea area become larger!" ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I have already ordered the fleet to go to sea."

"And what about the two of us?"

"Is your spear a nice place?"

"Oh. Minions that I don't often use at sea, I forgot about them! ”

After cutting off contact, the two of us rode together on our land and chased the bird in the direction of the fleet, after all, the bird is an evolved creature of the spear, and its speed is much faster than the normal spear. Although the fleet was transferred out immediately after King Chuang left. But compared to the birds flying in the sky, the speed of the ship is really negligible. We flew for only ten minutes before catching up with the huge fleet that was advancing at high speed towards Japan.

A long way from the fleet, I saw the flagship command flag of the Eternity raised high, and near the flagpole was a large black dot. And King Chuang and I both know that each black dot represents a battleship of no small tonnage, because this ship below 10,000 tons can't even be seen. "How many fleets are we?" I asked casually.

When King Chuang heard this, he was immediately displeased. "Boss, you don't care too much about our navy, you can't even recognize our own fleet."

"Please, such a big guild is full of things, don't you want me to be tired to death?"

King Chuang thought about it and seemed to feel that I seemed to be busy more than I was free, so he didn't say anything anymore and replied directly: "This is the first fleet, that is, the home fleet. It is responsible for the affairs of China's coastal waters and Japan and South Korea, and the number of ships itself is also the largest, but the tonnage of the ships is not very large. However, the Eternity is not a ship of the home fleet. It's just that I recently returned to Hong Kong to change clothes, and by the way, I went out to run a lap as a sea trial, and if there is no problem after this battle, I will return to Hong Kong to replenish ammunition and then return to the Pacific Fleet. ”

I nodded and looked at the huge fleet in front of me, it is true that there are many ships as King Chuang said, but there are very few large ships. King Chuang pointed to the ships and introduced me: "Since the Japanese and Korean warships were almost wiped out by our guild before, the naval strength has plummeted, and it can be said that there is no decent fleet in Asia. Under such a premise, there is no need for us to keep the main warships on the mainland, which is why the number of large capital ships in the home fleet is scarce. However, although Japan and South Korea did not have any large ships, there were many small ships, and because they could not compete with our fleet head-on. So they all began to engage in maritime guerrilla warfare, each time a large number of small fleets were making trouble, in desperation we could only increase the number of warships of the home fleet, so that even if the forces were dispersed, we could still ensure absolute firepower superiority in local areas, but after coming and going, so many small and medium-sized warships were made, and now I think about it, it is really terrifying! ”

"Anyway, I don't want you to spend money, what are you worried about?"

"Hehe, I'm just sighing!" King Chuang suddenly pointed down and shouted, "Go down, we're going to fly!" ”

"Oh."

The bird was directly taken back to the phoenix dragon space by me. Then I spread my wings in mid-air, grabbed the King, and slowly glided down, landing steadily on the bridge of the Eternity. The commanders inside the bridge immediately rushed out, and after greeting me one after another, they dragged King Chuang to the chart and began to talk about the layout of the naval battle. Speaking of which, I was basically a layman, so I didn't understand it when I stood on the side, but in the end I heard something I could help the fleet to scout.

When it comes to scouting, there is naturally nothing more suitable than my ghost bugs, these guys themselves can be nihilistic, first, they are well concealed, second, they are not afraid of water, and the most important thing is that these guys can stay empty for a long time, and the number is super large. It is completely capable of shouldering the duty of large-scale battlefield reconnaissance. After I have taken over the defense and reconnaissance of the area near the fleet, King Chuang can safely send all the leading ships to search for traces of the enemy. In this way, our search range has been greatly improved.

After more than three hours of boring sailing on the boat, we suddenly noticed a large rain cloud in front of us at dawn. The weather conditions in this sea area, which is surrounded by China, Japan and South Korea, are notoriously good. Unless you enter the storm belt, it is unlikely that you will encounter bad weather. Generally speaking, the first strategy we will consider when encountering such a situation is to avoid it, not that the fleet cannot pass through the thunderstorm area, but that it is not necessary. It's like you know you can break the plank with your fist, but no one is going to hit the plank when they're fine, right? Today, however, things are a little different.

One of the fleet commanders looked at me and asked, "Boss." Can't we get into this rainy area? ”

"Then you still need to ask?" I asked rhetorically. At this kind of war moment, nothing can be considered according to the normal situation, just like the tank will ignore the traffic light during the war, and at this moment, if the enemy runs over in the ** area, it must be chaotic.

King Chuang is much more fierce than me, and he directly slapped that member. "Are you stupid? What kind of thunderstorm area do you hide in at this time? The herald ordered the fleet to keep course, and let all the people on deck enter the cabin. Don't leave anyone outside. ”

"Yes."

Speaking of the tonnage of ships of the Home Fleet, it is not large, but it is relative to the Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet, in fact, our ships are still very small, and the general wind and waves have no effect on us at all. As the fleet gradually sailed into the ** area, the sky became noticeably darker. It was supposed to be early in the morning, and we should have seen it get brighter and brighter, but the rain clouds had obscured the sun, and it was almost like night, and there was little light except for the occasional thunder and lightning in the distant sky. The instrument lights had to be turned on in the bridge to continue the operation.

As the fleet continued to deepen, the wind and waves began to become bigger and bigger, and the anemometer on the bow of the ship rotated wildly in the wind, and the huge wave head threw the battleship of more than 100,000 tons into the air and buried it in the water. The pitch angle of the nearly 500-meter-long warship can reach more than 20 degrees, and even some people who often go to sea are shaken and begin to suffer from seasickness.

"He's ***, what the hell is this weather!" King Chuang held on to the handrail in the bridge and shouted to the seamen in front of him: "Turn on the wipers, I can't see anything here!" ”

"Captain, isn't it normal for the wind and waves to be big?" The seafarer asked aloud as he turned on the wipers in the observation window.

"The devil knows what's going on, anyway, we just have to rush forward, as long as we can find the little devil, it's worth it."

"But under such wind and waves, the fleet can't aim at all!"

King Chuang scolded loudly: "I made a package ticket, do you want me to be scolded to death by the Rose Manager?" ”

"But ......"

As soon as King Chuang was about to speak, I immediately interrupted him and said, "Don't shout nonsense, you really can't attack in this weather." But even if we encounter the Japanese warships, we are not completely out of the way to fight, at least we still have underwater forces, right? If you really can't do underwater blasting, a battleship built under this kind of wind and waves can't run fast, can it? ”

"That's right." As soon as Chuang Wang finished speaking, the communication machine in the cabin suddenly sounded Didi's prompt. "What's the situation?" King Chuang stepped next to the communicator.

"The No. 813 pilot ship found that the shadow of the ship is located in the 875 sea area, and the current course is 180 and the speed is 14."

"Command."

"Yes."

"The No. 813 lead ship approached to reconnoitre, and the nearby lead ship contracted the encirclement to find out the number of enemies and the fleet establishment."

"Command to be issued."

After King Chuang's order, the first mate immediately reported: "Captain, the relative position of the enemy fleet has been calculated. ”

"Turn now."

"Yes." The first mate immediately shouted to the helmsman, "Turn to three-two-eight, full speed." ”

King Chuang ran to the chart and looked at the first officer's drawing of the ground before exclaiming, "Whew, it's dangerous." It almost slipped past, this damn storm! ”

The steering of the whole fleet is not as simple as the car turning, because of the storm, the battleships in the fleet do not dare to get too close to each other, so the final steering process took more than half an hour to be completely completed, but fortunately, we and the enemy are not far away, mainly because the line of sight is not good, so they have not found each other.

"Pilot ship report." The report that the fleet had just completed turning to the lead ship also came back.

"Read."

"Our lead ship formation has surrounded the enemy fleet, and the other side has spotted our fleet, but it has not made any action at present. The number of enemy fleets was three hundred and seventy-four plus seven thousand. ”

"What? The Japanese have so many transports? ”

The addition of more and more means the addition of combat and non-combat vessels, so that the report can report the total number and the number of ships of each type at once. More than three hundred battleships is not much for us. Because we have more warships than that. But the more than 7,000 non-combat ships on the ground are a little too scary. Such a large fleet, even if it is accompanied by small transport ships, the number of people on the ground will be absolutely terrifying, not to mention that under such wind and waves, too small ships will not be able to move forward at all. So it is certain that these ships are absolutely at least medium-sized ships.

A staff officer suddenly asked, "Do you think it's possible that the enemy used illusion-like abilities to create some fake ships?" I always felt that 7,000 was too much. ”

"I don't think so." I stood up and said, "There has been a noticeable increase in the amount of investment by the Japanese recently. Plus the transport ship itself is not as expensive as a battleship, so a little more is understandable. On the European side, the Anglo-French alliance invested more than 100 million troops at one time in order to encircle and annihilate the Iron Cross Army, and even if there are not so many on the Japanese side, 70 million or 80 million still have land, right? You all know the transportation capacity of the teleportation array, and some high-level troops can make do. If we were to transport seventy or eighty million troops at a time, the Japanese themselves would have gone bankrupt without us fighting, so they could only use sea transportation. ”

"If you need to transport 180 million soldiers, then 7,000 transport ships is not a big number. Generally speaking, the materials corresponding to a soldier actually occupy more than this person, so the transportation volume of 70 or 80 million soldiers is basically equal to the transportation of 15,000 people, even if the 7,000 transport ships this time are all large ships with more than 5,000 people, they have to run back and forth several times. In this way, it is not surprising that 7,000 ships were shipped. ”

After listening to King Chuang's addition, everyone nodded, and it is understandable that the other party should prepare more ships for such a large transportation volume.

"Captain." The correspondent suddenly shouted again.

"What's wrong?"

"The pilot ship said that the enemy's warships had moved." "Is there a war?"

"Not yet. However, the enemy's warships are moving outward from the convoy, and it seems that they are intended to threaten our lead ships. ”

"Order the leading ships to remain violent, and not to make contact with the enemy until the team arrives."

"Understood."

Accompanied by the fleet turn to complete. We continued sailing for more than thirty minutes and finally came to contact distance. Everyone on the bridge was looking around for signs of the enemy ships, but the darkness and the dense rain affected the line of sight, and even the huge observation camera above our heads couldn't see anything.

"Hell, according to the lead ship, we should be very close!"

"Don't relax, the enemy is nearby, it must be blocked by the rain curtain, we can ...... at any time Wait, the enemy is on our side! King Chuang suddenly screamed as he spoke, and we swirled along his fingers. Even the huge sight glass, located at the top of the battleship, immediately turned in that direction.

Before, the leading ship reported the general area and course of the enemy, and then our course was calculated by the first mate according to the relative speed and distance between the enemy and us. The speed of the ships on both sides was not quite correct, and the wind and waves caused us to deviate from the course of both sides, so that the enemy actually passed us and ran to our flank. Just now, because a bright lightning bolt happened to appear above the enemy's fleet, with the help of that sudden flash, the king happened to see several ships in the enemy's fleet near the periphery.

Our warships were equipped with ultra-long-range viewing glasses, but they still failed to detect the enemy, and it was impossible for the Japanese fleet to see our land. However, since they discovered the lead ship, they naturally knew that we were nearby, and they were just not sure of our specific location. Now that we spot the enemy first, it means that we can change our formation first and seize the advantageous position, so that we can carry out a surprise attack.

"Left full rudder. All ships are on Combat Alert of the first level. ”

The whole fleet suddenly made a sharp turn to the left in the wind and rain, and the main turrets of the battleships began to turn and aim their guns in the direction of the enemy. The whole fleet was like a pack of wolves hiding in the grass, silently surrounding their prey in the dark, and it was the last pounce.

"Accelerate and speed up, give me a top to the front." King Chuang shouted at the engineer. "Where's the gun emplacement! Fill my entire gun with high-explosive armor-piercing shells. ”

"Captain, the high-explosive armor-piercing shells have been loaded, but now the ship is shaking too much, we ......!"

"It doesn't matter, we have a lot of boats. Shoot with cover. Although he couldn't hit his target, he shot a flock of birds indiscriminately. There will always be a middle earth. ”

"But isn't that a waste of shells?" "I'm ......!"

As soon as King Chuang shouted a word, I held him down. "First mate."

"Yes."

"Tell the ships to look for a precision support mage on their ship to the main turret to assist in firing."

"Huh?" The first mate was stunned for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "You mean to let the mages cast precision spells on the cannonballs?" ”

"Any questions?"

"Can precision be useful against shells?"

"Nonsense, why didn't I let them go?"

"Yes. Immediately send the order. ”

There have always been few people in the bank, so there are mostly NPCs operating on the battleships, and even the captain of some ships is an NPC, but there are always a few of these people who can assist in spell lands, although the number is insufficient, but I believe that it is okay to only take care of the main turret. Anyway, a ship has a maximum of five main shells, and a small ship even has only two main turrets, so how can there be thousands of people on a battleship who can't even make up five auxiliary mages, right?

Although the sudden discovery of the enemy caused a little confusion in our formation, fortunately, our fleet cooperated for a long time, and finally completed the encirclement. King Chuang took out a headset and handed it to me. I quickly slipped it on my head. It will soon be in a state of shelling, although we are inside the bridge, but the shock wave from the shelling can definitely shock the ears of ordinary people to the point of deafness. So it's important to use headphones for some protection.

"Report on the status of the detachments." "The first squadron is ready."

"The second squadron is ready."

"The Eighteenth Squadron is ready to be completed"

After hearing the report, the first mate immediately turned around and said, "The fleets are already in place. ”

King Chuang looked at the clock on the wall and said: "Start coordinating the time of the shelling, cover the shooting after thirty seconds, hit the transport ship first, and leave the battleship alone as long as the enemy does not rush over." ”

"Understood, cover the shot after thirty seconds, hit the transport ship first."

"The last twenty seconds are right."

"The last ten seconds are right."

Three, open fire, fire. ”

Rumble. With the fiery muzzle flame, the huge hull of the Eternal shook violently, and then I saw the nearby battleships light up with large or small orange-red flames almost at the same time, and less than five seconds later, I saw a huge fireball suddenly rise in the Japanese fleet on the opposite side. An unlucky transport ship was directly hit by the front main gun of the Eternity, and the huge explosive force sent the whole ship from the middle of the one or two sections, and the hull fragments flew up to a height of several hundred meters, and the nearby transport ships began to avoid it as if they were frightened, but the raindrops of cannonballs followed, accompanied by a large number of shells that fell into the sea, and occasionally a few ships burst into huge fire balls, obviously the targets that hit the target were basically cannonballs fired by the main guns assisted by mages, and the common feature of these shells was that they were powerful enough, No matter what transport ship is, it will basically die if it is touched.

"The pilot ship reports. The hit rate is less than 10%. The second mate's report made King Chuang's mood lower again, but compared to King Chuang's mood, the Japanese mood was even worse.

In fact, people's thoughts and ideas change according to their own position, which is like the attacker killing ten people on the other side and feeling that the results of the battle are too small, and the attacking side killing ten people feels that the damage is too great, in fact, it is caused by the idea that people do not want to be damaged and want the enemy to be injured. The Japanese are now immersed in such thoughts, and in the first round of shelling, they lost a whole hundred transport ships, although it is nothing compared to the total number of more than 7,000 ships, but after all, it is their own ship, and even if it sinks, it is very distressing. What's more, there are thousands of troops and supplies on board!

"Enemies. There are enemies everywhere. The first mate on the flagship of the Japanese fleet was shouting in a panic. We are already surrounded. ”

"I knew that the Chinese would not let us transport troops with peace of mind." A Japanese player, who had been sitting next to the captain, suddenly said, "You guys take it first, if you really can't do it, I'll ask that big man for help." Although that price is a bit bigger. But it's better than annihilation! ”

The captain also nodded, "We'll try our best, I hope we won't need that evil star!" ”

With the end of the first round of shelling, the shelling on our side began to enter the stage of disorderly and indiscriminate fire, but the effect was not satisfactory, and the enemy's ground fleet was full of half-sky-high water columns, but few battleships were shot. The harsh sea conditions affected the effectiveness of the shelling. The dense shells were almost all fired into the sea.

"Is there any mistake, what kind of hit rate is this?" King Chuang looked at the dense muzzle flames here and the few fires on the opposite side, and finally couldn't help it.

"Captain, we have already said that such sea conditions ......!"

King Chuang stretched out his hand to stop the first mate's words. "Ordered the fleet to abandon the formation, bring me closer to the enemy ships, and hit me close if I missed the battle. You put the barrel of the gun directly on the little Japanese battleship and fired it, and I don't think it hits. ”

"This ......!"

"Do it." I helped King Chuang make a decision. "That's the only way to do it at the moment. Let these Japanese troops land on us to lose even more, and it is worth sinking a few ships now. ”

"Yes." The first mate immediately ran to give the order. After receiving the order from our side, the fleet immediately dispersed and began to hunt separately, and the huge group of warships this time was completely turned into a wolf pack, and the ordinary rules of naval warfare were not used here at all. It is useless to grab the T-shaped array and maintain the range advantage. The hit rate in such sea conditions all depends on the character of the gunner, it is luck to hit, and it is normal to miss it. I really can't think of any other way than to shoot at close range. Of course, if we have enough shells to cover each enemy ship and shell it, it will be possible to destroy the enemy ship from a distance, but with so much money to buy shells, I might as well buy more heavenly soldiers and wait for the Japanese to come ashore and start a decisive battle with them.

Now that our battleship formation was suddenly in disarray, the Japanese were at first very happy, thinking that their evasive maneuvers had worked, but soon they discovered our intentions. Close shooting is arguably the most untechnical thing, purely fighting for firepower and armor. The ship's ability to maneuver at this distance basically doesn't make much sense, anyway, no matter how fast you are, you can't turn the turret faster than the enemy, and if the distance is long, you can also use the angle difference and time difference to avoid the shells. But there is no point in circumventing it at close range. Many captains call this kind of behavior of sticking warships together to bombard each other as a rogue fight, although this is not necessarily true, but it also shows from the side how unpopular this method of warfare is, and it can be said that no one will consider close combat if they can not do it.

As a repair ship of the Pacific Fleet, the Eternity is characterized by thick armor, large caliber and complete equipment compared to other ships of the Home Fleet. Due to the exaggerated armor, King Chuang did not let the Eternity shrink behind, but took advantage of the Eternity's rough skin and thick flesh to rush all the way to the Japanese fleet.

"Free firing at all gun positions." In this kind of melee, there is no way to command the running battle, and King Chuang simply delegated his authority to let each gun position find a convenient target for him, anyway, the nearest battleship is less than two kilometers away. This distance is basically a bayonet fight for the cannon of the Eternity, and no matter what ship rubs it, it is a big hole.

"Be careful." One of the crew members pushed King Chuang to the ground, and then the battleship shook violently, and I almost fell to the ground with a huge roar. The portholes of the bridge burst almost entirely, and the shock wave swept the ground charts on the command platform everywhere.

"Shit, which bastard shoots the ground cannon? It's so accurate! King Chuang scolded and got up from the ground.

The first mate reported with some embarrassment: "That...... It's like a ship of fur seals! ”

"What? What is that idiot beating us for? "The Seadog is one of the more well-known players in the Home Fleet, and he is now in command of the second largest ship in the fleet after the Eternal.

The first mate heard King Chuang's question and hurriedly said: "The fur seals hit an enemy ship on our side, but their ship happened to be lifted up by the waves when they opened fire, and as a result, the cannonball flew over the top of the target and hit us. ”

"Is that okay? What about the damage? ”

"The shell hit the side of the bridge and blew up the spare bridge. Thankfully, there's no one inside. And it does not affect the operation. ”

"I'll have to kick him when I go back!" King Chuang stood on the command seat and ordered the first officer: "Speed up, let's rush to the front." As far as possible, we used the enemy's transport ships as cover for us, and we went to play guerrilla warfare with the Japanese. ”

"Yes."

The order to break into the king's land was quickly conveyed. I thought this method was good, so I asked King Chuang to inform the other warships by the way, so the ships of this fleet began to accelerate to attack the enemy fleet, and soon rushed together with the battleships rushing in front of the opponent.

Eternity rushed to the front of the entire fleet because of its first acceleration and its own speed, and the fastest on the Japanese side was an unknown battleship. We began to bombard each other from a long distance, but unfortunately the wind and waves were too strong, and the bow of the ship could not be shot at full speed. The main gun in front of the first cannon barely fired two shots, and when the first gun fired, the bow of the ship just past the apex began to fall downward, and as a result, the shells smothered directly into the bottom of the sea, and had no effect at all except to kill a large school of fish. The other shell was even more outrageous, as the bow of the ship hit the wave and rose violently, as a result of which the shell flew over the entire enemy fleet in one go, seriously injuring one of our own leading reconnaissance ships that was following the enemy.

We didn't dare to fire any more indiscriminately when we wounded our own ship, and the battleship rushed all the way to a distance of less than a kilometer before resuming the shelling. The battleships of small Japan came up with a salvo, and the target was naturally us who rushed to the front, but unfortunately the waves did not recognize people. We can't hit them accurately, the shell enclave is everywhere, the error between the front and the rear can be more than 10 kilometers, but due to the high density of the shelling, there are still two hits, but those two are small artillery shells, one hit the bow of the ship, except for blowing off the railing, and the other hit the ammunition depot. As a result, he didn't get in and slid along the armor. "Okay, the distance is almost up, order each gun door to be loaded with shock bombs."

"Concussion bombs?" The first mate was stunned for a moment, and then began to give orders.

This so-called concussion bomb is a kind of shell that simply pursues the blasting effect, its armor-piercing ability is very poor, but the explosion power is very strong, if it hits the general wood-hulled battleship, it can definitely blow the entire ship into pieces of wood with one shot, but the armor-piercing ability at such a close distance is really worthless, with the power of the Eternity's artillery at such a close distance, as long as it is not a super strategic ship, it will definitely be able to hit it, if you still use armor-piercing shells now, it will not necessarily pierce several ships with one shot.

The Eternity and the Japanese battleships are now facing each other head-on. The relative speed was naturally quite high, and the Japanese also knew that the Eternity was relatively large, so it was naturally impossible to collide with him head-on, so they naturally got out of the way. The distance of one kilometer was quickly run by the two sides, the three forward turrets of the Eternity pointed forward, the second and third pointed to the left and right, when the Eternity and the Japanese battleship passed by, the three turrets opened fire almost at the same time, and the bow of the battleship passing by on the left and right sides of the Eternity sank sharply downward, followed by the entire stern of the ship. The shelling just now directly knocked off the bow of the opponent's ship. The sheer speed caused the sea water to rush directly into the hull. In the end, the hull of the guide zhì went straight to the bottom of the water.

The Eternal did not slow down and continued to move forward, but the front main gun was slower to reload. Soon passed by the battleship behind, and the other party also began to carry out intensive artillery bombardment of the Eternity, and the armor of the Eternity could not be said to block anything at such a close distance, and the dense explosion exploded almost all the way from the bow to the stern, but fortunately, there were not many shells that successfully penetrated the armor layer, although a few small holes were opened in the ship to not affect the navigation.

After rushing through the first array, the Eternity continued to assault, each cannon began to shoot on its own, and the nearby Japanese battleships also began to bombard the Eternity frantically, and for a moment the shells flew sideways, and the whole ship trembled, but it still maintained a high speed all the way forward.

"Captain, the enemy ship is turning the rudder." The first mate suddenly pointed to a Japanese battleship in front of him and shouted. I saw that the battleship was not small, and it was actually on the path of the Eternity, and it was aimed at the Eternity, at this angle, only the three main turrets in front of the Eternity and a small number of secondary guns could bombard the opponent, and more than half of the opponent's guns could bombard the Eternity.

Almost as soon as he saw the other party's rudder turn, King Chuang shouted: "Lie down!" ”

Boom Boom Boom ...... The dense explosion accompanied by high-temperature flames instantly filled the entire bridge, and the other party actually used high-explosive incendiary bombs to directly bombard the bridge of the Eternity, which was really vicious, but we were lucky, the automatic fire extinguishing system of the Eternity was activated immediately, and the flames in the cabin were instantly extinguished, but the temperature on the deck was still a little high.

". It's really ruthless! King Chuang commanded loudly while pulling down the glass shards on his body: "Open the protective cover of the magic light cannon and cut it open for me." ”

The hemispherical shield of the Eternal Magic Light Cannon slowly slid to the sides, and a crystal cannon barrel immediately stretched out. The Japanese warships on the other side had seen it, and they did know what it was, but it was too close. The Eternity itself was larger than the opponent's ship, and the Magic Light Cannon was on the highest point on the Eternity, so the Japanese battleship had no way to aim at that position. With the maximum elevation angle of their guns, they can hit our bridge, and no matter how high they are, there is no way.

With the charge of the magic light cannon, the crystal tube began to get brighter and brighter, and after a few seconds, it was no longer possible to look directly with the naked eye. The Eternity rushed all the way to a distance of a few hundred meters from the opponent under the enemy's artillery fire, and suddenly shot a dazzling white light from the magic light cannon. The pillar of white light shone directly on the waterline of the opposing battleship on the side of the Eternity, and then began to move forward and cut across the bridge. After completing this action, the magic light cannon was immediately included in the turret, and the spherical protective shield was immediately closed to protect the magic light cannon.

Before the crew on the ground of the battleship, which had just been swept away by the magic light cannon, had not yet reacted from their panic, they discovered something even more terrifying. The Eternity, which had no intention of slowing down, actually rushed towards the position on their battleship that had just been swept by the magic light cannon. Just now, the magic light cannon has cut the part above the hull line in half, but since it is still connected below the waterline, the ship has not yet broken. However, since the hull was actually incomplete, its structural strength naturally decreased significantly, and the Eternity crashed into it at full speed, and the result can be imagined.

With a loud bang, the sharp collision angle in front of the Eternity directly ** the middle of the opponent's hull. The other party was pushed sideways more than ten meters away because of the huge impact, and the Eternity also paused, but the engine room of the Eternity was not closed, and the battleship was still rushing forward at full power, with a huge metal twisting sound. The opponent's battleship was finally cut in two from the middle, but due to the huge inertia, the battleship that had been broken in two was still pushed by the Eternity and rushed out of a few hundred meters before it began to sink. The Japanese crew who fell into the water did not have time to swim away before they were swallowed up by the huge whirlpool brought up by the Eternity, and no one on board was spared.

After smashing a battleship, the Eternity continued to move forward, and the Japanese battleships in front of it began to shoot frantically, but the effect was still not very good. Even if it was so close, the armor of the Eternity was still too thick for them.

The artillery battle heated up after the Eternity burst into the opposing battleship group, and the warships of both sides mixed together and began to fire desperately, while the Japanese transports had already begun to maneuver to the sides. Their plan is obvious, that is, to avoid the war zone as far as possible. Although the transport ship is not completely unarmed, after all, there are too many NPC soldiers on the ship, even if it is exchanged with our ship, the loss is inevitably too great, not to mention that a large number of transport ships can be dealt with in an instant with the firepower of the battleship.

This guy went crazy as soon as he fought, and now he was standing in the command position, pointing to a large Japanese battleship in front of him and shouting: "The Japanese flagship is there, rush up and sink it for me." ”

The first mate quickly reported the order to the engine room and the helmsman, and the Eternity straightened course a little before rushing towards the Japanese flagship. Of course, the Japanese also noticed us at the same time. The size of the Eternity is so attractive.

"Stop it. Don't let that big guy rush over. "The commander of the fleet inside the bridge of the Japanese flagship was shouting loudly. Not because of panic. It's because the constant sound of explosions has dulled their ears. Just as we were under the priority care of the Japanese, the Japanese flagship was also our priority target. So all its occupants were shocked and had some tinnitus.

While the Japanese frantically intercepted us, we also noticed a significant increase in pressure, although we had the advantage in the total number of warships and the tonnage of a single ship, but the problem was that the Eternity was too deep and too far ahead, and at this time there were enemy ships nearby, and in such a situation, it was really dangerous to rush forward with the firepower of a warship of about the same tonnage as ourselves.

"King Chuang."

"What's the matter?" When King Chuang heard my voice, he immediately turned his head to look at me.

I got up from my seat and patted the metal shards on my body. "Keep course."

"But that's the flagship of the Japanese, as long as you sink it, the Japanese command will be confused, and then it will be much easier for us to hunt troop carriers."

"Of course I know that, but as you can see, we can't rush to the front. The enemy is without a command and we are gone, and I don't think it's worth trading the Eternity for that broken ship. ”

"So we're going to leave it alone?"

"Of course not. You go ahead and slaughter the troop carriers as originally planned, as for the flagship of the Japanese...... I'll take care of it. ”

"You're going to do a solo attack?"

"Special attack? Don't say it's the same as the suicide attacks of the Japanese! I'm just going to play on their boat and see if I can take advantage of it. You play yours, it's up here. After I finished speaking, I jumped out of the window without waiting for King Chuang to continue. To be honest, being stuffed on a ship is simply a waste of human resources. I'm a high-end being, sitting on a boat, one can't command, and the other can't help, so what's the use of standing like a bodhisattva? It's better to go down and have fun. To be honest, I think I can sink a ship with my destructive power. At least the battleship's main guns will definitely not hit me.

Since I have already left King Chuang, I can't say anything, although the general is not subject to the military order outside, but he is not outside, I issued a direct order in front of him, not to mention that I did not interfere with his overall plan, just stopped a small tactic, if he dares to disobey the order, then he must be ready to be the commander of the infantry when he goes back.

King Chuang here has finally made up his mind to continue to rush forward and ignore the Japanese flagship, and I have already jumped into the sea over there. As soon as I jumped off the bridge, I spread my wings and glided for a short while, then folded my wings on the surface and plunged headlong into the dark waters. Compared to the surface of the sea, the waves under the surface of the water are not much smaller. I summoned the steel claws and rolled over and climbed up, this guy was much faster underwater than me.

Like torpedoes, the two of us quickly approached the Japanese flagship under the water, and the nearby waters were not calm, and there was the sound of explosions of close shells falling into the water everywhere. I basically can't dodge this kind of shell, and I don't need to dodge, and I usually won't be hit unless my character is too bad.

Soon I discovered the bottom of the Japanese flagship, and although the hull was not easy to identify from underwater, it was the largest in the vicinity, and this feature was quite obvious. I quickly pressed the steel claws to the bottom of the other party's boat, then retracted the steel claws and drew the eternal sword and stabbed it into the hull. The Eternal Sword was like cutting tofu at the bottom of the ship, and then I began to pull Eternity hard to cut a round hole and follow the sea water into it, but I was stunned when I entered the cabin.