Chapter 81: Naval Battle (4)
Just when the walnut fleet encountered a three-dimensional siege in the air, on the water, and underwater, the protagonist did not move in [Swamp City].
It's not that he's not in a hurry, it's really powerless.
The defenders of the Walnut Fleet were also able to take advantage of the location of the fleet's ships, and if the defenders in [Swamp City] gave up the cover of the air defense network to fight, they would be put at a considerable disadvantage.
The protagonist himself has been watching the battle from the top of the [Swamp City] ant mound, and seeing that the development of the battle situation and the damage of the battle are still within an acceptable range, he will no longer make any extraneous branches.
As the walnut fleet approached the island where [Swamp City] was located, the defenders on the island were also ready to respond.
At this time, the sun had turned west, the sky was incomparably clear and blue, and before you knew it, the battle had been going on for several hours.
The swampy area is located in the mountainous hills, and there are tall and majestic peaks compared to ants in the east and west, because of the mountains, the sun rises late and the sunset early, and the daylight is relatively short. In this early autumn season, although the autumn equinox has not passed, it is already dusk at about six o'clock.
It was estimated to be around three o'clock in the afternoon, that is, less than three hours before it was completely dark, and the parasitic beasts had to leave—even the daytime parasitic beasts were reluctant to move in the dangerous night.
The Walnut Fleet and [Swamp City] were already within easy reach, and the parasitic beasts could already see that they were tired, but they were still wandering, and they just wouldn't leave the battlefield.
On the defensive side, the ant warriors mostly hide in the safety of the walnut boat and will not be attacked, and the bees can rest on the mast sail and only attack when there is a fight.
And the parasitic dragonflies have been hovering in the air, and their physical exertion is quite large, and now they rarely even do maneuvers such as climbing high and diving, just flying around the walnut fleet over and over again, looking for a trace of fighters in vain.
The two parasitic dragon lice no longer dive underwater to shake the boat, which would have taken a lot of energy. Now they were just lying on a water plant from a distance, with their butts facing the fleet, and from time to time they sprayed a few jet cannons, but to no avail, more like they were helping the Divine King's army wash the ship.
Only the parasitic water spiders were still in spirit, and they always followed the fleet, occasionally running around the water for a while, and then suddenly approached the ship. Even by this time, not a single ant could be seen outside the boat.
Parasitic water spiders will approach and probe into the entrance and exit of the walnut boat with their long tentacles. But as long as the ants inside are found, the parasitic water spiders will bounce away like an electric shock, and will never catch fire.
There seems to be a mysterious connection between parasitic water spiders and parasitic dragon lice. Whenever the parasitic water spider discovers that there are ant warriors in a ship, the parasitic dragon lice will turn the muzzle of the cannon and continuously spray water cannons at the ship, and the frequency of fire will increase dramatically.
At this time, the defenders of [Swamp City] were also ready to attack.
The walnut fleet is less than one meter away from the island in a straight line, and today's wind is intermittent and the wind direction has changed slightly, resulting in the walnut fleet not crossing this short distance for most of the day.
The Divine Envoy King warriors who stayed in the [Swamp City] untied a few knots fixed on the south side of the air defense net, and opened a small opening, and the dozens of surviving flying knights in [Swamp City] flew out from here.
After gathering over the island, the flying knights flew together to the walnut fleet not far away.
The parasitic dragonflies tried to stop them, but they flew slowly when they were exhausted, and the bee flying knights counterattacked in a whole team, and these parasitic dragonflies slipped away, but they refused to go far, and still peeped nearby.
The flying knights who set out from [Swamp City] had their own mission, and they had no intention of pursuing them, and after driving the parasitic dragonflies into the distance, they headed straight for the walnut fleet.
Some of the Bee Flying Knights are tasked with messengers, and they quickly pass on the protagonist's orders to the Flying Knights on the Walnut Ship first, and then brave the threat of water cannons to find the plane to land on the ship and pass it to the Ant Commander.
Soon, the ant messengers climbed out of the safety of the ship, weaving through the boats to deliver orders, even if they were hit by water cannons and fell into the water.
Half of the bees on the ship parted, and they shifted to the north side of the mast or the north side of the walnut ship, and began to flap their wings vigorously - they were pushing the entire fleet closer to [Swamp City].
Since the rope had been untied and cut in the previous battle, the ants on the ship had no time to recover the rope, and the bee "slender men" had no time to re-attach the rope, so they simply changed the pull to push it to power the walnut fleet - only a meter away, and it could be reached in a short time.
The other half of the bees are still on guard against the attack of parasitic dragonflies.
However, the parasitic dragonflies saw that the number of bee colonies had increased again, and although they did not leave, they did not dare to come over easily.
Soon, with a slight shaking, the walnut fleet hit the reef where [Swamp City] was located.
Some of the ants, who had long been prepared, left the ship and, with the rope connecting the ship in their mouths, quickly passed through the holes in the air defense nets and fastened the rope to the shore.
The walnut ship fleet dropped anchor and more and more ropes were attached to the shore.
But at this time, the enemy had not yet withdrawn, and from time to time a water cannon was fired at the ship or the shore, resulting in the large number of troops and supplies on the ship not being able to be unloaded.
The warriors of the King of God took refuge in the cabin again, and the bees retreated into the cover of the mast.
After suffering for a while, I saw that the parasitic war beast that had no advantage to take advantage of finally left, retreating a little earlier than before.
After waiting for a while and confirming that it was safe, the Divine Envoy King's legion finally left the anthill and the cabin, and joined forces in victory.
- I'm the dividing line -
The protagonist meets with the commander of the Walnut Ship fleet, Rambery, who had previously organized the troops to take inventory and unload all the supplies.
According to the Rambery report, the Fifth Legion lost a total of 136 soldiers, 4 flying knights and mounts in today's battle, most of which were casualties caused by the water cannons of parasitic dragon lice falling into the water, and a small number of casualties were lost in air battles. These battle damages are still within the protagonist's acceptable range.
Ramberley also reported that the Walnut Ship Fleet had brought in supplies this time, and there was valuable food, among which Honeydew was something that could not be replenished locally in [Swamp City], although it was not much, but it was enough to supply each commander of the whole army for one or two meals, which helped to maintain the morale of the commanders.
There are also a large number of ropes, building materials, pottery bombs and other materials, many of which cannot be replenished in the swampy area.
Of course, the most important item is the accessories for the two ballistas made by the research team based on the design information package provided by the protagonist.