Chapter 79: Naval Battle (2)
The first to attack the walnut fleet were the parasitic water spiders that roamed first.
They circled around the walnut fleet, trying to find a breakthrough, but they were timid by nature, and after encountering the counterattack of the stone, they immediately kicked hard and fled far away, not daring to lean in close combat.
But these parasitic water spiders are not willing to leave and have been wandering, waiting for an opportunity to suck ants alive as soon as they fall into the water.
In the air, the parasitic dragonflies came quickly, and with just one wing, they arrived at the battlefield a few meters away, revealing their hideous jaws to the warriors of the Divine Envoy King.
The first to engage are the bee flying knights who have just taken off, these bees are roped to the walnut boat because they need to pull fibers, and their range of movement is limited. But under the manipulation of the flying knights, and the nature of the bees to huddle, these hundreds of bees are tightly packed together, like moving black clouds, and they look extremely difficult to mess with.
There are only nine parasitic dragonflies, and they do not deter the swarm in front of them, and still use the tactics they are good at, climbing high and then accelerating and diving, trying to break up the team of bees before attacking.
This tactic worked well in the previous battle at the bridgehead, when the Bee Riders were divided into squads, each of which numbered no more than ten bees, which were easily broken up and defeated.
But there were more dragonflies and fewer bees that day, but today it is the opposite, and today's battlefield has greatly reduced the impact of parasitic dragonflies.
The bees are more numerous this time, hundreds of them are huddled together, and it is not easy for parasitic dragonflies to break away, these bees themselves are still bound by a rope, even if they are afraid to escape, they can't run far, and in the end they can only obediently return to the collective.
This, combined with the tall masts and huge sails of the walnut boats, also limits the flight path of the parasitic dragonfly.
I saw a parasitic dragonfly rushing down quickly from high in the air, directly into the dense bee colony, its head directly hit a bee, the parasitic dragonfly was unscathed, and the bee was knocked down dizzy, fortunately landed on the walnut boat, there was no danger for the time being, and it came back to its senses after a while.
Just as it rushed into the bee colony, the huge membranous wings of the parasitic dragonfly were also shaking at high speed, and they collided violently with the bees around them, causing several bees to fly out.
But that's all the parasitic dragonfly's success, it tries to catch a bee with its arthropods and jaws, but there are so many bees in front of it that it is dazzled to see it, and it makes its efforts in vain.
When cheetahs try to hunt zebras, the black and white stripes on the herd's body can give trappers the illusion that they can target individual individuals in the herd. In the ocean, many weak fish will form a rotating column of fish to confuse dolphins, sharks and other predators when they are hunted, so that they often return empty.
Now, swarms of bees have done just that, and the parasitic dragonfly swooped in vain, causing no effective damage except for one bee that had been knocked unconscious.
By the time the parasitic dragonfly lit up, it had already rushed out of the black cloud of bees, but, unfortunately, it itself was entangled in many of the ropes that were tied to the bees.
It struggled to break free in the air, each movement causing the bees on the other side of the rope to sway.
The bees immediately saw the weakness of the bound parasitic dragonfly, and they swooped down on it, quickly surround the enemy in the air.
The parasitic dragonfly, which was surrounded by a ball, had to reluctantly dock to a mast, it could no longer fly, and soon, it could no longer take off.
The bees relentlessly tore at its wings, biting its compound eyes and gnawing at the weak points of its body.
Dozens of silkworm parasites on dragonflies try to pull out and infect the bees, but on average three bees will have a flying knight, who keeps a close eye on the silkworm and picks off the approaching thread parasite with their long riding guns, and the bee mounts take the time to bite the damn attention-grabbing parasite.
The body of the parasitic dragonfly soon fell and smashed into a walnut boat.
The result of the battle was that a bee was stunned (which was quickly recovered), and the ropes of more than a dozen bees were entangled in the scuffle and could not be freed, and the flying knights had to untie the ropes of the trapped bees or cut the ropes directly with their jawknives.
Another swooping parasitic dragonfly was lucky enough to make a flying assault on the upper layer of the colony at a relatively small angle, almost parallel to the horizon. When it broke out of the colony, it didn't get entangled.
However, it did not achieve any decent results, and when it broke away, it accidentally hit a sail, and although it was not a big deal, it also startled itself.
The parasitic dragonflies soon discovered that this was not suitable for high-speed diving, and their more intelligent brains after being infected made them stop this senseless behavior of killing 800 enemies and inflicting 8,000 self-inflicted injuries.
The Flying Knights also discovered the concerns of the parasitic dragonflies, and the bees quickly lowered their altitude under the organization of the Flying Knights, using a forest of masts and sails to protect themselves.
In the ensuing battle, the bees hid in the masts that looked like a forest, while the parasitic dragonflies flew around the perimeter, occasionally trying to surprise a wave when they found a gap, but often to no avail.
While most of the parasitic dragonflies were on the verge of bees, the two parasitic dragonflies became interested in the ants on the walnut boat. In the past, when dealing with ants on land, many dragonflies liked to grab ants and take them to the air to bite them to death.
This time, the parasitic dragonflies repeated their old tricks, lowering their altitude on the periphery of the walnut fleet and trying to attack the ants.
The ants on the Walnut Ship Fleet are Ramberley's Fifth Legion, which has no experience in fighting parasitic dragonflies, and its forces are scattered across ships.
The warriors on the outermost walnut ship automatically counterattacked with a stone, but this long-range counterattack was like an itch to the dragonfly with a thick carapace, and the silk thread behind the stoneball was not long enough to entangle and bind the enemy.
Soon, the two parasitic dragonflies were able to achieve their results, killing several of the Divine Envoy King warriors. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining Commander Wang immediately took his subordinates back to the safety of the ship.
The parasitic dragonfly continues to search for targets on other ships, but soon attracts the attention of the bees.
At this time, for the sake of ease of movement, the bees have all untied the ropes, no longer restrained, and quickly killed the attacked position.