Chapter 522: Dance of the Tentacles
Xiao Jian fell several times in a row, he couldn't help but want to scold, and before he could take the words, Huo Chi suddenly said: "It's not good, it's starting to spray ink." ”
The Takamaru was already slightly tilted at this point, and everyone had to hold on to something to stand firm. In the shaky way, the two small windows had become pitch black.
The ink of the giant squid has a certain corrosive effect, but fortunately, the important parts of the Takamaru are protected by ceramic armor, so it is temporarily unhindered by the attack of the ink.
However, for Takamaru, it is not the ink that is at risk, but the squid's own might. This huge squid, which is almost half the length of the Takamaru, is firmly attached to the bow of the ship.
The surface of the giant squid has a smooth layer of slime that makes it almost useless for a normal rifle shot. The ship's sniper aimed at the squid's eye and hit them all after a few shots, but the squid, despite the pain, did not give up on the Takamaru at all.
The giant squid's long wrists and feet were sometimes attached to the hull of the ship, and sometimes they were held high, as if in demonstration against those who shot it, twisting and writhing in a show of might.
The power of the giant squid is very large, and the 10,000-ton Takamaru is now also being pulled up by it, and if the tilt angle continues to increase, the Takamaru will completely lose its maneuverability.
The Elk, which seemed to be intending to help the Takamaru on the side, is no better now, and the little squid that it finally got rid of took advantage of its slowing down to actually absorb it again, and at the same time, some whirlpools have been added to the sea, and the old ones have not been shaken off, and the new ones are coming out again.
Seeing that the Elk was completely out of control, the captain and first mate of the Takamaru nervously communicated with the frigate, trying to use small guns to knock down the giant squid attached to the bow of the ship.
After the two frigates took aim, the guns all hit the giant squid, and the two huge impacts brought the angle of the Takamaru back to normal, and the two wrists and feet of the giant squid were broken!
"Great!" The first mate felt hope when he saw that this self-inflicted injury actually worked, and he immediately ordered the two frigates to continue firing at the Takamaru.
The frigate opened fire without hesitation, and two more shells hit the squid's body, and the giant squid's body suddenly deflated into two large pits!
"Very good, go on, go on!" The first mate was excited, and in the violent shaking, he felt that the Takamaru was really not far from getting out of trouble!
"Wait a minute, look. The captain, who had not spoken, stopped the first mate, pointing to the place where the giant squid's wrist and foot were broken, and said, "It can regenerate, and it regenerates quickly. ”
Sure enough, the location of the two broken brachiopods that were broken by the cannon began to grow slowly, and it didn't take long for this giant squid to make up for all the brachiopods and feet that had just been lost.
"Looks like it should have knocked out its wrists and feet more quickly. Seeing this, the first mate immediately gave the frigate an order to accelerate the attack.
The two frigates reacted quickly, and this time, their attack became much faster, firing eight shells in a short time.
The bow of the Takamaru was slightly damaged by a burst of artillery fire, and even if the small guns hit the giant squid, the Takamaru's hull was also affected.
Fortunately, the defense of the Takamaru itself was good, and the performance of the ship did not deteriorate due to damage, except for the discomfort of everyone on board.
The giant squid had been bombarded continuously, its thick, blackened, soft wrists and feet had more than half broken, and its body had been blasted open with more pits.
The giant squid seemed to be stunned for a moment, and instead of writhing vigorously, it stayed there quietly. If it weren't for its jet-black eyes still carefully looking at the Takamaru up and down, left and right, it would have made people think it was dead.
"Try to clear it!" The first mate took advantage of the moment when the giant squid froze, and immediately ordered the sailors on standby to go up to the deck and push the giant squid away with a long tool.
The suction cups on the wrists and feet of the giant squid are very strong, and the sailors often need a lot of strength to poke one open, and a few sailors got up in a hurry, took out flamethrowers, and sprayed them on the wrists and feet.
The flame was very hot, and when it was sprayed on the brachiopod, it instantly dried the epidermis of the brachiopod, and after a crackling sound, a burst of burnt fragrance emanated.
"It tastes so good!" The sailor in charge of the flamethrower couldn't help but say as he smelled the fragrance, "If it weren't for a monster, this thing might be delicious." ”
"Yes, but the other party is a monster, so don't think about it. Another said.
"What's wrong with the monster?" said the sailor next to him, "I heard that there is a restaurant over there that sells monster food." ”
"Ah, monster food? Before the sailor's curious words fell, a giant brachiopod suddenly appeared in front of him!
It turned out that at some point, they stabbed the broken foot and regrew into a long wrist and foot, and the wrist and foot swept over, and the sailors could not dodge, and almost half of them fell into the water.
For some reason, the speed of brachiopod growth has increased rapidly, and the speed of artillery fire cannot even keep up with the growth rate of brachiopods.
The captain and first mate standing in the command room had a pale face, and if this continued, even if the frigate kept attacking the giant squid, it would not be able to kill it!
In addition, the Takamaru could not be shelled indirectly in this way continuously, and the violent vibration caused by each shell falling would sooner or later cause damage to key parts of the hull.
"Captain! More squid appeared around. The first mate noticed that several giant squid, large and small, had emerged from the whirlpool around the Takamaru, and the situation became serious.
"Prepare for the Phalanx! Don't let them get close to the hull!" "The captain doesn't plan to retain his strength now, and the Takamaru must get out of the current predicament as soon as possible!"
The Phalanx poured artillery fire into the sea, stirring up layers of spray. The heavy artillery fire temporarily stopped the other squids from moving forward, but the giant squid that plagued the Takamaru kept clinging to the bow of the ship and couldn't get any way.
What made the captain even more anxious was that the giant squid had now begun to gnaw at the hull of the Takamaru with its sharp mouthparts.
Perhaps because the giant squid felt that its ink didn't work very well, it began to use a more direct approach.
The sailors stepped forward and tried to drive the squid away in various ways, but to no avail. The squid seemed to be very angry, and it constantly whipped the deck with its newly grown wrist and feet, and the long wrists and feet gracefully attacked the Takamaru, but in doing so, the losses of the sailors also increased.
"Let the other armed men on board come to support!" the captain hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to turn to the ship's guests for help.
After three broadcasts on the ship, the snow leopards took up arms, and at this time they could not retreat, everyone was in the same boat, the ship sank, and no one could escape.
"Let's go up and have a look first, everyone be careful, we are not a navy after all, and we are not familiar with ship operations. Before going out, Fu Ze did not forget to tell his teammates.