Section 13
The mist formed after the waves dispersed, blocking the view of most people on the battlefield. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the mist, the first thing that appeared in front of Colonel Demps was a small fleet of clippers, not many of them, just over a dozen.
The clippers were full of goblin mercenaries, and when they saw Colonel Demps's ten broken ships, they let out a shrill sneer characteristic of the elves.
This kind of laughter of theirs is very uncomfortable to hear!
In the face of the goblins' ridicule, several human sailors didn't know whether they were nervous or dissatisfied with the exaggerated movements of the other party, and released the full bowstring without receiving an order.
A few arrows flew out, but landed limply on the sea in front of the goblin clipper, not even a splash.
In the face of the useless attack of the human marines, the goblin mercenaries ridiculed even harder.
On the other side of the goblin's ridicule, Demps remained calm, because he understood that a goblin who admired pragmatism would not make useless moves,
Their ridicule is just a simple provocation.
Demps casually looked at the soldiers who didn't obey orders, and the junior officers next to them stared at Colonel Demps cautiously and shouted and cursed!
Immediately, Demps withdrew his gaze, he did not intend to punish the soldiers.
The commander of the opposing goblin flotilla, seeing that their provocative methods were ineffective, made an insulting gesture, and ordered the flotilla to turn around!
Instead of attacking Colonel Demps's fleet from the front, they proceeded quickly toward the right flank of Colonel Demps's fleet.
Soon, the fleet disappeared into the fog.
It is clear that the commander of this goblin flotilla is also an experienced old sailor!
They wanted to go around to the rear of Colonel Temple's fleet, or to flank them, and wait for the main fleet behind them to attack, and outflank Captain Temple's ten ships in front and rear.
Temples understood the goblins' intentions, of course, but he had no choice!
Sure enough, not long after the goblin fleet disappeared, more than a dozen double-sailed warships appeared on the sea level in the mist again, and this kind of warship was now the most conventional naval warship of various countries on the continent of Ailan.
When this fleet appeared, Colonel Demps was shocked, and he stared at this fleet without blinking, observing every move of this fleet from the mist!
As you can see from the tall bodies on the ship, this fleet is made up of orcs!
The brand-new military flags on the warship are constantly flying in the sea breeze, and this bright red flag is particularly eye-catching on the blue sea!
At this moment, the orc warriors on the ship were all leaning closely against the side of the ship, and they set up huge thick iron shields to prevent the enemy's long-range strike force.
With the sound of heavy leather drums and horns, the flotilla was getting closer and closer to Colonel Demps's flotilla!
This orc fleet is clearly different from the previous ones, they are familiar with naval warfare!
Demps turned his head to look at the warriors on his ship, nervous, frightened, expressionless, and, of course, eager.
As for the sailors on the ships at a greater distance, Demps didn't know what they were doing now, and he didn't know who they were, he could only hear the roars of the officers on the ships, and watched them follow closely around his ship.
These brave naval fighters have already understood what they are going to face!
Suddenly, a wave of pride burned in Colonel Temple's chest, and the blood he had deposited for many years was also boiling suddenly!
Even if you die in battle, you have no regrets!
"Buzz!"
At this time, the horn of the orc fleet became even louder
They're going to be the first to strike!
Can't give them that chance!, thought Colonel Temple.
His current ten warships are all rushing ships, and if they wait for the other party to attack first, they won't even have a chance to resist!
"Sailors of Seka City!" exclaimed Colonel Demps, "from this day onwards, until eternity, I, Demps Gale, your commander, will always remember your charge to the sound of orc war drums, whether you fall into hell or ascend to heaven, I will never forget, I swear by my soul!"
"No matter how humble your status may be, your battle today will make you nobler than the nobles!" said Colonel Temple, doing the oldest etiquette of a nobleman.
He was saluting the soldiers.
"In many years' time, even the noblest nobles of the kingdom will respect you from the bottom of their hearts when they hear of your deeds!
Colonel Demps encourages his soldiers!
"Now, my closest brothers—" Colonel Demps lowered his sword and pointed at the orc fleet ahead, roaring angrily, "tear your enemies!"
"Oh!!"
The soldiers were also roaring, their already cold blood, ignited by Demps's speech!
The battle is on the verge of breaking out!
Fighters on both sides could even hear the "creaking" of the crossbows on the bed of the opposing ship.
"Whoosh!"
As the first crossbow bolt pierced through the mist and slashed over the side of a warship.
This battle in the mist is also the beginning...
Whether it was the retreating naval fleet of Seka City or the surrounding orc fleet, it was not clear about the battle situation in the mist.
They could only roughly imagine the scene of a battle in the mist from the occasional shouting of killing in the sea breeze.
However, there was a noticeable difference in the expressions of the fighters on both sides.
The orcs were so relaxed that they even bet each other that their fleet would be the first to break out of the mist!
And the human navy, while retreating, is praying to their respective gods, praying for a miracle!
More than ten minutes later...
The main human fleet has withdrawn far away, and the encirclement of the orc fleet is getting denser and denser!
Regardless of the outcome, Colonel Temple's purpose has been achieved!
At this time, the previous goblin fleet had arrived at the designated place as planned.
But when they saw through the mist and saw the situation on the battlefield, they were amazed by what was happening on the battlefield.
These goblins were originally intended to be in the rear of the human fleet, waiting for the human warships that were forced to retreat, in order to ensure the total annihilation of the human fleet.
But what they were waiting for was their own friendly army: two smoke-smoky ships headed for them.
At the same time, the orc warriors of the warship kept shouting for help.
And behind these two warships, five broken human warships are in hot pursuit!
The goblin mercenaries looked at each other, they didn't understand why the situation of victory had turned out to be like this!
In fact, not only the goblins don't understand, but even the orc warriors in the battle situation don't understand!
All they remember was that the human warship broke through their tight long-range strike zone at a fraction of the cost, and then drove the rushing ship like a madman to attack the flanks of their fleet!
In just one shot, the human navy lost half of their warships at the cost of only two warships!
In the ensuing battle, the orcs had no idea what they were doing, and before they even could react, their commander's ship had sunk to the bottom of the sea with a foul smell of tar!
On the other hand, the human navy that had just experienced the battle did not stop moving forward because of the appearance of the goblin fleet!
At this moment, Colonel Demps's white naval uniform was already stained with blood, and there was a deep wound on his chest that was visible to the bone, and a medical soldier was sweating profusely to give emergency treatment to the colonel.