Chapter 9 Sailing
At 13 o'clock on July 25, Lucheng Railway Station
Mu Yun, Qin Yue, Mu Ying'er, Feng Zhong Mian, and Meng Hu left the train, and there was no change in the old appearance of Feng Zhong Mian, and the others were replaced with brand new equipment. The trip to the secret realm is a challenge and experience for him.
Gu Boyun looked at the same time: "It's not early, let's go quickly." ”
Mu Yun didn't know where the secret realm was, and it wasn't until he got on the train that several masters revealed that the starting point of the secret realm adventure was Lucheng. When they arrived in Lucheng, several people did not stay in the city, and arrived at Lucheng Wharf by car as soon as possible.
Lucheng is the silver snow water transport hub, the wharf ranks first in the city, the number of large and small ships per day, up to thousands, looking at it from afar, thousands of sails across the sea, the scene is spectacular. Mu Yun knew in his heart that the Lucheng fleet was not safe, because there were often fish-man activities in the water, and every time he sailed, there was a certain probability of encountering fish-people, but there was a military patrol fleet in close range, and the probability of encountering fish-man attacks on cross-domain voyages was very high.
The surface of the lake is like the sea, the smoke is vast, there is no edge, and a refreshing lake breeze is coming.
Mu Ying'er stroked her hair and asked, "Didn't you go to the secret realm, why did you come to the water's edge?"
Mu Yun replied, "I probably need to take a boat." ”
Qin Yue had some worries in her heart.
Lucheng is the westernmost city in the Silver Snow Domain, and if you continue westward by boat, you will reach the uninhabited area that divides the two domains, or simply go directly to the outer region. The forces of the Sixteen Northern Regions did not get along harmoniously, especially those that were relatively close, and it was not surprising that a war broke out. If the secret realm is located in this kind of place, it is really not good.
Weng Lianhai shouted in front of the pier: "What are you doing in a daze? Prepare to board the ship!"
Mu Yun patted Ying'er on the back and said, "Let's go!"
Ying'er high-fived: "Okay, take the big passenger ship!"
A particularly large ironclad ship appeared in front of her, and when Ying'er saw the ship up close, she couldn't help but be stunned. She really couldn't understand how such an iron guy could still float on the water? This ship was a well-deserved steel giant, about 48 meters long, 20 meters high at the water exit, wide deck, and the hull was covered with thick and solid metal, which was enough to defend against ordinary blasting attacks.
This is clearly designed to prevent fish-man attacks.
The most commonly used means of the fish-man sneak attack on the ship is nothing more than to chisel through the bottom of the boat, and the small boat will sink directly, and the medium and large ships will definitely be limited in the situation of a large number of water leaks, and the fish-man will try to board the ship to attack while taking advantage of the chaos.
This ironclad ship is specially designed for fish-man sneak attacks, not only has thick armor, but is also equipped with high-voltage electric current weapons, when the fish-men attack the ship, the ship will launch electric weapons, instantly killing all the fish-men in an entire area of water. In addition, the ironclad ship is completely different from the old sailing ship, it uses energy kinetic energy, its principle is similar to that of a train, the fuel is specially made, small in size, easy to use, and the characteristics of releasing huge energy.
Ironclad ships are not only safe and robust, but also have speed and agility that ordinary ships cannot match.
"Stand upright!"
"Salute!"
Hundreds of soldiers and crews marched in unison on deck, and one of the officers shouted in a loud voice: "Welcome to the Ironclad Conquest!"
With fixed turrets on both sides of the deck, equipped with fixed long-range guns, the Conquest was very combat-ready.
Everyone was placed in the most comfortable cabins, and there were warlocks from other cities on the Conquest, as well as some famous masters of the military, martial arts alliances, and mercenary guilds. These people obviously met the conditions for the competition for the secret realm through other means, so they came here to board the ship and prepare to go to the secret land.
Li Qinglian was in charge of the Conquest, and Jin Mu went to the vicinity of the secret realm in advance to prepare.
Among the boatloads of people, there are only two types of people, one is the famous and powerful, and the other is the genius.
Among them, there are very few family figures, such as the Nalan family and the medicine family, which should not be here. However, after all, these families have a lot of influence and influence in the Silver Snow Domain, and it is difficult for the lord to completely block it, so the list is strictly limited, and only one or two masters are allowed to be sent as representatives, and the children of the young family are regarded as an experience for juniors. Absolutely control the number to avoid the ill-intentioned intentions of the children of the family and take the opportunity to seize the secret realm.
Yao Tianxiang saw Mu Yun: "I haven't seen you for half a month, why are you tanned, and you have grown a little stronger! Yes, this is a bit of a man, Miss Ben hates little white faces the most!"
Mu Yun had no way to deal with the eldest lady of the medicine family, "Your strength has also improved a lot." ”
"My family is a family of medicine refiners, plus Miss Ben is talented, it is not easy to improve her strength, and now she is a 23rd ring magician, amazing!" Yao Tianxiang raised her head proudly, "This is nothing, I have developed several super poisons recently, are you interested in trying it?"
"Excuse me. ”
Mu Yun began to board the ship.
Soon, the ironclad was moving!
There are only 3 of these large ships nearly 50 meters long in the entire Lucheng, and every time they set sail, they will be followed by two frigates on the left and right. The frigate is a smaller version of the ironclad ship, with basically the same structure, but the length has been reduced to about 18 meters.
Gu Boyun introduced in the cabin: "The location of the secret realm is relatively far, and at the speed of the Conquest, it will take about 20 hours to arrive. ”
Mu Yun couldn't help frowning.
The speed of the Conquest is very fast, if it takes 20 hours to reach even the Conquest, it must be very far, I am afraid that it has already left the range of the Silver Snow and reached the no-man's land. That environment has not been explored by humans for thousands of years, and there is no map to mark or record any terrain or creatures in it.
It's no wonder that the secret realm has not been discovered until today.
Fifteen hours have passed since the Conquest was driving steadily on the water, and the Conquest engine was running at high speed, and it was moving forward at high speed through the wind and waves. The shore has long been out of sight, and the scale of this lake is so amazing that even at the speed of the Iron Armor, it will take more than three days to get to the end, which is definitely not an easy task.
Because the cabin felt very stuffy, Mu Yun didn't want to chat inside, so he took Ying'er to the deck to blow the wind.
Mu Ying'er used to take a boat when she went to Luohan Mountain, that kind of narrow waters, but it can't be compared with the waters of Lucheng, and the kind of cargo ship transformed by fishing boats can't compete with heavyweight warships like the Conquest. Mu Ying'er looked at the water surface and felt relaxed, the water of Taotao Lake was green, the water quality was very clean, and the lake surface was relatively stable, which was a pleasing picture.
Mu Ying'er suddenly thought: "Young master, you told Zhongzhou, if you go to Zhongzhou, can you also take a boat?"
Mu Yun nodded: "The speed of this kind of ship, it will take three or five months without sleep!"
Mu Ying'er was very surprised: "How far is that!"
While the two of them were drinking and talking.
Suddenly.
The Conquest shook violently.
This vibration was very subtle, but the transmission speed was very fast, and the entire Conquest suddenly slowed down, and Mu Yun was caught off guard and almost fell on the deck.
"What's wrong?"
"Dang!"
"Dang!"
Suddenly, the Conquest sounded a very shrill siren.
When Mu Yun didn't know why the Conquest sounded the alarm, Ying'er let out an exclamation, pointed to the clear water and shouted: "Young master, come and see, there are so many big fish swimming in the water!"
Mu Yun looked at the surface of the water, and sure enough, he saw a dark and dense shadow rushing over, "It's not a big fish, it's a fish man!"
In such a short period of seconds.
A large group of soldiers rushed out of the deck, each shouting, "Fishmen are coming!"
The soldiers did not panic at all.
Everyone adjusted the muzzles of their guns one after another, aiming at the surrounding water surface to shoot, and the cannonballs filled with gunpowder shot into the water, and suddenly there was a big explosion. The strong vibration caused turbulent waves, this kind of attack caused great damage to underwater life, this kind of shell is specially made by the Nalan family, it is a kind of vibration impact bomb, when it explodes, it will cause a violent impact, forming a violent vibration in a large area of water.
If the fish-man happens to be within the water area, even if it is not directly hit by a cannonball, it will be damaged by detonation, and even if the surface is intact, the internal organs will be severely injured.
Bang!
Bang!
A large group of soldiers pushed the turret to load special shells, and constantly fired at the surrounding water, this fierce attack, sure enough, had a certain effect, and many fish-man corpses quickly floated nearby. These corpses were generally intact, apparently all of them were shocked to death or stunned, and there were not many fish-men directly killed or injured by shells.
Whoosh!
The fish-men counterattacked and shot harpoons, several soldiers could not dodge and were hit by harpoons on the spot, and some fish-men directly threw iron hooks and lassoed the perimeter of the frigate, and a large group of fishmen tried to climb up.
"Attack!"
"Kill them!"
A large number of crossbow mercenaries armed with guns rushed out, and the fish-man was hit and fell into the water before he could climb.
Mu Ying'er was dumbfounded.
The war came too suddenly.
The Conqueror's firepower was very ferocious, with thirty guns on the left and right sides of the deck alone, and there was also a gun compartment in the middle of the ship, which could provide about thirty guns, as well as a number of spare attack points, and the whole ship was basically armed to the teeth. The two frigates quickly spread out in a horizontal formation, with the Conquest in the middle, an array of very strong defensive formations, and no matter where the fish-men appeared, they would always be exposed to a large number of artillery.
If the Fish-Man directly attacks the main ship, it will be attacked by three sides at the same time.
Lucheng has been dealing with fishmen for a long time, so he has a lot of experience in dealing with fishmen, and when the horizontal queue is set up, an officer shouts loudly: "Electric anchor, discharge the anchor immediately!"
The Conquest threw several huge anchors to the left and right.
This kind of anchor is not an ordinary anchor, but specially made to deal with the fishman, when the anchor runs into the water, it will be energized immediately, and a strong current will be released, enough to make the entire water, and even the armor of the Conquest with a strong current, the fishman has no protection of the true qi, or the true qi is not strong enough, as long as the slightest touch, it will be corona or even electrocuted on the spot.
This trick is not good for the fish-man.
When the four electric anchors were thrown, at least hundreds or thousands of fishmen were injured to varying degrees, and most of them were completely incapacitated and immediately floated to the surface.
"Humph!"
"A rabble!"
"Intensify your attacks and destroy them!"
The Terrans continued to bombard the shallow waters with vibrating cannons, while the deeper areas relied on anchors to release lightning to damage the enemy, basically blocking the possibility of fish-man attacks. Mu Yun felt that according to the current form, no matter how many fish people came, it would be for nothing.
But the fish-man will appear here, and the attack on a ship that is obviously not oily and watery, and is extremely difficult to gnaw, is definitely at the behest of Akatsuki. Could it be that Akatsuki didn't anticipate some of the usual methods used by the Ashijo army?