Section 577 After the Great Victory
Sure enough, the Seven Princesses' guesses were later confirmed, and the Winged Scouts came to report that more than 500 warships had entered from the side of the battlefield, which was the fleet of the Holy See. These warships were all improvised patchwork, with transport ships, escort warships, and even many large cargo ships. The ship was full of soldiers, and it was estimated that there were no less than 100,000 men in this fleet.
Obviously, as soon as the Holy See saw the Seventh Princess, it ordered the transfer, otherwise it would not have come so quickly. However, at the same time, the Winged Scouts also reported that these soldiers were clearly not navy, and that they were not suitable for life at sea, and that they were often seen vomiting on deck, presumably seasick and dizzy. And it is impossible for the Navy to be seasick.
The seventh princess, who got the news, did not complain much, but commanded a fleet to intercept it, at this time, she could only hope that her rear and delaying time with all her might was the right way. The arrival of reinforcements was indeed a great morale boost to the Holy See fleet. However, when the Seven Princesses personally went to the deck to raise their own Fire Phoenix Flag, all this seemed insignificant.
If you say, the most shocking flag on the continent is not the imperial flag of a certain imperial family that symbolizes the majesty of the family, nor the blood-colored double flag that never dies on the battlefield, or even the light divine flag that symbolizes the divine power of light in the Holy See, but the fiery phoenix flag of the Seven Princesses.
It's an undefeated legend, a sign that can make even powerful orcs shudder. All the fighters standing under this flag. In an instant, your blood will boil, like a beast in a state of madness, daring to attack the toughest enemies. When this banner with magical power was raised on the battlefield, everyone on the entire battlefield was stunned.
The morale of the soldiers of the Holy See fleet had just plummeted, and a sense of helpless despair filled their hearts. Their minds are full of legends about the Seven Princesses. The commander who can defeat the orcs on the frontal battlefield, the commander who can command the orc army to defeat the first male city on the mainland, the commander of Xingruo Fort, and the commander who can lead a lone army to destroy the old capital of the Japanese Kou, legend has it that after this flag is raised, no one has ever been able to defeat her.
And the subordinates of the Seventh Princess were red-eyed almost at the same time, whether it was the soldiers of Vanna, or the soldiers of Kasia, the Great Han. Without exception, at this time, an unprecedented fighting spirit erupted, as if the beastly nature hidden in the deepest part of their bloodline was suddenly stimulated. One by one, they fought angrily, desperately killing the enemy, like a mad tiger. It's intimidating at first sight.
This is the charm of the Seven Princesses, the charm of a natural leader, even if she is just a warrior who has been by her side for a few months, she will be deeply attracted and impressed by her charm unconsciously. The subordinates of the Seven Princesses often have a resolute idea in their hearts. Even if it is to fight for your life, you must use victory to win the princess and smile! This is the secret of the invincibility of the Valkyrie.
With that legendary flag raised. The sound of tearing and killing on the battlefield suddenly more than doubled, and the Holy See fleet, which had just received reinforcements, was killed in the white-knuckle battle, and the roar of the fire dragon cannon seemed to be much more intensive. The Holy See fleet had an advantage in numbers, but it was completely suppressed by the Seven Princesses on the scene, and if it weren't for the existence of the Warlords, their defense line would even be at risk of collapsing at any time.
However, the Holy See's command is not a general one, and the more critical it is at this critical time. The more he persisted, not only doubled the number of the warlords, but also forcibly transferred the mages, and the most important thing was that he didn't know how to use to move the two archmages, with the addition of this group of powerful mages, the Holy See fleet finally managed to stabilize its foothold, and did not form a major rout.
If the current situation continues, it will undoubtedly be very disadvantageous to the Seventh Princess, after all, her warriors are half less than others, and there is no mage support, just relying on the fire dragon cannon and the temporary boost in morale will definitely not last too long, once the cannonballs run out, the warrior's physical strength and morale slowly dissipate, then she can only accept the fate of defeat.
The Seventh Princess stood in the captain's command room, although she had just sent out a reserve team of civilian officers, but there was no trace of anxiety on her face, because she knew that every look she had now might affect the confidence of her subordinates in victory.
Although there were not many shells and the warrior's physical strength was running low, she still cheered up the generals around her with a confident smile. It's just that she prayed silently in her heart: "My dragon, don't let me down, okay?"
Suddenly, a winged warrior who was wet with sweat rushed in from outside, although he was so tired that he couldn't walk steadily, although he didn't stand firm and fell to the ground, but the bloody face he lifted from the ground was full of excited smiles: "Reinforcements are coming!"
"Ahh All the staff hugged each other excitedly, with tears in their eyes. Even the Seventh Princess, who had been trying to be as peaceful as possible, couldn't help but quietly wipe the water from the corners of her eyes, and then, she forced out a smile and smiled at the Wingman Scout: "Okay, now please tell me, how many of us are here?"
As the Seventh Princess asked, everyone stopped celebrating, and then looked nervously at the Wingman Scout. At this extremely tense moment, almost everyone's heart is about to jump out of their chest.
Without the slightest hesitation, the Wingman Scout immediately said excitedly, "Report to Your Excellency Commander, there are more than 1,000 large and small warships in the reinforcements, and the total number of them cannot be calculated, but it is definitely more than 150,000!
"Ahh
"Hehe! 150,000, that's enough, it seems that the goddess of victory is still on our side. This shows that the damned Holy See is really unpleasant!" the Seventh Princess smiled, and then her eyes shot a confident light, and she shouted to her subordinates: "I order, give up the battle for some warships, and shrink the force. Defend the battle, all the dragon cannons stop firing, and we have to save it until the counterattack to surprise them. Ladies and gentlemen, it will take them four or five hours to arrive at sixty miles, and we must hold out until the end!"
"Yes!" said the crowd in high spirits.
Not long after the Seven Princesses contracted their defensive line, the commander-in-chief of the Holy See's fleet also received news that the Seven Princesses had come to reinforce the army. He pondered in his heart, there are still four or five hours before the reinforcements arrive, if I desperately press up, with more than a thousand mages as the main force. It is likely to defeat the other party within four hours, as long as the seventh princess is defeated and her undefeated golden body is broken, then the reinforcements behind will be too late even if they arrive.
Taking a step back, I just can't defeat the Seventh Princess. It can definitely inflict huge damage on her in four hours, and occupy the absolute initiative on the battlefield, and I am now more than twice as many as hers, and even if she comes with reinforcements, everyone is only equal in number. As long as I hold on for one day, the second reinforcement will arrive, and hold on for another day. A third wave of reinforcements also arrived. Hehe, just consume it like this, see who can't stand it first!
Thinking of this, the fleet commander of the Holy See coalition issued an order that he would regret for the rest of his life, and the whole army pressed on and routed the enemy army within four hours. Commanders who fail to complete their assigned tasks will be executed! Under his high-pressure policy, the blood of the people below was immediately stimulated, and the Holy See fleet was like crazy. A desperate offensive was launched against the forces of the Seven Princesses, and even those mages rushed to the front regardless of the missed arrows.
The madness of the Holy See's coalition forces caused the Seventh Princess a lot of trouble, and she was even forced to reactivate the Fire Dragon Cannon to defend herself against the opponent's advance. According to the current situation, although the fleet of the Seventh Princess may not be defeated in four hours, it will definitely lose the ability to counterattack.
Therefore, only two hours after the battle, the Seventh Princess, who had always been calm, began to show an anxious look. Her opponent, the commander of the Holy See fleet, gradually showed a bright smile on his face, however, before the smile on his face could completely dissipate, it was completely interrupted by the countless masts that suddenly appeared on the sea level.
"This can't be~!" the commander of the Holy See fleet let out a cry of almost despair, but he was powerless to change anything. The battleships, which were supposed to arrive in four hours, did appear in front of him two hours later. Then, at last, he saw the full sails, and immediately understood what had happened. That's right, it's the mage, he can use the mage's wind spells to create a gale and speed up the fleet, and others can do the same.
It is obviously impossible for a thousand large ships to travel fifty or sixty miles in more than two hours, and the number of mages is more than a thousand. After a series of battles, his mage's magic power was almost empty, but the opponent was a new force. Plus hundreds of thousands of troops, and their own terrible formation.
The commander of the Holy See fleet calculated the fate of his fleet in an instant, that is, defeat. Where's the damn Lion Scouts? Why didn't they send such important information sooner? If I had known they were coming so quickly, at least I would have had time to adjust my formation, so that I wouldn't have foolishly vacated my weak wings and gave them to someone else, as I am doing now?
Although the commander wanted to kill people, now was not the time, and he hurriedly instructed his men to make final adjustments, trying to win as much chance as possible in a short period of time. He calculated that he was going to suffer a big loss this time, but it was not necessarily a rout, as long as he held on for one day, the second batch of reinforcements came, then he still had a chance of victory.
It's a pity that the wishes are good, but the reality is cruel. Where was it as simple as he imagined? I saw that the reinforcements were starting with a hundred relatively large warships, lined up in a line, and drove horizontally for several miles. Slashed to the side of the Holy See fleet. Thirty skeleton mages stood on each of the battleships in the first row, and after approaching the enemy, a full three thousand skeleton mages raised their hands in unison.
Three thousand basin-sized firebolts slashed across the sea at a distance of a kilometer and struck the warships on the outskirts of the Holy See fleet. Boom, boom, after a loud bang, the more than 100 battleships that bore the brunt were all scrapped, half of which were directly blown into pieces, and the rest were still skeletons. It's slowly sinking.
The explosive power of the Hellfire Bomb is much stronger than that of the largest fire dragon cannon, and small warships can be completely dismantled into pieces with ten shots, and medium-sized warships can be hit dozens of times, and they are also ironclad and sunk. Even the thick armor of the capital ship can't stand it. Each shell can explode a large hole several meters in diameter on the side of the capital ship. It is conceivable what the concept of these 3,000 rounds is to hit together.
This astonishing scene directly stunned all the locals on the battlefield, and they all looked stupidly and at a loss. Just before everyone could come back to their senses, the second Hellfire Bomb shot again. After sinking more than a hundred large and small warships again, the warriors on both sides finally realized that this was definitely not an illusion, but a real thing!
Then, the subordinates of the Seven Princesses were suddenly full of momentum, and they were all very excited! The morale of the Holy See's coalition army dropped directly to zero. Many of the battleships that were close to those skeleton mages simply raised the white flag, there was no way, there were battleships on the left and right, and they couldn't run out even if they wanted to. If you don't want to die, is there any other choice but to surrender?
Then, the third wave of attacks of the skeleton mage was launched, and the battleships that did not raise the white flag were the key targets, and those that raised the white flag were deliberately ignored. See such a scene. Who wouldn't understand?
The battleships that surrendered were soon ordered. Leave in order and be supervised by fighters in small boats behind the reinforcements. After they got out of the way, the fleet loaded with the skeleton mages continued to attack the hinterland of the Holy See fleet. All the warships of the Holy See that could not be evaded surrendered to them, and the occasional ones who refused to accept were also turned to ashes under the Hellfire bomb.
As for the Holy See battleships that were far away from the skeleton mages, they didn't say a word, they turned around and ran, including the fleets that fought with the Seven Princesses, except for the surrender that couldn't escape. The warships that were able to run out of the channel ran away. But they wanted to run, but the Seventh Princess didn't plan to let them go. She left one unit to deal with the prisoners, and after that, she personally led the army and pursued the fleeing forces of the Holy See for thousands of miles.
As for several masters on the battlefield, after seeing that the victory was decided, they also withdrew from the battle, and the two archmages commanded the remaining 1,000 mages to join the retreat sequence, and used the last magic power to accelerate the retreat of the battleship. Niko was not too willing to fail, and wanted to explore the secrets of those skeleton mages, so he shook off the trailer altar and planned to take a closer look at these special mages covered in iron.
Unexpectedly, not long after he approached, he was attacked by dozens of black rays, and the poor magic wall was broken, not only that, but dozens of black rays still had the strength to burn a lot of wounds on his body, and even one of his wings was discounted. He screamed in pain, and then fell headlong from the sky.
Fortunately, at this time, Albert arrived, caught him in the air, and then quickly left the battlefield with him. After seeing them off, he said softly that the seniors were leaving, and then turned around to find the seventh princess. He showed mercy to his men just now, and didn't take advantage of Niko's injury, otherwise Niko would definitely not be able to dodge the powerful lightning spell of the Tuoke Altar. Niko knew it in his own heart, and even Albert and Elena saw it, but no one said anything.
The Stygian Light that injured Niko naturally came from the Stygian Mage Tower, and even the Holy See's Lion Scout was beaten down by it, except for the first Lion Crane who ran back as soon as he saw reinforcements, thinking that it was too far away and escaped the disaster, the other Lion Cranes were shot down by the Stygian Tower. In fact, the fact that this battle was able to cause such a sudden result has a close relationship with the Lion Scout who shot down the Holy See.
These skeleton mages were not actually specially prepared for the Seven Princesses, their original destination was Wajima. It was only before they left the Mediterranean that I got the news that the Seven Princesses were in a bitter battle, so I urgently mobilized them to reinforce them, which is why the Seven Princesses' reinforcements arrived a few hours later than the Holy See's, and the reason was to wait for the fleet loaded with skeleton mages to accompany them.
At the same time, I also ordered all the ships that could be assembled to transport a group of warriors to the Seventh Princess. So don't look at our reinforcements, which have more than 1,000 ships, but can only transport 150,000 or 600,000 soldiers, while the Holy See, although it has more than 500 ships, can transport 100,000 soldiers.
It's just that although the soldiers I transported are not serious navy, they all grew up by the sea, so they won't get seasick, and their combat effectiveness is naturally much stronger than that of seasickness.
After a few days of tumult on the battlefield, some calm finally returned after a few hours, and there were no more shouts of killing and explosions, but painful wails continued one after another. After taking care of the captives of the Holy See, the Seven Princesses' subordinates hurriedly drove all the movable boats and left the hell on earth.
There is no way, the battlefield is full of floating corpses, and for a few days, for this subtropical climate sea, it is enough for them to decompose, so there is a foul smell everywhere on the battlefield. More than eighty percent of the newcomers were directly smoked and vomited. They drove a hundred miles against the wind before they gradually moved away from the stench. However, there are still dead fish floating on the surface of the sea from time to time, which shows how serious the pollution caused by the war is.