Chapter 631: Night Attack
After the submarine hunter unit joined the battle in this sea area, the East China Sea Fleet can be said to have been fighting smoothly recently.
The continuous ferocious offensive of the East China Sea Fleet and the Foreign Combined Fleet caused the entire front to keep pushing forward.
Inside the Monarch airship, the smooth battle situation made Xia Qi, who heard the report, couldn't help frowning.
"Your Majesty, is there any problem?"
Looking at Xia Qi, who was frowning, Luo Xiaohei couldn't help but ask a little strangely.
In this regard, Xia Qi shook his head and said, "It's nothing, the Fish-Man Clan's offensive seems to have weakened recently, and I'm a little worried." ”
"It's because of the offensive of the Submarine Hunter troops, which has inflicted heavy losses on them, right?" Luo Xiaohei said.
Xia Qi was noncommittal about this, he actually knew very well in his heart that according to the recovery power of the Fish-Man Clan, as long as it was not a lethal or disabling attack, he would be able to recover a rough idea in a short time.
Therefore, judging from the results of these battles, the weak performance of the fish-man troops made Xia Qi feel that something was not right.
After muttering for a while, Xia Qi said to the messenger in the airship, "Connect the communication of the War." ”
"Yes."
In the meantime, the first unit of the Submarine Hunters has also set off.
The so-called first unit is that Xia Qi divided the submarine hunters into three troops, namely the first unit, the second unit and the third unit.
Among them, the second and third units are all armed with ordinary harpoon guns, and the 2,000 submarine hunters who have arrived on the battlefield are the second and third troops.
The first unit is the strongest underwater combat force composed of 800 lizardmen soldiers armed with spell-enhanced harpoon guns, which belongs to the elite of the submersibles!
The fundamental purpose of Xia Qi's bloody formation of this force was to deal with the deep-sea beasts on the opposite side, as well as some difficult large units and elite troops.
Of course, when used against ordinary fish-man troops, their combat effectiveness is absolutely unquestionable.
As long as this force arrives, even if the fish-man on the opposite side wants to play some tricks, he is not afraid.
But the efficiency of making spell weapons is too slow.
It is precisely because of this that the first unit of the submariner hunters has not set off until now.
Straight to the point.
The communication between the Monarch Airship and the War was connected, and Xia Qi then told Lu Meng about his doubts, asking him to be as careful as possible in the future battle, and let the Submarine Hunter troops pay more attention to the movements of the fish-man troops.
Regarding Xia Qi's advice, Lu Meng naturally responded seriously.
In fact, not only Xia Qi, but also Lu Meng himself had vaguely sensed something wrong during the battle during this time.
Even though the Harpoon Gun can be an effective hit against ordinary Fish-Man troops, the performance of the Fish-Man Troops has been a little too weak lately, which is really suspicious.
Now Xia Qi's advice can be said to have made Lu Meng further convinced of his guess.
And during this period, as a fish-man force that has aroused Xia Qi and Lu Meng's doubts, it has not been easy recently.
Although they were deliberately trying to preserve their strength, the successive defeats and retreats had a very great impact on the morale of their troops.
At present, the morale of the entire army has entered a relatively low state.
At the same time, during this period, the Europa fleet also lost a lot of warships one after another, that is to say, the combat effectiveness of their Europa side is suffering a significant blow.
"Captain Balk, if we wait like this, our sea fleet on the Europa side will be destroyed by the foreign fleet on the opposite side!"
Inside the deep-sea camp, Lieutenant Colonel Swordfish looked at Balk as he leaned on his bed.
Hearing this, Balk looked up at Lieutenant Colonel Swordfish, and then said, "Lieutenant Colonel, don't worry. Calculating the time, His Majesty's reinforcements should also be coming soon, these humans are very cunning and will not be counted twice by the same move, so we only have one chance. ”
Lieutenant Colonel Swordfish Man who heard this, the expression on his face was slightly complicated.
Balk had changed, and the more energetic, confident guy he had used to have exuded a gloomy aura all over his body at this time.
I don't know whether this change in him is good or bad.
However, Balk did not notice the change in the Lieutenant Colonel of the Sailfish Man, and as he said this, his hands suddenly grasped the sheets, and a look of hatred burst into his eyes. The hand he held the metal harpoon tightened noticeably, and a cold light burst out of his eyes.
Huaxia's fleet! I'm going to make you pay a terrible price!!
After hanging up the communication with the War, Xia Qi began to think about his next move.
With the current situation, Xia Qi actually has two ways to deal with it.
The first is to passively accept the enemy, see the move.
The second is to take the initiative and grasp the rhythm.
It's just that which one to choose, but you still need to think carefully.
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Late at night, the port of Europa near the sea.
Recently, the sea lines of the East China Sea Fleet and the Foreign Combined Fleet are constantly pressing towards their coastal borders, and even from time to time, warships will rush to their coastal areas.
This situation caused the garrison of the port fortress to be on alert, and the patrol intensity was increased at the first time.
The number of patrols in the port area has increased several times since then, both day and night, and the 24-hour patrols, coupled with the monitoring of the sea lighthouse, allow them to ensure that any enemy ship that appears near the sea will be the first to be spotted by them.
At the same time, an artillery unit has been deployed in advance in the port area.
Once the enemy ship appears, it can be attacked at any time!
At this time, the garrison of the port fortress was ready to confront the East China Sea Fleet and the foreign combined fleet, and even to repel the landing operation on the opposite side.
However, even under such strict defenses, there are still fatal holes in their entire defense.
That night, the clouds were thick and the whole world was pitch black, except for the port city below and a few lights.
At three o'clock in the morning, a series of aerial bombs falling from the sky directly broke the tranquility of the entire port city, and at the same time broke the situation on the entire battlefield!
Unlike ordinary goblin airships, the size of the Monarch airship is almost twice as large as that of ordinary goblin airships.
As a result, the number of aerial bombs carried was also higher, plus the other two goblin airships also carried two tons of aerial bombs each.
On this night, nearly eight tons of aerial bombs fell from the sky!
The terrifying explosion directly swept everything around, and the violent impact of the explosion continued to spread with the monstrous firelight, and in the blink of an eye, the sky-high firelight illuminated the entire port!
"Enemy attack! Enemy Attack!! ”
Shrill sirens echoed wildly, and the heart-rending shouts of people were everywhere.
"Shet! Are the guys stationed at the lighthouse blind? How the enemy is approaching us! ”
At this moment, the supreme commander of the port fortress was almost crazy, and the sudden attack made him rush to the command room without even having time to put on his military uniform.
In the command room, the soldiers who were operating the instruments and equipment were also full of horror.
One of the soldiers said in a stern tone: "Report to the colonel, the garrison team of the lighthouse, said that no trace of the enemy has been found, and at the same time, our radar device has not detected any trace of the enemy fleet at all. ”
"You fart!! So tell me where the attack came from? Did it fall from the sky?! ”
It's just him, and the lieutenant colonel's whole mentality at this time is a little explosive.
Because the order has come from above, he will be able to enter the central government next month, and a good life is recruiting him, and as a result, this big explosion will directly blow up his future.
But at this moment, the accident happened again.
"It's the enemy fleet! Lieutenant Colonel, there are enemy ships in our outer seas! ”
Looking at the light spots that suddenly appeared on the radar display, a soldier in the command room suddenly let out an exclamation.
Hearing this, the lieutenant colonel's face twitched a few times.
"Inform the garrison corps, all of them will concentrate in the port area to meet the attack, and also, contact the nearby fleet to come and support!"
Distress signals kept coming, but what they didn't know was that several of their sea fleets in the offshore area of Europa were taking care of themselves at the moment because of a few cherry blossom fleets!
This is different from the early years when it was not possible to implement radar equipment due to its limited performance. With the continuous improvement of the performance of the shipborne radar, the lightning strike battle is the specialty of the Sakura camp, and the two Sakura players naturally want to use it.
It is undeniable that for the two Sakura players who are now financially strapped and really have no spare money to build battleships, forming a lightning strike fleet and attacking the enemy fleet at night can be said to be a very good way to save money.
And just when Europa's offshore escort fleet was too busy to take care of itself because of the attack of the Sakura fleet, the East China Sea Fleet led by Lu Meng was strongly approaching the blazing port of Europa!
The artillery units gathered in the port area launched an attack at the first opportunity.
That sea lighthouse was really in the way, and the constantly sweeping searchlights directly exposed the position of the fleet and their presence.
The battleship's main ship's guns slowly turned, and a round of shelling came directly at the obstructive sea lighthouse, even if it was a sea lighthouse made of reinforced concrete and concrete, it could not withstand the destructive power of the battleship's main ship guns.
With the roar of artillery fire, it fell to the ground with a bang and turned into ruins.
However, during this period, the port artillery unit, which had already locked on a shelling coordinate, was firing frantically for a moment, trying to cause damage to the East China Sea Fleet.
Looking at the Europa port in the darkness, which was constantly flickering with artillery fire, Xia Qi, who was standing in front of the window of the Sovereign, thought to himself: It seems that the previous round of air raids did not blow up the radar equipment on the opposite side.
If the radar equipment was blown up, the other side would not have discovered the traces of the Great Xia East Sea Fleet so quickly, and at the same time, it would not be possible to show such an efficiency in troop mobilization.
But there is no way, the accuracy of the black light blind fire is limited, and the airdrop bombing has never relied on precision strikes.
The reconnaissance airship of the No. 1 Air Reconnaissance Team spent a lot of time determining the location of the grain warehouse and munitions warehouse in this port.
After Xia Qi pondered for a while, he naturally chose to give priority to cutting off the supplies on the other side.
In this way, even if this night attack fails, they can effectively deal a definite blow to Europa's border garrison and sea fleet.
Of course, it would be great if during this period, the radar equipment on the opposite side could also be blown up by the way.
But obviously, Xia Qi's expectations this time did not work.
At the same time, under normal circumstances, no one is stupid enough to put all these important equipment and facilities in one place.
Not to mention radar equipment, even the arms warehouse and the grain warehouse are placed separately, so as to avoid the possibility of being destroyed by concentration.
But this time, in the face of Xia Qi's air raid, these two warehouses were still not spared.
At the same time, the East China Sea Fleet, which was gradually approaching, began to launch naval artillery strikes towards the port.
In fact, in this day and age, leaving aside individual lightning strike fleets, the risk of launching an attack at night is really great, especially for battleships, which is actually very difficult to fight.
Although the firelight from the harbor gave them some vision, the effectiveness of the attack was still significantly affected.
At the same time, although the fish-man force has been showing weakness recently, no one can deny that after nightfall, the hunters almost lose their vision of the sea, which makes the threat of the fish-man force directly infinitely magnified.
It is precisely for this reason that they have not taken night raids in the previous battles, and this is the main reason why Xia Qi gave priority to using airdrop bombing to cut off the supply of materials on the opposite side.
If this round of attacks goes well, the best outcome should be that they directly capture this port city of Europa.
However, combined with the above two factors, Xia Qi actually did not have much expectation for the capture of this port, and was almost only generally sure.
Once the port is not captured, and the grain warehouse and munitions warehouse on the opposite side are not blown up, then he will be a blood loss.
That's why this relatively safe plan was formulated.
"Next, let me see what the Fish-Man Force will do, shall we?" Looking at the blazing harbor below, Xia Qi muttered softly.
The person he was struggling with in the multiple-choice question, he had already given the answer, and Xia Qi chose to take the initiative!
No matter what tricks the fish-man troops want to do, they will directly blow up the opponent's supplies and see how far they can toss.
In doing so, the only risk is that it may expose the air airship of the Great Xia side in advance.
However, war is always a plan that cannot keep up with changes, and he always has to keep making trade-offs.