Volume 3 Kuroshio 55 Soul of the Sea
I have a special affection for the sea, I can stand on the seashore and look at it from afar, walk on the beach, but I don't want to go into the water.
I can swim, but I just don't like places where there's a lot of water. I prefer mountains.
The experience of being at sea was not pleasant, not a single one that made me nostalgic, not once. I didn't know anything about naval warfare, and the recapture of Torbarad and my ship was a landing battle that we didn't start until the gunboats in front of us had leveled the positions in front of the shore.
However, Dalin's navy is the strongest in the human kingdom. No one can conquer them at sea, except the gods. However, they were defeated.
The first battle was like this, their scouts discovered that the orcs had built ports and docks in the wetlands, but by this time the orcs had already built many, many ships, and I didn't understand what they were talking about about the direction of the wind.
I've also asked some fishermen and ...... Pirate. While they have also shown that some wind direction does have an impact on a ship's maneuverability, I heard from some pirate friends...... It was Kul Tiras's pirate friends who said...... I don't know what kind of sail technique was used on the naval warships of Kurtilas, but it is said that what kind of sail allows the ship to be free from the direction of the wind.
I've heard a little about this when they attack Tol Barad, but I don't know what they mean. Anyway, it is said that there is a ship in the navy of Kurtilas that can sail against the wind.
But here's where the strange thing happens!
It's just a rumor, I'm not sure it's true, supposedly...... At that time, when Commander Dahlin led the fleet to attack, there was not a single warship of the kind that sailed against the wind!
You say this...... Ha!
Kul Tiras's navy is not Dahrin alone!
Our king is still young, and he probably doesn't know these things yet. On the surface, the country of Kurtilas is the master of the house, he is the commander-in-chief, and he is majestic, and he is the one who comes to the national meetings. But in Kul Tiras, the country is controlled by four families.
The Daylin Proudmoore family is the strongest, they have the largest number of resources and land, and they have a firm grip on most of the dockyards, especially the large ones. However, there are three more, the Vikris family, the Ashvan family, and the Stosson family.
Among them, the Vikris family is a supporter of Dalin, so Dalin is easy to speak in Kul Tiras. The other two, the Ashfan family is mainly engaged in trade, overseas trade is their main business, this family is rich, but the people of this family are not stable at all, although on the surface they are quite friendly with Commander Dai Lin, but the two families are not so friendly, and the ships of this family are ......
This time there was no support for the war at all, and it was also their ship's ship that did not follow Daelin on the expedition.
Yes, the kind of boat that can sail against the wind is theirs!
It's not a secret to say it's a secret, but it's not a secret to say that it's not a secret, but only their family has mastered this technology. The port of the Ashvans was not in Bullares, they had their own port, their own ships came into their port, unloaded their goods, and then transported them by land.
Why? Hum......
My pirate friends told me that the Ashvan ship pirates are generally not very willing to provoke unless their fleet has an absolute advantage and there are no warships patrolling around them, but the Ashvans are not stupid.
The reason is that although their ship is not as big as the battleship under the command of Commander Dai Lin, and the firepower is so fierce, they are running fast! Whether it's a tailwind or a headwind, people can fight. If you can't beat people, you can run faster, especially if you can run away against the wind, which is one of the reasons why pirates are reluctant to fight them.
I started to have doubts about their family's tech blockade, but so far I haven't figured out how they managed to do it! My guess is that either there is a core technology in it that cannot be seen from the outside, or they are demanding enough to select the crew!
Hum...... It's all off topic. Anyway, the Ashfan family did not send a ship to advance and retreat with Commander Dai Lin, of course, I don't know whether Commander Dai Lin finally pursued this matter.
And I got very little information about the Stosson family, and I didn't know much about it.
In that war, they only provided some support personnel, such as some sea tide sages. Those who do not believe in the Light, they have their own religion. These people are heretics, and the gods are chattering, and they always feel upright...... I have a bad impression of them.
This is what I know, perhaps the first reason for the defeat. And the second reason is...... This is my judgment, and I think that Dahlin is too underestimated.
The letters we received were that the orcs had a navy that was even inferior to the pirates. In their words, the pirate's warships are more refined than the orcs!
The reason why the Orc Harbor was not immediately attacked was because the Scout said that although the Orc Dock was not good, they had strengthened the harbor as quickly as possible after discovering the Scout.
Maybe the situation when there was no attack at that time was that the wind direction at that time might not have taken advantage of them attacking the orc port.
There's something else going on that only they know.
On the other hand, I feel that Dai Lin is greedy!
Judging from the two battles that took place in Nanhai Town at that time, this greed should be a sure thing.
Because for the first time, the scouts found that the orc fleet was moving, and although there were not many of them, some of them had already begun to make their way to Zuldre Island.
At that time, Dai Lin was going to attack, but later Dai Lin canceled the battle plan, and the report to us during that time was still the same as before.
Of course, we don't know what's happening at sea, it's all up to them.
As a result of this, a week or so, they discovered that the orcs were going to build a fortress on Zuldre Island, which you may not know was the only way north from the wetland orc harbor, an uninhabited island that even pirates did not want to camp in.
A few hundred nautical miles northeast of the island is Tol Barad Island. Say it's important, it's important, let's say it's not important...... It's really hard to lose this place. In the past, humans had never been at war, and no one cared about it here. But as soon as the orcs came to this island, they were looked at by Dai Lin.
According to what the Navy told me at the time, Daelin wanted to ambush the orc fleet at Zuldere Island, and it would be nice if he could wipe it out in one fell swoop. So he didn't rush out to attack the orc's harbor.
When the scouts got word that the orcs had begun a massive march toward Zuldre, Commander Daleen immediately gave the order. He really is...... Alas!
It is said that at that time, the scouts had very few orc ships, most of them were small ships, and it can even be said that they were extremely rudimentary.
And when Dai Lin heard that the orcs seemed to be out of the nest, Commander Dai Lin made a pre-war speech, and those boys also learned from Commander Dai Lin's speech at that time after they drank up.
The high-spirited Commander Dalin stood on the dock and looked at his crew, and that's it...... Yes, just pinching his waist and holding the horn in one hand. He told the crew that the opportunity to belong to the people of Kul Tiras had come, that their glory had come, that their legend had arrived!
The orcs conquered the kingdom of Stormwind, killing their king, slaughtering the queen, and exile the prince to the north. The orcs conquered the dwarves, leaving them to hide in the cellars they dug with their own hands. But now the orcs have chosen to kill themselves! They will put their lives in the hands of the glorious navy of Kurtilas!
He drew his knife and pointed it at his soldiers, shouting, "Do you want their heads!"
Soldiers shouted! Want!
Then Dai Lin shouted again, do you want this low-hanging victory!
The soldiers shouted! Want!
Then Dalin shouted again, do you want the opportunity to impress the entire human kingdom with the glorious Kul Tiras Navy! Do you want the opportunity to write a legendary history?
At this time, the soldiers were already enthusiastic, and they chanted the slogan Long live Kurtilas, long live Commander Dalin.
In the minds of almost everyone, including the two navies who told me the story, the orcs were looking for death, and the information given to them by the scouts was that the orc ships didn't need guns at all! Hit it!
The two guys said that at that time, there was only one feeling that this battle was the greatest gift that God had given them.
And they will not fight them for a long time.
And just like that, they were heavily armed and sailed out of the harbor to the cheers of tens of thousands of people in the port of Bullarasse!
I've been to Bullaras and the city's harbor is so big, so big! I could all seem to feel the magnificence of dozens of warships leaving port.
Their fleet sailed towards Zuldre, but the wind was really not in their favor, so instead of catching up with the orc fleet that had originally headed for Zuldre, their fleet ran into another group of orc ships coming behind them.
In this way, Commander Dalin asked the entire fleet to turn the bow of the ship and open fire on this group of orcs first!
According to them, after turning the bow of the ship, the boat drove fast! I really want to go up and sink them all.
At this time, the orcs also discovered them, and the orcs were not stupid, they immediately changed course in a vain attempt to get rid of them, the orc ships were small, and they did run much faster than the navy's ships in the case of a tailwind!
Despite this, the navy also had a technology and equipment that was said to have been obtained from the dwarves...... Artillery!
The guns in the bow of the ship opened fire on the orc fleet, and the two guys' ships were at the front of the pursuit, and they said that they had seen it with their own eyes, and there was nothing false about it! Then I saw that the cannon spewed out a flame, and the disemboweling cannonball flew like the magic of death towards the orc ship.
As they spoke, they saw a cannonball cut off the mast of a ship, and then the passing cannonball smashed into a ship farther ahead. There was also a cannonball that pierced through the two ships like a string, and the orcs on them instantly flew flesh and blood.
This scene completely irritated the pursuing navy, and in their words, it was like a man who had not touched a woman for a long time saw a naked girl. Hum...... These were their exact words, and they said that this was the feeling, and it felt like a hearty slaughter of the orcs! They even saw the recognition of them in the future.
The boats in the back did not dare to open fire rashly, and only the twenty or so ships in the front row attacked. But the orc ships are not vegetarians, and they row forward desperately. This scene was very useful to them, and this bloody chase strongly stimulated the thirst for blood, the thirst for hunting, the excitement of teasing and humiliating an opponent who had been heard to be very strong, but now seemed to be completely weak.
In their words, their sea soul awakens at this moment!