WWXOM "It's snowing~" Bob, the captain of the Victory, Glending took off the Havana gold-rimmed cigar from his lips and spat out a puff of smoke.

Jack's first mate next to him couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then raised his head to look at the gloomy sky overhead, and a cold feeling came from the tip of his nose, and tiny white snowflakes fell from the clouds.

The cold winter winds swept across the sea, blowing the massive sails on the masts and driving the battleship forward quickly.

"North wind. Captain Glending looked at the flag fluttering in the wind overhead, frowned slightly, and said, "This is not a good weather suitable for engagement. ”

First mate Jack also nodded, sighing worriedly, worried about the war he was about to face.

Based on the information obtained, it was speculated that a large fleet of thousands of ships would appear on the front of them. Just imagining it is enough to know that the scale is extremely large.

Even by the most conservative estimates, there will be more than three hundred warships.

"Maybe five hundred, who knows......" The first mate thought as he glanced back, only to see that the fleet following behind the Victory was also vast and huge.

But he knew very well that it was just the light on the outside of the donkey's dung eggs.

The fleet led by the Victory consisted of less than a hundred ships, and the remaining 400 ships were all transports loaded with supplies and army soldiers.

Among these dozens of warships, most of them are fast gunboats with sharp ships and small bodies.

Their only advantage is that they are fast enough, and they can run a speed of more than a dozen knots downwind, and all ships in this era can only follow their butts to eat the wind.

But the gunboat had a displacement of just over two hundred tons and carried several small caliber guns.

The first mate wondered how useful these boats would be when facing a demon double-deck or three-deck battleship.

In this era, the difference between the so-called transport ship and the warship is not very large, and the traditional naval combat tactics are nothing more than angular ramming and handside melee combat.

As long as the transport ship comes up, it can also be used as a battleship - as long as it is close enough, the soldiers on it can engage in jumping battles. They can even take advantage of their numerical superiority and easily capture enemy ships.

Even if the firepower of the three Victory-class battleships is very strong, it is unknown whether they can block the enemy in the face of the ship-sea tactics of the Semitic navy.

Moreover, so far, the Victory has not fought such a large-scale naval battle, and besides, the wind is not good today. The speed advantage of the battleship does not necessarily come into play......

The more the first mate thought about it, the more worried he became, and the more he felt that the future was not optimistic, and if there was anything that could comfort him, it would be. This naval battle must be the largest naval battle in thousands of years, enough to go down in history. And as the first mate of the Victory, he had the honor to participate in this great naval battle.

Captain Glending was worried about the first mate, and a smile appeared on the captain's weather-covered bronze face.

He patted the first mate on the shoulder and said in a hoarse voice, "My dear Jack, don't worry, I'm sure, the enemy is not our opponent."

It doesn't matter how many of them there are. We're going to send them all to the bottom of the sea. ”

The first mate smiled reluctantly and said loudly, "Yes, Captain." ”

Captain Glending shook his head, and said secretly in his heart: Although these people have good basic skills, they are all brainless, especially this guy.

As soon as he left the school, he became the first mate on the Victory. It's not just about having a good dad to do, it's about having a good ...... To be precise, extremely good personal ability.

Luckily, First Officer Jack has both.

Not only did he have a good father, but he was also the first in the 834th class of the Naval Academy of Jouman Santa Anna, and he was personally commended by Emperor Rudlun, and he had an extremely ambitious future.

"Since there was the Victory, the naval battle has not been what it used to be. Glending patted the first mate on the shoulder hard. He spoke with a heroic demeanor, proud of his battleship.

The first mate shrugged his shoulders slightly and said, "But...... Captain, according to intelligence, there are simply too many enemies. From a tactical point of view, it is very bad for us. ”

Glending laughed right away. "Jack, my dear Jack. A shark can run away with tens of thousands of fish, so throw away your rigid tactics.

We are the glorious Royal Navy, not the mud legs of the Army. In a war at sea, numbers are never an advantage

Didn't your teachers teach you how to fight at sea, speed, tactics, equipment, and technology...... And so on, that's the key.

Therefore, the army's mud legs are called cannon fodder, and for our navy, people always come first. Soldiers were never encouraged to sacrifice.

You say no, Mr. Pouk. ”

The last sentence was said to a middle-aged man who was passing by in a hurry.

The middle-aged man stopped, smiled and nodded, and said, "You're absolutely right, Your Excellency, Captain. ”

Unlike the officers and men of the navy who were dressed in white around him, Mr. Puck was a blue overalls on the mountain, with a pen in the breast pocket of his jacket, a gentlemanly face, fair skin, and a beautiful and expensive pair of glasses on his nose.

Captain Glending smiled and said, "Mr. Puke, are your men ready?"

Pock smiled confidently and said loudly, "Yes, Captain, my lads are full of energy. ”

"Very well," said Captain Glending, nodding heavily, "this battle is all yours." ”

"Rest assured. Mr. Puck raised his hand and put it on his forehead, gave an awkward military salute, and then hurried away again.

The first mate glanced at Mr. Puke's back, flattened his mouth, and said, "Captain, I think you still say don't pin your hopes on them.

These guys never played a role when we needed them, their stuff was ......"

The first mate seemed to think of something, smiled bitterly, and said, "It's too unsafe." ”

Captain Glending picked up his cigar and said indistinctly, "Don't worry, Mr. Puck assured me that they had improved the whole system. ”

The first mate opened his mouth to say something more, but at this moment, a figure descending from the sky interrupted his train of thought.

The man fell from the sky like a feather. Fell on the bow of the ship.

He had black eyes that sparkled with a compelling and bright light at all times. Hook-like nose and thin lips.

And he is tall and burly, and his whole body is full of explosive muscles.

A long golden hair was draped behind him, fluttering in the sea breeze with the bright red cloak on his body. It is extremely wild and uninhibited.

The man slowly stepped on the ground with his feet, first straightened his long, slightly messy hair, and then flicked his cloak in a dashing manner. Strode over to the captain.

The first mate looked at his handsome face, strong figure, and sunny temperament, and secretly muttered in his heart: How can a man be so handsome. It's unreasonable~!

Captain Glending was very happy to see him, and took the initiative to greet him, saying, "Your Excellency Master Andresen, you have finally returned, do you have any new discoveries?"

The Anderson mage nodded casually to the captain and first mate, his attitude a little arrogant.

But the two of them didn't care, they were used to it, this guy was so virtuous to everyone.

And he was directly arranged by the top management of the group, and I heard that he is related to Miss Vera.

The men on the Victory are all Imperial elites, though. All of them have eyes above the top.

When you meet some people who have a deep backstage and don't have much ability, or people who have high skills but don't have many backstage, you naturally have to toss around with a good idea and let them know that Lord Ma has three eyes.

But when I encounter this kind of ability, I am strong and have a deep background. And they lost their temper. It can only be served with good food and drink.

Captain Glending gritted his teeth for this, and reluctantly vacated his room for others.

In this case, Jack, as the first mate, had to grit his teeth and reluctantly vacate his room to the captain.

As a guest on the ship, Mage Andreason had an easy job, and his only job on the fleet was reconnaissance. and contact with the land.

Captain Glending and First Officer Jack didn't know a mage, but they had never heard of a mage who could scout an entire sea area or make contact over land thousands of miles away by flying alone.

But this handsome man without heavenly reason undoubtedly did it.

The Neyan Operations Command Center even ordered the fleet to investigate the results of Master Andresen's investigation. Adopt without question.

This point especially made the first mate dissatisfied, and he had already scolded countless sentences of "why" in his heart, how could such a major event as war be such a child's play, if this guy deliberately reported false news, didn't he take everyone into the pit?

In the end, the first mate could only be quite resentful, and put it down to the prerogative of the brother-in-law's party.

In any case, Master Anderson also diligently went out once or twice a day to bring back news from the surrounding waters and orders from the headquarters.

Thinking of this, Jack sighed secretly in his heart, and then picked up the paper clip and pen in his hand, waiting to record Andresen's information.

Mage Anderessen raised his arm and pointed to the west, as if to see through the mist, and said coldly, "The fleet of demons has arrived. ”

Captain Glending's spirit shook suddenly, and he immediately threw out a series of questions, and asked in a loud voice, "Their location, speed, scale?"

Andresen thought for a moment and said, "It's about six hundred miles away from us, heading due east, and the speed is about the same as ours, is the scale ......?"

He shook his head and said, "There are too many, too many to count, there are ships for dozens of miles, and there are no less than three hundred warships in the lead alone. ”

The first mate Jack's hand couldn't help but pause, and then sighed secretly, and said secretly in his heart: This is also called professional, except for the distance, nothing is clear.

However, he also knew that it was quite good for Andresen to be able to do this. The enemy's fleet must have someone with advanced mana such as the Lich in its ranks, and Anderson didn't dare, and couldn't get too close to scouting.

Captain Glending frowned, took a few puffs of his cigar, pondered for a moment, and muttered, "In this way, if the enemy doesn't play any tricks, we will be able to reach the Vatino in time." ”

"My men have been watching them, and if they make any moves, we'll know right away," Anderson said. ”

Captain Glending and the first mate couldn't help but glance at each other.

It was the first time they had heard that this Master Anderresen was not alone, and the two of them had the same feeling in their hearts that the water was very deep, so it was wise not to say anything.

"Alright, that's it," Andresen waved his hand. "I'm going to rest." ”

With that, he walked away.

But the first mate knew that this guy was going to mess with Puck's engineers again.

Captain Glending pondered for a moment with a straight face, then waved his hand vigorously and said in a sonorous voice: "We are about to enter the battle zone, order the fleet, enter the state of combat readiness, and always be careful of the enemy's war fortress." ”

Flashing light signals immediately went out of the flagship. Following the spread throughout the fleet, the battleship protected the transport ship in the middle, vigilantly watching the sky.

The clouds are lowering, and the western horizon has been dyed black. The snowflakes gradually become denser.

This was good news for the fleet - under the cover of clouds and fog, the fleet was not easily detected by the enemy's war fortresses.

It was getting dark, but the whole fleet was still sailing west by night.

As soon as the next day dawned, Glending appeared on deck, dressed and neatly dressed.

The snow has not stopped all night, and it is still falling one after another.

A thin layer of snow had accumulated on the Victory, and the sailors were sweeping the deck.

The first mate let out a puff of mist. His eyes were red, and he obviously hadn't rested well.

"Where are we?" said Captain Glending, without replying.

First mate Jack pointed to a shadow on the northern sea level and said, "Thirty miles away is the Vatino."

Captain Glending nodded with a solemn expression and said, "The main force covers the transport ship to approach the landing point, and the gunboat goes out to investigate, and the demons should also arrive today." ”

The fleet slowly turned, making a huge arc across the sea, heading in the direction of the Vatino.

At the same time. Several high-speed gunboats crossed the fleet and galloped west.

After a few moments, they were gone, only a few white sprays left in the sea.

Although with Anderson's reconnaissance, it seems redundant to send gunboats forward, but this is also Lorraine's order, after all, for Lorraine, Anderresen and others are secret weapons. Can not be lightly exposed.

In this way, only the presence of the scout gunboats in the enemy's line of sight will make them think that they have been spotted by the Terran ships during the voyage, and will not suspect anything else.

It is precisely because of this that Glending threw himself to the ground for the five-body body that Lord Luo admired. This lord is worthy of the Flying Eagle God of War, the greatest military strategist of this era. Strategist, genius commander.

When the minds of other commanders were still stuck in the phalanxes fighting each other, relying on the savage collision of cold weapons to win, he had turned the war into a gorgeous art. Not only has great strength, superb military command skills, and iron-blooded and ruthless means, but also countless despicable tricks, shameless fraud......

At this time, Andresen also yawned and walked out of the cabin, raised his hand to the captain, and said, "Morning." A new day has begun. ”

Then he shrugged his shoulders and jumped into the air, disappearing into a black dot and disappearing into the clouds.

According to the news sent back by Guò Andresen, Captain Glendin kept marking the enemy's location on the chart, the black symbol representing the demons, and kept approaching the red sign representing the human fleet, and finally, the two sides met a qiē.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the gunboat that went out to reconnoiter sailed back, and the signal light on the mast flashed desperately, and the rapid signal only represented one meaning: to find the enemy~!

Captain Glending has been standing on the bow of the ship against the snow, and at the critical moment, the captain's upright posture and confident expression greatly boosted the morale of the sailors.

Although the snow affected the vision, Captain Glending knew that his enemy was on the opposite horizon, and it would be an unprecedented battle at sea, and the captain was full of confidence in victory, in the words of Lord Lorraine once said on the Victory: Our enemy is a generation behind us.

Captain Glending's loud voice sounded, and he commanded loudly with a voice that could be heard by the whole ship: "The battleship is out of the ranks, and the battle formation ~!"

"Yes~!" the first mate took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, roared, and quickly conveyed the order.

The sailors immediately went into action, hoisting the sails, turning the rudder, all in one go.

With three Victory-class battleships as the core, dozens of battleships turned away from the transport fleet, dragging long white water trails towards the west.

The closed gun windows on both sides of the battleship suddenly opened one after another, and the dark barrels of the guns slowly peeked out of the windows.

"No. 1 is in place~!"

"No. 2 is in place~!"

“......”

The battleship bared his hideous teeth.

At this moment, suddenly there was a low thunder from the north, and the rumbling thunder was endless.

The sailors looked in amazement in the direction where the thunder was coming.

"Strange, will there be thunder when it snows?" said the first officer, looking up at the gloomy sky in the north, puzzled.

Captain Glending gave his first mate a strange look and said coldly, "That's the sound of Vatino's cannons." ”

The first mate and the sailors on board were shocked, and they remembered that not far from the north and west of the fleet, their big boss, Lord Lorraine, was leading a garrison of less than 20,000 men in a fierce battle with 100,000 Semites.

Hearing the sound of cannons means that the demons have begun to attack the city again.

And what they are going to block is the reinforcements of the demon reinforcements of the siege force.

Pious sailors gaze into the shadows of the north, draw crosses on their chests, and pray silently.

"Gentlemen," said Captain Glending, facing the sailors on deck, "our victory or defeat is a matter of life and death for the Vatino, and the whole continent is watching us at this moment.

Don't disgrace our Victory, for the sake of Ruman, for the sake of light, sink all the demons~!"

The sailors drew their swords from their waists, raised their weapons to the sky, and shouted in unison: "For Ruman~!"

"For the light~!"

"It's dry~!"

"Kill them all, and leave no pieces behind~!"

Glending nodded solemnly, raised his head and saluted all the officers and soldiers, and roared angrily: "Raise the battle flag~!"

A fierce eagle banner with lightning under its talons rises from the mast, indicating that the whole fleet is about to fight the enemy.

The King and the Invincible hoisted their mighty battle flags, and a long horn sounded on the sea.

Captain Glending turned and walked into the command room, where the staff officers and officers were already in place.

"Captain has arrived, salute~!"

With a clear order, the officers in the command room threw down their work, immediately stood facing the captain, straightened their waists, touched their heels hard, and raised their hands in salute.

Captain Glending walked up to Mr. Pock, stood still opposite him, looked him in the eye, looked him sternly, and said, "Mr. Puck, you can get to work." ”

Mr. Puke's face turned red with excitement, he raised his hand to his eyebrows, gave a military salute, and said excitedly, "Yes, Your Excellency, Captain."

All of us in the crew will be waiting for a day, so please rest assured. ”

Then he turned around and strode down the cabin, shouting at the same time: "Little cubs, start work, light the fire, warm up~!"

In the rear of the Victory, there was a strange iron barrel that extended from the inside of the hull, bare towards the air.

At this moment, this iron bucket, which usually seemed very redundant, suddenly emitted a thick black smoke, which rolled upside down on the deck with the wind.

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