Chapter 40:
The Moon Angel after the right full rudder became the position with its back to Cervantes III, but the huge action also aroused the vigilance of the other party, after all, for the HRE Empire and the Holy See, all the elven power ships are basically hostile to each other, just sink them directly.
As a second-class battleship, and an ocean-going expulsion subspecies of the enhanced firepower type, Cervantes III was not very maneuverable, and was no match for the Moon Angel at all, but as a battleship, it was impossible for it to go to sea alone, and around it, several fast sailing ships were changing from the accompanying queue to a herringbone pursuit formation, rushing towards the Moon Angel.
Those high-speed cruisers were not very large, they were just some auxiliary ships that accompanied the capital ships, and they were just some fourth- and fifth-class battleships with thirty or forty guns.
But five fourth-tier warships are already very troublesome, and these ocean-going high-speed ships are specially designed and built for pursuit and high-speed patrols, so the Moon Angel is gradually catching up with these high-speed cruisers.
Looking at the battleship trailing a kilometer away, Tsukizakura scratched her head, shook the pom-pom hairpin on her head twice, and picked up Hero on the side: "Go, pull the boom cannon to the stern of the boat, and give that group of bastards a salvo." β
Helo ran to the stern with the apple in his mouth, and by the way, he commanded the crew to pull over the two boom guns arranged in front of the stern.
The carved windows in the stern were pushed open, and four long-barreled gyroscopes pointed the muzzles of the black holes at the nearest cruiser. Gunpowder and armor-piercing shells with plugs were stuffed into the muzzles, compacted and plugged with fuses, and four guns lined up and aimed at the bow of the opposing ship.
βfireοΌβ
With an English command with a Shandong accent, four cone-shaped shells pulled out a dazzling line of fire. Flew to that cruiser. The first shell grazed a cable and fell into the sea behind. The second was embedded in the bow statue, while the third and fourth pierced through the fragile hull of the high-speed cruiser and into the bow tower.
Seeing that the Moon Angel had launched an attack from a kilometer away, the cruisers raised all their sails one after another, and the bow guns were replaced with long-range shells, and they accelerated and launched a series of shots at the Moon Angel's chrysanthemums.
Of course, because the distance is too far. The shells crashed into the sea a few hundred meters away from the Moon Angel, and they did nothing but splash white columns of water.
After all, the small ship that is shaking the high-speed charge is firing a short-barreled body gun, and the hit rate itself is not much higher. It is estimated that the other party also knows this, and now shooting is just to boost morale, and it is too demoralizing to just take a beating and not fire back.
Because the escape route was downwind, it was natural that the pursuit route of the Temple Cruiser was also downwind, and in the downwind direction, the Moon Angel, which was dominated by diagonal truss sails and schooners, was a little overwhelmed. On the contrary, the Temple cruiser with a cross-sail began to pick up speed, and soon the distance between the two sides began to close.
The Moon Angel organized another salvo. This time, the six additional long-barreled cannons removed from the ship's waist joined the firing array, giving the already damaged cruiser a warm baptism of cannonballs.
Two shells were fired into the anchor chain chamber. The anchor chain winch was completely destroyed, and a cannonball pierced the first mast, and the foremast sails fell into the sea with the broken mast, and the ropes became entangled, and the sails and the broken mast swayed back and forth.
A few shotguns passed through the mainmast, smashing the sails and slowing down the ship considerably, but the deadliest thing was that the fireball cannonball projectile approved by Tsukizakura hit the hull, and the large hole that had been blown out continued to pour into the seawater, and as the heavy sea water flooded the cabin, the whole ship began to shake unnaturally, like a canister carrying a sinking float in a pond, which would sink to the bottom of the pond at any moment.
"Yes, yes, but the shells are so expensive that I don't even hear them. Tsukizakura complained dissatisfiedly.
Hearing the captain's complaint, Cangyang walked over very decisively and unplugged Yueying's earbuds. At this time, the third salvo had just begun, and the deafening sound of cannon echoed in the captain's room, and all the utensils buzzed and trembled in the sound of cannons. Resonating with the entire captain's cabin and even the stern and hull, the huge sonic energy dispersed and then re-converged, gathering around Tsukizakura in the center of the captain's quarters.
How could our great, brave, almost god-like powerful and wise Tsukizakura-sama be frightened by this voice.
The chicken steak that slipped to the ground in your hand is your delusion.
Although her ears were buzzing, Yue Ying could still understand Cangyang's words according to her mouth shape: "Sister, do you hear it now?"
Thirty defts of roar, louder than a salvo of ten heavy guns, soared into the sky, twisted ripples visible for miles.
"You're hairy!"
Cangyang put down the two fingers that blocked his ears, and responded to Yueying's anger with that eternally expressionless face: "Eldest sister, didn't you say you wanted to listen to the sound of cannons?"
Don't you know I'm an elf......
"I know very well that you're a moon elf, what's wrong?"
Don't you know that the elves have +2 listening skills......
"Of course I know that elves have a keen ear, so what?"
Do you know that I hear several times as many voices as you......
"Oh, don't be angry, I didn't mean to. β
At that time, Tsukizakura's face was twisted like a twisted flower.
Yueying's stomach is full of fire, but it doesn't help to get angry at a three-no, it will only get hotter. So no matter why Cangyang wanted to play tricks on herself, she ran out of the stern very decisively, grabbed the steering wheel, and threw it fiercely, and the Moon Angel leaned to one side and aimed the port side at the five incoming cruisers.
"Port gunner!
The Moon Angel, which turned 45 degrees to the left, could barely attack the cruiser in the distance, and the gun emplacements moved their guns desperately to the left, so that the target could escape into the sighting rod.
Starting from the stern, the two layers of guns fired one after another, until the bow guns were finished, and the shells formed a barrage of white alchemy smoke and pounced on the three cruisers on the left.
Sir Shak was the cruiser on the far left, a fourth-class high-speed cruiser carrying thirty standard medium guns, two masts that could be used for both crosssails and schooners, and a streamlined hull that could easily navigate the waves. There is hardly any other ship that can run faster than it. Although the firepower is not outstanding. And the armor is not as good as those battleships. But the ship is still an excellent predator among small vessels. There have been quite a few ships that thought they were better than the Sir Shak in terms of firepower or maneuverability.
Although this ship is not a brilliant record, it is also somewhat famous, at least its sinking number is already in the double digits.
The plundered ship bells have also gathered five, and they can be exchanged for a chance to strengthen the alchemy.
But today, by no means a lucky day for this ship, the good fortune that accompanied this group of Imperial seafarers in the past has gone away today, and at least two-thirds of the cannon fire poured from the Moon Angel has landed on the head of Sir Shak.
The mast first snapped in the flames, which ignited the numerous bullet holes that had been punched. Quickly spread to the whole ship. Alchemical incendiary bombs burned a large hole in the side of the ship, causing several guns on the side to detonate, and one after another explosions fell into the armory through flying sparks and coke, and the mountains of powder kegs were like sleeping dragons awakened by spears, and the piercing light mixed with black smoke erupted from the hatches, and the fragile cabin partitions completely disappeared in the erupting flames, allowing the chemical fission to intensify in the center of the hull.
Then, the Moon Angel saw that the target of his focus turned into a dazzling fireball less than ten seconds after the salvo.
"Wow, Ten Rings!"
"Ten rings of P. That's the splash damage that triggers the Powder Magazine special status. β
"Full rudder on the right!
This time, the Moon Angel turned 90 degrees to the right, turning to a 45-degree oblique right to point at the Temple Army.
The hull shook violently in the volley. The roaring alchemical charge propelled the ship several meters to the other side. The shells that drew a low arc smashed into the queue of three ships on the right one after another, and the ship in the middle was forced to lower its sails because it had experienced two salvos, and was forced to lower its sails and begin to organize the crew to drain the water, but the crew also suffered heavy casualties in the violent explosion, and without the support of friendly ships, the displacement speed would definitely not be able to keep up with the speed of the water intake.
Although it was not hit at the ammunition depot, the heavy armor-piercing salvo completely cut the hull, and almost instantly dissolved the physical shape of the ship into a scrap form, which was still the kind that had been shattered.
"Well done! Crit! Crit!"
"Critical hits are P, and even the average damage is not reached. β
"Cangyang, do you want to die?"
"I don't want to. β
"Then shut up!"
"I don't want to. β
β......β
After sinking two and damaging three, the two injured high-speed cruisers immediately braked urgently, lowered their sails and stopped outside the range of the Moon Angel's precise strike, and it seemed that they did not dare to keep up with them.
And it was at this time that Cervantes III finally caught up......
After the sloping rain of steel fire completely crippled Cervantes III's servant ship formation, the Moon Angel finally had to face the terrifying Second Class battleship.
The dense artillery columns, the solid armor, and the huge shadow of the ship reveal a terrifying aura even from two kilometers away.
Tsukizakura stood at the top of the stern, the wind blowing from the stern of the ship, causing Sakura's long pink hair to flutter backwards, and her tall and straight figure was nailed to the deck like a flagpole, and that long hair was the fluttering battle flag.
The teenage captain has been away from the battleship for decades, and even for long-lived elves, a few decades is not a short time. She thought she had forgotten the scorching hull of the burning oak hull of the sea and the smell of gunpowder burning, the scarlet hell that the shotgun tore through the deck and the terrifying light that the blazing bullet had caused when it pierced the ammunition depot.
But when her toes landed again on the rocking deck of the battleship, the smell of pine oil lubricating the ropes filled her nose, and the soul of the evil moon of death gradually awakened in Tsukizakura's body. The legend of the West Sea in the past is back.
Although the battleship was an almost invincible beast, Tsukizakura squinted at it unconcernedly, coldly covering it in her deep pupils. Even this giant mobile fortress on the sea, which was integrated with attack and defense, gradually became full of flaws in Tsukizakura's sharp gaze.
The corners of her mouth hooked up with a confident and mysterious smile, and Tsukizakura raised her right hand, and her jade fingers pointed at the giant ship that broke through the waves.
"Pass my orders...... Retreat at full speed!"
The enthusiastic crew members, who had just been touched by Tsukizakura's momentum, fell to the ground almost immediately, and then threw their strength into the great cause of escape with 120,000 enthusiasm.
However, those alchemical armor-piercing bullets are very expensive. Secret gunpowder primers are also very expensive. That's a lot of money. And that's not even counting the crew's labor costs and the wear and tear of the barrels.
Tsukizakura is not a stingy person, and as a broad-minded leader, she certainly doesn't care about such a small amount of money.
Do you believe the above statement?
Anyway, in Yueying's understanding, broad-mindedness means that the placket has a low opening, and it's just an adjective of appearance.
So the Moon Angel, less than two kilometers after escaping, began to maneuver around Cervantes III.
As a schooner, the Moon Angel is not very dependent on the direction of the wind and can maneuver flexibly. The Moon Angel number is like a dexterous one. The cunning cat was playing tricks on the lame donkey tethered to a fence stake from afar.
The Moon Angel's shells were guaranteed to penetrate Cervantes III's side armor only within three hundred meters, however, not every position was covered with such thick armor.
Under the command and dispatch of Moon Sakura, the Moon Angel pointed its broadside gun column at the mast of Cervantes III, and the special enchanted chain bullet was loaded into the short barrel body heavy cannon.
Then, with the Siberian accent "Ula!" from Xinglian, who was blocking his ears, the chain bullet swirled and flew out. Pull out a terrifying whistling.
The two iron balls that rotated at high speed tore at the chains forged from the fine iron, slicing through the air like sharp blades. The attached arcane energy pushed the cannonball, causing it to accelerate further, and finally passed through the dense forest of masts and rigging one after another.
With a crackling sound, the masts fell one by one, and the men climbing on the masts and rigging fell into the water like dumplings and fell into the ground on the deck.
In this era, the main propulsion capacity of ships came from the sails, which in turn were supported by masts. Once the mast breaks, the sailboat becomes incapacitated and cannot move until the mast is repaired.
The mast can't be repaired with a single repair, especially if all of the Moon Angel's doors are fully open. Not all crew members were able to repair the mast while being pointed at by dozens of cannons.
Since it could not be repaired, Cervantes III could only use a spare long paddle for the time being. It is obviously impossible to use manpower to drive such a huge ship to normal speed, and the use of long oars not only requires a layer of gun doors to extend the long oars, but also requires a large number of crew members to row the boat, in order to coordinate the oars of the whole ship, it is not possible to slide too fast, so as not to interfere with each other in the front and rear oars.
To sum up, now this giant of the sea can only move slowly and turn at turtle speed.
The Moon Angel circled it back and forth, but the oar was not subject to the direction of the wind, and it could brake and turn on the spot if it was paddling on one side and the other side was backstroked.
"If we can go around it, we can give it a few shots of the chrysanthemum, and it will be more maneuverable after destroying its rudder, but we can't get around it now. β
Tsukizakura, who was fiddling with the steering wheel back and forth, crunched the steering wheel and stared fiercely at the giant ship, squeezing these tangled words out of her teeth.
"Zhuqing, who can relieve my worries?"
It's not that Tsukizakura can't think of a way, it's just that her methods are all strange ideas such as "using the ship's divine shield to launch a celestial assault directly at the target" and "activating the military-grade Longinus magic light cannon", so she is very self-aware to ignore her own methods.
As a veteran navigator who has led the ship for the longest time, Helo raised his paws: "We have an idea, I don't know if it will work." β
"Let's talk about it. β
The brown tail flicked, and was grabbed by Heluo, hugged into his arms and gently stroked his hair: "When our family was in the northern grassland before, if we were the only one, we wouldn't have touched those big prey." But if we can find the wolves that act with us, then we can catch the real big game.
"The wolves in the north, only when they learn to hunt collectively, can they really be recognized by our predecessors, and wolves who don't know how to hunt are still wolf cubs in our opinion. So, let's mention yì, how about the Moon Angel restrain this cow, let it point its horns to the side at all times, and then let another wolf bite its neck?"
Wang Ming applauded: "I didn't know until today that there are normal people around my eldest sister." β
Helo let go of her tail and let the long fluffy tail sweep wantonly: "After all, our family is called a virtuous wolf." β
At this moment, Cangyang floated up from below deck. There were dozens of balls of light floating around him.
"Then there is only one problem before us. β
Cangyang's voice is always so calm. It's so cold that people have the illusion that Cangyang is actually refrigerated chicken.
"Refrigerated chicken, your sister...... Our problem is. Now that we are only one ship, how can we launch wolf pack tactics?"
Everyone jumped to the corner of the stern tower in fright, their bodies all curled up and trembled involuntarily, and just when Cangyang was talking dirty, they faintly saw some indescribable terrifying aura flowing from Cangyang's body.
It is obviously an expressionless face, and it is obviously a lifeless look, but it can convey a disgust as majestic as the Dead Sea, and it is like a dead cloud of negative energy in the underworld that is wrapped around Cangyang's body.
That scene. In an instant, everyone's sanity was on the verge of collapse.
Seeing that he had stabbed the hornet's nest, Cangyang took a deep breath, and when the breath was exhaled, all the dark purple unknown smoke around him disappeared, and then everyone dared to gather over.
"Cangyang-san, what do you think should be done? If we don't fight the wolves, we really won't be able to kill them?"
Facing Wang Ming's question, Cangyang turned his gaze away disdainfully, but after scanning everyone's expressions, he was sure that this group of guys really couldn't think of anything, and Cangyang couldn't help but increase his breathing.
So the atmosphere was a little solemn.
"First of all, we don't necessarily need to use wolf pack tactics...... Never mind. You don't understand this with your IQ. If wolf pack tactics must be employed, we don't necessarily need another ship. As long as the target is pinned down by the ship, and then the elite commando team will be airborne on the enemy ship to paralyze the opponent's command system in one fell swoop, and then the Moon Angel will take the opportunity to suppress the side and quickly approach the rear to solve the problem. β
Although I can't understand what Cangyang is saying, it seems to be very powerful.
Wang Ming raised his claws: "So, where do we go to find the elite commandos?"
As soon as the words fell, Wang Ming found that everyone's eyes were staring at him.
"Well, you don't want me to go to the airborne battle, do you?"
Yue Ying dragged the bronze whirling cannon placed aside as a decoration and stuffed it to Wang Ming: "Who are you not going to on! Go on!MT!"
"I'm a mage......"
The latter sentence was selectively ignored by everyone.
Cangyang spoke again.
"Are you going to let Mia alone suppress the formation of a ship?"
Mooncherry suddenly feels that the weather is very good today, which is suitable for viewing the scenery in the distance, and Xinglian finds that the texture of the plank under her feet is full of some strange charm, Lilith begins to discuss literature and art with Toria, and Harrow also starts to get busy for dinner.
"Then, those who go can get additional plunder dividends and give priority to the loot. β
Tsukizakura held her axe gun high: "I'll go, I'll go!
Isn't your main weapon a longbow, big sister?
Sparks of psionic energy crackled at Xinglian's fingertips, "How can you let Mia go! It's too dangerous for a girl!"
It's like you're not a girl.
Toria's hand rests on the emblem of the breastplate: "This is to judge evil!"
Lilith taught you that, right?
Helo yelled righteously: "As the captain, I will take the lead in the charge!"
The saliva squirted out, the soul was faint! It still smelled of strawberries!
Cangyang raised the combat staff in his hand, and the elemental clusters danced around her at high speed: "Then, for the Cangyue Banner!"
"Ula !!"
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β melee attack
Ranged attacks
Fall back
Too far away to attack
Melee attacks
β ranged attacks
Fall back
The target is out of spell range
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"Well, how are we going to get there?"
Wang Ming asked a question that seemed very constructive.
Cangyang cast a chestnut blasting technique on Wang Ming's brain.
"Pain, pain, what are you doing!"
Cangyang pointed to the wings spread out behind Wang Ming: "I will bless the beneficial state, anyway, my magic value is unlimited." β
"I asked why you played me!"
"If the Atmospheric Wings are to be blessed with allies, they must be contacted. β
"Then why do you want to impone me!"
"Because, stupid people are contagious. β
"Huh?"
The purpose of the Atmospheric Wings is to enhance the flight ability of flying creatures, and if the creature does not have the ability to fly, then it is useless to bless this status.
Mia and Toria are humans, Cangyang is a demon, Moon Sakura is a moon elf, Xinglian is a merman, and Helo is a wolf, none of them have the ability to fly, so it doesn't matter if they strengthen their flying ability.
Just as Wang Ming and his entourage were about to perform their own flying skills, Cang Yang pointed the metal staff decorated with sharp blades and thorns in his hand to the sky, and everyone felt that their whole bodies were light and rose off the ground.
"What is this move, Sky Dance?"
Wang Mingtong guò identified the spell, and Shun Lì identified this spell. This spell is very mediocre, it is just to let a group of people have limited flight ability, the mobility is not good, and the speed is average, in addition to being a beneficial state of the group, I am really sorry for its magic power consumption, Wang Ming himself knows that there are several spells with high cost performance to increase his flying ability.
Cangyang's movements did not stop, and she then performed another big stride and a greasing of oil on the soles of her feet.
These two arcane arts are very magical, they increase the movement speed of walking, and when the two are combined, normal people can get up to high speed without stress.
But you don't need to walk at a speed now, do you?
"Don't question my decision, try to walk around the air. β
Wang Ming took a step in disbelief, and as soon as his feet stepped out, the surrounding scene changed from white sails, masts and the blue sky and sea to thousands of lines extending to the rear, and when that step was completed, Wang Ming was already a hundred meters away.
"See, my idea is to break through a kilometer in one round and make a surprise landing directly above the target. β
"Then I'm going to get on it!"
Wang Ming raised the bronze whirling cannon in his hand and prepared to charge.
"Wait, there's still something to be prepared for. β
"What?"
Cang Yang didn't speak, and responded to Wang Ming's question with a mage armor, followed by a brute force technique......
ββββββββββββ (To be continued......)