1597 The Coming Storm (8)
"Although I tried my best to dissuade them, I did not get any advice from most of my colleagues" Rousseau Wanderer bowed his head with an ugly face, and reported to the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Hobro about the debate within the Third Fleet at that time over whether to rescue the Fourth Fleet. Listen to me, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, I am one of the very few people who have ever fought against this enemy, and although I am not alarmist, I think that under the same number, our navy is at a disadvantage, just as the other side has a numerical advantage, and sending a single naval fleet to the rescue will not only be useless, but will only become a target that will be broken by each of the other side!" "Listen to what you mean, if the fleet does not go all out, it will be sunk one by one, is that what you mean? Commander-in-Chief Hobro's eyebrows frowned slightly with dissatisfaction, he was not frightened by Rousseau Wangda's words,
It was only with his rich experience that he vaguely smelled a hint of ominous aura from the stormy attack of this encounter
The other party suddenly killed with such fanfare, swept away the two fleets of its own side at once, and it would be unbelievable to say it if it was not encountered in person! But what is the main purpose of the other party putting on such a determined formation?
Take a bite and run?Or do you want to seize control of the entire southwest sea?" "The subordinates boldly guessed that the final goal of the other party should be our base camp of Adonis Island!" Although the opponent pointed the spearhead of the main attack at the defensive line of the Third and Fourth Fleets at the beginning, in fact, it was to approach the island of Adonis, and the naval commander of the opposing side knew very well that instead of fighting hard battles with our defending fleet again and again, it was better to occupy the island of Adonis in one fell swoop!'
"It seems that the best thing to do is to meet it at once!" Rely on the strength of several fleets to tie up this crazy fellow together," Hobro grimaced. The five fingers clenched into fists fell heavily on the table, and he stood up in a solemn tone,
Third Fleet Engagement Seas,
The fierce battle continued, and the Marquis of Ronit felt as if he was in an ice cellar. He stood on the flagship deck that had been torn open on the side with difficulty holding on to the railing, looking around with a pale face, and from time to time there was a sky-high fire from the explosion of the battleship in his eyes, and the droplets of water more than ten meters high rolled up with the air waves caused by the explosion, and fell on him like raindrops. Wet the uniform of his fleet commander, the battleships of the enemy's large numbers opened fire as they advanced, and unknown fire balls fell in the middle of their own fleet,
The Falcon fleet, which was encircled on the left and right, was not in a hurry to move closer to the center, and the almost frantic rapid fire could easily form a mistake at the opposing angles, and Dustrenkai ordered all the Dragon's Tooth battleships in the fleet to line up in a line and open fire on the enemy caught between the two columns. In order to improve the accuracy of hits, many admirals of the Dragon's Tooth Battleship even ordered the Dragon's Tooth Ship to stand still on the sea surface and drop the anchor. Really. After anchoring, the stability of the Dragon's Tooth battleship was greatly increased, and the accuracy of Thor's design was improved, and a battleship that tried to turn and flee was hit by intensive artillery fire, and it caught fire in an instant. A violent explosion followed, and finally disappeared into the murky sea of corpses. Countless items flew into the air. The corpses fell like scattered flowers on a nearby ship, scattered everywhere. A thigh here, an arm there. A whole horse was blown away in the air, and everywhere you looked, it was a hellish sight. "Sue the ships, fight back freely, if the situation allows, withdraw if you can!" Marquis Ronnet's mood was very complicated, the fierce blow that the other party had never seen before completely stunned him, and he had a feeling that he could not use his strength.
The size of the Congo-Africa warship is relatively large, while the Falcon Navy's Dragon's Tooth battleship is small in size and flexible in operation, and it is easy to avoid the catapults sent by the Gang-Africa Navy warship, which is not the most fatal. What's worse is that although these dragon tooth battleships are small in size, the weapons they are loaded with are extremely harmful, and even the largest heavy warships in the Gangnon-Navy cannot withstand direct hits from the other side. Marquis Ronit saw with his own eyes that at least five of his own battleships had been directly hit. Then the explosion sank, and there was no chance of rescue.
As Rousseau Wangda, who once made people laugh, said, many warships were almost sunk by a single blow, and the chaos of the fierce battle was heavy, and finally two warships of the Gangnon-Navy successfully approached a dragon's tooth warship of the Falcon Sea Navy. The stormtroopers on the battleship immediately took advantage of the height of the battleship's mast and parachuted into the Dragon's Tooth battleship with ropes, swinging their axes and spears to smash all the Falcon Navy sailors on the Dragon's Tooth battleship.
In the first airborne landing, more than thirty of the toughest sailors unexpectedly occupied the side of the ship, "Good!" Marquis Ronit clenched his fists fiercely, he must let these mysterious enemies also taste the advantages of the Gang Fei Navy. However, to his stunned amazement, more than a dozen soldiers also appeared on the battleship of the opposing navy. They held a railing or rope in one hand, and in the other hand they held something like a box like a short bow, and at the top of this box was the cold light of the arrow cluster, like a myriad of white lights that suddenly appeared, and the sailors fell unwillingly on the deck of the dragon's tooth battleship with a look of disbelief.
"What kind of weapon is that?" Marquis Ronit was stunned to see that the first wave of commandos had suffered casualties in the blink of an eye. A second wave of stormtroopers followed, this time in larger numbers, sixty or seventy men. They slipped off the rope. They were all as light and nill as monkeys, and their axes and spears flashed with a chilling light. But the sailors on the enemy deck also began to fight back fiercely, and they bravely rushed forward against the stormtroopers of the Gangnon-Navy. The fierce whistling sound from the tail of the opponent's battleship even produced an explosive piercing sensation in the air, and the entire heads of the two Gangfei sailors were shattered by a huge cold light, the brains burst out, and the white light remained unabated, and slammed into the side of the Gangfei warship behind, snapping, the deck was shattered, and several soldiers next to the side of the ship were beaten and flew up. This long arrow is made of metal as a whole, no wonder even the side of the battleship has been pierced, "What is that?" Marquis Ronnet's heart became colder and colder, he saw that at the tail of the enemy battleship that shot the cold light just now, more similar launchers were pushed out by the opposing sailors, and each launcher that resembled a huge bow and arrow was inserted with two steel arrows side by side, and it was believed that once these giant bows were all fired, none of the assault sailors who jumped on the opponent's deck would survive. Judging from the terrifying power just now, it may be a bit of a luxury to be able to guarantee a complete corpse
"Bastard, I don't want to be torn to shreds!" The sailors on the Dragon's Tooth were turning back with pale faces, or simply jumping into the icy waters, unwilling to face such a terrible weapon,
"Forward!, crash and sink the enemy!" roared Marquis Ronit in a frenzy. The Gangfei Navy has a glorious past and a glorious future, and it is absolutely impossible for it to succumb in front of this unknown navy, even if it makes the trapped beast still fight. He's going to have to fight hard, too. Of course, the most fundamental reason is that even if he wants to withdraw, in this case. It's impossible.
The Falcon Navy, which was surrounded by about 80 Dragon's Tooth warships, had already suffered losses and counterattacked by the two remaining fleets of the Congo-Africa Navy and nearly 20 large warships. Let the three dragon tooth ships turn into wreckage at sea, and the retaliation from the dragon tooth ship group also made the corpses of the Gangfei Navy all over the field. Their huge size is particularly striking on the sea, and among these large and small warships, there are also three large troop carriers, which are the most innocent and helpless objects in this naval battle, and can only be slaughtered by others but have no power to fight back.
Both sides are red-eyed, and there are more and more incidents of accidental injuries. But at this time, no one has time to hold accountable for the wrongdoing. The thick smoke produced by Thor's shooting soon enveloped the entire battlefield, and visibility quickly decreased. From the lookout glasses, there were no more ships fighting in the distance, only a blank patch.
"Order the fleet, let this qiē end quickly" Dustronikai put down the lookout scope in his hand, on his flagship, his eyes looked at this qiē coldly, although the naval battle is not as hand-to-hand as the land battle, but the sinking of each battleship means the end of the life of its crew,
If there is still a possibility of escaping and surviving on land, it is almost impossible on the ocean, and even if you don't drown, you will encounter sharks that come with the smell of blood, just look at the dense corpses on the surface of the sea, and this place will soon become the residue of the sharks' appetite, even in the most fierce land battles, there is no instant death toll, which is so staggering.
On the sea surface on the left and right, there were all non-naval officers and soldiers who had fallen into the water, some of them were struggling in despair, while most of them were not moving, and the cold sea water covered many corpses with a layer of white frost.
The corpses floating in the surging seawater, drifting with the waves, I don't know if they are dead or alive, the winter sun is unusually bright overhead, there is very little wind on the sea, and even if there is, the direction is very chaotic, because there are too many battleships gathered, the tall sails block and affect the direction of the wind on the sea, the opposite group of ships has been completely crushed, and the huge battleship crushed over the burning wreckage of the battleship on its side, and falls with the heavy bow like a side knife,
A rigid non-warship floated on the deck of the sea, making an overwhelming squeezing sound, and finally completely crushed the battleship in two, and the huge bow carried the momentum of a fierce beast, completely crushing the hope of the Third Fleet to return to the sky
"Hopefully, Rousseau Wandal can bring back the correct judgment!" Marquis Ronit leaned on the side of the ship, and looked at an enemy warship that was heading towards his flagship at high speed, in the battle, Marquis Ronnet's flagship was shattered stern rudder, and now it has completely lost power, the entire flagship is bullied up and down with the waves, and the sails on the mast are also torn into unusable tatters by the dense countless small holes,
"Prepare for the final battle!"
Marquis Ronit ran to the side of the ship, drew his sword and shouted, he saw that the enemy warship that was approaching the side of the ship was trying to take this opportunity to capture him, with a powerful impact force that made the whole battleship sway violently, the two battleships slammed together "snapped" The deck on the contact point was like a toy, and was squeezed by the two behemoths, and instantly turned into countless fragments that sputtered in all directions, whether it was the battleship of the Falcon Army or the flagship of the Marquis of Ronit, none of the sailors on it rolled to the ground. Forward, rush over!" "Block them!"
The sailors on both sides quickly got up from the deck and "Shoot!" The countless crossbow arrows were like countless white filaments that suddenly bloomed. Covering the flagship of the Marquis of Ronnet, the sailors were shot down one after another, and the side of the ship became the place where the corpses piled up the most, "Kill!" Blood was spilled, shredded flesh flew, and countless heavy assault soldiers in black armor, holding human-high shields in their hands, wielding battering rams capable of shattering heavy armor, they were like a treasure map of a group of people who had entered the crowd, and they poured up from the side of the ship like a flood that opened the barricade. The crying father who was only armed with small arms and killed the non-sailor, and the corpses fell one by one.
"Commander, our troops have captured the enemy's flagship! Unfortunately, the commander of the opposing fleet has committed suicide" Half an hour later, the report of the end of the battle was delivered to Dustrenkay
"Forget it, it's a very tenacious commander," Dustrenkai sighed in his tone and gave the order, "The fleet accelerates, target." Direction of Adonis"
While the battle in the area of engagement was in full swing, in the southeast of the area of engagement, about thirty nautical miles from the island of Adunis, a mixed fleet was sailing gracefully on the calm sea. The fleet consisted of five large warships and eighteen large transports. The five warships were the largest warships in service with the Congo-Africa Navy, and the eight transports carried a large number of soldiers in addition to seamen and sailors, all of whom were 6,700 soldiers of the 6th Infantry Regiment of the 5th Army Corps of the Congolese Army, which was about to be transported to Andunis for garrison
The view from the sea is beautiful. In winter, the surface of the deep sea is often covered with a layer of white mist, which looks like a huge smooth mirror. Many soldiers of the 6th Infantry Regiment are watching the sea view from the side of the ship, although they are the army, they belong to the naval defense corps in terms of organization, and in the Congo Empire, the 5th and 7th regiments belong to the establishment of naval combat forces, with a total number of 70,000 people.
Many sailors are talking about the scenery of the upcoming island of Andunis, which is the largest independent island in the southwest sea, when fighting with the Gallic navy in the past, many soldiers have also seen this island of Andunis, strong coastal defense measures, sixteen watchtowers blocking the mouth of the sea, layers of defense, all make this Andunis island for a period of time known as a sea fortress that is difficult to conquer from the outside, the largest loss, more than 5,000 Congolese soldiers lost on this island
"Rest assured, now the island is ours! Now it's the Gauls' turn to have a headache," the soldiers of the 6th Infantry Regiment were in high spirits, but only half an hour later, the battleships in charge of opening the way sounded a heartbreaking flag.
Encounter the enemy's huge fleet!
"What? how is that possible!" Hashmi, the admiral of the transport fleet, was swallowed by a salmon and fainted on the spot, and the transport ship he was on was in a mess. Admiral Ansasha, who had just returned to his flagship, was also shocked,
He hurriedly ascended to a high place and looked to the northwest, only to see that it should have belonged to the defense line of Andunis Island, and suddenly a dense naval formation appeared, and between the sea and the sky, the number of a large number of warships was at least thirty or forty, this is not a fleet of the Gang Non-Navy, it should be the golden naval flag used by the Gang Non-Navy fleet, even if it is 20 nautical miles away, in such a sunny light, you can see the golden flag fluttering high in the wind,
And now, even from several nautical miles away, it can be clearly seen, it is a black flag.
"Bastard, are our navies sleeping?"
Encountering the enemy at such a close distance from Andonis Island was too unexpected for this transport fleet, and he really couldn't believe how such a number of warships from the other side could break through the blockade of the Third and Fourth Fleets in front
"Order the transport fleet to retreat immediately in the direction of Andunis Island! The other warships are ready to fight" Ansasha's face turned pale, and he didn't think of escaping at all, this is the location of the base camp of the Gangfei Navy, as long as he can drag the other side, I believe that the Andonis Island side will react soon, he ordered the transport fleet to withdraw immediately in the direction of the island without thinking, and he led five warships to break off as much as possible. Of course, the only way to really break off is to resign yourself to fate.
"God help me, it's a transport fleet!"
At the bow of the Dragon-class flagship of the Falcon Navy, Dustrenkai put down the lookout glasses in his hand with an unexpected face, after successively defeating the third and fourth fleets of the Congo Empire, the Falcon Navy rested fifty miles away from Andunis Island, preparing to give the Gangfei Navy on the outlying islands a head-on attack, and then take this opportunity to lure out all the enemy fleets,
But the opposing fleet was so heavy that it waited for six hours, and did not wait for the fleet to show signs of leaving the island
The sun is setting in the west, Dustrenkai looked at the sky a little impatiently, getting closer and closer to the scheduled time, if the other party still does not move, he can only order a strong attack to attract the enemy, the arrival of the transport fleet undoubtedly just helped himself a lot, no naval fleet, will let the transport ship be attacked and indifferent (to be continued......