31. Pre-war mobilization
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Wang Qinian led two warships from the North Shetland Islands to the Helena Islands, which was the place where Hipan's fleet must pass and where the three pirate kings said gathered.
The Helena archipelago is located in the central part of the Sunset Ocean slightly west, distributed in a radius of hundreds of miles on the sea, there are hundreds of islands outcropping, and there are more than a dozen large islands, mainly St. Cross Star Island, Virgin Island, Windward Island, Leeward Island, Firebird Island and Assunsan Island, etc., as well as thousands of unknown reefs, which are the part of the central ridge of the Sunset Ocean floor that protrudes from the water surface.
Wang Qinian led the warship, and when approaching the Helena Islands, the two ships were alarmed, and Wang Qinian saw a ghost ship appear through the guò underwater early warning device, and the boat appeared on the projection surrounded by several large squid octopuses, and the ship stopped, judging from the damage to the hull, it was the ghost ship.
As soon as the boat stopped, the squid and the octopus immediately flew up and surrounded him, I don't know where he recruited so many squid and octopus, Wang Qinian's face changed, and the alchemy octopus attached to the boat immediately broke away from the ship's body and went towards the squid and the octopus, the tentacles of the alchemy octopus grew serrations, and they rushed out towards the squid and the octopus, and the sawtooth was everywhere, and the ink was turned up in the sea, and the squid squid squirted out ink, but it was useless.
Although there are few alchemical octopuses, they are all made of metal, and the tentacles of squid and octopus are cut off one after another, and a big battle is going on underwater.
Wang Qinian ran to the alchemy submarine and got into the submarine with Tom. The pirates immediately put it into the water, and as soon as Wang Qinian's spiritual power was triggered, the submarine propeller immediately began to rotate at high speed, draining the air between the two shells, and the water tank began to fill with water, and the submarine burrowed into the water.
Wang Qinian lit up the three early warning devices in turn, and immediately appeared in front of him within a mile, Wang Qinian locked on a big octopus, the magic crystal cannon began to fire, and a pillar of red light with blue blasted straight towards the octopus. The big octopus opened a hole all at once. The beam continued to move forward, shooting through another squid, and the large octopus sank limply.
Wang Qinian locked the ghost ship again, and these octopus squid were driven by the ghost ship. Capture the thief and capture the king. The brilliance flashed again. The shot went straight to the middle of the ghost ship, and a bowl-sized hole appeared in the ghost ship, and the entire hull seemed to freeze. Immediately after the blue light, he immediately turned around and slipped away.
Wang Qinian's mind together, another spar into the magic crystal cannon, but it is not irregular, but very well cut, spherical with a total of thirty-two sides, this is the standard cutting method of magic crystal, in fact, it is best to have 48 faces, but thirty-two is already very useful for general magic crystals, thirty-two sides can release energy outward, so Wang Qinian used thirty-two faces.
As soon as the spar entered the three-dimensional magic array on the cannon, it began to work, and in a blink of an eye, it turned into a blazing light, and shot out through the crystal, a big squid suddenly rushed out, blocking the path, poof, and immediately pierced a hole, before Wang Qinian could react, the tentacles of the squid octopus densely blocked up, and the magic crystal cannon bombarded a hole, but the energy was exhausted, and the boat plunged into the abyss, and dived to five or six hundred elbows down in an instant, still diving.
When Wang Qinian saw it, he sighed, his alchemy submarine could only dive more than three hundred cubits, and no matter how deep it was, it couldn't dive, it seemed that it had escaped again, the other party was not a submarine, it was completely immersed in sea water, and I don't know what it was.
Wang Qinian returned to the boat, there was no squid or the like around him, it seemed that it had run away again, Wang Qinian recalled the information in his mind, although there was a legend of the ghost ship, but in fact, no one knew what the ghost ship was all about, although three shots were fired, but the three standard magic crystals were consumed, and there was no benefit yet, which was really a big loss.
The ocean here is very deep, on average above two thousand cubits, Wang Qinian shook his head, and ordered the two ships to continue to march towards the Helena Islands, it is estimated that he will not come for the time being, Wang Qinian does not believe that he will have nothing to do, and he has no means of attack underwater, except for the giant beast under the water to attack the ship, as if he can only drive soft creatures such as squid octopus.
Some of the pirate ships have been here for several days, and there are more than 20 warships moored on the cliff side of Leeward Island, between Leeward Island and Windward Island, there is a long and narrow waterway, and the strange rocks on both sides are craggy, and all the pirates are concentrated here, and the guò waterway is the open ocean, and the preset battlefield is on the ocean west of Leeward Island and Windward Island, but Hippan's fleet is still hundreds of miles away.
Wang Qinian looked at the wide ocean, thinking about how to avoid the front, he didn't want to be stupid and used as cannon fodder.
Wang Qinian was carefully observing the shape of each island with a telescope, and when he saw that there was a bay on the virgin island in the distance, and there was a narrow mangrove forest at the bay, his heart moved, and he issued an order.
The two ships moved and sailed into the distance, and the pirates did not pay attention, although most of the pirates gathered on the side of the Leeward Island, which of course had his advantages, and the ships coming from the west would not send them out, and it was easy to attack, as long as they went out of the waterway, it was the ocean, but there were too many ships here.
Waiting for the ship to sail to Virgin Island, Wang Qinian found that Virgin Island is facing the east and west oceans, the water surface is open, except for mangroves, there is no way to hide the ship, Wang Qinian ordered to moor the ship in the open sea, the pirates on the leeward island saw it, and couldn't help but shake their heads, even the pirates on the ship were shaking their heads.
"Boss, we see it at a glance here, aren't we targets?" asked Riof.
"I have a way to hide, don't forget, I'm a magician. Wang Qinian said lightly, "Tonight, we will disappear, you can rest assured, now time, put down the boat, I want to go to the island." ”
The pirates looked at each other suspiciously, put down the boat as they said, Wang Qinian jumped into the boat, boarded the boat, and got down two pirates to row for Wang Qinian.
Wang Qinian boarded the boat, is to inspect the mangroves, see the depth of the water, check the low tide and high tide, command the pirates in the mangrove around the circle, after the discovery of the mangroves, there is a half lake, Wang Qinian sensed the depth of the water, after three months, he has become a qualified captain, it is now the afternoon, has begun to fall tide, at this speed, Wang Qinian in his mind estimated what the low tide should look like, he was pleasantly surprised to find that even if the tide falls, the boat schedule can still enter the middle of the lake, he was really prepared, so he applied his magic to force a channel。
He also estimated how high the ship would be when the tide was at its limit, and if the mast was removed, the height of the ship would be almost the same as the mangroves, and perhaps a little higher, but it would not matter, but if necessary, plants would be planted to make the mangroves grow taller, and he knew what to do, so he went back to the ship and waited for the night to come.
When the night came, Wang Qinian quietly ordered two ships to enter the half-lake hidden by the mangroves, put down the mast, and gave an order, no one was allowed to show it, the next morning, some pirates inadvertently looked in the direction of the virgin island, saw that there were no boats, and did not care, thinking that they felt that their position was not good, and moved away.
In fact, the two ships were lying behind the mangroves, and in order to get the news, Wang Qinian ordered a few pirates to go to the island, climbed to the highest point, climbed a large tree, and observed the ocean.
Wang Qinian began to lecture on the ship, the pirates had long known that they were here to make a fortune this time, but Wang Qinian poured a basin of cold water on them first, he held a snake staff, and looked coldly at the neat pirates on the two ships.
"You all know that we are here to rob the wealth of the Hipan Empire, although the Hipan Empire is also plundered, do you think it is safe to see so many pirate ships gathered here?" Wang Qinian's voice echoed in the two ships anchored next to each other.
"As pirates, you don't use your brains at all, is the Hipan Empire so easy to mess with? Hippan's invincible armada has more than 300 warships of all sizes, the smallest ship has more than 40 cannons, strong firepower, there are ship-accompanying mages on each ship, and at least one wyvern for every ten ships, this kind of power is enough to cross the sunset ocean, plus their generals have experienced a hundred battles, the three pirate kings want to rob their fleet with dozens of pirate ships, there must be a conspiracy among them, but I am still here, since I have come, I will bring you back, so we can't clash with Hipan head-on. ”
"We are here because of the appeal of the Three Pirate Kings, but we are not cannon fodder, and we don't want to be cannon fodder, that's why I'm hiding here, away from pirates, from now on, all of them obey the command, no one is allowed to take a step out of the lake, we have to be like crocodiles, quietly hide here, take advantage of their unpreparedness, suddenly bite them, and quickly leave the battlefield, no one is allowed to fight, remember to me, this is not a negotiation, but must be done!
Wang Qinian's pre-war mobilization was very short, he knew that the pirates did not have the patience to listen to his tirade, the pirates dispersed quietly, but Wang Qinian stopped a few main persons in charge and let them enter the captain's room.
"Calling you here, you are in charge of all affairs, and Davena and Anthony are in charge of the command of their respective ships, but without my orders, no matter what the fighting is outside, they must not move, and I will not interfere with your specific command, but once the order is issued, the two ships must show the spirit of the brave who wins when they meet each other in a narrow way, and they must not hesitate at all. Wang Qinian said.
Wang Qinian took out six scrolls: "This is the scroll of the meteor shower, one boat and three scrolls, don't hesitate to use the scroll, three volumes of Daivena, three volumes of Anthony, your spiritual power is enough to fire, if you use it well, it is better than artillery." ”
"Demps and I are in two ships respectively, mainly responsible for defense, two Wyverns, as soon as the ship departs, it will take to the air, bring enough alchemy bombs for me to strike the enemy ship from the air, don't entangle with the enemy Wyvern, if not, lead the enemy to my side. Tom leads the two pirates into the submarine, and you have to practice well for the past two days. "Wang Qinian arranged a qiē. (To be continued......)