Chapter Two Thousand and Forty-One: Crippling Booby Trap Plan
In the eyes of Dukes, the commander of the Sixth Fleet, there was simply a moving light ahead, especially the dozen or so ships in front, as if the entire hull was shining, brighter than the lights of the harbor at night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Sir, look at the direction they are heading for! Do you want to raise a flag and order them to stop?" The soldier in charge of the lookout asked in a whisper.
"Not good!" Dukes woke up suddenly, and suddenly felt a palpitation. The Yasi Empire and the city-state of Nuya fought a war, all the merchant ships ran away, and those who couldn't run away stayed in the port, how could there be a fleet at this moment, and it was so large-scale...... So, this is by no means a merchant ship.
This fleet was in front of them on the left, and the Sixth Fleet was stationed in the outermost port on the southern shore of the Dream Sea, and there was no port further east. This shows that the fleet in front of him is by no means the fleet of the Yaxi Empire. Besides, if it was his own fleet, he should know about it.
Neither a merchant ship nor a fleet on his side, the only possibility is that the other party is from the city-state of Nuya. It is likely that he will take a detour to dream overseas and make a special trip to intercept himself.
"What is the intelligence department doing, the other party has such a large fleet dispatched, and there is no news at all!" Dukes cursed in his heart, hurriedly climbed down from the lookout, and gave a loud order: "Inform the boats, go at full speed...... Attention all soldiers, get ready for battle!"
Before he could finish his sentence, the thing that worried him the most happened, hundreds of huge pillars of light suddenly shot out from the fleet in the distance, illuminating their fleet in a flash.
At this moment, the soldiers on the ship were stunned, they had never encountered such a situation before. People who are exposed to the light can't even open their eyes, as dazzling as looking at the sun.
Immediately after, there was a thumping in the distance. Dukes's expression changed in an instant, as the commander of the Sixth Fleet, he has been dealing with artillery all year round, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that it was the sound of artillery, the other party had attacked, and there were a large number of cannons.
"Quick, hurry up and notify the ships, hurry up, speed up!" Dukes shouted as he pulled his neck.
Before the soldiers and officers on the ship could understand what was going on, the shells rained down. Suddenly, the water around the Sixth Fleet rolled up, and columns of water exploded one after another. Four battleships were hit by shells. Three hit the ship's side and one was blown up on the deck.
Sawdust flew and screamed repeatedly, and the ship that hit the deck fell dozens of people at once, and the huge shock wave lifted several soldiers directly out of the ship and fell into the sea.
The quality of the soldiers of the Sixth Fleet was very high, and after the initial panic, they immediately stabilized their positions, and under the command of the captains of the ships, some entered the batteries to prepare for a counterattack, and some entered the cabins, and quickly returned to their posts. The people on the four battleships that were bombed lowered their boats one after another, preparing to flee.
Flags were constantly waving from the flagship's lookouts, and the ships saw Dukes' instructions. The ship, which had been going to save people, immediately gave up its action and began to increase its horsepower and move at full speed. At the same time, the ship's cannon also sounded, and a counterattack was launched.
As for the four ships that were bombed, Dukes ruthlessly gave up. If you save people, it will delay a lot of time, and I am afraid that the ship will be sunk even more.
In the desperate eyes of the soldiers on the four ships, more than a hundred battleships of the Sixth Fleet were getting farther and farther away!
Not long after, the four ships that were hit sank, and hundreds of soldiers were all soaked in the sea. After a while, a large ship came near, scooped up everyone in the sea, and locked them up.
The ships of the Sixth Fleet were fast, and the chimneys pulled long black smoke. Dukes stood at the stern of the boat, his brow furrowed, more anxious than before.
He thought that if he sped up, he would definitely be able to get rid of the other party easily. But what he didn't expect was that the huge pillar of light on the other ship's ship had been chasing his fleet. Far from diminishing, the light is getting brighter and brighter.
Only then did he realize to his horror that the other party had also accelerated, and the distance between them and their fleet was getting closer and closer.
"How is this possible?" The horror in Dukes's mind can be imagined, the propeller is a unique technology of Yasi, and they have always maintained a speed advantage over the city-state of Nuya. But now this advantage is gone, and the opponent's fleet is actually faster than his own.
Dukes is not only anxious, but also panicked, the number of ships is nearly three times different, the speed is not as fast as others, and there is nothing to hide, how can this be fought?
The two sides fled and chased, during which the two sides continued to fire artillery. The difference in numbers was obvious, and the pursuing fleet not only had a clear advantage in artillery fire, but also used its speed to form an arc, like an open pocket.
After escaping for two hours and losing twenty ships, Dukes finally gritted his teeth and gave the order, half of the fleet turned the bow and fought to the death, while the rest of the ships scattered and fled.
It was quite painful to make this decision, which was equivalent to the entire Sixth Fleet being crippled, and even if he could save some of the battleships and escape back, his title of commander of the Sixth Fleet would be deposed by the emperor.
But he had to make this decision again, otherwise the entire Sixth Fleet would be eaten in one bite.
Dukes's desperate decision finally played a role, and Jiang Xingchen's fleet temporarily gave up the pursuit of the fleeing ship in order to maintain superior firepower to extinguish the desperate ship. Saved Dukes' life......
After dawn the next day, Dukes was truly relieved, and looked at the rest of the warships, almost all of them were wounded. The Sixth Fleet, which was originally strong and strong, was completely crippled.
At this time, the captured officers and soldiers of the Yaxi Empire saw the true face of the Star Leader fleet, and the eleven huge steel warships stunned them, and a deep fear arose in their hearts......
Just when Jiang Xingchen's fleet was at the right time and easily disabled the Sixth Fleet. On another battlefield, the battle between the First Fleet and the Nuya City Fleet also entered a white-hot stage.
The city of Nuya took advantage of the darkness and communication to drain the forces of the First Fleet in constant evasion. The First Fleet, on the other hand, took advantage of its speed and kept rushing forward.
Both sides suffered losses, but on the whole, it was the First Fleet that suffered more losses, and after more than two hours of the battle, the First Fleet had already lost nearly fifty warships.
The fleet commander Hassen had cold sweat on his forehead, he didn't know what the national division meant, he had already suffered such a big loss, did he still have to fight with the other party, this was completely using his own shortcomings to attack the opponent's strengths!
"Look, national teacher, are we ......" Hassen asked Ora cautiously, his eyes observing Ora's expression.
Before his words fell, Aura suddenly stood up and said with a smile: "It's almost over, the plan to trap Tang Chuxue can begin!" (To be continued.) )