The first to notice the anomaly on the bridge was the radar operator.

Human magicians have made many attempts to navigate low-visibility environments, including attempts to mimic the sounds of bats and dolphins in locating and probing the environment. However, it is difficult for humans to imagine and understand the world perceived with sound waves, and after perceiving sound waves, they must perform operations such as conversion and composition to convert them into intelligible figures, which takes too long and is not as accurate as it should be. Blind people who cannot see can quickly perceive the information brought by sound, but how to translate intuitive sensations into words that can be understood by people with good sight is a difficult problem to solve. Today, sailing in poor visibility is still considered an absolute no-no.

With radar, it's a completely different story.

Radio waves can easily penetrate dense fog with visibility of less than 10 meters, and the position, drift direction, and speed of rocks floating on the left and right in front of you can be controlled.

Lieutenant Commander Michel Adrianson de Ruyter had almost forgotten his reserve and etiquette, and the young sailor, who had been described by Richelieu and Les Blazer as "a lifetime of immaculate honor" and a "nightmare for the future of the royal navy of Albion", was immediately determined to put an end to this crazy trip, even if it was to death. It wasn't until he witnessed the effects of the radar, and the Governor and the princess were hard at work, that the lieutenant colonel reluctantly agreed to the voyage.

Lieutenant Commander Ruyt was a fairly enlightened naval officer, and although he eventually succumbed to pressure from his superiors, his accommodating attitude to new technologies was also an important factor. At the same time, he also knew that the key to the voyage was the radar, and the radar of the "Unicorn" connected to the bridge could only provide information about 25 kilometers. But for the small Endeavour, it was also sufficient, and the voyages so far have proven its effectiveness. Upon hearing the operator's notification of an anomaly, the captain's face immediately turned blue.

"What's going on? Is it malfunctioning? Check it now!"

"I'm checking, but there's noise everywhere, and it's completely impossible to locate. ”

"All cars come to a stop!"

The order was repeated aloud by the herald. The four groups of high-speed propellers reduced their speed and finally stopped, and the slender battleship slid for a distance under the action of inertia and then floated quietly in the thick fog.

In this kind of environment, where you can't even tell the difference between up and down, left and right, once you lose the guidance of the radar, the only thing left is to run aground or drift to death.

Ruyter's shoulders shrunk, and then he shouted to the operator in a cold, suppressed tone of emotion:

"What the hell is going on?"

"This ...... The screen was full of radio signals, and it was a complete snowflake. It is impossible to observe at all. ”

"So I ask you what the hell is going on!, in words I understand!"

"Someone is probably shielding our radar with interfering radio waves. ”

The explanation coming from the communication channel caused Captain Ruyter to swallow back his anger, and he glanced at the radar operator as if he had been pardoned, and the captain stood up and saluted.

"Your Highness has entered the bridge!

The signal soldier's slow announcement echoed through the bridge, the uneven rise of the layers mingled with the sound of the sword falling to the ground.

With a nod in return, Minerva kicked off the ground and floated to the radar operator's side, pressing the communication button.

"How's your inspection going?"

"There are no anomalies in the system and the components are working well. ”

Roland in the hangar switched several interfaces in a row. Further additions to the communication tube:

"Sure enough, the level of interference continues to rise. The emission source and diffusion mode are also not constant...... is a veteran of electronic warfare. ”

"You mean...... There are enemies?"

Ruyter couldn't understand the terminology in Roland's mouth, but he understood that someone was spreading something in the fog that could obscure the radar, and the means and purposes of the other party were not yet clear, and besides, it was still within the absolute defense circle of King Charlemagne's navy, and it was difficult to believe that there were large-scale bandits and enemy forces. But the nerves honed by life at sea have already reacted to obvious hostilities before they reach thinking conclusions. As soon as he pulled the microphone, Ruyter's voice resounded across the bridge.

"Sound the battle alarm. Prepare for air combat! Open all the gun doors, the lookout's eyes widen!Don't miss anything suspicious!"

Recites and alarms mingle together, filtering out the cacophony of background sounds, and the captain whispers to the first mate:

"Where are the nearest allies?"

"I can't get in touch at the moment, but even if I can......"

"Wait until they find here. It's over a long time ago. ”

"Captain!"

"What's wrong?"

"The communication gem responded, and the other party asked to speak to the governor. ”

The captain turned to Minerva and waited for her to nod before giving the command to "take it."

"As a governor, do you leave government affairs alone and bring a lady here for a picnic? ”

The gleaming red gem sends a girl's clear voice, although the words are joking, and the maturity that does not match the age and the bad feeling of being secretly watched by an unknown opponent add a bit of gloom to the content.

"Is it Freya?"

"On such occasions you should add 'Your Excellency, you arrogant boy. ”

The tone turned cold instantly, and Roland couldn't help but paint in his mind the appearance of a young girl wearing a lieutenant general's uniform and holding up her momentum, and the corners of her mouth were about to rise subconsciously.

"There will be no friendship here, our conditions are very simple, your ship will immediately turn around and return to the Saarbaddou district. ”

"At what cost?"

"Are you dissatisfied with the safety of navigation in the future?"

Ruyter's condescending words made Ruyter frown, and anger appeared on the faces of the other crew members on the bridge. In the face of the contempt that can be heard by fools, the first thing that the soldiers with strong blood and strength thought of was to start a war immediately and use the new naval guns to educate the other side to understand what "etiquette" is.

"There's nothing to complain about. ”

Spit out words that made the crew's faces change, and Roland replied lightly:

"But there's no way I'm going to retreat. ”

With a wry smile in reply, "It's a lot like your answer," and after a few seconds of silence, the gem made a cold and hard sound.

"Having said that, I won't let you get through guò. Roland the Kid. ”

"Then I'll break in!"

In a flash. The unicorn separated from the hull, its back and legs spewing out the light and storm of Mana, and the silver-white body turned into a meteor and rushed to the other side of the mist that poured out of the icy "breath".

It was a thousandth of a second that happened, but it was too late for the soldiers who were already in a state of imminent battle.

Crimson tracer streaked across the porthole, and the world beneath his feet trembled violently.

The narrow horizon and the surrounding fog filled the Endeavour when it sensed an enemy attack. The impact of the explosion also visited almost at the same time.

"Enemy attack!"

The watchman's shouts followed the pipes into the bridge, blue-white flashes flashed around the hull, six fireballs caught the Endeavour from top to bottom, left and right, and the floating rocks shattered in the explosion, and the flames and broken rock burst out in all directions like volcanic eruptions. Overlapping shockwaves blew through the hull, fresh paint dried and peeled off in an instant, a storm of rubble battered against the hull, and a twisted moan of metal echoed through the cabin.

"Left full rudder! Elevation angle 20 degrees! Attack!"

"But the opponent's position hasn't ...... yet"

"Don't worry so much, give me a shot!"

Captain Ruyt's roar spread through the ship along the pipeline. The staggering, pale crew sprang into action, and rigorous training gave them a reflex instinct to deal with crises. Amid the sounds of sirens and explosions, salvo guns fixed everywhere opened their nets of fire, and brilliant tracer bullets hit everywhere. At this moment, a new fireball erupted less than 10 meters on the starboard side of the battleship.

Where the hell are those guys? What the hell are we attacking?!

Unknown fears and doubts haunted the hearts of all the crew, and these veterans who had experienced storms and battles at sea suppressed their emotions as they continued to fill the space in front of them with bullets.

(Sure enough, I still don't fit in.) ）

Out of the corner of his eye, he was caught up in the Endeavour being attacked by a concentrated fire. Roland couldn't help but bite his lip, feeling remorse for his hasty arrangement.

Truly. The captain and crew were seasoned veterans, but their experience came from traditional sail warships, and they were not familiar with ironclads and the equipment on them. Now that I have only mastered the use of equipment through assault training, I am not yet proficient, let alone dealing with enemies and combat methods that I have never encountered before in an environment with abnormal gravity.

As for the Wehrmacht, it seems to be ...... Rocket-booster bombs?

9 MDS in groups of 3. Accelerating toward Endeavour from both sides and below, each with two strange bombs hanging under its wings.

The middle and tail of the streamlined missile body are equipped with X-shaped tails, and the four wings of the tail are also connected by annular frames, which is more like a winged rocket than an aerial bomb, but this is not the point.

In this area of gravity anomalies. The inertial decay rate formed by acceleration in any direction is slower than that of normal environment, in other words, MDS can form a dive bombing effect regardless of dive, emergency climb or horizontal flight. Under the effect of inertial acceleration and its own mass, the 100-kilogram bomb can effortlessly penetrate the thickest armor of the Endeavour no more than 30mm, not to mention the 250-kilogram class hung by the "Kenpfa", which is completely a ruining siege ram.

The problem is that conventional bombs only go straight after they are dropped, and even with special training, radar and radio guidance, they can't deliver a close miss in the first round, and not a single shot hits the rock or misses in this rocky place.

It's not normal at all!

(Actually...... At the corner!!)

Detached from under the wing, the bomb tail grew a long tail flame, deftly avoiding the floating rocks, and rushed towards the Endeavour.

Without thinking much about it, Roland immediately took off the 88mm recoilless rocket launcher hanging behind his back and fired one after another. In foggy environments, the rate of light attenuation increases dramatically, making live ammunition more effective than beam rifles. Two rockets flew above the bizarre bomb and detonated, and hundreds of steel balls exploded at the same time as the bomb, and six bombs were detonated. 3 detonation from the dead end of the ship. The erupting flames and shrunk against the boat, and the thick fog that enveloped the hull was instantly torn apart by the shock wave.

- Dexterity Bomb.

Roland's mind crossed the concept that he had been exposed to when he was in junior military school, using radio waves or light beams as an inducement to guide the bomb to adjust its trajectory on its own and improve the accuracy of the strike. I didn't expect the whimsy of that time, but now the scorching reality landscape appears in front of me.

Roland didn't dare to slack off. Constant firing of rocket artillery dispersed the group of aircraft engaged in dive bombing. At this moment, a dazzling and bright light like the rising sun erupted from above, and 16 orange-red fireballs blasted the clouds and mist out of holes one by one, swept past the front and back of the Endeavour, and burrowed headlong into the mountain-like boulder. A flash of fire that was 100 times more dazzling than the muzzle flame fired before exploded on the rock mass, bursting with flames and rocks. Burning rocks struck the Endeavour hull like a shotgun. The sight looks like a small boat on the crater of an erupting volcano.

"Enemy ...... Enemy ship! 10 o'clock, 40 degrees in elevation! 100 chains away!"

The watchman's screams echoed in the cabin, and the crew on the bridge and around the portside porthole looked in the direction of the lookout's announcement, and their faces turned as pale as the lookout's.

"Mother Goddess ......"

Captain Ruyt's hand holding the telescope trembled, and he felt his muttering mouth open and his eyes staring at the demonic battleship without moving.

Before sailing, Captain Ruyter confidently believed that his rear-loading rifled guns, which resembled soda bottles and were falsely called "Armstrong Armstrong Gyro Guns", were the most advanced and powerful naval guns in the world. As long as you don't go to fight the fortress guns, these naval guns will be invincible. At this moment, the power of the enemy ship's naval guns is far superior to that of the Endeavour and his imagination, obviously. The guns of enemy ships are not only larger in caliber, but also have much better explosive performance. What made Ruyt even more chilling was that the enemy ship's naval guns were all installed in twin turrets arranged along the central axis, that is, the enemy ships could exert all their firepower in either direction, while the Endeavour, even if it occupied the best position, could only exert the firepower of all four guns on one side, if it was the bow and stern. Only one gun can meet an enemy ship that is condescending and can use its full firepower.

That kind of battleship alone is enough for the Endeavour to drink a pot, which makes Ruyt tremble. There are two of them on the other side, and they are sailing in a column formation in the direction of the bow of the Endeavour......

A strong chill hit, and Captain Ruyt, as if suddenly thinking of something, grabbed the first mate's arm and roared.

"Full speed on both sides! 20 on the right side! Quick, full speed into the fog! The enemy fleet is taking up the T-shaped cross-head position! Get out of this damn place!!

Ruyter finally remembered the most famous tactic of taking a T-shaped crosshead in battleship tactics, in the case of an experienced sail captain. This is a low-level mistake that should not be made. However, considering that the Lieutenant Colonel has always commanded only a single warship, and that most of the so-called opponents are nothing more than privateers and pirate ships equipped with cannons, it seems understandable that this kind of mission has never had the opportunity to use such tactics.

The Endeavour shuddered as the battleship began to move slowly with a low roar and tremor. At this moment when everyone was nervous, the hoarse roar of the lookout rang out again.

"The enemy ship seems to have ejected something!"

"What?!"

"Quantity 4...... 6...... 12, it continues to increase, and it is approaching the middle directly above the ship!"

"Is it another bomb?"

Subconsciously grasping the armrest of the captain's seat, Captain Ruyter asked.

"No, it seems to be humanoid, suspected to be magical armor, with "winged" and "sampan" shapes, passing through the belt of broken rock...... Wait, this action ......"

The voice in the microphone smelled of surprise, and the captain and first mate looked up in unison, and at that moment, the lookout gave a reason for his surprise.

"How is this possible...... The leading red armor with horns is approaching at three times the speed of the follow-up troops!!"

"What did you say?"

The captain and the first mate looked at the ever-expanding red dots of light outside the porthole, the stinging pain of ice water splashing on their skin, and the whistle that cut through the atmosphere seemed to be close at hand.

The speed of the red MDS far outpaces the speed of the follow-up, and the surging output of the official-level model is one of the reasons, and the "assault mode" equipment has further strengthened the maneuverability in order to open up the situation as much as possible. But that lightning-fast skill, kicking through the rock for further acceleration is not just a good performance.

Kicking away the flaming rocks and calmly passing through the rain of salvo guns, the "Lightning Nightingale's" one-eyed camera glows pink, watching the battleship bewildered by the shelling of its own battleship, and the face under the mask distorts into a sneer.

"It's too slow!"

The shoulder armor, which spread like the wings of a raptor, separated the eight induction turrets, and the eight funnel-shaped turrets advanced from different directions, encircling the Endeavour in less than a second, and Freya also set up a beam rifle.

It's easy to sink, but now it's time to capture the ship and its passengers, carefully control the induction cannon to avoid the ammunition depot and engine room, aim the crosshair at the position of the gear reducer, and hold the trigger's finger and start to work hard—

"Don't get your way!!"

The radio and mental consciousness rushed at the same time, and the moment of subconscious dodging, the flash of light that the anti-dizzy optical camera could not handle expanded in front of her eyes, and she felt the shivering sensation of the heat rushing in front of her, Freya grabbed the beam saber drawn from the cuff and slashed upward, and the two fiercely clashing blades burst out with lightning and thunder.

"It's so entangled. ”

"I won't let you go to the Endeavour!

"I wouldn't mind playing with you if I could, but your opponent is already booked. ”

"What......"

Before she could comprehend the hidden meaning of Freya's sneer, a sharp approach alarm sounded, and Roland looked up as she distanced herself from the lightning nightingale.

The black smoke and clouds were blown away by the wind, and in the blue round hole, an object the size of a fingertip kept magnifying, and when the thing was enlarged to the size of his palm, Roland could already see the silhouette of a human figure. When he saw what it was, his slightly trembling lips let out a moan.

"Black ...... Unicorns?"

The pitch-black MDS spreads its limbs wide like a skydive, bathing in the air currents and sunlight from the sky, the golden horn extending from its forehead blooms with a cold and dazzling light, and the shield in its left hand spreads out, blooming with a golden light like the sun, and the light also gushes out of the gap in the armor, and the compound eye sensor on the head flashes bright red light——(To be continued......