Chapter 42: Come Out, Skeleton Soldiers!
Three brigs under the flag of the Chongming fleet had appeared in the view of the pirate ship, and the lookout at the top of the mast waved the flag to the pirate fleet, demanding that the pirates leave the sea immediately. However, the pirates ignored the elves' warnings and kept sailing to Dust Island.
The pirate ship moved very slowly on the surface of the sea, and they opened the guns on the side of the ship, and a door of guns was pushed out.
The pirate's combat posture kept the three brigs from approaching too closely, and against one brig and one three-masted merchant ship, the fleet of Flying Dust Island did not have an absolute advantage. Anyway, once the pirate fleet comes into the range of the artillery, it will be hit by the artillery positions on the island, and when the time comes, they will attack from both sides, and they can naturally win with a slight loss.
The atmosphere of battle hung over the entire sea, but the pirate fleet remained extremely low until the sun was approaching noon, and the two pirate ships had not yet come within range of the island's artillery.
The centaurs and dwarves, who had been in battle since early in the morning, were very tired, and seeing that the pirate ship would not approach for a while, the defenders rested and regained their strength, and when the battle officially began, they had the strength to fight.
Time was ticking by, and the pirate fleet did not increase its speed.
This strange appearance aroused the suspicion of the elven hero, who was now riding a silver pegasus and stopped over the island, he already knew about the invasion of pirates, but the strange behavior of the pirates at this time aroused the alarm in his heart.
This is definitely not an ordinary pirate, the ordinary pirate has already run away when he saw the ships of the Chongming fleet, these two ships are obviously related to the Terran hero and archangel who attacked the island a few days ago, and it is also related to the Pudong fleet. The pirates were moving so slowly to draw our attention to the sandy beach, and the real attacking force would be coming from the side or back of the island. However, the island is surrounded by mountains and cannot be landed, so the attacking force should be griffins from the sky.
The Elven Hero, who thought he had guessed the enemy's attack route, immediately ordered his Pegasus Knights to take off and search the airspace on both sides and behind the island, while ordering the Elven Archers to move up the hill around the island to attack the attacking griffon troops.
Da Liang stood on the bridge of the Blackfire and looked at the Blackfire Pirate Flag overhead, and then looked at the Flying Dust Island in front of him. The appearance of Flying Dust Island was clearly displayed in front of him, and in front of him was the sandy beach about 100 meters wide. At the border of the beach and the woods, you can see the positions made of logs and earth and rock, and the artillery behind the positions.
It was not an easy task to destroy the artillery inside under such a strong defense. In fact, according to Sidney's explanation, if the Blackfire fleet attacked with only two ships, the island's artillery would be enough to sink them all here without the support of three brigs.
Centaurs can be seen in the rear of the artillery positions (the dwarves are too short), the number cannot be determined due to the obscuration of trees. However, the centaurs were clearly in a state of rest, their formations scattered, and their weapons set aside.
It seems that the strategy of the tired soldiers has worked......
Da Liang was still observing the situation on the island, and suddenly from the island flew Da Liang Pegasus Knight and Silver Pegasus Knight, they did not fly in the direction of the beach, but flew towards the open sea in other directions. There are about 40 of these knights, with 30 Pegasus Knights as the main ones and 10 Silver Pegasus Knights in command.
The strategy of mobilizing the enemy also worked......
The last time he entered the island, Julian fought against the Silver Pegasus Knights, and now the presence of a large number of Pegasus Knights means that the island's defenders have not only been replenished, but also strengthened. Of course, the enemy's reinforcement was also expected, and now these air units were gradually disappearing into the distant sky, and when the battle began in a while, the Black Fire Lord's army would encounter much less air threat.
"All combat units have entered positions, I order...... Start attacking! ”
Da Liang's order was given, and the Blackfire Fleet still maintained a slow speed.
"Look...... What's on the surface of the sea? ”
A centaur tasked with spying on a pirate ship in the distant sea suddenly noticed something strange floating on the surface of the sea, white and round like a white fish's belly. There were a lot of these strange things, and they drifted densely towards the beach on the surface of the sea.
The strange phenomenon in the sea attracted more people's attention, but the defenders still regarded these as sea fish that migrated en masse in the sea, and did not arouse their sufficient vigilance until ......
Until the round white thing at the front rose to reveal the two holes under the Heavenly Spirit Cover.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! It's the undead...... We have been attacked by the undead! ”
While the defenders were shouting and panicking to form a defensive line, the vanguard of skeletons emerging from the sea had already stepped onto the beach.
"Click, click."
The dense queue made the skeletons collide with each other with a crisp cracking sound, and they shook the bone swords in their hands and charged forward, filling the entire beach in a short time as more and more skeletons came out of the sea.
"Fire! Fire! ”
The centaurs formed a queue and urged the dwarves to attack the approaching skeletons with their cannons. The attack was so sudden that it took a little bit of time for them to organize their already scattered formation.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The guns, which had long been reloaded, roared in unison, and ten solid iron pellets shot out before scurrying over the skeletons' heads.
Since the guns in the positions were originally intended to attack pirate ships in the sea, they were filled with solid iron balls from attacking ship armor instead of grapeshotfire attacking low-level skirmishers. In addition, these guns were originally aimed at the sea in the distance at a large elevation angle, and it was too late to readjust the angle of fire in the face of the skeletons that had already rushed closer.
A volley of artillery shook the world, but it didn't do any real damage to the charging skeletons, and it was too late to reload.
"Archers, where are the elven archers?"
The artillery was useless, and the centaurs and dwarves could only hope that their elven archers would be able to suppress the skeletons from a distance. But they soon found out that the elven archers who were supposed to be behind them no longer knew where they had gone?
They were transferred to the surrounding roundabouts.
The centaurs and dwarves remembered the order given by the commander that the archers had been sent to guard against the "griffons" attacking from the flanks and rear.
Damn it! It's up to us to deal with these cursed creatures. Let's fight! Centaurs, fight! Dwarves. Let's drive these skeleton soldiers into the sea, and the victory belongs to the elves and belongs to Chongming City!
The centaurs and dwarves, deprived of ranged support, were not demoralized, and they raised their weapons and launched a counter-charge against the skeletons. In front of them was only the first-level soldiers of the undead clan, and they were a mixed army composed of first, second, third, and fourth-level soldiers, how could they be frightened by the first-level soldiers and retreat?