Chapter 105: Support
The First Fleet of Black Fire has begun an artillery battle at sea with the elven escort fleet. The ships of both sides fired at each other less than 400 meters apart, the guns roared in flames, the shells crashed against the solid walls, the smoke filled the sky, and wood chips and debris spilled all over the sea.
Some of the shells that pierced through the armor and rushed into the ship's hold, they crashed through the guns, bouncing and flying everything that stood in their way. Fragments were scattered, and the gunners fell screaming. When the shells finally stopped, the gunners who came in quickly cleaned the cabin, straightened the crooked guns, and then plunged into the fierce artillery battle.
Flames and roars became the main theme of this sea area, and the bright "Black Fire" came belatedly from behind.
The slow running of the bright ship is mainly due to the design concept of the merchant ship, which can be equipped with Dora, and the rounded hull increases the resistance of the seawater, so that the basic speed of the merchant ship is much lower than that of the battleship. Therefore, even if Da Liang had learned the "primary navigation" and was under the afterburner of the tailwind, he still waited until the naval battle was in full swing before he arrived at the battlefield.
On the battlefield in the center, even if Da Liang is not very familiar with naval warfare, but looking at Sidney's First Fleet in a semi-encircled queue, and the troop transport fleet cannot be formed in formation, he can guess that Sidney has really turned his plan into reality. A few lines on the map turned the originally evenly matched naval battle into a fat beating by one side and the other.
"Blackfire" continued to approach the battlefield. Suddenly, one of the enemy's already scarred brigs exploded on the deck after being fired at by a salvo of concentrated fire from the First Fleet. The fire spread rapidly across the hull and down the mast cable to the sails above.
Another huge explosion in which the entire bow of the brig was blown in half. The panicked sailors on the battleship could no longer extinguish the fire on board, and they jumped off the ship one after another and called for help from the troop carrier not far away.
The two troop carriers hid in the waters south of the battlefield, and the obviously unfavorable battle situation made the sailors on the troop carriers stand on the upper deck and look anxiously into the center of the battlefield.
The destruction of one of your own brigs made the already unfavorable battle even more difficult. The captain of the troop carrier knew that if they did nothing, a sinking fate awaited them.
So the two troop transports began to move towards the center of the battlefield, the hatches opened, and a large number of unicorns stepped onto the deck.
The escort fleet, which had originally used naval guns to bombard the Black Fire First Fleet, changed its tactics, and they no longer cared about the damage caused by the close-range artillery battle, and kept squeezing the First Fleet's battleships. They want to fight a broadside battle, as long as the warships of both sides are tied together, and the unicorns in the troop carriers that come up can destroy all enemies.
The Pegasus Knights, who had been fighting the griffins in the air, received a death order from Lucius: "Destroy the sails of the enemy flagship at all costs!" ”
Do whatever it takes......
The fleet is already on the verge of extinction, and there is nothing left to sacrifice.
Upon receiving the order, the Pegasus Knights launched a decisive assault, and they formed an awl formation led by the elven hero riding the silver Pegasus.
Body Protector Aegis, Body Protector Stone Skin, Bloodthirsty Thaumaturgy, Silver Pegasus Hero applied all the blessing magic he knew on himself, and then led the Pegasus knights behind him to rush towards the large sail on the mast of the "Skeleton Soldier".
Shu Xiao, who felt keenly, sensed that the enemy's charge this time was not like the previous few times that he had spare strength, but really wanted to exchange his life for his life. She immediately used up her little mana, blessed herself with all the auxiliary magic she knew, and then led all the griffons under her command to hedge towards the Pegasus Knight.
This is the first hard collision between the Pegasus knights and the griffins, in the narrow airspace on the deck of the "Skeleton Soldier", dozens of flying units are fighting and fighting, the white feathers of Pegasus and the golden feathers of griffins are flying all over the sky, and from time to time a corpse falls from the sky, or smashes directly on the deck, or falls into the sea.
The archers in the stern and bow of the ship struggled to shoot their arrows at the Pegasus knights who were fighting with the griffons in the sky, and a cannonball that smashed on the armor of the ship fell into the group of archers in the bow of the ship from top to bottom, and four archers lost their lives in an instant.
The battle in the air has reached an unprecedented intensity, and the Pegasus Knights seize every opportunity to look at every rope they encounter with their scimitars. Although Shu Xiao had already led the griffins to intercept it, in the entanglement and killing of the enemy heroes, she did not have enough griffins in her hands, and it was impossible to take care of every enemy who needed to be defended, and finally a cable was cut.
The top sail of the three sails on the middle mast was lowered and hung over the middle sail.
The speed of the Skeleton Soldier slowed down suddenly.
The enemy ships continued to move closer in search of an opportunity to collide with the gunwales.
Sidney stood on the bridge as he swung his sword, slashing down a Pegasus knight from above, and killing him with a single sword.
"Boatswain, raise the midmast!"
"Moon Crusher, don't let the enemy break the sails again!"
"Gun emplacements...... Fire! Fire! Don't stop. ”
The fighting in the air was still fierce, and the roar of the ship's guns never stopped. Although the First Fleet of Black Fire firmly occupied a favorable position, and the hit rate far exceeded that of the enemy ships, except for the powder keg of a brig that happened to be a brig, it had not yet delivered a decisive blow to the other enemy ships.
"Damn, there must be dryads on elven ships, and these creatures can make elven ships stronger."
The slower "Skeleton Soldier" began to slow down the First Fleet, and the troop escort fleet continued to approach the blocking of the First Fleet's route, wanting to take the opportunity to seize the position and change from passive to active, while the two troop carriers slowly accelerated over.
In a short engagement, the Pegasus Knights, after paying heavy losses, destroyed a sail and killed ten griffons, bringing the number of griffons down to thirteen and the Pegasus Knights down to eighteen. The combination of the griffin and the archers caused significant damage to the Pegasus Knights.
Shu Xiao's battle with the enemy hero was very difficult, it was obvious that the opponent's level was much higher than her, and the offensive and defensive attributes were overwhelming her. During the battle, Shu Xiao was always on the defensive, and could only rely on the complex upper environment of the battleship and the support of archers.
With his speed and strength, the Silver Pegasus hero frequently hit Shu Xiao, and he knew that this was a very powerful air combat commander. As long as she is killed, the remaining griffons will become brainless beasts, and their own Pegasus knights can easily annihilate them, and at that time, the sky here will be left to fly.
And just as the Silver Pegasus hero was about to kill Shu Xiao with the final blow, several magic beams flew over from a distance.
Shu Xiao was hit by a magic spell, his blood volume quickly rebounded, and the other five magic spells killed two Pegasus knights in an instant.
What a strong ranged magic class.