The war did not go well, and it should be said that no one would have optimistic expectations about this battlefield.

The main strategic target is the dock area of the main battlefield, and now it is at least tens of meters underwater, where it is called the Dragonfall Land by the Sea Clan, where the demigod-level nine-headed dragon blood drips, and the remaining dragon blood is highly poisonous to ordinary life, but it still has an irresistible attraction to other sea beasts, and a large number of sea monsters gather there.

And to get there, you have to kill at least ten blocks of Sea Clan, and once you get into a stalemate, I'm afraid that the Sea Clan's support will arrive soon.

Therefore, for this war, Dassos and his staff officers have also done their homework, and in the more than 60 previous counteroffensives, at least ten times have chosen to break through this direction, which is not only for the real surprise collection of intelligence and the elimination of threatening targets, but also for paralyzing the opponent's psychological warfare.

"Dragonfall has been attacked again? I really don't know why humans like to fight, whatever they do, let those sea beasts deal with it themselves. ”

In fact, for the current Sea Clan, the first strategic point is their royal family and temple, while the second is all kinds of entertainment facilities, as for the original dock where the sea beasts gathered...... Do the Sea Tribes need boats? There are still pigs...... Raise sea beasts.

In the previous five raids, two of them chose this direction, maybe the dispatch of the Sea Clan is still very timely, but the soldiers on the front line have been keenly aware that the other party's response has begun to be sluggish, at least the reinforcements from other places have come 30% later than before, and the number of reinforcements is at least half!

Now that the Sea Clan is paralyzed by such an attack, the time is ripe for a real counteroffensive. The "dawn" has come.

The warm sun still has more than an hour to light up the world. The vast majority of the Sea Tribes are still in deep sleep. They wouldn't wake up until after nine o'clock, and now is the time of day when they sleep heaviest.

Unlike in the dark depths of the sea, the Sea Tribes, who felt the warmth of the sun, began to imitate the schedules of other races, but perhaps from the day they thought they had won the victory ahead of time and arrogantly gave up the initiative in the war, they were destined to meet today.

As the callers of war, the Orlands did not hesitate to stand at the forefront, in the midst of that battle and civil strife. Their main fleet suffered heavy losses, and all three major fleets were scattered, but in this counteroffensive, the number of participating warships and new warships still exceeded thirty heavy warships and a hundred medium-sized warships.

This is the confidence of a super-empire, once it enters the war, a large number of civilian and commercial industrial industries are converted into military industries, if they cannot be crushed in one face, their deep industry will drag any opponent into the hell of a protracted war.

And obviously. The original warships could not fight in such an environment, the water here was too shallow. The waters are so complex that even in a deep draft, the minaret of a house that was previously on land can become a deadly reef, but it is absolutely impossible to fight the Sea Tribes in the water without a boat.

Originally, the Orlans were in a dilemma, but after obtaining the technology of the floating warship, they finally had a plan to deal with it, and the precious information from the Northland had spread to every shipyard in Oran, and all the shipwrights and designers had not rested since that day, and the Orlans concentrated their efforts on refitting their ships.

Complete levitation is still not possible at present, that is to start with the keel little by little design, material selection, enchantment, assembly, and if only the floating engine is installed, the total weight of the ship is reduced, and the draft of the ship can be reduced, but it can be done.

This may seem meaningless, but it actually offers a possibility - a full metallic transformation of the bottom of the ship.

If the ship is light, it will have excess buoyancy, so can't it be equipped with heavy armor? So, with the help of countless blacksmiths, the thick protective armor patches were applied, and in order to ensure the strength of the armor that was enough to crush the reef without wearing out, the Orlans frantically used precious magic metals, which ordinary adventurers would not be willing to use to build weapons.

According to post-war statistics, the demonized metal used for those ships reduced Oran's treasury by one-fifth, enough to rebuild a national capital, Kagesi.

At a time when the ironclad ship technology is still immature, and the engine technology is still not up to par, the boatmen of Orlan actually combined the floating technology to make a semi-finished ironclad ship, which is really breathtaking.

Unlike their close relatives on Earth, the ironclad here was initially not thinking about defending against the same kind of guns, but about the chisels from the bottom of the ship and the "reefs" that might be encountered.

And once the engine technology is overcome, the real heavy ironclad will inevitably come to this era, but now, these modified semi-ironclad ships are enough.

They have even more impressive defenses than their prototypes, and due to their superior anti-gravity engines, they also have a short-term levitation capability that can handle a variety of ground lines. (Dassault: Not buoyant enough?) Then build a little more engine, and if it explodes, replace it with a new one. Bring enough boatmen to the ship, we have mages to provide magic, we have enough industrial power, we have money! Wayward! ）

Otherworldly people are not stupid, and when the intelligent race is pushed to the limit, all kinds of seemingly fantastic modifications are likely to achieve miraculous results that the regular army will never achieve.

Of course, if it weren't for the Orlan Empire's metallurgy, especially in alloy forging, to crush the industrial level of various countries, even if there was an idea, it would be completely impossible to realize, well, the more important thing is that they are enough tyrants, war is a competition of comprehensive national strength, and they are capricious as super tyrants.

In order to disguise the fragile planks without iron armor, and in order to cooperate with the night battle, these warships were painted with black heavy paint, and in the near future, these black fleets, which always bring doom to the opponent, are also known as the "funeral fleets". ”

This is undoubtedly a trump card, and even in the most dangerous time of the battlefield, even if the flesh and blood of countless warriors have become the meat target of the Sea Clan in the water, these modified warships are still repeatedly improved in the warehouse, and there is no intention of sending them to the battlefield at all.

"Such a modified battleship can achieve miraculous results when it first goes to war...... What kind of trump card is it if you can't play at the critical time and get the strategic points to determine the outcome of the war? ”

As an emperor. At least in terms of ruthlessness. Dassos is clearly exceptionally qualified. At this time, many sacrifices paid off, and the trump card that had been hidden for a long time achieved amazing results.

When the black fleet passed through the dark night, no one could stop them, but the huge hull was extremely sensitive, and once it hit the reef, the short-term floating ability was even more incredible.

There are no more "reefs" left in the waters where these heavy warships have pressed. There weren't even any large sea tribes left, and the solid hull was enough to level a qiē.

When the alarm bell rang urgently, and when they just stepped onto the battlefield, the sea tribes were unable to deal with such a battleship.

Digging through the bottom of the ship? The protective deck made of magical metal coating and steel plate was enough to deal with the artillery, and although the sea giant's rusty anchor pierced the perimeter, it was actually embedded in it, and the whole person was dragged away.

Throwing a huge wave to drown each other? Those battleships are so stable that they can automatically adjust the draft to drown these large pieces of iron that can be adjusted by gravity engines. There is no way for ordinary water casters, so please use the forbidden spell.

Artillery attacks on the weak point of the upper body? The Sea Clan doesn't have artillery. And the duel between the mages was actually suppressed by the mages on the ship who were more than three times as many as the opponent.

Orlan's advantages in metallurgy and forging are too obvious, the alloy armor of the whole body, the explosion of magic alloys and other patented technologies have already illustrated, these mixed magic metal coatings are still the alloy technology that Orlan blacksmiths are good at, not to mention the cold weapons and hands of the sea clan, even the ordinary five-ring magic is useless.

The attitude of the two sides towards the war is completely different, and naturally the result is completely different.

But it is a pity that even if the people are on the human side, even if the advance is relatively smooth, in the first half hour of the war, it still does not achieve much advantage, although the advance is still very smooth, but it does not cause the most desired spoils of war - the sea tribe of large-scale casualties.

Such a special battlefield is destined to not be able to occupy the territory, so the destruction of the opponent's living force naturally becomes the first element, but the result is very disappointing, the opponent does not have many casualties, especially the deaths of the high-level sea clan are only a handful.

Cause? Saying a thousand ways and ten thousand is still the original one - the geographical advantage.

Yes, the sea tribes can't take those big ships, but the big ships are not the same and can't do anything with them!

For the Sea Tribe, as long as they dive into the deep water, as long as they escape to a distant place, what can those great warships that must remain on the surface do? The speed of these large pieces of iron is extremely slow.

Hit with artillery? Even the most stupid commander would not have made such a choice.

Magic attack? How much can a mage's precious magic be gained through the sea?

Shoot a large harpoon in a bed crossbow? This can play a role, but the Wisdom Sea Clan is not a stupid fish watching the other party's attack, as long as you keep your distance, this effect is almost negligible.

Send someone into the water to chase after you? It's just too good for the Sea Clan...... This is almost a stupid way to collaborate with the enemy, this is simply taking the initiative to add food to the sea tribe, and the sea tribe has waited too long for humans to go into the water to chase after them!

On the flagship of the fleet, the battleship "Evil Shark", Dassault was also secretly anxious, and a variety of situations were indeed taken into account in the battlefield deduction, but the opponent's losses were still less than he expected, and the possibility of fully realizing the strategic goal of reducing the opponent's vital forces would be achieved, so even if the dock area was captured, the subsequent counterattack would be amazing.

And such a modified battleship is not invincible, and weaknesses will be discovered over time.

And among the floating battleships in the clouds, Renee and the others also looked at the battlefield in front of them with shocked faces.

Perhaps it was the constant victories that gave her confidence, and she didn't look down too much on the Orlans who were repeatedly deflated at the hands of Roland, but today, seeing those suddenly rising warship groups, she finally knew what a superpower was.

The Duchy of Donglan is also building ships, and just from a technical point of view, it is even ahead of Orlan, but in the entire Donglan, it can't even find a decent shipyard, and the metallurgy and forging technology are extremely backward, otherwise they won't force Roland to use necromancy to build warships.

But even so, the resources and funds required for the giant battleship are astronomical, and even if the maintenance and maintenance costs are not low, the Aurora is a living battleship, and "jealousy" will devour the evolutionary recovery wounds. so as not to eat up the entire Donglan treasury. And after that several large ships. Roland didn't think about Donglan manufacturing at all, and directly threw the Undead Empire Xiluo Empire to make it.

A technology from drawings to the real thing requires countless processes, materials, technology, manpower and other aspects have to be tackled, thanks to the acquisition of forming ships, skilled workers, designers, equipment, well, Roland from Oland got a whole industrial chain, which can directly digest this top technology, and it is precisely because of this. Now Donglan is still the only country in the world that has mature floating ship technology.

And even if Donglan sells some of the technology, it will take several years for the floating ships of other countries to form combat effectiveness, and Renee has always regarded this as a hole card and is vaguely proud.

"The white wolf knight with full silver combat power is rampage in the human world? Oh, our Aurora Knight is full of gold! Orlan's alchemy, forging, and metallurgy are famous all over the world, but they have not been able to conquer the technology of floating warships until now, and it seems that Orlan is nothing. ”

But now, the "funeral fleet" shattered her self-confidence, relying solely on this industrial potential. There is also the potential brought by the vast land, rich resources, and massive population, which is enough to easily crush Donglan.

"Once the two countries go to war......"

As the leader of a nation. Such assumptions are never superfluous, after all, in inter-state exchanges, there are only absolute interests, there are no absolute friends, and there are too many things about yesterday's allies becoming today's mortal enemies.

Inexplicably, she remembered Roland's answer when she asked why he insisted on rebuilding the industrial system when the country was still troubled by the problems of people's lives.

"It's not that I'm a war maniac and prepare for war as a whole, but that war can't be avoided. What? You say that even if you don't have a complete industrial system and you plan to win the war, it's enough to have the Northern Lights? ”

"You underestimate those big countries too much, maybe the strength of their single ship is not enough to deal with our advanced warships, but we only have 1 of their 10 ships, they are not afraid of war damage, and if they are rebuilt, it doesn't matter if the soldiers die, if they recruit again, we will do it? All of our belongings are like that, no industrial system is equivalent to a lack of hematopoietic function, and without a complete industrial system, we will not be able to cope with a protracted war. ”

"The current Principality of Higashiarashi is actually on a volcano and looks beautiful, but it is actually roasted on a volcano. Great powers can fail countless times, they can afford to lose, and we, only one wrong step, is an abyss that can never be climbed, I don't want to gamble on the country. ”

At this moment, in the face of the grim reality, remembering Roland's seemingly profound words, Renee completely saw the gap between Donglan and the mainland power, at least for now, there is no comparison at all.

"And that's just the quasi-superpower......"

Renee wasn't stupid, and as she spotted the gap, she adjusted her entire strategic thinking, only to discover the true meaning of someone who had been integrating the entire Northlands.

"Lanmeng?"

Yes, if it was just Donglan, it would not be enough, but with the addition of Si Luwei and other Seven Kingdoms of the Northlands, the situation is different, and Roland has been integrating and deploying it economically, politically, and commercially, and has actually made preparations for a long time.

"Big Brother Roland should be thinking about more than that, what else he plans to do. The Duchy of Casome, which is a vassal of San Antonio, is too uncomfortable, and if you want to pull out this nail and let San Antonio take it from the north, you need the support of other superpowers......"

"It's no wonder that Brother Roland not only invited major countries to military parades and celebrations, but also gave each other a lot of preferential treatment in terms of technology exchange. By the way, there are also envoys from major powers, who have always been lazy to take care of things, and the letters were personally selected. ”

"The affairs of the northern dwarves and elves are obviously difficult to deal with, but he actually took the initiative to catch them. In addition, the recent diplomatic exchanges with the northern countries, the proposal of the Lan League, which was obviously difficult and desperate, to cancel tariffs and free movement of residents, were very unimpressed, and he actually insisted on talking. In addition, he always corresponded with Sister Grena, and then the two countries made a common political declaration, although the matter itself was insignificant, but it seemed to indicate a common position. And that thing...... How much did he do in secret! ”

Roland did not hide what he had done for his companions, but now that he was able to understand Roland's strategic deployment from a single incident to himself, Renee took a step closer to becoming a full-fledged leader.

And when she correctly understood the position and strategic decisions of Roland and Donglan in this world, she also knew what she should do.

"Originally, I was going to watch the show, so that Orlan and the Sea Clan would fight to pick up the cheap again, but now it seems that this is nothing for individuals, but if it is a representative of a country, it is too petty, and now what we need is to prove our strength to the world in a dignified manner, and to win too much support, so that the Orlan people owe us more favors and give more rewards in the future. Now, now that the battlefield has reached a stalemate, it is the most suitable stage for us to perform with the most suitable stage to break the deadlock. ”

The icing on the cake is better than sending charcoal in the snow, the grass on the wall is always annoying, since the decision has been made, what are you hesitating about.

"Aurora Knights, Silver Cross Clan, dispatch! Aurora Aurora, drop a new weapon. (To be continued......)

PS: What's that, let's figure it out, instead of being stuck to death in order to catch up with the plot, it's better to write slowly and strive to write better