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Prince Tang Feng and the battleships on both wings of the Sunset Kingdom fleet caught fire, and General Ma's heart suddenly cooled by half, and he hurriedly ordered the herald: "Order the front team of the fleet to stop pursuing the enemy immediately, and the rear team quickly step forward to rescue the friendly soldiers on the ships on fire on both sides of the middle!"

The herald received the order and hurriedly conveyed General Ma's order in the flag. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Prince Tang Feng frowned, and asked General Ma in surprise: "What do you mean by this? The rear army is moving forward quickly to meet the soldiers on the burning battleships in the center, I can understand this, but if you want the front army to stop together, I really can't figure it out! If you let the front army stop as well, then the distance between us and the Sea Clan fleet will be widened, and this will not be good for our pursuit!"

General Ma bowed his hand to Prince Tang Feng and explained: "His Royal Highness the Prince doesn't know, it is true that it is indeed enough for me to order the rear army to rescue the soldiers on the burning battleship, and the front army will not let the Sea Clan's fleet continue to pursue the Sea Clan fleet and will not let the Sea Clan's fleet distance itself from us, but, Your Royal Highness the Prince, have you ever considered why the Sea Clan commander would adopt the 'Ship Tactics' at this time?"

Prince Tang Feng was stunned when he heard this, shook his head and said, "General Ma, I really don't understand what you mean by this......

General Ma cleared his throat, pointed to the fire that was slowly rising in the distance, and said: "Until this moment, there are still many ships of the Sea Clan that have not collided with our warships! If these ships collide with our warships, according to my analysis, our fleet formation will be cut off by the enemy from the middle of the team with the ships! In this way, the Sea Clan can create a long blockade line for us on this vast sea! Our rear army can only be stopped by this blockade line to pursue the footsteps of the Sea Clan fleet... ... Under such circumstances, if we still allow our front army to continue to pursue the Sea Clan, I really can't guarantee that the Sea Clan's fleet will not turn around and take our front army by surprise!"

Prince Tang Feng's eyes froze when he heard this, and he said, "General Ma, do you mean that the fundamental reason why the Sea Clan commander uses this 'Ship Tactic' is to divide our fleet from the middle and annihilate them one by one?"

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince is wise!" General Ma said loudly: "At present, the fleet you lead is not combined with the two fleets of the Sunset Kingdom, but is still divided into two groups to pursue the fleet of the Sea Clan, the advantage of this is obvious, the fleet formation is scattered, and it is not easy to be attacked by the enemy's concentrated artillery fire, but the problem also exists accordingly, that is, the thickness of the formation is relatively narrow and long, and it is easy to be cut off by the enemy from the middle...... Presumably, it was precisely when the city lord Cao Hong saw this that he would not hesitate to use the 'Ship Tactics' to launch a surprise attack on us!"

"If this tactic of the city lord Cao Hong really succeeds, then all of our fleets will be divided into four parts by the enemy! The combat power of each part is inferior to the fleet of the Sea Clan! Isn't this a great opportunity for the Sea Clan fleet to defeat us one by one?"

"It is precisely because of this that I will issue an order, so that the rear army will rush forward to rescue the soldiers on the fire battleship, and at the same time, the front army will also stop advancing, so that all our fleets will still be gathered together, even if the Sea Clan turns around to attack us, we will take care of each other, so as not to be swallowed by the Sea Clan!"

Prince Tang Feng nodded knowingly: "I see." After a pause, he then asked, "What if the Sea Clan's fleet escapes from our sight by taking advantage of the moment we stopped?"

General Ma smiled: "Actually, this question, Your Royal Highness Prince, you don't need to worry too much at all, since the enemy has not changed the direction of progress and continues to flee towards the Tongtian Empire when they are being chased by us, then, after getting rid of our pursuit, will they change their course and find a place to hide?"

"That's right!" Prince Tang Feng slapped his thigh and said suddenly: "Think about it from another perspective, if I am the commander of the enemy, I finally get rid of our pursuit, and I should continue to drive towards the Tongtian Empire...... In this way, even if our fleet is delayed by rescuing the burning battleship and let my imperial brother and them escape from our sight, we only need to continue to pursue in the direction of the Tongtian Empire, and we will definitely catch up with them!"

"That's right!" General Ma nodded affirmatively: "When the time comes, we can also use the flying pigeon to inform the Sunset Kingdom fleet in front of us, and let them help us intercept the ships of the Sea Clan! ”

Prince Tang Feng patted General Ma on the shoulder with satisfaction and said approvingly: "General Ma is indeed my right-hand man! You are an expert in commanding operations, and it is up to you to decide what to do! I believe that you will definitely tie my imperial brother in front of me again!

"Yes, my subordinates should do their best to live up to the trust of His Royal Highness the Prince!" General Ma clasped his hands into fists, bowed to Prince Tang Feng, and replied in a loud voice.

Putting aside the two of them, at this moment, after the continuous collision of more than a hundred ships, whether it was the fleet on the left led by Prince Tang Feng or the two fleets on the right side of the Sunset Kingdom, they had all been cut off from the center of the formation by the Sea Clan's 'Ship Tactics'!

After a battleship is pierced, anchored, and ignited by multiple warships, other warships will find a way to bypass this battleship and then attack other warships, and the battleships that have been attacked by the warships cannot move at all, and can only stop in place, so that with the deepening of the attack of the warships, more and more warships are "dead" under the small warships, and a "blockade line" composed of warships on fire is so logically completed!

However, even in the face of such a passive situation, the morale of Prince Tang Feng and the fleet of the Sunset Kingdom was not substantially affected, because General Ma's side seemed to have "seen through" Cao Hong's The three fleets on the left and right, after the Sea Clan ship finally finished attacking, immediately took action, and the rear warships quickly moved forward, taking the ladder of the ladder, throwing the rope of the rope, and began to help the soldiers on the ship that was already on fire to escape, and the front army also stopped the pursuit according to General Ma's instructions, and the ship closer to the center, and even turned the bow of the ship to help the rear army rescue the soldiers on the burning ship...... Everything is quite in order.

Cao Hong, who was on the flagship of the Sea Clan, twitched the corners of his mouth slightly at this scene, and said to himself: "General Ma, you really took relatively conservative countermeasures as I expected...... But you wouldn't have thought that this would also fall into the hands of my Cao Hong!"

After speaking, Cao Hong instructed the herald standing beside him: "Pass my command!" All the warships continue to fire shells in front of the two armies, and I will build a wall of water in front of the enemy! Then ......

The herald waved his small flag and informed the ships of Cao Hong's tactical arrangements, and all the ships of the Sea Clan did not hesitate to open fire together! For a while, in front of Prince Tang Feng and the fleet of the Sunset Kingdom, columns of water were blown up one by one, just like when the ships had just gone out into battle, forming a wall of water, so that Prince Tang Feng and his side could not see the specific situation on the Sea Clan's side at all.

"What's the situation?" Cao Hong's move made Prince Tang Feng's heart tighten, and he said worriedly: "Why did the Sea Clan shoot out a wall of water with cannonballs again?"

General Ma briefly thought about it and said, "Your Royal Highness, please rest assured, according to my estimate, Cao Hong's move may be to confuse us so that we can't see the direction of their escape...... However, his self-righteous act has no effect on us at all! Because we have already determined their escape route! Even if they block our view with a wall of water, they will not be able to escape our pursuit!"

After hearing this, Prince Tang Feng let out a sigh of relief: "I hope so...... We can't make any more mistakes!General Ma, you should understand that if you really let my imperial brother escape back to the Tongtian Empire, we will be completely finished......"

Before Prince Tang Feng's words were finished, he heard the soldiers on the lookout shout with panicked faces: "Your Royal Highness Prince Yu and General Ma, after the water wall in front of you fell, the battleships of the Sea Clan suddenly appeared, and the location of their battleships ...... Actually closer to our former army ......"

"What?!" Prince Tang Feng and General Ma were startled at the same time, and General Ma hurriedly asked the soldier, "Didn't the fleet of the Sea Clan take advantage of our stop to escape?

The soldier's voice was already trembling slightly: "General Hui, what does it mean to be small...... The fleet of the Sea Clan not only did not escape, but also ...... At great speed, he turned the bow of the ship and rushed towards our front army......"

General Ma couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly shouted to the soldier: "Hurry up, hurry up, pass on my general's order, all the warships of the front army turn their guns and shoot at the fleet of the Sea Clan! Shoot! The Sea Clan must not be allowed to ......."

Before General Ma finished speaking, he heard a series of cannons sounding "all the ......", and the Sea Clan battleships rushing towards them actually fired first!

Before, the distance between the two armies was relatively far, although they also bombarded each other with artillery, but the accuracy was relatively low, and the losses on both sides were not very serious, but this time it was different! First, through the cover of the water wall, the fleet of the Sea Clan successfully narrowed the distance between itself and the enemy, and second, the current Prince Tang Feng and the fleet of the Sunset Kingdom were in a static state!

This also means that they have become the live targets of the Sea Clan fleet......