Chapter 89 Interception

"Did you see that small group of soldiers?" I asked Ashford, pointing in one direction.

"where?"

"The row in front of the third column from the back."

"I saw it. It seems that their actions are not coordinated with the brigade." Ashford yelled again just after he finished speaking. "Wait, these are not warriors. Those are mages in disguise."

"You finally found out!"

"But it's normal to mix mages in a warrior formation! Even if the opponent lets the mages wear armor, it's just an extra layer of cover. That's nothing, right? I've used similar tactics before."

"If you look carefully, you will find what is abnormal about what I said." Ashford looked at it carefully several times after hearing my words, but in the end he couldn't find anything unusual. I finally reminded him helplessly: "Pay attention to those people's weapons."

"Weapon? Wait, this is... the Rune Sword? No, that's the Sword of Power. Those are theocratic priests! Are they planning to cast down gods?"

The profession of theocratic priests can be said to be the magic swordsmen among priests, and their melee attack power may be considered the best among the priests. However, compared with ordinary professions, the biggest special feature of theocratic priests is that once the number of people in this profession increases, it will become very scary, because theocratic priests have a collective skill-divination. No matter what god descends, it is not a simple matter to summon the gods to join the battle. There are a lot of expired gods around me, and both Ke Ling and Xiao Chun have limited mana. If a being like Ditans suddenly appears, you can imagine what will happen. Sweeping thousands of armies is just a snap of the fingers for a being like Ditans.

As soon as Ashford confirmed this situation, he immediately loudly ordered the attendants nearby to find a higher-magnification telescope, and his purpose was nothing more than to confirm what god's symbol was stamped on the opponent's sword. Generally speaking, theocratic priests have dedicated gods to serve, and the gods they summon will be different depending on the gods they serve. The specific gods they summon will have a great impact on subsequent battles.

"I think I've seen that sign." One of Ashford's assistants suddenly said.

"Have you seen it? What kind of sign of God is that?"

"A very scary god."

"Terrible? How scary can it be? Is it more powerful than the Dark God Ditans?" I couldn't help but ask.

"No, it's not the same concept. This god's ability is definitely not as good as the Lord of Darkness. The scary thing about him is that his skills are very abnormal. This guy is the God of Feelings. He can seal off all our senses."

"Block off all the senses? Will we become deaf and blind?"

"Not only that. People who are affected by divine power can't feel it even if they 'touch' the enemy, and they won't feel pain. They don't know when they are slashed by the enemy. They don't know where the enemy is until they die, and they don't even know if they have been hurt. attacked."

"Damn, isn't that impossible to fight?"

"That's not the case." This player actually 'touched' a badge from his body. "Actually... I am also a believer in the God of Feeling, so I am not affected by this spell."

"But we are not!" Ashford asked anxiously: "Is there any way to exempt us from this skill?"

"Unless you all immediately join the ranks of followers of the God of Senses."

"Is there any other way?"

"As far as I know, there is no such thing." The player replied firmly.

I shook my head. "There must be a way. The problem is that we don't know it. There is no invincible existence in "Zero", so there must be a solution. By the way, which camp does this God of Feeling belong to?"

"The God of Feeling is one of the subordinate gods of the Dark Temple."

"It took me a long time to do it!" I said to Ashford depressedly: "Don't worry about this matter, I will handle it."

"Are you sure it's okay?"

"Unless this God of Feeling intends to abandon the Temple of Darkness and join the Temple of Light, he will not be able to join any side."

We were discussing here, but the enemy didn't know what we were thinking. They thought we hadn't noticed the theocratic priests, so they were still moving forward in an orderly manner. Of course, let's discuss it, the blocking offensive cannot be stopped. When the opponent's team advanced close enough to the city wall, the team actually stopped. Then they saw the theocratic phalanx in the center of the team suddenly flash, and then all the guys in disguise fainted on the spot.

"What are the requirements for summoning me? As long as the sacrifice is suitable, I will not refuse any request." The huge figure that suddenly appeared in the sky asked for the sacrifice directly and shamelessly.

A theocratic priest who had not fainted took out a special piece of paper from his body, but I couldn't see clearly what it was because it was too far away. However, the priest quickly held up the piece of paper and said loudly to the figure in the sky: "Our sacrifice is here. Please help us close all the feelings of the enemy in front of us."

"I accept your request." The God of Feeling stretched out his hand and the paper flew directly into his palm. After putting away the strange piece of paper, the God of Feeling turned around and floated towards the city wall. When he flew in front of the city wall, he was stunned for a moment. "Who are you……?"

"My name is Ziri."

"It turns out it's really you!" It was a 180-degree turn from my previous attitude towards those theocratic priests. When the God of Feelings spoke to me, his attitude was as good as that of a waiter at a five-star hotel, although there was no The flattering element can still make you sound very respectful.

I took a few steps forward and walked to the city wall. "Why did you come here?"

"Me?...I was summoned. These people are my believers, I just sensed their call."

"Oh. Well... you also saw that the people they summoned you to deal with are actually my people. Do you see this...?"

The God of Feeling looked at the believers behind with some embarrassment, and then looked at me again. "Um, may I ask if you have informed Mr. Ditans?"

"Yes. He also has a share in this war."

"Then there is nothing to say." The God of Feeling suddenly turned around to face his own divine priest and said: "How can you summon me to fight against the will of darkness? This is absolutely not allowed. I now deprive you of the right to summon me and Seal forever.”

The biggest difference between the profession of theocratic priests and ordinary professions is that they rely on divine power to fight. Once the gods they serve give up their protection, the profession of theocratic priests will be invalidated. When the priests heard that the God of Feeling was going to seal their summoning ability, they immediately shouted anxiously, but the God of Feeling didn't react at all. After announcing these decisions, the God of Feeling immediately disappeared.

It was only then that Ashford came up and said, "You can actually scare a god away?"

"Let's be clear, it wasn't me who scared him away, but he was scared away by Ditans' reputation. I had already said hello to Ditans before this battle, and Ditans had clearly said But he will support us, which means that Ditans also has a stake in this war. If this guy screws up Ditans' plan, what do you think Ditans will do with him when he returns?"

"makes sense."

A guild member next to Ashford suddenly asked: "But since you can find God, why don't you just let him help us fight?"

"Because of restrictions." Ashford explained to me: "Gods can order their armies to directly intervene in some large-scale wars, but they themselves are absolutely not allowed to directly participate in the war."

"But didn't their god appear before when our guild helped the Frost Rose Alliance fight against the RB Guild?"

"That is a clone of the divine power, not the god himself, and it seems that the system has different restrictions on the intervention of gods in various countries. For example, the power of the gods of the indigenous tribes of some small African countries is not even as powerful as the ordinary god generals of the Chinese heaven, but relatively Their intervention intensity is very high, and these gods can even go abroad to fight without restrictions. But those gods with relatively strong strength are severely restricted. Self-protection is no problem, but taking the initiative is not." I helped explain. road.

"That is to say, no matter how powerful the gods of each country are, their final strength is actually about the same, right?"

"That's probably the case, but some different experiences based on the game process of players from different countries may affect this balance. For example, I personally have a better relationship with China's Heavenly Court, which leads to my need to apply for Heavenly Court. If you intervene, the intensity of Heaven’s intervention will be higher than the normal value. This is the impact that players have on the gods of various countries.”

"I understand, so what will the Dark Temple's support look like this time?" the member asked. When he asked this question, Ashford immediately looked at me and waited for my answer.

"I don't know about this." What I said is absolutely the truth. When I was negotiating with Ditans, this guy just said he wanted to help, but he didn't specifically say how he wanted to do it, so apart from now knowing that he wants to support We simply don’t know anything else outside of our wars.

The sudden rebellion of the God of Feeling caused chaos in the Anglo-French alliance for a long time, but the commander of the other side showed amazing calmness and reaction speed. Although the heavy shield infantry and shield bearers originally used for cover seemed to have completely lost their existence, the opponent's commander quickly adjusted his strategy and allowed these people to switch to cover for a real storm attack. Although these people were only used for cover before, these troops with amazing defensive capabilities were indeed very suitable for siege warfare, so a fierce battle for the city wall began again. But these are not what I need to care about. I have no room for normal battlefields. Even if I can watch one man and be invincible, the city wall has more than one section after all. It doesn’t matter if I block that small area. Great effect. Besides, there is no shortage of ordinary troops in Ashford. Unless there is a particularly powerful enemy unit, there is no point in my dispatch.

Perhaps because there were no special means available, the enemy seemed to have resumed their regular fighting style. I patted Ashford beside me. "Keep an eye on this side."

"Are you going to run away again?" Ashford looked like the boss was unwilling.

"Please. Country H is also in chaos. What's the point of me staying here all the time?"

"Then if something happens, do you have to come back quickly?"

"Don't you have a crystal communicator? If you need anything, just call me. I will evaluate the situation and decide whether to come over."

Ashford is not an unreasonable person and nodded after hearing my words. "Okay. But you have to make sure the communication is always on."

"Don't worry. If you are unlucky, I will be unlucky too. I can't harm you."

After reluctantly making many assurances to Ashford, I successfully left Iron Cross City. After passing through the teleportation array and arriving at Country H, I discovered that this place had just entered the war intermission period, and the wars in various places seemed to have stabilized. During this period, both sides were seizing the time to rest and reorganize their forces, and it seemed that there was nothing that concerned me. Just as I was about to turn around and leave, I suddenly noticed King Chuang appearing near the teleportation array. As a result, he ran towards me as soon as I spotted him.

"Boss, boss."

"Why did you come to Country H if you weren't wandering around at sea?"

"Ah? Didn't you call me here?"

"Me? When did I call you?"

"But the Strategic Command said they want to see me if they have something to do?"

"I'm not the only one in the command center!"

"That's true. Then help me ask what is going on with the rose? The steward should know, right?"

"Wait a minute." I turned the love ring and connected the rose's love ring. "Wife, which one of you is looking for King Chuang?"

"Where is that idiot?" Rose's voice could be described as furious. It looked like he was planning to catch King Chuang and eat him!

When King Chuang heard Rose's unkind tone, he quickly squeezed to the floating screen and asked, "Sister, how have I offended you?"

"You idiot, I told you I had something to tell you, why did you run away without a trace?"

"Didn't I come to find you?"

"Who asked you to come to us? Can't you say it on the crystal communication machine?"

"But I thought..."

Rose interrupted directly without giving King Chuang a chance to defend himself: "Okay, okay, let's not discuss this now. Listen, there is the latest news here. The RB people have just formed a huge fleet..."

Before Rose could finish her words, King Chuang asked first. "Where did the Japanese fleet come from? Didn't we sink their new third fleet just a few days ago? Why did another one appear?"

"RB's shipbuilding industry has always been very developed, not to mention that they are now throwing money into it desperately. In the game "Zero", you also know that money can be directly converted into strength. In the end, it is the economy that matters. Although we sunk There are many ships, but the enemy's construction speed has not slowed down. It is not impossible to build a fleet again in a short period of time. Can't you just fight the war anyway? Why do you ask so many questions? "

"Okay, okay, don't let me talk. You go on, you go on."

"Listen, the Japanese fleet has escorted a large group of transport ships this time. Your mission is to kill this fleet. You must not let any enemy leave the Japanese mainland through waterways."

"As long as we can find the location of the enemy's fleet, I believe interception will not be a big problem."

Rose discovered that Chuang Wang was underestimating the enemy and immediately warned him seriously: "Don't underestimate the Japanese fleet. Although they were beaten badly before, the technology of the new fleet is the latest, and the combat effectiveness is not the same as those old battleships. This The troop transports this time are loaded with NPC troops that support the pro-Japanese H-country forces. The number is quite large. Once they successfully land, we will become very passive, so you must not have any problems there, otherwise you will commit suicide. It’s not even enough to apologize!”

"Of course I know this. In short, the key issue is to find the enemy's fleet. You also know that the sea is so big, and the battleship group is not a civilian ship. They will not take a fixed route during the war. We want to find them on the vast sea. It’s really not easy! I can’t bear the responsibility if they slip through the middle!”

"We will use the Tower of Babel and the Haotian Mirror to help you see the enemy's position. By the way, Ziri, will you come with us?"

"What am I going to do?" I looked at Rose in confusion.

"According to our spy report, there is a secret weapon hidden in the RB fleet, and according to our analysis, the possibility of this secret weapon being a powerful creature is very high. The combat effectiveness of the battleship group against monsters is not very good. At this time, It’s up to you.”

"Oh well."

King Chuang saw that we seemed to have finished talking and asked quickly: "Has the enemy gone to sea now?"

"Of course, otherwise why would I be in such a hurry to find you?"

Upon hearing this, King Chuang immediately said anxiously: "Then we have to hurry up, otherwise it will be difficult to fight once we cross the deep sea area and there will be more islands!"

"Don't worry about this. I have already ordered the fleet to go to sea."

"What about the two of us?"

"Does your spear look good?"

"Oh, I often summon creatures that are not very useful at sea. I forgot about this!"

After cutting off the contact, we both rode on my flying bird and chased in the direction of the fleet. After all, the flying bird is an evolved creature of the spear, and its speed is much faster than ordinary spears. Although the fleet was mobilized immediately after King Chuang left, the speed of the ship was really negligible compared with the birds flying in the sky. It only took us more than ten minutes to catch up with the ship that was advancing towards the rb at high speed. Huge fleet.

I was still far away from the fleet when I saw the flagship command flag of the Ever Given raised high. Near the flagpole was a large and vast black dot, and King Chuang and I both knew that Each black spot represents a warship of considerable tonnage, because this ship that is less than tens of thousands of tons away cannot even be seen. "Which fleet is this for us?" I asked casually.

King Chuang was immediately unhappy when he heard this. "Boss, you don't care too much about our navy. You can't even recognize our own fleet."

"Please, in such a big guild, there are things going on everywhere. Wouldn't it be exhausting to let me take care of them all?"

King Chuang thought for a while and seemed to feel that I seemed to be more busy than free, so he answered directly without saying anything else: "This is the first fleet, which is the local fleet, and is responsible for China's offshore waters and the country's rbh." As for the matter, the number of ships itself is also the largest, but the tonnage of the ships is not very large. However, the Eternal is not a ship of the local fleet. It just recently returned to port to change gear and went out for a trial trip. If there is no such thing after this battle, The problem will be to return to port to replenish ammunition and then return to the Pacific Fleet."

I nodded and looked at the huge fleet in front of me. It was true that there were many ships as King Chuang said, but there were very few big ships. King Chuang pointed to the ships and introduced them to me: "Since all the warships of countries rb and h were almost wiped out by our guild, the strength of the navy has plummeted. It can be said that there is no longer a decent fleet in Asia. . Under such a premise, there is absolutely no need for us to keep our main battleships in the mainland, which is why the number of large battleships in the local fleet is scarce. However, although Japan and South Korea do not have many large ships, there are many small ships, and because they cannot compete head-on Our fleet, so they all started to engage in maritime guerrilla warfare. Every time, a large number of small fleets were making trouble everywhere. In desperation, we could only increase the number of warships in the local fleet, so that even if the forces were dispersed, local areas could still be guaranteed. It has an absolute firepower advantage, but it has produced so many small and medium-sized warships over and over again. Now that I think about it, the number of them is really scary!"

"It doesn't cost you money anyway, so why are you worried?"

"Hey, I just want to express my feelings!" King Chuang suddenly pointed down and shouted: "Get down quickly, we are going to fly over!"

"oh."

The flying bird was directly taken back to the Phoenix Dragon Space by me, and then I spread my wings in mid-air, grabbed Chuang Wang, slowly glided down, and landed steadily on the bridge of the Eternal. The command staff on the bridge immediately rushed out. After greeting me one after another, they dragged King Chuang to the chart and started chattering about the arrangements for the naval battle. Speaking of which, I am basically a layman in this regard, so I stood aside and didn't understand. But in the end, I heard something that I could help with - the fleet needed reconnaissance.

When it comes to reconnaissance, there is nothing more suitable than my ghost bugs. These guys can turn into nothingness. Firstly, they have good concealment. Secondly, they are not afraid of water. The most important thing is that these guys can stay in the air for a long time. And the number is super large, which can fully bear the responsibility of large-scale battlefield reconnaissance. After I take over all the defense and reconnaissance in the vicinity of the fleet, King Chuang can safely send out all the lead ships to search for the enemy. In this way, our search range has been greatly improved.

After more than three hours of boring sailing on the boat, until dawn, we suddenly discovered a large rain cloud in front of us. The weather conditions in this sea area surrounded by China, Japan and South Korea are notoriously good. Unless it enters a storm zone, it is basically impossible to encounter bad weather. Generally speaking, when encountering this kind of situation, the first strategy we will consider is to avoid it. It does not mean that the fleet cannot pass through the thunderstorm zone, but it is not necessary. It's like you know you can break a wooden board with your fist, but no one will just hit the wooden board for fun, right? But today's situation is slightly different.

A fleet commander looked at me and asked: "Boss, can we enter this rainy area?"

"Then you still need to ask?" I asked back. At this time of war, nothing can be considered according to normal conditions, just like a tank ignores traffic lights during a war. At this time, if the enemy mixes in the ** zone and runs over, it will be chaos on the country H side. No.

King Chuang was much more aggressive than me. He slapped the member directly. "Are you stupid? Why are you hiding from the thunderstorm area at this time? Order the fleet to maintain its course, and let everyone on the deck enter the cabin, leaving no one outside."

"yes."

The tonnage of the ships of the Home Fleet is not large, but that is compared to the Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet. In fact, our ships are still very small, and ordinary wind and waves have no impact on us at all. As the fleet gradually sailed into the ** area, the sky became obviously darker. Ordinarily it is early morning, and the sky should be getting brighter as we open up, but the rain clouds have blocked the sun, making it almost the same as at night. Except for the thunder and lightning that flash from time to time in the distant sky, there is almost no light to speak of. I had to turn on the instrument light to continue the operation.

As the fleet continued to deepen, the wind and waves began to get bigger and bigger. The anemometer on the bow of the ship rotated crazily in the strong wind. The huge waves threw the warship of hundreds of thousands of tons into the air and buried it under the water. The pitch angle of the 500-meter-long battleship can reach more than 20 degrees, causing even some people who often go to sea to suffer from seasickness.

"Damn it, what the hell kind of weather is this!" King Chuang held the armrest in the bridge and shouted to the sailors in front: "Turn on the wipers, I can't see anything here! "

"Captain, are the wind and waves unusually strong?" the sailor asked loudly while turning on the wiper of the observation window.

"The devil knows what's going on. Anyway, we just need to rush forward. As long as we can find the little devil, everything will be worth it."

"But the fleet cannot aim at all under such windy and wave conditions!"

King Chuang cursed loudly: "I'm sure of it, do you want me to be scolded to death by the Rose Manager?"

"But……"

When King Chuang was about to speak, I immediately interrupted him and said, "Stop yelling. It is indeed impossible to attack in this kind of weather. But even if we encounter Japanese warships, we are not completely unable to fight. At least we still have Isn’t it an underwater force? If it doesn’t work, just carry out underwater blasting. A warship built under such wind and waves won’t be able to run fast, right?”

"That's right." Just after Chuang Wang finished speaking, the communication machine in the cabin suddenly sounded a beep. "What's going on?" King Chuang stepped over to the communication machine.

"Leading ship No. 813 found the ship's shadow in the 875 sea area. The current course is 180 and the speed is fourteen."

"Order."

"yes."

"Leading ship No. 813 approaches for reconnaissance. The nearby leading ships shrink the encirclement to help me 'feel' the enemy's number and fleet organization."

"Command to issue."

After King Chuang finished his order, the first mate immediately reported: "Captain, the relative position of the enemy fleet has been calculated."

"Turn around now."

"Yes." The first mate immediately shouted to the helmsman: "Turn to 328, full speed."

King Chuang ran to the chart and looked at the line drawn by the first mate before sighing: "Wow, it was so dangerous, I almost slipped through, this damn storm!"

The turning of the entire fleet is not as simple as turning a car. Due to the storm, the warships in the fleet did not dare to get too close to each other, so the final turning process took more than half an hour to be completely completed. Fortunately, we and the enemy In fact, the distance is not that far. The main reason is that the line of sight is not good, so we haven't noticed each other.

"Leader ship report." The report that the fleet had just completed turning to the lead ship was also sent back.

"read."

"Our lead ship formation has surrounded the enemy fleet, and the enemy has discovered our fleet, but has not taken any action yet. The number of the enemy fleet is 374 plus more than 7,000."

"What? The Japanese have so many transport ships?"

The "plus as much" as mentioned in the report means the addition of combat ships and non-combat ships, so that the report can report the total number and the number of various ships at once. More than three hundred battleships are not many to us, because we have more battleships than this, but the more than seven thousand non-combat ships following behind are a bit too scary. Even if such a large fleet is followed by small transport ships, the number of people carried will be absolutely terrifying. Moreover, ships that are too small cannot move forward under such wind and waves, so it is certain that these ships are definitely at least medium-sized ships. .

A staff officer suddenly asked: "Do you think it is possible that the enemy used illusion-like abilities to create some fake ships? I always feel that the number of seven thousand is a bit too large."

"I don't think so." I stood up and said: "The investment amount of the Japanese people has increased significantly recently, and the transport ship itself is not as expensive as the battleship, so it is understandable that it is more expensive. Over in Europe, the Anglo-French alliance wants to encircle and annihilate The Iron Crusaders invested more than 100 million troops at one time. Even if there are not that many in RB, there are still 70 to 80 million, right? You all know the transportation capacity of the teleportation array, and some high-level military units are okay. It makes sense, if we can transport 70 to 80 million troops at a time without us fighting the enemy, they will go bankrupt first, so they can only use sea transportation."

King Chuang said: "If you need to transport 180 million soldiers, then 7,000 transport ships are not a big number. A transport ship that transports more than 5,000 soldiers can be considered a relatively large transport ship, not to mention that a war is not fought with only one man. That's enough, but you also need enough equipment and materials. Generally speaking, the materials corresponding to a soldier actually take up more space than this person. Therefore, the transportation volume of 70 to 80 million soldiers is basically equivalent to transporting 15,000 people. Even if all the 7,000 transport ships this time are large ships with more than 5,000 people, they would have to make several trips back and forth. If you think about it this way, it is not surprising that there are 7,000 ships."

After hearing King Chuang's addition, everyone nodded. It is understandable for the other party to prepare more ships for such a large transportation volume.

"Captain." The correspondent suddenly shouted again.

"What's the matter?"

"The lead ship said that enemy warships have made some moves."

"Are we fighting?"

"Not yet, but the enemy warships are moving away from the transport team and seem to be planning to threaten our lead ship."

"Order the lead ship to remain active and not to have any contact with the enemy until our team arrives."

"learn."

With the fleet turning completed, we continued sailing for more than thirty minutes and finally entered contact distance. Everyone on the bridge was looking around for traces of enemy ships, but the dark environment and dense rain seriously affected the range of vision. Even the huge observation lens above our heads could not see anything.

"Damn it, according to the report from the lead ship, we should be very close!"

"Don't relax, the enemy is nearby. It must have been blocked by the rain curtain. We can wait at any time, the enemy is on our side!" King Chuang suddenly shouted as he spoke, and we followed his fingers and turned around. , even the huge observation mirror located on the top of the battleship immediately turned to that direction.

Previously, the lead ship reported the general area and course of the enemy. Later, our course was calculated by the first mate based on the relative speed and distance between the enemy and us. Generally speaking, under normal conditions, the enemy will definitely appear if we sail this way. Directly in front of us, but we are now sailing in a storm area, and the fleet's speed is very unstable due to the influence of wind and waves. The speed of the warships on both sides was not correct, and the wind and waves caused some deviations in the courses of both of us, so that the enemy actually passed us and ran to our side. It was because a bright lightning happened to appear above the enemy's fleet, and with the help of that sudden flash, King Chuang happened to see a few ships on the outer edge of the enemy's fleet.

Our warships are all equipped with ultra-long-distance observation mirrors and still cannot detect the enemy. It is impossible for the people in the rb fleet to see us. However, since they have discovered the lead ship, they naturally know that we are nearby. They are not sure about us. only the specific location. Now that we first discover the enemy's shadow means that we can change our formation first to seize a favorable position so that we can carry out a sudden attack.

"Left full rudder. Level 1 combat alert for all battleships."

The entire fleet suddenly made a sharp left turn in the wind and rain, and the main gun turrets of the battleships began to turn to point the muzzles in the direction of the enemy. The entire fleet was like a pack of wolves hiding in the grass, silently surrounding their prey in the darkness, except for the last pounce.

"Accelerate, accelerate, push me to the front." King Chuang shouted to the engineer. "Where's the gun emplacement! Load all my gun ports with high-explosive armor-piercing shells."

"Captain, the high-explosive armor-piercing bombs have been loaded, but the ship is shaking too much now, we...!"

"It doesn't matter. We have many ships. If we shoot with cover, we won't be able to hit our target, but if we shoot at a group of birds randomly, we will always hit it."

"But isn't this a waste of shells?"

"I……!"

As soon as Chuang Wang shouted a word, I held him down. "First mate."

"yes."

"Notify each ship to find an auxiliary mage who knows precision magic on its own ship and come to the main turret to assist in shooting."

"Ah?" The first mate was stunned for a moment and then asked uncertainly: "You mean to ask the mages to cast precision spells on the cannonballs?"

"Any questions?"

"But does precision work on cannonballs?"

"Nonsense, why should I let them go if it's useless?"

"Yes, give the order immediately."

Our guild has never had many people, so most of the battleships are operated by NPCs. Even the captains of some ships are NPCs. However, there are always a few of these people who can assist with spells. Although the number is insufficient, I believe that only Taking care of the main turret is still no problem. Anyway, a ship can only have five main turrets at most, and a small ship can even only have two main turrets. How can there be thousands of people on a battleship and not even five auxiliary mages?

Although the sudden discovery of the enemy caused a little confusion in our formation, fortunately, our fleet cooperated for a long time and finally completed the encirclement. Chuang Wang took out a headband headset and handed it to me, and I quickly put it on my head. We will soon enter the bombardment state. Although we are inside the bridge, the shock wave generated by the bombardment can definitely shock the ears of ordinary people to deafness, so we must use earphones for some protection.

"Report on the status of each squadron."

"First Squadron is ready."

"Second Squadron is ready."

"..."

"The preparations for the Eighteenth Squadron are complete"

After hearing the report, the first mate immediately turned around and said: "All fleets are in position."

King Chuang looked at the clock on the wall and said: "Start coordinating the bombardment time. Cover the shooting after thirty seconds. Attack the transport ship first. As long as the enemy does not rush over, leave the battleship alone."

"Understood, cover the shooting in thirty seconds, and hit the transport ship first."

"The last twenty seconds are correct."

"The last ten seconds to match the time."

"Five, four, three, two, one, shoot, shoot."

boom. With the fiery red muzzle flames, the huge hull of the Eternity shook violently, and then I saw the nearby battleships light up large or small orange-red flames almost at the same time. Less than five seconds later, I saw the one on the opposite side. A huge fireball suddenly rose in the rb fleet. An unlucky transport ship was directly hit by the Eternal's front main gun. The huge explosion force cut the ship in two from the middle, and the hull fragments flew hundreds of meters high. Meters in the sky, the nearby transport ships began to avoid it as if they were frightened, but the raindrops of shells followed closely. Along with a large number of shells falling into the sea, occasionally a few ships exploded into huge fireballs, which obviously hit the target. Basically, they are all shells fired by the main gun assisted by the mage. The common feature of these shells is that they are powerful enough, and no matter what kind of transport ship is touched, they will basically die.

"The lead ship reported that the hit rate is less than 10%." The second officer's report made Chuang Wang feel depressed again, but compared to Chuang Wang's mood, rb's mood was even worse. .

In fact, people's thoughts change according to their own position. This is just like the attacker who kills ten people on the other side feels that the result is too small, and the attacked party who kills ten people feels that the damage is too great. In fact, it is not the same. It is caused by people's thinking that they do not want themselves to be harmed but hope that the enemy will be seriously injured. The Japanese people are now immersed in such thoughts. They lost a hundred transport ships in the first round of bombardment. Although it is nothing compared to the total number of more than 7,000 ships, after all, they are their own ships. Even if It was very distressing to sink a ship, not to mention that there were thousands of troops and supplies on board!

"Enemies, enemies are everywhere." The first officer on the flagship of the rb fleet was shouting in panic. "We're surrounded."

"I know that the Chinese will not let us transport troops with peace of mind." A Japanese player who had been sitting next to the captain suddenly said: "You guys have to hold on for a while. If it doesn't work, I will ask the big shot to help. Although that The price is a bit high, but it’s better than being wiped out!”

The captain also nodded and said: "We will try our best, I hope we don't need that evil star!"

With the end of the first round of bombardment, the bombardment on our side began to enter the disorderly "shooting" stage, but the effect was not satisfactory. The enemy's fleet was full of water columns half a day high, but few battleships were hit. of. The bad sea conditions seriously affected the effect of the bombardment, and basically all the dense shells were 'shot' into the sea.

"Are you mistaken? What kind of hit rate is this?" King Chuang couldn't bear it anymore after looking at the dense muzzle flames here and the few fire balls on the opposite side.

"Captain, we have already told you that such sea conditions...!"

King Chuang stretched out his hand to stop the first mate from speaking. "Instruct the fleet to abandon the formation and move closer to the enemy ship. If it's too far away and you can't hit it, move closer and hit it. You put the gun barrel directly against the little rb's warship and fire. I'll see if it hits the target."

"this……!"

"Just do it." I made the decision for King Chuang. "This is the only way now. Letting these Japanese troops land on us will cause greater losses. It is worth sinking a few ships now."

"Yes." The first mate immediately ran to give the order. After receiving the order from our side, the fleet immediately dispersed and started hunting separately. The huge group of battleships completely turned into a pack of wolves this time. The normal rules of naval battles did not apply here at all. It's useless to try to stand up in a T-shaped array or maintain a range advantage. Under such sea conditions, the hit rate all depends on the gunner's character. If you hit, it's luck. If you don't, it's normal. Except for shooting me when you get close. I really can't think of any other way. Of course, if we have enough artillery shells to cover each enemy ship with bombardment, it is possible to remotely destroy the enemy ships. But with so much money to buy artillery shells, I might as well buy more sky soldiers and wait for the Japanese to come ashore and open up a large battle with them. Forget about the decisive battle, why are you still fussing over it?

They were very happy to find that our battleship formation suddenly became chaotic. They thought their evasive actions worked, but soon they discovered our intention. Close range shooting can be said to be the least technical thing. It is purely a battle of firepower and armor. The maneuverability of a battleship at this distance is basically meaningless. No matter how fast you are, you can't turn the turret faster than the enemy. If the distance is far, you can use the angle difference and time difference to avoid the shells, but such evasion at close range is completely useless. Meaningless. Many captains call the behavior of sticking warships together to fight against each other a rogue strategy. Although this is not necessarily correct, it also shows how unpopular this strategy is. It can be said that if it could not be so No one would consider close combat.

As a repaired ship of the Pacific Fleet, the Eternal's biggest features compared with other ships of the Home Fleet are its thick armor, large caliber and complete equipment. Due to the exaggerated armor, King Chuang did not let the Eternal stay behind. Instead, he took advantage of the Eternal's thick skin and took the lead in rushing towards the RB fleet.

"Each artillery position is free to fire." In this kind of melee, there is no way to direct the running battle. King Chuang simply delegated the power to each artillery position and let each artillery position find a convenient target. Anyway, the nearest warship is less than two kilometers away. For the Eternal's cannon, this distance is basically equivalent to bayonets, and no matter what ship touches it, there will be a big hole.

"Be careful." A crew member pushed Chuang Wang to the ground, and then the battleship shook violently. The huge roar made me almost fall to the ground. Almost all the portholes on the bridge burst, and the shock wave washed the charts on the command platform everywhere.

"Damn it, what bastard fired the cannon? It was so accurate!" King Chuang cursed and got up from the ground.

The first mate reported with some embarrassment: "That... seems to be a sea dog's ship!"

"What? Why did that idiot hit us?" Sea Dog is a relatively well-known player in the Home Fleet. He is currently in command of the second largest ship in the fleet after the Eternity.

The first mate heard Chuang Wang's question and said quickly: "The seals hit an enemy ship on our side, but their ship was lifted up by the waves when they fired the cannon. As a result, the shells grazed the top of the target's ship and flew over. Hit us.”

"That's okay? How about checking the damage?"

"The shell hit the side of the bridge and blew up the spare bridge. Fortunately, there is no one inside now, and it does not affect the operation."

"I have to kick his butt when we get back!" King Chuang stood on the command position and ordered to the first mate: "Speed ​​up, let's rush to the front, try to keep as far away as possible and use the enemy's transport ship as a cover, let's go and fight with rb People go and engage in guerrilla warfare."

"yes."

King Chuang's order was conveyed quickly. I thought this method was good, so I asked King Chuang to notify other warships by the way. So the ships of our fleet began to speed up and attack the enemy fleet, and soon they were with the opponent's ships in front. The battleships rushed together.

Yongheng was the first to accelerate and its speed was relatively fast, so it rushed to the front of the entire fleet. The fastest on the RB side was an unknown battleship. The two of us started to fight each other from a long way away. Unfortunately, the wind and waves were too strong. It's so big that it's impossible to shoot when the bow of the ship is going up and down at full speed. The main gun in front of No. 1 barely managed to fire two shots. When the first shot was fired, the bow of the ship just passed the top and started to fall downward. As a result, the shells were directly buried into the seabed, and had no effect except killing a large group of fish. . The other shell was even more outrageous. When the gun was fired, the bow of the ship just hit the wave and rose violently. As a result, the shell flew over the entire enemy fleet in one breath and severely damaged one of our own leading reconnaissance ships following the enemy.

We didn't dare to fire randomly anymore even if we damaged our own ship. The battleships rushed all the way to a distance of less than one kilometer before resuming the bombardment. When the small battleships came up, they fired a salvo. The target was naturally to be at the front. Unfortunately for us, the waves don’t recognize people. If we can’t hit them accurately, we can’t hit them either. The shells fly everywhere. The difference between the front and the back can be more than ten kilometers. However, due to the high density of shelling, we still can’t hit them accurately. Two hits hit, but those two were small cannon shells. One hit the bow of the ship and did nothing except blowing off a section of the railing. The other hit the ammunition magazine and missed. Went in and slid along the armor.

"Okay, the distance is almost there, order each gun port to load concussion bombs."

"Shock bomb?" The first mate was stunned for a moment and then began to give orders.

This so-called concussion bomb is a shell that purely pursues blasting effects. Its armor-piercing ability is very poor, but its explosive power is very strong. If it hits an ordinary wooden-hulled warship, it will definitely blow the entire ship to pieces with one shot. Wood chips, but the armor-piercing ability at such a short distance is really of little value. With the power of the Eternal's artillery at such a close range, as long as it is not a super strategic ship, it can definitely hit it. If armor-piercing bullets are still used now, they may be able to penetrate several with one shot. Not necessarily a ship either.

The Eternal and the RB battleship are now facing each other, and the relative speed is naturally quite high. The RB people also know that the Eternal is relatively large, so it is naturally impossible to collide with it head-on, so they naturally give way. The distance of one kilometer was quickly covered by both sides. The Eternal's three front turrets No. 1 pointed forward, No. 2 and No. 3 pointed to the left and right. When the Eternal and the RB battleship passed by, the three turrets fired almost simultaneously. , with a thunderous noise, the bows of the battleships passing by the Eternal on the left and right sank suddenly, and the entire stern tilted up. The previous shelling directly blew off the opponent's bow, and the huge speed caused the sea water to rush directly into the hull, eventually causing the hull to sink directly into the bottom of the water.

After a successful hit, the Eternal did not slow down but continued to move forward. However, the front main gun was slow to reload, and it quickly passed by the battleship behind it. The other party also began to intensively bombard the Eternal. At such a close distance, the Eternal It cannot be said that the armor of the USS can block everything. The intensive explosions almost exploded from the bow to the stern. Fortunately, not many shells successfully penetrated the armor layer. Although there were several small holes opened in the ship, affects navigation.

After passing through the first array, the Eternity continued to charge forward, and each cannon began to fire on its own. The nearby RB warships also began to bombard the Eternity frantically. For a moment, the cannonballs flew everywhere, and the whole ship shook. However, But he still kept moving forward at high speed.

"Captain, the enemy ship is turning its rudder." The first mate suddenly pointed at an RB battleship ahead and shouted. I saw that the large battleship actually stood across the Eternal's path and pointed its side string at the Eternal. From this angle, the Eternal only had three main battery turrets in front and a small number of secondary guns that could bombard the opponent. More than half of the opponent's artillery can bombard the Eternal.

Almost as soon as he saw the opponent's helm turning completed, King Chuang shouted: "Lie down!"

Boom boom boom... dense explosions accompanied by high-temperature flames instantly filled the entire bridge. The opponent actually used high-explosive incendiary bombs to directly bombard the bridge of the Eternal. It was really vicious, but we were lucky. The Eternal's automatic fire extinguishing The system started immediately, and the flames in the cabin were extinguished instantly, but the temperature on the deck was still a little high.

"Damn, that's so cruel!" King Chuang ordered loudly while pulling down the glass fragments on his body: "Open the magic light cannon's protective cover and cut it open for me."

The hemispherical magic light cannon protective cover on the top of the Eternity slowly slid to both sides, and a crystal barrel immediately stretched out. The RB battleship on the opposite side saw this thing, and they did know what it was, but because the distance was too close, the Eternal was larger than the opponent's ship, and the magic light cannon was at the highest place on the Eternal, so the RB battleship There's no way to target that spot. Their artillery can hit our bridge at the highest elevation angle, but no matter how high it is, there is nothing they can do.

As the magic light cannon was charged, the crystal tube began to get brighter and brighter, and after a few seconds it became impossible to see directly with the naked eye. The Eternity braved the opponent's artillery fire and rushed to a place several hundred meters away from the opponent. Then the magic light cannon suddenly shot out a dazzling white light. The white beam of light shone directly on the waterline of the opponent's warship on the side facing the Eternity, and then began to move forward and cut across the bridge. After completing this action, the magic light cannon was immediately stored in the turret, and the spherical protective shield was immediately closed to protect the magic light cannon.

The crew on the battleship that had just been swept by the magic light cannon discovered something even more frightening before they could react from the panic. The Eternal, which had no intention of slowing down, was actually facing them like this. He rushed over to the location swept by the light cannon. Just now, the magic light cannon has cut the entire part of the hull above the upper line in half, but since it is still connected below the waterline, the ship has not been broken. However, since the hull is actually incomplete, its structural strength is naturally very high. The amplitude dropped, and at this time the Eternal hit it again at full speed. The result can be imagined.

With a loud bang, the sharp collision angle in front of the Eternal was directly inserted into the middle of the opponent's hull. Due to the huge impact, the opponent was pushed sideways more than ten meters away, and the Eternal also paused. However, the engine room of the Eternal was not closed, and the battleship was still rushing forward at full power. With a huge roar With the sound of metal twisting, the opponent's battleship finally broke into two parts from the middle. However, due to the huge inertia, the battleship that had been broken into two parts was still pushed by the Eternal for several hundred meters before it began to sink. The crew members who fell into the water were swallowed up by the huge whirlpool caused by the Eternal before they could swim away. No one on the entire ship was spared.

After crashing into a battleship, the Eternity continued to move forward, and the RB battleship in front began to intercept and shoot frantically, but the effect was still not very good. Even at this close range, the Eternal's armor was still too thick for them.

The artillery battle entered a fierce stage after the Eternity rushed into the opponent's battleship group. The battleships of both sides mixed together and began to shoot at each other desperately. As for the RB transport ship, it had already begun to maneuver to both sides. Their plan was obvious, that is, to avoid the war zone as soon as possible. Detach. Although the transport ship is not completely unarmed, there are too many NPC soldiers on board. Even if we exchange one with our ship, the loss will be too great, not to mention that the firepower of the battleship can kill a large transport ship in an instant. .

King Chuang goes crazy when fighting. Now he is standing in the command position, pointing at a large Japanese warship in front of him and shouting: "The Japanese flagship is there, charge up and sink it."

The first mate quickly digitized King Chuang's order and reported it to the engine room and helmsman. The Ever Given slightly corrected its course and then rushed towards the Japanese flagship. Of course, the rb people also noticed us at the same time. The size of the Ever Given is so attractive.

"Stop it, don't let that big guy rush over." The fleet commander was shouting loudly on the bridge of the rb flagship. Not because of panic, but because the continuous explosions had made their ears very dull. Just like we are being taken care of by the Japanese people, the Japanese people's flagship is also our priority target, so all its crew members were shaken to the point of tinnitus.

While the Japanese people were frantically intercepting us, we also noticed a significant increase in pressure. Although we had an advantage in terms of the total number of battleships and the tonnage of a single ship, the problem was that the Eternal was too far forward. At this time, there were many people nearby. It is really dangerous for an enemy ship to charge forward under the firepower of a warship of similar tonnage in such a situation.

"King Chuang."

"What's the matter?" King Chuang immediately turned to look at me when he heard my voice.

I stood up from my seat and dusted the metal shards off me. "Keep heading."

"But that is the Japanese flagship. As long as we sink it, the Japanese command will be confused. After that, it will be much easier for us to hunt down the troop transport."

"Of course I know this, but as you can see, we can't rush forward. The enemy has no command and we are gone. In comparison, I don't think it is cost-effective to exchange the Eternal for that broken ship."

"Then we just leave it alone?"

"Of course not. You continue to move forward and massacre the troop transport ship according to the original plan. As for the Japanese flagship... let me handle it."

"You want to conduct a one-man special attack?"

"Special attack? Don't say the same thing as the 'suicide' attack of the RBs! I just went to their ship to have fun and see if I could take advantage of it. You guys are doing your thing, don't worry about it here." I didn't wait until I finished speaking. King Chuang continued and jumped out of the window. To be honest, being bored on board is a waste of human resources. What's the use of a high-end being like me sitting on a boat and not being able to command and help, like a Bodhisattva? Might as well go down and play. To be honest, I think I can sink a ship with my destructive power. At least the battleship's main gun can never hit me.

Now that I have left King Chuang, I can’t say anything else. Although the general is not exempt from military orders, he is not the general. I issued the direct order in front of him. Besides, I did not interfere with his overall plan. I just It was just a small tactic that prevented him. If he dared to disobey orders, he would have to be prepared to serve as an infantry commander when he got back.

King Chuang here finally made up his mind to move forward and no longer care about the RB's flagship, while over there I had already jumped into the sea. Just after jumping out of the bridge, I spread my wings and glided for a short distance, then folded my wings on the sea and plunged into the dark water. Compared with the sea surface, the waves under the water are not much smaller. I summoned the steel claws and climbed up. This guy was much faster than me underwater.

Like torpedoes, the two of us quickly approached the Japanese flagship under the water. The nearby seawater was not calm, and there were explosions of missiles falling into the water everywhere. There is basically no way to dodge this kind of shell, and there is no need for me to dodge it. Generally, unless your character is too bad, you won't be hit.

Soon I discovered the bottom of the rb flagship. Although it was difficult to identify the hull from the water, it was the largest in the vicinity, and this feature was quite obvious. I quickly put the steel claws against the bottom of the opponent's ship, then retracted the steel claws, drew out the Eternal Sword, pointed it at the hull and pierced it. The Eternal Sword was 'inserted' into the bottom of the boat like cutting tofu, and then I started to pull the Eternal Sword hard to cut out a round hole and drilled in with the sea water. However, I was stunned after entering the cabin.