Chapter 862: The Battle of the Sea: On the Song of Poldereau
"Boom! Boom~" Ryan and others were still discussing what to do next on the bridge. However, the sound of gunfire and hurried footsteps in the distance indicated that an enemy attack had occurred.
Juan, the great baron of Biokalli, rushed in from the outside: "Your Majesty, a large number of enemies have been discovered outside! A large number of undead ships have appeared in the northwest and west directions! The high elves have already sent a semaphore towards us, indicating that we are ready to fight immediately!"
"Okay, prepare for battle immediately, send an order to the entire ship, turn on the artillery and prepare to meet the enemy!" Ryan immediately gave the order: "Order the Landuin to approach the ironclad ship, cooperate to fight, and don't go alone."
"Yes!" Suddenly there were many panicked figures on the deck. Soldiers and sailors were running back and forth, preparing to fight. Even though they had been rehearsed many times, this war was, after all, the first actual battle at sea.
Combat.
"Brother, are you going back to the Saint Sophia?" Ryan asked Fulgen while putting on his equipment in a hurry.
"No, we will stay here to face the enemy." Fulgen was very calm: "I firmly believe that they will handle the matter well."
"Very good." Ryan had no intention of saying anything more.
As the king's order was issued, the entire Enterprise became completely busy. This giant steel monster began its work. The Old Guards and sailors ran on the deck, while the dwarves ordered everyone to strictly observe their posts and move them immediately.
Cannonballs.
Little Thorgrin - Hammer carried an ax and shield on his back, and held a dwarf double-barreled rune shotgun in his hand. He ordered his mustaches to get into position, ready to meet the enemy, and then took out a single-barreled rifle from his arms.
telescope.
Behind Little Thorgreen was the giant artillery that was adjusting its position, the huge noise of the steam-powered boiler, and the sound of the steel hull being beaten by the waves.
"Twelve enemy ships, but none of them are as good as our Enterprise or Saint Sofia." Mustache immediately judged the situation, and then said to himself: "The problem is that the enemy seems to be better equipped.
The artillery, the pointy-eared ballistae don’t have that far range.”
"And our triple cannon is enough to destroy these rags made of bones and shipwrecks, forcibly kneaded together using undead magic!" Little Sol Green said with great certainty: "Come on."
"How is the situation, His Highness Little Thor Green?" At this time, Ryan had already changed into a full set of equipment. He quickly came to the side and saw Little Thor Green standing on the bridge corridor looking through the railing, so he directly
said.
"The undead fleet attacked us from two directions. Their broken ships and the artillery removed from those sunken ships cannot hurt our ironclads." Mustache said with great certainty: "Tell your people, His Majesty Lane,
The wind direction is in our favor, so be prepared for boarding battles and gang-hopping battles. In terms of artillery alone, it is impossible for those skeletons to match our artillery. They can only defeat us in this way."
"I can't wait for the boarding battle and the gang-jumping battle." Ryan stretched out his hand to hold the railing: "It seems that the situation on the ocean is already very bad."
"Look, Your Majesty Ryan." Little Thor Green handed the telescope to Ryan, but Ryan stretched out his hand to indicate that he didn't need it. As a primarch, couldn't he see things in the distance clearly?
But it is true that it is useless for only Ryan to see clearly in the distance. This is why you must bring mustaches with you on the ironclad ship - these mustaches know how to operate various equipment on the ironclad ship and repair faults.
Tania's sailors and engineers were far from the same.
"Teclis and the others seem to be in trouble."
Just as little Thorgreen expected, the high elves' Phoenix giant ship ran into trouble.
The original most powerful features of the high-precision giant ship were its extremely fast speed and powerful boarding combat capabilities. The high-precision giant ship could make incredibly fast turns in naval battles, and could rely on its powerful strength when the two sides were close.
The mid-range firepower (ballistas, bows and arrows) and the dragon's escort quickly resolve the battle.
However, the most serious problem facing the high elves now is that they have no dragons in their fleet, and they can only use phoenixes to replace them for the time being.
Without dragons, there would be no excellent reconnaissance and long-range attack firepower. Without dragons, there would be no ability and deterrence to escort giant ships when approaching. At this time, the problem of the high elves' lack of long-range firepower broke out.
"Hoo~~~~" A swarm of artillery flew from a distance and blasted into the hull of the Phoenix giant ship. The wooden hull was blasted with holes one after another by the undead fleet's gunfire. The elf soldiers and soldiers walking back and forth
The sailors swayed from side to side and were shaken from side to side.
"Accelerate and approach the enemy ship, hold on steady, the wind is in our favor!" Teclis calmly commanded the Lothern Sea Guards and the entire team of Hoth Sword Saints on the giant ship. At the same time, he immediately began to chant spells, a beautiful
A wall of light surrounded the giant ship.
The artillery bombardment continued, but the undead pirates were indeed unable to deal with the high elves' giant ship for the time being.
As a result, shadows dispersed, dark clouds gathered, and the power of undead magic filled the entire ocean.
"Disperse!" Teclis grasped the staff of Lilith tightly. The terrifying power on the staff turned into the bright light of hopes and dreams. The thick fog of undead magic was dispersed. The leading undead giant ship gradually approached, and the pale
The colored hull, all traces of which have been washed away, leaving only the skeleton of the cabin and sails, as well as the skeleton on the bow, all make people feel numb.
"The Shadow Ghost!" the elves shouted: "It's Waghurst's Shadow Ghost!"
Several undead pirate legions and undead sailor legions appeared on this ghost ship, emerging from the shadows.
"Ready! Launch!" The undead warship finally approached within the range of the elf warship. They activated their crossbows. A dozen crossbows on the Phoenix giant ship opened fire at the same time, hundreds of eagles more than one meter and five meters long.
The claw crossbow arrow flew directly into the sky,
Blast towards the undead battleship, densely bombarding the surface of the ghost battleship like raindrops. Those undead bastards fell down in pieces and were hit by crossbow bolts. In just two rounds of salvos, the entire ghost battleship quickly
Turned into a hedgehog.
"Not enough!" Teclis said firmly, and the other three undead warships also moved towards the high elf giant ship. They formed a "pin" shape and fired from the side and rear of the ghost warship. Hundreds of bats jumped to help
The team flew high into the sky, and the ghost sailors above released their instinctive roars and the remaining longing and fear of the sea from their lifetimes, constantly approaching the high-precision ships.
"Ryan and the others haven't arrived yet?" Teclis released a chain lightning that scorched dozens of gang-hopping undead pirates. The Supreme Mage also asked anxiously: "There are many enemies. It is impossible for us to face so many attacks."
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"We're almost there!" Zoltan, the magic swordsman of Hoth, waved his two-handed sword to directly block the flying projectiles. He shouted loudly: "Two minutes!"
The speed of the ironclad ship is not as fast as that of the high-precision giant ship, and out of pride, the high-precision ship also deliberately widened the distance from the fleet behind it.
"Very good! Prepare for a boarding battle!" Teclis's face remained unchanged. He thrust his staff into the deck with all his strength. Two vortexes of light magic emitted scorching white flames, killing the first batch.
The undead pirates who tried to join the high-elf giant ship were burned to ashes. The Supreme Mage calmly took out two bottles of potion and drank it. Then he drew out the Sword of Teclis from his waist: "Fight, Assur! For
Lilith, for the Phoenix Court, for Ulthuan!"
"For Ulthuan!" The sea guards of Lothern and the high elf sailors lined up in a tight queue. Waves of terrifying arrows flew through the air. The high elves used their superb archery to show off their power.
, and the undead pirates responded with sporadic musket fire.
Although Teclis's magic failed to completely eliminate all approaching undead pirates, his magic bought time for the high elves. When a few undead gangs boarded the deck of the Phoenix giant ship, the high elves were already ready.
That's it for both sides
They fought directly on the deck. The Lothern sea guards lined up in two rows and used their spears to pierce the bodies of each undead pirate. The two-handed giant swords in the hands of the Hoth Sword Masters opened and closed, exuding these fish.
The fishy and sea-smelling junk was chopped into pieces.
Teclis personally slashed the two undead pirates with his sword. The Supreme Mage suddenly felt a pain in his temples. He raised his head and found that two undead pirate archers raised their long-barreled fire guns towards him. The Supreme Mage
The mage immediately fired a fireball that blasted the two undead pirate shooters into a ball of smoking ashes.
Immediately afterwards, Teclis began to chant a new spell.
"Comet Casadora!" From the highest point in the sky, a comet was pulled into the battlefield. Under the guidance of Teclis, the comet with a diameter of more than ten meters blasted into the center of an undead battleship, breaking the mast and hull.
, severely damaging this undead battleship.
But when Tigris raised his head, as many as twelve undead pirates who had joined the gang were preparing to board the ship. In addition, the situation on the battlefield made the Supreme Mage feel frightened. Three undead battleships were completely close.
Up to a dozen legions of undead pirates are lined up in neat queues, waiting for the battle. In addition, there are also large groups of giant walking corpses, corrupted magic crabs and zombies approaching!
In addition to the paralyzed ghost battleship that stopped approaching after reaching a certain distance, there are ten battleships in the undead fleet that are slowly approaching.
"Damn it, Ryan and the others..." The Supreme Mage was about to continue asking when the sound of a giant cannon in the distance finally came as promised.
"Boom~boom~boom~" The dwarves' double-mounted and triple-mounted obsidian cannons roared. Two of the five explosive projectiles hit the hull of the undead battleship. A large hole was blown out of the cabin of one of the undead battleships on the spot.
And directly penetrated the explosion, seawater filled
Entering the cabin, the undead battleship was about to sink. The deck of another undead battleship was hit, and the broken shrapnel flew away more than a hundred undead pirates who were waiting for a boarding battle on the deck. By the way, they also returned
It blew up the undead captain above.
Two ironclads and two galleons approached from behind.
"Hurry up and take up arms to deal with them, you idiots!" On the St. Sophia, the dwarf engineer Jerrick Grimm in front of Haimen Pass held a long-barreled firecracker in his hand and shouted at the soldiers of the Ash Legion: "Yes.
Aim for the head! Or aim for those flying bloodthirsty bats!"
The musketeers gathered together and fired barrages, causing the undead pirates to fall into the water or be beaten into sieves.
"Launch torpedoes!!!" Sol Green Jr. also shouted on the Enterprise: "Now, launch them all, I declare that you can fire unlimitedly!"
"Opening lightning strike!" Ryan also ordered.
Six torpedoes were launched at the same time, and the front end of the Undead battleship closest to the Enterprise was hit. After a few splashes, black smoke came out of the front of the Undead battleship, and its forward momentum stopped.
The sound of artillery and muskets like raindrops hit the deck and the hull of the ironclad, but the ironclad made of meteorite and obsidian will not be affected by these fragile attacks. The captain of the ghost ship, Noct, is commanding on the front line.
The undead pirate commander Waghurst, the loyal servant of Earl Rath, received a report from his subordinates: "Commander, our artillery cannot penetrate the armor of those ironclad ships!"
"Get closer, jump gang!" Waghurst is an undead. His whole body exudes stench and fishy smell. His story has been passed down in the old world for hundreds of years. This is a cursed man.
A former imperial privateer captain, he once promised the highest level of wealth in front of the Mannann Temple in Marienburg.
He took the oath, but now he has become an undead soul who cannot rest in peace. No god will redeem his soul. His story is very long. In order to prevent people from talking about water, I will not describe it in detail here. In short, now he has
Became the most loyal servant of Count Noctilus.
Commander Waghurst immediately ordered his troops to prepare for gang battles and boarding battles. The three undead giant ships suddenly ran parallel to each other at an incredible speed, forming a column and approaching both sides of the ironclad Enterprise.
There were several legions of undead pirate sailors and undead pirate musketeers spitting out the smelly sea water. They had prepared hooks and ropes, ready for a close fight.
Amidst the heavy rain of artillery and bullets, the battle was raging into the sky above the ocean. The cannons of the armored ships and galleons were firing continuously. The dazzling firelight and the strange light formed by the witchcraft energy illuminated the entire sky. Ships were constantly firing.
With the bombs, three undead giant ships have been sunk, one has been severely damaged, and the Phoenix giant ship and the large sailing ship Landuin on the elf-human joint fleet are also riddled with holes.
The undead pirate captain Rogge Shark Fin commanded the undead pirates to prepare to board the ironclad ship. He imagined how many new recruits could be added to his fleet in today's war. However, it turned out that the enemy this time was different from anyone else.
Likewise, those human soldiers wearing half plate armor and bearskin hats were by no means kind. They repelled every desperate attack of the undead pirates. The zombies and giant beasts that could have quickly aroused fear soon became
Killed by musket fire.
At the same time, a greater crisis came. In a flash of white light, a figure riding a huge gryphon fell from the sky. The gryphon Imperius descended from the sky. The ferocious and wild gryphon spread its wings and swept away.
Sweeping dozens of undead pirates off the deck, one man was covered in thunder and white gold.
The figure wrapped in flames rode on the griffin. He just summoned a bolt of lightning and already half-mutilated Rogge Shark Fin. The undead pirate captain tried to use a musket to fight back, but the enemy was faster than lightning. Ryan
He easily dodged the lead projectiles with a flash, and then hit Thor's hammer.
The decayed body and cursed soul of the undead pirate captain Roger-Shark Fin, who had been roaming the vast ocean for more than two hundred years, were purified forever.
All nearby undead pirates and sailors fired volleys of muskets, but the psychic shield and psychic deflection prevented Ryan from being affected in any way. All the bullets were either deflected or blocked by the psychic shield. The King of Knights was like a walking lightning.
Chopped up batch after batch of enemies who dared to fight in close combat.
"Advance, Old Guards, for Britannia, for Ryan Macado!" The ships collided, and the Old Guards boarded the deck of the undead warship, with Davout and Raymond charging at the forefront.
The undead pirates who came up to fight melee were pierced by halberds one after another and chopped into two pieces by the sword.
If the undead pirates hoped to resolve the battle through gang-hopping and boarding battles, it would undoubtedly be a very shameful mistake. The Primarch of the Gray Knights personally led a group of old guards to fight against gang-hopping.
The undead warship was quickly slaughtered and ordered to be scuttled. On the other side, Fulgrim, the Primarch of the Emperor's Son, even had a very bad taste and his Phoenix Guards used hooks and ropes to complete the gang-hopping. These powerful
Soldiers board the undead warship
The moment the deck hit the deck, it dealt a devastating blow to these undead bastards. Except for those deep-sea guards who could barely resist, no undead pirates could deal with these enemies. Fulgrim's figure was a purple phantom, wherever he passed.
All the undead were turned into neatly cut pieces, but his purple plate armor and cloak, as well as his silky silver hair were not stained with any dirt and still exuded a wonderful fragrance.
Soon, three more undead battleships sank.
And at this moment, a moving song suddenly sounded from the distance of the ocean. It was a rich soprano. The song sounded very moving, but within that flawless voice, there was hidden endless malice and evil.
Resentment towards the living.
Hearing this high note, the faces of Surya and Julius, the knights and nobles of Britannia, changed dramatically.