On the wide river, due to the continuous rainfall in the north for many days, the water level was much higher than before.
This was originally a natural river in the north of the continent, going all the way east. Since the empire started building the Kaspersky Defense Line three years ago, it has spent tens of thousands of laborers and nearly one million gold coins. It took two years to complete the original The river channel has nearly doubled in width.
In particular, the entrance to the sea in the east has been widened three times, turning this not-so-famous river on the continent into an artificial river in the Roland Empire, second only to the Lancang Grand Canal in transport capacity. .
And all this is just for the needs of the war.
One by one, the Imperial Sea Spirit-class ships were moving slowly. Because there was not much wind, the ships were moving very slowly. The three-masted sails were the traditional white color of the Roland Empire Navy, and at the top was the Empire's thorn flower flag. fluttering.
In order to run these modified sea-going ships in inland rivers, the two sides of the hull below the waterline are equipped with rollers that roll in the water.
On the south bank of the Grand Canal is one of the three major fortresses of the Kaspersky Defense Line, the Eastern Fortress.
Three divisions of the Storm Legion are stationed here, as well as more than 100,000 local garrison troops mobilized to the north.
Then this canal became a strong barrier guarding the northern and eastern parts of the empire!
This fortress is slightly smaller than the main fortress guarded by General Rostock in the middle of Kaspersky's defense line, but the cost here is more.
In order to make this artificial river a complete part of the eastern part of the Kaspersky Defense Line, this fortress was built on the south bank of the river. In addition to serving as a moat, the wide river will become a The natural barrier for the imperial army on the south coast!
If the army of criminals wants to cross the river, it will be an extremely difficult task: if they try to use boats, the Imperial Navy can sail directly into the river from the eastern estuary to defeat the enemy on the water!
The empire's navy has been operating for many years and has experienced so many expeditions in the South Seas. It is definitely a trustworthy force on the water! The accusation may be very powerful, but even Du Wei does not believe that the shipbuilding technology of these orcs can surpass Humanity.
And if the other party wants to build a bridge, it will be an impossible task! The navy can easily destroy the pontoon bridge with a strong ship. It can even...can let some criminals cross the river first, and then destroy the bridge, then some of the criminals who cross the river will The only outcome for the people is to be surrounded and annihilated.
The sinners also seemed to understand the difficulty of crossing the eastern defense line. At the beginning of the war, the sinners' wolf cavalry also saw an outpost coming to the other side of the river from the eastern defense line, but they quickly retreated. According to recent military information, it seems that the other side has been There are sporadic activities of those monster race armies. However, the opponent has not attacked yet.
On the other hand, the main fortress in the central region has gone through many consecutive brutal battles.
Those orcs have obviously understood the fact that they would rather use their flesh and blood to hit the solid city defense of the main fortress in the middle, and have never tried to attack this water defense line.
At this moment, after many days of continuous heavy rain, the river water has risen, making the river surface more open. Large Imperial Sea Spirit-class warships can easily enter the river, and can even be assembled into a complete formation in some relatively wide areas. naval battle formation!
Currently sailing on the river towards the eastern fortress, it belongs to the third detachment of the East Sea Fleet of the Roland Empire Navy. There are a total of twenty-three large Sea Soul-class ships, and the ships are fully loaded, and all the loads are continuously transported from the south of the empire.
Come from here strategic materials.
Because inland transportation consumes too much, after the war began, the empire's huge navy took on the role of the empire's maritime transport fleet. Numerous ports along the southern coast of the empire gathered all kinds of ships mobilized from the entire southern empire.
Supplies: weapons, food, military pay, armor, winter clothes, etc. Then, the Imperial Navy will load the fully loaded ships all the way north along the eastern coastline, and then drive inland from the mouth of the canal for transportation.
Go to the fortress on the front line.
Although there have been continuous rains in the north these days that are rare in history, today in autumn, in the south of the empire, there is still an exciting harvest. It can be said that the powerful national power of the Roland Empire has given mankind far more than
The war potential of the guilty people. With the help of the huge supply from the rear, human war materials can be continuously replenished to the front.
This fleet is carrying a batch of grain for the winter. In order to increase the transportation capacity as much as possible, these large ships are only equipped with necessary sailors and very sparse combat personnel, and most of the cabins are used to load cargo.
On the deck, the sailors were working and began to furl the sails under the orders of the boatswain, while some combat personnel were nervously staring at the north bank of the river.
"Don't be nervous, rookie." An old sailor came over and patted a newcomer who was obviously still very immature, and said with a smile: "I have been to this river six times. Those monster armies can't cross the river, they can only stay on the north bank.
It's spinning back and forth. Let me tell you, we are safe on the water. They can't rush into the river!"
As he said this, the old sailor, whose clothes were stained with rust, pointed to the ballistas covered with canvas one by one on the deck, and said with a smile: "Look! Have you seen those big guys? These things
It’s so powerful! If those monsters dare to get close to the shore, they can shoot them over...Bang!"
He opened his hands and made the sound of a ballista firing.
At this time, the people on the observation deck suddenly lowered their heads and shouted loudly: "There is enemy sentiment on the north bank!!"
This shout immediately alerted the people on the boat, and many sailors immediately ran towards the right side of the hull.
Soon, someone shouted loudly: "Hey! Look! There! There! Those monsters are there! Haha, they are just like the ones in the legend."
Most of the sailors showed no fear at all, pointing to the north shore, laughing, cursing, and pointing.
On the north bank, behind the river slope, black shadows emerged from the bushes one by one. One by one, giant wolves with long brown hair faced the wolves that were slowly driving dozens of meters apart on the river.
The human fleet bared its teeth and kept whimpering full of hostility from its mouth.
On the wolf's back, the wolf cavalry wearing crude but hard iron armor, with green eyes under their iron helmets, stared coldly at the laughing and scolding human sailors on the ship.
The rivers that are tens of meters apart prevent the wolf cavalry from attacking the big ship. No matter how strong the giant wolf's jumping ability is, it is absolutely impossible to jump tens of meters to the ship.
These wolf cavalry did not use bows and arrows. They just appeared in rows on the river. They cast a cold look at the human ship. Some of them pulled out their long knives, brought them to their mouths, and spit them out.
The scarlet tongue gently licked the blood on the blade.
Some newcomers on the ship who had never seen this scene could not help but change their minds when they saw the appearance of those monsters. However, the old sailors who had experienced such scenes many times comforted their companions: "Don't be afraid. We are on the water, there is nothing they can do! What a pity."
There are too few of them, and last time we used them, these guys ran very fast, and the ballistae couldn't kill them in large numbers. Otherwise, if they were so close to us, the captain would have given the order to fire."
More unscrupulous sailors even made some humiliating and cursing moves towards the other shore.
"Monster! Come here! Are you afraid of water? Hahahaha!"
"Come on. Jump down and take a shower!!!"
"Oh, I love your fur! I really want to skin you and make a new coat!!"
Hearing the sailors yelling and cursing, the commander did not stop them immediately. The war has reached this point, and many soldiers have been killed on the front lines. There has been a deep hatred between humans and these monsters. The actions of the sailors are also normal.
After letting the subordinates vent for a while, the sailors came over. They kicked a few people's butts hard and cursed at the top of their voices: "Stop playing! Work quickly! Come on! Come back to your posts!"
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At the helmsman's position at the stern of the ship, a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of an Imperial Navy commander put down his telescope and looked back from the north shore. This was the captain of the ship. He frowned and suddenly looked
He glanced at the first mate beside him and whispered: "I think something is unusual."
"It's nothing strange. They can just stare at us on the shore." The first mate muttered: "Captain, we have seen this kind of scene several times."
"But I think this time is different." The captain frowned, his brows knitted together: "Remember? We saw enemies on the shore last night. Now it seems that they have been following us on the shore all day and night.
This has never happened before..."
The first mate thought for a while and said: "We are almost at the fortress anyway, and these guys can't do anything, sir."
The captain pondered for a while: "Be careful. Pass my order and have all combat personnel on standby! The crossbow gunners are in place!"
The first mate immediately stood up, performed a military salute, and was about to respond, but at this moment!
boom!!
A roar came from the bow of the ship! This roaring crash came from underwater! Before the sailors on the ship had time to shout out, they felt a violent shaking under their feet, and some even stood on the side of the ship and watched.
The man, unable to take precautions, fell into the river.
The violent shaking of the ship's hull instantly cast a dangerous shadow over everyone's mind!
"Sir, we have hit a rock." A bosun who is used to walking on the sea immediately ran over to report, and the captain immediately roared: "Idiot! We are not at sea! This is an inland canal! It is man-made! How can there be a reef!
"
As soon as I finished speaking, I heard another "boom"!!
This time the sound was louder than before, the hull shook violently, and the captain staggered violently, almost falling over. He held on to the rudder and roared: "What happened!"
"We hit something, underwater, right on the bow of the ship!" A sailor quickly ran over to report, but then panicked shouts came from ahead.
"Down there! There's something under the water!"
"Oh my God! It's alive! What a big shadow!"
"Ah! There's one on the right side too!!"
The shouting continued, and at this time, the hull made a terrible sound of splintering wood! As it shook violently, an officer covered in oil under the cabin ran up and shouted in panic: "Sir! We are
The cabin of the ship is flooded!! All the drainage tanks are destroyed! Below..."
"Send people to drain the water! Bastard!!" The captain scolded quickly: "Drain the water! Let your people drain the water! Plug up the leak! The leaking cabin will be closed immediately!! Damn it! Is this your first day on board!! These
Do you still want me to teach you things?"
Before he finished cursing, he suddenly felt the vibrations under his feet suddenly stop, and there was a brief silence. It seemed to have a strange and dangerous aura.
But this calmness only lasted for a few breaths. Soon, amid a burst of yells from the captain and everyone, the ship's hull suddenly tilted to the right!!
"What's going on! What's going on!!"
People shouted in panic, but the big boat still slowly seemed to be pushed up by something underwater!
The hull tilted severely, and the bottom of the right side of the boat was almost completely out of the water, and the entire bottom of the right side of the boat was above the water! The deck tilted seriously. Many people did not have time to grab things, and quickly moved towards the other side.
It slipped on one side, and there was a constant splashing sound. Many sailors fell into the water with exclamations.
The captain clung to the rudder of the ship and was about to say something. At this moment, finally, several huge black shadows slowly emerged from the water from the right side of the ship's hull! The shadows became higher and higher, and finally reached the surface.
The whole face was displayed in front of the panicked people on the ship!
The captain felt that he was covered by a shadow. He looked to the right in surprise. He subconsciously shouted in a low voice:
"God! What are these!"
These were his last words.
boom!!!
Finally, this Sea Soul-class ship was overturned by the entire crew, and the hull flipped. Countless people fell into the water, and the ship was turned upside down!
Above the river, several behemoths that were seven or eight meters above the water opened their terrifying mouths and roared horribly!!
There is chaos on the river!
Du Wei felt that he fell asleep, sleeping very deeply.
It can be said that since he became a magician, it seems that he has not slept so soundly for a long time.
Magicians can use meditation to restore their mental power. This means that most magicians do not need to sleep most of the time in their lives. They spend nearly one-third of their lives in bed.
After all, for a magician, this is simply a waste!
Du Wei's strength increased rapidly. As his strength increased, he slept less and less. Most of the time, he meditated instead of sleeping. Meditating for three hours a day, he could not only train himself
mental strength. It can also save time for sleeping to do other things.
But this time, with the feeling of such sweet sleep, even in the unconscious state of his dream, Du Wei still felt a long-lost sense of comfort.
What he didn't know was that his body was changing bit by bit in his sleep.
"Go to sleep, kid, go to sleep..."
Chris smiled and stood in front of Du Wei. Du Wei was as quiet as a baby.
There was still blood on Chris's fingertips, and on Duwei's chest, on the left side of his chest, there was a huge gash!
The exposed part, a bright red heart, is beating slowly and moment by moment...
Bang bang! Bang bang! Bang bang! Bang bang...
Chris took a deep breath and then let it out slowly.
From his mouth, a faint milky white gas spurted out, and soon it surrounded Du Wei's body. The milky white gas then turned into a ball of water, covering Du Wei's body.
Then, Chris stretched out his hand and gently inserted the skull-like claws into Duwei's chest.
His fingertips were already pinching the beating heart!