Chapter 178 Naval Battle (1)
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Gaoshan Town, on the coast.
The seven hundred warriors trained by Rollin have all gathered here, and in the sea water behind them, there are more than 300 fishing boats of various kinds.
Most of these fishing boats were requisitioned from the townsmen, which was very cheap. Each boat was only one gold coin, and they were used casually, so the townsmen rushed to go out. Of course, there was no good goods for cheap fishing boats. The largest ones were only five people, and the smallest ones were only two.
However, because the ship is small, the speed is pretty good. Pulling up the sails and combining with wood pulp is not slower than those ordinary merchant ships. Of course, this is incomparable to the water-wheel warships of the Vandom Navy.
Rollin stood on the beach for the final mobilization: "Brothers, there is only one purpose for this battle. We want to grab the ship of the 'reef', grab their gold coins, and grab their weapons! Why? Because we are lions, we need these things, and the weak bunnies happen to have this thing, so we snatch them all and let them dive naked!"
OK, Luo Lin's words were very rough, but the soldiers present were all rough and could not understand any big principles. After training with Luo Lin in the past few months, they admired Luo Lin's force. At this time, Luo Lin's prestige was stable, and all the soldiers followed him with his leader, 5∈,w≥ww. At this time, they were easily motivated, and raised their weapons and shouted: "Snatch all the pirates!"
"Okay, get on the boat!" Luo Lin waved his hand and walked to the beach. He reached out and dragged the largest fishing boat off the beach.
Although this ship is the largest, it is not much larger. It is only seven meters long and two meters wide. Including the weapons, equipment and the weight of food, it is almost five people sitting down.
In addition to Rollin, Narosa naturally followed these five people, as well as the wild wolf and Horn.
After several months of intensive training, the Wild Wolf has made great progress. He has a good physical foundation, especially his strength. In Luo Lin's eyes, he is now a level 18 warrior. Although he has not understood the power of anger, his physical strength is as high as 120, which is also considered a strong man on the side.
As for Horn, although he has been in charge of the internal affairs of the territory in the past few months, he gradually found a few talents and divided his work. He naturally trained with him. This guy is really smart and has excellent talent. Although his training time is less than that of the wild wolf, his achievements are not low, even level 2 higher than the wild wolf. He is already a level 20 warrior, and his physical quality has slightly broken through the elite level. He deserves to be a figure who can become the commander of the coalition forces in the future.
The other soldiers also pulled the fishing boats into the sea and rowed the boats. For a moment, hundreds of fishing boats on the sea were advancing together, and for a momentum was a little imposing.
After walking for a few miles, the weather became beautiful, and the wind direction on the sea changed, just in front of the direction of Parrot Island.
"Start the sail!" Luo Lin shouted and issued an order when he saw the situation.
There was also a personal soldier named Yopni in his boat. He has been a fisherman for generations and has strong fishing skills. He is famous in Gaoshan Town. He is responsible for assisting Luo Lin in commanding the fleet and leading the ship. He is considered a role like a military advisor.
After the sailing was launched, the fleet's speed suddenly increased greatly and rushed towards the Parrot Island like a wind.
"Sir, at this speed, you should be able to reach Parrot Island at around 7 o'clock in the evening." Yopni said.
Originally, fishermen were most afraid of night flight because it was difficult to distinguish the direction. However, Rollin had already asked Bernard to smuggle a group of military compass from Vandom. In addition, the young man Yopni also had the ability to gazette and distinguish positions, so as long as he did not encounter storms along the way, he would never worry about getting lost.
Rollin was relieved to Yopni's ability. Although this young man was young, he had been with his father for seven years. He was also smart and better than his younger brother. He was an absolute professional.
The boat was walking very quickly, riding the wind and waves all the way. By four o'clock in the afternoon, I had already walked most of the way.
At this moment, there were endless sea water from all directions, as if it would never be able to walk. The boundless sea water and the small wooden boat under his feet, even though Luo Lin was tenacious in his heart, he could not help but be intimidated by the power of nature and remained silent for a moment.
"Sir, look at the birds in the sky, look at the green parrot. This bird is weak and cannot fly far away. If it can appear here, it means that we are very close to the Parrot Island." Yopni pointed at the birds in the sky and said happily.
This is good news, and Rollin also felt relieved and smiled and said, "It's great."
But unexpectedly, Narosa suddenly pointed to one of the sea waters and said, "No, master, it's probably very bad, look over there!"
Rollin looked over but saw nothing: "It seems there is nothing?" He was not sure, because in terms of vision, Nalosha had a racial talent, much more than him.
But before he finished speaking, the smart brain heard the news: "Discovering the Navy ship of Vandom."
As the news came, Luo Lin felt a small picture appear in his field of vision. The picture was the enlarged version of the sea surface he saw. In this enlarged version, a black dot appeared on the horizon.
The picture was further enlarged again, but it was the mast of the ship, with a sky-blue flag floating on it. The flag was enlarged, with crossed swords and muskets on it, which was the heraldic pattern of Lord Primo.
How could the Vandom Navy appear here? Rollin felt something was wrong. He narrowed his eyes, pretended to look carefully, and nodded: "I saw too, there are three warships coming towards us."
Horn and the Wild Wolf did not see it, but Rollin and Narosa were both very powerful, so they naturally had no doubts. Horn frowned and said, "According to Bernard, this is not the inspection area of the Vandom Navy. Why did they appear here? Is it also coming to encircle and suppress the pirates?"
"It's probably not that simple." Rollin felt a little ominous breath, and he turned to Narosha and said, "You go and find out the situation."
"Yes, master." Narosa immediately jumped into the sea, swung her tail and swam rapidly towards the warship. The snake demon was originally an amphibious race. In the water, Narosa was like a fish in water. She could even hold her breath in the sea for half an hour.
A trace of white thread on the sea was quickly gone. Others could only wait patiently for news from Narosa on the boat.
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Vandom Fleet.
The fleet has three warships. Each of these warships is more than 90 meters long and nearly thirty meters wide. It is wrapped in a layer of iron on the outside of the hull, especially the bow, which is more reinforced and specially added a collision tip. The ship also has sails, but the wind is not the main power. At the stern, you can clearly see a row of propellers rotating at high speed, pushing the sea water backward continuously. This is the unique turbine of Vandom, the perfect crystallization of dwarf craftsmanship and magic. Even in storm weather, the warship can still move forward as usual.
This is the water-wheel iron-clad ship that Vendom is proud of.
At this time, the sailor sailing at the observation post of the battleship at the forefront seemed to have discovered something. He put down the monocular in his hand, raised the brightly colored flag in his hand, and waved the one on the deck. This is the flag language, which means: "Discover the target!"
The sailors on the deck immediately ran towards the command pole and reported to the fleet commander.
Commander Hansen is a strong middle-aged man, wearing naval battle armor shining with metal silver light, and the battle armor is covered with spotless silver-edged and blue-bottomed battle robe. When the sailor came to report, he was playing chess with his adjutant, senior magician Du Rui.
Hearing the news, he smiled slightly, a word fell in his hand, and murderous intent suddenly appeared on the chessboard: "It seems that the prey has appeared."
Although the magician Du Rui has extremely high magical talent, his chess skills are not as good as Hansen. He was originally thinking and struggling to deal with it. Now that he has military intelligence, he just took the opportunity to quit, pushed the chessboard, and smiled and said, "Haha, fight again next time."
Hansen laughed, and did not say anything about the adjutant's thoughts. He turned his head and stretched out his hand to the soldiers around him. The soldiers understood and took the telescope over. The commander's telescope lens was made of precision crystal, and its function was only stronger than that of the sailors who saw the lookout. Hansen walked out of the command cabin and looked at the sea in front of him.
Soon, he found the target. Seeing the dense and simple fishing boat, Hansen couldn't help laughing. He handed the telescope to Du Rui beside him, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that my North Sea Iron Craft Fleet would actually fire the fire at this group of shabby wooden boats. If this matter is spread, I'm afraid someone will be laughed at."
Du Rui also saw his opponent this time, and after looking at it, he sighed: "Although there is no glory in this battle, this group of people organized a fleet without authorization. Although it was a dilapidated fishing boat, it also violated the laws of Vandom. This is a provocation to us."
"Well, that's what he said." Hansen nodded. The sea area around Vandom was their world. One mountain could not accommodate two tigers, and the same was true in this sea.
He turned his head and ordered: "Shut the sails! Go ahead at full speed! Get ready for the battle!"
After ordering, the sails used to save magic on the three ironclad ships were immediately closed, and the turbine immediately ran at full speed. The sea water behind the ship suddenly surged, and a flurry of white water vapor emerged from the chimney. This was the inert water element discharged after the water magic was violently running. The speed of the ironclad ship suddenly increased by nearly twice, and rushed towards the fishing fleet in front like three sharp swords.
The soldiers on the ironclad ship also began to get busy, with orders one after another.
"Heat the barrel! Heat the barrel!"
"Check the ammunition!"
"Recharge the magic crystal and smoothly output the magic!"
These are the sounds in the cabin. With these commands, the muzzles on both sides of the ironclad ship suddenly opened, revealing dark holes. These were dwarf artillery, with as many as thirty threads on each side.
These artillery barrels are slightly red, which means that they have been heated and are in a state of magic. This is done to ensure the maximum power of the shells. At the same time, the fire magic power in the artillery barrel can minimize the wear of the barrel wall.
The deck was busy too.
"Military, get in place!"
Soldiers rushed out one by one, evenly distributed on the protective plates on both sides of the deck. Naval battles are not suitable for swords, so Lord Wandome bought muskets from the dwarves for a lot of money. The range of these magic muskets can be compared with bows and arrows, and their power is even more powerful. They are even easier to use than bows and arrows. They can form combat power with a little training. The only disadvantage is that they are really expensive. One shot costs hundreds of gold coins, and with Lord Wandome's financial resources, they can only be used in the navy, but the army is not as powerful as that. Moreover, when fighting on land, cold weapons are rampant and strong people are everywhere. The power of this musket is greatly weakened, which is not worth it.
The entire preparation process took only five minutes. Five minutes ago, the ironclad ship was still a gentle lion, but now, the lion has exposed its hideous fangs.
The lion fights the rabbit with all his strength. Although the opponent is so weak that it is unreasonable, the fleet does not look down on it at all. It uses the strongest force as soon as it comes up, preparing to tear the opponent into pieces in an instant.
Commander Hansen looked at the sea level ahead, which was still very calm. They were still a little far from their opponents. Without a telescope, they could not see the fishing boat at all. However, Hansen had already anticipated the scene of the fishing boat being torn to pieces in his heart.
"Hehe, this will be a massacre!" He showed a sneer on his face and returned to the command room. The power of the two sides of the battle was too disparity, and there was no need for command at all. He just needed to wait quietly for victory.
At this time, no one noticed that next to the ironclad ship, a thin white line was extending rapidly towards the fishing boat. The white line was so fast that the speed of the ironclad ship was far from comparable to her. Soon, the white line disappeared into the distant sea. (A good activity of falling pies from the sky, a cool mobile phone is waiting for you to get it! Follow the starting point/public account (add friends on WeChat and add the official account to enter ddxiaoshuo), participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now follow the ddxiaoshuo WeChat official account!)
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