Chapter 8 The Ravaged Imperial Fleet

"What should we do?"

In response to the captain's depressing questions, I replied: "It's not a big problem. I'll just send a few magic pets to escort you."

"Is this okay?"

"What's not working?"

"But what will your demon pet do when the opponent's cannonballs hit you? Will you help us block the cannonballs?"

"You doubt that my magic pet can stop the cannonballs?"

Although the captain didn't say anything, I knew that was what he meant, so I simply said: "It's hard to explain this kind of thing, so you can just see the situation for yourself later. Anyway, even if it fails, we'll just try it again." "

After hearing what I said, the pirate captain over there also reacted. Anyway, even if it was sunk, there would be no loss, so he no longer worried.

Since I made an agreement with the captain to leave the safety of the Dreamer to us, I couldn't break my promise, so I directly summoned Everett and Brigitte and asked them to stand on the top of the two masts on the ship. Although there is actually no room for anyone to stand in this position, Everett and Brigitte are actually not really standing there, but floating there. They just use the tip of the mast as a coordinate for positioning, not really relying on it to bear weight.

The pirate captain didn't know much about my two familiars, and even said that they didn't even know what constructs were, so I didn't explain much to them. Of course, it’s not enough to rely on Everett and Brigitte alone. In addition, I also arranged Jingjing on this ship. Her mission is to be the final protection of the Dreamer, just in case Everett and Brigitte failed to intercept the attack on the Dreamer, Jingjing will use her ability for the final defense.

Compared to Everett and Brigitte, the pirate captain was obviously more enthusiastic after seeing Jingjing than Everett and the others. This guy didn't know what a construct was, but he still knew an angel. So they enthusiastically approached them and began to flatter them, hoping that Jingjing would do more to keep their Dreamer account.

After the arrangements were made on the ship, I thought about how to fight, and then communicated with the demon pets who were preparing to go out to roughly assign tasks. However, I did not rush to summon them, otherwise I would worry about that. The fleet did not dare to come over at all. Although the opponent has more than a thousand warships, the problem is that they are all wooden warships. These large sailing ships are no better than toys in front of the dragons. They will be smashed into pieces if you are not careful. Therefore, no fleet commander will foolishly command the fleet to attack the dragons, unless you only know the space fleet. , anyway, there is no hope for the sailing fleet at sea.

After I communicated with my magic pet and arranged the mission, the pirates' robbery mission was basically completed. Just like what I experienced last time, the fleet had already appeared within the sight of the pirate ship, and had begun to form a formation to surround the Dreamer here.

Unlike last time, the Dreamer here did not turn around and run away. Instead, after completing the robbery, it took the initiative to rush towards the opposite fleet.

I don’t know if it was the unusual behavior here that made the fleet commander on the opposite side very angry. That guy actually started directing the fleet to fire from more than three thousand meters away. The opponent's cannons can obviously hit this distance, but the problem is that the warships in the era of galleons have all the cannons on both sides. There are usually only one or two cannons in the front, and the caliber is usually smaller than the side cannons. . Even if there are more than a thousand ships on the opposite side, it is impossible to form a covering barrage at this distance, so it can almost be said that the Dreamer will have no problem as long as its luck is not too bad.

At this time, I was standing on the bow of the Dreamer with the captain. Suddenly, a fire broke out in the fleet opposite. The captain immediately started shouting for bombardment, but I had no intention of avoiding it.

Everett and Brigitte are both constructed creatures. To put it bluntly, they are robots. Their creative thinking may not be as good as that of ordinary creatures, but their data calculations are definitely n times that of ordinary people. As soon as the cannon on the opposite side fired, they had already calculated the flight trajectories of the shells, and after confirming that none of them could hit, they ignored the shells. Anyway, this era uses solid bullets, so as long as they are not hit directly, there is no threat.

After the captain finished shouting, he noticed that I was standing calmly on the bow of the ship and came over to ask me if I wanted to take cover. I shook my head and said no, and the other party didn't try to persuade me any more. He probably thought that I was not afraid of cannonballs, and of course he didn't think so either. wrong. I did take a hit from a solid pellet shell once. I hadn't even reached level 1,000 at that time. Although it knocked out a third of my health, it actually didn't pose much of a threat. As for now... I guess if it counts Just be prepared, I can catch that cannonball with one hand!

Because the muzzle velocity of the muzzle-loading cannon shells is very slow, it took a long time after the guns on the opposite side flashed the flames before we started to have shells fall on our side. Of course, due to the accuracy of the cannons in this era, the impact of these shells was simply horrific. The recent ones The location where a shell hit the water was still dozens of meters away from us.

They probably realized that shelling at such a distance was meaningless except for wasting shells, or maybe they just wanted to scare us. Anyway, the fleet on the opposite side calmed down after one round and did not continue the shelling. However, The formation of the fleet did not stop, but instead sped up a lot.

Watching the fleet on the opposite side enter normal combat status, the captain here also shouted and began to urge the gunners below to get into position quickly. Following the captain's order, the gun compartment covers on both sides of the Dreamer were pulled up one after another, and then the cannons were pushed to the firing position one by one and the muzzles were extended outside the ship. Although it looks quite majestic like this, facing more than a thousand battleships on the opposite side, the Dreamer is destined to be sunk even if it has so many artillery guns. Fortunately, we don't expect the Dreamer to do anything. , as long as it can protect ourselves, we are content.

"What to do now?" The captain didn't know what to do after giving the order. If it is one on one, even if it is one against six against seven, he would have the courage to command his Dreamer to deal with the enemy. But the problem is that now it is one against more than a thousand, and even the most arrogant captain will not feel that he The battleship has the ability to overwhelm more than a thousand battleships of the same class or even larger.

"Don't move yet, maintain the course. After we attack, you just have to look for the opponent's weak points and move forward. After rushing through the opponent's entire fleet, they will inevitably turn to pursue. You just run, we will fight with you."

"Okay, I understand." After the captain finished speaking, he left my side and ran to the helmsman, because he had to direct the battle and could not always stand on the bow with me.

Naval battles and air battles are two extremes. The slow pace can give an impatient person a heart attack, especially the naval battles in this era of large sailing ships. Although both sides were now sailing head-on, it took more than twenty minutes to finally enter the artillery firing range of both sides. The current distance between the Dreamer and the front row of battleships in the opponent's fleet is between 1,500 and 800 meters. Although this distance is not too close for front-loaded guns, it can finally be aimed and fired, and It can also guarantee a certain level of precision.

Although the distance was so close, I still didn't move because I planned to wait for the other party to fire before taking action. The other party didn't let me wait any longer. When the distance was close to between 1,400 and 700 meters, and the nearest warship was only more than 600 meters away from us, the fleet on the opposite side finally opened fire.

Since there is no communication equipment and they can only rely on semaphores, the coordination of the fleet is very poor. The first one to fire was the enemy flagship closest to us. It was directly in front of us and was rushing towards us. In this kind of sailing naval battle, you should seize the upper wind and then attack from a T-shaped position. However, this is a battle of more than a thousand to one, and the opponent is using a reverse geese formation, with the two wings forward and outflanking from both sides. It's a roundabout way, so it doesn't make sense to grab the upper hand or not. As for the flagship, its bombardment was more like a starting gun than an actual attack on us. As the bombardment of the flagship began, the surrounding warships immediately began to fire one after another, but the accuracy of the cannonballs was really bad. At an average distance of about one thousand meters, it was the first round of shelling again. Almost all the shells did not have the correct flight trajectory. However, after all, there were too many ships firing this time, so there were still a few lucky ones. Of course, it is impossible for us to let them fight.

Just when the fleet commander on the opposite side was secretly proud of the spectacular sight of thousands of cannons firing around him, he suddenly saw two lines of fire, one red and one gold, fired from the Dreamer here. The beam did not maintain its firing state all the time. Instead, it flashed away. The total time from its appearance to its end was no more than half a second. However, less than half a second later, the beam reappeared, but its direction changed. What they saw after that was two beams of light that kept flashing and switching rapidly. It seemed to be irregular. However, when the light ended, the rain of shells also fell to the ground. However, although the water splashed around the Dreamer It was splashed in all directions, but the Dreamer's body was unscathed. Apart from the fact that many people were splashed by the sea water splashed by the shells, it can be said that it was not affected at all.

"How could this happen?" the other party's commander shouted angrily.

The first mate on the flagship immediately said: "Don't be so angry, your Excellency. The first round is just a test bombardment. After all, it is still so far away. Even if it hits, it is just luck and cannot be said to be a manifestation of strength. I believe that this round of test bombardment , the hit rate will increase significantly after that. As for that pirate ship, it will definitely not survive three rounds, no, it will definitely turn into a pile of splinters after two rounds of bombardment."

The commander was obviously quite satisfied with this flattery. After nodding, he regained his smile. However, the next second, his newly restored smile froze on his face.

"Okay, the other side has made a move, it's time to fight back." On the Dreamer, I stood directly on the bow portrait on the bow of the ship and said. The bow of the Dreamer looks like a great white shark that keeps jumping out of the water. Its top is relatively flat, just enough for a person to stand on. Of course, in addition to requiring a certain amount of courage to stand here, balance is also crucial. After all, this is not a car, and a wooden-hulled battleship will not drive as smoothly as an aircraft carrier.

As I waved my finger forward, a space crack suddenly opened in front of the Dreamer, and then I saw a blood-red dragon flying out with its whole body shining brightly.

The first one to appear was not Lucky, but Mira, in the form of a dragon. As soon as Mira emerged, she immediately rushed towards the front flagship, without giving the opponent any time to react. Moreover, there were still hundreds of meters away, and Mira began to open her mouth to gather energy, followed closely by a The red beam of light shot straight out, hitting the bow of the battleship in the middle. Then as Mira's head raised slightly, the red beam of light immediately extended backwards, sweeping across the central axis of the entire battleship in an instant. passed.

After the beam swept across the entire battleship, Mira's beam disappeared completely. However, there was no response from the other side. Just when the personnel on the surrounding battleships were in false alarm, their flagship suddenly heard There was a crunch, and then the entire battleship actually fell from the middle to both sides, as if it was a cake cut open from the middle.

Because they were too shocked, when they saw the flagship split into two pieces, the surrounding fleets forgot to attack, so much so that the Dreamer was close to the fleet's optimal range and no one fired. However, they quickly responded. Come here, because I don’t know when there are four more dragons on the sea.

The crew of a very large three-masted square-sailed warship were looking at their flagship in a daze when they suddenly heard someone shouting. When everyone turned around, they saw a giant dragon flying to the side of the ship. When these people reacted, the giant dragon stretched its legs forward and stepped on the side of the ship. Due to the great impact, the entire ship tilted to the other side by more than 20 degrees, and the people on board were thrown to the ground and staggered like gourds.

Lucky, who successfully landed on the ship, did not make any unnecessary moves. He went up and cut off the main mast at the waist with one claw, then turned around and swept the foremast off with his tail. Finally, he found the entrance to the cabin, pointed his mouth at the small hole, and blew a puff of dragon flame into it. , and then he immediately kicked off the deck and jumped into the air, while the battleship below turned into pieces of wood flying in the sky with a violent explosion.

The wooden-hulled sailing ship is not a modern warship. Since the front-loaded artillery fires shells by filling them with gunpowder, there must be a large amount of bulk gunpowder stored on the ship. The temperature of dragon flames reaches tens of thousands of tons and can easily burn through steel. Wouldn't these gunpowders explode on contact? Therefore, if you are lucky enough to spray dragon flames into the battleship, it will fly to the sky without any suspense.

The explosion here just happened. The people on a battleship not far away were still dumbfounded. They felt pity, but the next second the sea water next to them suddenly flew up, and then they saw a huge tail. It was thrown out of the water and hit the deck with a bang. Then, like a qigong master performing a plank splitting with his bare hands, the big tail easily cut the entire warship in half, turning it into two wooden warships. The watertight cabin can be used, and even if a modern warship is split in half, it is impossible to continue to float on the water, so there is no suspense that the ship quickly sank to the bottom of the sea, following the footsteps of its companions.

The loss of two battleships in a row is not the end, but just the beginning. Xiao San's huge body began to fly over the fleet, and then he did not land, but just flew directly over the fleet. Those three big heads were like three cannons, firing one shot at each of the warships near him. Dragon flame bombs instantly turned a large group of warships into big torches on the sea.

Compared with Xiao San's three heads, Crystal doesn't have such exaggerated speed, but she is a fairy dragon, and the fairy dragon's biggest reliance is magic. As a strange tone appeared, several warships on the sea suddenly began to sink inexplicably. In the end, no one figured out how they sank, because the roots of the ships were not attacked. There was neither an explosion nor a fire on the ship, and of course it was not hit by anything. The whole ship just sank on its own.

In fact, the people inside the boat were more confused than the people outside. People outside could guess that there was an attack on the bottom of the boat, but the people inside the boat knew clearly that they had not been attacked, but the hull of the boat seemed to suddenly turned to stone, and then the whole ship began to sink. Watching seawater pouring into the ship from various openings, the crew members were really crying without tears.

The performances of several dragons are very good, but even more good ones are yet to come. With a buzzing sound, the crew of the Royal Blade, a large battleship in the Imperial fleet, suddenly saw a huge black shadow coming towards them, and then with a loud bang, the entire ship shook violently. It sank downwards, and the entire superstructure of the ship instantly fell apart and turned into a wreckage, but at least the battleship did not sink.

Although it did not sink, other colleagues in the Imperial Fleet were eager for the Royal Blade to sink quickly because they discovered that there was a black beetle about the same size as the entire ship parked on its deck. No, this beetle is not completely black. There are many golden lines on its shiny black carapace, which looks like a magic circle. However, what frightened the sailors the most was what looked like a cannon rising from the beetle's back.

Just when everyone was looking at the thing in confusion, the thing suddenly started to move. The three crystal tubes on it began to emit beams of light outward at a rate of one every three seconds, and with each beam emitted, a battleship would be blown to pieces.

Even modern warships can rarely resist tank bombardment head-on, let alone wooden-hulled warships. After the bow of a large battleship of the Imperial Fleet was hit by a bullet, the explosion ripped off half of the hull. The rear half of the hull also sank rapidly in the billowing smoke, and it completely disappeared on the sea surface in almost a minute. .

With the appearance of these large familiars of mine, the Imperial fleet at sea has completely lost control of the Dreamer. Now all they want to do is run away. If a fleet of the same size as theirs, or even larger, were fighting against them now, they would definitely try their best to deal with each other, but the problem is that they are fighting a group of super creatures now. The reloading speed of the artillery on the battleship is too slow and the firing angle is very narrow. These creatures can either fly or dive. Their speed is too fast, and the artillery on the battleship has no effect at all. As for the boarding battle... I'm not a battleship, so what kind of west side are you picking up? Besides, even if you get close, can you still attack these big guys? Haven't you seen that dismantling a battleship is like dismantling a toy?

Although the people in the fleet were desperate, they did not unanimously agree to escape together. There was only a moment of confusion. However, as a larger target emerged, all the captains unanimously agreed in an instant even if they did not communicate with each other using flags. , and the reason for this situation is the appearance of my biggest demon pet, Black Flame.

As a super creature from the Sea of ​​Silence, although Black Flame is a negative energy creature, it can also exist in sea water with positive energy, and the Sea of ​​Silence is also a sea, so Black Flame's underwater skills are absolutely no problem. It's just an anaconda, but the place where it lives is more exaggerated.

When they saw behemoths like Lucky, Tank, and Mira, which were about the same size as a battleship, the crew almost lost their will to resist. However, the size of the black flame completely made them lose their ability to think.

Several timid captains were directing their warships to break away from the battle circle and flee to the outside. However, other warships around them suddenly discovered that the seawater below them had inexplicably bulged upwards. Following the bulge, it suddenly rose and surrounded the surrounding area. The seven or eight fleeing warships were all lifted into the air, and it was not until those warships took off that everyone saw the huge triangular head rising rapidly in the swirling sea water below.

Black Flame's size can change according to his will. Usually there is not such a big place for him to display, so although Black Flame has participated in many battles, he has basically been reduced in size. This time it is rare to encounter him. In the battle in Shanghai, space was not a problem at all, so I let Black Flame recover, and the scene just happened.

It’s hard to see how long Hei Yan is now, because the part of him exposed above the sea only has a head and a small part of his body. The reason why we call a section of the body that is more than two hundred meters long is because the diameter of this section of the body is more than two hundred meters. Therefore, unless Heiyan's body is square, it cannot be so long. But have you ever seen a snake whose length is equal to its body diameter? That kind of thing should be called a ball, right?

On top of Heiyan's body, which is more than 200 meters long, is a head as big as an aircraft carrier. Compared with this head, the surrounding warships are generally only one-sixth to one-eighth of its size. This is just a head. The head and other parts have not been seen yet. You said that ordinary sailors can remain calm after seeing such a thing at sea? Even people who originally wanted to commit suicide would probably change their minds temporarily when they suddenly see something like this. After all, this thing is so unimaginable, it's so outrageous!

"Hei Yan, over there, over there." I was riding Ye Ying and hovering next to Hei Yan's eyes, then shouted and pointed in a direction, where several battleships were about to escape.

Actually, I didn’t want to summon Black Flame, because I knew that he would probably scare away the enemy warships as soon as he came out, and the pirates’ last wish was probably to destroy all the people and ships in this fleet, so we couldn’t let them go. Any boat. However, although I didn't want the black flame to scare away the enemy, I didn't expect that the enemy was much less courageous than I expected, so much so that they were able to scare away many battleships just by being lucky. There was really no other way, so I had to let Hei Yan come out to help chase the escaping warships. After all, in terms of destruction speed, he was actually the fastest.

When Hei Yan heard my call, he immediately turned his head in the direction I was pointing. After seeing the target, he first rose up a little, and a section of his body about three hundred meters long was exposed to the sea, and then suddenly plunged into the sea and headed towards it. He rushed past the fleet that was escaping in front. Due to his speed and size, the sea water along the route Hei Yan rushed towards was lifted up by a swell of more than 100 meters high. As soon as this wave separated, it directly overturned all the warships along the way. go out. In my opinion, those overturned battleships were like surfboards overturned by a high-speed submarine.

Because of its large size, Hei Yan rushed from one side of the fleet to the other in one swift move. When he raised his head, the warships that were about to escape were immediately lifted up like his companions in front. In addition, all the ships in this straight line were lifted up. None of them were spared. This time, they had all turned into capsized boats, the kind that capsized upside down.

The terror of the black flames has completely destroyed the will of all personnel in the fleet to resist. Even the lunatics are probably frightened now. Everyone is thinking about running away, and because the flagship was destroyed from the very beginning, the current fleet It was like blooming and scattered in all directions, making us not know which way to chase even if we wanted to chase it. Fortunately, I have a lot of people, otherwise I really don’t know what to do.

"Xiao Feng, go over there. Lucky, over there; Plague, over there; Crystal, over there..." He sent out all the large flying magic pets in one breath to see if there were any warships escaping in the direction. To deal with it, I simply threw two more mobile Angels out. "All the warships over there will be sunk, and all those who fell into the water will be killed. No one will be left alive."

"Understood." After receiving the order, the demon pets and mobile angels immediately dispersed and flew out, and I myself also chased after the last group of fleets that were not allocated.

Although the flagship of the Imperial Fleet was sunk, such a large fleet could not be commanded by just one ship, especially in an era when such communication methods were extremely backward. In fact, this fleet is just like the organizational hierarchy in the army, divided into different small units. When the entire fleet is added together, it becomes the combined fleet. There are several squadrons below, and then the squadrons are divided into several groups, and how many ships each group has. This way, it can be easily commanded after the flagship is destroyed. We can also cooperate on a small scale so that we won't be completely leaderless.

I am chasing such a group now, but there are only three ships left in this group. However, due to our fighting method, these three ships are actually as good as new, with no damage at all. After all, the attack power of my magic pet is too strong. As long as it is targeted, it will sink directly. There is no situation where it will not sink after being injured.

Looking at the three warships escaping hastily below, I weighed it a little and rushed forward. Although there are no magic pets around anymore, I think we can still handle three wooden ships.