Chapter 238 How the U.S. and Russian Fleets Responded

"What are we going to do?"

Both the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger fell into helplessness and confusion. The combat capabilities of the two sides are completely unequal, and the gap is far greater than what the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger had previously estimated.

It is true that our Frost Rose Alliance has a lot of air flying units and a large number of battleships, but the US-Russian combined fleet has more ships, so they have been thinking about overwhelming everything with numbers from the beginning. This idea is simple and direct. Although it seems ordinary, the more ordinary the method, the simpler and more effective it is. It's like two people fighting, and you find out that your opponent is a martial arts master who is proficient in a variety of fighting skills. It is obviously difficult to study more complex fighting skills to surpass the opponent, but if you just find a super strong man whose strength is several times that of the opponent, then the problem will be simple. Although this man has great fighting skills, he is just a very thin man with very little strength. His various skills will cause minimal damage to this strong man. Although it will hurt, it is not much of a threat at all. At this time, if Hercules finds someone the enemy must protect to attack, then the last point of support for this martial arts master will be gone, because he can no longer rely on his speed advantage to show off his skills, but has to go Fight with Hercules, because if he doesn't go, the people he has to protect will be attacked.

The Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger always thought that they themselves were the Hercules, and we, the Frost Rose Alliance, were the martial arts masters. Our flying battleships and various endless weapons are our fighting skills, and their fleet is much larger than ours, so no matter what tricks we play, the losses are acceptable to them. And the Chinese mainland is the existence that we must protect. As long as they rush straight over, we can't play any tricks. We can only obediently block their route and fight with them.

There was no problem with this idea, but it was not until just now that the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger suddenly discovered that their previous ideas were completely wrong, and they were outrageously wrong. What their strong man has to face is not only a martial arts master, but also a person with super powers. This fog, and that precise bombardment, are our superpowers. Now the US-Russian combined fleet can only be attacked unilaterally by us, and they have no idea where we are. In the first round of shelling, we could still see the muzzle flash, but now we can't even hear the sound of our gunfire. This shows that our warship must have fired from a considerable distance away, and deep in the mist, it is impossible for them to detect us in the distance. In such a situation, they have no ability to fight back except being passively beaten. This is the absolute worst case scenario.

Just when the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger were thinking hard about how to deal with our strange bombardment, the bombardment that had just eased for a while actually started again, but it was slightly different from the previous situation. The barrages this time were much denser than before, and all those hit were those warships that were not sunk in the first round of shelling.

The battleship that the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger had just climbed onto was a battleship of the Holy Spear Alliance, and it was not a large battleship, but a special battleship. This is a test ship. Its tonnage is not very large, between a battleship and a cruiser. But compared with ordinary battleships, this guy has a smaller size, higher speed, and basically the same armor. strength. Of course, because of its small size, its firepower is slightly weaker. However, because this ship is fast and has good protection, it is still good as a flagship.

The Frozen Banshee witnessed the second round of bombardment on the battleship. The difference from before was that this time the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger were not bombarded, so they could calm down and think about various situations. After seeing the battle damage reported after the shelling, the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger discovered a problem almost at the same time.

"Why were all the ships attacked by the Mist Fleet attacked before?"

The first round of shelling in this battle was actually not fired by our main fleet, but the round of shells fired by the Mist Fleet. Almost all the battleships that were hit at that time were riddled with holes, but no battleships sank, because the artillery shells of the Mist Fleet were like simple armor-piercing bullets. Although they could make large and small holes in the battleships, they were not destroyed due to the explosion. It is not as powerful as a large grenade, so after it penetrates, it can only rely on the explosive force to kill the unlucky personnel. Regarding the structure of the battleship itself, it can be considered that this is a simple armor-piercing projectile with no blasting ability.

Precisely because the cannonballs of the Mist Fleet have this characteristic, they can be easily distinguished from the cannonballs of regular battleships. Both the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger knew that the first round of bombardment was carried out by the Mist Fleet, and that it was our main fleet that caused heavy casualties later. Moreover, the targets of the main fleet's attack were all the ships that were first attacked by the Mist Fleet.

This situation can be easily seen from the battle damage list, so the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger realized what was happening immediately.

"Their main force can't see us either?" Gunslinger said uncertainly.

The Frozen Banshee said with a little more certainty: "It should be so. The first round of bombardment was sent by the Mist Fleet. At that time, they should be using some way to mark us, and the main fleet of the Frost Rose Alliance was actually only They can 'see' the marked ships, so after the first round of bombardment, their main fleet would rather have multiple warships focus on attacking one target and waste shells than attack other warships. This is not because they don't want to assign targets, but because they see Not even that." The Frozen Banshee said this while reasoning and guessing.

The Gunslinger frowned and said, "Does that mean that the fog in the Mist Fleet actually blocks the sight of their own people?"

"It should be." The Frozen Banshee said: "But the Mist Fleet itself should not be affected, or the impact should be smaller than ours, otherwise they would not be sent in to mark us."

"If that's really the case, then just be careful not to get marked." Just after the gunman finished speaking, he retorted: "No, that's not right. They have a visual range advantage here, and we can't hide from them. . Then, if I follow your original opinion and post it..."

"It's impossible." The Frozen Banshee said: "The speed of the Mist Fleet is based on the enemy's speed plus two knots. No matter how fast we are, we can't catch up with them."

"What should we do?"

"You can use an anchor hook." A crew member next to him suddenly interrupted and shouted. The eyes of the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger instantly moved to the player. The latter was looked at by the two people's eyes and timidly explained: "I have participated in a monster training club run by several friends before. They are on the ship. Install a large anchor hook, and then just like a whaling ship catching a whale, use the anchor hook to shoot the sea monster, then pull it up to the deck and kill it. Although the battleships of the Mist Fleet are not sea monsters, as long as we can pull them to our side, Then there should be no problem, right?"

"But the warships of the Mist Fleet are ghost ships!" Gunslinger asked: "Can the anchor hook catch the ghost ship?"

"Ghost ships are not always incorporeal, they sometimes materialize. And if that doesn't work, you can consider adding dark spells to the anchor hook. As long as the anchor hook turns dark or undead, you should be able to catch it. Live in a ghost ship. This should be the same as a warrior using enchanted weapons to deal with ghosts."

After hearing this player's explanation, both the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger felt suddenly enlightened. The Frozen Banshee said: "In this way, we can indeed give it a try. As long as we use the anchor hook to pull the opponent to our side, we can completely kill them with our firepower. As long as there is no fog fleet, the fog will disappear naturally. At that time, all the Frost Rose Alliance can do is to either run away and think of other solutions. Or fight us decisively. While the loss of our main force is not too serious now, we may still have a chance to make a comeback."

After hearing what the Frozen Banshee said, the Gunslinger nodded vigorously, and then said: "Let's do this."

After the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger discussed a solution, they immediately began to busily command the ships to get started on this matter. At this time, our fog fleet was slowly moving into the opponent's fleet group. They were about to Responsible for marking the next batch of warships. After all, the U.S.-Russian Combined Fleet has a very large number of warships, but the Mist Fleet only has about a hundred warships, so it can only mark more than a hundred warships at a time. This is also why our main fleet took out more than half of the marked warships in one bombardment. Because we have several ships hitting the same target, it is so efficient.

When the Mist Fleet began to catch up with the US-Russian Combined Fleet and prepare for the second round of marking, nothing happened on the US-Russian Combined Fleet. They were also busy preparing their anchor hooks at this time.

The US-Russian combined fleets are all battleships, but the anchor hooks that the player mentioned are all prepared on these battleships. This anchor hook is actually not a real anchor, but a special harpoon-like thing. The reason why all battleships in the game must be equipped with this thing is mainly because there are a large number of marine creatures in the ocean in the game. These weird guys can be said to be like the wind in the water. If you can't restrict them If you have a limited range of action, no matter how powerful your battleship is, you will only be killed by these sea monsters in the end. Therefore, to deal with sea monsters, you must have an anchor hook, a matching cable, and a launching device, so that you can catch the sea monster when you encounter it, and then pull it near the battleship to find a way to kill it. Otherwise, the battleship would have no way to deal with these sea monsters.

As for why the battleship must have a sea monster...does this question still need to be asked? Aren’t the monsters that players kill the most in the game? Sea monsters are monsters in the sea. How can water-fighting players level up if they don't kill sea monsters? You can't just rely on PK between players, right? All said, in the game not only battleships, but almost all ships will have this kind of device for catching and returning monsters. The only difference is that the size is different. After all, if it’s a small boat, it’s useless to bring a big anchor hook. It’s really weird if you encounter those extra-large anchor hooks. Even if you have a large anchor hook to catch the opponent, they will dive directly and fall to the bottom of the sea with your boat. You said you want to do it? What is the anchor hook used for? Therefore, the anchor hook must be used according to one's ability.

All warships in the U.S.-Russian combined fleet are equipped with anchor hook launchers, and most warships are equipped with several. After all, the sea monster may approach from any position, so you should prepare a few more and place them around the ship in case the sea monster never arrives. The side of the anchor hook is coming up, what are you going to do? These large anchor hooks that are capable of catching monsters are not as small as the harpoons you imagine. The size of these things is much larger than the large bed crossbows equipped on the city gate. It is just the stabilizing rod behind the launched anchor hooks. It's as thick as an adult's thigh, and the three-blade fork on the front is also quite huge, no less than the anchors on some small boats.

This kind of thing is so big that it is obviously impossible to transport it temporarily. The only thing that can be done is to prepare a few more. Anyway, this thing has no technical content and the price is very cheap.

Although the US-Russian combined fleet has a large number of anchor hooks and launching devices, they are now busy enchanting these things. Although there are many types of sea monsters, they are all physical creatures. Although there are many types of undead creatures, I have never heard of undead fish. The only undead creatures on the sea are the undead on ghost ships. To put it bluntly, they are still undead on land. But I just know how to sail a boat. Therefore, no one has ever thought of designing runes on the anchor hook to deal with spirits, and now they can only improvise.

The Americans and Russians came out to fight us in a planned way this time. Naturally, it is impossible to bring logistical personnel with them. Therefore, there are only a few players who can enchant these anchor hooks and some who can touch them. materials are available.

Although these things are few and the personnel are not enough, the U.S.-Russian combined fleet is at a time of life and death, and they are fighting hard for victory. When the Mist Fleet was ready again, the US-Russia Combined Fleet also reluctantly enchanted the anchor hooks on a small number of warships.

The Frozen Banshee and Gunslinger also know that they cannot take down all our ghost ships by doing this, because we cannot be so unlucky that the targets of our ghost ships are all ships with enchanted anchor hooks. However, both the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger are very confident that most of the Mist Fleet battleships cannot escape, because almost all of our previous first-round attack targets were battleships, which shows that we are also attacking them with a target. battleships instead of randomly selected ones. Judging from our previous choices, our intention is obvious, which is to first clear out the large battleships, that is, battleships, in the US-Russian combined fleet. As long as there are no battleships, even if we have to fight head-on, our fleet will no longer be afraid of the US-Russian combined fleet, because without battleships, it will be very difficult for them to sink our battleships, and the battle loss ratio will definitely be huge. .

Based on this simple intention, both the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger are sure that the ones we will mark next time will definitely be their large battleships, and most of them will be marked from the largest tonnage downwards, so they are also in order when they enchant this time. of. Those enchanted warships are basically large warships, and they are most likely to be attacked, so they can be utilized to the maximum extent by equipping them with these enchanted anchor hooks.

While the US-Russian combined fleet had completed the enchanting of some battleships and was still continuing, I was asking the ghost captain next to me on the ghost battleship in the fog fleet. "Have you noticed that the fog density around you seems to have become lighter?"

The captain next to me was not surprised at all when he heard my words, but said calmly: "This is a matter of course. We usually don't need to support such a large area of ​​fog, and we don't keep the visibility so low. We're using a lot of energy in this situation now, so the fog is starting to thin out a little bit now."

I could understand this explanation, but I still asked with limited worry: "How long can you keep doing this?"

"The current concentration cannot be maintained forever, and it should continue to fade in the future. However, our abilities are different from your skills. They will not disappear suddenly because there is no magic power, but will gradually disappear after a long period of exercise. It's like having no physical strength. The output power will become smaller and smaller, but it will not disappear suddenly. Although the fog will become lighter and lighter, it will not drop to the point where the target can be directly seen for at least an hour."

"What's the visibility now? Can we still get close enough to open fire at a distance of eighteen meters?"

"That will definitely not work." Captain Ghost said: "With the current fog concentration, they can see the faint silhouette of our ship from 18 meters away. So to ensure safety, it is best to fire from 22 meters away. . Don’t worry, this distance is not a problem. It’s just that the Water Ghost Team can’t get through.”

I nodded and said, "It doesn't matter. Just hit the artillery beacon. It's not a big problem."

As time passed, more than ten minutes later, the Mist Fleet was finally in position again. Compared with the last time, this operation was obviously easier. The main reason was that the US-Russian combined fleet lost some warships, which caused the fleet formation to become more scattered, and because some ships sank, this was vacated. There are more locations. These positions are just convenient for the ships of the Mist Fleet to pass through, which is more conducive for us to get closer to the target warship.

In fact, the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger guessed one thing wrong, that is, although the targets of our fog fleet are indeed selected from large to small, because the fog fleet itself is not really clear at a glance in this foggy area, they It's just that the sight range is much larger than that of the enemy, so all they can do is roughly search for larger-looking battleships, and they are not really searching from the battleship level down in the order of their formation. As for why they were all battleships when they were marked for the first time... I can only say that it was a coincidence.

Although the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger made some misjudgments, this did not have a big impact on their plans. After all, we are also looking for large battleships, so the probability of selecting an enchanted battleship is quite high.

Soon, all the ghost ships on our side found their targets, and then I ordered again: "Get ready, fire."

Boom boom boom... As the shelling on our side began, warships from the US-Russian combined fleet immediately discovered the muzzle flash of the cannon fired by the warships on our side. Because the artillery used by the battleships of the Mist Fleet does not fire in salvos, but in sequence, it takes more than ten seconds for a ship to completely complete the shooting. This time is actually quite long, and the US-Russian combined fleet just caught it. At this time, the large enchanted anchor hook was aimed at the still shining ghost battleship.

I was standing on the bow of the ship watching our ship shelling the opponent's warship. Suddenly, I suddenly noticed that a vague thing was raised from below the deck on the opposite warship. This large anchor hook launcher is built-in, mainly because sea monsters like to directly hit the hull with their bodies, so external weapons are easily damaged. The anchor hook is an important equipment for dealing with sea monsters. In order to ensure that it is not the first to be Destroyed, so these things are all built-in designs. Only those super cheap boats will install these things directly on the outside of the hull.

Just because this thing is built-in, even with the advantage of sight distance, we did not discover this thing immediately. By the time we saw the thing unfold, it was already too late to react. Besides, we could roughly see it from 22 meters away, but we couldn’t actually see it very clearly, so we were attacked almost unprepared.

I saw something rising from the opposite deck from the bow of the ship, and then I saw a rather large black spot flying towards us with a black line.

In fact, we had already expected the counterattack. The Misty Fleet had already made plans to shoot at the opponent, but we didn't expect that the thing flying over was not a cannonball but an anchor hook.

With a roaring sound, the opponent's anchor hook directly penetrated the outer wall of the cabin below the second deck. Then the anchor hook that entered the cabin continued forward, broke a pillar, and then turned a corner and plunged into the ground. , and got stuck there.

Because the ghost ship is extremely light and the anchor hook is too powerful, the whole ship shook violently after we were shot. Standing on the bow of the ship, I was almost thrown directly into the sea. However, just as I stabilized my body, I felt another shock under my feet. The cable behind the anchor hook was instantly straightened, and the winch on the opponent's ship began to work, quickly pulling our warship towards the opponent.

The sea monster is not a fool. If it is hit by the anchor hook, it will of course struggle to escape. Therefore, this device specifically responsible for pulling the sea monster to the side of the ship is very powerful and has been specially reinforced. Even if it is towing a ship now, it will not work at all. Without the slightest looseness, we were quickly pulled towards the opponent's warship.

"Holy shit!" I felt the battleship under my feet leaning sideways towards the other side, and I immediately realized the other side's purpose. After all, the cable between the two ships was very conspicuous. "It looks like everyone is forced out! The Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger can actually think of such a method!" I muttered to myself while looking at the cable, and then I raised my sword and dropped it, with an arc of light. It flew out and cut the cable instantly. However, although I cut the cables on this ship, other ghost ships were not so lucky. At least most of them couldn't cut through these enchanted cables in a short time, so they had no choice but to be pulled to the other side's ship. r1152