The horrified screams of the sailors almost pierced Fang Plover's eardrums. The huge sailboat was turning urgently, with an almost capsized angle and the green flames spurting out, with sparks falling continuously in its wake.
Human shells passed by each other.
Fang Plover grabbed the mast with his hands and looked back, watching the green flame fall into the depths of the sea of clouds in his dark pupils.
He raised his head again, and the battle in mid-air had just begun. The countless green lights emitted by the shadow man's twisted aeroplane were shining brightly on the sea of clouds.
Beams of green light passed through the clouds, and directly in front of them were the shadows of Silver Vislan's main fleet, the military fleet, and the Fenrisian fleet in Cloud Port. Due to the distance, from the shadows between the twisted wind ships
This strange beam of light emitted from the center seems to be traveling extremely slowly in mid-air, like a rain of light that is slowly falling.
It's just that in front of them, the speed of the Chosen Aeroship seems to be slower——
The moment the two approached, time seemed to be accelerated. Green flames hit the sailboat of the chosen one. Any ship they passed through immediately caught fire and burned, and finally was annihilated together with the silver sailboat.
caught in the bright light of the explosion.
The ship rushing at the front opened its magic shield, and the light shield that was hit was outlined by green flames and flashed with dazzling blue light, which was clearly visible even from such a long distance.
But the shield quickly reached its limit. After flashing several times, it shattered into pieces like glassware. Then in just a moment, the sailboat behind it was annihilated in the flames.
It's just that the sailboats in front kept falling, and the sailboats from behind immediately filled up. The fleet of the Chosen Ones was continuously weakened, but the distance between them and the Shadow Man Fleet was also getting closer and closer.
The two sides soon got close enough for the Chosen One's sailboat to launch a counterattack——
The fleets of Silver Vislan, Silver Forest Spear, and Jefflite Redcoats seemed to pause for a moment before turning to the left in unison, and then opened fire in unison. The bright light seemed to shake the clouds.
Then Fang Plover heard a deafening roar, like rolling thunder in the distance.
He grabbed the cable with his hand and looked up in that direction with squinted eyes.
No one else on the deck said a word, and even Kaka looked a little serious. Even though he was only concerned about whether he could get his 'work injury insurance', he also knew that the next decisive battle would matter.
Whether they can survive this doomsday battlefield.
The fleets of the Free Chosen and Gulla's several small guilds had descended to a lower altitude at the beginning, so there were only a few stray beams passing by in this direction. At this moment, they seemed to be in a forgotten corner of the battlefield.
From this height, the battle situation on the ground below was clearly visible. After retreating for a time, the Gray Knights of the Crow's Claw Temple once again stabilized the battle line with the three fortresses on the northern plain of Elpaxin as fulcrums.
However, the offensive of the Chosen Ones was like a tide, one wave after another. Looking down from the entire vast sky, the black waves launched attacks in three directions at the same time with overwhelming superior force.
The three fronts were in a stalemate. Magic flares were fired into the air. The bright light outlined the battle scene on the ground. Flames, ice arrows and lightning flashed across the battlefield.
From time to time, clay giants are summoned by the warlocks and emerge from the ground. Their huge figures stand on the battlefield, taking heavy steps to kill the opponent's position.
Hongye leaned against the side of the ship and glanced down, and happened to see the moment the battle situation changed. Several troops joined the Chosen Ones' offensive. They seemed to be fresh troops from the Charter City area.
She was very familiar with the guilds in the north and could probably guess the identity of the other party. Hongye looked at the communication crystal in her hand again. She knew that under the instruction of Miss Yugudola, most of the power of the Oak Knights of Tapolis
They all devoted themselves to this battlefield.
Those former companions may be fighting on the battlefield below at this moment. Hongye couldn't help but think of Saya and Xiaokora who were still on the Nanami Traveler. The knights after the split were reunited by chance.
Once again, we fought side by side in this battle.
She took a gentle breath.
Under the overwhelming power of the Chosen, the lines of the Crow's Claw Temple began to loosen once again. Thick smoke was rising from the fortress at the northernmost corner of the battlefield, and the Chosen seemed to have already invaded it.
The commander on the ground who was directing the battle was unknown, but he was obviously a very experienced veteran. At the moment when the Gray Knights wavered, in Hongye's eyes, he saw that the cavalry of the Chosen Ones on one wing of the battlefield had already begun to move.
Gather.
In fact, in Kaolin-Ithurian, although there are also earthly dragon knights, they are usually the main force of the elite royal guards.
There are also some noble knights in the major knights, who are well-equipped, but not in large numbers. Elpaxin's Silver Wind Knights only has about a hundred formal knights, and the rest are mercenaries and retainers.
The cavalry of Kaolin-Ithurian actually still uses horses or dragon-blooded war horses produced on the Treasure Staff Coast as vehicles. Although there are some flying dragon knights and giant eagle riders in each city, these special cavalry are often difficult to form a large scale.
.
However, the selectors are different. Although most of them usually fight alone or cooperate with other professions in the team, most of these knights are well-equipped, and their mounts are all strange and weird things.
Among them, the earth-walking dragon is only the most basic configuration, and there are even some riding giant silver-maned giant spiders, or things like gray tooth beasts. The latter is a distant relative of Mr. Gray Rock, and is only slightly smaller than the latter.
, but it also exists like a mountain on the battlefield.
When the cavalry gathered together and started running, Hongye could almost imagine what the enemy in front of them would feel like. In fact, the thin arrow had not yet penetrated the mercenaries' defense line.
, the latter has already become loose.
Bright flames burst out from the battlefield on the ground. It was the earth dragon at the front breathing fire, and then Hongye saw the huge silver-maned spider rushing into the crowd.
The commander of the Chosen Ones accurately chose a suitable entry point for his cavalry. The mercenaries attached to the Gray Knights were probably the weakest link on this battlefield. The moment the Chosen Knights entered,
, that line of defense completely collapsed.
As soon as the mercenaries retreated, the fortress in the north became a lonely protrusion on the battlefield. The thick smoke rising from the fortress not long ago seemed to have faintly revealed the tilt of the war balance on the ground.
There are still two strongholds on the plain to the north of Elpaxin, but the defense line of the Crow Claw Temple is no longer systematic after losing a corner. It is difficult for them to continue to rely on the missing corner of the defense line to continue to hold on. It is even possible to defend in the north.
After the enemy surrounded them, they fell into the fate of being surrounded and annihilated.
If the commander of the Crow's Claw Temple is wise enough, he should further shrink the defense line and retreat towards the city of Elpaxin. However, once the chosen ones cross these last three fortresses, they will be able to retreat to the wilderness north of Elpaxin.
There will be no more obstacles, and the chosen ones will march directly to the city of Elpaxin.
unless……
Hongye withdrew his gaze and looked up into the air.
The only variable on the battlefield is the disparity in strength in this air battle. If the Shadow Man's fleet is allowed to take action, the Chosen Ones may face a disastrous defeat.
And there was thick smoke billowing in the air at this moment.
The previous firefight caused the shadow man's fleet to suffer casualties for the first time, but in the salvo at such a distance, only a few dark sailboats with flames rising and thick smoke exiting the front line.
fighting.
However, as expected, the battle on the ground seemed to have attracted the attention of the Shadowman fleet. They immediately detached more than a dozen floating ships from the bottom of the fleet, and then flew towards the ground.
Seeing this scene, Fang Yu immediately ordered: "Rush over and stop them!"
This order was instantly transmitted through the communication channel to every sailboat in this fleet composed of free electors and small and medium-sized guilds. This fleet hovering under the clouds suddenly accelerated, starting from Jeffreyt
The red team's fleet broke away from the rear and faced the squadron that the shadow man had separated.
As soon as they moved, the Shadow Man's main fleet immediately noticed it. Those dark, twisted floating ships turned around one after another, revealing their black muzzles to them.
"Covered by artillery fire, prepare for bombardment!"
The sailors on the ship screamed.
Fang Yu subconsciously raised his head to look, only to see green muzzle flames slowly bursting out from the side of the Shadow Man's floating ship as if in slow motion. The spots flickered in sequence, and then the bright flames burst through the air.
A sharp roar came.
The light fell from the mid-air like raindrops, with a whistling sound falling from both sides of them. He had experienced this feeling once before, and now he felt calm.
Just facing the light rain all over the sky, it was really much more spectacular than before.
The dazzling green light suddenly enlarged in his pupils. Fang Plover suddenly realized something and subconsciously pounced to the side. However, someone reached out and pulled him halfway, causing him to fall heavily to the ground.
Then there was a loud noise, and the violent explosion almost made him jump from the deck, and he was so knocked out that his eyes were filled with stars.
Fang Yu seemed to have lost consciousness for a moment, and then woke up in the scorching breath. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the flames rising all around, and there were vague shadows of longing figures rushing in that direction with buckets.
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Then he heard a snort, white steam rising up, and clouds and mist surrounding him. Then a figure came to him, shook him, and asked, "Are you okay?"
Fang Yu looked up and realized that it was a star. His head was dizzy, but he also realized that the other party had saved his life. He pressed his throbbing and painful forehead and asked, "How is the ship?"
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Xing shook his head: "One shot hit the port side deck, but don't worry, the sailboat is not so fragile that it will be sunk by one shell."
Only then did Fang Plover stand up unsteadily, holding on to the side of the ship and looking into the surrounding sea of clouds. He found that many ships were on fire, and some were particularly seriously damaged and had been slowed down and hung behind.
He even saw a sailboat wrapped in raging flames, slowly falling to the ground.
Fang Plover raised his head again, and at this moment he saw the second round of fire from Silver Veslan, Silver Forest Spear and the ship of Jefflett's red team.
After turning sideways, they successfully avoided a salvo from the Shadow Man fleet, and then continued to attack the flank of the Shadow Man fleet at an angle. Since they had already approached a fairly close distance, this
The rounds of fire caused great damage.
The bright flames once again lit up Fang Plover's pupils, and he saw those shadow people's floating ships exploding with dazzling flames from the inside, and almost all of them at the front were shattered into pieces.
The Shadow Man's fleet seems to be good at attacking. Fang Plover has almost never seen them open their shields. In fact, when they attacked the opponent's ship before, they never found the relevant equipment.
The question he wanted to ask Xing before was actually about this. In his opinion, Shadow Man's floating ship was a bit weird, clumsy and slow, and seemed to focus all its abilities and resources on attack methods.
Their artillery has a long range and is powerful, but that's about it.
These weird floating ships didn't feel like a normal air-sea navy to him, but more like a kind of consumables, and reminded him of the sailors on the other side's ship - the skull-shaped Nightmare Furnace construct, and a few
With several shadow people as commanders, this strange feeling becomes even stronger.
It's just that the current situation left him no time to study this issue in detail.
With the cover of artillery fire, Silver Vislan's fleet has broken through the fire and smoke, and the sailboats with silver sails once again made a huge turning movement on the battlefield, as if they were drawing an arc.
——
Then with an indomitable momentum, he rushed towards the Shadow Man's fleet.
Immediately behind them were the Spears of the Silver Forest and the fleets of the Red Jackets of Jeffrite. The three fleets all crashed into the formation of the Shadow Man fleet one after another.
This scene attracted the attention of all the shadow fleets, and the artillery fire fired in this direction immediately became sparse. Fang Pliance didn't even need to remind everyone in this squadron that this was their opportunity.
"Open the shield!"
Fang Plover shouted.
At this time, the fleet that separated from the Shadow Man's main fleet also realized their approach and immediately stopped at their height.
In the battle above Kukai, height is an advantage. If they descend further, they can support the ground, but facing the fire coverage from above their heads, it is tantamount to disaster.
Although Shadow Man's aerospace ship was clumsy, its commander was still clear-headed and immediately changed his original plan, intending to first kill this human squadron that was more threatening to him.
The two sides were almost at the same height now, and the Shadow Man's side had more than ten sailboats. Although the number was slightly less than that of the Fang Plover side, the quality was much higher.
The miscellaneous army that Fang Plover belongs to includes a large number of free-chosen sailors and sailboats from small and medium-sized guilds in Gula. Not only are the boats small, but the quality of the people on board is even more uneven. If the two sides really fight, who will win?
Which one is the loser is actually quite hard to say.
However, Fang Plover understood that his side had at least one advantage, and that was the ability to get close to the battle. The selectors were definitely not inferior to those metal skeletons. Not to mention, there were many elites from major guilds on board his ship.
There is also a pseudo-dragon knight like Xing.
But the problem is how to get close.
At this moment, Shadowman's fleet has already opened fire first. The opponent has a range advantage, which is why they stopped. But at this distance, it is almost impossible to miss when firing, and most of the shells are almost accurate.
Hit the sailboat of the Chosen One.
It's just that because the shield was opened first, the artillery fire only caused circles of magic ripples outside the sailboat. The opponent only had more than a dozen ships. This round of firepower was spread out, and the magic shield was not enough.
Can't stand it.
Just after a salvo, the shield values of each ship dropped to varying degrees, especially those in the front row, which would almost certainly not be able to withstand the next salvo.
A somewhat nervous voice immediately came from the communication channel:
"Everyone, let's fight back."
But Fang Yu immediately picked up the communication crystal and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, please listen to my command."
The communication channel became quiet, and everyone looked at each other a little bit. Strictly speaking, Fang Pilgrim did not have this authority. Canghai Guzhou was only the commander of Jefflett's red team. At best, he could be entrusted with commanding the ship.
Bai Xue seemed to have forgotten this and forgot to hand over the command of the squadron to him.
However, the previous battles were witnessed by everyone, not to mention that most of these people did not have any experience in air and sea battles and were just novices.
Therefore, the captains and commanders of the sailboats did not speak, but after looking at each other in the communication screen, they actually acquiesced to this sentence.
Fang Yu's hand holding the communication crystal was slightly sweaty. Of course, he had no experience in commanding air and sea battles, but it was about how to stay calm and how to fight the enemy desperately.
But it’s what he’s best at——
And it’s not like he hasn’t seen battles above Kukai. He’s never eaten pork but he’s seen pigs running away. He can’t learn those complicated tactics, but there’s no problem with simple ones, right?
Fang Yu didn't say anything, and the ships naturally stopped their counterattack orders. About a few minutes later, the Shadow Man's fleet opened fire again. This time, the enemy seemed to have revised its target, and the shields of several sailboats in the front row immediately
It was broken into pieces, and some boats were hit by bullets, and flames immediately rose.
Although a few rounds of artillery shells are not enough to sink a ship, if this continues, the opponent's third salvo will almost certainly bring losses to them. Everyone couldn't help but feel a little nervous for a while, although losses in battles over the air and sea were inevitable,
But if they were beaten like this and put no pressure on the opponent at all, their losses in the next round of shooting might be more serious than imagined.
Even Hongye couldn't help but look down at the time.
Someone in the communication channel couldn't help but say: "The interval between the opponent's two volleys is three minutes."
"There's still a minute and a half left."
"Be ready for artillery fire in thirty seconds, everyone..."
But at that moment, Fang Yu interrupted everyone. He raised his hand and swiped down hard, ordering: "Fire, fight back!"
After a moment of silence, the entire Chosen fleet suddenly let out a deafening roar.
In fact, after two rounds of salvos, the fleets of both sides were almost close to less than a chain link away. Fang Plover could even clearly see the red light flashing in the eyes of the Nightmare Furnace constructs lined up on the side of the opponent's ship.
It is impossible to fire at this distance without hitting, and the Shadowman floating ships lack shield protection, and they are just ready for the next salvo, most of the magic artillery fire
The energy storage crystals have been transported up from the ammunition depot and piled on the gun deck.
As a result, it penetrated the ship's plank, and the shells that passed through caused maximum damage almost instantly. The outermost shadows' floating ships exploded instantly, and their sides were transformed into brilliant sparks.
Countless fragments.
At least two or three ships had a huge hole on their side after the explosion, slowly capsized with burning flames, and together with the structures on the deck, fell below the clouds.
This round of shooting almost blinded the Shadow Men, and their counterattacks became sporadic. The passing green beams hardly posed any real threat to the Chosen Fleet.
As for the loss of several ships, there is actually a huge gap in the formation of the shadow man's fleet. In fact, at this moment, there is no need for Fang Plover to issue any more orders, nor does he need any combat experience in the air and sea——
Because the captains of every sailboat, large and small, understand that this is their best opportunity to attack.