The war is not going well, and it should be said that no one has optimistic expectations for this battlefield.
The main strategic target, the dock area of the main battlefield, is now at least tens of meters underwater. It is called the Dragon Falling Land by the Sea Clan. The blood of the demigod nine-headed dragon is dripping here. The remaining dragon blood is very harmful to ordinary people.
It is extremely poisonous to life, but it still has an irresistible attraction to other sea beasts, and a large number of marine giants gather there.
To get there, you have to kill at least ten blocks of the Sea Clan. Once a stalemate occurs, support from the Sea Clan will probably arrive soon.
Therefore, for this war, Dasos and his staff have also done their homework. Among the more than 60 previous counterattacks, at least ten times they chose to break through in this direction. This was not just for real assault collection.
Intelligence, eradication of threatening targets, and psychological warfare to paralyze the opponent.
"Dragonfall is being attacked again? I really don't know why humans like to attack wherever they are. No matter what they do, let the sea beasts deal with it on their own."
In fact, for the current Sea Clan, the first strategic point is their royal family and temple, while the second is various entertainment facilities. As for the original dock where sea beasts gather...Does the Sea Clan need a boat? There
Let's raise pigs...and sea animals.
In the previous five raids, two of them chose this direction. Perhaps the Hai Clan's dispatch was still very timely, but the soldiers on the front line have been keenly aware that the opponent's reaction has begun to slow down. At least the reinforcements arriving from other places have been better than before.
They arrived 30% late, and the number of reinforcements was even less than half!
Now that the Sea Clan has been paralyzed by such an attack, the time is ripe to launch a real counterattack. "Dawn" has arrived.
The warm sunshine will not light up the world for more than an hour. Now most of the sea people are still in a deep sleep. They will not wake up until after nine o'clock, and now is also the time when they sleep the most deeply in the day.
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Unlike in the dark deep sea, the sea people who felt the warmth of the sun also began to imitate the work and rest schedules of other races. But perhaps from the day they thought they had won an early victory and arrogantly gave up the initiative in the war, they were doomed.
It will happen today.
As the caller of war, the Oran people did not hesitate to stand at the forefront during that battle and civil strife. Their main fleet suffered heavy losses, and all three fleets were scattered, but in this counterattack
, the cumulative number of participating warships and new warships still exceeds thirty heavy warships and one hundred medium-sized warships.
This is the confidence of a super empire. Once it enters a war, a large number of civilian and commercial industrial industries will be converted into military industries. If they cannot be crushed in one encounter, their deep industrial foundation will drag any opponent into a protracted war.
hell.
Obviously, the original warships cannot fight in such an environment. The water here is too shallow and the waters are too complex. Even in areas with deep drafts, the spiers of a house that used to be land may become deadly reefs.
, but fighting the sea tribe in the water is absolutely impossible without a boat.
The Oran people were originally in a dilemma, but after acquiring the technology of floating battleships, they finally had a plan to deal with it. The precious information from the North has been spread to every shipyard in Oran and all the shipwrights.
The Orans and the designers had not rested since that day, and the Oran people concentrated their efforts on refitting their ships.
Complete floating is still not possible at present. It requires a little bit of design, material selection, enchanting, and assembly starting from the keel. But if you just install a floating engine to reduce the total weight of the ship and lower the draft of the ship, it can be done.
Arrived.
Maybe this seems meaningless, but it actually provides a possibility - full metal transformation of the bottom of the ship.
If the ship is lighter, it will have extra buoyancy, so can't it be equipped with heavy armor? So, with the help of countless blacksmiths, the thick protective armor patches were put on, and in order to ensure
The armor was strong enough to crush rocks without wearing out. The Oran people frantically used precious magic metals that ordinary adventurers would not be willing to part with to make weapons.
According to post-war statistics, the demonized metal used in those ships reduced Oran's national treasury by one-fifth, which was enough to rebuild the capital of Kagesi.
At a time when ironclad ship technology is still immature, and when engine technology is still not up to par, Oran's shipwrights actually combined floating technology to create a semi-finished ironclad ship, which is really amazing.
Unlike their close relatives on Earth, the ironclads here did not initially consider defending against similar war cannons, but rather the gouges from the bottom of the ship and the "rocks" they might encounter.
Once the engine technology is conquered, real heavy ironclads will inevitably come to this era, but now, these modified semi-ironclads are enough.
Compared with the prototype ships, they have even more amazing defense capabilities. Due to the excessive anti-gravity engines, they also have the ability to float for a short period of time and can deal with various ground lines. (Dasos: Not enough buoyancy? That’s more
Make some engines, and replace them with new ones if they explode overload. Bring enough boatmen to the ship, we have mages to provide magic power, we have enough industrial capacity, and we have money! Be willful!)
People from other worlds are not stupid. When intelligent races are pushed to their limits, various seemingly fantastic modifications may very well achieve miraculous effects that regular armies can never achieve.
Of course, if the Oran Empire had not surpassed the industrial level of other countries in metallurgy, especially in alloy forging, even if it had an idea, it would have been completely impossible to realize it. Well, the more important thing is that they are rich enough, and war is a competition of comprehensive national strength.
As super wealthy people, they became willful.
In order to cover up the flimsy wooden boards without iron armor, and to cooperate with night battles, these battleships were heavily painted with black paint. In the near future, these black fleets, which always bring doom to their opponents, will also be called "funeral fleets" by the world.
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This is undoubtedly a trump card, and even when the battlefield is the most dangerous, even if the flesh and blood of countless warriors become the targets of the sea clan in the water, these modified warships are still being repeatedly improved in the warehouse, and they are not used at all.
Battlefield plans.
"Such a modified warship can achieve miraculous results the first time it goes on the battlefield... What kind of ace is it if it can't go on the field at the critical time and obtain the strategic points that determine the outcome of the war?"
As an emperor, at least in terms of ruthlessness, Dasos is obviously extremely qualified. At this time, many sacrifices have achieved results, and the trump card that has been hidden for a long time has achieved amazing results.
When the black fleet passed through the dark night, no one could stop them. The huge hull was extremely sensitive, and once it hit the rocks and got stuck, its short-term floating ability was even more incredible.
There are no "reefs" in the waters where these heavy warships have pressed. There are not even any large sea clans left. The solid hulls are enough to flatten everything.
When the alarm bell rang quickly and they just stepped onto the battlefield, the sea tribesmen saw such a warship and simply had no way to deal with it.
Dig through the bottom of the ship? The protective deck composed of a coating of magic metal and a mixture of steel plates is enough to deal with artillery. Although the sea giant's rusty anchor penetrated the outer periphery, it was actually embedded in it, and the whole person was dragged away.
Throw huge waves to submerge the opponent? Those battleships are so stable that they can automatically adjust the draft. To submerge these large iron blocks that can use anti-gravity engines to adjust their weight. Ordinary water spellcasters have no way, so please use forbidden
Curse it.
The weak point of the upper body that can be attacked by artillery? The Sea Clan does not have artillery. And the duel between the mages was actually suppressed by more than three times the number of mages on board the opponent's ship.
Oran's advantages in metallurgy and forging are too obvious. The whole-body alloy armor, explosive magic alloy and other patented technologies have already explained everything. The coating of these mixed magic metals is still the alloy technology that Oran's blacksmith is good at, let alone
The cold weapons and hands of the Sea Clan are useless. Even ordinary five-ring magic is of no use.
The two sides have completely different attitudes towards the war, which naturally leads to completely different results.
But it is a pity that even if Tianshi and Ren are on the human side, even if the advancement is relatively smooth, they still do not gain much advantage in the first half hour of the war. Although the advancement is still smooth, it does not produce the most expected spoils -
—Large-scale casualties of the Hai Clan.
In such a special battlefield, it is destined to be impossible to occupy territory, so destroying the opponent's vitality naturally becomes the first element. However, the result is very disappointing. There are not many casualties on the opponent's side, especially the number of deaths among high-level sea tribes.
The reason? It is still the original one - the geographical location.
Yes, the sea people can't do anything against those big warships, but the big warships can't do anything against them either!
For the sea people, as long as they dive into deep water or escape far away, what can those warships that must stay on the water do? The speed of these big iron blocks is extremely slow.
Shoot with artillery? Even the stupidest commander would not make such a choice.
Magic attack? How much more can the mage's precious magic power achieve through the sea water?
Shooting a large harpoon at the bed crossbow? This can have some effect, but the intelligent sea tribe is not a stupid fish just watching the opponent's attack. As long as you keep a distance, this effect can be almost ignored.
Sending people into the water to pursue? This is great attention. For the Sea Clan... this is a stupid method that is almost collaborating with the enemy. This is simply taking the initiative to give the Sea Clan extra food. The Sea Clan has been waiting for humans to go into the water to pursue them for too long!
On the fleet flagship, the battleship "Bad Shark", Dasos was also secretly worried. Various situations were indeed considered in the battlefield deduction, but the opponent's losses were still less than what he expected. The strategic goal of reducing the opponent's effective strength was completely
If it is possible, then even if the dock area is captured, the subsequent counterattack will be amazing.
And such modified warships are not invincible. Over time, weaknesses will be discovered.
Among the floating battleships in the clouds, Renee and others also looked at the battlefield in front of them with shocked faces.
Perhaps it was the continuous victory that gave her confidence, and she did not look down too much on the Oran people who suffered repeated defeats at the hands of Roland. But today, after seeing the sudden rise of the battleship group, she finally understood what a superpower is.
The Principality of Donglan is also building ships, and just from a technical point of view, it is even ahead of Oran. However, there is not even a decent shipyard in the entire Donglan, and the metallurgy and forging processes are extremely backward, or else
He will not force Roland to use undead magic to build a battleship.
But even so, the resources and funds required by the giant battleship are astronomical. Even after the construction, the maintenance cost is not low. The Aurora is a living battleship, and "Jealous" will swallow up the evolution and recovery injuries, so as not to eat them all.
The entire Donglan treasury. And for the next few warships, Roland didn't consider Donglan's manufacturing at all, and directly passed them over to the Undead Empire, the Siro Empire.
From drawings to actual objects, a technology requires countless processes, materials, processes, manpower and other aspects to overcome. Due to the acquisition of molded ships, skilled workers, designers, equipment, well, Roland has obtained an entire industry chain from Oran.
This can directly digest the top technology, and it is precisely because of this that Donglan is still the only country in the world that has mature aerospace ship technology.
And even if Donglan sells part of its technology, it will still take several years for aerospace ships from other countries to become combat effective. Renee has always regarded this as her trump card and is vaguely proud of it.
"The White Wolf Knights with all silver combat power are rampaging in the human world? Haha, our Aurora Knights are all gold! Oran's alchemy, forging, and metallurgy are world-famous, but they still haven't been able to conquer the technology of floating battleships.
, it seems that Oran is nothing."
But now, those "funeral fleets" have shattered her self-confidence. Just relying on this industrial potential, as well as the potential brought by the vast land, rich resources, and massive population, it is enough to easily crush Donglan.
"Once the two countries go to war..."
As the leader of a country, such an assumption will never be redundant. After all, in the exchanges between countries, there are only absolute interests and no absolute friends. There are too many cases where yesterday's allies become today's mortal enemies.
Inexplicably, she remembered Roland's answer when she asked him why he insisted on rebuilding the industrial system when the country was still troubled by people's living problems.
"It's not that I'm a war maniac and am preparing for war as a whole, but that war cannot be avoided. What? You said that even if you don't have a complete industrial system to win the war, having the Northern Lights is enough?"
"You underestimate those big countries too much. Maybe their single ships are not strong enough to deal with our advanced warships, but we only have one out of ten of them. We are not afraid of them being damaged in battle. We can just build them again. It doesn't matter if their soldiers die. We can just recruit them again."
, we have? Our total wealth is just that much. Without an industrial system, we lack hematopoietic function. We cannot cope with a protracted war without building a complete industrial system."
"The current Donglan Principality is actually on a volcano. It looks beautiful, but in fact it is roasting on the volcano. Great powers can fail countless times, and they can afford to lose. But we, as long as we make a wrong step, we will never be able to get up.
I don’t want to go gambling on the country.”
At this moment, facing the harsh reality and remembering Roland's seemingly profound words, Renee finally saw clearly the gap between Donglan and the mainland powers. At least for now, there is no comparison at all.
"This is only a quasi-superpower..."
Renee is not stupid. When she discovered the gap, she adjusted her entire strategic thinking, and then discovered someone's true intention of integrating the entire Northland.
"Lanmeng?"
Yes, Donglan alone would not be enough, but with the addition of Sluwell and other seven northern countries, the situation would be different. Roland has been integrating and deploying them economically, politically, and commercially, and has actually made preparations in advance.
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"Brother Roland should not only be thinking about that, but what else he plans to do. As for the Lan Alliance, the Principality of Kasomi, which is a vassal state of San Antonio, is too uncomfortable, and he wants to pull out this nail.
For San Antonio to stop its efforts from the north, we need the support of other superpowers..."
"No wonder Brother Roland not only invited major countries to military parades and celebrations, but also gave them many preferential treatment in terms of technology exchange. By the way, there are also envoys from major countries, who were actually personally selected by Brother Roland, who is always lazy to take care of things.
I actually read the letter in person."
"The matter of the dwarves and elves in the north is obviously difficult to deal with, but he actually took the initiative to take it into his hands. There are also recent diplomatic exchanges with the northern countries. The Lan Alliance's proposal to cancel tariffs and allow residents to move freely has made all countries very unhappy.
He actually insisted on talking about a cold. Also, he always corresponded with sister Galina, and then the two countries made a common political declaration. Although the matter itself was not important, it seemed to indicate a common position of advancement and retreat. And that matter
Things...how many things has he done secretly!"
Roland did not hide what he had done to his companions, but now that he was able to understand Roland's strategic deployment from individual incidents, Renee took a step closer to becoming a mature leader.
And when she correctly understood Roland and Donglan's positions and strategic decisions in the world, she also knew what she should do.
"Originally I planned to watch the show and let Oran and the Sea Clan fight to the death and then take advantage. But now it seems that doing so is fine for me personally. But as a representative of a country, it is too petty. Now
What we need is dignity
We can truly prove our strength to the world and win too much support, so that the Oran people will owe us more favors and give us more rewards in the future. So, now that the battlefield has reached a deadlock, it is necessary to break the deadlock with
The best stage for us to perform on.”
What's the icing on the cake compared to providing help when the time is right? The grass on the wall is always annoying. Now that you have made up your mind, why are you still hesitating?
"Aurora Knights, Silver Cross Chapter, dispatch! Northern Lights, drop new weapons." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
ps: Well, we figured it out. Instead of being stuck trying to catch up on the plot, we might as well write slowly and try to write better...
