On the vast sea, a decisive battle broke out that amazed those who came after him countless times.
Lu Xuanyu led the 21 warships of the Weihai Fleet and actually provoked the Xiaoyao faction's complete Hailong fleet. The numerical ratio between the two sides was as high as 21:2350!
The difference in total tonnage between the two sides is also a hundred times.
However, under this situation, Lu Xuanyu resolutely launched a sprint! Take the initiative to attack!
The 21 warships of the Weihai Fleet... no, the remaining 20 warships lined up in a row and rushed south. The distance between them and the Hailong Fleet of the Xiaoyao Sect has been extended to 11 kilometers.
The Xiaoyao faction's Sea Dragon Fleet also felt uncomfortable. They suffered a loss from the beginning of the battle.
However, it is said that the Weihai Fleet has been in a decisive battle to the death mentality since this morning. Although it suffered heavy losses along the way, it also achieved brilliant results. Although the overall situation was at a disadvantage, it almost killed the Jinghai Fleet.
Without the support of the Hailong Fleet, the Jinghai Fleet would become history.
Victory and confidence boosted the morale of the navy officers on the Weihai Fleet. Continuous battles not only did not make them feel tired, but they quickly matured and became true naval warriors. Both their mentality and attack accuracy have reached a peak.
On the contrary, the Hailong Fleet was a little complacent after attacking Mingjiao's Zhuzhou Port. It was so excited along the way that the excitement lost its due nervousness.
Of course being nervous is not good, but being properly nervous can keep a warrior in an ideal peak state. If there is no tension at all, except for real veterans, recruits will suffer.
In fact, the veteran's so-called "not nervous" is only on the surface. In his heart, he is always vigilant.
But no matter what, in this state, compared with the Weihai Fleet that had just completed its baptism in the flames of war, the Sea Dragon Fleet was a little worse.
After about three minutes of fighting between the two sides, the Weihai Fleet once again lost a warship; while the Hailong Fleet actually sank 10 warships!
The four warships of the Weihai Fleet aimed at one target and concentrated their firepower on the attack, killing ten warships within three minutes.
Among them are steel battleships and black iron battleships.
Yan Zhen, the commander of the Sea Dragon Fleet, almost had his eyes popping out.
On the other hand, there were quite a lot of artillery shells in the attack of the Hailong Fleet. Not only the naval guns in the front were attacking, but the naval guns in the rear were also straddling support. The shells in the sky really fell like raindrops, but the shells that could really hit the Weihai Fleet were not enough.
Two thousandths.
A few attacks were completely resisted by the defensive barrier.
There were also some cannonballs with the ability to break the barrier that smashed into the barrier and landed on the superstructure of the battleship, but they did not have much impact on the overall battleship. This is thanks to the technology and quality of Dayang Group.
Also, the naval officers of the Weihai Fleet, even if the shells exploded behind them, they could still focus on their own affairs without looking back. Load the bombs, wait for orders, launch, clean, and reload...
On the contrary, once a cannonball from the Sea Dragon Fleet exploded on the battleship, the entire naval officer on the battleship panicked and even forgot what they should do!
The battle is still going on, and the salvo speed of the Weihai Fleet has been increased to 30 seconds. There are no attacks except salvos.
Because only salvos can have an impact on the enemy!
At this moment, the Weihai Fleet, with only 20 warships left, was like a silent veteran. Even if bullets rained down on its head, and even bombs exploded above its head, it did not waver at all.
But every attack of this veteran can cause fatal damage to the enemy!
After another five minutes, the distance between the fleets had exceeded 14 kilometers. The 20 warships of the Weihai Fleet were miraculously preserved, and their power systems were basically intact. Although one-third of the warship superstructures were attacked,
The sides of individual warships were twisted and their defensive barriers were damaged.
But in these five minutes, the Sea Dragon Fleet lost 15 warships again!
Yan Zhen was stunned by the disparity in battle losses.
Seeing that the distance between the two fleets exceeded 14 kilometers, the accuracy of the naval gun attack dropped rapidly. Yan Zhen could only order angrily to continue the saturation attack!
He is unwilling!
It was so embarrassing. We had just bombed Zhuzhou Port and hit Mingjiao with a hammer; but when we turned around, we were hit by a dilapidated Weihai fleet with only 20 broken ships left!
But at this time, the status of the two fleets changed again.
What is facing the Weihai Fleet now is no longer the main force of the Sea Dragon Fleet, but the... warships in the rear!
Lu Xuanyu's mouth showed a trace of cruelty, "The warship turned slightly eastward and approached the opponent's warship. Hit me hard!"
The 20 warships moved through a small arc, with a steering angle of less than 30°, and approached the tail of the Sea Dragon fleet.
The dark gun barrel shone with a ferocious sheen. The naval officers, who were confident and highly morale, shouted the slogan and pushed the heavy shells into the gun chamber. This time, there was no more salvo, each warship attacked on its own.
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Just some warships!
Then, Yan Zhen's eyes turned red.
Some of these skinned warships have black iron keels; some have keels made of black steel. The outside is basically wooden boards covered with black iron skin.
The defensive barrier of the warship lacks enough dark iron or steel as a foundation to support it, so its defensive capabilities are relatively poor.
These warships simply cannot withstand the attack of artillery shells.
Even if the cannonball explodes within ten meters, the shock wave will be enough to distort the side of the ship.
Once a cannonball hits a warship head-on, even an ordinary cannonball can rely on its kinetic energy advantage to powerfully break through the warship's barrier.
Although the distance between the two sides is now 14 kilometers, the Weihai Fleet is at a miraculous peak state at this time. At a distance of 14 kilometers, the hit rate of artillery shells is as high as over 10%!
Considering that the explosion of artillery shells at close range can cause serious damage to the warship, the overall hit rate is even as high as 70%!
In just one wave of attacks, more than a dozen warships were bombed. For a moment, the rear of the Sea Dragon fleet panicked.
Finally, I heard that Song Zi reacted quickly. He led the masters of transformation to attack the Weihai Fleet from a distance, especially the attack on three of the Weihai Fleet's barriers that were damaged, so that the Weihai Fleet had to save itself and turn away again.
At this point, the first head-on confrontation between the Sea Dragon Fleet and the Weihai Fleet, and also the first head-on maritime confrontation between the Strategic Alliance and the Anti-Aggression Alliance, has come to an end.
It’s impossible to say who wins and who loses at the moment. I can only say that everyone is miserable.
The Weihai Fleet has been able to fight a breeze. But when it originally left the port, there were 72 steel warships and more than 2,000 warships. Now only 20 warships are still fighting, and more than half of them are 'disfigured'; only 8 warships are still in good condition.
Appearance.
As for the flagship's superstructure, it was hit by three artillery shells and has been severely distorted.
Fortunately, Dayang Group's steel battleship technology is indeed powerful. When faced with such an attack, the battleship's structure, power, attack system, and defense system were not seriously affected.
Just, a bit ugly.
Of the more than 2,000 warships of the Xuanzhen Sect, only about 300 left the battlefield, and it is unknown how many of them were able to return to the port in the end.
Although statistics of the war have not yet been conducted, Lu Xuanyu has an idea: This time, at least 80,000 to 90,000 people died in the sea! The direct economic loss was no less than 4.5 billion high-grade spiritual stones.
Xuanzhen Sect has lost at least one-third of its accumulation over the past few years.
However, the results achieved were also brilliant. The Jinghai Fleet of the Shaoze Kingdom was basically crippled, and even their confidence was lost. And the Hailong Fleet of the Xiaoyao Sect was also frightened by the defeat.
Hum, 21 warships challenged your more than 2,300 warships and warships, and at the cost of the silence of one warship, they killed a total of 20 warships and more than a dozen other warships from the opponent.
The Weihai Fleet did not slow down, but continued to sail south. It looked like it was running for its life.
Lu Xuanyu grabbed the twisted railing and looked at the vast sea. There was only one question left at the moment. He didn't know where the Sun and Moon Fleet of the Ming Cult was. He could only let the fleet sail as far as possible to the southeast, which direction should be facing the Ming Cult.
Zhuzhou Port.
The reason why I say 'should' is because in this vast sea, Lu Xuanyu doesn't know where he is now.
During the war, who can take care of so much?
However, based on his feeling, and after calculating the time and the speed of the Sea Dragon Fleet, Lu Xuanyu felt that he should now be in the Emerald Sea between the Fertile Continent and the Taotu Continent, two-fifths of the way northerly.
Then through calculations such as the height of the sun, the position can be roughly determined.
But there is no way to know the specific location.
At the rear, Yan Zhen, the deputy commander of the Sea Dragon Fleet, looked bitter, and said to Ting Songzi who looked ugly: "This fleet must be eliminated. After experiencing the baptism of war, they have become a real elite. They must not be allowed to return. While this is the case, they must be eliminated.
Seeing that the opponent's warship is now in ruins, destroy them!"
Ting Songzi nodded with a cold face: "Catch up! No matter what method we use, we cannot let this fleet leave! Their battleship must be sunk, and their naval officers must be destroyed in the sea!"
Although Ting Songzi was angry at such a disparity in battle damage results, he also understood better that such an elite fleet that had been baptized by the flames of war could not allow them to return safely under any circumstances. Otherwise, there would be endless troubles.
The Hailong Fleet, together with the Jinghai Fleet of the Kingdom of Shaoze, which had just been merged into the fleet, immediately dispatched most of the steel battleships to pursue them. Yan Zhen personally led them.
In order to increase the speed, the Transformation Stage personally helped to make the battleship turn quickly and completely and accelerate.
The remaining half-steel warships and warships slowed down, but continued to go north, preparing to blow up the coastline of the Xuanzhen Sect (the coastline of the former Canglan Kingdom).
The sea ahead was exceptionally quiet, with only gentle waves rising and falling. Under the sun, little golden lights flashed on the sea. It was beautiful and peaceful, and seemed not to be affected by the war at all.
The remaining 20 warships of the Weihai Fleet were speeding rapidly, heading in a direction that Lu Xuanyu himself was not sure of.
"General, we are pursuing from behind!" A soldier came to report.
Lu Xuanyu turned around and looked, and smiled faintly, "The distance is at least thirty kilometers, so there is no need to worry. They can't catch up. Let the Transformation Stage help speed up."
With the help of the Divine Transformation Stage, the speed of both fleets unexpectedly exceeded 150 kilometers. After galloping like this crazily for about half an hour, Lu Xuanyu suddenly smiled.
Black dots appeared on the screen ahead. Soon, a black dot appeared.
The Sun and Moon Fleet of the Ming Cult!
Lu Xuanyu immediately sent a telegram. After confirming again that it was correct, Lu Xuan immediately sent six words via telegram: The heroes see the same thing.
Yes, the heroes have the same idea. In this vast sea, without being able to locate our position, we completed a perfect plan to lure the enemy completely by "guessing"!
The black spots in front disappeared quickly. This was the activation of the invisibility or phantom formation. The temporarily activated formation was not very effective, but it was enough to make it difficult for enemies to detect it from twenty to thirty kilometers away, especially in places like the sea.
environment.
As for the enemy ships pursuing them 30 kilometers behind, they failed to detect the changes ahead. The gap of 30 kilometers was too far.
The frantic chase lasted for more than ten minutes, and suddenly Yan Zhen realized that something was wrong. Everyone was a cultivator, and their cultivation levels were not low. As they got closer, something strange in the distance was discovered.
"There is a formation! There is an ambush!" Yan Zhen was startled and made a decisive decision: "Turn around and join the rear fleet. Report the situation to the rear."
Yan Zhen could roughly determine the ambush ahead by just looking at the abnormality ahead, which would probably be no less than two hundred battleships.
"Why a battleship and not a warship?" Songzi asked in the telegram.
"What can appear here at this time cannot be a warship. I suspect that this is probably the fleet at the Mingjiao port! That fleet was hiding in the barrier and did not come out, and it did not suffer many attacks.
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"You're allowed to turn back." Ting Songzi finally relented.
At this time, the battleship had already begun to turn.
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Ahead, Lu Xuanyu knew he was exposed the moment the opponent turned around.
But at this time, isn't it a bit late? The ambush ahead is less than 15 kilometers away.
The Sun and Moon Fleet also simply withdrew the phantom formation and moved forward at full speed.
80 steel battleships and 170 black iron battleships suddenly appeared on the sea, revealing the most ferocious lineup.
Lu Xuanyu led 20 steel battleships and began to turn around, and prepared to approach several 30,000-ton Arctic-class battleships from the Sun and Moon Fleet, preparing to receive repairs, supplies, etc.
The people in the transformation stage began to be busy again. They used spells to push the battleships and seize time.
In war, speed is life; and time is victory.
Every minute that passes, it is possible to control one more point of victory. Especially in this situation, if one fleet can be killed before the two enemy teams converge, the remaining fleet will not be able to escape.
Now the opponent is making a U-turn. A battleship's U-turn is not like a car on the ground, which can accelerate by braking and then turning around.
Battleships are bulky, and the sea surface does not have as strong friction as land. If a battleship wants to turn around, especially in a battle situation, it must maintain speed and can only adopt a large arc detour.
Yan Zhen looked calm, but worry flashed deep in his eyes.
At this moment, it is impossible to turn around directly. You can only turn to the east.
Yan Zhen roughly calculated that at the current speed, the turning diameter would be about two kilometers, and even if it was just a 90° turn, it would take a minute.
During this period, the distance to the opposite side will be close to 9 kilometers!
However, I can just grab a ‘D’ position!
Maybe, it's not so bad?
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