Chapter 163 Battle for the Sardine Territory 4 (Naval Battle 1)
The player fleet was well prepared for being intercepted. Yun Xiaohan made arrangements in the chat room after the reconnaissance ship escaped. Once the enemy fleet arrives and launches an attack, everyone can escape freely, and he will not care about the players.
The specific method of escaping is as long as everyone finally reaches the landing point and gathers together.
So as soon as the enemy fleet rushed up, the empire's player fleet scattered like a pot exploding.
Since the Merchant Alliance's ships are all medium-sized or above, and there have been some battle losses before, the two fleets add up to about 120 ships, which is much less than the player fleet in terms of number of ships, but the players are all driving small boats.
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But boats are also boats, and they all need to be chased.
Therefore, facing the situation where the opponents were fleeing in all directions, the two fleets of the Merchant Alliance could only disperse and pursue them.
As the largest ship in the player's fleet, the Vestalos is naturally considered by the NPC to be the flagship of the fleet, and has received a lot of attention. At least five large ships are eyeing the Vestalos. Of course, the NPC's
That's absolutely correct.
Seeing several large ships rushing towards him at once, Yun Xiaohan did not dare to fight back at all. He just changed direction and fled at full speed. Fortunately, the ship was faster and could not catch up for a while.
The tragedy is that since this was the first time for the players to pursue an escape at sea, there was no tacit understanding at all. Players' ships kept colliding with each other, which greatly reduced the speed of the ships and also lost the durability of some ships.
If the player's body hits the hull during the collision, he will lose a lot of health.
However, this situation was not the most unlucky. Two boats that were particularly unlucky were knocked over by friendly ships, and the players on board were massacred by mistake. The scene was really unbearable to watch.
In just over a minute, more than 40 player ships were sunk one after another. This was because all the player ships were trying to escape. If they were to confront them, this number would probably double or triple.
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However, Yun Xiaohan couldn't care about others at this time. The large ships chasing him were getting closer and closer to the Vestalos, and one of the nearest enemy ships was already loading the magic cannon.
As a small ship, the Vestalos still has a great advantage in turning speed. Without Yun Xiaohan's reminder, the player at the helm immediately began to take a serpentine route.
Soon, shells flew towards the Vestalos. The first few shells were relatively far away, but the impact point soon became closer and closer.
After a while, the first near miss appeared. The splash of water fell on Yun Xiaohan's face. The virtual helmet simulated the touch of cold water on his face at the right time. Yun Xiaohan even seemed to feel something.
The saltiness brought by the sea water.
This high-fidelity touch made Yun Xiaohan feel extremely real, but it was a pity that it only touched the face, and the body was still not covered.
The excitement of the artillery battle not only did not scare Yun Xiaohan, but made him extremely excited. Being able to play this kind of game is really the greatest happiness for a gamer, and I am afraid that the vast majority of players have this kind of mood.
, after all, a big gun ship is the dream of many men!
If the microphone in the chat room had not been turned off, you would definitely have heard the excited shouts of countless players, because just on the Vestalos, Yun Xiaohan could hear many people shouting: "It's cool, it's cool, it's so great."
Feel good, come on, shoot me."
For players, winning or losing is naturally important, but what is more important is enjoying this process that they have no chance to enjoy in reality.
In the previous 9 battles, no player from the imperial camp intercepted the fleet. Players from the other two camps all rode NPC transport ships and did not participate in naval battles at all, so this is the first naval battle that players have personally experienced.
I believe that as long as someone records this naval battle video and uploads it to the forum, along with personal experience, it will immediately attract the envy of a large number of players.
Closer to home, even though he tried his best to take evasive actions, the Vestalos was hit quickly.
This first virgin shell fell on the deck behind the rudder. Since the shells were all solid shells, it immediately made a large hole in the wooden deck, penetrated the second cabin, and fell straight into the oar room at the bottom.
The Vestalos was quite lucky. After penetrating two decks in a row, the shell failed to penetrate the bottom of the ship, so the ship did not leak. Otherwise, the warriors and knight-type professional players on the bottom of the ship would not know about it.
Plug the leak. Of course, this is also because the bottom plate of the ship is made of relatively strong wood.
After this shot, Yun Xiaohan realized that he had made a mistake in personnel arrangements. He immediately asked a gunner to go to the oar room to help, and his gun position was manned by a professional archer, and the other five were vacant.
As early as when the battle just started, excited players volunteered to occupy the artillery positions.
In order to fight for these five gun positions, they all started to line up. If they couldn't hit the enemy ship within 20 yards with two consecutive guns, they had to be laid off and replaced.
To be honest, if Yun Xiaohan had not had to stay on the deck to command in order to ensure the BUFF effect of Poseidon's Blessing, he would have gone in to seize the gun position and fire a few shots.
Just a few seconds later, another cannonball almost hit the Vestalos. Its flight path happened to pass between the two sails. One of the navy players who was operating the sail, "Little Fish's Memory", happened to be hit.
The shells passed by.
Although he was only scratched, Xiaoyu's memory was like being struck by lightning. He was shot down to the deck all of a sudden. The combined injuries of scratches and fall left him with nothing but bloody skin.
In other words, if he was lucky, if he was just a little bit off, he would be instantly killed.
Then, as the distance got closer and the enemy gunners became more familiar with the Vestalos's sailing rhythm, firing range and the influence of wind, the enemy's hit rate began to get higher and higher.
However, due to the proximity of the distance, the number of high parabolic trajectories began to decrease rapidly, and most of them were flat direct shots. The possibility of the bottom of the boat being penetrated and leaking became much smaller.
However, direct fire caused huge casualties. Because the Vestalos was a small ship and there were many people on board, players were easily hit by the cannonballs.
For players at this level, huge solid bullets can be said to be fatal if hit, and injured if hit. It is one level worse than killing if hit, and being injured if hit. If it is hit directly, it will be even worse.
The whole body could not be found.
This is of course not because the corpse was beaten to pieces, as the game has blocked particularly bloody scenes, but because the whole person was directly beaten into the sea.
Or half of the body was lost, and then the system instantly vaporized the remaining half of the body.
After a while, the Vestalos was hit so hard that it basically lost power. After taking a few more shots, its durability returned to zero, and the ship began to sink.
From beginning to end, the players on the Vestalos failed to hit the enemy ship with a single shot, not even the luck cannon.
On the one hand, this is because the players are indeed not good at gunnery. On the other hand, it is also because they were suppressed by a large amount of artillery fire. A large number of players crowded in the gun silo were killed before the ship sank. There was even a cannonball.