"Left full rudder!"
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.
Fang Yu grabbed the mast with his hand 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 floating ship 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's fleet, and the Fenrisian fleet in Cloud Port. Due to the distance, this strange beam of light emitted from the shadow man's twisted sailboat seemed to travel extremely slowly in mid-air, like a slowly falling rain of light.
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 sped up. The green flames hit the sailboat of the chosen one. All the ships they passed through immediately caught fire and burned, and finally were annihilated together with the silver sailboat. caught in the bright explosion light.
The ship rushing forward opened its magic shield, and the light shield that was hit was outlined by the 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, and after flashing several times, it shattered into pieces like glassware. Then in just a moment, the sailboat behind 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 constantly weakened, but the distance between them and the shadow 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, then turned left in unison, and then opened fire in unison. The bright light seemed to shake the clouds, and 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 plains 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 new forces 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 Xiaozora who were still on the Nanami Traveler. After the split, the Knights reunited by chance. Once again, we fought side by side in this battle.
She took a small 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 in the northernmost corner of the battlefield, and the Chosen seemed to have invaded it.
The commander directing the battle on the ground 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. Convergence.
In fact, in Kaolin-Ithulian, 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. The Silver Wind Knights of Elpaxin only have about a hundred formal knights, and the rest are mercenaries and attendants.
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 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 how the enemy directly in front of them would feel. In fact, the thin blade 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. 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 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. 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. But once the chosen ones cross these last three fortresses, there will be no obstacles in the wilderness north of El Paxin, and the chosen ones will directly approach the city of El Paxin.
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.
There was thick smoke billowing in the air at the moment.
The previous firefight caused the shadow man's fleet to suffer casualties for the first time, but among the salvos that came so close to such a distance, only a few dark sailboats with flames rising and thick smoke exited the front line. fighting.
However, as expected, the battle on the ground seemed to attract the attention of the Shadowman fleet. They immediately detached more than ten floating ships from the lower part 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. The fleet hovering under the clouds suddenly accelerated, separated from the rear of Jeffreyt's red-coated fleet, and headed towards the squadron separated by the shadow man.
As soon as they moved, the Shadow Man's main fleet immediately noticed it. Those dark and twisted floating ships turned around one after another, revealing their black muzzles to them.
"Covered by artillery fire, prepare for bombardment!"
screamed the sailors on the ship.
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 of light flashed in sequence, and then the bright flames burst through the air. The sharp sound roared.
The light fell from the mid-air like raindrops, with a whirring 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 really knocked out.
Fang Yu seemed to lose consciousness for a moment, and then woke up from 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. .
Then he heard a sneer, white steam rising, 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 Xing. 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?"
Xing shook his head: "One shot hit the port deck, but don't worry, the sailboat is not so fragile that it will be sunk by one shell."
Only then did Fang Yu stand up unsteadily, holding 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 the ships of Silver Veslan, Silver Forest Spear and Jefflett Redcoats.
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 were already at a fairly close distance, this round 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, Shadowman'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 consumable. He thought of the sailors on the other side's ship - the skull-shaped Nightmare Furnace construct, and a few With several shadow figures 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 at this moment, they seemed to draw an arc. ——
Then with an indomitable momentum, he rushed towards the shadow man's fleet.
Immediately behind them were the fleets of the Spear of the Silver Forest and the Jeflett Redcoats. The three fleets all crashed into the formation of the Shadow Man fleet.
This scene attracted the attention of all the shadow fleets, and the artillery fire fired in this direction immediately became sparse. Fang Plover did not even need to remind everyone in this squadron that they realized 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 Shadowman'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.
At this moment, the two sides are almost at the same height, and the shadow man's side has more than ten sailboats. Although the number is slightly less than that of the square plover, the quality is much higher.
A large number of the motley crew that Fang Plover belongs to are from free-chosen sailors, as well as the sailboats of 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, it is actually quite difficult to say who will win.
However, Fang Yu knew 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 the distance, there are many elites from major guilds on his ship.
There is also a pseudo-dragon knight like Xing.
But the question is how to get close.
At this moment, the Shadow Man's fleet had already opened fire first. The opponent had a range advantage, which was why they stopped. At this distance, it was almost impossible to miss when firing, and most of the shells almost accurately 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 nervous voice immediately came from the communication channel:
"Everyone, let's fight back."
But Fang Yu immediately picked up the communication crystal and said solemnly: "Everyone, please listen to my command."
The communication channel became quiet, and everyone looked at each other in confusion. Strictly speaking, Fang Pilgrim did not have this authority, and 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, forgetting 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, they were just novices.
Therefore, although the captains and commanders on the sailboats did not speak, 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’s never seen battles above Kukai. He’s never eaten pork before 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 opponent seemed to have revised their target. The shields of several sailboats in the front row were immediately shattered, and some ships were hit, and flames immediately rose.
Although a few shells are not enough to sink a ship, if this continues, the opponent's third salvo will almost certainly cause losses to them. Everyone couldn't help but feel a little nervous for a while. Although losses in the battle above Kukai were inevitable, if they were beaten like this without putting any pressure on the opponent, 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 downwards with force, and ordered: "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 within a chain link's distance. Fang Plover could even clearly see the flashing red light 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 from the ammunition depot and piled on the artillery deck.
As a result, it penetrated the ship's plank, and the shells that passed through caused maximum damage almost instantly. The outermost shadow people's 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 Shadowmen, making their counterattacks 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.
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