Li Mu and his party followed Ye Jin closely and boarded a dark green ship. The ship was said to be a little inferior to the giant warships of the Penglai Army, with a hull of more than 400 feet. With a huge sail that is more than ten people high, the design embodies the wisdom of Cangyun Empire craftsmen, making this ship extremely maneuverable. It is the most important type of warship in the Imperial Navy.
"Our Seventh Army has been divided into parts, divided into eighty squads in total. The seven squads that will perform the mission with us this time are under my unified command. This ship is my command ship. This mission is to test It mainly focuses on detecting the firepower situation of the Penglai Army, it is not very dangerous, and it is just suitable for you to be familiar with the army's situation."
Ye Jin walked at the front of the team. While introducing his command ship and the content of this mission, he climbed over the eaves of the ship. As a general-level officer in the Imperial Navy, achieving the Dan Formation Realm is his current goal. Although his cultivation level is slightly inferior to that of Li Mu and the others, in terms of combat effectiveness and grasp of large-scale battles, Ye Jin is undoubtedly superior to Li Mu and his teachers.
"Brother Ye, there is no need to take special care of us. We were sent here to help everyone fight. You can just treat us as the most ordinary soldiers under your command."
Seeing that Ye Jin was still worried about whether they could adapt to the battle, Li Mu quickly said that they came to support the Donghai Outpost this time not to be gold-plated like those young men from aristocratic families, but to actually kill the enemy on the ground. If commanded Thinking about giving them special care will actually affect the overall situation.
After the group boarded the ship, they saw five or six soldiers on the deck inspecting various facilities. The soldiers were not very old, not much older than Li Mu, but none of them had entered the Dan Formation Realm. , they were a little surprised to see Ye Jin boarding the ship with a group of his peers, including beautiful women, but they quickly stood at attention and gave a military salute, and then turned their attention to Li Mu and the others.
"These brothers have been with me for many years. They were trained by me. Don't underestimate them, but they have quite a lot of naval combat experience. Besides them, there are seven or eight people on the ship. They are all preparing under the cabin now. When the time comes, You need to cooperate with each other, and you can get to know each other now."
As Ye Jin said, most of the soldiers on this ship followed him to fight at sea after joining the Eastern Military Region. The affection and trust between each other are incomparable to other people. Naturally, it was strange to see new people joining. In particular, Nie Xiaoyu, Lin Qingzhu, and Yun Luoxi, three first-rate beauties, did not look like they could go to the battlefield, so it was not surprising that they thought they were disciples from aristocratic families who came to show off their military exploits.
Ye Jin also understood what his soldiers were thinking, and did not introduce too much about the identities of Li Mu and the others. He only explained their purpose of assisting them as monks. It is undoubtedly a big deal for a team to have six monks at the same time. It enhanced its combat effectiveness. Such an explanation caused a 180-degree change in the attitudes of the soldiers in front of them. In addition, since they were all of the same age, Li Mu and the others had no airs, and the two parties quickly became familiar with each other.
The war situation was urgent, and everyone's actions sped up a lot. After about a stick of incense, all the pre-war preparations were completed. With Ye Jin's order, seven warships headed by the command ship landed at the same time. He raised the main sail and set sail quickly along the established route at full speed with the help of the majestic sea breeze from the East China Sea.
At the same time, starting from the East China Sea outpost, hundreds of Cangyun Empire warships were quickly deploying three lines of defense according to their respective plans, completely radiating the area of more than 20 miles from the Sea of Death to the outpost, all All warships are equipped with transmission notes. Any defense line or warship that detects enemy conditions can quickly transmit information back to the general command room at the outpost base.
This kind of large-scale joint defense tactics requires extremely strong discipline. Any omission on the vast sea may allow the enemy to find a gap and drive straight in. Only the troops led by Liu Qingling can maintain such precision in the unpredictable sea. This is why she is called the first naval battle general in the empire.
Li Mu's position is in the middle of the three lines of defense. The presence of the six of them gives Ye Jin's team a combat effectiveness that far exceeds that of other brother teams. Stationed in the central area of the second line of defense, they are responsible for a large fan-shaped sea area in front of them. , Li Mu, who participated in actual combat for the first time, had already activated the Tiansheng Jue, and the range of perception was fully expanded, even radiating to the area below the sea surface, in order to defend against the rumored undersea force of the Penglai Army.
"Pay attention to maintaining the formation. The energy of the magic circle is medium-transmitted. The speed is increased by one section and the detection range is expanded."
Ten nautical miles east of Li Mu, three small boats with blue lights on their tails approached quickly. After three breaths, they entered the three lines of defense arranged by Liu Qingling. The scout team in charge of the first line of defense discovered them immediately. The intruding kamikaze team, both of which were small high-speed boats, reacted quickly when they noticed each other.
Two signal arrows, one blue and one red, were launched into the sky, bursting out with dazzling light. The first contact was sudden, but the large forces on both sides were fully prepared. The Penglai Army's giant battleship group quickly changed the formation into a cone. shape, all energy cannons began to charge, obviously trying to directly break through the opponent's defense line with powerful firepower.
Liu Qingling, who received the information from the scout troops, was also not impatient. She ordered the scout troops forming the first line of defense to quickly shrink into a pocket formation, keeping a distance from the enemy, and then began to launch a tentative attack.
At the moment when the battle on the first line of defense started, the second line of defense where Li Mu's team was located all moved out and moved closer to the first line of defense, ready to meet the ships of the scouting force and provide fire support. I saw dark green speedboats shuttle by one after another. In the midst of the turbulent waves, the Kamikaze team not far away had appeared within the range of their naked eyes, and the first wave of tentative attacks started instantly.
The artillery roared and sprayed sparks towards the Kamikaze squadron's ship. The shells drew arcs and hit the outpost of the Penglai Army fleet. Waves of spray exploded next to their ship, but The speedboat propelled by energy stones kept swerving and moving, and managed to avoid all the attacks from the Cangyun Empire.
"Continue to fire, suppress fire, and don't let them break through the defense line."
The officers of the scout team kept issuing instructions that they should stop the kamikaze team outside the first line of defense, so that the following troops could buy more time to complete the formation change.
"boom!"
Just as the ships of the Cangyun Empire tilted and fired, streaks of hot blue light streaked across the sky. As more and more Kamikaze squadron ships withstood the first wave of offensive, their counterattacks immediately descended on Cangyun Empire. On the Yun Empire's position, the energy stone transformed into a terrifying light under the guidance of the magic circle, constantly bombarding the defense line composed of the scout team.
Although he tried his best to dodge, a battleship was soon hit by the blue light. The sky-high flames instantly lit up, and the entire ship was reduced to ashes in an instant.
The powerful strength of the Penglai fleet was fully revealed at this moment.
