From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 304: Shipwreck Ruins

The harsh sound came from the collision between warships.

To be fair, neither the human warships nor the ratman warships are that small.

Sixty-eight meters in length, eighteen meters in width, and eight meters in height, these are the data of human warships. It is like a square suspended in the ocean. There are a total of thirty-eight such warships gathered in this sea area at this time.

This is a very good data. Perhaps thanks to the existence of mages and spells, the industrial capacity of these island residents is obviously stronger than the era they are in now.

It’s just a pity that the enemies they face are even more exaggerated.

A radius of twenty and a height of six meters, these were the data of the Ratmen's warships, which were inferior to the human sailing warships, but were compensated for by the fact that they were cast entirely of steel and the size of the fleet.

The number of rat warships is almost twice that of human sailing ships, and the number of rat warriors packed in them is almost twice that of the sailors in these human sailing ships.

At this moment, the two sides collided in an almost tragic manner.

The war on the ocean reached its most brutal moment at this moment, with expensive warships colliding with each other in the most primitive manner.

This scene comes from Sheng Qi's coercion.

At the beginning, the two sides were still chasing each other on the sea. Relying on their flexible maneuverability and familiarity with this sea area, the sailing fleet wanted to drag this war into their rhythm, the kind of sea chase where you chase me and I chase you.

But Sheng Qi was more decisive than they thought.

The ratman's Western Fleet ignored the human fleets from beginning to end, but moved forward on its own, even passing the islands and reefs where the chaotic fighting was taking place. Sheng Qi had misled the humans very effectively, and his target was not these scattered islands and reefs from beginning to end.

What he wanted to attack was the Hurricane Island in front of him, this huge island. He wanted to spread the flames of war to the largest home of the residents of this island.

By the time the island residents realized this and reacted, Sheng Qi had already led the Western Expeditionary Force through the island and reef belt.

They were already very close to the island.

This is not an easy task, especially when the rat people are not familiar with this sea area.

Reckless advance.

The dense reefs, whirlpools, and complex sea conditions all hindered the Western Fleet from approaching Hurricane Island.

In this process, the special hull structure brought a lot of benefits to the Western fleet.

The bathtub-shaped hull brings huge buoyancy and extremely shallow draft. The Ratman warships can pass through most of the sea areas with reefs without hindrance. These bathtub warships are not even qualified to collide with the dangerous reefs under the sea surface.

Excellent passability.

Of course, it's not without disadvantages. When facing whirlpools, the performance of the rat warships is not that good. The power output by the slave rats is still not strong enough. Facing the strong whirlpools in the ocean, they are manipulated like toys and can hardly break free.

The situation has both good and bad sides, and is not so absolute. It caused considerable losses to the Western Fleet.

There were a few more leaky rat warships, and some of them stopped somewhere on the sea and began to rotate spontaneously.

However, Sheng Qi, the commander of the Western Fleet, did not feel anything about this. He excitedly urged other members of the Western Fleet to keep moving forward, and a fluttering red flag was hung high.

Inspired by the human fleet and his own thinking, Sheng Qi easily developed a branch such as the Ratman flag language, relying on flags of various colors to command the huge Western fleet.

It is too simple compared to the complex and complete regulations of humans that are capable of transmitting large amounts of information, but it is enough for the Western Fleet of the Ratmen.

The one who should be anxious now is not the rat man.

Not long after, the human fleet came back. They no longer moved away to pull away the ratman warships, but instead took the initiative to meet them.

The human fleet has made many attempts to pull away the ratman's Western fleet, but it is obvious that the ratman are the ones who are in the disadvantageous position and who hold the initiative.

For Sheng Qi, even if all the Ratman warships in his hands were destroyed and stranded on the coast of the huge island in front of him, it would not be a terrible price to pay. Soon, a steady stream of Ratman warships would be replenished.

It's not worth hesitating about, and for the island residents, would they be willing to see the scorching flames burning on their homes?

So, this scene happened.

In front of the coast, the warships of both sides collided with each other in the most rude and brutal form, which was a boarding battle.

During the collision, the ratmen's bathtub warships did not show the strength that all-metal warships should have. Amid the harsh sounds, the first things to twist and deform were often these metal-cast bathtubs.

It is not surprising. Although the island residents' sailing ships are made of wood, they have multiple structures and complex supports. Although the ratmen's warships are made entirely of high-quality steel, they only have a thin hull.

It can even be said that in such a collision, the island residents' sailing warships completely crushed the ratmen's bathtub warships.

However, boarding combat is not entirely about the quality of the warships of both sides.

Amid the surging waves, beams of lighting were raised into the sky. The world suddenly became bright, and a collision was about to happen.

The harsh sound is the sound of metal twisting and deforming.

There was also a violent shock that occurred in an instant, causing almost everything to fly into the air.

There was not much good news. The ratmen's twisted and deformed warship was firmly embedded in their warship, and the two sides would probably be inseparable for a while.

The boatswain immediately began to organize order. No, that was not the boatswain, that was the first mate. That's right, he was not needed to steer the ship in such a bad situation.

Originally, there were huge barrels of wine on the deck to give people courage. It would be terrible if they couldn't even have a sip of wine before they died.

But damn, now all that wine is probably fed to the sea god. Although this is not a bad thing, and perhaps the sea god will protect us after accepting such an offering, I still want to have a sip myself first.

The first mate, with a full beard and wearing a tight and dirty aristocratic dress, was still holding his brass telescope in his hand, but the brass telescope was slightly deformed in the collision.

Shout loudly.

I really wanted to hear clearly what he was saying, but the guys around me were just making a lot of noise. Damn, they were those newcomers who had just come on board a month ago. These guys really didn't know the rules. You must never contradict the boss when he is speaking.

While thinking this with dissatisfaction, he also unconsciously listened to what they were shouting.

Several dark-skinned young men were shouting loudly, talking about the boatswain. Finally, someone finally knew where the boatswain had gone. The unlucky guy was knocked off the warship by a barrel that flew out horizontally, and now he must have gone to meet the sea god.

The unshaven first mate had a murderous look in his eyes, while the newcomers who didn't know the rules were still making a fuss.

He unconsciously puffed out his chest, hoping the first mate wouldn't see him.

At this time, a ratman had climbed up along the intersection of the two warships. The thin guy looked at everyone on the deck with his scarlet eyes, but what greeted him was a brass telescope falling heavily.

At this moment, the last sentence of the first mate's words was finally heard clearly.

"Only the brave ones can return to the sea!"

A chaotic battle began.

A large number of ratmen warriors, these poor skinny guys, climbed towards the human fleet.

The war situation was very chaotic, especially when the big claw priests started manipulating their big toys again.

There is no worry about accidental injuries as the kerosene barrels are thrown at almost zero distance.

The dark and sticky oil splashed everywhere, and almost instantly turned the scene into a cruel place like hell.

He remembered the first mate's last words and became a brave man.

Although the first mate was pulled down by a ratman carrying three spears shortly after he said this, even the brass telescope in his hand disappeared in the ratman's scramble.

They were lucky, as the ratman priest who was about to throw bombs at close range encountered a malfunction in his catapult, and the horrific flames were ignited on the ratman warship that collided with them.

But their luck wasn't good enough.

Because another rat warship came close to them with a sharp and piercing noise.

Shaking horribly, it flew high up and fell into a pile of chaotic debris, wailing in pain and blood flowing from its forehead, but its attention was attracted by a shiny little pot.

It was the boatswain's flagon.

An expression of surprise appeared on his face and he held her tightly in his arms.

The boarding battle between the Ratman Western Fleet and the Human Fleet was extremely brutal and chaotic. Warships were intertwined with each other, and the Human Fleet was determined to prevent any Ratman warship from approaching the Hurricane Island behind them.

And the Skaven warships were destroying them.

In a very short period of time, these expensive warships became a huge, continuous mass of marine debris as they intertwined with each other.

Countless humans and ratmen fought desperately over this pile of marine garbage.

The ratmen warriors fought very hard, perhaps because they were tortured by hunger, the harsh environment, the shrill bells, the unpleasant smell, and the disease for too long, or perhaps it was related to another simpler thing, such a strong fighting spirit.

There is no way out for them on this ocean.

Well, maybe it's as simple as that.

The humans' reasons were equally direct. They would never let the ratmen take another step forward. If they retreated any further, their home would be theirs. In other words, if they pushed back any further, they would have no way out.

There were fights, fights, blood, and bodies falling from the battleships.

Roaring, neighing, trying his best, unwilling and unable to take a single step back.

The chaotic war lasted for so long that both the Western Expeditionary Force and humans had already played all the cards in their hands.

In the end, humans won, in this piece of ocean garbage, or shipwreck graveyard, relying on the human warriors who continued to arrive and the small sailboats that continued to flow into this shipwreck graveyard.

This was a hard-fought victory, not an easy one, and both sides suffered heavy losses, with countless dead island residents and countless dead ratmen warriors.

The human side did not completely wipe out the rats in this shipwreck graveyard. This was a very difficult thing to do in such a chaotic ruin. The poor survivors, those hungry rats, hid in the dark corners of the ruins and began to eat amidst the rustling sounds.

Gnawing and tearing at the corpses left in the ruins.

These dead human warriors were not the only ones to pay the price. The human fleet had been almost completely wiped out and was piled up in this twisted ruin, intertwined with the ratmen's crude warships, almost impossible to separate.

Although the ratmen also paid a heavy price and almost all of their warships were buried, this was not a very difficult problem for them.

The overly simple structure and overly cheap and abundant labor force significantly reduced the cost of the Skaven warships.

Their return was almost inevitable, even if they failed at this point.

On the edge of the wreckage, on a ratman warship.

Obviously, Sheng Qi did not escape from this brutal fight. However, facing the continuous reinforcements from the human side, the balance of victory inevitably began to tilt towards the human side. In this irreversible situation, Sheng Qi could not offer much solution.
Fortunately, he was not unprepared for this situation.

A small boat was lowered from the rat warship embedded in the wreckage, operated by a team of rat raiders. The action was very fast, as it was captured from the human warship. As the commander-in-chief of the Western Fleet, he certainly would not really live and die with the Western Fleet.

This small boat was his preparation. Stepping onto the boat, the rat raiders began paddling quickly, and the wooden boat rushed out like a swimming fish.

The destination was a belt of islands and reefs not far away. In the head-on naval battle and the collision between the fleets, the rats were defeated, but they successfully won the battle for the islands and reefs.

That was the destination where Sheng Qi escaped. He looked a little embarrassed, but it was not a big problem. At least Sheng Qi survived and did not die.

From time to time, sea monsters wanted to attack Sheng Qi. This brutal war attracted many wandering sea monsters. However, the battle flag carried by Sheng Qi was able to make these sea monsters retreat instantly.

Rope Seven is also a lucky rat man who possesses a gift from God.

It was obvious that he, who was known as Lucky, would not die so easily.

On the messy deck, a guy pulled out the stopper of the silver pot in his hand and poured it into his mouth, but unfortunately, nothing came out and a disappointed expression appeared on his face. He had planned to drink the wine in the silver pot after he survived to motivate himself, but he survived and did not expect that there was no wine in the silver pot at all.

(End of this chapter)