The long fairy road is wonderful

Chapter 1287 Ambush (2)

Lin Tianci doesn't just understand naval warfare, he doesn't understand anything related to war.

After all, this aspect is really inexperienced.

One of the unspoken rules of the monks is that they are not allowed to interfere in the power struggle among mortals. When the various states in Eastern China are fighting in full swing, no monks will go to observe and study.

There is no chance of experiencing war in Eastern China, and after entering the Three Realms Gate, Lin Tianci usually avoids war.

After all, he was looking for fragments. Once he was involved in a war, it would be very troublesome.

The closest thing he has experienced to a large-scale war is to deal with the Dark Demon King in Sevilla, but you have to understand that dealing with monsters and dealing with mortals who are also intelligent creatures are completely different styles.

The monsters are physically strong and have exaggerated fighting power, but at most they will use some tactics based on instinct, and their IQ is at best at the level of wolves, which is still too tender compared with the slutty humans.

It is precisely because he has no experience in war that Lin Tianci is not good at making judgments, especially when it comes to naval warfare, he is even more of an amateur.

Don't think that naval battles are about comparing whose ships are bigger and have more guns. When you see the enemy, you will rush up to embarrass your face.

Just like wars on land, naval battles also have many ways, the most basic one being formation.

This motley army originally used a loose forward formation to pass through the island, but the enemy adopted a straight line of battle to directly cut off the fleet from it.

Those in the front cannot take care of the back, and those in the back cannot keep up with the front.

In addition, since the cannons of this era are all arranged on the side of the hull, the battle lines facing the enemy can output powerful firepower in turn, while the party being raided happens to be facing the enemy head-on, and the artillery fire cannot counterattack at all.

In this case, it is commonly known as 'grabbing the horizontal line at the beginning of the T'.

As far as visual inspection is concerned, the miscellaneous army was severely beaten by an unknown fleet, and the ships in the rear collided with the ships that were beaten in front again, which further expanded the results of their battles.

It looks particularly miserable and chaotic, but in fact...

It's really that miserable.

This sea area is full of large and small islands, and the waterways between the islands are relatively narrow. Normal passage must be no problem. Once the naval battle starts, it will not be so easy for the party attacked to reverse the situation.

However, Miranda said that Lin Tianci should be calm and take a look at the situation first, which is not completely foolish.

The current situation is that they are being raided, and the enemy is in the dark. It is not clear how many warships the opponent has in ambush.

In the current environment of all islands, this is not only very difficult, but it is also easy to lose sight of one thing and lose another.

Therefore, there must be a lot of fluffy people in the war, and those who are especially upright will die. This should be deeply touched by the Overlord of Western Chu, so what about being brave?Wasn't he killed by Han Xin...

If it was a team-level battle, or if Lin Tianci and the caravan guards were to act, by this time he would have jumped out of the talisman and spell bombed monsters and could not find their way. In wars, especially naval battles, Lin Tianci would still It's too tender, and I don't know how to fight at all.

Miranda suppressed Lin Tianci, who was about to go out for a while, and didn't have time to explain the mess to him. He took out the binoculars to observe the surroundings, and at the same time asked the watchman to pay attention to the situation on the left and right sides, and gave orders from time to time. Busy.

At this time, Mindatis also came up to explain a few words to Lin Tianci, and then said:

"Our ships have been following the fleet and can launch surprise attacks when necessary."

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Miranda didn't panic too much.

It is indeed a very unfavorable situation for a warship of unknown affiliation to launch a surprise attack on them, but those people certainly did not expect that the submarine warship with sea elves was nearby.

Use old-fashioned sails and wooden ships to deal with Sea Elf submarine warships that are more flexible than nuclear submarines and conventional submarines...

No matter how you think about it, it is a dead end.

It's just that the situation is unclear now, and we don't know how many enemy ships are ambushing nearby. Although using the cards rashly can solve the temporary siege, it can't solve the problem fundamentally.

After listening to Mindatis' explanation, Lin Tianci came to a sudden understanding.

This is similar to a fight between two people. Although it may be a bit embarrassing at the beginning, this period of time is actually just a trial stage, to see what the other party is capable of. There is no one who directly pulls the hole card and uses a unique move at the beginning. That would leave room and opportunity for the opponent to counterattack.

But it's true that they are being beaten very hard now.

The so-called fleet does not form a combat force when gathered together. Just like an army formation on land, a fleet needs the cooperation and coordination of various warships to be truly capable of fighting, otherwise it is just a group of mobs.

And the motley crew who came here because of Miranda's response was almost destructive at this point...

These ships are all from different countries and city-states, and it can be said that they have no understanding of each other, and some countries even have hatred between them.

Either they were forced by public opinion, or they wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate the Shadow Heart Pirates, or they simply wanted to join in the fun.

The reasons for joining are different, and the time we spend together is too short, and we haven't done any cooperative training at all.

What's more, the types of ships added are also different, some are battleships equipped with artillery, and some are weak ships of the sea patrol class, just to make up the number.

Cooperating as skillfully as Valeria's fleet is not something that can be done in a day or two, and the saying of a century-old navy is not a joke.

Therefore, most of the ships were almost in chaos when they encountered a surprise attack, and because the raiding party cut off their connection with the Miranda ship in front, they could not get any effective orders and commands, and each ship could only fight on its own , that is, each was beaten.

And there are even worse things.

Lin Tianci controlled the machine bird and continued to fly to the rear, wanting to see if there were any more local warships in ambush. At this time, he saw another group of ships of the same size approaching from the rear of the fleet.

Assuming that this motley army is likened to a piece of rope, the current situation is like someone cutting the rope into three pieces with two knives, and they are lying across the direction of the fleet, and the cannons on the left and right can shoot at full speed. shooting.There is also no problem with the shooting angle at all.

With all these things, of course, this group of miscellaneous soldiers who will fight will cry for their fathers and mothers, and they can't find Bei for a while.

And don't forget, right in front of Miranda's side, there is another fleet approaching with bad intentions. It's just that Miranda discovered it earlier and turned faster, so no one took the T-head, but it's just time The problem, after all, when traveling between islands, the space to avoid is too small.

Flames had already ignited in the cast iron cauldron that had been brought onto the deck before, and sailors holding bows and crossbows also used the flames to ignite their arrows.

Looking closer and closer, the black shadow of the ship corrected its course little by little, like a gigantic warship bursting out of the mist.

Due to the early turn, Miranda led the fleet into another waterway, and the other party had to turn inevitably if they wanted to keep up.

After all, the ship is not a car, this thing cannot be driven backwards, and the judgment of the traveling route is also a test for the commander.

If they don't follow up, they can turn around and attack other warships in ambush from the rear to help the friendly forces out.

If they follow...

boom--!
The sound waves from the firing of the cannon broke into the ears, and the Valerian fleet, which was following Miranda, opened fire.

Immediately afterwards, deafening explosions continued like fried beans, and a layer of thick smoke beyond the water mist was raised on the sea surface, and it was almost impossible to see which direction the ship was in.

The other party obviously did not choose to avoid it, but went head-to-head.

This approach seems a bit stupid, but from the deployment of the opponent's military force, it can be seen that the opponent is not only not stupid, but also a type that is particularly good at fighting.

Willing to choose head-to-head confrontation is the confidence in one's own battleship.

Although in terms of training, Valeria's fleet can be said to be the most capable of fighting in this miscellaneous army, but after all, it is only a military force at the level of law and order. Only Valeria's flagship can be truly regarded as a battleship. , the number of artillery pieces of the other small battleships that followed was basically between 20 and 40, which was far behind the flagship's hundreds of guns.

Along with the sound of the cannons, there was also the sound of cracking wood, and the human screams were almost inaudible in the creaking sounds.

It should be said that thanks to the fact that this plane has not yet been able to point out the technology tree of "blossom bomb", what is shot is either a solid iron ball, or a hammer ball tied with an iron chain, mainly relying on kinetic energy to kill and not explode.

Even if it is a wooden battleship, it will not sink after a few shots. Each cabin has the function of anti-sinking compartment. Simply put, the cabin below the waterline is damaged and flooded, and other cabins that still exist can also provide Enough buoyancy to keep the boat from sinking.

What's more, the artillery hit rate in this era is extremely low. Basically, what is fighting is faith, and what is fighting is character.

Whether the shells at a little distance can hit or not depends on whether God gives face or not, so the killing efficiency is far inferior to that of the rapid-fire guns on the earth.

Both sides of the battle know this.

Since they are heading in the same direction and are sailing with the wind, the speed of the two ships is actually about the same. However, Miranda's fleet needs to turn, which inevitably causes the speed of the ship to drop slightly.

The ship that was catching up with the other party was firing at Miranda's flagship and approaching. It seemed that the pursuit battle would soon turn into a sailing battle.

Following closely behind, Valeria's flagship also opened fire. Since they followed Miranda closely and discovered the enemy earlier, they had more time to prepare than the divided fleet behind. By the time these enemy fleets caught up, the sailors were already in their positions at the gun positions.

However, if her flagship fired, it meant that the enemy fleet had approached very close to Miranda. Unfortunately, Miranda's flagship could not be attacked.

(End of this chapter)