Azeroth Shadow Trail

  Chapter 635 188. Gilneas Fleet Autopsy Report: Died by Unknown AOE

   "The First Fleet in front sent back the latest news, and the pirates have turned! Your lord, they have corrected their route, and they seem to have given up their move to escape south, and instead sailed towards Tidefall Island!

  The First Fleet is in pursuit, and contact operations are expected to begin in two hours. "

While the newly launched battleship "Northern Lord" in Gilneas was riding the wind and waves to the waters of Khaz Modan, the military intelligence reports from the First Fleet on the front line also passed through the communication station set up on the battleship by the Gilneas mages. Continue to send to the commander.

  The northern lord of the Gilneas Kingdom, Darius Crowley, held the military report in his hand and glanced at the battle chart that was constantly revised by the staff in front of him.

   Several well-dressed young Gilneas officers held putters in their hands. Every few minutes, they would change the orientation of the small model representing the ship on the operational chart according to reports from the front line.

  Through this huge podium, Lord Darius can see the current situation of the naval battle at a glance.

   On the sand table of this sea area, the blue picture is drawn above the background cloth in the latitude and longitude direction. The model representing the Gilneas First Fleet is following the coastline of Tol Barad Island, chasing the undead pirates who broke out and escaped southward.

   And further south, the line of Khaz Modan waters, the models representing the Gilneas Second Fleet, were already lined up there.

   This situation can be understood even by people who don’t understand war at all.

  If these pirates continue in the current direction, they will plunge into the naval battle area arranged by the Second Fleet after two hours.

   The second fleet is iron felt, and the first fleet is iron hammer.

   Now that the hammer has been swung fiercely by Lord Darius, the undead pirate caught between the two is the sad piece of walnut that is about to be smashed.

   After the latest military report was sent, the professional staff immediately revised the operational charts to make the situation clearer.

   "Haha, those pirates didn't choose to break out of the ocean when the First Fleet chased after them, and it was already doomed that they could not escape the encirclement of the Gilneas fleet today."

   In the command room, the tall lord Darius put down his military report and said to Dai Lin, who was looking at the battle chart silently with his hands on his back, contentedly:

   "They're jumping over the wall now, ready to go to Tide Island, presumably trying to capture enough hostages to force us to back down before our fleet destroys them.

   But they didn't know that for today's battle, the Alliance soldiers and civilians on Tidefall Island had been moved a few days ago!

   They find nothing but despair there! "

   His Excellency the Lord said loudly:

   "It's almost exactly the same as the planned battle plan.

   Our staff is very powerful, predicting all the movements of the undead pirates, as expected of those who studied with the Kul Tiras Navy during the war.

   Today's victory is yours!

  I will personally appeal to Your Majesty for you. "

  The staff in the war room immediately straightened their backs and paid tribute to the Lord as the commander. They were quick and shrewd, and at first glance they were real elite divisions.

   But as a "temporary advisor", Dai Lin couldn't see any smile on her face.

   While playing with the seal of the Proudmoore family on his finger, he whispered to Lord Darius beside him:

   "Are you sure the pirates are desperate?"

   "Huh? What does that mean?"

  The Lord of the North respects Daelin's opinion very much.

   After all, His Excellency Admiral is recognized by mankind as the "King of the Sea". In this endless sea, any word of his needs to be listened to.

"Is there anything wrong?"

  Dalius asked humbly, Dai Lin was silent for a few seconds, and said:

   "The situation in front of me is indeed like a battle between pirates and beasts, and it is also in line with the original intention of the battle plan of 'catching turtles in a urn'.

   But when they are surrounded by you, it also means that the two fleets of Gilneas will also be attracted by them.

   I just harbor a cautious concern. "

   Admiral pursed his lips, narrowed his eyes, and said:

   "You said there is no such possibility.

  While you are carrying out the encirclement strategy, those pirates are also carrying out the 'decoy' tactics. Maybe what they're thinking of is to get you all together and catch them all! "

   "That's impossible, Your Majesty Dailin."

   Lord Darius hasn't spoken yet, a Gilnean female advisor below responded loudly:

   "Our two fleets add up to forty ships! The pirates count their clunky troll transports, and they're just over twenty.

   The number of guns on each of our ships is far more than they are!

  Our navy is well trained and those pirates are scattered.

   I'm not questioning your judgment, but I really can't think of what those pirates have to rely on to kill us? With this quantitative and qualitative advantage, their fleet would lose most of its life force in the first three rounds of shelling. "

   Dai Lin was not angry because of the female staff officer's rebuttal, he waved his hand, looked at the serious female staff officer, and then looked at the others.

   He found that the expressions on the faces of these staff officers were exactly the same as the girl who spoke, which meant that they did not think that the Gilneas would lose with such a big advantage today.

   This made Daelin even more pessimistic about the overall quality of the Gilneas navy.

   These young people are not good enough.

   They are just too confident.

  Thinking that you have won the battle before the war begins, this kind of mentality is unacceptable.

However, Daelin took another look at Lord Darius Crowley next to him. He shrugged. The top commander of the Gilneas army was full of confidence. No wonder his staff officers will expand like this.

   He thought about it and said:

   "You're right, little girl.

   I admit that your calculations are perfect and perfect, but that's not how naval battles are fought. If everyone relies on paper data to judge winners and losers, our Kul Tiras fleet would have conquered the world long ago.

   What I want to say is that as a commander, as the soul of a navy, you must not underestimate the enemy at any time.

   You may not have much experience fighting pirate fleets, but I do.

  I can tell you responsibly that none of the pirates who can gather such a large fleet on the sea are easy to deal with.

   You are sure that the undead pirates do not have the ability to severely damage the Gilneas Navy at one time. According to normal logic, there is nothing wrong with your idea.

   But what if they had? "

   Dai Lin emphasized her tone, as if teaching her students, and said:

   "If they really have that 'big killer' supernatural power at hand, then your encirclement tactics are throwing your soldiers' precious lives into the mouth of hell.

   I admit this is rare.

   But you, as combat staff, must take this possibility into account. What's more, the captain of this group of pirates is a master assassin who just made a sensational thing in the northern border.

   In the face of such a person, I don't think you have an advantage. "

After    finished speaking, Dai Lin glanced at the thoughtful Lord Darius.

   The latter is also a true veteran, and he can do this commander-in-chief job without relying on his family background. The Lord of the North was already the commander of the Gilnean army before he was also the commander of the navy.

   He is a close comrade-in-arms of Gene Greymane, and the two have a good relationship and almost wear the same pair of pants.

   He's not a cocky idiot.

   And Dai Lin's statement also made the lord's heart move slightly. After a few seconds, he looked at Dai Lin and said:

   "So, what's your opinion?"

   "I'm just a 'temporary advisor'."

   Dai Lin shook her head and said modestly:

   "I'm just giving you a reference, if I were in command of this war, I would leave some 'reserves', just like we fought on land.

   It is irrational to devote all the military power in one go and put the outcome on a war. "

   "Good! Your opinion is very pertinent."

   Darius turned his head and shouted to the staff below:

  "Immediately inform the First Fleet that ten battleships from ten to twenty battleships will be selected from ten to twenty battleships, slow down in the current sea area, and wait to join my ship.

   Then notify the Second Fleet, and let them draw a Marine Corps of at least 2,000 people to land on Tidefall Island and protect the pier. "

   "The 'magic power' that you have hidden should also be moved."

   Dai Lin said in a low voice at the right time:

   "If you have the confidence to stabilize the situation through supernatural power, then it is time to prepare now, just as you must check the bullets in the pistol before a duel, so as not to be in a hurry."

   "Huh? How do you know we still have a hidden power?"

  The northern lord blinked and asked.

  Dailyn shrugged and said:

   "It's out at sea, my friend, nothing can hide from us Kul Tirans. And as you said, you've been tracking that ghost ship.

   I don't understand magic though.

   But my mage lover told me that ghost ships, creatures born of death, are in most cases impossible to track precisely with magic.

  You can do this, which means that you must have unconventional spellcasting power in your hands.

  Don't hide it.

   Take out your Gilneas Navy's 'secret weapon', and let me, an old sailor, open his eyes. "

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   Two hours later.

   Relying on "selling" magic items and buying "Tailwind Service" from Al Abbas, the lamp god, the undead pirates who escaped all the way finally reached the waters of Tidefall Island.

   But even with the money, they couldn't get far behind the First Fleet of Gilneas.

   Mainly because in the fleet of the undead pirates, there are two large troll ships, the Alpaca and the Wharton. Their speed is very slow. In this battlefield where speed is life, they should not appear.

   But Black forced the two troll ships to enter the battlefield. In desperation, other faster pirate ships could only maintain low-speed sailing as their frigates.

   However, the wind element demigod's tailwind service is indeed powerful. It set off the sea breeze and propelled the two bloated ships, just accelerating them to the speed that normal warships should have.

   But this is the limit of what a demigod can do.

   Al Abbas was a virtuous businessman.

  It is unwilling to intervene in the war of mortals, of course, because there are no "high-quality customers" in the two sides, so naturally it can't open up.

  Blake quietly asked the price, even for a "high-quality customer" like him, he could not afford the "service fee" for a demigod to set off a big storm to destroy the Gilneas fleet.

   "The captain is there!"

On the big mast of the Alpaca, Eudora, the fox man holding the telescope, pointed at the end of the sea to the southwest and shouted excitedly. At the end of the telescopic sight, she saw the Nagfar from under the sea. The magnificent scene of the water breaking out.

   But it's too far from the undead pirate's main formation.

  A conservative estimate is at least 30 nautical miles, and the telescope looks like a small black spot.

   Far can't quench near thirst.

   The pirates in the Undead Fleet are going crazy, and the Gilneas First Fleet is chasing them, and the distance between the two sides has entered a very dangerous level.

   Some pirates with good eyesight can even clearly see the opening of the gun windows on the hulls of the battleships of the First Fleet.

   They are turning to grab more favorable positions for shelling.

   and on the other side.

   The formation of the Gilneas Second Fleet encircled from the surrounding Tidefall Island spread out, and a dozen warships lined up in a row, completely blocking the path of the undead pirates.

   is like an open pocket array on the sea, and like an urn made of steel and gunpowder, and the desperate pirates who plunged in are the old turtle in Wengli.

  The Gryphon Knights of Gilneas are taking off.

   They were not as "rich" as the Kul Tiras fleet, and each warship was equipped with a team of Griffin knights.

   But the two fleets of griffin knights added up to more than 100. They were divided into four formations and flew over in a mighty manner. The momentum and pressure were still very strong.

  Some terrified pirates felt that the end was coming.

  They disobeyed the captain's orders, some were trying to capture the ship and surrender, and some had plunged into the sea and swam towards the distant tide island.

   "Kill these traitors!"

   Orc captain Maim carried his red coral trident and gave a grim order.

   Immediately, the orc musketeers scattered on the side of the ship, pulling the trigger at the pirate traitors who were diving and fleeing.

   Traitors are always more hateful than enemies!

   And if death is not stopped now, this mutiny will quickly overwhelm the poor confidence of the undead pirates. But even the most determined old pirates simply don't know how to win in the current situation of being surrounded.

   This scene also completely fell into the eyes of everyone on the Nagfar floating on the surface.

   Surrounded by warlocks and scumbags, their evil captain strode onto deck, and Black simply ignored the brutal naval battle that was about to begin in the distance.

   He looked at the surrounding sea area with a nostalgic look.

   said to the first mate who was following closely:

   "Do you know why I chose the battlefield here?"

   "The ocean currents here are chaotic and irregular? This is outside the Gilneas border. Their navy is not familiar with the underwater terrain here, so it is convenient for the Nagfar to raid?"

  Sefir, who was wearing a Kul Tiras military uniform, tilted his head and said two reasons. After seeing Black's disapproving expression, the pirate dragon laughed and said:

   "Just kidding, of course I know why you chose the battlefield here.

   You 'died' here a year ago.

  The six battleships of the Kul Tiras Third Fleet Advance Fleet and the wrecks of those loyal sailors are still lying quietly on this seabed.

   Do you want to declare something to those brave but dead? captain. "

"maybe."

  Black moved his fingers, neither confirming nor denying.

  Behind him, Zalak and Kanrisad were working together to push the already weakened Tidestone towards him.

   "Sea battles are not the same as land battles.

  The naval battle is elegant, we can drink tea and wait for the cannonballs to cross the sea and land on the enemy's ship, so that we can correct the ballistics at our leisure. The duration of a naval battle is calculated in 'days'. "

  The smelly pirate put his hand on the cold surface of the Tide Stone and said to those around him:

   "But naval battles are also brutal.

   The key to victory is not only on-the-spot performance, but also the preparations made in advance, the training on weekdays, the efforts made for the battles that do not know when they will come, and the foresight of the commander.

   The outcome of a naval battle was already doomed long before the war began.

   Fortunately, I prepared for this war for a year.

  I've traveled more than half of Azeroth, and I'm better prepared than the Gilneas who decide to rush to war in a month or two.

   So. We are destined to win! "

  Black grinned with a malicious smile. He closed his eyes and began to mobilize the little power left in the Tide Stone.

   "Alas, these principles were taught to me by an excellent teacher, and today I will use what he taught me to teach the Gilneas a good lesson.

  Unfortunately, he couldn't see this scene.

  Otherwise he would be very relieved. "

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