Extraordinary Voyage

2020-11-02

Chapter 286 Offensive and defensive battles and the first drop of blood

bang! bang! bang! bang! bang!

The battlefield at the mouth of the sea is filled with smoke, and an azure cloud has almost formed over the bastion.

The fierce battle between more than a thousand defenders in a bastion and five large species has lasted for a long time, even if it has only been a few tens of minutes, but to the defenders, it seems like a second. year.

In the battle, the five large species have all shown their true faces in front of the garrison:

“Skull Moray”, “Iron Armored Seahorse”, “Giant Hammer Mantis Shrimp” , “Water Cannon Humpback Whale” and a flickering “Ghost Shrimp”.

One against five, no matter what, it is an extremely difficult battle.

Even if the Bastion had crossfire power comparable to that of a battleship, it would still be stretched against a five-headed siege.

The only good news is that the bastion is built in the middle of a promontory that juts out from the sea, and the solid land provides a sufficient defensive distance between the defenders and the sea monsters.

No matter where the sea monsters attack, they must finally launch a landing operation to destroy the extremely solid bastion, which also creates an opportunity for the artillery to fully utilize the formidable power of the artillery.

If you replace the bastion with a battleship with the same firepower configuration, even if the “sea monster song” can pull the sea monster into the plane battlefield, the battleship must have sunk into the seabed at this time. .

Although it was very difficult, Bastion finally persevered.

It’s hard to say how long it can last.

Among the five sea monsters, there are “iron armored seahorses” without limbs, and “armored seahorses” that almost melt into the sea and will be forgotten suddenly. Ghost Shrimp”, obviously as a defensive force to control the sea surface, the threat to the bastion is not too big for the time being.

In fact, they were hiding far away, and they only restrained the estuary with the horns.

Even the nature of extraordinary creatures cannot allow them to break through the limitations of their respective physiological structures to complete the landing operation.

However.

Among the remaining three large species, in addition to the most violent “skull moray” that climbed the cape several times and was driven into the sea by artillery fire, and the heavy colorful carapace, the shape looks like a row of iron armor In addition to the “giant hammer mantis shrimp”, which roamed around like a train, there was a particularly difficult guy among the sea monsters.

xiu! xiu! xiu!

“Large Species Water Cannon Humpback Whale”, the appearance is somewhat similar to the sea monster form of “Tide Shepherd” Tiinkut.

Bone armor wraps its huge head, but a long bone “barrel” extends from the normal whale’s nostril.

This “bone cannon” can fire huge compressed “water cannonballs” of formidable power at a speed of four rounds per minute, and its lethality and rate of fire are equal to the combined force of two 32-pounder guns .

If this compressed “water cannonball” hits the outer wall of the bastion, it is a bastion built to deal with shelling. completely absorbed.

But if you fly to the Second Layer fort, you have to be careful, as long as a water cannon shell falls, it will cause huge damage to the gunner.

Fortunately, there are not only ordinary soldiers guarding this place, but also a third-rank Great Knight Major General Coverdale!

Face the roaring “water cannonballs” again.

“Hah!”

Because it was a land defense battle, the major general who had immediately put on his full-covered heavy armor, held a great sword and a pure steel kite-shaped shield, said loudly shouted.

【Extraordinary Profound Truth ·Iron Wall! ]

The Great Knight is surrounded by blazing Battle Qi flames, wielding his sword and shield to move quickly on the second layer platform, blocking most of the incoming “water cannonballs”.

Of course, even the Great Knight of the third rank is impossible to use his body to block high-density water balls with the same formidable power as the heavy artillery.

The major general mainly deflects the water ball with the smooth surface of the heavy shield, which is not too difficult to do with the extraordinary strength and control skills of the Great Knight.

However, even if the Major General made no omissions, everyone knew that this was not a long-term solution.

The bastion’s crossfire is certainly more powerful than a sea monster, but this “water cannon humpback whale” has a longer range than a human cannon!

Additionally.

The infrasound wave emitted by “sea monster song” has low frequency and long wavelength, so it can circumvent large obstacles and cause diffraction with no opportunity. It is also hardly absorbed by water and air, and is not easy to decay. It is an excellent underwater weapon.

But after all, there is a power limit, impossible has the same lethality no matter how far it is.

In the final test report of “Newern Harbor”, “sea monster song” has a certain lethality and interference to large species of sea monsters, and needs multiple ‘sea monster song’ to cooperate , in order to achieve the expected goal.

So, there is no way to expect “Song of the Sea Monster” to directly kill large species remotely.

As long as they don’t approach actively, it’s not a problem to float on the sea for a short time to minimize the impact of infrasound waves.

This also made the defenders on the bastion have no good solution to the long-range attacking “whale”, and even in order to avoid heavy casualties of the defenders, even the supreme commander and the only Great Knight Major General Coverdale also had to work hard.

Hey! hiss! hiss!

In the interval between the “Water Cannonball” firing, the “Skull Moray” ran out of patience and rushed up again, using its powerful body to swim fast on the land like a snake, and pounced head-on into the bastion. A “lobed fort”.

“Fire!”

bang! bang! bang!

From this angle, the 12 heavy artillery pieces that can cover the moray within range 4 The spare 8-pounder guns fired at the same time, but the eel’s slender size provided it blessed by heaven for dodging shells.

And even if the body is covered with mucus, even if there is an occasional stray bullet, it has little effect on it.

More importantly, after several rounds of testing, the defenders discovered that this ugly guy has an extremely perverted racial innate talent [dangerous premonition].

Able to respond in time to lethal danger before it strikes.

This ability not only makes it more difficult to be hit by artillery fire, but also makes it successfully evaded the previous defenders mobilizing all the small cannons to focus fire on it with a wide range of grape bullets.

So, even if 16 artillery pieces fired at the same time, it would just plow a blue wound on its tail.

According to previous experience, if you can’t one strike a certain kill, it will grow up again after a while, and then re-attack the cape alive.

sou! sou! sou!

With the help of stubby tentacles on the neck, the “Skull Moray” approached the lobe at great speed.

Strange, though.

This time the close-range defensive fire of small cannons and muskets did not come as before.

This “Moray Eel” didn’t hesitate, and quickly pounced along the slope of the Bastion’s First Layer.

When they got close, the defenders finally saw exactly what kind of huge monster they were fighting against. Even if there was an order from the peak to suspend the attack and all the troops retreated, they couldn’t help trembling.

The body length has exceeded 80 meters, and the thickest part is nearly 5 meters taller than a floor. The ferocious head covered by the hard carapace alone is 10 meters long.

A large species is as expected of a large species, and a small species with a body length of less than 30 meters is two dimensions.

His——

The long hissing sound was already ringing in the ears of the defenders, and many people were trembling even with their eyes closed.

next moment.

The huge head like a white skull protruded up sharply, the small inwardly sunken eyes revealed cunning and cruelty, and the long mouth opened, revealing a mouth full of long sword-like sharp teeth.

Although I don’t understand why the humans here suddenly ceased fire, it has only been out of the factory for a few months, but there is no such high-end way of thinking as “crafty plots and machinations”, and it can’t wait to confront the defenders. Unleash your extremely strong killing instinct!

Just haven’t waited for it to come into action.

【Dangerous! ]

Suddenly, the silent “premonition of danger” because it was not bombarded gave it the only crisis signal it had before!

I can’t take care of the fresh meat that has reached my mouth, so I have to turn my head and step back.

It’s just that a “snake-shaped” creature can sprint even without legs, but stepping back is a big problem for them.

And the Major General ordered it to board the bastion, waiting for this moment!

Boom! ! !

The steel boots stepped on the ground, and even this section of the fort seemed to tremble.

A thunder-like flame of Battle Qi bounced from the top of the lobe, fiercely smashed into the jaws of the “Skull Eel”.

【Profound Truth ·Steel City Shield Strike! ]

The lower end of the kite-shaped shield of pure steel is a sharp triangular structure.

As the exclusive weapon of Major General Coverdale, it has been carefully sharpened by craftsmen for a long time, and several enhanced spells have been added with alchemy. In terms of hardness and sharpness alone, it is no more extraordinary than any other. Weapons are slightly inferior.

Clang——!

The heavy shield and the sea monster’s bony jaws collided violently, causing a loud bang like a bell.

Then, a crisp “ka-cha” sound reached the ears of all the defenders.

Look up.

The long jaw of the “Skull Moray” that wrapped the Bone Armor was broken.

The violent impact made the major general throw backwards and smashed back to the lobe fort, which was equally difficult for him to meet force with force.

It has been a stalemate with the “Water Cannon Humpback Whale” for a long time before, and even if it is now equipped with full-body heavy armor, it will not be able to get up for a while.

While eating his extraordinary Profound Truth, the severely injured sea monster fell from the 30-meter-high platform of the Second Layer of the Bastion with a dizzy head.

Boom—

The giant beast fell, The earth shook and the mountain quivered.

“Fire!”

The ready second-in-command seized the opportunity and ordered decisively.

The orange and red cannon flames on the wall are in full bloom!

A dozen whistling iron cannonballs splashed on the fallen sea monster!

It was almost a close distance, and the artillerymen had no reason to miss a huge target that was dazed.

In the concentrated fire attack, the heavy iron cannonball finally penetrated into the flesh of the “skull eel” head-on, blasting blood holes one by one.

After just one minute, even the slowest-firing 32-pounder fired two rounds, before the blue-blooded “Skull Moray” regained consciousness, its head connected to its chest The place was forcibly smashed by the crossfire of the bastion!

During this period, even though they endured the heavy casualties caused by the re-fire of the “water cannon humpback whales”, the garrison gritted their teeth and no one evaded.

Finally, the first large species was successfully killed here!

It was also the first drop of blood after the sea monster invaded!

(End of this chapter)