Extraordinary Voyage

2020-11-28

Chapter 481 Final Battle Begins

Time flies.

On the second day, Pippi “Thorn-crowned Sea Serpent” caught up with “Cape Storm” and dived under the command of Alwin to escort the battleship. A hole card.

Of course, it’s better if you don’t need it when dealing with the Cyrus people.

During this period, in the spirit net network, I also saw from a distance the “Red Maple”, which also rushed north after the mission failed, and the Great Knight Griffith, whose look paled and could hardly hide.

Alwin hesitated again and again, for the sake of his own “gou” life, and finally did not choose to take risks.

He will never underestimate a peak Great Knight, taking advantage of his illness may not kill him. In particular, Olivia, who used [Broken Star] for the first time, was really clueless about the effects of witchcraft, and it was impossible to determine his true injury at all.

even more how, they already know that the alliance has unknown detection methods.

If Griffith pretended it, and rushed up to him, he might have to send himself a song “Liang Liang” in turn.

“I’ll let you go for a while, and I’ll get both principal and interest back when the decisive battle is over. Lieutenant General Elvis should be interested in the life of this pinnacle Great Knight, I just need to be responsible Backstab will do.”

The two quasi-Legendary battleships headed north, reuniting with their respective troops.

It’s ninth day.

Because the plan to kill the “Storm Horn” was thwarted and failed to create a battle strength advantage in the quasi-Legendary aspect, the game was a draw. Cyrus failed to find another opportunity, and finally allowed the reinforcements of the Alliance to enter the field smoothly.

The first power in sea power also has the arrogance of the first power.

The battlefield is selected in the largest bay on the west coast of the Southern Continent-Benin Bay, also known as the “slave bay”, the northern part of the Sea Territory is the colony of Pharretis, Nigeria, which has not been affected by the war. -east direction is Lobito, where the cape of Cyrus Luanda is located.

And in the vast area on the Southern Continent between them, there are many colonies, tribes and kingdoms, and the kingdom of Dahomey, the owned slave supplier, is located here.

Relying on the colonies and ports on the shore, both sides have relatively sufficient supplies of materials and ammunition. Even if the battleship is damaged, it can be quickly evacuated into the dock for repair and put back into the battlefield.

As the two sides ceased guerrilla warfare, the balance of power has become clear.

The Tulip Party:

There are 23 reinforcements in the battleship. At this time, even if there are more battleships that can be reinforced one after another, they will not be able to keep up with this battle. Among them, there are six cruise ships and supply ships, and seventeen battleships above Level 4 ships.

With the withdrawal of Ilya, one of the pillars, and the sneak attack of the colonial naval bases, there are currently only sixteen combat troops above Level 4, plus The return of Gerr and his “Maywind”.

After the two sides converged, there were a total of 33 battleships, plus a number of cruisers supporting the fleet.

But no one would count cruisers into battle strength. Mixing a group of light cavalry in a group of heavy-armed Knights, not to mention fighting together, would be absolutely disastrous.

The Fleet Commander remains Lieutenant General Temple Elvis, the Alliance’s highest rank and strongest in Southern Continent.

Cyrus’ side:

The expedition originally had a total of 31 battleships. Since the start of the war, 10 have either been captured or sunk and have withdrawn from the battle sequence, but the remaining But most of them are Level 3 and Level 4 ships as tall as towers.

Together with the naval fleet owned by the colonial garrison, the total number of battleships reached 40. And the proportion of Level 3 ships has an absolute advantage, even if the alliance fleet is unified, the disadvantage is very obvious.

In this naval battle, the naval commander remained Lieutenant General Griffiths, while another Lieutenant General Rickard served as the army commander.

In a joint battle by sea and land more than a month ago.

Under the command of the latter, the army has won successive victories against the Tulip Colony, and even won the “Rand Gold Mine”, which is more eye-catching than the navy under Griffith. many.

At this step of the war, the hatred and hatred have been forged, and it is absolutely impossible to return to the state of hello and me before the war.

At this time, even Oracle may not be able to stop this battle with a total of 73 battleships and more than 30,000 troops.

The meaning of this battle is extraordinary for either side!

In the early morning, the mist on the sea has not yet completely dissipated.

But the two fleets with great momentum are like giant white clouds with positive and negative electricity respectively, slowly approaching as long as there is a collision, it will be a shocking thunder that shakes the Southern Continent and even the entire human world. !

“Raise the flag!”

Cyrus took the lead in making a move, and the commander-in-chief of the army, Lieutenant General Ricard’s ship “San Juan”, raised the Raised the flag representing the highest command.

Several decades ago, the concept of battleships was first proposed by the Cyrus.

However, although the main battleships of various countries are called “battleships” following the example of Cyrus, after several decades of development and the influence of various countries’ naval concepts, technical levels, resource constraints and other factors, the same The performance and characteristics of the battleships of various countries under the name are not small.

The Cyrus side ship tower is as tall as a fortress, carrying the most elite army troops of this era.

Due to the more developed industrial system on the Tulip side, the artillery is more sophisticated, and the battleship is low and more flexible.

Boom—

A horn sounded from the flagship of the fleet.

It is worthy of the prestige of being the number one in the world. The entire Armada is immediately lined up according to the battle sequence. The ships are either full or tucked, and they are adjusted according to the status of the nearby ships. The famous “Crescent Array” is displayed.

It has wings that spread out towards the enemy, and a thick central area.

This formation is most beneficial to the Cyrus battleship, which has a tall ship building like a bunker, because their army is invincible!

Cyrus started to rise two hundred years ago, and when the reputation of the invincible fleet was truly created, he has always relied on the elite army soldiers. Although the army is their reliance, it has also become their shackles to a certain extent.

A strong army must rely more on the army. In the battleship, the army commander actually has the highest authority, and the tactical choice must also be inclined to the battle.

The crescent formation was intimidating because the Alliance fleet could only attack its flanks. However, the battleship with the strongest battle strength among the battleships is waiting there, and if any of these battleships are seriously damaged, they can easily return to the center of the fleet for shelter.

On the other hand, if any Alliance battleship rashly dashes between the two unfolded corners, it will surely encounter an encirclement and be cut off from the rear by a powerful Cyrus battleship from either the left or the right. connect.

Then they would sink into the interior of the encirclement, and the flanking battleship with the advantage of the wind coming from behind would easily catch them in the narrow waters.

“The Armada! Defeat them head-on!”

“Fire of Eternal most Divine most Holy!”

“For King Your Majesty!”

Opposite them, the Alliance is obviously under a lot of pressure.

This was the first large-scale decisive battle of the line of battle, and in the face of the menacing Cyrus, the commander knew he had to give his soldiers a little encouragement.

The voice of Lieutenant Admiral Elvis, the pinnacle of the Great Knight, resounded throughout the fleet:

“Soldiers, we used to be like all the crew on the continent, only following Only the ships of the Cyrus can reach the furthest seas on the world. The people of Santa Cruz are born to navigate the most turbulent Sea Territory on the world.

They are of course strong.

But!

Now they’re going to trample the Tulip Union and take away the wealth and mines we’ve been running for two hundred years!

If they win here , in the future they will come to the native land of the Alliance, snatch our lands and homes, enslave our sons and daughters to destroy the faith of Goddess.

Now answer the Cyrus with the guns in your hands, do you agree? ?”

“No–!!!”

The Lieutenant General raised his flag to indicate the position of the commander in the fleet, and then issued the first order:

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“The battle line grabs the wind!”

Abandoning the backward command methods such as horns, signal flags, etc., all officers above the captain in the fleet have been connected to the spirit net network.

Commander Lieutenant General Elvis has a vision of God, can see every corner of the battlefield, and orders can be conveyed to a certain battle module of a certain battleship, turning the fleet into its own Hands and feet, like arms.

This is a joy I have never experienced in my decades of military service.

Wow wow wow wow.

The fleet moved in response, as if more well-trained than the world’s invincible Cyrus, and quickly formed a column.

Tulip’s “Regulations of Naval Warfare” clearly defined columns as the standard formation for naval operations: “All battleships of each squadron must try their best to keep the front line advancing with their sub-captains.”.

At the same time, the alliance’s battle line began to detour to seize the upper hand!

General people often have a wrong concept about sailboats, thinking that sailboats are driven by the wind.

In fact, the biggest source of power for sailboats is the so-called “Bernoulli effect”, which means that when the air flows through a curved surface similar to a wing, it will produce a forward and upward attraction.

As a result, it is possible for the sailboat to head against the wind at a certain angle.

When sailing downwind, the Bernoulli effect disappears and the boat cannot reach top speed.

So usually the battleship will not sail with a positive tail wind, usually at an angle to the wind direction, now the sea is southwesterly, and the enemy ship is heading northeastward to the northeast, then the friendly fleet will reach their port side Parallel to it is the upwind position.

Phew——

The battle line composed of 33 battleships on the front line advanced obliquely, facing the aggressive “Crescent Array” in the clear breeze, bucking the trend, and in the On the leader ship of the battle line, an azure black head is raised high!

An early blow to the morale of Cyrus soldiers.

“The Deputy Commander of the Cyrus Navy, Gun Knight Kungang Taita has been conferred the head!”

“The Deputy Commander of the Cyrus Navy, Gun Knight Kungang Taita has been commissioned!”

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(end of this chapter)