King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 614 Another Victory
Air waves from the explosion blow over the water, smoke rising from the bay The group gradually dissipated, and the pain from the tympanic membrane in people's ears gradually faded away... Except the "Invincible Ironborn" became "Invincible Bomber" to complete its mission and disappeared from the world, the overturning of the "Nightwalker" has not recovered, "Silence" also sank in the water, as if nothing had happened.

But time cannot go back.

The nitrate, sulphur and charcoal that detonated the invincible Ironborn, if mixed into propellant for artillery use, would be enough for twenty guns to fire 100 salvos, but barreling it into explosives would only destroy the Iron Fleet's two ships, killing dozens of people and doing less than one percent of the damage to Iron Fleet, is an exaggeration to describe the cost-benefit ratio as "horribly low."

But it was this huge cost but seemingly small explosion that completely changed the battle situation.

In addition to Asha's success in drowning the King of the Iron Island while tying rocks, another factor that cannot be ignored has caused an irreversible blow to the Ironmen's morale: although this is the only one in the entire Queen fleet self-destruct boats, but they don't know.

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More than half of the navy was held back by Royal Fleet, only less than 100 warships were available to deal with the Ironmen, the tonnage ratio of the ships actually put into confrontation was 1 :2, and the number ratio is an astonishing 1:5. In addition, Daenerys' navy is composed of most of the recruits, and the opposite is the experienced Tian Shenghai thief... The battle strength of the two sides is not proportional at all, and there is no suspense in the outcome of the battle. .

The last order Euron gave to the fleet before jumping on the "Invincible Ironborn" was an all-out attack, encircling, ramming and boarding Queen fleet ships from all directions.

It can be said that as long as this order is fulfilled obediently and honestly, not a single survivor of the Targaryen navy today will ever want to escape the battlefield.

However, with the occurrence of this shocking explosion, all captains inevitably have this question in their hearts: the number of the opposite team is only a few dozen, and they are aggressively lined up in a horizontal row knowing that they will lose. How many other fleets of fleets could be as self-destructed as the "Invincible Ironborn" - as violent as a witchcraft?

This idea grew and spread in the hearts of hundreds of captains like a handful of seeds sown in the fields in spring. If "Silence" hadn't sunk and Euron Greyjoy was still around, he might have been able to The oppression of prestige and status forced the fleet to carry out its orders. But in the absence of a leader, the fear of being buried in an unknown weapon and the instinct to preserve the oneself ship quickly overwhelmed the Ironmen's thirst for glory and victory, and all the warships that were rushing forward with all their strength at the speed of impact began to stall, slow down, and deflect. Heading, while continuing to attack with long-range weapons, watching and waiting for the situation to change.

Daenerys captures from the Volantis Armada are great ships, and the great ship has the advantage of being able to fit larger and more equipment. Whether it is ballista or catapult, the Queen's fleet can stabilize the Ironmen's plundering longship in terms of range and formidable power. Projectiles and arrows are flying all over the sky. It is found that they do not prevail in a pair of shots, and the center of the battle formation is also late. Without the news of King Euron and the next order, Iron Fleet, who didn't want to fight with the regular navy, began to fall apart as Asha said.

The Iron Fleet still has a crushing water power advantage, but no one can mobilize that power anymore.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or a destiny, but the source of the collapse came from Asha father's former ship.

After the sinking of "Silence", the largest and most noble "Great Kraken" should have been automatically promoted to the flagship to take up the important task of commanding the fleet, but it is one of the two ships closest to the explosion. Although it was not overturned by the air wave, when the shock wave hit, there were still many unlucky people on the deck that were blown or thrown into the water and sank into the seabed, and among them, the captain happened to be included.

The hull is damaged, some combat and control personnel are lost, the captain and the king are all missing, and none of the survivors can convince the public...mob often follow the trend and follow the crowd in the chaos. Some unbelievable wrong decisions: Under the multiple blows, the crew of the "Great Kraken", who were afraid of being left as a sacrifice by the fleet, decided to turn the ship around first to ensure that when the war went bad - they could start immediately. Sail away!

They are not cowards, but they have not received formal military theoretical guidance and command skills training, cannot think logically, have no overall view, do things without thinking about the consequences, and have no sense of honor...

They did not run away, but turned the bow of the ship to the direction of the exit of the bay, still sailing slowly, while doing everything possible to attack and block the rushing Queen fleet...

They don't want to be defeated, and they continue to fight in a way that they think is useful, but they don't know: this so-called "wise" and "brave", as a "quasi-flagship", but make mistakes caused by the destruction. In the face of sexual consequences, simply an utterly inadequate measure will not help.

As the new core of the fleet, the status of "Great Kraken" at this moment is equivalent to that of a flag bearer - killing the enemy is not its mission, but carrying the "handsome flag" so that it does not fall.

As long as it maintains the combat position of oneself in the first battle column, even if it pretends to be injured and incapacitated and stops in place, or even more extreme - it is simply overturned in the explosion like "Silence" Or blow up and sink, so that the flagship status-that is, the "handsome flag" automatically falls on the next warship... Then this battle can at least go on anyway.

Take a step back, even if they shrink their eggs and issue a flag order to withdraw the entire army from the battlefield, it is still an effective command, which can basically complete the fleet of hundreds of thousands of people on board. Bring out Blackwater Bay.

But among the countless options, the one that lost the captain chose the most wrong one: not communicating with the surrounding friendly ships, each minding their own business and preparing to flee. attitude and appearance!

The silent signal conveyed by this action instantly destroyed the combat determination of all the captains of the longships within sight. The battle formations of the two sides seemed to collide violently and smashed into a ball. In fact, countless ships adjusted their course at the last moment, making the frontal collision into a pass-by. , actually passed through the first column of Iron Fleet's seemingly formidable battle formation almost unscathed, cut into the depths, and smashed into the pile of enemy ships!

A loud and loud roar came from the west, and gradually disappeared in the direction of King's Landing in the sunset. Daenerys, who heard the signal of the explosion, was also riding a dragon to the sky in the siege camp. In Seven Kingdoms After circling the city wall of the capital and the Red Keep as a deterrent, it flew east and became the last move in the combo, the final blow to the Ironmen's morale.

Dragon is very powerful, the biggest disadvantage is that the attack distance is too short, and the flame breath can only spray ten-twenty meter away - and this height is enough to make many ordinary ballistas and slings even not specially designed. Also threatens it and the rider on its back. As long as the ships in the fleet cooperate closely with each other and weave a net of anti-air firepower, even if it cannot be shot down as easily as an anti-aircraft gun, it is enough to make Dragonrider afraid to lower the altitude and launch a refreshing flame wash. .

But after the "Invincible Ironborn" suicide attack ended, the entire Iron Fleet fell into a state of losing command and fighting each other, on the one hand, anxiously waiting for the first event that would never happen. The second shocking explosion, on the other hand, was disrupted by the Queen fleet breaking into the battle line. The fighting intent has been lost, the determination to bite the bone has been lost, and in the chaos, they have to work together to deal with the threat from the air... Only one word can be used to describe this expectation: impossible!
The two dragons flew across the battlefield in a dashing manner, not going to the dangerous place where the ships were densely packed with shells, but hovering back and forth, looking for the small long ship that was far away from the array and was left alone because of its speed. One after another, the light longships were swallowed by the dragon flames and turned into torches floating on the water... This move made the longships subconsciously shrink the battle line, but they did not dare to gather for fear that the enemy ships would carry out self-destructing attacks again. Too close together, and intermittently squeezed into small groups, they became excellent targets for artillery.

The unsolvable predicament constitutes a series of endless loops. After more than ten minutes of charging turned into entanglement, waiting for the stalemate to gradually turn into retreat, the tension to the extreme was finally broken. a string.

Another Blackwater Rush-style rout begins.

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(end of this chapter)