The mermaid wizard Trina seemed a little irritated by Xiao Chen's ridicule. She did not reply to Xiao Chen, but pursed her lips and waved her hand to order her subordinate sea tribe army to attack. The scale tribe slaves behind the ships moved at once and began to push the ships forward.
Xiao Chen had already learned enough information from the other party and had also given them a warning. Since these sea creatures turned a deaf ear to his warnings, it was no wonder that he used those methods afterwards.
Xiao Chen raised his right hand.
The Houyi and Xingtian, which had been silent, seemed to have suddenly awakened and began to speed forward. Figures began to emerge from the gun ports below the deck railing. The two ships began to turn to the same side, pointing the sides of the ship at the sea clan ships that were rushing over.
Many soldiers holding air rifles and magicians holding magic staffs appeared around Xiao Chen. They were all elite soldiers from the newly established Marine Corps. The two ships carried a battalion of more than 300 Marines, as well as four magician squads that cast spells together, a total of 40 magicians.
The air rifles in the hands of the Marines are already Type 05. After several upgrades, the Type 05 is much more powerful than the original Type 01. Not only has the range and power been greatly improved, but the number of bullets has also increased to ten per clip. In addition to the standard type, high-precision sniper rifles and machine guns with belt feed have also been derived.
Now, on the upper deck of the Hou Yi, four Type 05 machine guns were set up, aiming at the sea soldiers in the distance. And at the bow and stern, more than a dozen soldiers set up Type 05 sniper rifles, aiming at the mage-like mermaids on each ship.
The pneumatic guns on the two decks below also began to turn, and as the gunners operated, they began to aim at the ships on the sea one by one.
The sudden changes in the two Chinese ships shocked the advancing sea clan warships, and their speed involuntarily slowed down by several percent.
The sea tribesmen who were ready to go suddenly panicked. The people on the boat no longer had the confidence they had just now. They began to look around or look at the mermaid wizards who were responsible for making decisions. Although they didn't know what these large and small metal tubes were, after dealing with the magic crossbows of the southern city-states many times, it was not difficult for them to guess that these were weapons.
However, the most surprised among all the sea creatures was Trina. She thought Xiao Chen was the only mage who could withstand the singing, but the facts gave her a loud slap in the face. Seeing that the opponent's ship was densely packed with people from top to bottom, she knew that the Sleeping Song that she was proud of had completely failed. Even the holy weapon didn't work for some reason. The ambush she had spent a lot of effort on turned into a hard fight, and the opponent seemed to have been prepared and looked very confident.
"You, how is it possible that you are all awake? People who are not strong enough in singing can't even hold out!"
Xiao Chen's hand was still raised. He said to Trina from a distance: "I'm so sorry. I just wanted to test your intentions. Your plan has no effect at all and has completely failed. It's not too late for you to retreat now. Otherwise..."
Trina was a little confused, but she had no way to retreat at this point. She had paid a great price to obtain the holy artifact and to gather this team. If she returned in disgrace without doing anything, her status in the tribe would plummet. She glared at Xiao Chen fiercely and gritted her teeth and said, "Don't pay attention to the nonsense of these humans! Their ships are big, but we have more people! Attack!"
Xiao Chen sneered and put his hand down.
Captain Ma Anmin saw his instructions and immediately issued an attack order. On the other side, the observer on the Xingtian saw Xiao Chen's actions and also conveyed Xiao Chen's instructions to the captain.
The gunner gave the order to fire, and the gunners pressed the firing button on the pneumatic guns. The more than 30 180mm pneumatic guns on the side of the Houyi and Xingtian ships had already adjusted the firing parameters and loaded the shells, and fired at the same time at this moment.
These pneumatic cannons made dull sounds, and the shells whizzed towards the enemy ships.
However, this was the first actual combat at sea for these gunners, and the first round of salvos from the two ships' pneumatic guns basically missed the target.
The gunner on the Houyi remained unmoved by this expected situation and ordered the gunners to modify the parameters and continue firing.
There were several mages around these gunners, who constantly gave them the spells of precision and eagle vision. These two kinds of magic improved the gunners' hitting instincts, making the subsequent shooting effects better and better.
As the Sea Clan ships were already very close, the Houyi had already achieved a cross-fire in its third round of shooting. The slightly inferior Xingtian also achieved a cross-fire in its fourth round of shooting. As the Sea Clan ships were very dense, the gunners also fired several near misses in this shooting.
One of the shells landed in the group of Scale Clan slaves behind a Sea Clan warship. The fuse of the crystal shell touched the body of a Scale Clan member, and the shell exploded, causing a wave of blood in the water. A large hole was opened on one side of the Sea Clan warship, and countless broken limbs in the water were thrown into the sky and then scattered on the deck. The Sea Clan who originally thought that the other party was throwing stones were stunned. They could not understand where this power came from.
In the fifth round of bombardment, a shell landed on the deck of the sea clan warship. The mermaid mage and his guards who were standing there were blown away without a trace in the explosion. The sea clan members who were a little further away were shocked and bled to death. Only one shark clan warrior, who was physically strong, survived the attack at a relatively close distance, but a large bloody wound appeared on his back, and he knelt on the deck and could not move. This shell killed half of the sea clan members on the deck.
The bombardment also caused fatal damage to the ship. A large hole was blown in the middle of the deck, and the broken planks directly pierced the bottom of the ship. The mast fell down with a creaking sound, causing the ship to completely lose its mobility. The sea water overflowed from below, causing the ship to begin to tilt.
Everyone around could see that it wouldn't be long before the ship sunk.
Trina stared at the sinking warship in a daze. She had never imagined such a level of attack. There was obviously not much magic fluctuation, but the metal bullets exploded with such great power. However, it was too late to retreat. (To be continued)