The war is not smooth, it should be said that no one will have optimistic expectations for this battlefield.
The main strategic target is the dock area of the main battlefield, which is now at least tens of meters of water. It is called the Dragon Falling Land by the sea clan, and the blood of the demigod-level nine-headed dragon drips here. It is highly poisonous to life, but it still has an irresistible attraction to other sea beasts, and a large number of sea beasts gather there.
And to get there, at least more than ten blocks of the sea clan must be killed, and once it falls into a stalemate, I am afraid that the support of the sea clan will arrive soon.
Therefore, for this war, Dasos and his staff have also done their homework. Among the more than 60 counterattacks before, at least ten times chose to break through this direction. This is not only for the real assault collection Intelligence, eradication of threat targets, and psychological warfare to paralyze opponents.
"Dragonfall was attacked again? I really don't know why humans like to fight where. Whatever they do, leave it to those sea beasts to deal with it themselves."
In fact, for the current sea clan, the first strategic point is their royal family and temples, while the second is various entertainment facilities. As for the original dock where sea beasts gather... Does the sea clan need a boat? There are still pigs... let's raise sea animals.
In the previous five raids, two of them chose this direction. Perhaps the deployment of the sea clan is still very timely, but the front-line soldiers have been keenly aware that the response of the other party has begun to be slow, at least the reinforcements from other places have arrived more than before. It was 30% late, and the number of reinforcements was reduced by at least half!
Since the sea clan has been paralyzed by such an attack, the time to launch a real counterattack is ripe, and "dawn" has come.
It will take more than an hour for the warm sunlight to light up the world. Now, most of the sea clan are still in deep sleep. They will only wake up after nine o'clock, and now is the time when they sleep the deepest in the day. .
Unlike in the dark deep sea, the sea clan who felt the warmth of the sun also began to imitate the work and rest time of other races, but perhaps from the day they thought they had won the victory ahead of time and gave up the initiative of the war arrogantly, it was doomed. will encounter today.
As the caller of the war, the Oran people did not hesitate to stand at the forefront. In that battle and civil strife, their main fleet suffered heavy losses, and the three major fleets were all scattered, but in this counter-offensive , the participating warships and new warships accumulated, but still more than 30 heavy warships and 100 medium warships.
This is the foundation of a super empire. Once the war begins, a large number of civilian and commercial industrial industries will be converted into military industries. If they cannot be smashed in one encounter, their profound industry will drag any opponent into a protracted war. hell.
Obviously, the original warships could not fight in such an environment. The water here is too shallow and the waters are too complicated. Even in areas with deep drafts, the minaret of a house that used to be on land may become a deadly reef. , but fighting against the sea clan in the water is absolutely impossible without a boat.
Originally, the Oran people were caught in a dilemma, but after obtaining the technology of the floating battleship, they finally had a solution. The precious information from the north has been spread to every shipyard in Oran, and all the boatmen And the designers have not rested since that day, the Orans concentrated on refitting their ships.
Complete floating is still not possible at present. It requires a little bit of design, material selection, enchantment, and assembly from the keel. However, if only a floating engine is installed, the total weight of the ship can be reduced, and the draft of the ship can be reduced, but it can be done. arrived.
It may seem pointless, but it actually provides a possibility - full metal transformation of the bottom of the ship.
The lighter the ship, the more buoyancy it has, so can't it be heavily armored? So, with the help of countless blacksmiths, the thick protective armor patch was put on, and in order to ensure the armor strength enough to crush the reef without wearing out, the Oran people frantically used precious magic metal, that But ordinary adventurers are reluctant to use them to make weapons.
According to post-war statistics, the magic metal used by those ships reduced Oran's treasury by one-fifth, enough to rebuild a capital Kagsi.
When the ironclad ship technology is still immature, and the engine technology is still not enough, the boatmakers in Oran have combined the floating technology to create a semi-finished ironclad ship, which is truly amazing.
Unlike its close relatives on Earth, the ironclad ships here did not initially consider defending against similar war guns, but the piercers from the bottom of the ship and the "reefs" they might encounter.
And once the engine technology is conquered, the real heavy ironclad ships will inevitably come to this era, but now, these modified semi-iron armored ships are enough.
Compared with the prototype ships, they have more amazing defensive capabilities. Due to their excess anti-gravity engines, they also have short-term levitation capabilities and can deal with various ground lines. (Dassos: Not enough buoyancy? Then make a little more engine, and if it is overloaded and explode, replace it with a new one. Bring enough boatmen to the ship, we have mages to provide magic, we have enough industrial capacity, we have money! Willful !)
Outsiders are not stupid. When intelligent races are pushed to their limits, various modifications that seem to be fantastic and fantastic are very likely to achieve miraculous effects that the regular army can never achieve.
Of course, if the Oran Empire hadn't crushed the industrial level of the countries in metallurgy, especially alloy forging, even if they had ideas, it would have been completely impossible to achieve. Well, the more important thing is that they are rich enough. War is a competition of comprehensive national strength. As super local tyrants, they are willful.
In order to cover up the fragile wooden planks without iron armor, and to cooperate with the night battle, these battleships were painted with black repaint. In the near future, these black fleets that always bring doom to their opponents are also known by the world as "Mourning Fleet." "
This is undoubtedly a trump card, and even when the battlefield is at its most dangerous, even if the flesh and blood of countless warriors become the meat targets of the sea clan in the water, these modified battleships are still repeatedly improved in the warehouse, not at all but not sent. battlefield plans.
"Such a modified warship can achieve miraculous results when it first goes to the battlefield... If it can't play at a critical time and obtain strategic points to determine the outcome of the war, what kind of trump card is it?"
As an emperor, at least in terms of ruthlessness, Dasos is obviously exceptionally qualified, and at this time, many sacrifices have paid off, and the long-hidden ace has achieved amazing results.
When the black fleet traveled through the dark night, no one could stop them, but the huge hull was extremely sensitive, and once it hit the reef, the short-term floating ability was even more incredible.
There are no "reefs" in the waters where these heavy warships are pressed, and there are no large sea clans. The solid hull is enough to flatten everything.
When the alarm bell rang hurriedly, when they just stepped onto the battlefield, the sea clan saw such a battleship and could hardly cope.
Dig through the bottom of the boat? The protective deck made of the magic metal coating and steel plate is enough to deal with the artillery. Although the rust anchor of the sea giant penetrated the periphery, it was actually embedded in it, and the whole person was dragged away.
Throwing huge waves to drown each other? Those battleships are so stable that they can even adjust their draft automatically. To submerge these large iron blocks whose weight can be adjusted by an anti-gravity engine, ordinary water-based spellcasters can't do anything, so please use Forbidden Spell.
Artillery attacking weak spots in the upper body? The sea clan did not have artillery, and the duel between the mages was actually suppressed by the mages on board that were more than three times the opponent.
Oran's advantages in metallurgy and forging are too obvious. The patented technologies such as the whole body's alloy armor and explosive magic alloys have already explained everything. The coating of these mixed magic metals is still the alloy technology that Oran blacksmiths are good at, not to mention The cold weapons and hands of the sea clan are useless even with ordinary five-ring magic.
The attitudes of the two sides to the war are completely different, which naturally makes the results completely different.
But it is a pity that even if the time and people are on the side of the human beings, even if the advance is relatively smooth, in the half hour of the start of the war, there is still not much advantage. Large-scale casualties of the sea clan.
Such a special battlefield is destined to be unable to occupy the territory, so destroying the living force of the opponent will naturally become the first element, but the result is very disappointing.
reason? Saying one thousand words and ten thousand is still the original one - geographical location.
Yes, the sea tribes have no way to take those warships, but the warships are not the same as they can't do anything!
For the sea clan, as long as they dive into deep water and flee to a distance, what can those warships that must remain on the surface do? The speed of these large iron blocks is extremely slow.
With artillery? Not even the stupidest commander would make such a choice.
Magic attack? How much more can the precious magic power of the mage get across the sea
Shooting a large harpoon at a crossbow? This can play a role, but the Wisdom Sea Clan is not a fool who looks at the opponent's attack stupidly. As long as they keep a distance, this effect can be almost ignored.
Send people into the water to pursue? This attention is really good, for the sea clan... This is almost a stupid way of collaborating with the enemy, this is simply taking the initiative to add food to the sea clan.
On the flagship of the fleet, the battleship "Evil Shark", Dasos was also secretly anxious. Many situations were indeed taken into account in the battlefield deduction, but the opponent's losses were still less than he expected, and the strategic goal of reducing the opponent's vitality was completely If it is possible to achieve, then even if the dock area is laid down, the subsequent counterattack will be amazing.
And such a modified warship is not invincible, and over time, weaknesses will be discovered.
Among the floating battleships in the clouds, Renee and the others looked at the battlefield in front of them with shock.
Perhaps it was the constant victories that gave her confidence. She didn't think too highly of the Oran people who were repeatedly shriveled in Roland's hands, but today, seeing the sudden rise of battleship groups, she knew what a superpower was.
The Principality of Donglan is also building ships, but only from a technical point of view, it is even ahead of Oran, but the entire Donglan cannot even find a decent shipyard, and the metallurgy and forging technology are extremely backward, or else He wouldn't force Roland to use undead magic to create battleships.
But even so, the resources and funds needed by giant warships are astronomical, and even the maintenance and maintenance costs are not low. The entire Donglan treasury, and the next few warships, Roland did not consider Donglan to manufacture at all, and directly threw the undead empire Ciro Empire to manufacture.
A technology requires countless processes from drawings to real objects. Materials, craftsmanship, manpower and other aspects must be tackled. Because of the acquisition of molding ships, skilled workers, designers, and equipment, well, Roland has acquired an entire industry chain from Oran. Only this can directly digest this top technology, and it is precisely because of this that Donglan is still the only country in this world with mature floating ship technology.
And even if Donglan sells some of the technology, it will take years for other countries' floating ships to form combat effectiveness. Renee has always regarded this as a trump card, and is vaguely proud of it.
"The white wolf knights with full silver combat power are rampaging in the human world? Oh, our Aurora knights are all gold! Oran's alchemy, forging, and metallurgy are famous all over the world, but they still have not been able to conquer the technology of floating warships. , It seems that Oran is nothing."
But now, the "Mourning Fleet" has shattered her self-confidence. Just relying on this industrial potential, as well as the potential brought by the vast territory, rich resources, and massive population, is enough to easily crush Dong Lan.
"Once the two countries go to war..."
As the leader of a country, such assumptions will never be superfluous. After all, in the exchanges between countries, there are only absolute interests, and there are no absolute friends. Yesterday's allies become today's mortal enemies. Too many things.
Inexplicably, she remembered the time when she asked Roland why he still insisted on rebuilding the industrial system when the country was still troubled by people's living problems. Roland's answer.
"It's not that I'm a war mad, and I'm preparing for war as a whole, but war cannot be avoided. What? You said that even if you don't have a complete industrial system, you plan to win the war. It's enough to have the Northern Lights?"
"You underestimate those big countries too much. Maybe their single ship is not strong enough to deal with our advanced warships, but we only have 1 of their 10 ships. They are not afraid of losing in battle. If they build it again, it doesn't matter if the soldiers die. , we? All of our belongings are so small, no industrial system means lack of hematopoietic function, and there is no way to deal with protracted wars without building a complete industrial system.”
"The current Principality of Donglan is actually on a volcano. It looks beautiful, but it is actually baked on a volcano. Great powers can fail countless times, they can afford to lose, and we, if we take one wrong step, we will never be able to get up. the abyss, I don't want to go to the gambling country."
At this moment, facing the grim reality, and thinking of Roland's words that seemed very meaningful, Renee could completely see the gap between Dong Lan and the mainland powers, at least for now, there is no comparison at all.
"It's just a quasi-superpower..."
Renee is not stupid. When she found the gap, she adjusted her entire strategic thinking, and then she found out that someone has been integrating the whole Northland.
"Lan League?"
Yes, if it is only Donglan, it is not enough, but adding Sluwell and other seven northern countries will make the situation different. Roland has been integrating and deploying them economically, politically, and commercially. In fact, he has already made preparations. .
"Brother Roland should not only think about that, but what else is he going to do. In the case of the Lan Alliance, the Principality of Kasomi, which is a vassal of San Antonio, is too uncomfortable, and I want to pull this nail out. Getting San Antonio to stop from the north requires the support of the other superpowers…”
"It's no wonder that Brother Roland not only invited major powers to the military parade and celebrations, but also gave them a lot of benefits in terms of technology exchange. By the way, there are also envoys of major powers, who was actually chosen by Brother Roland, who has always been lazy in managing affairs. The letter was actually read in person."
"The matter of the northern dwarves and elves is obviously difficult to deal with, but he actually took the initiative to grab it. And the recent foreign exchanges with the northern countries, the Lan Alliance's proposal to abolish customs tariffs and free movement of residents, which is obviously difficult, is very difficult for all countries. Cold, he insisted on talking. And he always communicated with Sister Grena, and then the two countries made a joint political declaration, although the matter itself did not matter, but it seemed to indicate a common position of advance and retreat. And that one What... how many things did he do in secret!"
For his companions, Roland did not hide what he had done, but now he was able to understand Roland's strategic deployment from individual events, Renee went one step further towards a mature leader.
And when she correctly understood the position and strategic decision of Roland and Donglan in this world, she also knew what to do.
"I originally planned to watch the show, and let Oran and the Hai Clan fight to lose both. But now, it seems that this is fine for individuals, but as a representative of a country, it is too petty. Now What we need is to prove our strength to the world in an upright manner, and win too much support, so that the Oran people owe us more favors and give us more returns in the future. So, now that the battlefield is at a stalemate, It is the most suitable stage for us to perform with the icebreaker.”
The icing on the cake is nothing like giving charcoal in the snow, the grass on the wall is always annoying, since the determination has been made, what is there to hesitate.
"The Aurora Knights, the Silver Cross Chapter, dispatch! Aurora Borealis, drop new weapons."