Chapter 293, Rope Seven’s Island Hopping Tactics
The ocean was used as a breakthrough point. One after another, rat warships flew across the sea and came here, quickly attracting the attention of the human side.
The ocean province hanging outside the main continent has become the first target of the rat people.
Sheng Qi finally climbed out of the simple tunnel in the cliff, and boarded the steel battleship with his most loyal guards, surrounded by the rat guards, and boarded this huge fleet. flagship.
Objectively speaking, the Rat Empire’s increase in the maritime direction has improved Shengqi’s status.
Actually, among the current pioneers of the Skaven Empire on the ocean, he is the only one with a name.
Stepping onto the bow of the ship, everything is so familiar. The giant bell still makes a harsh sound amidst the surging waves, the rotating gears, and the feeling of shaking.
In front of him, many rat men raised their heads and stared at him.
He planted the flag on the highest point of the battleship.
If there is a choice, if you can choose, then standing here is definitely not what Sheng Qi wants.
But inexplicably, he seemed to be deeply entangled with this bitter and salty river.
This may not be a bad thing, but if there is a choice, if there is a choice, Sheng Qi will never want to stand here.
Stand up tall and roar loudly.
"For the great god! For the great holy war!"
In response to such a call, the rat people on the battleship responded.
"For God! Great Holy War!"
Sheng Qi began to chant again. He looked so embarrassed now. During these days of staying in simple caves and tunnels, he was contaminated by too much. There was a lot of dust, and the hot and humid environment on the island made him uncomfortable.
The hair on the body is glued together, strand by strand, and you can see some climbing insects and turbid yellow salt particles that have condensed.
But these did not affect him from raising his arms and shouting at this time.
All inexplicable emotions are blended into such a cry.
There isn't much choice.
Fate pushed him into this bitter river and brought him great pain, but his choice was to hold on tightly.
Sheng Qi is more mature than before, no longer so hesitant.
This is a kind of progress, which can also be described as a kind of growth.
In response to such calls, the rat people on the battleship responded. They may not understand what they are shouting, but it doesn't matter. These guys are so obedient.
The rat people on the battleship gave an extremely enthusiastic response at this moment.
At this moment, even the slave rats who struggled to pull the iron chain and dripped with sweat during the whipping began to shout loudly.
“For the great god, for the great holy war!”
The battle at sea has begun again. The battle at sea between the rat empire and the human empire. In this sea area, in this unknown Around the famous island.
A battle on the ocean is no easier than a war on land, and is even more cruel. Naval battles believe in a unified creed, winner takes all.
The loser loses everything.
Well, at the beginning of this confrontation, things did not reach this level. In other words, the result of the confrontation was only so cruel to the rat people.
The maneuverability of Skaven warships is really poor. Even if the fleet is large in size, even if there is no disadvantage in firepower, ever since the terrifying series of trebuchets and siege crossbows of the Great Claw Priests on the land battlefield, these After the strange gadgets were gradually eliminated, the big claw priests who were unwilling to give up used these big toys on the battleships without reservation.
There is no consideration at all whether these things are really suitable to be placed on this round battleship that is difficult to evaluate.
It doesn’t matter whether the extra load has really pushed the round battleship, whose maneuverability was already worrisome, into a pitiful situation where it is difficult to evaluate its speed.
It cannot catch up with the fleeing human warships, nor can it escape the pursuing rat warships.
Perhaps it is more appropriate to evaluate these bathtub warships as iron coffins on the ocean.
No, after all, the rat warships do not act alone one by one, but in groups, traveling in the sea area piece by piece.
Swarms of iron coffins on the ocean.
Sheng Qi was really helpless. His flagship was almost sunk several times.
In the warring seas, all kinds of ocean hunters gather, and the world plunges into darkness, which has an almost devastating impact on the marine ecology.
The mass die-off of algae brings ecological collapse starting at the bottom of the food chain.
Although the emergence of the magic tide gives all creatures a chance to breathe.
In the pale mass of algae corpses piled up by mass death in the depths of the ocean, a faint blue light began to brew. Life always has to find its own way out, and some special algae that devour dependent magic began to sprout. .
Perhaps as time goes by, a new ecosystem will first appear in this vast ocean, announcing the arrival of the Magic Age.
There is just a problem. This may take too long, and those former ocean overlords, those ocean overlords of the old era, may not be able to wait for this day to come.
Until the war between rats and humans begins.
The battleship sank into the sea, and the countless ratmen and humans struggling in the ocean became the best food and the hope for these guys to survive.
A large number of ferocious sea monsters, fish-men, naga, and other creatures in this sea area have all gathered on the battlefield between humans and rat-men.
They began to actively follow the pace of the rat and human warships, making the war in this sea area more dangerous.
Rats and humans are not vegetarians. The huge sea monster that had initially turned violent was dissatisfied with waiting for rat people and humans to announce the meal time, and began to actively attack the warships of both sides.
Being beaten hard by both sides, the huge sea monster was penetrated by countless thick crossbow arrows with chains, and was easily killed and dragged on the ocean.
Even this can only be regarded as a simple interlude for humans and ratmen, and the fighting between the two sides broke out quickly afterwards.
The life and death of creatures in the ocean have no meaning to Sheng Qi. The best thing that these strange and active things under the sea have contributed to him is a pair of huge sharp beaks, which come from the huge sea creature. The remnants of the monster were hung high as a kind of trophy.
In fact, the situation is quite unfavorable for Sheng Qi.
The disadvantage in maneuverability is almost irreparable. The Skaven battleships are like heavy glass cannons.
In the maritime war, there was almost a situation of being at the mercy of others.
For this reason, a tactic began to be used by Sheng Qi.
The rat people are not good at fighting sea battles, at least not now, so why not avoid the sea war part and drag the situation directly to the land war.
Sheng Qi gave up the idea of commanding these circular battleships to shoot at humans on the sea. These unreliable things were completely used as a kind of transport ship, a kind of armed transport ship.
As soon as this idea came up, the situation suddenly became clear. The disadvantages of these disc battleships have now become advantages in a certain sense. They can carry enough rat warriors, have enough firepower, and with the addition of Nayu The terrifying production capacity brought about by the continuous expansion of the rear area. Everything became clear.
No matter how the war on the ocean develops, there is no doubt that neither side has developed to the extent that it can be completely independent on the ocean.
Land supplies, various ports, islands, and even fresh water are all vital things.
This is what Sheng Qi needs to fight for.
The rat warships hugged each other one after another, forming an increasingly larger battleship group. They avoided the harassment of the human fleet and began to move along the coast with concentration.
In the war on the ocean, the Skaven were completely defeated, with almost no victory.
But as the war progressed, it was the human fleet that became the first to become anxious.
Like a leap of frog, the rat men occupied every discovered island and every river estuary. The human villages they discovered were ruthlessly destroyed, and the humans had nothing to do about it.
Of course they can bypass this huge Skaven fleet and attack the Skaven's rear. The beacon supply points and ports established by the Skaven are just not enough for the Skaven. A serious blow.
Before you reach the shore, all the Rat Men gathered in these places may have dispersed on their own.
When you leave, they will come back again.
The effect of these things will not be affected in the slightest.
Of course, you can also attack the Skaven warships that are constantly arriving, but this is not cost-effective. Just because the Skaven battleships cannot catch up, it does not mean that their firepower is lagging behind at all.
If you are not careful, these armed transport ships can easily break your big teeth without paying attention. Mutual exchange is a profitable business for the rat people.
In the darkness, on the sea, an unknown sea area.
The crazy big-clawed priest waved his arms. Amidst the harsh sounds of gears interlacing, an overwhelmed scream appeared on the thick metal frame. Amidst the clattering of iron chains, thick siege crossbow arrows were thrown. And out.
This is a lone rat-man warship that has crossed an extremely long distance from the rolling hills to reach this sea area.
Blocked by the human fleet.
A group of human warships blocked this channel.
Very fast and flexible, like a pack of wolves on the sea.
This rat warship is doomed.
The hot fireballs streaking across the sky were densely packed, like a rain of fire falling from the sky. It was a high temperature that could melt steel.
Continuously falling.
The Big Claw Priests fought back. I don’t know why, but some Big Claw Priests would be particularly excited and even a little crazy when manipulating those dangerous and bulky toys.
Like this guy with his arms raised at this moment.
There is no doubt that the Skaven warship began to sink. There were no divided cabins, no multi-layer structures, and no airtight doors. Without any safety guarantee, the Skaven battleship seemed to be in the ocean. A real iron basin on the drift.
The danger caused by any damage is fatal.
The lone rat-man warship began to sink, lost its balance, and began to tilt. Frightened shouts resounded throughout the calm sea area.
That round of fire rain did not send all the ratmen on the battleship to meet the gods. In fact, most of the ratmen survived, but the difference between survival in this situation and It won't make a huge difference if you die.
Many things in the sea are waiting for their meal. In fact, they have been waiting for a long time.
One by one, the rat men rushed towards the higher ground where the gradually tilting battleship had not completely sunk into the sea. The rat men who had not had time to climb to the heights and were submerged by the sea struggled wildly in the cold water. In the darkness, balls of blood burst out on the sea.
Obviously, it seems that dinner is ready.
The battleship continues to sink into the sea, and hiding in a high place can't change anything, either slower or faster.
A group of Nagas expelled the sea monsters that had just gathered here, and emerged from the sea one by one, waiting for the complete silence of the Skaven warship. In fact, this was a buffet.
These poor guys fell into despair, and at this time, another group of guys also began to struggle.
The crossbow arrows thrown before the rat-man warship sank hit a target, and three thick metal crossbow arrows sank deeply into a human warship.
The guy directing all this will probably jump with joy when he sees this scene, but it is a pity that the big claw priest who waved his arms, calibrated and fired fell with hatred in the first round of rain of fire. It has probably been eaten by those sea monsters now.
For this human battleship, there is now good news and bad news.
The good news is that these three crossbow arrows did not hit the underwater part of the battleship, and the seawater has not yet begun to pour into the ship.
The bad news is that these three thick crossbow arrows firmly nailed into the battleship are still connected to the rapidly sinking rat-man battleship.
The tight chains are pulling the human warship toward the sea.
The human warriors on the battleship tried to cut off these crossbow bolts and the iron chains connecting the crossbow bolts, but they underestimated how dedicated the Great Claw Priests were to their horrific series of war instruments.
The barbed crossbow arrow is almost as thick as a pillar.
For a while, it was impossible to cut off the group, and the rat-man battleship sank unexpectedly fast.
Dragging the human battleship down.
With a harsh sound, the human battleship began to topple.
At this time, while looking at the constantly surging sea, the human sailors above also faced the same problem as the rat people.
What happened among the rat men has happened again to humans.
Desperate screams, peeping under the sea, and masses of scarlet.
All this happened so fast that the rest of the human warships were unable to rescue them. Of course, the humans were better off than the ratmen, and some lucky people were able to escape.
At least these human warships have prepared boats.
Although the group of Nagas who had finally waited for the meal were not very willing to see the food on the table run away like this.
But the rescue from other human warships arrived.
The Nagas surfaced and stared at the tall human battleships with dangerous and longing eyes.
But he was not doing anything, seizing the time to enjoy the meal.
The blood spreading in this area is attracting more things.
They must hurry.
(End of this chapter)