Chapter 106 Counterattack
Daliang rode the royal griffin and fell from the sky. After using magic to heal Shu Xiao, he used a "magic arrow" to force the Silver Pegasus Knight hero who wanted to kill Shu Xiao.
Behind Daliang, six griffins in good condition rushed into the air to fight. Their addition supplemented the defensive loopholes that occurred due to the losses, and allowed those griffins who had been flying and fighting to retreat a little and recover their strength.
At this time, the "Black Fire" had already sailed to the starboard side of the "Skeleton Soldier", which was the periphery of artillery battle. The tall hull of the "Skeleton Soldier" provided cover for merchant ships with slightly weak defenses, so that it did not have to worry about being baptized by artillery shells.
On the top of the stern tower of the "Black Fire" war five magicians threw magic at the Pegasus knights in the air.
A magical attack killed two more Pegasus knights.
The joining of the new force drove the Pegasus Knights out of the sky above the "Skeleton Soldiers". The battle reduced the number of Pegasus Knights to thirteen. They dragged their tired bodies to fly towards their own warships, and continued to fly and increase the intensity of the battle, which made these Pegas unable to bear it. They urgently needed rest and restore their physical strength. The next battle was difficult to fight.
The comparison of the number of air units on both sides has now changed.
The number of griffins in the Black Fire Fleet is eighteen. With the two royal griffins of Daliang and Shu Xiao, the air force of the Black Fire Fleet faintly exceeds that of the escort fleet. It is impossible for the Pegasus Knight to continue attacking the sails of the Black Fire Fleet. Instead, he has to think about how to resist the griffins' attack on their own warships.
Now the sail of the "Skeleton Soldier" is damaged, and it will take some time to lift the middle mast again, and the escort fleet is squeezing at full speed. Crashing the escort fleet is a catastrophe for the Blackfire fleet, and if you want to block the escort fleet from approaching, destroying the sails of their flagship is the best way.
The ship-to-ship artillery battle continues, and the sidewalks of the exchange of fire between the two sides have been riddled with holes.
On the open deck of the "Skeleton Soldier", five sailors climbed up along the net ladder connecting the top of the middle mast. They wanted to raise the sail as soon as possible and let the warships drive out the speed they should have. In addition, some sailors lifted baskets of sea fish from the cabin, and they grabbed the fish and threw them into the air. Before the fish began to fall, the hungry griffin had already flew up and grabbed it in the air and swallowed it.
The griffins began to eat, and Daliang and Shu Xiao fell on the stern platform of the "Skull Soldier", looking at the escort fleet that was approaching sideways while firing cannons.
And on the sea farther away, two troop transport ships were driving at full speed.
Daliang said to Shu Xiao: "The ship is slow. As long as it is not tied up by the opponent's warship, even if the "Skeleton Soldier" has fewer sails, they will not be able to catch up. The brig fleet is at a disadvantage in both size and height. Clashing with the "Skeleton Soldier" at a close distance will only disperse them. Only their flagship three-masted warship is a big threat. The difficult thing now is how to make it slow down the ship. If you use a griffin attack, the opponent will have Pegasus knights and elf archers, and we may not be able to achieve our goal even if we die."
Shu Xiao said: "This is not simple. Use fire-type magic to burn their sails directly. Can you attack magic from the fire-type magic?"
Daliang himself did not learn the attack magic of the fire system, but his new staff had its own magic "fireball". However, he shook his head and said, "Destroying the sails is not as simple as you think. I heard from Sidney that all sails and hulls of ships are treated with anti-magic treatment. Fire-type magic is difficult to damage them. Only natural fire can effectively ignite the sails."
"Such high fire magic resistance?"
"That's of course, if the ship's fire magic is not strong, the elves' fleet would have set fire to our ship long ago."
"This is not easy to fight." Shu Xiao looked at the enemy's warship and quickly thought about how to "assassinate" the sails of the enemy ship under heavy protection. An excellent bodyguard needs to have very good reverse thinking ability, and they need to often stand from the perspective of a killer to examine whether there are loopholes in their security measures.
After a while, Shu Xiao said: "For us, the 'Skeleton Soldier' is a key point. If the 'Skeleton Soldier' occurs, our battle will be very passive like this. But for the enemy fleet, their key point is actually the two troop transport ships. I see that there are a large number of unicorns on the two troop transport ships, which is the reason why the enemy is eager to fight with us. If we don't attack their warships, but attack their troop transport ships?"
Daliang followed Shu Xiao's thoughts and said: "If I attack their troop ship from the air, these elves will definitely feel very uncomfortable. Their Pegasus Knights must go to rescue. These Pegasus Knights will lose the protection of the elves archers on the ship during a period of time when they fly on the sea. If we eliminate their Pegasus Knights..."
Shu Xiao said excitedly: "Yes! Eliminating their Pegasus Knights is the real weakness of the enemy fleet. As long as we have absolute air supremacy, fight whatever we want in this battle. But... that Silver Pegasus Knight hero is very powerful. Can we two beat him? And we can't let the griffin die with them."
Daliang said: "It's up to man, and we don't have a better way to break the deadlock anyway. All the griffins are left to you to command. I'll go back to the Black Fire to block their troop transport ship first. You can follow up immediately after the griffins are full."
"I understand!" Shu Xiao answered with the griffins who were competing for food in the flight.
Daliang rode the royal griffin back to the "Black Fire". The three-masted merchant ship slowed down. After the two fleets of fire were passing, the head of the ship drove over to the two troop transport ships.
Jumped off the Royal Griffin and Daliang entered the bridge command position.
"All artillery enter the gun position!"
The three-masted merchant ship has a total of 20 naval guns, three-layer artillery decks, and ten on the left and right sides, concentrated in the ventral position. Since the "Black Fire" was going to deal with two troop transport ships this time, Daliang knew that he had no experience in naval battles, so he directly asked all the artillery to load shells. Fortunately, he could randomly use the naval guns on both sides during the exchange of fire.
All the guns of the "Black Fire" entered the firing position, and twenty cannons on both sides extended out of the gun doors, which looked a bit ferocious from a distance.
After the gunners reported that the artillery was in place, Daliang looked up at the magic wizards on the stern and said, "Vincent, see the enemy Pegasus Knights. Once they enter your range, immediately attack them with state magic."
Chapter completed!