Ocean Lords: Start as a Fisherman

Chapter 137 Unequal Battle
After learning from his captains that there was a strange fleet following, Su Wang ordered 10 leading warships to launch bombers to conduct exploration along the way in the surrounding waters.

The high-altitude vision and long control range quickly detected useful information.

After the report from my subordinates,
A fleet of nearly 2 unfamiliar warships was sailing from the flank towards a water area ahead.

If the migrating fleet continues sailing along its current route, it will almost certainly encounter the enemy.

When Su Wang learned the news, he immediately notified Tia and asked her to adjust the formation of the Horned Eel family fleet, protect the transport ship, and prepare to resist the attack.

If a supply transport ship is sunk, the supply boxes it carries will be scattered on the water.

Therefore, if the other party intends to rob, they will attack the transport ship as soon as possible.

After receiving the order, Tia quickly passed it on.

After the order was conveyed, he found Su Wang and asked him.

"Captain, has something unexpected happened?"

Su Wang responded.

"It's probably because a large number of transport ships appeared in the fleet and were spotted by a certain dock."

"But don't worry, leave this matter to me. You will temporarily lead the fleet and continue on its journey. I will go and meet them."

At present, Tia is not on the Death Heart, but is driving the Winnie.

Su Wang planned to temporarily hand over the navigation task to Tia, and lead the Mutual Aid Fleet to meet the other fleet in advance.

Since the two fleets have not yet met, no fighting has occurred.

But judging from the information obtained in advance, the other party's intention to take action is almost certain.

If you wait until you encounter the other party and give them the opportunity to attack, it would be a bad strategy.

It would be better to send a faster-speed mutual aid fleet to meet them and prevent the other fleet from approaching.

If the other party is stubborn, then Su Wang can't be blamed for having to clear the way.

A pilot ship was left to Tia for gathering intelligence.

The rest of the mutual aid fleet and the pilot warship were taken away by Su Wang.

Without the drag of the slower fleet, the mutual aid fleet's sailing speed immediately increased to the fastest.

At the current speed, it is enough to intercept the other fleet in advance.

Less than an hour later,
Through the reconnaissance of bombers, Su Wang had led the mutual aid fleet to stop in the waters where the other fleet was moving.

Not long after, Su Wang saw a large number of warships connected together.

The other fleet should also have seen the stagnant partner fleet.

From the bomber's perspective,

Su Wang discovered that the other fleet first slowed down and stopped for a while, but soon continued sailing again.

It seemed that they did not take the appearance of the Mutual Aid Fleet seriously.

Su Wang couldn't help but feel a little amused when he saw this.

"He's determined to come over here."

He immediately sent a message to his captains, asking them to fire the first wave of warning shots as soon as all the enemy fleets came within range.

Before long, the enemy fleet all sailed into the attack range of the mutual aid fleet.

Some of the ships in the front were even less than 4 kilometers away from the mutual aid fleet.

At this time, the captains of the Mutual Aid Fleet followed Su Wang's instructions and fired hundreds of ship-borne cannons at the same time.

A series of roars,
Nearly a thousand shells fell into the waters a thousand meters ahead of the enemy fleet.

After this warning shot, the other fleet finally stopped.

Instead, more than a hundred ships were separated from them and slowly approached the Mutual Aid Fleet.

After seeing this, Su Wang realized that this was an exchange group sent by the other party.

The other party has not yet shown any actual intention to attack.

Su Wang didn't want to attack the other party directly, so he asked the mutual aid fleet to let the other exchange group get closer.

A few minutes later, more than a hundred warships slowly approached the Mutual Aid Fleet.

Wait until we are close enough to talk.
A captain on one of the enemy warships shouted loudly.

"What is your fleet's intention? Why are you firing cannons to stop our fleet from moving forward?"

Facing this scolding, Su Wang slowly drove the Wangxin out of the fleet and responded loudly.

"We are the Fool's Wharf Fleet, and a large fleet will soon be passing through the waters ahead.
Please stop and give way to our fleet to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."

The meaning of Su Wang's words was very clear, that is, don't have any bad thoughts and just wait for the fleet to pass.

However, the other captain did not seem to listen to Su Wang's words, but instead sneered and retorted.

"The waters ahead are public and not under the jurisdiction of any port. Why should we give way to your fleet?"

After hearing this, Su Wang responded calmly.

"Our fleet is carrying transport supplies. To ensure the safety of the supplies, we will check for any dangerous factors."

"I hope your fleet understands that if your fleet insists on approaching further, you will be considered a dangerous factor."

It’s a pity that Su Wang’s warning seems unimportant compared to the temptation of large amounts of supplies.

Or perhaps the cooperative fleet of only 3 warships did not attract the attention of the other party.

The other captain responded bluntly, with a rather coercive tone in his words.

"This place is close to our Hongzhe Wharf. How do we know that your fleet has no ill intentions?

"Now I give you two fleets two choices.

Either apply to the alliance for permission to pass through Hongzhe Wharf and pay the escort transportation fee,
Otherwise, let us pass and let our fleet keep watch until your fleet leaves the waters near Hongzhe Wharf."

Su Wang was amused when he heard what the other captain said. Neither of these two options was a good choice.

The first thing is naturally to pay a lot of resources as tolls.

The second one is to expose one's own fleet to the enemy's sight.

By then, if the other party decides to attack, it will only take a few minutes to launch the attack.

Although Su Wang was not afraid of a naval battle with the enemy fleet, losses caused by close combat would undoubtedly be a troublesome matter.

Therefore, Su Wang did not intend to choose either of these two options, but instead gave another option.

"I'm sorry, but I don't accept either of these options."

"If your fleet insists on approaching further, our fleet will regard your fleet as the enemy and attack with fire."

Not taking the initiative to cause trouble does not mean that Su Wang is afraid of trouble.

As long as his own interests were ensured, Su Wang didn't mind being a little arrogant.

According to his idea,

Although the fleet's latest round of bombardment did not reveal its full range, it should still be much farther than the range of ordinary warships.

If the other party is not afraid of suffering heavy damage, he should wisely choose to give up.

However, Su Wang ultimately underestimated the temptation brought by hundreds of transport ships.

Upon hearing this, the other captain silently sailed towards the main force.

It seems that he doesn't intend to continue the talks.

At this time, Su Wang also received a call from his captain, asking whether to stop these ships from returning.

Upon hearing this, Su Wang asked them to stay still.

As the saying goes, when two armies are fighting, they don't kill envoys.
Su Wang didn't take these hundred warships seriously.

After letting them go back, we'll see what the other party does.

If they refused to listen to the advice and insisted on moving forward, then Su Wang would have no choice but to force them to stop.

Soon, the enemy's hundreds of warships had joined the main fleet.

Su Wang also waited for the reaction of the other fleet.

However, things did not turn around.
After the other fleet joined up, they only stopped for a moment before continuing to sail forward.
Many ships have already displayed their onboard cannons, looking as if they are ready for war.

After understanding the other party's choice,
Su Wang didn't intend to treat it "friendly" and immediately ordered the "bomber" flying over the enemy's rear area to attack.

At the same time, the Mutual Aid Fleet also launched an artillery attack.

This time the shelling was no longer aimed at warning or deterrence, but was aimed directly at the warships in the front area of ​​the enemy fleet.

In an instant, a large number of shells poured into the enemy fleet.

This instantly caught the other fleet off guard.

Although the previous wave of warning artillery fire had a long range, it was not as far as this.

The large number of explosions that fell from the sky in the rear area of ​​the fleet left many captains confused.

I couldn't understand why a large number of attacks suddenly came down from above my head.

It was not until they were attacked that they looked up and discovered that there were more than a dozen black objects that looked only the size of fists in the sky above their heads.

These attacks that fell from the sky all came from the release of these dark objects.

As the commander-in-chief of the Red Sting Wharf Fleet,
Levin knew immediately that he had run into a tough opponent this time.

After just the first round of attacks, the fleet received reports that nearly three hundred warships had sunk.

Originally, Levin thought that the enemy had only 3 warships.

Once the distance is shortened, the enemy can be defeated with a single salvo of fire, even at the cost of a maximum of a hundred warships.

However, this was far from the range within which their own fleet could counterattack, and they had already lost nearly 3 ships.

Not to mention the inexplicable attack on the rear of the fleet, even the power of the enemy fleet's artillery fire scared him.

Normally, a medium-sized warship can withstand at least a dozen shells from warships of the same level.

But the power of the opponent's artillery shells is indeed a bit too much.

Levin witnessed with his own eyes a medium-sized warship being hit by five or six shells and immediately began to sink.

"Based on the current distance, their warships can still fire at least three or four salvos to reach the fleet's counterattack range."

"Wouldn't it mean that we'd lose nearly half our warships before even firing a single shot?"

Levin immediately felt something was wrong.

But now that the attack has been launched, it is too late to retreat.

At this moment, Levin even wanted to curse the lord who sent the order.

If he had not sent the order to intercept the enemy's transport fleet, he would not have encountered such a "tough" opponent.

However, just as the other side launched another round of artillery fire, Levin suddenly felt a little desperate.

The enemy fleet did not maintain its stationary bombardment at this moment, but began to move at a distance and conduct cruising bombardment.

What chilled Levin the most was that the enemy fleet's movement speed was obviously nearly twice as fast as his own fleet!
Right now, we can neither hit them nor catch up with them.

Obviously, his fleet had more ships, but in this situation, at best, they just had more targets.

After enduring only three rounds of bombardment, Levin made a decision immediately and sent orders to the captains of his fleets.

"If you don't want to die, everyone stop and put away your offensive stance!"

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(End of this chapter)