What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

The mechanic frowned and said, "It's actually easy to make it move. Just find a few elven magicians."

"Where can I find it..." Halfway through his speech, Haverdan suddenly thought of something.

The elves are not a monolithic group. Many of them hate the upper class nobles. Wouldn't it be better to ask them for help?

Thinking of this, he hurried to find Zhu Chongba, and then tried to contact the members of the Elf Guild who were lurking in the expeditionary force.

The first contact with the elven fleet ended perfectly.

However, Hafdan did not indulge in the joy of victory. After all, behind these four warships, there was a whole fleet of elves, and he had to prepare for the subsequent battle.

Although this naval battle started off well, it also exposed their problem - the firepower of the warships was indeed too small.

Of course, this amount of firepower should be enough to defeat the dwarven warships.

The dwarven navy does not have a defensive shield, so every shell it hits can cause real damage, and even if the damage is small, the beast can be killed by slowly bleeding it. But the elves' warships are different. If they cannot break the light shield in a short period of time, they will not be able to cause effective damage to the opponent and reduce the opponent's combat effectiveness.

Once the elves' tree ships approach the free port and wreak havoc, the maneuverability of the warships will be meaningless.

Oh, how good it would be for you if the fleet of Aurora City was here.

Haverdan thought so more than once.

But he also knew very well that this was impossible! Since Fran trusted him and sent him here, he had to do everything he could to defeat the other party.

Know thyself, ever-victorious.

These two captured tree ships became the best entry point for them to understand the elven warships.

In the following days, Halfdan and his elder brother Bjorn lived and ate on the treeboat. They took the engineers with them and explored the internal structure of the treeboat inch by inch, looking for its weaknesses. Combined with the interrogation of the elf captives, they began to look for possible breakthrough points and formulate a plan based on this.

The tree ship's defense shield can be said to be all-round. It not only protects the deck, but can even protect both sides of the ship's side. It can be said to be an all-round turtle shell.

However, while carrying out all-round defense, they also discovered a problem - when the defensive shield was raised, the enemy's artillery and vines could no longer attack and could only be blocked behind the defensive shield.

The second flaw of the treeboat is its way of moving forward. Although the treeboat has no oars, the principle of its propulsion is not much different from that of an oar, except that the rower is replaced by the treeboat itself.

The divine magician relied on the vines growing from the bottom of the boat to simulate the movement of the oars and ultimately drive the boat forward.

This method is obviously much more convenient than manpower. The saved rowers can be transformed into more soldiers to increase the attack power of the warship.

However, the vines are ultimately driven by divine power, which is why when they lean towards defense, they are in a dilemma of severe lack of power.

When the dwarves fought against the elves, they adopted a desperate tactic and madly approached the elves to attack, and even used ancient tactics such as collision, forcing the elves to give up their terrible mobility in order to increase their defense.

Perhaps they could learn from the tactics used by the dwarves back then.

As long as they could force the elves' tree ships to stop, and then use their long-range firepower, they could trap the elven fleet on the sea.

As for the method of forcing a stop...

With firearms, they certainly didn't need to worry about the dwarves' rough striking methods.

Thinking of this, Haverdan hurriedly said, "Go and invite Master Jinkara! We have something important to discuss!"

Chapter 364: The Strategy of No Retreat (Monthly Ticket Plus)

More than ten days had passed since the first contact, when the elves' Saint Selux fleet appeared again.

This time, they sent out a total of twenty-four warships, the entire Saint Cyrule fleet was mobilized without any reservations.

Hamilton was well aware of the purpose of their trip, and he was determined to destroy the free port at all costs and make it useless.

As long as the Freeport is destroyed, the soldiers of the entire Troll Empire will not be able to get supplies. In this way, even the strongest trenches will be no different from ordinary trenches if there are no soldiers to hold them. The solid northern front will collapse in an instant.

Twenty-four warships formed two columns and slowly moved towards the free port like a big net. From a distance, they looked like an iron wall, determined to crush the enemies on one side of the iron wall into pieces.

Looking at this formation, Bjorn and Haverdan knew very well that the enemy's target was the Freeport! They would not care about the casualties on their side at all.

This is a life-and-death tactic.

It’s just a pity that… when it comes to risking one’s life in the ocean, no one dares to compete with the Venetians!

Although the Venetian army was weak, the fishermen on the sea were another story! The poor and low-class Venetians were fighting desperately against the sea every day!

Either go to the sea and exchange your life for money, or starve to death at home.

Venice is cruel.

Bjorn, Haverdan and other sailors were all born in the lower class of Venetians! The elves' behavior fully demonstrated their bloodiness.

"Intercept them at all costs!"

"Send all the elves to the sea to feed the fish!"

"Defend the free port! Defend freedom!"

Amid the passionate shouts of the Nanzhong crowd, the sailors of the Liangdong tribe boarded the warships and rushed towards the Jinglu fleet.

In terms of the number of warships alone, Freeport obviously has more warships! But in terms of total tonnage, there is a huge difference.

From a distance, they looked like countless skinny warriors launching a desperate charge towards the tall giant.

One shell after another flew from the warship and hit the tree boat, but such a long-range attack could not cause any effective damage to the tree boat.

Hamilton stood on the ancient tree of the flagship and looked into the distance with a telescope (produced in the city of Orilla).

"Their firepower is about the same as we estimated." Hamilton muttered to himself, "It's impossible to penetrate our defense with such firepower. I want to see how you can stop us."

After receiving the intelligence brought by the vanguard troops, Hamilton immediately formulated targeted tactics.

It has to be said that Hamilton is indeed a qualified naval commander with rich experience and non-pedantic ideas.

He saw the advantages and disadvantages of the warship at a glance. Compared with the traditional Aurora City warships, the warships completely sacrificed firepower and protection in exchange for super high maneuverability. So they must not engage in mobile warfare with the opponent, but go straight to the target, making the maneuverability of the warship a decoration.

So he set up these two columns. As long as they can get close to the free port, the vines will be able to play a role! At that time, the warships can only watch them dismantle the facilities of the free port.

Hamilton was also very clear about the attack method of the Orila City warships. In order to maximize the firepower of the artillery, the warships had to line up sideways and shoot at the enemy with their broadsides. In this way, there were only two possible directions for their attack.

The first one is that the warship passes over the two ends of the long snake, first attacks the tree boats on both sides, and then slowly swallows the whole long snake.

The second method is to place the battleship directly in front of them, so as to maximize the firepower!

No commander with a brain would choose the second option! Because if this method is chosen, once the firepower is not enough to stop all the tree boats, the tree boats will just run over them. Judging from the size of the two, it is as easy for a tree boat to run over a warship as an elephant to run over an ant.

In Hamilton's opinion, the enemy could only attack the two wings of the long snake first! Bit by bit, it would eat away at the entire Saint Selux fleet. In this case, the firepower of the warships was crucial, and this was precisely the shortcoming of the warships.

Not only that, it also equipped the tree ships on both sides with an excessive number of divine magicians to ensure that there is sufficient divine power for defense!

"Come on! Commander of Orila City!" Hamilton narrowed his eyes and said, "Come and accept the great gift I give you!"

However, just as he finished speaking, he saw that all the warships had arrived in front of them...

This……

Hamilton was stunned!

They wouldn't really want to fight them by committing suicide, right?

Then, all the warships were lined up in a row, with their sides pointed at the elves' troops!

Is the opposing commander crazy? He is simply risking his life!

When Haverdan saw the elves put up this formation, he immediately understood Hamilton's strategy. The safest way was indeed to attack from both sides and gradually eat up the long snake. This would not only give full play to the advantages of the warship's maneuverability, but also reduce the losses of the party.

If the decisive battle was just in a wide sea, Haverdan would do it without hesitation! However, their goal now is not to defeat the opponent, but to preserve the free port! If the free port is destroyed, then even if the fleet is intact, it will be meaningless.

After the warships were lined up, they immediately launched a fierce attack on the elves' troops. Countless shells slid through the air in an arc, constantly bursting sparks on the tree ships. For a while, the defense shields on the tree ships flickered continuously. Since the tree ships were facing the warships head-on, the cannons on the side could not respond at all, and they could only passively take the hit.

After the last encounter, Hamilton knew that they had to concentrate their firepower to break through the elves' defense shield in a short period of time and cause damage to the tree ship. Otherwise, no matter how intensive the damage was, it would be offset by the divine power of the divine magician.

After several rounds of salvos, thick smoke soon came out of four tree boats, and one of them was even covered in fire and had to stop to put out the fire.

But the bombing speed is still too slow.

Hamilton clenched his fists and looked at the enemy fleet that was growing bigger and bigger in the distance! Behind him were rows of archers, and they were defending against the enemy's aerospace army. The dwarf fleet was previously destroyed by the feather tribe's aerospace army, and the elves obviously did not want to repeat the same mistake.

"Too slow! Speed ​​up!" Hamilton said to his men, "Tell the other warships to invest 20% more of their power into speed! Getting hit a few times won't hurt! Treeboats are very sturdy and can't be stopped by a cannon."

"As you command!"

Under Hamilton's command, the elf fleet suddenly began to accelerate.

With the firepower of the warships, it was impossible to wipe them all out before the elves' warships rushed over.

If it were any other commander, knowing that he could not break through, he should have prepared to attack the flank in time. Being hit by such a large tree ship is no joke. With such a huge difference in tonnage, I am afraid that no one on the entire battleship will survive.

But Haverdan never gave the order to retreat, because he knew they had nowhere to retreat, and behind them was the Freeport!

If the artillery couldn't stop the elves, they would have to use the warships themselves to stop them.

Of course, Haverdan was not a reckless man. He put up such a formation even though he knew it was impossible to stop it.

Seeing the elven fleet getting closer and closer, Haverdan suddenly issued a strange order.

"Let go of the boat."

As the order was given, countless small boats were released from the warships, swaying continuously in the sea and heading towards the huge elven fleet.

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Chapter 365: Break Your Legs

These small wooden boats are very small in size, and they cut through the waves in the sea and move forward with difficulty.

Two trolls sat at the front and back ends of each small wooden boat. They were naked and not even equipped with any weapons. In the narrow cabin, there seemed to be something covered with moisture-proof cloth.

"This is..." Hamilton also discovered these small wooden boats: "Quickly send the war eagles out to scout!"

Soon, the divine magicians who could control birds released their slaves one after another. Countless war eagles flew towards the small wooden boats with roars, but they did not see anything valuable except the trolls and dust sheets.

Although the divine magicians could control the war eagle, they could not have complete control after all. They could only perform some simple actions, so they could only fly back.

"Is this boat loaded with explosives? Or flammable materials?" Hamilton thought to himself. Did they want to use suicide to suddenly attack and blow up the tree boat?

This tactic might be useful against other warships, but it was almost ineffective against the elves' tree ships. After all, there were a lot of vines around the tree ships, and the small wooden boats couldn't even get close to the tree ships before they were mercilessly rolled underwater by the vines. Even if they avoided the vines, there was still a layer of defense shield in front of them.

The so-called suicide attacks have no meaning at all.

Hamilton knew this simple truth, so how could the other commander not know it?

To prevent any accidents, Hamilton immediately ordered the archers to prepare, and when the canoe reached the range, they began to shoot frantically.

However, after a hail of arrows, the sharpshooter on the side of the ship suddenly discovered that the small wooden boat had become empty without him noticing.

What about the trolls up there? And what about the unidentified objects in the cabin? Where did they go?

An ominous premonition hung over Hamilton's heart.

However, the next moment, a series of explosions sounded from the bottom of the tree boat without any warning!

Boom boom boom!

Hamilton was caught off guard and fell directly to the ground.

When he stood up again with the help of the guards, he suddenly discovered that their warship had stopped.

"What's going on? Where's the divine magician?" Hamilton shouted hurriedly, "Why did the boat stop?"

"Report... Report to the commander." A divine magician rushed over in a panic and said, "The vines on the bottom of the ship have been blown off!"

"What did you say!?" Hamilton widened his eyes in surprise.

He finally understood what these trolls were here for. They were not here to launch a suicide attack, but to blow up the "oars" that moved the tree boat forward.

Immediately afterwards, explosions one after another rang out in the elven fleet, and countless tree boats were forced to stop.

However, this was not the worst. Some of the tree ships had their oars blown off on one side, but the oars on the other side were intact. The unwitting divine magicians were still maneuvering them, and as a result, the warships instantly began to turn in place.

bang bang bang!

The elven fleet was in chaos, and several warships even collided with each other!