Shadow Trails in Azeroth

"boom"

Another salvo of gunfire from the Gilnean support fleet swept across the sea, but this time it was not intended to kill.

A huge amount of artillery shells accurately fell between the undead pirate fleet and the Gilneas forward fleet. The exploding water columns and gunpowder smoke billowed, tearing apart everything in the nearly half-a-mile-wide body of water.

Dai Lin used Gilneas's firepower advantage to create an artificial "isolation zone", and with the help of the ocean currents induced by the Tide Sage, he "escorted" the heavily damaged forward fleet back to the rear.

This shelling was like a cold "warning".

As long as the pirates dare to catch up, they will be greeted by a brutal and ruthless sweep.

Under the command of Dai Lin, the second-class warships of the support fleet that had completed two rounds of bombardment were galloping on the sea and re-seizing the bombardment position.

This navy, which had been operating strictly, seemed to have been injected with "soul" all of a sudden.

Their tactics have become more diverse, and they no longer solely pursue the advantage of shelling.

While the naval guns were being reloaded, the sea sages set off a huge wave towards the pirates, disrupting their formation, interfering with their artillery counterattacks, and accelerating their own fleet.

Led by the huge black flagship "Northern Lord", this group became so menacing that the Gilneans seemed to be approaching for a boarding battle.

The bottom gun windows of those battleships specially used for close-combat bombardment have been opened, and small black guns have been pushed into the gun emplacements.

The Gilnean sailors, who had been filled with anger by the pirates' wanton bombings, grabbed muskets and carried machetes. The armored and provocative sailors had already grabbed the cables, their eyes filled with the joy of revenge.

Things like morale and momentum are invisible and intangible, but they do exist.

After Daelin destroyed the pirate forward with a brutal round of bombardment, the courage of the Gilneans seemed to return to their bodies, and their desire for victory became more intense.

On the other hand, look at the pirates.

With no advantage in numbers and ships, they lost the stupid forwards who disobeyed orders, making their own side even more disadvantaged. Facing the entire pressing naval fleet, some guys with a bad mentality began to fire indiscriminately.

Most of the cannonballs flew into the sea, and only a few hit the navy flagship. However, when those cannonballs approached the ship, they were blocked by the invisible sea breeze wrapped on both sides of the warship, and could not harm the flagship at all.

The distance is getting closer and closer, and we are about to enter the distance where we can perform a "sea charge" in the style of Kul Tiras.

Dailin's fingers were rubbing the hilt of the sword, and on the deck outside the command room, the elite navy of Gilneas, commanded by the great knight Cyrus, was ready for a gang war.

"Inform Lord Darius."

Dai Lin ordered:

"After I command the fleet to complete the first round of charge, I need his forward fleet to immediately start covering the bombardment! This will buy my fleet time to turn and recharge.

The subsequent tactics were alternated in this way.

My fleet charged forward, and he was in charge of fire support. According to my experience, these pirates will collapse after at most two rounds of impact.

Also, how are you preparing your magic power? "

When the naval fleet entered the charging distance of the sea, Dai Lin suddenly turned around and asked, and Jetaris glanced at a strange crescent moon gemstone ornament placed next to the command room.

The green fluorescence inside the latter is almost full.

She turned back to Dai Lin and said:

"Preparations are complete, and alien creatures can be summoned to join the battle at any time."

Dai Lin waved his hand, and his temporary ship suddenly accelerated.

Under the loud call of the high-ranking Haixian, the sea at this time was like an angry roar, forming rolling waves out of thin air behind several assault warships led by Dai Lin, pushing them towards the pirate fleet ahead to launch a deadly and dangerous sea impact.

"What are you waiting for?"

During such a high-speed assault, the admiral holding the hilt of his command sword said in a deep voice:

"Summon that creature to enter! Attack the ghost ship that is hiding in the fog and cannot be targeted by gunfire. I need it to accurately decapitate the pirates' flagship!"

"General, as far as I know, that alien creature is very destructive, but it can only be controlled for a very short time."

Adjutant Jetaris asked while recording the order:

"Perhaps we should concentrate our superior firepower and send it to defeat the pirate fleet's main formation first."

"No! Superior firepower tactics are strategies for dealing with regular naval forces."

Dai Lin seemed to be in a good mood and casually mentioned:

"But what we are facing now is a group of pirates, young people. You have to learn to distinguish the different characteristics of different enemies. A well-trained navy with a complete command system will not stop fighting just because the flagship is trapped.

If the commander dies in battle, the captain with the highest rank will take over the command, so the beheading tactic is difficult to be effective in the navy.

But pirates are different.

These guys bully good and fear evil, and do not have a strong will or strict discipline. They choose to follow a big pirate for reasons that are more mixed with fear, greed and ambition.

Pirates have no loyalty.

Therefore, the best strategy when dealing with them should be 'scare' tactics.

Send elite warships to destroy and kill the pirate commander. Once the commander's flagship is sunk, the morale of the pirates will plummet and they will collapse without a fight.

If you want more loot, instead of harvesting a pile of rotten wood and corpses all over the sea, and don't want to cause more casualties to your own side, then you should use this tactic wisely. "

"As expected of an admiral! Got it."

Female staff officer Jetaris nodded repeatedly.

She secretly recorded these words in her notebook. She felt that she had gained more from participating in the war as Dailin's adjutant today than she had spent in the Gilneas Navy for a year.

This King of the Sea really has a special charm that makes people willingly obey all his orders.

She quickly left Dai Lin's side, picked up the crescent gem full of green fluorescence, and handed it to a Gilnean mage, asking him to immediately take it to the forward fleet and hand it over to Lord Darius. use.

Although I don’t know what the alien creature that the lord regards as a secret weapon is, I guess it must be very powerful since it has been hidden as the fleet’s trump card until now, right?

Defeating a ghost ship should be easy, right? ——

The stinky pirate will now stand on the bow of the Nag'far. He looks forward and looks at his own warships that are facing the attack of the Gilneas fleet.

The orc pirate ship led by Maimu at the front was crushed the moment it was hit by the "Northern Lord". The poor old ship was smashed into pieces in the piercing explosion, and its hull and keel were smashed, and it was pushed down to the sea in humiliation. .

It was split in two again in the rampage of the black giant ship.

The remaining giant ships followed Dai Lin and crushed the undead pirate formation. Fortunately, this naval battle was not like the land battle where everyone was crowded together, and there was enough space between each ship.

This allowed Dailin's charge to only smash Maimu's ship and an unlucky snake boat.

But the problem is that the sea charge tactics of the Kul Tiras fleet have never been designed to kill. It is an effective tactic to destroy the enemy's morale.

After witnessing their ship being mercilessly crushed by a warship, even the most stubborn pirate will be shocked.

Once the pirates' command system gets out of control, what awaits them is ruthless slaughter from the naval fleet.

It can be said that as soon as the sea charge tactics started, the rhythm of the battle was skillfully grasped by Dai Lin.

Relying on the super mobility and deadly precision brought by the Tide Sage's call to the power of the sea, Dai Lin has the final say whether to attack or leave, and the enemy can only passively accept it.

"That lunatic Dailin has launched a charge! It really makes people's blood boil every time they watch the Kul Tiras fleet charge into the sea. This is when he is driving a broken Gilnean ship.

If his monster-like Sea King was here, a single charge would shatter the poor morale and confidence of my stupid subordinates.

Let alone them, even I would be afraid of Dai Lin charging. "

Black shook his head and refused to look at his subordinates who were being slaughtered. He would be unable to save them even if he wanted to.

The Nagfar is fast, but does not have any firepower projection capabilities.

With Haixian protecting Dai Lin's ship, even if Blake crashed into it, Dai Lin would be killed.

The ghost ship wrapped in the ocean fog was silently moving towards the rear of the war zone. He glanced at the flanking sea. In the ocean fog that had opened up, the large ghost gunboat Sister of Mercy was approaching.

The red flag has also been hoisted on the mast.

The smaller vrykul longship, the Power of Jotunheim, came faster. The ghost captain Grayson stood on the bow. Behind him, a group of ghost pirates rowed the oars while singing pirate songs, making his ship continue to accelerate. .

"You! All get on that ship!"

Black waved to the approaching Captain Grayson and motioned for him to dock at the side of the Nagfar ship. Then he turned back and scolded a group of trainee pirates on the deck:

“It’s time for you to be loyal to the fleet.

Creedon, you lead them, and cooperate with Grayson to carry out the 'decapitation' mission, as far away as possible from the fleet commanded by Dailin, to attack the Gilneans who are reorganizing their formation behind!

Go and do your best to cause chaos!

Get rid of all those Gilnean captains!

They must not be allowed to launch artillery bombardments between sea charges. Once they form a chain of charge and artillery bombardment tactics, our fleet will be demoralized after at most two rounds of charges. "

"As commanded."

The commander of the Knights of the Immortal Sea, Jon Creedon, who was wearing rusty armor, responded angrily, carrying a sword with the death rune engraved by the old lich himself, urging the new scum to board. Get on Grayson's longship.

After being "upgraded", this ship maintained the high speed and maneuverability that a longship should have. Even if the Gilnean ship had the help of the tide, it could not match the speed of the pillager ship.

Perfect for carrying out special operations missions in large battlefields.

"Sister of Mercy, follow us."

Captain Elres of the ghost gunboat also received the order from the Nagfar. The old pirate did not resist. He held the rusty sailor's knife and controlled his black gunboat to line up with the Nagfar. Column.

Covered by the fog of ocean pollution, the two ships rushed towards the Gilneas forward fleet behind them as quickly as possible.

Blake's goal is clear.

He stared closely at the big red ship in the center of the fleet behind him. It should be one of the three flagships built by the Gilneans from the blueprints stolen from Kul Tiras.

Needless to say, there must be a big shot from Gilneas on it.

"Daelin can care about the life or death of ordinary sailors, but I think the survival of an important figure in Gilneas will definitely force him to abandon the frontal battlefield and come back to support.

He still didn't bring enough Hae-hyun this time, and there was no way he could take care of both sides.

This is our only chance to win!

Tsk tsk, defeating Dai Lin is such a sense of accomplishment whenever I think about it. "

Black drew out the legendary sword from his waist, and while quenching poison on the blade, he said to Windrunner's mother who was walking quickly beside him:

"Mentor, for this glorious and great goal, I want you to be an assassin with me this time."

"I am your retainer, and it is my duty to serve you."

General Lilesa held the dark bow and looked at the Gilneas forward fleet in the distance in the fog. She said:

“But how to get there is the question.

Gilneas's forward fleet suffered heavy damage, but has regrouped and regained morale. You only have three ghost ships here. I guess you can't even get close to them without being forced back by artillery. "

"I have many ways to interfere with them."

Blake turned back and "looked" at Sephiel. The first parasaurus immediately grabbed a horn made of whale shark bone, put it to his mouth, puffed up his cheeks, and blew it.

This weird sound spreads into the deep sea through the sea water, attracting a group of legendary creatures that have been hiding in the trench since the war just started.

Big gurgling blisters began to appear around the Gilneas forward fleet, which was calibrating the cannon landing point. By the time Lord Darius sensed something was wrong, it was already too late.

"Aw! I am the Rumbler! The chosen warrior of the Tidestone! Landlubbers, drown in the sea!"

Amid a huge roar like thunder, a huge sea giant more than ten meters tall, decorated with broken shipwrecks and wooden planks of starfish, jumped out of the sea.

He landed brutally on the deck of the battleship, shaking the ship from side to side. He grabbed two heavy rusty anchors with both hands and swung them like two war hammers.

Under the cruel and cold-blooded gaze, two consecutive blows violently turned the deck of a third-class battleship at the edge of the fleet that was about to fire into a bloody hell. With an excited shout, he used iron to The anchor swept across and overturned most of the entire stern.

The appearance of Gork the Rumbler is just the beginning.

Under his leadership, the remaining seven sea giants jumped out of the deep water one after another with waves.

Each person chooses a ship and jumps on. As the Gilneans scream in terror, these violent deep-sea legendary creatures tamed by the undead fleet wreak havoc.

It only took less than ten seconds to mess up Gilneas' forward fleet.

"boom"

Lord Darius Crowley, who rushed out of the cabin with a battle ax, saw a sea giant jumping on his flagship, and his eyes were bloodshot with anger.

The legendary warrior roared and rushed forward to kill the disgusting monster.

But before charging, he did not forget to smash the moonlight gem dotted with green fluorescence in his hand to pieces under his feet.

"O giant beast from another world, your enemy is in the mist!"

"Go! Eat them all!"