Chapter 293, Sheng Qi's island-hopping tactics

Chapter 293, Sheng Qi's island-hopping tactics

The ocean was used as a breakthrough point. One after another, the rat warships sailed across the sea and came here, and soon attracted the attention of the human side.

The ocean province that was isolated outside the main continent became the first target of the rats.

Sheng Qi finally climbed out of the simple tunnel in the cliff, and was surrounded by his most loyal guards and the rat guards to board the steel-cast warship and the flagship of this huge fleet.

Objectively speaking, the increase in the direction of the ocean by the Rat Empire has improved Sheng Qi's status.

In fact, among the pioneers of the Rat Empire on the ocean, he is the only one who can be called famous.

Climbing on the bow, everything is so familiar. The huge bell still makes a piercing sound in the surging waves, and the gears are turning, shaking.

In front of him, many rats raised their heads and looked at him.

He planted the flag on the highest point of the warship.

If there is a choice, if you can choose, then standing here is definitely not what Sheng Qi wants.

It was just that inexplicably, he seemed to have a great entanglement with this bitter and salty river.

This might not be a bad thing, but if there was a choice, if he could choose, Sheng Qi would never want to stand here.

He stood up tall and roared loudly.

"For the great God! For the great holy war!"

The rats on the warship responded to such shouts.

"For the God! The great holy war!"

Sheng Qi started shouting again. He looked so miserable now. During the days he stayed in the simple caves and tunnels, he was stained with too much dust. The overly humid environment on this small island also made him uncomfortable.

The hair on his body stuck together, strand by strand, and you can see some climbing insects and salt grains with turbid yellow condensation in it.

But none of these affected him to raise his arms and shout at this time.

All the inexplicable emotions were mixed into such shouts.

There was not much room for choice.

Fate pushed him to this bitter and salty river, bringing him great pain, and his choice was to hold on tightly.

Sheng Qi is more mature than before, no longer hesitant.

This is a progress, and can also be described as a kind of growth.

The rats on the warship responded to such shouts. They may not understand what they are shouting, but it doesn't matter. These guys are always so obedient.

The rats on the warship gave a very enthusiastic response at this moment.

At this moment, even the slave rats who were struggling to pull the chains and dripping sweat under the whip began to shout loudly.

"For the great gods, for the great holy war!"

The battle at sea began again, the battle at sea between the Rat Empire and the Human Empire, in this sea area, around this unknown island.

The battle on the sea is not easier than the war on land, and it is even more cruel. The naval battle believes in a unified creed that the winner takes all.

The loser loses everything.

Well, at the beginning of this battle, things were not so bad, or rather, the result of the battle was so cruel only for the ratmen.

The maneuverability of the ratmen warships was really too poor. Even though the fleet was large and there was no disadvantage in firepower, since the terrifying series of catapults and siege crossbows of the big claw priests on the land battlefield were gradually eliminated, the big claw priests who were unwilling to give up used these big toys on the warships without reservation.

They did not consider whether these things were really suitable to be placed on this round warship that was difficult to evaluate.

They did not consider whether the extra weight had really pressed the round warship, whose maneuverability was already worrying enough, to a pitiful situation where it was difficult to evaluate the speed.

They could not catch up with the fleeing human warships, nor could they escape the pursuing ratmen warships.

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to use the iron coffins on the ocean to evaluate these bathtub warships.

No, after all, the ratmen's warships do not act alone, but in groups, sailing in the sea.

Groups of iron coffins on the ocean.

Sheng Qi really has no way out. Several times, the flagship he was on was almost sunk.

In the sea of ​​battle, various marine hunters gathered, and the world fell into darkness, which brought a near-destructive blow to the marine ecology.

The large-scale death of algae brought about an ecological collapse starting from the bottom of the food chain.

Although the emergence of the magic tide gave all creatures a chance to breathe.

In the paleness of the large-scale death of algae corpses in the deep sea, a faint blue light began to brew. Life always has to find its own way out, and some special algae that devour and rely on 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 era.

There is a problem. This may take too long, and those former ocean overlords, those old-time ocean overlords may not be able to wait for this day to come.

Until the war between ratmen and humans started.

The warship sank into the sea, and 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, fishmen, Nagas, and creatures in this sea area all gathered on the battlefield between humans and ratmen.

They began to actively follow the pace of the ratmen and human warships, making the war in this sea area more dangerous.

Ratmen and humans are not vegetarians. The giant sea monster that had initially become ferocious was dissatisfied with waiting for the ratmen and humans to announce the dinner time, and began to actively attack the warships of both sides.

Being hit hard by both sides, the huge sea monster was pierced by countless thick crossbows with chains, and was easily killed and dragged on the ocean.

Even this can only be regarded as a simple episode for humans and ratmen, and the battle between the two sides broke out quickly afterwards.

The life and death of creatures in the ocean has no meaning to Sheng Qi. The best thing these strange things active under the sea surface contribute to him is a pair of huge sharp beaks. The remnants from the huge sea monster are hung high as a trophy.

In fact, the situation is quite unfavorable for Sheng Qi.

The disadvantage in mobility is almost impossible to make up for. The rat warships are like bulky glass cannons.

In the ocean war, it is almost a situation of being at the mercy of others.

For this reason, a tactic began to be used by Sheng Qi.

The rats are not good at naval battles, at least not so good at naval battles now, so why not avoid the part of naval wars and drag the situation directly to land wars.

Sheng Qi gave up the idea of ​​commanding these circular warships to shoot at the human side on the sea. These unreliable things were completely used as a transport ship, an armed transport ship.

As soon as this idea came into being, the situation suddenly became clear. The disadvantages of these disc warships have now become advantages in a sense. They can carry enough rat warriors and have strong enough firepower, plus the terrifying production capacity brought by the continuous expansion of the scale in the rear.

Everything is clear.

No matter how the war on the ocean develops, there is no doubt that both sides have not developed to the extent that they can be completely independent of the ocean.

Land supplies, ports, islands, and even fresh water are all vital.

These are what Sheng Qi needs to fight for.

The rat warships gathered together to form a larger and larger fleet, avoiding the harassment of the human fleet and concentrating on moving along the coast.

In the war on the ocean, the rats were defeated and almost did not win any victory.

But as the war progressed, it was the human fleet that became anxious first.

Like a frog leap, the rats occupied every discovered island and every river estuary, and the discovered human villages were ruthlessly destroyed, and the human side had no way to deal with it.

Of course, they could cross this huge rat fleet to attack the rear of the rats, the beacon supply points and ports established by the rats, but this was not a serious blow to the rats.

Before you dock, the rats gathered in these places may have scattered and run away.

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 rat warships that arrive continuously, but it is not cost-effective. The rat warships just can't catch up, which does not mean that their firepower is a little behind.

If you are not careful, these armed transport ships can easily break your big teeth without paying attention. For the rats, exchanging with each other is a business that will not lose anything.

In the darkness, on the sea, in an unknown sea area.

The crazy big claw priest waved his arms, and in the harsh sound of gears, the thick metal frame screamed under the heavy load. In the sound of the iron chain, the thick siege crossbow arrows were thrown out.

This is a lone rat warship, which has crossed a very long distance from the continuous 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 wolf pack on the sea.

This rat warship is doomed.

The hot fireballs that streaked across the sky were densely packed, as if a rain of fire had fallen from the sky, and that was a high temperature that could melt steel.

Continuously falling.

The Big Claw Priest fought back. For some reason, some Big Claw Priests would be particularly excited and even a little crazy when manipulating those dangerous and bulky toys.

Like this guy who raised his arms at this time.

The Ratman warship undoubtedly began to sink. There were no compartments, no multi-layer structures, no closed doors, and without any safety guarantees. The Ratman warship was like a real iron basin drifting on the ocean.

The danger brought by any damage was fatal.

The lone Ratman warship began to sink, lost balance, and began to tilt. The screams of fear resounded in this calm sea.

That round of fire rain did not send all the ratmen on the warship to see the gods. In fact, most of the ratmen survived, but in this situation, there would not be much difference between surviving and dying.

Many things in the sea are waiting for their meals. In fact, they have been waiting for a long time.

One by one, the ratmen rushed to the high places where the gradually tilted warship had not yet completely sunk into the sea. The ratmen who had not had time to climb up to the high places and were submerged by the sea water struggled frantically in the cold sea water. In the darkness, bloodstains burst out on the sea surface.

Obviously, it seemed that dinner was ready.

The warship continued to sink into the sea. Hiding in the high places would not change anything, whether it was slow or fast.

A group of Nagas drove away the sea monsters that had just gathered here, and emerged from the sea one by one, waiting for the complete silence of the ratman 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 by the ratman warship before sinking hit a target, and three thick metal crossbow arrows deeply sank into a human warship.

The guy who was in charge of all this would probably jump up with joy when he saw this scene, but it was a pity that the big claw priest who was waving his arms, calibrating and shooting fell down in the first round of fire rain, and now he is probably eaten by those sea monsters.

For this human warship, there is now a good news and a bad news.

The good news is that the three crossbow arrows did not hit the underwater part of the warship, and the seawater has not yet begun to flow into the hull.

The bad news is that the three thick crossbow arrows firmly nailed in the warship are still connected to the rapidly sinking rat warship.

The taut chain is pulling the human warship into the sea.

The human warriors on the warship tried to cut off the crossbow arrows and the iron chains connecting the crossbow arrows, but they underestimated how persistent the big claw priests were in their series of terrifying war equipment.

The crossbow arrows with barbs were almost as thick as a pillar.

It was impossible to cut them off for a while, and the speed at which the rat warship sank was unexpectedly fast.

Pulling the human warship down.

With a harsh sound, the human warship began to fall.

At this time, while looking at the surging sea, the human sailors on it also faced the same problem as the rats.

What happened among the rats was repeated again among humans.

Desperate screams, peeping under the sea, and clusters of scarlet.

All this happened too quickly, and the other human warships were unable to rescue them. Of course, after all, humans were better off than rats, and some lucky ones were able to escape.

At least these human warships had prepared small boats.

Although the group of Nagas who had waited for the meal to start were not very willing to see the food on the table run away like this.

But the rescue of the other human warships came.

The Nagas surfaced and looked at the tall human warships with dangerous and eager eyes.

But they didn't do anything, and they took the time to feast.

The blood spreading in this area was attracting more things.

They had to hurry.