Monarch of Evernight: 183 fierce battle

bsp;The overwhelming Yongye fleet swarmed in, much faster than expected. As soon as Qianye entered the fortress with the reinforcements, the high-speed assault ship of the dark race had already arrived near the fortress.

Qianye jumped onto the fortress wall, took out his thunder, and aimed at an assault ship. However, the range of the thunder seemed limited at this time, and its power was insufficient at long distances, so Qianye waited patiently for the assault ship to approach.

At this time, the power tower in the fortress made a sharp whistle, which was caused by the high-speed forced discharge of a large amount of steam. The entire power tower was trembling and was already operating overload. In several turrets of the fortress, rapid-fire cannons and giant crossbows roared one after another. Ten flaming whips composed of cannonballs crisscrossed in the air, firmly guarding the sky above the fortress.

The assault ship attacked by the dark race was continuously hit by the flaming whip, and bursts of flames suddenly burst out from the ship. Amidst the violent explosions, large pieces of parts separated from the ship from time to time and flew everywhere.

Soon, two assault ships were whipped by fire whips and rolled continuously, burning and falling to the earth. They fell headfirst on the hillside, and suddenly exploded violently. More assault ships are still flying around the fortress, looking for attack opportunities. However, the fortress's anti-aircraft firepower was extremely fierce, and the metal fire stream ejected by the rapid-fire cannon did not stop at all, waving violently. The four giant crossbows were like calm killers, shooting out a crossbow arrow from time to time to hit the assault ship that was outside the range of the rapid-fire cannon.

These giant crossbows are extremely powerful, and they all have built-in tracking capabilities. Basically, one arrow shot will knock down an assault ship.

Seeing the crossbow boxes stacked next to the giant crossbow, Song Zining couldn't help but praise: "Zhao Clan is really generous this time! Each of these tracking giant crossbows is very expensive, and my Ningyuan Heavy Industry can't produce them now. ."

Before he finished speaking, Qianye suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed him to the ground. At the same time, Qianye slapped the ground hard, causing shock waves to spread out in all directions. The soldiers within a radius of more than ten meters were shaken to the point of falling to the ground.

At this time, there was a strange sharp roar in the air, and more than ten large-caliber machine gun shells passed over everyone's heads, hitting a cloud of stone powder on the ground, leaving a huge crater.

Song Zining looked up and saw an assault ship passing by from above. It actually broke through the interception of the air defense fire network and rushed over the fortress. At this moment, several machine guns in the belly of the ship were firing desperately, constantly strafing the soldiers in the fortress.

If Qianye hadn't acted quickly, the string of shells just now would have hit Song Zining. Although these large-caliber machine gun shells are not in the eyes of today's Qi Shao, they are still very painful when they hit the body, and they may even cause minor injuries.

However, for ordinary soldiers, the power of these machine gun shells is a bit terrifying. Most of the soldiers near Qianye were knocked down by him and thus escaped the strafing shells. However, several warriors standing not far away were unfortunately hit. A weak first-level warrior was directly hit in two by the shell, with blood and internal organs splattered everywhere.

Qianye had already raised his Thunderbolt, and his sights were firmly locked on a cannon protruding from the belly of the ship. But instead of shooting, he put the thunder down again.

Sure enough, a giant crossbow on the fortress turret quickly turned around, shook violently, and fired the crossbow arrow. The thick crossbow arrow drew a beautiful arc in the air, shot into the rear of the air attack ship, pushed it rolling and flying more than a hundred meters, and then exploded violently, exploding into a huge fireball.

At this moment, the fortress was in chaos. The new soldiers who entered the fortress encountered such a fierce battle before they could be assigned their positions.

Qianye jumped up and shouted loudly, rushing the bewildered soldiers to their fighting positions or to take care of the injured. Several generals were doing something similar to Qianye, including the bearded man.

Zhao Clan wasted no expense in configuring the fortress’s anti-aircraft firepower. The firepower density per unit area was several times higher than the most powerful fortress Qianye had ever seen. This amount of configuration is enough for a medium-sized city, but the Zhao family forced it into this temporary fortress that could only accommodate a thousand people.

The dark race obviously did not expect that the fortress's firepower would be so fierce. In a short time, the assault ships suffered heavy losses, and one after another fell and burned. After losing more than half, the remaining assault ships finally couldn't hold on any longer and fled the fortress.

Qianye climbed onto the city wall and looked into the distance, his heart suddenly sank slightly. This fortress is located in the center of the first line of defense, and Zhang Clan's army is winding away from the valley not far away. Even though the dark army was only a few kilometers away, their marching speed remained stable, without acceleration or panic. The army rumbled away like a precision machine.

At this moment, the fleet of the dark race is slowly approaching. The high-speed assault ship was frustrated, and more than ten warships were separated from the fleet and flew towards the fortress. This time it is not a high-speed and flexible assault boat with a narrow hull, only twenty or thirty meters in front and rear, but a large warship with a length of more than a hundred meters. By imperial standards, most of them are frigates, with two destroyers as anchors.

The fortress's anti-aircraft firepower is somewhat unable to deal with these large floating warships. The giant crossbow that seemed invincible just now needed two or three hits to kill the frigate at the front.

Seeing that the battleship group was about to fly over the fortress, the Yongye Fleet detached an attack fleet and bypassed the fortress to pursue Zhang Clan's army. Now the retreating troops are no longer escorted by the fleet.

At this moment, an imperial fleet suddenly rushed out from the dense dark clouds in the sky. This fleet was small in size, but they were all elite high-speed battleships. The battleship ignored the fighting at the Zhao Clan Fortress and instead attacked the main force of the Yongye Fleet.

This Evernight Fleet may seem large in scale, but in fact most of it is a transport ship transporting troops and logistical supplies. Once they are rushed into the formation by the imperial fleet, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses. The commander of the Yongye Fleet is not a simple figure. On the one hand, he dispatches **** warships to intercept and hold back the Imperial fleet regardless of losses. On the other hand, he recalls the squadron sent to pursue Zhang Clan's army. At the same time, he lets the transport ships unload troops and transport supplies on the spot. The transport ship retreated backwards. Suddenly, the large fleet was split into several parts, each acting independently but in an orderly manner.

However, the Empire's incoming fleet was also an elite one. It rushed straight to the core of the Evernight Fleet, piercing the depths of the Evernight Fleet like a wedge, and then violently stirred it up. Suddenly, hundreds of warships were fighting desperately in the air less than a kilometer above the ground, and the scene was chaotic. One transport ship after another caught fire because it could not escape, and some even exploded directly.

At the critical moment, all transport ships transporting troops opened their hatches and dumped all the dark warriors loaded out like garbage, regardless of the height they were at at the moment. Some transport ships even started dumping soldiers when they were hundreds of meters above the ground. At this height, high-level soldiers may not be killed, but low-level soldiers and cannon fodder will definitely die.

"Ruthless enough!" Song Zining said.

Although the Evernight Fleet suffered heavy losses, the effect was immediate. In a short period of time, all the transport ships depleted their troops and then turned around and left the battlefield. As for the imperial warships, empty transport ships are of little value, but they are not specialized ground attack gunships. Although the ground is full of dark race warriors, they have no good attack methods. At most, they can take the time to sweep them with machine guns. , better than nothing.

The commander of the Imperial Fleet was also a decisive person. He immediately gathered the fleet, regardless of losses, forcibly opened a passage from the rear of the Yongye Fleet, and quickly moved away.

This fleet battle was short and brutal. Both sides lost hundreds of large and small warships in a short period of time. The rolling mountains were littered with wreckage of warships billowing with smoke. This attack happened suddenly, and the Yongye Fleet suffered a moderate loss. The most important loss was that more than ten transport ships full of soldiers were blown up in the air. Tens of thousands of soldiers and cannon fodder have not yet shown up. Just in the explosion, the soul flew into the sky.

On the ground, there were dark warriors all over the mountains and plains, and it was chaos. The final dumping of the Evernight Fleet left injured soldiers everywhere, and there were also many bodies occasionally. Adding the two together, the dark army lost more than 40,000 people. The troops transported this time were equivalent to 20% of the direct battle losses.

However, most of those who were thrown to death were cannon fodder, and the senior soldiers suffered little loss, so the loss of the dark race's military strength was not as great as it seemed.

One imperial fleet disappeared, and another fleet appeared from the clouds. However, it did not take advantage of the chaos to attack. Instead, it stared at the Yongye Fleet and kept wandering around the periphery. It was obviously with the intention of harassing and delaying it. If it had the opportunity, it would not mind taking a bite.

The Yongye Fleet was also unambiguous. The fleet commander directly separated out several small boats, circled a piece of the dark army on the ground, which looked like more than 10,000 people, and asked them to attack the fortress without going at all. Understand which organization these soldiers belong to and whether the combination is reasonable.

On the other hand, the Evernight Fleet mobilized all high-speed battleships to confront the Imperial Fleet from a distance. As for the other warriors, let them regroup under the protection of the fleet. In this way, he miraculously sorted out the chaotic battlefield.

The imperial fleet did not launch an attack. The outer space fleet was a key area related to the entire war situation and could not be easily lost.

Looking at the swarm of dark warriors, Song Zining took a deep breath and said: "This battle is not easy to fight."

"It's already too late to regret it." Qianye said as he raised the multi-barreled machine gun next to him and suddenly opened fire.

The multi-barreled machine gun rotated rapidly, roaring and spraying out bullets, shooting at the enemy who was still a thousand meters away. Many soldiers on this defense line were startled. This firing distance was too far. Although the ultimate range of a multi-barreled machine gun is one thousand meters, how do you aim at a distance of one thousand meters?

However, Qianye didn't care so much, and the machine gun in his hand never stopped roaring. However, the dark warriors in the distance fell in pieces, and the hit rate of this sweep was surprisingly high.