thefictionvixens Chapter 210: Opening up a new way of fighting
Chapter 210: Opening up a new way of fighting
When the leader of the Dark Dragon Knights was sure that they had burned all the sails of the four allied warships, he gave the order to stop using magic to attack the scrolls. After all, these things were extremely expensive, and it was wise to save as many as possible.
The captains of the four allied warships breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the other side had stopped using magic attacks, but they also mistakenly thought that the Dark Dragon Knights were no longer able to use magic attacks.
The captains did not intend to surrender, but continued to organize their troops to prepare for resistance. In addition to the musketeers rushing to replenish their ammunition, other sailors also picked up crossbows as much as possible and prepared to conduct long-range shooting.
At this time, the leader of the Dark Dragon Knights gathered the knights together again and gave the order to use magic defense scrolls.
As the colorful magic defense shield flickered in the air again, the leader of the Dark Dragon Knights gave the order to attack.
The Allied captains were waiting for this opportunity. They were waiting for the Dark Dragon Knights to attack them, and at the same time, they could use small cannons to launch a large-scale counterattack.
After the sixteen cannon shots, no dark dragon fell into the sea, and no dark dragon knight was injured. The reason was simple, because these dark dragon knights did not enter the range of the cannon at all, and they used the magic shield only to resist the shooting of the musketeers.
The Dark Dragon Knights began to use their limited magic power to not only add positive buffs to themselves, but also to inflict negative status on the musketeers and gunners on the decks of the enemy ships.
Most of those who are hit are mainly blinded, while some who are luckier may suffer additional attacks from magical hallucinations.
The deck of the Confederate warship began to become very chaotic. Some timid musketeers, gunners and sailors began to attack indiscriminately, and even caused accidental injuries.
It was at this time that the leader of the Dark Dragon Knights issued the order for a general attack.
Fifteen minutes later, the first Confederate battleship surrendered.
Thirty minutes later, the second and third Confederate battleships surrendered.
An hour later, the fourth Allied warship, which had been resisting stubbornly and refusing to surrender, was pierced through the hull by the impatient Dark Dragon Knights and slowly sank into the sea to feed the fish.
The remaining Allied warships that were watching looked at the Dark Dragon Knights who were beginning to regroup. They began to turn their ships around and continue to evacuate southward.
Zhang Wei took into consideration that the losses of both sides in this battle were not great, and there would inevitably be another major battle later.
So he ordered the entire army to return north to Andaman Port. He had to review the lessons learned from this battle and sort out a fighting method suitable for the second world.
On the way back, some people were quite nervous, especially the defeated Pegasus Knights. The types and numbers of magic scrolls they possessed were actually the same as those of the Dark Dragon Knights.
If they had initially adopted the same combat mode as the Dark Dragon Knights, at least they would not have ended the battle hastily due to loss of courage and morale.
They didn't know how Zhang Wei would deal with them, because after they returned to their respective ships, Zhang Wei did not summon any of them, nor did he even issue any orders concerning them.
When Zhang Wei's fleet returned to Andaman Harbor with three allied warships that had lost power, the entire Andaman Harbor was shrouded in an unspeakable atmosphere. Zhang Wei remained silent, which made many people worried.
When Zhang Wei got off the ship and went to the port, he left a message. He asked the leaders of different branches of the army to submit him a combat method in five days. If this combat method caused heavy losses in the next battle, the person who proposed it would be subject to military law.
The heads of various military branches felt their necks tighten when they heard this. After all, there was no military court in Zhang Wei's army. Going to a military court would mean asking for their heads.
They didn't dare to confront Zhang Wei head-on. After Zhang Wei left, they could only look to Liu Rengui and Zhang He for help. After all, Zhang Wei's request was equivalent to removing these two chief officers. Even if there was a reckoning in the future, the butcher's knife would not fall on the heads of these two chief officers.
Liu Rengui and Zhang He also had bitter faces at this time. What Zhang Wei did was to get rid of them. It seemed that their lives were safe, but as a commander of an army, even if he could not share the hardships with the soldiers, he should at least make clear distinctions between rewards and punishments. What Zhang Wei did was actually putting them on the fire.
If the head of a service is later held accountable for the way they proposed combat, they will also lose the support of that service.
On the first day, Liu Rengui, Zhang He and the leaders of various military branches thought of replicating the Allied Forces' combat methods, but they soon encountered problems. Although some of the Allied Forces' captured officers and soldiers were willing to teach, and they also captured some ship-borne artillery and muskets, they did not have a production line and could not mass-produce these weapons.
On the third day, they decided to change their thinking and see if they could increase the production and proportion of magic scrolls, so as to replicate the fighting method of the Dark Dragon Legion in capturing enemy warships, using their own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.
However, the Second World does not produce the raw materials for the production of magic scrolls, not to mention that magicians are scarce in number. Even if they were worked to death, it would be impossible to meet the magic scroll production needs they need.
On the fifth day, which was the last day Zhang Wei asked for homework, no one had come up with a suitable solution. At this time, the Knight Commander of the Pegasus Knights suddenly said, since we can't meet the needs of all people, why not meet the needs of a small number of people?
Everyone turned to look at him. Zhang He seemed to understand something, and Liu Rengui encouraged her to continue.
"Our initial idea was to learn how to walk like others, but we don't have a production line, so we can't learn at all, right?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Then our idea is to play to our own strengths and change our battle mode to using magic scrolls to bombard the enemy, right?"
Everyone continued to nod in agreement.
"But we are stuck in a vicious circle. The enemy has muskets and cannons, but we don't. We have magic scrolls, but the enemy doesn't have them either. Right? Then what do we have that the other side doesn't have?"
"Flying troops!" Zhang He reacted instantly. He said, "We have flying troops, but they don't. So your idea is to use the existing resources to continue to strengthen the flying troops, right?"
When Zhang He said this, some people agreed and some opposed, especially since their own military resources had been snatched away by the flying troops. Now the Knight Commander of the Pegasus Knights wanted to snatch military resources again. Even for the sake of maintaining and developing their own military, they had to oppose.