Chapter 41 The Orc Navy is a joke. The Red Dragon is a
large wooden ship that the protagonist uses wood to piece together at will. Because the performance of the black glue is powerful enough, there are no problems.
But it is still not easy to piece together a ship with 200,000 troops to cross the sea!
Orgrim's plan was to first build hundreds of ships to cross the sea, and then transport tens of thousands of troops across the sea at a time.
Although there are fewer tens of thousands of people, it is not a problem to gain a foothold on the other side of the sea.
Orgrim, who is full of confidence, does not think that humans can bring much threat to himself.
And among the first batch of troops crossing the sea, there were also powerful death knights.
These resurrected human knights can definitely bring a huge blow to the human army!
Orgrim, who felt like he had a chance to win, happily watched his men practice maneuvering the warship.
The craftsmen responsible for building the ships are clumsy-looking orcs and ogres.
Therefore, when the goblins designed the ships, they designed the structures to be very simple, fearing that these stupid guys wouldn't be able to build them.
The final product has a hull in the shape of a bathtub, with a shed on top to protect it from the sun and rain.
Such a shape is definitely not suitable for use at sea.
But as long as it is built big enough and does not encounter strong winds and waves, it can be used to cross the sea.
Hundreds of long oars provide powerful power to these large bathtubs.
The power generated by pure muscle contraction pushes the sailing speed of these ships to a super high speed of nearly fifteen knots.
Compared with the speed of sail warships, which is generally less than ten knots, this speed can already be called invincible!
However, the ranged weapons of these muscle-powered warships are terrible.
The goblins' crudely made artillery was of a quality that even they themselves could not believe.
The goblin engineer fired a cannon cautiously, and when he successfully launched the cannonball, he almost jumped with excitement.
Watching the cannonballs flying more than two thousand meters and blasting large swaths of mud out of the swamp, Orgrim was very satisfied with the goblins' products.
"Bring me five hundred such artillery pieces! I want to build an invincible fleet!"
Orgrim's strategic vision is very good!
And it is also good at resource layout planning.
Since the crew had to row oars on both sides of the warship, it was enough to install a cannon on the bow.
When the time comes, charge and fire at the enemy. Once you get close, board the enemy ship and end the battle with melee combat.
The orc infantry who are training the warships are training exactly in this way.
Sailors are very strong.
As long as there is enough food, there is no pressure to defeat the enemy's navy!
As for the problem of severe food consumption, this is easy to solve.
When we get to the other side of the sea, why don't we just grab whatever we want?
The history of orc warfare is a history of robbery.
Grab the ogres, grab the draenei, grab every race you can.
The bustling shipbuilding scene lasted for nearly three months.
When the last tree in the wetland was cut down, this vigorous shipbuilding work finally came to an end.
The Orc Armada, which had completed preparations for crossing the sea, set off from the port in a mighty manner and headed towards Nanhai Town on the other side of the sea.
Although it is predicted that the target of this fleet is Nanhai Town, the kingdoms near the bay are still wary.
On the east side of the Kingdom of Stromgard, the capital, Stromgarde, is right on the seaside.
The Kingdom of Gilneas on the west side has a large coastline suitable for landing.
Although there are many rocks on the coastline, it is difficult for large ships to approach the coast that will bite the bottom of the ship.
But if the orc landing fleet ignores the charge, it may be difficult for the Kingdom of Gilneas to resist it.
Waiting for the enemy to land in Nanhai Town as predicted will obviously be a risky gamble!
Taking the initiative and defeating the enemy in an upright manner is the real way to start a war.
This requires the fleet of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras to take action.
The Kingdom of Kul Tiras had been waiting for the true invincible fleet for a long time, and soon found the orc parallel-imported invincible fleet that had already set sail.
A large number of sail battleships gathered together, adjusted their angles to maintain full sail, and quickly approached the black orc fleet.
The gun positions of the sailing battleship are on both sides of the hull.
Therefore, the fleet will try its best to go around the enemy's side and launch bombardment.
When the orc fleet saw the human fleet approaching, they excitedly loaded cannonballs and fired them randomly. Most of those shells fired randomly did not enter the effective range.
After the cannonball flew a certain distance, it landed on the sea and made a large splash.
The few shells that came close to the enemy ship only made a sound to the opponent.
The fleet of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras has rich experience in naval warfare.
They bypassed the side of the Ork fleet while the Orks nervously reloaded their shells, and then opened a hole for them with a salvo of artillery.
The dense shells smashed into the orc fleet, destroying most of the ships on one side.
The Kul Tiras fleet still uses old-fashioned explosive shells.
These explosive bombs exploded in the cabin, and the power produced was not small!
Many Ork sailors were killed or injured, and were unable to continue powering the ships.
The orc warship, which was not under attack, tried its best to turn its direction, trying to use the bow cannon to fight back at the enemy ship.
However, the enemy quickly circled to the other side and launched another volley.
The orc fleet, which had been hit by two rounds of volleys, had been beaten horribly!
No matter how their warships adjusted their direction, they could not keep up with the enemy ships that were circling around.
Facing these enemy ships as nimble as loaches, the orc helmsman controlling the ship was completely confused.
The ships of the Orc fleet are indeed very fast in a straight line.
But when turning, the wide hull is very awkward.
This was not designed specifically for naval combat at all.
Of course, the goblin had already said before that this kind of ship was suitable for running in a straight line.
If you didn't hear what you said clearly, you can't blame others.
Those goblins who had made money and ran away were helpless.
The orcs' black ships were struck one after another, and were about to be annihilated.
Admiral Daelin, the commander of the Kul Tiran fleet, enjoys the joy of being about to gain victory.
The green tide that once swept across the Kingdom of Azeroth was just a living target on the sea.
The weakest pirate on the sea is a hundred times more powerful than these orcs!
The only meaning of these orcs' existence is to withstand the destruction of artillery fire!
Looking at the scarred orc fleet, it was about to sink to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.
Admiral Dailin began to think about what lines he should say when he returns home in triumph.
At this time, the watchman on the watchtower discovered a special situation and nervously reported the situation to Admiral Dai Lin on the deck.
"Your Majesty, look at the sky! A dragon is flying over!"
Admiral Dai Lin, whose train of thought was interrupted, angrily scolded his men for making such a fuss.
"Look at your potential! It's not your first time seeing a dragon, why are you excited?"
"Your Majesty, that dragon seems to be coming towards us!"
After hearing the lookout's explanation, Admiral Dai Lin finally realized what was going on. the severity of.
When he looked up to the sky, he could already see the fire brewing in the mouth of the behemoth.
"Enemy attack! Disperse the formation quickly!"
As soon as Admiral Dai Lin's order was issued, blazing dragon fire had already fallen into the fleet.
The flames breathed out by the dragon are so hot that they can melt steel into a puddle of molten iron.
The sail warship was attacked like this and instantly turned into a violently burning fireball.
In fact, unless a warship is made of special metal, it is impossible to block the dragon fire.
Under the devastation of dragon fire, all struggles are in vain!
When many crew members jumped into the sea, their bodies had been burned to charcoal.
Every time the red dragon passes quickly over the fleet, it can easily set a warship on fire.
The crew's muskets and crossbows were not even qualified to scratch it.
Faced with this invincible enemy, the Kul Tiran fleet had no choice but to flee.
(End of chapter)