The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

The wind and waves on the Han River were not very strong, but the ship still felt a little shaky when floating on the river.

It was not until Roland brought the personal guard knights, Giselle brought the phantom shooters, Elvy brought the angel troops, and a large amount of supplies were transported aboard that the shaking feeling was much lighter.

Xu Lai did not take the flagship Hantan, but although it was not a flagship, it was also a cruiser of the same specifications.

However, the ship he was on was all equipped with standard weapons, unlike the cannons on the Hantan, several of which were enchanted.

Including ammunition, Xu Lai did not name the newly built cruisers one by one, but only named Hantan as the No. 1 ship, and then No. 2 ship in sequence.

Xu Lai was on the No. 2 ship, which did not carry the flag and flag of the flagship.

He could not even swim, and he would probably die if he sank into the river. Why should he command the fleet to fight a naval battle?

If he was not reluctant to lose his own troops, Xu Lai would rather watch from the shore than board the ship.

Cruisers are larger ships than ocean-going gunboats. Of course, they are smaller versions of the royal battleships in the past, so that they are more suitable for sailing on the river.

Compared with the Hantan, the standard cruiser is slightly smaller, about only a hundred meters long, while the Hantan is more than 120 meters long.

The biggest difference between the two is the ram on the bow.

The ram on the cruiser is a full steel sharp corner fixed on the bow, about seven or eight meters long.

The ram on the Hantan has been specially modified and is a double-headed ram that is more than ten meters long.

In addition, the cruiser is only wrapped with a circle of iron sheets, while the Hantan is wrapped with a layer of steel plates.

The Hantan is obviously fatter than other cruisers. The Hantan, which is also fully staffed, has a deeper draft.

The Hantan, which has a deeper draft, is slightly slower than the standard cruiser even if it uses the power provided by the magic circle.

However, on the cruiser No. 2, which has a standard configuration of 1,200 personnel, Xu Lai only brought 1,000 people, but brought an additional 300 war horses.

300 Holy Light Knights plus 300 war horses occupy much more space and weight than 600 people.

Xu Lai's configuration of 1,000 people is considered to be over the standard, but it has not reached the limit of load, which has a slight impact on the speed.

Such a large cruiser has a standard configuration of 1,200 people. If it is actually filled with people, more than 3,000 people can go.

But the speed will be seriously reduced, and supplies and materials cannot be carried too much, and there are not enough cabins for rest, even if there are three shifts.

On the other 8 cruisers, in addition to 200 sailors, the rest are knights, just 500 knights and 500 war horses on one ship.

Xu Lai brought so many knights, naturally he had to go to the other side, but where to get on and off, Xu Lai had not yet figured out.

It was his first time on board. The escorting ocean-going gunboats were much shorter than the cruiser, even with their sails hoisted high.

At such a height, Xu Lai had to give up his plan to climb up and look far.

Sitting in the firmly fixed captain's room, even though the cruiser was sailing very steadily, Xu Lai always felt swaying.

With his current physique, seasickness should be unlikely to happen again.

But after all, it was his first time on board, and there was always a process of adaptation.

It was uncomfortable in the captain's room, not to mention climbing up the tall watchtower. It was estimated that the breeze blowing from there would be like an 8-magnitude earthquake.

In comparison, Xu Lai would rather let Elvy hold him up when necessary.

Even without the bonus of the watchtower, it didn't matter if the line of sight was shorter and the image was damaged a little.

Unlike him, the recruits who were also on board for the first time were very adaptable to the environment on board.

There were two shooting platforms, one large and one small, on the front and rear decks.

Two platforms protrude slightly above the deck, about 1.2 meters, slightly weaker than the fences on both sides.

On the large platform, 300 phantom shooters have already started shooting at the Hell Flying Scouts and Winged Demons.

Xu Lai integrated the previously trained Level 5 infantry and shooters into the newly established Coast Guard.

In particular, there are 500 upgraded phantom shooters.

Naturally, these soldiers were assigned to other warships by Avid, but the phantom shooters were transferred to his Cold Pond.

Xu Lai did not raise any objections, and Avid only had the right to transfer troops. The ownership, after all, was still with Xu Lai.

Moreover, the Cold Pond was the flagship responsible for battle deployment and battle command, while Xu Lai only provided the function of specialization and talent bonus.

In water battles, talents and specialization effects are actually not very useful.

Today is Xu Lai's first time on board a ship, but it is not his first time to witness combat.

As early as when Xu Lai ordered the Coast Guard to sail out of Hantan and head for Hanjiang, Hantan and its escort fleet had launched an attack on the hell army on the other side of the river.

At that time, it was just a patrol team of hundreds of people, mainly responsible for patrolling the river to prevent humans from escaping to the Hanjiang River and swimming to the other side.

The patrol team of hell is mainly composed of evil spirits and hellhounds. They have strong melee capture and search capabilities, but their disadvantage is that they have no long-range capabilities.

However, this patrol team of hundreds of people was destroyed in an instant by the large arrow ships and ocean-going gunboats of the Coast Guard.

Even Hantan did not open fire, and the shooters on the ship did not attack.

Relying only on the firepower of the ship itself, the patrol of hundreds of people was wiped out in a very short time.

At that time, Xu Lai was on the wall of Hantan City and saw it clearly.

It was also at this point that the opposite hell army dispatched the winged demons.

The winged demons flew very high, far beyond the 500-meter projectile range of the 5th-level sharpshooter.

Even in the Coast Guard, there were 6th-level archer masters trained by Avid, and their hit rate was also touching.

As for the 500 7th-level phantom sharpshooters, they were certain, but Avid did not want to alert the enemy, so he never let them take action.

Of course, the winged demons did not dare to get too close.

Xu Lai alone sent more than 10,000 archers to the Coast Guard.

Add to the original 15,000 archers, the winged demons dared not get close no matter how many there were.

Besides, after getting close, there were more than 10,000 melee guards on the ship.

Without support and not good at close combat, the winged demons will only die faster after boarding the ship.

Fortunately, the coastal defense forces led by Avid only controlled the surface of the Hanjiang River, and at most posed a threat to the area of ​​about 3,400 meters on both sides of the Hanjiang River.

In this area, advanced archers and large arrow ships can make effective attacks.

If it is farther away, only a few gunboats such as the ocean-going gunboat and the Hantan can attack.

Although the gunboat has a long range, its hit rate is not good enough.

Avid is a senior naval general, and his level is nearly 30. He has several practical water battle buffs, but unfortunately he is not a hero after all.

Avid can increase the fleet's movement speed by 15%, the power of surface combat by 20%, and the hit rate of siege weapons by 10%.

Finally, there is a 10% reduction in physical consumption on the surface and in the water.

These are all very useful buffs, especially the last one, which is also a great help for people who fall into the water.

However, these buffs, one for navigation and one for ballistics, can almost completely cover, and even exceed a lot.

However, heroes who are good at water combat mostly appear in the south.

In the Western Empire, senior naval generals like Avid are already very good.

But even with Avid's bonus, the firepower of 10 ocean-going gunboats with only bow guns plus the Cold Pond is still not very saturated.

Of course, now that the fleet is fully deployed, 9 more cruisers will be added.

If they are lined up on the river and covered with firepower, they will no longer look so shabby.

After mastering this information, the patrols of Hell basically hide 300 to 400 meters from the shore for patrol.

The same is true for the winged demons. If they shoot at a high altitude, the range will be lower than the standard range, and the hit rate will be worse.

So hiding at a height of more than 300 meters, there is basically no threat, and you can observe the enemy more clearly.

However, in the past, only half of the coastal defense forces went out to patrol the river, and the remaining half stayed in the cold pond for training.

Now, even the transport ships ran out, as if they were going to do something big.

Hell has to keep some demon lords to guard hell. Although the rest followed the main material world, they also sacrificed a lot in the war.

There were already several demon heroes who died in Xu Lai's hands, so that after obtaining such a large territory in the Western Empire, the demon heroes were not enough.

After all, Kerrigan still had to continue to attack cities and strongholds, and his Burning Legion could not lack heroes.

So, south of the cold river, don't think that sitting on a boat can easily cross countless territories.

In fact, these territories are all under the command of a demon hero.

Near the border, Kerrigan did not withdraw his troops, but many of the demon lords near him were withdrawn.

In other words, this demon hero can basically only rely on himself and it is difficult to get reinforcements.

In this case, the opposite navy suddenly came out in full force, which naturally attracted the attention of the demon hero.

Therefore, he sent out dozens of winged demon teams this time, trying to see through all the ships and movements in the fleet.

The number of winged demons exceeded a thousand, and it was already worth attacking.

Avid directly ordered all the archers of level 5 and above in the fleet, including the phantom archers, to shoot with all their strength.

These winged demons, first of all, increased several times in number and became more dense.

Secondly, the entire Coast Guard was dispatched, and there were more than 3,000 level 6 archers in the fleet alone. With the addition of phantom archers, the long-range firepower increased by several times.

Thirdly, with Xu Lai in charge today, the ultimate archery and the attached effects of the Angel Alliance alone can nearly double the power of the long-range troops.

Caught off guard, the first wave of arrow rain alone killed most of the winged demons in the sky.

Although the phantom sharpshooters and phantom archers did not have the guaranteed hit effect of the phantom arrow saint, their hit rate was originally high.

Moreover, as a recruited force, although they are not professional naval forces, they can still stably demonstrate their abilities on the surface shooting platform.

Even if the hit rate is not as good as that on land, the difference is not big. It is nothing more than taking advantage of the winged demons before they have time to distance themselves and adding a second wave of arrow rain.

After the second wave of arrow rain, the sky cleared up, and the winged demons all fell into the water.

Even if there are still some alive, the injured winged demons will basically drown if they fall into the water.

When the winged demons fell into the water and tried to show their heads, the sailors on the fleet would raise their batons and smash all of them into the water until they were completely drowned.

The winged demons responsible for reconnaissance were almost wiped out, which made the demon hero panic.

In normal times, this demon hero would never be afraid, and he even urgently wanted the city lord on the opposite side to bring troops over.

But today, it was obviously not the same as usual.

His troops were not withdrawn because Kerrigan wanted to be sure of everything.

If his troops were not reduced, but he lost the land that had been conquered, the consequences waiting for him could be imagined.

Moreover, he could call for reinforcements if he couldn't win the battle.

Now that he couldn't win, he could only abandon the nearly one-third of the empire's land that had been transformed.

Knowing that the enemy was coming fiercely, the demon hero did not dare to delay and quickly began to assemble troops.

Even if the big ship could roam the surface of the Hantan River, it was not so easy for it to dock and let the soldiers land.

The reason why the ancestors of the Valentine family chose to build the city in Hantan City was that there was a deep-water port here that could dock large ships.

Generally speaking, such deep-water areas are only in the center of the river and on both sides.

The closer to the shore, the deeper the water, which is not suitable for large ships to dock.

Although the fleet has many flat-bottomed transport ships, it also needs a more suitable area with a wider case and shallower water to land.

Of course, as a family that has lived on the bank of Hanjiang for hundreds of years, Avid knows all the suitable landing places nearby.

Before Hell completely changed the terrain, Avid easily found a place suitable for the army to land.

However, this location was also discovered by the Hell army monitoring on the shore.

The ships had to be unloaded one by one, and the siege weapons, arrows and ammunition had to be transported bit by bit.

Avid sent a flag signal on the flagship, asking Xu Lai whether to find another place to land. He also knew many landing points far away from the city.

Xu Lai did not hesitate for a moment and told Avid directly to land at the landing point in front of him.

He wanted to have a head-on battle with the Hell Army.

To be honest, the soldiers of the Western Empire had already lost their temper after being beaten by the Hell Army.

This can be seen from the fact that after nearly two weeks of training and the blessing of the God of War Statue, the morale of the Coast Guard has never been able to break through 90 points.

Moreover, Xu Lai also needs a head-on and hearty battle to calm his complicated heart at this time.

While the large army of demon heroes is still gathering, ten cruisers including the Cold Pond are lined up in a row, and 60 secondary guns are firing at the same time.

The secondary guns fired only conventional shells. Although the range is far, the hit rate is still somewhat touching.

There are not many hell troops stationed at the landing point, only thousands of demons, and a round of volleys only killed dozens of unlucky guys.

At the same time, a medium-sized transport ship took the lead in approaching the shore. (End of this chapter)