Chapter 260 The final climb to the dragon
The larger the creature, the more bulky it tends to be.
Elu Cat fell down, rolled over and stood up, while Lingshan Dragon fell down, and it might take two minutes just to turn over.
There is no doubt that this is the best opportunity to climb the dragon, but the captain of the ship did not allow the combatants of Mineyama Marujo to immediately launch the third climb.
Hongshan Maru has a huge hull, and once it loses speed, it can easily fall into crisis like before.
It will take a long time to reload the dragon gun. The big gong can be sounded immediately, but continuous use of the gong will make the Lingshan dragon adapt to the sound wave, resulting in failure.
At the moment, Mineyama Maru lacks the ability to protect himself.
Therefore, the captain of the ship decided to give up the opportunity to board the dragon and let the Mineyama Maru regain high speed.
He took back the steering wheel and said to the trumpeter and flag bearer next to him who were responsible for delivering the order: "Inform the sand ship and let them choose whether to board the dragon according to their own position. Don't be reluctant to fight. Once the Lingshan dragon regains its posture, retreat immediately."
Then he raised his voice again and ordered to the crew on the deck: "Full the sail, adjust the sail direction, let's increase the speed first!"
"yes!"
“If you have spare time, go to the arsenal and take out the remaining crossbow shells and cannonballs. Now, it’s time to put them to use!”
Everyone on the ship has been mobilized, and with the constant adjustment of the sails, the Mineyama Maru, which was originally close to stagnant, is gradually accelerating.
Maridan came to the captain of the ship. She crossed her arms and had a hint of worry in her eyes. She was completely different from the bold and confident look she had just before in front of everyone.
“We have destroyed more than half of the crystal behind Lingshan Dragon. Is this really effective? The Ancient Dragon Observation Bureau is not sure either.”
“Well, the scholars from the Ancient Dragon Observation Bureau are just guessing.” The captain of the ship looked at the Lingshan Dragon in the distance, which was struggling to turn over.
“If what we have done before is useless, we can only activate the backup plan.”
“Is there any backup plan now?”
“It’s always been there.”
The captain of the ship glanced at Maridan, "The backup plan is for Fengshan Maru to use the last ammunition to forcefully attract the attention of the Lingshan Dragon and do everything possible to hold it back.
The remaining sand barges immediately sent out a signal to warn Lockrak.
After Mineyama Maru and the Sand Ship Group were finished, the remaining battles were taken over by the fortress guerrillas, the fortress archers, and the hunters in the city who stayed behind in Lockrak. "
“.Use human lives to pile it up?”
"yes."
There was a silence between the two of them. This feeling of powerlessness that they had tried their best but still had nothing to do was frustrating.
“Hoo~!” Maridan exhaled forcefully.
She tightened the straps of the sledgehammer behind her tights, "Then we can't give up easily, for the sake of everyone in the city.
rest assured! Even if the ammunition is exhausted, I and the combatants can still be of some use. There are many young people with backbone in the fleet, hehehe! "
The captain of the ship also had a smile on his face, "Before that, I will give it a hard blow with the dragon gun!"
“Oooh—” there was a sudden exclamation on the deck.
The captain of the ship and Maridan quickly looked up.
Before they could ask, a young crew member laughed and cheered: "It fell! It fell again before it could get up. It must be tired!"
The two of them looked at each other after hearing this, and the heaviness in their eyes instantly dissipated, and their determination to fight to the death was replaced by the will to fight.
“Aha! The old man and old woman from the Gulong Observation Bureau are still useful. They guessed it right!” Maridan laughed loudly, and the tiger-striped scar tattoo on her face seemed to come to life.
The captain of the boat turned the steering wheel directly, and the dragon-attacking boat returned to high speed and its course changed sharply, pointing straight at the Lingshan Dragon, which was struggling to get up.
“Inform the sand ship and ask the combatants who boarded the dragon to retreat and start mobile warfare. Empty all ammunition against the purple crystal cluster behind the Lingshan Dragon!”
"oh!"
Gordon held a large bundle of heavy crossbow shells and returned to the crossbow bed he was responsible for.
To be honest, he really wanted to try attacking the Lingshan Dragon's left fang again. After the initial impact of the dragon gun, the subsequent burst of crossbow shells, and the explosion of the dragon's explosive bomb just now.
Although the tooth is not broken, it should still be close.
But now is not the time to "think what I can do". Defeating the Lingshan Dragon is the first priority.
In comparison, the personal glory of crushing the dragon's teeth is irrelevant.
“Fire!”
The combatants on the sand ship have all withdrawn.
The captain of the ship gave an order, and the artillery and heavy crossbows on the dragon-attacking ship, which had been silent for a long time, once again made harsh roars and clangs.
Cannonballs and heavy crossbow shells fell on Lingshan Dragon's back like a heavy rain.
Since there was not much ammunition left, everyone consciously locked their sights on the area where the crystal clusters were still densely packed.
Lingshan Dragon roared, withstanding the continuous attacks, it struggled to recover its body posture. It was half-burrowed into the sand, swinging its long fin-like tail, and slowly swam.
“Keep a good distance!” the captain ordered while carefully maneuvering the dragon boat.
He knew very well that the slow speed of Lingshan Dragon was just a visual effect brought about by its extremely large size.
Once this guy starts swimming, his speed will not be slower than the dragon boat and sand boat, maybe even two times faster.
But now, something seems to be different.
Obviously Lingshan Dragon has opened its body and is swimming in the sand sea, but its speed has never been able to increase to the previous level, and it can only keep pace with the dragon-attacking boat.
If the wind direction is right, the dragon boat can even slowly pull away.
Such a result made the captain feel excited.
It seems that Lingshan Dragon is indeed tired!
“Captain, many sand ships responded that their crossbow shells have been used up, and they requested to board the dragon again.” The crew member responsible for the observation came to report.
“How much ammunition are left?” the captain of the ship asked loudly.
“There are only a few shells left, they will be used up soon!”
“There are about 10% of the heavy crossbow shells left!”
The captain of the ship thought for a while, "The artillery cleared the ammunition and the heavy crossbow stopped firing."
He turned to the messenger and said: "Let the sand boat wait for a while. When the sound of artillery stops, we will board the dragon with them."
“Isn’t it too risky?” asked an older crew member.
“It is almost reaching its limit. It will take about half an hour to reload the dragon gun. Let’s fight for this half hour for the mechanical team!”
There was one more thing that he kept hidden in his heart.
The reason why I kept the last few crossbow shells was just in case.
Even if the fleet tried all means, Lingshan Dragon still did not retreat.
The dragon-attacking ship will use the last heavy crossbow shells to attack the sore spot of the Lingshan dragon, irritate it and deal with it, trying to buy Lockrak as much preparation time as possible.
Beside the gun mount.
“This is the last cannonball, meow!” Pig Chop, whose face was covered in black and gray, put the huge cannonball into the breech of the artillery.
Hayata, who had been off the ship several times, and was also in a mess, with disheveled hair, nodded.
She pushed up the gun gate, took careful aim and fired the final shell.
The cannonball drew an arc and landed accurately on the top of Lingshan Dragon's head. The red lotus exploded, crystal clusters flew everywhere, and Lingshan Dragon roared and shook its head.
The long horn sounded, which was the unique signal for the last climb to the dragon.
The combatants participating in the climb looked at each other, took out their knives one after another, and cut the safety ropes around their waists.
(End of this chapter)