CHAPTER 163: CHAPTER 148: WARLORDS ATTACK, OVERWHELMING POWER GAP (5,000 WORDS)

"Let me see further, telescope!!"

"Let everyone see our bond!!"

A voice from the lookout tower shouted.

The people below: ...

Fang Yu: ...

Tang Yuan and the others in the distance: ...

Everyone cast a peculiar glance over.

Is this the style of the Salted Fish...?

Fang Yu: ...

No, guys...

Fang Yu covered his face, his toes curling against the ground.

Listen to my explanation, I barely know that fool on the lookout tower!!

...

Forget it, forget it.

Faced with the crew’s eccentric behavior, Fang Yu also gave up struggling.

Oh well.

It’s hopeless if I lose face, being quirky isn’t a reason to dock pay...

As long as the crew can perform their duties properly, there’s really no problem.

The ship cruised like this, with Fang Yu’s heart pounding, fearing that he would be ruined at any second.

...

The first day passed, just as Tang Yuan said, no dangerous battles occurred; they had just repelled an attack from a militaristic force, and indeed, they wouldn’t attempt to attack again in such a short period.

However, Fang Yu and the others didn’t let their guard down and continued to diligently patrol around Lvchun Island.

Everyone knew that the vital point for the sea militarists now was these Sea Ore Islands.

Although Lvchun Island wasn’t among the main Sea Ore Islands, and the resources on the island weren’t a priority for the militarists to seize.

But... once a full-scale war erupts, there’s no room for any lucky bystanders.

Sure enough, on the third day at Lvchun Island, Fang Yu habitually asked Wang Qing to go up the lookout tower for a check.

However, from that glance, Wang Qing suddenly exclaimed, "Captain, there’s a sea ship wandering in the distance!"

Everyone was taken aback and quickly looked in the direction Wang Qing pointed out.

Sure enough, they saw several sea ships silently cruising about thirty to forty nautical miles away, patrolling around Lvchun Island.

"It’s a vanguard ship!"

With a glance, the experienced Tang Yuan’s eyes turned serious as he spoke in a low voice.

"A vanguard ship?"

Everyone’s eyes sharpened.

"This is a habitual tactic of the marine militarists, sending a few vanguard ships before an attack to confirm the target situation before launching an assault."

After hearing Tang Yuan’s words, Fang Yu glanced ahead and was about to speak.

But at this moment, from above the lookout tower, Wang Qing suddenly shouted again, "Captain, I see a siege ship behind the vanguard ships, heading this way."

The siege ship is a special type of ship born from the highly developed naval warfare in the Ocean World.

As the name suggests, the siege ship’s purpose and existence are for military attacks on fixed targets, breaking through armor.

In some sense, the long-range cannon on Fang Yu’s ship is one of the weapons carried on siege ships.

Usually, such ships are very cumbersome, not very useful for close combat or attacking fast-moving targets.

But... for attacking fixed targets like Sea Ore Islands, the siege ship’s effectiveness can reach an extraordinary level.

The cannon fire, filled with power, can completely destroy Lvchun Island’s defensive mechanism—the sea battle wall—with one shot.

With a significant range advantage, the siege ship can easily attack the island and garrison while staying out of reach of defenders.

Realizing this, everyone couldn’t help but become alert.

"We can’t let the enemy’s siege ship approach Lvchun Island. Once the sea battle wall around Lvchun Island is breached, we lose our natural geographic advantage, and the island would be exposed under their cannon fire, needing only to bombard Lvchun Island to overwhelm us."

Tang Yuan spoke in a low voice, his eyes grave.

The sea battle wall is the defensive reliance on the outskirts of Lvchun Island. Previously, Tang Yuan and others had repelled two waves of invaders by relying on the sea battle wall as a backing to defeat the enemy forces.

But now, as Fang Yu and the others were stationed here, it’s evident that the marine militarists’ Commander had realized that the key to this battle lay in the sea battle wall.

Without breaking the sea battle wall, Lvchun Island is easy to defend and hard to attack.

But once the sea battle wall is breached, Lvchun Island will be completely exposed within cannon fire range.

Instead, it could become the catalyst that drags down the Duorong Federation’s garrison.

Tang Yuan’s words made everyone nod in agreement.

The sea battle wall must not fall.

But... now the enemy’s navy is heading toward this place, with the siege ship centrally guarded, making it challenging to break through and destroy the siege ship.

At this time, Fang Yu lifted his head to look at Wang Qing, then spoke, "Wang Qing, report on the enemy’s military strength, and tally the combat power of their ships."

"Yes, Captain!"

Listening to Fang Yu’s words, everyone couldn’t help but look surprised at Fang Yu.

Shi Jun and the others were okay, but Tang Yuan was a bit surprised.

After the report about the siege ship, everyone had their crew with strong eyesight take a look at the distant sea.

The result...

They saw nothing.

After about ten minutes of waiting, they barely noticed a small black dot appearing in sight, finally making everyone believe Fang Yu’s words.

Yet even so, the far-sighted crew members on the ships could only see the distant enemy advancing toward this position through the telescope.

At most, they could see a few small black dots.