Colonia Storm Tour

The extremely fragile speedboats, along with their crew, would be hammered to pieces by air cannons, becoming piles of scrap metal at sea or simply sinking. In battles with speedboats, it was common to see unprotected speedboat drivers and passengers being smashed to pieces in their seats by air cannons or simply thrown from the speedboats and onto the sea. Some were even more tragic, with the rockets hitting the speedboats before they even left the boats. The air cannons would then contact the fuses and detonate the rockets, instantly capsizing the speedboats in flames and thick smoke.

Other DEM cannon fodder armed vessels suffered a similar fate, but they were more likely to be crushed to death by air cannonballs rather than such a low-probability accident.

Even so, the Swordfish frigates still had a numerical advantage, after all, DEM had assembled a luxurious and powerful fleet of over a hundred armed hovercraft, armed fishing boats, and armed speedboats to deal with the fleet.

This is when the Swordfish frigate's good partner, the Flat Shark, comes in to support the submarine.

"Finally, it's my turn to shine! Hehe~"

A layer of ill-intentioned gloom covered Wang Xiaoying's face, and the smile on her face looked particularly eerie under that gloom.

As always, her hands danced among the buttons, rapidly and accurately striking the necessary button to launch the decoy torpedoes.

With the second update complete, it's time to bring out some of the supporting characters who haven't appeared in a while.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Path of Fear (III)

Five support submarines, located underwater, jointly launched two decoy torpedoes from their launch tubes.

These deceptive torpedoes, trailing the distinctive green rings of deceptive weapons, burst from their launch tubes and, guided by advanced, heat-resistant plasma fuel and miniature AI, were both swift and accurate.

These armed hovercraft and speedboats, which are also known for their speed at sea, cannot exceed the speed of a decoy torpedo, and as a result, they will only be hit by the decoy torpedo.

Although the warhead of the decoy torpedo does not contain any plasma or conventional explosives, its high speed and sturdiness can still cause a considerable impact when it hits these vulnerable armed ships.

Some smaller armed speedboats were hit by decoy torpedoes and were immediately overturned, leaving all crew members soaked.

Those who weren't capsized or badly injured in the collision with the decoy torpedoes will face a hellish ordeal created by the decoy torpedoes.

From the moment the decoy torpedo shattered upon impact, the decoy pulses contained within the warhead were immediately and intensely released, instantly bathing the ship and crew in a faint green light.

The bewitching pulses, carefully crafted by the scientists at the Mad Shark Vanguard, instantly transported these DEM cannon fodder, who were already consumed by a thirst for battle and slaughter, into an ideal world of carnage.

Depending on their memories, the world and objects they could see after being affected by the confusion pulse were different, but the final result was obvious: these DEM cannon fodder began to kill each other.

In the midst of the bewildering pulse's complete descent into bloodthirsty frenzy, the DEM cannon fodder created all sorts of farces at sea, with rocket launcher gunners on armed hovercraft firing at ships or their own men.

With a deafening explosion, the entire armed hovercraft could not withstand the impact of the internal blast and tore itself apart, with none of the crew members surviving.

Some armed hovercraft, on the other hand, began to use all the weapons they had previously used to warmly welcome the Swordfish frigates to attack their own comrades.

It would be quite difficult for a 12.7mm Gatling gun to hit a Swordfish frigate with decent medium armor, but it would be easy to hit the armed ships around it that had no basic protection. As for the armed fishing boats equipped with Phalanx close-in weapon systems, their M61A1 Vulcan cannons would be a high-speed massacre on those armed ships.

"Huhuhu..."

Wang Xiaoying's smile grew increasingly dark; she felt a great sense of pleasure watching the chaos unfold on the multi-functional monitor.

"Good job, submarine comrades. The enemy is now in disarray. Our cyclone engine acceleration effect is almost gone. Turn around and return to the cyclone tower's guiding airflow to regain enough speed to continue fighting these equally fast armed ships."

"The captain of the Swordfish frigate gave the order," he commanded. The reinforced, pressurized musket atop his Swordfish frigate unleashed a barrage of air-to-air projectiles, relentlessly ravaging the vulnerable armed vessels.

"Yes!"

The captains of the remaining nine Swordfish frigates responded loudly, their enhanced pressurized long guns firing double volleys of air-powered shells, ravaging the enemy.

These Swordfish frigates, which charged into the enemy lines and fought fiercely, dragged bullet holes and fragments of various sizes on their armor, and swiftly turned back to the auxiliary Leviathan mothership in the mist created by the accelerated airflow.

Seeing the enemy's attempt to retreat, the armed ships that had not yet been fooled by the torpedoes naturally wanted to accelerate and catch up with the Swordfish frigates that were returning and regaining speed.

"The frigates on the surface are temporarily returning to undergo acceleration again. All of you, please!"

Wang Xiaoying shouted, ordering the captains of her four Flat Shark support submarines to prepare.

After the 10 Swordfish frigates glided past the waters above the Flat Shark support submarine, Wang Xiaoying decisively ordered: "Release the decoy mines!"

"Yes!"

An opening immediately appeared on the hull of the five support submarines, and a decoy mine, shaped like a landmine, quickly floated to the surface amidst a series of bubbles.

"go!"

Wang Xiaoying placed her hand on the control panel in front of the multi-function display, controlling the Flat Shark support submarine to turn and retreat. The other Flat Shark support submarines on the same interception line also turned right and retreated.

It's not that these deceptive mines floating on the surface will cause trouble for the Flat Shark support submarine, but rather that if the deceptive mines are still deployed at the same location as the Flat Shark support submarine, launching deceptive torpedoes will become quite troublesome. Therefore, it is only natural to retreat and create distance from the enemy before launching deceptive torpedoes.

These DEM cannon fodder fleets, which relentlessly pursued the Swordfish frigates while ignoring the deceptive mines floating on the surface, will soon pay the price for their interstellar actions.

Like decoy torpedoes, decoy mines do not contain any plasma or conventional explosives. Instead, they release decoy pulses. Once these mines are floating on the sea surface, they release bursts of decoy pulses to affect enemy forces within their range.

This device, which is equivalent to the original Neural Assault Vehicle or Chaotic Quadrant, is extremely useful against enemies attacking from a wide area. Combined with cleverly placed mines, it ensures that there are no blind spots in an area.

So these DEM cannon fodder, tinged green by the deceptive pulses released by the deceptive mines, immediately began to fight each other, even engaging in bumper boat battles on the sea. Depending on the type and size of the boats and their weapons, the outcome of these bumper boat battles was usually evenly matched, although speedboats or armed hovercraft were often rammed into by armed fishing boats in a comical manner, with their crew members being thrown off the boats to varying degrees.

Even so, a considerable number of armed vessels remained unaffected by the decoy torpedoes and mines and continued their advance towards the Swordfish frigates that were returning to port and regaining speed.

The Leviathan mothership's shipborne drones were also unable to deal with these attacking armed ships at this time, because their shipborne drones also had to intercept the second wave of DEM armed cannon fodder ships.

But the Leviathan mothership also had two small railgun turrets on either side of its flight deck as a last resort for self-defense.

"This is Black Whale. Each ship's railgun turret locks onto its target and fires."

Xiao Yuanxun gave the order.

The fully automated shipborne railgun turrets immediately turned and locked onto the approaching enemy from a distance. These railgun turrets, which serve as close-in weapon systems, can attack both ground and air targets.

Once the nearest armed vessel has been locked onto, and the capacitors and plasma in these railgun turrets are fully charged, it's time for them to unleash a fatal blow.

After a tearing, distorting sound of firing rang out, the plasma, acting as a projectile, shot towards the target at several times the speed of sound, leaving a mint-green trajectory.

The consequences of being hit by these plasmas launched at several times the speed of sound are devastating. Even shipborne railguns, which are smaller than mastodon tanks and railgun turrets, are an unstoppable blow to these vulnerable armed ships.

The plasma instantly melted and penetrated the ship's hull, which offered no real defense. The crew and cockpit personnel were then rapidly incinerated and vaporized by the high-speed, intensely hot plasma. Finally, the entire ship was annihilated by a violent explosion of ammunition, along with a ring of spreading plasma.

Meanwhile, in the final fortress command room, Alice's gaze quickly swept across the Swordfish frigate icon on the EVA interface.

The green bars representing durability on the icons of these Swordfish frigates have faded to varying degrees, and some have even turned into yellow bars.

"It seems that even if we are fast enough, we can't prevent those DEM mad dogs from harming us. Activate the nano recovery field and continue for one round."

Alice pressed the nano recovery field icon on the other side, and simultaneously selected multiple Leviathan motherships that could affect the Swordfish frigate.

"Activate the nano-recovery field!"

Xiao Yuanxun shouted in CIC.

Upon receiving the command from the nano-recovery field, the four Leviathan motherships located on the periphery immediately launched nano-drones from multiple containers on the motherships.

Those Swordfish frigates within the range of the nanodrones were immediately enveloped by the surging nanodrones in a mist-like manner, and any damage or foreign objects not belonging to them were repaired and removed.

"Thanks for the support from the nano-recovery field."

One after another, the captains of these Swordfish frigates expressed their gratitude to the majestic behemoths beside them over the communication channel.

Ugh!

The cyclone engines of the Swordfish frigates roared once again amidst the accelerated airflow created by the two auxiliary Leviathan motherships. After the eight Swordfish frigate squadrons circled around these behemoths and regained their durability and speed advantage, they bravely charged forward against the enemy. With the assistance of the underwater support submarine, the Flat Shark, they finished off the sea cannon fodder of these DEMs.

At this point, the second wave of DEM armed fleet cannon fodder also joined the great naval battle, partially intercepted by the shipborne drones launched by the Leviathan mothership.

DiDiDi! At that moment, a sharp alarm sounded again from the two command rooms and the warship.

"Warning: DEM's magician forces and Bondsky are approaching the fleet from the 2 o'clock direction!"

WalkerNet AI and AI Odin simultaneously warned the two commanders.

"Hmm, I thought DEM wasn't planning to send Bondski and the Magician into the battlefield, but they've come now. Perfect timing, our Magician girls must be getting impatient."

Alice switched communication channels as she spoke: "Valkyrie Battalion, DEM magicians and Bondsky are preparing to attack us from the two o'clock position of the fleet. Take them down."

"Yes!"

After Lin Haiyuan, Hua Zhizi, Charlotte, and other magicians responded in unison, they turned and formed a horizontal line to intercept the magicians and Bondsky. Air force combat formations can also be applied to magicians, but generally, given that the magicians' opponents are elves or excessively powerful magicians, the effect of this formation is like the cold dishes on New Year's Eve—it's the same whether they're there or not.

"Ha! Artemisia, you woman, we meet again!"

Komir El Nisha W. Ornovsky White excitedly tapped the handle of his scythe, a wicked grin spreading across his face, full of fighting spirit.

“We meet again, Miss Artemisia.”

William Hansen G. Emilton was completely serious, in stark contrast to his companions' arrogance.

"Finally, DEM has learned its lesson and stopped using cannon fodder and Bondski to boost our achievements?"

The gardenias smile fearlessly.

"To be honest, I thought I would run into your boss, but I didn't expect to meet you again in the Virgin Islands."

Lin Haiyuan had little expectation for the pairing of Komir, the Russian female bear, and Gawain, the German Knight of the Round Table.

"Yes, but the fact that we've already driven you away several times in the Virgin Islands proves your group's weakness. Do you still intend to challenge us now?"

Although Charlotte was knocked away by Cormier's broken arms last time, it did not affect her assessment after reviewing the battle report that the two of them could not defeat the three of them.

"Even without Minister Messers here, we might not necessarily lose to you this time. And winning or losing doesn't matter, as long as we can get back alive. And enough talk, take this!"

As always, Cormier didn't waste any words. He directly slashed the three people in front of him with his long-handled scythe from a distance. Multiple blood-red magic blades spun and buzzed as they flew toward Artemisia in their eyes.

"I'm sorry, Miss Artemisia, but this time it's going to be an unsavory two-on-one situation. I can't disobey orders."

William Hanson shrugged helplessly, gripping the Gallatin in his hand and following the magical blade as he charged toward her.

"You're quite unique for apologizing to the enemy."

Lin Haiyuan wielded the Heroic Spirit War Maiden to shatter the fragile magical flying blades and fought against the approaching William Hansen. The next moment, Cormier slashed from the side.

"Team Norman and Team Templar, hold off Akula and that traitorous magician as planned!"

While attacking, Cormier issued orders to his subordinates, the Norman team and the Templars' magician.

If it were to be another elite magician against another elite magician, as before, it would undoubtedly repeat the same mistake as the Virgin Islands. So this time, she decided to have her subordinates hold off the other two elite magicians of the Firewinds, regardless of casualties, while she and William Hansen attacked Artemisia, covering Bondsky's attack on the Firewinds' aircraft carrier. They would then search for and take away the important [Material A], and the mission would be complete.

From beginning to end, whether it was the cannon fodder armed fleet or magicians like Cormier and William Hansen, their purpose was to cover a sufficient number of Bondskis to attack the aircraft carrier and search for those still on board [Material A].

The Norman team's magician, who had dealt with the Virgin Islands before, was already quite familiar with the Foehn magician. The opponent wore a CR-UNIT armor similar to chainmail and was equipped with a lance and axe.

However, the Tempura team was quite novel to the Valkyrie camp girls. The patterns on their CR-UNITs were so gorgeous they were almost overwhelming. The magicians' headdresses resembled Brunhilde's feathered headdresses, except that these Tempura steel headdresses belonged to the part of the helmets worn by knights that had metal grilles.

The magicians immediately opened fire on them with their commonly used beam guns and missile launchers, and the overwhelming beams of missiles were immediately forced back far away.

This round of shooting immediately separated Lin Haiyuan, who was locked in combat with William Hansen and Cormier, from his teammates.

"This is troublesome."

You Huazhizi looked at the DEM magician of the Templar Knights and Norman teams who had separated and surrounded them from Lin Haiyuan.

"These two ranked magician units can cause us a lot of trouble. This time we don't have magician support from our Ratatosk allies."