I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature-Chapter 2009 - 1354: Surprise Attack (2)

Constantly making contact with other warships, breaking through the hull, rushing in to implant the virus, and if lucky, causing the ship’s AI to go berserk, then retreating smoothly.

If unlucky, they encounter a super-specification strong person on the warship, not having enough time to implant the virus, or being killed right after implanting it, with no chance to retreat.

Their sacrifices are great, but the cost to the enemy is even greater!

For every enemy warship lost here, there is one less, with no chance of replenishment. But if they can take down one warship, they can gather more war resources from the wreckage! 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Qingtian Continent is, after all, their home ground.

"Reorganize the fleet! We need to reorganize the fleet! Damn it, take down that damn advanced battleship!" Some captains screamed sharply.

But as the chaos intensified, they were split more and more apart, and as for the Commander... they no longer had the chance to wish the Commander good luck.

The opponent was killed in the first wave of attacks, with a rather miserable cause of death: a direct hit from the Earth Fire Cannon.

Although some ordinary warships diverted some of the Earth Fire Cannon’s attack during the strike, that kind of weapon’s attack, when dealing with advanced battleships, is inherently overflowing with destructive power, and even having cannon fodder to share the damage didn’t help.

The advanced battleship where the fleet’s Commander was, didn’t stand out much compared to other advanced battleships, perhaps slightly stronger in defense, but that’s all.

When the Earth Fire Cannon hit that advanced battleship, the Commander inside was reduced to ashes.

As for how the enemy found the Commander’s position in those advanced battleships, it can only be said that the Commander was a bit unlucky. The warship he was on didn’t have many special features, and it wasn’t even located in the center of the fleet.

In hindsight, it would have been better if it had been in the central area, at least then other advanced battleships could have taken the hits instead.

But for captains of other advanced battleships, as long as it’s not them getting hit, they’re satisfied, though they remain extremely anxious.

With the recent bombardment, the enemy’s real position was revealed, and seeing the three mounted Earth Fire Cannons made them tremble with fear.

The power of the Earth Fire Cannon is too great, and the distance is also unfavorable to them. Once the Earth Fire Cannon completes its charging for another shot, they might not be able to dodge it!

Adding a large group of native forces boarding for combat, and the obstruction by those scrapped warships, the chaotic Hundred Clans’ Fleet couldn’t form an effective counterattack at all.

There were quite a few super-specification strong people on their side trying to clear the enemy, but the enemy’s numbers were too great, plus the enemy also had local strong people who could fight against the super-specification strong people.

In the chaos, even though they brought extra super-specification strong people, they couldn’t play a significant role!

On the contrary, as the battle dragged on, Xiyun alone caused heavy losses to their super-specification strong people.

The energy fluctuations from the Earth Fire Cannon’s barrel grew stronger and stronger.

Some captains couldn’t sit still any longer, forcibly trying to escape the battlefield. With the Commander dead, and the mood deflated from sneak attacks, what’s the point of fighting?

Retreating to regroup the fleet should be the priority. At this time, nobody would delve too deeply into responsibilities for running away.

But they never anticipated that the enemy’s scrapped warships would be so tenacious, no, the enemy was too reckless, they blocked the way by ramming when normal obstruction didn’t work.

The reckless tactics caused more losses to the already chaotic fleet.

In the end, the chaotic fleet, after paying the price of losing two more advanced warships and a bunch of ordinary warships, managed to escape from the battlefield.

By then, the Earth Fire Cannon hadn’t fired a second shot.

A commander in the position clenched his fist tightly, staring at the small black dots of fleeing warships. In truth, the Earth Fire Cannon could have fired at least three more rounds during the battle, possibly even six if overloaded.

But doing so might temporarily deplete the local Earth Fire, requiring time to recover before the Earth Fire Cannon could continue to wield its full power.

However, from the start of the war until now, they had only fired one shot, the chaos during the battle led the commanders to suppress orders for further firing.

Doing so might result in greater casualties, but they were thinking about the future, the enemy’s assault was unlikely to be a one-time affair, even if they fired continuously and left no enemy warship behind.

What about next time?

The enemy would already be well-prepared, and when they come again, they will certainly be wary of the Earth Fire Cannon.

Conversely, if they let the Earth Fire Cannon appear a little weaker now, the next time the enemy assembles a powerful attack again, they could make the enemy pay a higher price, markedly reducing the damage in their next fight.

This time, the enemy left six advanced warships behind, with the remaining four fleeing in panic. With the threat of the Earth Fire Cannon, those four advanced warships would not dare to directly attack here again.

With three Earth Fire Cannons and their two advanced warships, the power gap between both sides wasn’t as vast anymore.

Therefore, there’s no need to reveal the Earth Fire Cannon’s true ’rate of fire’ violently.

Keeping this in reserve, and when next the enemy arranges for more advanced warships, they could take advantage of the surprise and aim to take down eight to ten advanced warships before exhausting the Earth Fire Cannon’s firing capability.

"Stop chasing, retreat!!" A participating officer shouted on the chaotic battlefield. The distance from the fleeing enemy had already widened, and continuing the pursuit only made them sitting ducks.

The Earth Fire Cannons on the ground could still provide cover, but this cover has its range, if they pursued too earnestly, no amount of cover would be effective.

"Next, we should consider the enemy’s retaliation." In the command post, the strategists were analyzing future possible scenarios.

As always, the Earth Fire Cannon’s power is undeniably high, laying down an important foundation for their victory this time, but the biggest drawback of this weapon is its poor mobility.

As a cannon requiring Earth Fire to drive, it cannot be moved alongside warships.

The crippled fleet may have fled, but they could easily circle around Qingtian Star. Without discussion, they could casually find some cities from space to fire at with a couple of rounds, inflicting substantial casualties on the natives of Qingtian Star.

The Hundred Clans’ Fleet came forth so aggressively and suffered such a heavy loss, surely they would retaliate in a fit of rage?

"...It’s a necessary sacrifice." A strategist said with a cold expression, though the bloodshot eyes and bulging veins on his hands revealed his mood.

The positional warfare, they could still fight, seizing the initial victory with a surprise attack, but they couldn’t engage in a fleet confrontation with the Hundred Clans’ Fleet and expect to win.

Their ability to prevent possible retaliations by the Hundred Clans’ Fleet was limited.

"We should have directly killed them all here!" another strategist exclaimed loudly. During the earlier battle, he held reservations about suppressing the order to fire the Earth Fire Cannon continuously.

"Hmph, and then what? What if the enemy learns the parameters of the Earth Fire Cannon and avoids direct confrontation with us later? Our only option is positional warfare, any proactive assault offers no chance of victory!"

"First, try to prevent the enemy’s retaliation as much as possible, then proceed with personnel integration."

In the chaotic command post, the overall commander spoke: "Even though the Tianhe people have special reasons preventing them from joining the battle directly, they have given us a lot of support in other areas, I will go find them."

Liu Hongzhao and her group had already prepared for the arrival of the overall commander, even guessing his purpose. They had seen and experienced many such situations, being ’veterans’ from the Tianhe Battlefield themselves.

After the defeated fled, retaliatory actions against the weak became common, not just among the War Hundred Clans, but even during the Tianhe Civil War, many Tianhe traitors did the same.

Lin Yaoyao took out something long prepared, a tool related to the secret realm...