Chapter 983: The Losses Have Grow
The method Feilong told Bismarck was very simple and crude, which was to use the usual practice bullets to directly attack the deceived person.
Such an attack will wake up the person who is trapped in the illusion, but will not cause much harm to him or her. Fundamentally speaking, it is the simplest and most direct way to solve such problems.
Of course, in addition to this method, Feilong also told Bismarck another method, which is to let the ships with soul powers purify the minds of those ships that are trapped in hallucinations.
This method is obviously much milder than directly attacking with practice bullets, but the disadvantages are also very obvious. That is, it is impossible to immediately solve the problem of illusions caused by ships, and ships with soul power are not so easy to find.
Currently, the only ships with such capabilities are several from the Sakura Empire and Iris Empire, such as the Nagato, Mutsu, Yamashiro, Fuso, and of course the Richelieu, Jeanne d'Arc, and the like.
Because they all believe in gods, they have conducted in-depth research on the soul and are relatively easy to solve this kind of phenomenon.
Bismarck thought about the reports that had been sent back recently. It was true that the fleets these people were in did not cause much damage, and such things were easy to happen and could be resolved immediately.
So it was just briefly mentioned in the document, without asking for support or solutions or anything like that.
However, such a method would definitely not be widely popularized. Although some ship girls from the Holy See could be recruited from Iris, after all, although ordinary ship girls have soul power, they are still a little short of awakening the ships that have been confused by the Arbiter.
Moreover, the attack had reached a critical moment and it was impossible to stop and waste so much time. Therefore, as the flagship, she informed several leaders of this matter, and they chose to solve it with practice bombs without hesitation.
This method is quick and efficient, will not cause much damage to the ships, and will not delay the progress of the entire sea strategy, so it can be popularized on a large scale.
With this decision, progress in the entire sea area really became faster, and things like this became a kind of joke among many ship girls.
Have you ever had a hallucination today? If so, can I give you a practice round?
As they teased each other like this, they finally arrived near the Siren Fortress.
This time the plan for attacking the fortress was much more thorough than the first time. If the first time was purely an adventure, then this time it was a general attack on the Siren Fortress after basically controlling the sea area.
Except for some ship girls arranged to control the outer waters, basically all the main battleships joined this fortress battle.
Compared to the difficulty of the first battle with Stelhencus, this time was obviously much easier.
Under the restraint of Cinder Dragon and others, facing Hermit equipped with the overload module, everyone's attack also seemed very fierce.
Although the opponent's attack was just as good and even more powerful than that of Sternkus, without the gravity field controlled by Sternkus, everyone's attack seemed a little constrained.
At least every shell can be fired accurately according to one's own will without any other interference.
When the smoke of the battle had just settled, the casualty ratio was much higher than that of the battle against Strychnos.
"The losses this time are much greater than those during the time of Stylhencus. Even our Sardinian Empire, almost half of its forces, are unable to participate in the battle." Veneto is not in good condition now. The entire ship suit he is wearing is in a charred state, and even a turret has been destroyed.
"We can't help it. Although the Stellencus is powerful, it is generally a heavy cruiser. So her attacks are more focused on the vanguard. That's why we suffered heavy losses in the front row last time. Although there were some losses in the back row, it was not to an unacceptable level.
And now against Hermit, because she is a standard battleship, and also comes with the ability of Netherfire, which controls the mind of the ship from time to time.
This resulted in our rear-row main battleships being attacked more frequently, causing the damage to the main fleet to become very serious.
There are at least a hundred damaged ships alone. It seems we can't move forward anytime soon." Musashi's condition was not good either, but she was better than Veneto's. Her words were heavy. Obviously, the loss of the Sakura Empire this time exceeded her expectations.
"But on the bright side, although we suffered a lot of losses in this battle, no one was killed. Even if we are severely damaged and fall into a protective state, we can still handle it.
If any ships were killed, I really don't know how to write this combat report to the commander. "Bismarck was somewhat thankful that her flagship had the least damage among all the flagships. Geryon had been switching between offensive and defensive postures, and her ability to withstand damage was much higher than that of the others.
"That's true." Enterprise smiled. "Anyway, we have won this battle and are very close to the commander, so let's take a good rest and report the results of this battle to the commander, and then reunite with him."
"indeed."
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Holding the combat report in his hand, Qin Ge read it over and over again. Unlike the last time, this time he couldn't help but frowned.
"Commander, this was a beautiful battle overall. We completed the attack on the sea area while keeping casualties to a minimum. They will join us next." Zhenhai said on the side.
Qin Ge nodded and moved his eyes away from the combat report. "I know, but seeing these damage figures makes me feel a little sad. Although I had expected it from the beginning, when this scene really appeared in front of me, I still felt a little uncomfortable."
"Haha, this is already the best result for us. Bismarck and the others have obviously done a very good job. And as a commander, what you should do now is to affirm their achievements instead of becoming depressed because of some losses." Zhenhai said with a smile.
Qin Ge rubbed his face, shook his head and laughed, "You are right, this is the expected result. If I am depressed about this result, I will really fail their expectations of me.
Zhenhai, help me draft a reply. Let them temporarily control the current situation and restore the damaged ships first, and don't rush to meet us.
And tell them that it will take us about a month to capture the Siren Fortress , and if possible, we can form a double team by then."
"clear!"
