But at this moment, the situation changed!
On the surface of the river, the eight Empire's Sea Spirit class warships were originally lined up in a straight line. However, although this river had been widened several times by the Empire's manpower and resources before the war, these warships were originally naval warships. It was already a bit difficult for the huge warships to travel on the river. Therefore, since the war began, the largest Sea God and Sea King class warships of the Empire had never entered the river. They had all sailed through the Western Continent, bypassed the continent, and arrived at the North Sea. Then, they would attack the demons in the north through the Cang River. Only the small Sea Soul class warships of the Empire's navy could travel on the river. Even so, the eight Sea Soul class warships lined up on the river seemed to be a little crowded.
The ships were tightly packed together, almost end to end. The warships were firing at the north bank with all their might, but they had no idea that disaster was coming!!
The unforeseen event happened in an extremely sudden manner!
The fleet was lined up in a straight line, and the flagship was the third from the bottom. The commander of the fleet was a veteran of the dynasty's navy who had participated in two expeditions. In the midst of the fanatical atmosphere of the sailors on the ship, a dull boom suddenly sounded from underwater!
Bang!
The sound was like a heavy hammer hitting a wooden plank. The ship immediately shook violently. Before anyone could react, the warship had already tilted to the left!
Then, the sounds of collisions in the water could be heard, and there was the terrifying sound of wooden boards shattering. After the ship tilted, the sailors on the ship shouted and ran in panic. Many people fell into the water. At this time, someone came over in panic to report that the cabin below the waterline had been smashed!
"Below! They are underwater!"
The captain immediately gave the order, and the sailors picked up their bows and arrows. They tried their best to shoot underwater, but the arrows lost most of their power when they were in the water. Some of the marines even set up ballistae and turned around to fire at the water.
The water battles of this era lacked the ability to counterattack underwater. Some of the brave marines didn't even have time to take off their clothes after receiving the order from their commander. They grabbed their short knives and bit them in their mouths before jumping into the river and diving into the water.
Rows of marines jumped into the water bravely. The scene seemed to fall into a short silence in an instant. The ship was still tilting. However, the sound of the collision seemed to have stopped. Many people rushed to the side of the boat to look down.
However, those soldiers who had jumped down with their knives in their mouths…However, none of them appeared.
A moment later. Some people cried out in surprise. On the surface of the water, dark red blood rose from below, as if there were beautiful red flowers blooming on the surface of the water! Soon after, bubbles bubbled on the surface of the water, and the people on the boat fell into a strange tension.
More brave marines took off their boots, bit their short knives, and jumped into the water…
Soon after. All of a sudden, a violent collision sound was heard underwater, and a spray of water erupted from the surface of the river! Within the water, there was also a large amount of blood that gushed up. There were also some terrifying broken arms and broken corpses!!
Cries of alarm rang out. The underwater hull let out a mournful cry. The sailors who had been trying their best to block the damage in the cabin did not have time to escape. With a loud boom, the ship's hull suddenly broke apart!
Ice-cold river water gushed in crazily, instantly drowning the sailors below the cabin.
Then, the hull broke in the middle, and the bow immediately tilted up high. The sailors and officers standing at the bow fell into the water one after another.
At this time, the enemies in the water finally revealed their faces. A few huge monsters with oily fur and a faint red color emerged from the water. Their huge heads spat out blood and roared.
There were more than a dozen of these monsters, and each of them was at least five meters tall. They were the demon soldiers of the Hippo Race who were proficient in water. However, the Empire did not know that the demons actually had such a soldier. Wu Shuang looked at the dead marine and shouted at the messenger with bloodshot eyes,"Navy, retreat, retreat quickly.”Looking at the flustered messenger, Wu Shuang rushed over and snatched the flag. She signaled to the navy, but it was too late.
These Hippo Demon soldiers were born with huge bodies and terrifying strength. After diving into the water, each of them held a huge hammer in their hands!
The flagship of the human fleet was instantly broken by the sneak attack of a few Hippo Demon soldiers!
The sudden collapse of the flagship immediately caused the entire fleet to panic. The commander of the fleet had fallen into the water before he could give the final order. As for the Hippo Demon soldiers, they were still lurking in the water, wantonly killing the human marines who fell into the water.
Although these sailors were all excellent sailors who had fought against the waves in the sea, no matter how good the water of humans was, they could not defeat this natural underwater race. Coupled with the huge bodies of the Hippo Demon soldiers and their barbaric strength, the soldiers in the water quickly died. They were strangled one by one and even swallowed by the Hippo people.
This was the demons 'plan. The northern shore had deliberately sent a large number of demon soldiers to risk their lives to build a pontoon bridge as a feint to attract the human fleet to the water. Meanwhile, the Hippo Demon soldiers quietly entered the water from the upper reaches and went downstream. They hid in the water and ambushed the human fleet.
The human warships immediately reacted after being attacked. On the warships, the brave sailors were not afraid of the underwater monsters at all. There were even some powerful officers who took the lead to take off their clothes and jump into the water with short knives.
However, broken human soldiers kept emerging from the surface of the water. In an instant, the vast river was covered in blood!
The war continued. The human warships were attacked one by one. After the navy suffered a large number of casualties, they finally realized the truth. They had no way to deal with these underwater monsters. After the flagship was sunk, another warship was sunk.
Looking at the troll army that was still fighting, Wu Shuang scolded,"" F * ck, hurry up and retreat."
Although the navy was already the team that covered the retreat of the main force and was destined not to return to the empire, Wu Shuang did not want them to die on this useless battlefield.
Then, the fleet began to send out flags one by one. Retreat!
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