Faced with this situation, White Butcher had relatively few options.
Ordering the Wyvern Riders to launch another round of bombing against those Barton fast ships and sink them outright would completely eliminate the threat.
But that was not a good idea. Besides, they were no longer capable of doing so at this stage.
The support fleet led by Bolevin consisted, to put it plainly, of only four fast ships.
Even though they had freed up as much space aboard the ships as possible before setting out to carry more barrels of explosives, the number of barrels was still limited. Fast ships simply could not be used as transport vessels.
According to White Butcher's latest calculations, Bolevin and the others had brought eight batches of explosive barrels this time.
Including the four batches in White Butcher's possession, they could deprive twelve enemy fast ships of their normal attack capabilities if all of them were deployed on the battlefield.
Meanwhile, their aerial bombing force had already thunderously deprived nine Barton fast ships of their normal attack capabilities.
The remaining three batches of explosive barrels were due to the wyverns' stamina failing to keep up after the high-intensity bombing. Their overall efficiency had begun to decline, and they needed to slow down and recover for a while.
Even if White Butcher used those three batches to finish them off, he could ultimately sink only one ship.
Viewed from the overall situation, that would not change anything. They might as well follow the original plan and continue bombing the remaining Barton fast ships.
With that as the premise, the nine Barton fast ships charging toward them presented an imposing sight. Completely avoiding them was unrealistic, while crashing into them head-on was even more out of the question.
Given the fast ships' size and tonnage,