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Chapter 232 Fierce Naval Battle

Not far from the battlefield, a huge steel battleship floated quietly on the sea, with the flag of the Vast Sea Empire flying on it.

This battleship is naturally the Iowa battleship belonging to the Hanhai Empire, and a group of veteran players of the Hanhai Empire watched the tragic naval battle not far away, and they couldn't help sighing.

"Hey! This great empire is too useless! It can make guns and artillery, and it is so difficult to fight such a fleet that is still in the era of cold weapons!"

"You can't blame them. They developed everything slowly by themselves. It's not like we have the god of games to help cheat! How can firearms like this be so easy to develop! If you want firearms to have enough The most important thing about power is the gunpowder ratio. If the gunpowder ratio is not reasonable enough, it will be difficult to exert the maximum power. Also, the gun barrel and barrel need to be durable and not explode. chamber, we have to find ways to improve casting technology and iron-making technology. Finally, if we want to improve the accuracy of muskets and artillery, we have to develop pointed bullets and carve rifling into the barrels and barrels. In this case, we have to find ways to develop lathes. It is difficult to ensure the accuracy of this lathe, not to mention the blade used to cut rifling. The manufacturing difficulty of that thing is extremely high, and ordinary steel simply cannot meet its conditions. So the Daqian Empire can It’s pretty good to be able to make primitive muskets and artillery so quickly by yourself!”

"Wow! Brother, you know so much! When I heard you say that, I suddenly became enlightened! You were not a noble before and went to a noble academy, right?"

"Hehe! What kind of nobleman! I'm a vegetable seller. I read these things in the 'library' of the fantasy space. I only understand them a little, but I'm not proficient at all!"

"Brother, you are so humble, this is called a little understanding! Then I can really say that I don't understand anything! It seems that I have to go to that 'library' in the future to increase my knowledge! "

Just as the old players of the Hanhai Empire were talking, the battlefield not far away was already in a state of intense heat, and even Du Longbo, the admiral of the navy, personally went into battle to kill the enemy.

I saw him holding a two-meter-long spear in his hand, stabbing out continuously, and assassinating all the Red Sun Kingdoms who were trying to jump onto his flagship.

But after all, he didn't have three heads and six arms. He could care about this end, but he couldn't care about the other end. Soon the soldiers from the Red Sun Kingdom successfully rushed up from the other side, and then they kept slashing the surrounding Daqian Empire with sharp long knives. The soldiers created a bloody storm on the battleship.

Du Longbo heard the screams of his soldiers, turned around and saw this scene. He was so angry that he immediately raised his spear and stabbed dozens of spear rays at these warriors of the Red Sun Kingdom. In the blink of an eye, these dozen soldiers were killed. The powerful warriors of the Red Sun Kingdom were assassinated to the ground.

Unfortunately, as soon as Du Longbo had dealt with this wave of enemies, a large number of soldiers from the Red Sun Kingdom surged up from another place, and it was impossible to kill them all.But the Daqian Empire soldiers around him were getting fewer and fewer, and were about to disappear completely.

"Is this general going to die here today?" Looking at the seemingly endless stream of enemies, Du Longbo wiped the blood off his face and said to himself with a wry smile.

And just when Du Longbo was about to fall into despair, a Daqian Empire battleship that was lucky enough to not be trapped by an enemy ship rushed out of the smoke and struck hard with the iron horn on the bow. It collided with a Red Sun Kingdom warship docked in front of Du Longbo.

This warship of the Dagan Empire is more than 50 meters long, and it is a large warship, while the warship of the Red Sun Kingdom is only more than 30 meters long.

Relying on the advantage of its size, this warship of the Daqian Empire almost cut off the warship of the Red Sun Kingdom in one fell swoop.

After being hit with a big hole in the side of the ship, the Red Sun Kingdom's warship immediately began to sink rapidly downwards, and the way forward for Du Longbo's flagship was also cleared.

"Master! Come out!" A young general of the Dagan Empire standing at the bow shouted at Du Longbo who was trapped in the enemy ship with a long sword in his hand.

Du Longbo finally reacted when he heard the words, and immediately drove the battleship forward with all the dozens of soldiers left on board.

"Cut off those hooks and claws!" Du Longbo saw that the battleship was moving slowly, and after a short scan, he found the reason, and ordered to the surrounding soldiers.

As Du Longbo's order was issued, these Daqian Empire soldiers who finally saw a way out rushed to both sides of the ship with swords in hand, and cut off the ropes behind the hooks that had caught their own warships one by one. Some were climbing along the ropes. The Red Sun Kingdom soldiers who boarded the battleship screamed and fell into the sea.

After cutting off those hooks, the battleship's speed indeed became much faster, and within a short time, more than half of the ship's hull broke out of the encirclement.

But at this moment, Takeshi Yamashita, the navy commander of the Red Sun Kingdom, led a group of warriors to ride the waves, charging towards Du Longbo's flagship.

"Du Longbo! Where are you going!" Takeshi Yamashita roared, and slashed at Du Longbo's flagship from tens of meters away.

This Yamashita Takeshi is obviously also a powerful swordsman master. After he slashed out with a knife, a blood-colored sword glow actually crossed a distance of more than ten meters in an instant, and chopped down towards Du Longbo's flagship.

Once really hit by this blade light, Du Longbo's battleship will definitely be severely damaged, so Du Longbo can't sit idly by, he hastily raised his spear, inspired a spear light to meet that bloody sword energy , wanting to block this bloody sword glow.

It's a pity that his strength is obviously not as good as Yamashita Takeshi. The bloody sword light still did not dissipate after defeating Du Longbo's spear light and continued to attack the battleship.

At the critical moment, it was the young general of the Dagan Empire who jumped up from the bow of the ship, and a blue sword glow from the long sword in his hand completely defeated the sword glow of Takeshi Yamashita.

But this time it wasn't just Takeshi Yamashita who came to intercept and kill Du Longbo, there were also dozens of powerful warriors from the Red Sun Kingdom!At this time, these dozens of warriors of the Red Sun Kingdom with superb lightness skills were about to rush to Du Longbo's flagship.

"Fire!" Following the young general's roar, hundreds of musketeers on the battleship opened fire at the Red Sun Kingdom warriors. Although these matchlock guns were primitive, they had large calibers and were full of lethality. As long as they hit one If this happens, even a ninth-level swordsman will be beaten to the point of losing his combat effectiveness immediately.

As a dense barrage of bullets swept across, almost half of the dozens of Red Sun Kingdom warriors were knocked upside down and fell heavily into the sea.

But Takeshi Yamashita and the rest of the warriors were not repulsed, they still roared frantically to kill Du Longbo standing on the flagship.

At this time, Du Longbo's internal strength was almost exhausted, and his physical strength was about to bottom out. How could he be Yamashita Takeshi's opponent!In desperation, he grabbed a cannon, ignited the fuse, and aimed the cannon at Takeshi Yamashita and the warriors of the Red Sun Kingdom.

After the sound of a cannon, hundreds of steel balls shot out from the muzzle, Yamashita Takeshi and the warriors of the Red Sun Kingdom were hit directly, without even a chance to dodge.

Although the warriors of the Red Sun Kingdom were powerful, they were still not great swordsmen after all. They were unable to release their fighting spirit and defend themselves internally. They were beaten with blood all over their bodies on the spot and fell into the sea with screams.

But Takeshi Yamashita continued to charge towards Du Longbo at an unabated speed after holding a long knife and flying countless steel balls aimed at him.

Just as he was about to rush in front of Du Longbo, a solid artillery shell the size of a watermelon suddenly hit from the side, directly shattering the protective aura on the body of Yamashita Wu. Then he continued to move forward, smashing him until he vomited blood. It fell directly from the sky.

Coincidentally, the seriously injured Takeshi Yamashita fell right in front of Du Longbo, so Du Longbo raised his long spear without hesitation, and stabbed it directly through his chest.

Yamashita Takeshi looked at the steel spear that pierced his chest. After spitting out another mouthful of blood, he rolled his eyes in anger and took his last breath.

After Du Longbo stabbed the spear with all his strength, he also exhausted his physical strength. His body swayed in place and almost fell down. Finally, he stood still by relying on the gun barrel.

Upon seeing this, the surviving soldiers of the Daqian Empire rushed forward to support their commander. At the same time, the flagship, which was covered with various scars, finally broke out of the encirclement of the enemy ships. Under the escort of another own warship, Go and join the other escaped warships.

However, the situation of other warships was not much better. After all, the number of soldiers engaged in the battle by the Kingdom of the Red Sun far exceeded their side. Most of the Daqian Empire warships that managed to escape suffered heavy losses, and their personnel were reduced by more than half.

But despite this, the Dagan Empire won this battle, because as more and more warships gathered by Du Longbo, the rhythmic roar of artillery fire resounded on the battlefield again, and the warships of the Red Sun Kingdom was sunk.

Since the two sides have completely fallen into a melee at this time, and Yamashita Takeshi, the navy commander of the Red Sun Kingdom, has also been killed, the Red Sun Kingdom is completely trapped in a situation of fighting on its own, and it is impossible to continue. Organize effective resistance.

As a large number of warships were destroyed, the Red Sun Kingdom finally realized that they had lost this battle, so after relying on fire ships to siege and burn several Daqian Empire warships, the remaining dozen The Red Sun Kingdom warship quickly withdrew from the battlefield with its own troop transport ship under the cover of smoke, and fled into the distance.

Although the Daqian Empire won the battle, they were unable to pursue them. After all, their warships were also severely damaged, and their speed was greatly affected. The ship was ignited during the attack, and it was burning raging flames at this time. After all, hurry up to put out the fire, or the entire battleship will be destroyed in a short time.

After some rescue efforts, two battleships failed to be rescued and slowly sank into the sea with fierce flames.

And Du Longbo looked at the post-war statistics sent by his subordinates just now, and his eyes were full of grief. Although they won this battle, it was a miserable victory. Of the fifty warships that participated in the battle, only 23 ships, 2 of which were seriously damaged and could not be repaired in the short term.And the casualties were even more serious. More than 4000 marines died in battle, [-] were killed, [-] were seriously injured, and only [-] people still maintained their combat effectiveness.It can be said that if it is not for the advantage of firearms, their battle is really not the opponent of the Red Sun Kingdom.

But correspondingly, the Red Sun Kingdom also paid a huge price for this head-on battle. First of all, the opponent's fleet was almost completely wiped out. Only a dozen small warships escaped by relying on their speed.In addition, there were more than 2 corpses of dead soldiers left at the scene. From this, it can be inferred that the actual number of people killed by the other party must be more, maybe [-] or [-]!

After this defeat, the morale of the Red Sun Kingdom must be greatly frustrated, and the battle on the land will be much easier to fight.

And those old players of the Hanhai Empire who were watching the battle, saw that the two sides had decided the winner, but they were discussing whether they should intervene in the next battle between the two sides.In their opinion, the equipment used by the army of the Red Sun Kingdom is too outdated, what era is it!They also used big knives to kill people. Didn't you see that people used muskets and artillery in the empire?Therefore, they felt that in order to better consume the national power of the Dagan Empire, they should provide some firearms to the Red Sun Kingdom and the Kuran Empire to enhance the combat power of their troops.

But just after these old players sent this proposal back to the country, it was immediately rejected.Our Emperor Hai Zijing of the Hanhai Empire said that for post-war reconstruction, the country is now so poor that it is almost too poor to open the pot. How can there be any spare energy to support other countries?Whether those countries prefer cold weapons or hot weapons in war is none of their business.

Faced with Hai Zijing's reply, these veteran players also felt very embarrassed. Only then did they realize that there is indeed a lack of everything in the country, mainly because the continuous wars before have caused too much damage to domestic production. It is that there is no spare money to support other unrelated countries.

On the other side, the remaining dozen or so warships of the Red Sun Kingdom managed to escort their troop carriers to the coastline of the Dagan Empire. It's not suitable for landing anymore. Just throw the troop transport here and escape towards the Kingdom of the Red Sun.

Those abandoned troop transport ships could land ashore without the cover of warships.Fortunately, this place seemed to be very desolate, and no troops from the Daqian Empire were seen.

Until all the more than 20 soldiers of the Red Sun Kingdom landed, only a dozen or so Daqian agents showed up nearby, and then left quickly.

Originally, there were 30 landing troops in the Red Sun Kingdom, but in the previous naval battle, the army also folded in more than 2 troops to support the battle, and now only about 28 are left.And because the war horses are not convenient for sea transportation, most of the landing troops of the Red Sun Kingdom are infantry, and there are only about 2000 cavalry.

(End of this chapter)