rise of empire total war

Chapter 361 Bombardment of Lyktos Port

On April 1119th, 4 in the continental calendar, Paisikia Port was led by Ganyue, Duchy of Delj, Kingdom of Winster. The formerly prosperous port was full of awe-inspiring atmosphere. The entire port was under martial law, and a large number of hanging A battleship with a yellow double-headed eagle flag on a black background is moored in the port, and teams of heavily armed soldiers board the ship along the long boards that have fallen from the battleship deck. After boarding the ship in an orderly manner, they walked directly into the cabin without saying a word .

Not far from the port, Prince Phyllis in casual clothes watched the scene quietly, speechless for a long time. The scroll contains the number of soldiers who went on this expedition, as well as the list of artisans, priests, and slaves accompanying the army.

They are the First Army of the Kingdom who went on an expedition to the Osa Peninsula. This general is Richard's loyal military commander, Charles. After receiving Richard's order, Charles does not care about his newly born wife and his newly born son. , Take the general guard and go directly to the front line.A total of 9100 soldiers participated in this expedition (8830 official combatants excluding artillery), including four spear sergeant brigades, four heavy armored sergeant brigades, three civilian archer brigades, and two giant shield crossbows Soldiers brigade, two cavalry sergeant brigades and two imperial knight companies, and the newly organized firearms battalion. In the reorganized firearms battalion, only one arquebus brigade and one musket brigade left, and nine The artillery team, as for the hand artillery, was directly disbanded by Richard because the weapons were really outdated.

If the artisans, priests, and slaves accompanying the army are counted together, then the expeditionary force led by Charles can barely exceed ten thousand. This is the first large-scale military operation of the Kingdom of Winster since the end of the Siege War. It was just a small-scale bandit suppression operation.Therefore, when the legion was mobilized and marched north, a lot of rumors were flying all over the sky—because Richard did not announce the news of marching to the Osa Peninsula, there were rumors that the Kingdom of Winster was going to the Principality of Rigin in the north. Declaring war with the Principality of Page undoubtedly touched the fragile nerves of the two countries. While the Grand Dukes of the two countries desperately ordered the mobilization of the army and prepared for defense, they sent envoys to ask for help from other countries in the encirclement.

The haze of war instantly shrouded the skies over various countries. People who were accustomed to peace looked uneasily at the urgently mobilized troops. This was something Richard did not expect. Upon seeing this, he quickly issued a statement, hoping to prevent a possible outbreak. unnecessary war - although he is not afraid of war, the focus of the attack is now on the Osa Peninsula, and a large amount of supplies have been sent to the north. More importantly, most of his soldiers are still lying at home.

As soon as Richard's statement came out, all countries breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that they were not the ones who were unlucky, they also relaxed their vigilance and disbanded the troops that hadn't rushed to the border in batches. They didn't dare to believe them all. They said they were going to attack the Osa Peninsula, but they actually bluffed a shot, and made a shameless sneak attack while they were unprepared, wouldn't that be the end of the game?
Not only that, they were also speculating about the purpose of Richard's expedition to the Osa Peninsula. No one believed that Richard would be so kind as to help a down-and-out prince restore his country without any consideration in return. You know, even the man who took Richard in back then Grandfather King Harlaus didn't do this either. He just gave Richard an island he had just captured and then left him alone.

No matter how the countries guessed Richard's motives, the expeditionary force still set off as scheduled. Nearly [-] soldiers boarded the warships or transport ships of the First Fleet, crossed the Sea of ​​Osa, and headed straight for Lyctus City, the capital of the Kingdom of Lyctus— — It was Felice's idea to attack the city first in the first battle. He wanted to use the demise of the Kingdom of Lyctus to declare his strong return to the nations!

Therefore, under the escort of the First Fleet whose number of warships has been expanded, the expeditionary force only took two days to arrive outside the port of Lyktos. A large number of Hawker gunboats (in a few years, Richard will The battleships of the first fleet have been updated, except for a small number of Kirk warships and Hawker warships, which are basically Hawker gunships equipped with heavy artillery and musket sailors) completely blockade Lyktos Port, lined up Open, aim the muzzles of the four cannons on the side of the hull in the direction of the port.

"General Sigurd, come and show our Prince Phyllis the power of the Hawker gunboat!"

On the flagship deck, Charles, the military chief, said to Admiral Sigurd. The latter promised and signaled the flag bearer to signal to the ships. The naked sailor climbed up the pole like a monkey, waving Colorful flags, and other warships responded by waving flags.

On a Hawker gunboat on the front line, the captain looked at the gesture made by the flag bearer on the pole, nodded, and ordered to the deputy behind him: "Prepare for the first round of shelling, target, Lyktos Port!"

"Yes." The deputy replied, and then quickly ran into the cabin, shouting to the gunners below: "Ready to shell, target, Lyktos Port!"

"Prepare for bombardment!"

One order after another sounded from the ships, the gunners in the cabin loaded ammunition one after another, and the soldiers of Lyctus in the port also took the opportunity to line up and gathered in the open space in front of the port, under the personal command of King Cabrias of Lyctus. , and stand ready for the invading enemy.Cablias didn't know what he was about to encounter. If he knew, he would definitely not let the army act as a living target in the open space!
"Warriors of Lyctus, we are waiting for work at leisure. As long as we hold the port, the enemy's army will not be able to land. They can only drift on the sea, and finally be trapped alive at sea!" Cablias encouraged his soldiers loudly. Dao, following his words, the soldiers also turned their attention to the large number of ships outside the port. In their sight, the hulls of those warships facing their side were suddenly pushed out of black metal pipes. When they reacted, they heard a thunderous roar outside the port, and the metal tubes launched by each battleship burst out with dazzling flames. The gunpowder smoke instantly enveloped the sea surface, but was quickly blown away by the sea breeze.

Immediately afterwards, countless black shadows flew across the sea at a speed that the naked eye could not capture, and slammed into the port, smashing blood trails one after another in the dense Luctus army phalanx, and more shells hit the buildings in the port area , In an instant, several buildings collapsed, dust was flying, and only one round of shelling left the port area in a mess.

"What is this?" Seeing the infantry phalanx that had been crushed to a bloody path, King Cabrias yelled in horror, but no one could answer him. The soldiers looked at the fragments on the ground, terrified Poor, stood there blankly, unable to recover for a long time!

And at this moment, the second round of shelling followed!

(End of this chapter)