rise of empire total war

Chapter 422 The situation is improving

boom--

boom boom-

A series of explosions almost made the world tremble. The fire caused by the simultaneous detonation of a large amount of gunpowder instantly engulfed the outermost coalition warships.Dozens of warships were blown to pieces, and the sailors on them flew into the sky. The surrounding warships were also torn apart by the shock wave of the explosion to shred the outer planks of the hull, or were hit by flying objects.Those spiky wood chips also flew around along with the shock wave, cutting the sailors who were still on the deck. Those who were unlucky were directly inserted into their vital organs and died on the spot.

Looking at the flames soaring on the sea level, Sigurd had a flash of inspiration in his mind and quickly ordered the warships to prepare for attack. Fortunately, in order to deal with the enemy's attack that may be launched at any time, all Hawker gunboats are in a state of preparation for war at all times. After receiving the commander's order to go out, the sailors raised the sails and sailed out of the port in batches.

The coalition forces in the chaos did not find the Winster warship rushing out. When they found it, the Hawke warships were already lined up, pointing one side of the ship at them, and all four gun ports were opened. The muzzle is aimed at the enemy from a distance.

"fire!"

Rumble-

The moment the cannon was fired, four sparks exploded on the side of Hawker's battleship, and the black shells flew towards the enemy ship at high speed, crossing hundreds of meters of space almost instantly, and smashed heavily into the enemy ship connected by iron chains.The shells with terrifying power pierced through the hull after smashing the wooden boards on the surface of the hull, destroying everything inside.Or it just happened to penetrate the tall ship mast, cut it in half, and then smashed it heavily on the deck of the ship, crushing the sailors who couldn't dodge, and the warship that was hit so hard sank slowly without sinking. After one meter, he was pulled by the chain that led him.

At the same time as the Hawker gunboats fired salvos, the long-barreled cannon deployed on the city wall also began to try to shell the enemy ships, but due to the limitation of the range, the fired shells basically failed, and had no effect except to smash a few sprays.Seeing this, in order to avoid continuing to consume ammunition, the officers ordered to stop shooting, admiring the performance of the navy brothers.

The coalition forces restricted by the iron chains didn't even have the strength to fight back for a while. Not only did they want to extinguish the rapidly spreading flames, but they also had to dodge the shells falling from the sky in a panic. Not only that, the heavy iron chains were also fixed on the sunken ship , pulling the unsinkable warships into the sea, several damaged warships were overturned, and the sailors on them fell into the water one after another.

"Continue to bombard, and at the same time send people back to the port, collect more fishing boats, and fill them with gunpowder!"

Looking at the enemy fleet that could only be beaten passively, Sigurd's eyes lit up, and he ordered loudly to his orderly. After hearing this, the orderly quickly ordered the boat to be prepared and returned to the port by boat. He also knew that it was a hard attack now. The enemy's best moment, and this is the only chance.

More than ten minutes later, more than 30 small boats filled with gunpowder were sent to the battlefield. In order to save manpower, the generals staying in the city directly arrested the prisoners from the cages where the prisoners were held, and threatened and lured them to drive the gunpowder boats. The method, they either drive the gunpowder boat obediently to attack the enemy, or be beheaded directly.

Seeing the boat going away, the corners of Sigurd's mouth rose, and the victory seemed to be at his fingertips.

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The next day.

There is nothing but a large number of floating planks and warship fragments on the sea outside the port of Paisikia. The huge fleet was destroyed overnight. The coalition warships on the ground had no room to escape or fight back, so they could only bear the fierce shelling in despair.At the end of the battle, except for some of the warships that untied the chains and escaped in time, the rest were all buried in the sea, or were salvaged by Hawke's gunboat and became humble slaves.

The battle damage statistics for this battle continued until two days later.In this battle, the Winsters only had a huge amount of gunpowder and shells in addition to paying the lives of dozens of death squad soldiers, but the coalition forces paid an extremely painful price: sinking about 320 nine warships, ten Although the seven warships were untied in time, they were unable to escape due to serious damage and were captured by the Winsters. In the end, only 35 warships escaped.

In addition to the sinking of the warship, more than 100 people were buried in the belly of the fish, and more than 200 people were salvaged in time to become prisoners together with the more than [-] sailors on the [-] captured warships. The fate of these prisoners will become extremely serious. Tragically, they will be sold into slavery by the Winsters, never to be seen again.

This is a decisive battle forced to advance.Historians of later generations commented on this battle in this way, because it is clearly visible that the initial intention of Commander Sigurd of Winster in this battle was to cause some trouble to the coalition forces, weaken their strength, and prepare for the next day. However, he did not expect the effect of the gunpowder ship to be so good, so he took advantage of the situation and launched an attack, formally provoking a naval battle that would determine the fate of the remaining Winster army on the Osa Peninsula.

After lifting the blockade of Paisikia Port, Sigurd did not delay, and quickly sent the three legions stationed inside and outside the city to the Osa Peninsula. It was almost wiped out in this war.

The news of the Paisikia naval battle quickly spread throughout the Valdasia Peninsula and the Osa Peninsula with the pace of messengers. All countries were amazed at the strength of the Winsters, and the long-depressed Winster threat theory rose again. Flooding the courts of various countries, the kings started to upgrade their armaments and sent envoys at the same time.All the city-states on the Osa Peninsula are also ready for war, and the forces that have old grievances with the Acarnanian Alliance urgently mobilize their troops, and a big battle is coming.

Against this backdrop, all three legions of the Kingdom of Winster landed in Lyktos Port, and after completing their assembly, they marched forward to the Amatlia stronghold on the front line.Charles was overjoyed when he heard the news of the arrival of the reinforcements at the first time. While waiting to join the reinforcements, the plan to launch a counterattack against the Acarnanians also rose in his mind.

Now that the navy has been defeated and almost destroyed, the army has also been repelled, and the morale of the army has been shaken. It is the best time for him to launch a counterattack. Reaching Patri Dawa will not be a pipe dream.

However, Charles did not know that the armies of the three allied countries that embraced the Patridava Council and requested to join the war had joined the Acarnanian army that had retreated to the Elia stronghold. The combined army of the three city-states of Kea and Menapia is as high as 2. Although there are many light infantry who are only responsible for harassment, the number is there. If one of the four armies encounters one of them, only result of defeat.

(End of this chapter)