rise of empire total war

Chapter 511 Interception
Sigurd's imperial fleet was mighty, but wherever it went, it forced the pirates who once roamed the entire Shining Sea to flee, not to mention that Richard, who was just an earl almost 20 years ago, directly destroyed them. The notorious Moorish pirate group, just talking about the numerous naval battles that broke out between the Kingdom of Winster's navy and the Osa people a few years ago, without losing a single victory, is enough to keep the pirates at arm's length and intimidated.

Pirates are not fools. They know very well who they can mess with and who they can't mess with. All ships from the Holy Roman Empire have been included in the list they can't mess with.

After rendezvous with the Navy of the Kingdom of Farnik, the Imperial Navy sailed directly south. Because they did not deliberately cover up the news, they were quickly informed by the Minister of the Navy of the Republic of Ansmara, Ainsley Hurt. The admiral of the Navy, who shoulders the heavy responsibility, is still asleep on the comfortable bed at home at this time, hugging a few dancers sent by his subordinates. He was awakened in a daze by his cronies, and was informed of the enemy's situation, and then he immediately woke up, without thinking about continuing After falling asleep, he got up straight away, pulled a long robe to cover his body, and walked quickly to the study.

At the same time, the enemy's situation was also known to all members of the New Republic, and they hurriedly held an emergency meeting in the governor's mansion to discuss countermeasures.Although they had great hopes for the navy, the strength of the Holy Roman Empire's navy also oppressed them. They all knew the sea battle that broke out in the Osa Sea a few years ago. At that time, the Kingdom of Winster had only 52 Only one warship defeated 120 nine warships of the Acarnanian Alliance, and the Winsters' navy defeated the enemy head-on, rather than using any despicable means to achieve the result of winning more with less.

The Winsters have always been good at winning more with less. This is already a consensus in the hearts of all those who have known the wars the Winsters fought. It can be counted from the time Richard was conferred as the Earl of Cuban (this It is also the place where the dream first started), and since then, whenever Richard's forces participated in wars, most of them used a small number of their own troops to meet the majority of the enemy's troops, and they were able to win every time.Regardless of whether you are a navy or an army, as long as you let Richard's side have fewer troops than you, you can prepare for failure, and even if your own number is smaller than Richard's side, he will still be defeated. The most frightening aspect of Chad's power.

It seems that the war has just begun, and you can predict the scene of your own failure.

Members didn't dare to think too much, they settled down and rushed into the meeting.

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The colonial army of the Republic of Ansmara has more than 4000 soldiers, of which only more than 60.00 belong to the citizens of the republic, and the rest are servants composed of the conquered Zane natives. Compared with the citizen soldiers, The equipment is very simple, the armor rate is only [-]%, and it is the simplest leather armor, and all members use leather round shields and spears to fight.

The citizen soldiers are all from immigrant families in the colony. Although they belonged to the poor class in the native land, they left their homes and came to this place and made a lot of wealth. Therefore, the soldiers they provided were well-equipped and skilled in combat. pillars of domination.

In addition to the colonial army, as mentioned above, the Ansmara also hired a large number of indigenous tribes to fight for them. They hired about 5 indigenous warriors, although most of them were lightly equipped light infantry. , but there are also well-equipped noble warriors and chief cavalry. Most importantly, there are nearly a hundred behemoths in the army - elephant soldiers.

What the Ansmara people feared most when they expanded their colonies was the indigenous elephant soldiers. Those elephants with long trunks and sharp ivory piercing the human body are almost invulnerable. Arrows, spears, or knives cannot break through the skin's defenses and cause harm to elephants.But the elephant soldiers can easily break up the tight phalanx formed by the Ansmara soldiers, and trample all the soldiers standing in front of them into pulp. War elephants are called mahouts, and one holds a special spear several meters long to pick and kill the surrounding enemies) and can also use the special spear to pick and kill the surrounding soldiers.

If it weren't for the terrifying threat of the elephant soldiers, the Ansmara colonial army would have expanded around unscrupulously and conquered those tribes, instead of suppressing their temper and trading with the ignorant natives.

And now, those brave and skilled native warriors have become mercenaries of the Ansmara, and they can't wait to let the Holy Roman Empire troops who landed have a taste of the power of elephants—of course, the premise is that the navy of the Holy Roman Empire can Penetrate the blockade of the Republic Navy and bring the army to shore.

However, will Ainsley Hurt and his Republic Navy really be able to intercept Sigurd's navy?

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On September 1127, 9 in the continental calendar, after nearly two months of voyage, Sigurd and his fleet finally crossed the ocean and arrived in the Begovo Sea area north of the Begovo colony of the Republic of Ansmara. Here, the Republic Navy under the personal command of Ainsley Hurt has already laid down its position and is ready for battle.

Minister of the Navy Ainsley Hurt stood on the deck of his flagship "Poseidon", looking at the opposite Holy Roman Empire army, which was significantly smaller than his own, and his heart was full of tension before the war.The flagship he was on was the largest warship in the entire fleet. The entire warship was 42 meters long, 8 meters high, and 8 meters wide. It carried a large number of giant crossbows and more than 500 armed sailors. And the Hawker gunboat of the Holy Roman Empire Navy, it can be said to be a behemoth.

However, large size does not mean that it must be very strong. Perhaps in the era of boarding battles or bumper ships, large ships can easily sink enemy ships, or rely on large capacity to send a steady stream of soldiers to enemy ships for pick-up. However, the enemy they are facing is the Holy Roman Empire Navy, which has a weapon like artillery. The huge hull will be the best target. It is possible that before you have time to hit it, the intensive artillery fire will kill you halfway. sunk.

Ainsley did not immediately order an attack, but let the enemy on the opposite side line up first in a gentlemanly manner.Sigurd quickly understood what he meant, so he ordered the entire army to line up. Considering that transport ships can only exert their combat effectiveness at close range (the soldiers carried on them would stand on the deck and shoot), he deployed the transport ships In the rear, let the Hawker gunships meet the enemy in a long snake formation, and each warship faces the enemy with its side, throwing the maximum firepower.

The navy of the Farnic Kingdom is deployed on the second line. Their task is to take the initiative when the Ansmara warship rushes over and tries to engage the Hawker gunboat, attracting the enemy's attention so that Hawker can Gunboats can perform output stably.

(End of this chapter)