rise of empire total war

Chapter 514
"The enemy's trebuchets are coming!"

Amidst the shrieking screams, the heavy boulders thrown from the Ansmara Navy rolled and flew towards the advancing First Fleet. The sailors on the sails were the first to notice and shouted to the sailors below. However, this did not allow the battleship to take evasive actions in time. In the sight of the sailors, a huge boulder fell from the sky and smashed into the sea next to the battleship, splashing a large amount of water, which almost wet the sailors standing on the side of the ship.

Perhaps it was because this was a tentative shooting. The boulders fired by the enemy basically fell into the sea, which relieved the sailors on the Hawker gunship. They hurriedly accelerated the speed of the battleship, and at the same time controlled the artillery deployed on the bow to shoot at the enemy. .

The distance between the warships of both sides is getting shorter and shorter, and the accuracy of the boulders and giant crossbows projected by the Ansmara navy is also increasing.A Hawker gunboat was targeted by no fewer than three enemy ships while sailing at high speed. A large number of boulders flew towards it and hit the gunboat's hull heavily, creating a terrifying hole in the hull. It bounced off and fell into the water. Just when the sailors on the ship thought they had escaped, the huge ignited crossbow flew at high speed and actually just passed through the hole that was opened and hit the ammunition depot inside the cabin. The next step Within seconds, the ammunition depot was ignited, and a deafening explosion suddenly sounded. The entire battleship was blown open from the middle, and everything on the ship, including the sailors and artillery, was blown into the sky.

The shock wave generated by the explosion spread rapidly around, and the sea water dispersed round after round. Several warships close to this unlucky warship were affected by the explosion shock wave, and the sailors on them were blown down one after another and fell on the deck. The fragments brought were heavily embedded in the surface of the battleship, smashing out small holes.

After wiping away the sea water that rained down from the sky, a sailor quickly climbed up from the slippery deck. He looked at the wreckage of the battleship that had become pieces and was slowly sinking in shock. He opened his mouth and was about to say something, but he saw the sky. A long red thing fell down and hung directly on his neck. The smooth and greasy touch immediately gave him goosebumps. He quickly stretched out his hand to pull off the thing and brought it to his eyes. When he saw it, his face turned pale with shock. It was clearly the intestines of the person who had been blown up into the sky!

He quickly threw his intestines on the ground, and then ran to the side to retch, but he was destined to be unable to vomit anything. Just as he was bending over to cover his stomach and retched, several boulders fell from the sky and hit him heavily. On the deck of this battleship, the sailors on it who were unable to dodge were smashed to death. After killing several people, the boulder jumped out a few meters away according to the inertia, and the scene was full of blood.

boom boom-

While being attacked by the enemy's ship-borne trebuchets, the Hawker gunboats also began to fight back. They used oblique tactics, turned the bow of the ship from a distance, aimed the side with multiple artillery at the enemy, and then fired a salvo. The shells flew at high speed on the sea surface and accurately hit the Ansmara warship less than 200 meters away from them. As long as it was hit by more than one shell, the warship was basically scrapped.

While using broadside firing, the Hawker gunboats also advanced diagonally towards both sides of the Ansmara Navy. They bombarded while advancing, which not only shortened the distance between the two armies, but also made it impossible for the enemy ships to catch up, and could only endure being beaten. .A cannonball flew out from the muzzle of the gun, crossed the sea a hundred meters away, and hit the ship-borne trebuchet deployed on the deck of an Ansmara warship. The black cannonball smashed the wooden trebuchet into pieces. , sawdust flew everywhere, and the surrounding Ansmara sailors were also killed by the flying sawdust and debris, and fell to the ground screaming. The shell continued unabated, and collapsed another ship-borne tower before lying quietly in the ruins. among.

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As time went by, Ainsley Hurt, the Minister of the Navy of the Republic on the "Poseidon", finally felt that something was wrong. He looked around and found that there were fewer and fewer warships around the flagship, less than three points of the original One day, he quickly looked back, only to be shocked to find that there were already a large number of warship debris and sailor corpses floating on the sea behind him.Apart from the warships surrounding the flagship, there are fewer and fewer own warships on the battlefield.

He also discovered that unknowingly, the Holy Roman Empire's navy, which was originally far smaller than his own, had made a gesture of vaguely surrounding them. The battleship at the front had already circled behind them, and while advancing, it also came from behind. Broadside bombardment of their fleet.

"Damn it! We're going to be surrounded!"

He roared angrily, not caring that the purpose of leading his troops here was to prevent the Holy Roman Empire's expeditionary force from landing, and quickly ordered the remaining 50 or so warships to turn around and retreat to the south.The south is the direction they came from, where the enemy ships are the weakest and the most suitable direction for a breakout.

However, the Holy Roman Empire Navy would not just watch them retreat. As they turned around, countless cannonballs roared towards them, causing great confusion. Because of the confusion, each ship ignored the orders issued by the flagship and went on its own. The action caused several warships to collide with each other while turning, causing serious damage.

Taking advantage of this time, the First Fleet, which had already made a siege, rushed towards the chaotic Ansmara fleet while waving the colored flags, approaching and shooting. This undoubtedly further increased the chaos of the Ansmara people. At this moment, the warships huddled together and collided with each other. From time to time, someone fell from the deck and fell into the sea because of the violent collision. The ramming angle of the bow did not have any effect on the enemy, but was used to accidentally injure friendly troops.

In this chaotic situation, Ainsley's flagship became the target of the Hawker's gunboats because of its huge size. Almost every second, shells roared and hit the hull. The reinforced hull could not withstand the shells. The impact, the whole ship was immediately smashed and crumbling.Although the sailors on the flagship still stubbornly operated the ship-mounted ballista and trebuchets to counterattack the Hawker gunship, they still failed to reverse the situation. After more than ten minutes, the flagship was seriously damaged, and a large amount of seawater poured in along the gap, and the whole The ship sinks slowly,

The sailors on the ship turned over the ship's side and jumped into the sea one after another, trying to escape the sunken warship. They fell one after another like dumplings, splashing water.No one cared about them. The surviving warships were already in danger. They could only choose to lower the flag of the Republic of Ansmara under the violent bombardment of the Hawker gunboat and replace it with a white flag. .

As agreed, as the first warship raised the white flag, more and more warships followed suit.Upon seeing this, the Hawker gunboats stopped their bombardment. They surrounded the Ansmara warships and docked next to the warships. They sent infantrymen equipped with flintlock muskets to board their decks and quickly took over the surrendered warships.

(End of this chapter)