rise of empire total war

Chapter 515 Landing on Begovo Beach

After winning the Battle of Begovo, the First Fleet was not in a hurry to move on. Under Sigurd's order, they salvaged all the living sailors who fell into the water and the bodies of their own dead sailors, and at the same time counted the losses in the battle.

This naval battle lasted for almost a day. Thirteen Hawker gunboats and two Farnic warships were sunk, more than 200 sailors were killed, a large amount of gunpowder and shells were consumed, and the Ansmara navy was almost completely wiped out. Except for the 37 captured warships and a few warships that escaped during the battle, all were sunk by artillery.After the war, more than 500 Ansmara sailors were recovered from the sea. If nothing else happens, these 500 prisoners of war will become slaves of the navy. Only by becoming slaves of the navy will they have no chance. Escape.

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The next day.

The governor of Begowo led the northern coast, and was built in the continuous fortress group behind the coast. Looking at the scene where the sails and flags on the sea almost covered the sky, Ajit Jain, the governor of Begowo, had a bitter face. Ever since he was still asleep in the middle of the night last night when he was woken up by a panicked servant and learned the news of the navy's fiasco, he was ready to meet the Holy Roman Empire Expeditionary Force.

He had fantasized about many scenes of the Expeditionary Army appearing, and he thought that he would not have too much emotional fluctuations about it, but he was wrong. The moment he really saw the Expeditionary Army of the Holy Roman Empire appearing, he felt mixed feelings in his heart. Shock, fear, and hesitation.

Ajit is somewhat grateful for his previous decision to build a contiguous group of fortresses behind the coastline. Without these fortresses, the Holy Roman Empire army would land directly and deal a heavy blow to the colonial leaders.

Just when Ajit was immersed in his own thinking, Sigurd and Trond looked at the large and small fortresses behind the coastline on the sea, and a trace of confusion rose in their hearts, out of concern for the lives of soldiers. Considering that they will not rashly let the army land, because the defenders on the fortress include the beach within the long-range range, once the army lands, they will be hit by fierce fire from the defenders, which is very important for the line infantry who lack shield defense It is fatal.

The two commanders looked at each other, discussed in a low voice, and finally decided to let the Hawker gunboat bombard the fortress on the shore from the sea to attack the defensive force of the defenders. Perhaps it was because the foundation was too soft. The Smara people only built a small number of stone fortresses, and more of them were log walls made up of logs, which allowed the expeditionary army's artillery to play a better role.

So, under the suspicious eyes of the defenders on the fortress, 87 Hawker gunboats formed a long snake formation, and turned their sides towards the coast. The muzzle of the gun was pushed out of the gun window, and the defenders who had not participated in the war did not know what these black round tubes were. They whispered and pointed to the expeditionary warships to talk to each other.

Governor Ajit Jain knew what these round pipes were for, his face changed drastically, and he quickly ordered the defenders on the walls of each fortress to evade, but at the same time he gave the order, the sides of warships on the sea flocked. Dazzling sparks bloomed, accompanied by a deafening noise like thunder on the ground, and then, countless black shells roared through the air, and under the watchful eyes of the defenders, they fell into the fort with an unstoppable force. In the group,.

The dense shells like raindrops dealt a devastating blow to the fortress group. Although this was only the first round of tentative shelling, a large number of city walls were still destroyed, and the soldiers on it were buried alive under the ruins. The guards who had never seen shelling The tight phalanx that the army soldiers habitually listed also gave the shells a lot of room to play. One shell after another smashed into the crowd, plowing a bloody road. To be smashed to pieces with terrifying force.After the shells flew past, many people were turned into pieces before they could even utter screams. Human limbs and organs flew across the sky, and blood was scattered all over the sky as if they didn't want money.

"What kind of weapon is this?"

Looking at the fortresses that seemed to have been ravaged by a storm, Governor Ajit couldn't help swallowing, and said in a trembling tone, but no one could answer him, because the officers and soldiers around him were also in shock.After a long time, someone said in a tone full of fear: "This, this is the divine punishment from the gods."

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of thunder-like loud noises sounded on the sea again, and the second round of shelling arrived as expected. Meteorite-like artillery fire once again ravaged the messy fortress group, knocking down more city walls and taking away more The lives of the defenders, the soldiers were still immersed in the shock of the first round of shelling, indifferent to the new round of shells, and died in vain.

Governor Ajit finally knew why the navy with superior strength was almost wiped out. Facing an enemy with such sharp weapons, Ainsley had no reason to be invincible. Sea battles are different from land battles. Escape, if you fail in the sea battle, you can only be completely buried in the vast sea.

Thinking of this, he closed his eyes in pain. Although the enemy hadn't landed yet, he could still see the result of the war in advance. They lost this battle, and there was no possibility of reversal.

In order to reduce fearless losses, Ajit quickly ordered the withdrawal of troops, but he did not want the expeditionary force to take down the hard-earned defense line so easily, so he left a small number of troops to continue to garrison, and he himself took the The main force withdrew, and at the same time sent people to contact the nearby indigenous tribes, preparing to fight the expeditionary force inland.

In his view, without the support of the navy, the army of the Holy Roman Empire would definitely be able to deal with it better, at least his army would not have to face such a fierce threat of firepower.

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Half an hour later, the shelling ended.After confirming through the binoculars that there were no active defenders behind the ruins of the fortresses, Trond ordered the army to start landing. Following his order, the transport ships began to approach the beach. After entering the shallow water, one after another The boat was lowered, and the boat was rowed to the beach full of heavily armed line infantry, and one company after another was transported ashore as the vanguard.

After landing, the soldiers didn't care about gathering, they ran towards the fortress group in rank units, but before they got close, a sparse rain of arrows rose from behind the gap in the city wall, shooting the line infantry caught off guard. Turning over, the rest of the people dispersed quickly, shooting behind the gap while running.

Because the soldiers who were shot down were still wearing a layer of chain mail, they basically saved their lives. The soldiers who followed from behind quickly put away their weapons and dragged the fallen soldiers out of the dangerous area under the cover of their comrades. , Waiting for the medical treatment of the military doctor.The soldiers who were still charging braved the sparse arrow rain and rushed to the gap in the city wall, threw a few grenades inside, and after the grenade exploded, rushed in with the smoke that rose.

More than ten minutes later, the remaining colonial soldiers either died in battle or surrendered, and the coast was successfully captured by the expeditionary force.

(End of this chapter)