I Will Be The Crowned King

"All gunners, get ready!"

"The first round of calibration for all artillery pieces, marking the intended target! The ammunition hand is ready, all the artillery pieces are loaded with blasting shells, and ready for rapid fire!"

"The trailers are all in place, and evacuate at the fastest speed after the rapid fire is over!"

On an unknown coast somewhere in Reef Town, Anson, standing beside a twelve-pound cannon, held up his binoculars, frowning at the prey moored on the sponge.

Behind him, hundreds of artillerymen were surrounding thirty cannons and mortars of various calibers, making final adjustments in makeshift artillery positions; everyone's expressions were tense amid the cacophony of orders and shouts , the atmosphere is also suppressed to the extreme.

After all... this time their opponent is not another army. Even if Ansen emptied the coalition's family with a full fifty artillery fire, and was extravagant to an unprecedented level, he was still completely crushed by the opposite firepower.

After all, even a three-masted cruiser has at least thirty to fifty guns; and the opposite is not a mere battleship, but a fleet of more than a dozen sailboats!

Once exposed, the opponent only needs one round of naval artillery salvo to blast the entire artillery position into the sky.

So when Anson ordered the formation of two artillery positions on both sides of the coast of Reef Town, the entire artillery company—or the entire Storm Division headquarters except Anson and Lisa, including Fabian and Carl Bain ——I think that the Deputy Commander is either crazy, or already crazy.

To be honest, Anson was actually a little nervous despite his confidence in front of everyone.

In a sense, this should be the first time he has really tried to dominate, not just carry out someone else's orders to fight a war.

Before that, whether it was Thundercastle or Eaglehorn City, the consequences of losing were serious, but no one expected him to win; in the end, even if he wanted to throw the blame, he wouldn't be the one who took full responsibility.

But this time... he was tantamount to disobeying Ludwig's order, hiding from the Army and the Privy Council, and taking advantage of the situation to mobilize the entire vast land and the empire to confront each other head-on.

Win, all is well said.

Losing... Anson will consider selling himself.

With Sophia as a major shareholder, it is impossible for the Franz family to just watch themselves become junk stocks; and Miss Talia should also be very happy to see that she can keep her promise and "voluntarily" go to the colony of the New World , paving the way for the Rune family.

But the current situation is better than he imagined.

The imperial defenders in Reef Town were completely attracted by the "sneak attack" of the Storm Division, and they did not send enough scouts, completely unaware that the 20,000 coalition troops were rushing towards them, and they were building up under Reef Town's eyes. The fortress of the gun was also unaware, the eyes, an important human organ, seemed to be just a decoration on them.

This is the case even for fleets anchored at sea. In pursuit of fire coverage, the distance between ships is very tight, as if the possibility of ground threats was not considered at all.

This kind of "deployment" of how to look down on people made Ansen wonder if it was a trap on the opposite side, tricking himself into exposing the firepower and destroying it in one fell swoop.

But exchanging a fleet of a dozen ships for fifty guns—even though most of them were just commercial cargo ships—would have been a big loss for the Empire, and it would take a lot of idiots to come up with such a tactic?

"The ammunition is loaded, the first round of calibration--!"

Two powerful ammunition handlers went from the twelve-pounder cannon to Anson's side, and skillfully sent the blasting bombs into the smooth as new cannon. The gunner standing behind grabbed the breech at the same time.

The logo of the August Armoury Factory was engraved on the pitch-black shell.

Slowly putting down the telescope in his hand, Anson turned his gaze to Reef Town not far away from him; the thunderous shouts and gunshots kept coming from there, and even the gravel under his feet trembled slightly, just looking at the movement It was known that the storm division had already pressed on the whole line and was stalking the imperial defenders.

Despite the 10,000 disapproval of Anson's plan, especially Anson's plan to take command of the artillery, Carl Bain unswervingly carried out the order, and in his own way, did his best to reduce the meaningless casualties.

Calm eyes swept across the extremely nervous faces behind him, An Sen raised the saber at his waist, imitated Ludwig's appearance, and waved forward gently.

The next second, the silent sea was illuminated by dazzling cannon flames.

………………

"Concealment, concealment! Enemy fire is coming, enemy fire is coming—!!!!!!"

Almost at the same time as the orange-red flames illuminated the earth, the lookout of the Empire's vast soil fleet immediately sent a signal to the ships, and the rapid alarm bell echoed on every messy deck, and the sailor holding a kerosene lamp. , the second and third officers violently kicked every idiot who was still sleeping soundly.

And then, and then gone.

Everyone was panicking, everyone was screaming, everyone was shaking, and they didn't know what to do.

Under normal circumstances, in the face of the deterrence of coastal fortresses, a fleet anchored at sea should quickly lift anchor, keep a distance from the land, and then use the advantages of maneuverability and range to focus fire to knock out the opposite firepower.

Because compared with artillery positions on land, naval guns tend to have larger calibers and more numbers; generally, as long as it is not deliberately stupid or the enemy also has a fleet, the coastal defense forts and temporary artillery positions in ports can only be passively constructed. beaten.

Even the "Armed Merchant Fleet", which is dominated by cargo ships like the Hantu Fleet, must have hundreds of artillery pieces together, which is comparable to the firepower of a legion; on land, it will be invincible to the entire Hantu. .

Take a ten thousand steps back and say that even if you are really afraid of land firepower and dare not approach, the ship is not a fixed battery, it is always possible to lift the anchor and sail and turn in; a moving ship is hit by a land battery at night, the probability and Almost killed by lightning.

But the problem is, this is what happens under "normal" circumstances.

And everything that happened tonight has nothing to do with "usually"!

On the one hand, the commander of the fleet, Tasien, gave a death order, and the fleet was not allowed to fire at will without his instructions, let alone lift anchor; on the other hand, although it bears the name of "Empire", it is still Carindia's ocean-going fleet. .

Tasien wanted to use these Carindians to make the fleet move, and he had no confidence in the gang of two or five who jumped repeatedly, so he sent a company responsible for monitoring and supervising the battle on each ship to ensure that his orders could be carried out. It is 100% implemented, and when it is critical, it suppresses some of the grassroots that want to "swing left and right".

As a direct consequence, in the face of the enemy's artillery fire, the sailors on the ship couldn't do anything except issue warnings and panic.

"Boom!!!! Boom!!!! Boom!!!!"

Along with the deafening loud noise, the artillery on the shoreline roared neatly towards the pitch-black sea, and two golden-red flame pillars extended toward the sea-except for Anson's position, Lisa, who was temporarily "entrusted with important tasks". Another artillery position was also constructed in the opposite direction, forming a cross-fire on the fleet and Reef Town.

Two artillery positions, the only fifty artillery pieces were all put into battle; in order to completely cut off the tentacles of the empire that could reach behind him at any time, An Sen bet all his capital, and for the first time a wealthy person was like a certain Son of the Archbishop.

Under the watchful eyes of the panic-stricken fleet sailors, the pouring rain of bullets in the sky and the fire from the shore lit up the dark night, with the orange-red symbol of death falling from the sky in a shriek that ripped everything apart.

Pieces of flames began to explode on the sea, and the hot air waves rolled the sea water and swept the sides and decks of the ship recklessly; the fire waves danced wildly in the boiling water, and the billowing smoke was on the burning mast. Straight into the sky!

Facing the sudden firepower coverage, the Hantu fleet, which had just razed the reef town to the ground in the same way just a day ago, was wailing and screaming in a helpless predicament... Even the most determined soldier is impossible. Be indifferent to this explosion.

In fact, despite the pre-marked firing range, it is impossible for night shelling to be 100% accurate, not to mention the error that is destined to occur due to the pursuit of rapid fire. Two-thirds of the shells can fall on the ship. It was the Ring of Order that blessed his devout Anson Bach.

However, in pursuit of the density of naval artillery fire coverage, Tasien has resulted in a very tight spacing between the entire fleet; as long as one ship is lit, it is only a matter of time for the rest to "burn".

One after another, the blasting bombs representing the highest technical level of the August Armament Factory were torn apart the moment they touched the hull and deck; the expanding fireball was mixed with hundreds of fragments and bloomed instantly; The hull of the hit was torn apart, and the screaming humanoid "coke" was swept up into the sky by the air waves, shattered and fell into a sea of ​​fire...

The shelling lasted less than a few minutes before a rebellion broke out on the flagship of the Han soil fleet; the sailors on board tried to lift anchor to avoid the shelling, but were brutally suppressed by Imperial soldiers.

This is not because the Imperial soldiers are really stubborn, and would rather be killed than they are to carry out orders - but Tashien is still on the shore, they can't leave the Admiral and run for their lives, right? !

The most fundamental conflict of interests between the two sides led to a rapid division and hostility between the Imperial soldiers and sailors on the flagship; the soldiers ordered immediate artillery fire, while the Carindian sailors just wanted to flee for their lives.

And this situation seems to have the ability to "contagion"... Soon, rebellion broke out on one ship after another, and the more artillery hits, the more casualties the ship broke out faster; those lost Merchant ships, which are not serious, can "be at peace with each other".

After the "normal persuasion" failed, the imperial soldiers immediately took up their weapons and carried out the more efficient "weapon persuasion"; and the Carindian sailors who wanted to survive were not to be outdone, picking up sailors' machetes, pistols and Shotguns have joined this heated "debate".

Then the "ridiculous" scene appeared... In the face of the crazy shelling of the Clovis artillery position, the Hantu fleet neither surrendered, nor retreated, nor fought back, but killed each other.

With the sky-high artillery fire, the two sides launched a death battle on the burning ship that can only be described as "crazy"; a few calm sailors and imperial soldiers were already trying to escape, abandoning their ships and jumping into the sea.

But more of them began to take revenge for the usual grievances and sneering, as well as the natural contempt between the Han natives and the imperial people, just like the last carnival when the end came.

The only difference is that the tools they celebrate are not wine and food, but sailors' machetes, rifles, bayonets, grenades, and naval guns.

As for the coalition artillerymen who had no idea what the opposing fleet was doing, they could only rejoice in the blessing of the Ring of Order, and at the same time used a faster speed to stuff the remaining blasts into the already scalding barrels and continue to pour into the already ignited sea. gunfire.

After all, once the shelling stops and the other side starts to fight back, they are the ones who are finished!

"It's too extravagant... Although it looks really imposing."

At the storm division position, Carl Bain, who was holding a telescope and looking at the sea level, stared at the ignited sea level in a stunned manner, and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "Our deputy commander, how many blasting bombs did we get? Can you withstand such a beating?!"

"A total of 1,000 pieces, which are all the current inventory of the August Armoury Factory~www.readwn.com~ Fabian quietly appeared behind him with an expressionless face, and handed the cigarette case to the chief of staff: "No If anything goes wrong, it's all here. "

"One thousand?!" Carl's eyes widened, and he took a cigarette and bit it in his mouth.

"The little secretary told me." Fabian nodded, and casually took out a match and lit it for himself and the chief of staff:

"For the sake of secrecy, these shells did not go to Hantu's account, and were directly requested by the deputy commander in the name of the Southern Army."

"...how much did he spend?"

Carl frowned. Because of the complicated craftsmanship, the price of blasting bombs is several times that of ordinary solid bombs - even if Anson can rely on his "fiancé" to obtain the status and get the goods at the cost price, one thousand is definitely not a small number.

"It doesn't matter." Fabian shook his head and exhaled smoke into the sky:

"The little clerk said that the deputy commander was asked for it in the name of 'supporting the main force of the Southern Legion', so the name of Major General Ludwig was used in all the fights - oh, and the two we just got. Ten thousand guns are also hung under this white bar, so in fact, only the first payment was paid."

Then, he turned his head to look at Carl: "Why, are you surprised?"

"No, I'm not surprised when you say that." Carl Bain waved his hand and sighed deeply:

"How is the preparation of the coalition army?"

"Thun's 5,000 men have just entered the position, and it will take half an hour before they can all be put into battle; the Aiden Legion is still rushing towards this side, but three infantry regiments are already ready...if their standards are used. "

"How about setting the total attack time in half an hour?"

"no problem."

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