Alien Empire Total War - Chapter 244

The mainland calendar November 13, Port Prodden.

After news of the annihilation of the 1st Enclave Army reached Prodon, Admiral Aurel Signa summoned Admiral Vitaly Stuart and his adjutant Perrin Sandy again. , requiring them to prepare for sailing operations.

“The Enkelans have suffered successive defeats on land. Their attention will definitely be focused on the land. If we launch an attack at this time, we will definitely catch the enemy by surprise.”

This is Olaar’s original words, and it is one of the reasons why he asked the fleet to set sail today, and another reason is that it is predicted that the weather in the Prodden Sea will remain sunny in the next few days, which is the most suitable weather. used to fight.

At the request of Minister Olaar, Vitalig immediately ordered the fleet to be reorganized, and the list of sailors and ammunition reserves on each warship was counted. After disembarking, the fleet slowly left the port on the morning of the 13th and moved towards the waters where the Enclave Navy was cruising.

Everything went according to their previous plan. The First Fleet of the newly launched forty-two battleships left the port first. Half an hour after they left the port, the eighteen battleships that escaped from the Battle of Proden were formed. The completed temporary fleet also left the port under the command of Perrin. The task of Perrin and the temporary fleet was to spread out and join the battlefield from multiple directions while the First Fleet was at war with the enemy, so as to block the escape route of the enemy ships as much as possible. .

In Vitalig’s view, since this first battle is to be fought, a beautiful victory must be won. It is best to severely damage the enemy’s fleet, or even wipe it out. Only in this way can we be ashamed. , to comfort the dead brothers and the spirits of sailors in the sky.

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At 13:00 noon that day, in the Prodden Sea.

The Naval Fleet of the Enclaves was conducting routine cruising patrols in the waters, and their mission was to intercept passing merchant ships, question and search them, and deter any ships that attempted to travel to the coast of the Empire.

In other words, an economic blockade.

Afton Bergman, the descendant of a fisherman from a small coastal fishing village in the Republic of Enkland, was drafted into the army at the age of twenty and joined the second class, named “Avna” Flagship and become an honorable naval sailor.

This year is the fourth year he has stayed on this battleship. Bergman always believes that he is safe on the flagship. After all, this is the battleship where the commander is, and it will be the key protection object in battle. Not only that, this second-level flagship is the final battleship of the entire fleet, and its hull strength is higher than other battleships.

It’s noon now, and I just ate a rotten salted fish for lunch, accompanied by hard brown bread and a cup of slightly sour wheat wine, Bergman touched his slightly full stomach, and paced away from the cabin upper deck. At this time, the deck seemed to be covered with a layer of water stains, which was a bit dazzling under the sun. Several young sailors who had just boarded the ship were holding mops to dry the water stains on the deck.

Looking at the sailors dragging the ground not far in front, Bergman couldn’t help but think of himself four years ago. At that time, he was also just aboard the ship. He was yelled at by the veteran sailors and called him like a servant. After getting acquainted with other sailors later, I realized that it seems that every sailor will have such an experience.

“Come slowly.”

He sighed in his heart, stepped over the pool of water under his feet, walked to the side of the ship, and looked at the sparkling sea. Although it was already November, the climate in the Prodden Sea was still relatively warm. The weather is clear and the sun hangs high in the sky. Any sea surface that is irradiated by the sun reflects the dazzling light spots that are dazzling to the human eye.

On the sparkling sea, there will also be a school of fish jumping up from time to time, flying out of the sea, soaring at a low altitude for a few meters and then falling into the water again. It is often caught as one of the main fish species for food when sailing in the sea.

Dozens of warships of various sizes sailed around this tall secondary flagship. Although these warships destroyed the beauty of the scenery, they were also an important part of the fleet.

Bergman saw with his own eyes that the sailors on a brig in front were working together to pull a wide fishing net onto the deck. The large fishing net caught countless seafood, which looked densely packed. Similar situations occurred in the fleet. It can also be seen on other small warships. It can be said that the seafood supply of the entire fleet is provided by those small warships.

At this moment, Bergman caught a few dark spots in the distance.

“what is that?”

His eyes caught the black spots in time, and he raised his head to look at the sea level in the distance, trying to identify what those black spots were, but under his gaze, the black spot on the sea level was black. The number of points gradually increased, from a few at the beginning to a dozen or dozens.

After the number of black spots increased, not only Bergman, but many sailors in the fleet also noticed the black spots that were approaching this way, and a sailor on the flagship hurriedly grabbed the rigging like a monkey Generally flexibly climb up to the top of the pole and look into the distance from a high place.

Seeing this, his face suddenly changed, and he quickly lowered his head and shouted to the sailors on the deck:

“It’s a battleship! The battleship of the Rumen people!”

His voice was comparable to an alarm bell. After his voice fell~www.mtlnovel.com~ the entire deck of the second-level flagship became lively, and other warships around also discovered the identity of the comers. Those who were in the cabin The sailors who were eating lunch did not care about continuing to struggle with the food, and hurried into their respective posts amid the shouts of the bosun, preparing for the battle.

The Enclave Navy is worthy of being the key target of training. After discovering the enemy, the sailors quickly made a posture to meet the enemy. They opened the closed cannon windows on one side to carry out the fire for the artillery deployed on the lower deck. The ammunition is loaded. After loading, the gun is pushed out, and the muzzle sticks out of the gun window, ready to fire.

While the ships were busy, Zelos Bachmann, the commander of the Enkland Navy, who was on the secondary flagship “Avna”, was also hurried to the deck with his adjutant. He wore a gold-trimmed triangular cap on his head, and after walking to the foredeck, he picked up the long-sighted binoculars and looked in the direction of the enemy ship’s approach.

Through the long telescope, Bachmann clearly saw the whole picture of the menacing enemy fleet, as well as the Rumont Navy flag that was hoisted high and fluttered in the wind.

He put down the telescope in surprise and muttered: “Where did the Lumeng people get so many new warships? It would be incredible if they built all these in the past five months or so!”