Rise of the Empire Total War - Chapter 506

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“This is really a scary weapon.”

Looking at the fragments of the warship floating on the sea and the dead sailors, the Ansmara Navy Secretary Ainsley Hurt on the “Poseidon” couldn’t help but sigh with emotion. Out of consideration for Ann (pa) Quan (si), he did not recklessly lead the charge on the flagship, but set up a dozen warships to rush forward to test the enemy’s firepower.

It turns out that his caution saved his life. After only a few rounds of shelling from the warships that rushed forward, the sailors on it had to abandon the ship because the hull was severely damaged, and the cold water consumed every falling water. The vitality of the people, and the rapid approach of the predators in the sea that smell of blood also made the drowning people desperate to wait for the arrival of death.

“Master General, how should we deal with Roman weapons?” An adjutant asked, his tone trembling with fear. After so many years in the army, this is the first time he has encountered such weapons.

“Neither our giant crossbow nor the catapult can cause damage to enemy ships because they are out of range.” He swallowed and added.

Hearing this, Ainsley’s face sank. Although he had already guessed in his heart, he was still taken aback when the adjutant really said it.

After the surprise, he thought about it. The shelling of the Roman navy in the distance continued, and the mid-air was full of the howling of high-speed cannonballs. He only thought for a few seconds. “Niels,” he said. “Order all the warships to disperse and attack the Roman navy in a loose formation.”

“Yes, General.” The adjutant named Niels promised. As he was about to turn around and leave, Ainsley stopped him again and said: “The whole army accelerates and advances! As long as we are fast enough, we can Reduce the number of attacks!”

“Yes.” Niels quickly ran away. A few seconds later, colored flags were waved on the deck of the flagship. Then, the ships began to move under the orders of their captains, and each ship moved as far away as possible. The surrounding warships were farther away, and as they changed their positions, they were also speeding up the advancement of the ships.

“Go hard, you **** pigs!”

“Strong! Speed ​​up! Speed ​​up!”

“Snapped–“

At the bottom of the cabin of the warship, the fierce overseers swung their whips and beat the rowing slaves who were locked in position by chains. While they beat the lazy people in their eyes, they yelled loudly. The slaves wanted to prevent the whips from falling on themselves. , They all gritted their teeth and rowed the oars hard, and the warship increased its speed in this way.

On the other side, seeing the Ansmara Navy actually widen the space between the warships, Sigurd’s face changed slightly, but he didn’t say anything, but continued to order the ships to fire, but this time, the warships The shells fired were not solid shells, but sharp weapons specially developed by the Gunpowder Research Institute for naval warfare through Richard’s suggestion.

That is, chain bullet.

A chain bomb is a chain that connects two small shells smaller than the caliber of the gun. After launching, one shell will drag the other shell and flew out, so it will tear a big hole in the sail, or Tore the rigging, with good luck, can even tear off the mast and paralyze the enemy ship. This is mainly to limit the movement of enemy warships, but it also has another purpose. High-speed moving chain bombs can easily cut off any object, including enemy ship sailors. Therefore, chain bombs can be assembled with the navy. Killing the enemy ship’s personnel like a shotgun, but the effect is not as good as the latter.

“Ready for chain bullets!”

On a Hawke gunboat, the sailor manipulating the artillery took out two small artillery shells connected by chains from the ammunition box paved with straw, and then stuffed them into the gun barrel that had been put into the gunpowder, and then another sailor used the gun. The bar compacted the gunpowder and shells. After completion, the artillery was pushed back to the gun position, ready to fire.

“emission!”

Nourishment

boom–

After the deafening sound of the artillery, the artillery was pushed back a few centimeters due to recoil. The chain bullets inside the barrel flew out of the muzzle at the moment the sound of the artillery sounded, and flew out at high speed in mid-air, passing hundreds of meters in a blink of an eye. From a long distance, he whizzed and hit the sail of an Ansmara warship, tearing the sail into a huge hole, and the chain bullet went unabated, and then spun into the sea.

Because the Ansmara Navy was loose, most of the shells fired by the First Fleet hit the sea, and only a few succeeded in hitting the target. Every warship hit by the shells would make a loud noise, and at the same time , The ship’s hull would also be smashed into a huge gap, the slaves in the cabin suffered heavy casualties, and the warship immediately lost the power to move forward.

As a result, the chain bullets did not exert much effect. Most of the chain bullets mixed in the solid bullets were empty, and only a few were able to hit the sails of the Ansmara warship, but the First Fleet did not notice. However, one of the chain bullets flew directly into the flagship deck of the Republican Navy, and under the watchful eyes of the Secretary of the Navy of Ainsley, the intensive combatants on the deck were cut off. In just an instant, the sailor who was scraped by the spinning chain bullets We were directly scraped off certain parts of the body. Most people’s upper body was separated from the lower body. Some unlucky ones were decapitated on the spot. Only some lucky ones were just torn apart their hands or legs. After harvesting a lot of life, the chain bullet smashed through the deck, flew into the cabin, and divided the bodies of a few soldiers who just ran past, and then lost power and got stuck in the wood layer~www.mtlnovel.com~After the chain bullet raged , The deck of the “Poseidon” became a **** on earth, almost covered with blood. The bodies of those who died on the spot lay quietly in a pool of blood, while those who did not die were struggling with pain, most of them were cut in the middle. Sailors will not die in the first place, their tenacious vitality will support them to feel such a huge pain, and they will die slowly due to excessive blood loss after waiting for more than ten minutes. They were howling in pain while struggling to brace themselves trying to climb to the nearest unaffected comrade in an attempt to get help, but they did not expect that their image would be like a killer from hell. , Directly fainted his comrades.

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“Order, the whole army will counterattack.”

Seeing that his own artillery was of little use to the enemy fleet using a loose formation, Sigurd finally decided to change his tactics. Following his order, the warships of the First Fleet with a long snake formation turned their bows at the fastest speed, and the incoming Ansmara fleet took the initiative to meet them. While advancing, the bows of the ships also moved forward. The enemy ships were fired. There was artillery fire on the sea, and both sides rushed towards the enemy at the fastest speed.

The ship-borne ballistas and catapults of the Ansmara Navy finally brought the warships of the First Fleet into range!