Tome of Blood - Chapter 296

The official attack of the Boulder-Violet coalition forces on North Harbor started from the sea.

When the mighty Principality fleet followed the pace of the army and sailed into the waters around Beigang, the battle broke out again.

Because all the Castel fleet led by the Roman-Fore family has been sent to patrol the Dorne River, Castel has no power to directly confront the Principality’s fleet in the open sea.

Of course, as far as the facts are concerned, the Castel fleet, which has relatively small firepower and is only suitable for sneak attacks, is not good at fighting the Principality’s fleet head-on.

Entering the Dorne River is both for defense and to maintain the strength of the Castel fleet.

But in the open sea, the result of this is that Beigang lost the cover of the fleet and will directly confront the Principality’s fleet.

Dozens of warships of the principality hovered in the offshore, almost surrounding the North Harbor. The sides of the ships were aligned in the direction of the North Harbor, and white mist was spewed out with thunderous roars.

“Boom—!”

“Boom—!”

Accompanied by bursts of whistling, the enchanted stone bullets flew out.

Meteorite-like stone bullets are like rain, either splashing water around Beigang, or smashing into Beigang city, while the outer wall of the fortress surrounding the main island of Beigang and the port of Beigang are given special attention.

“Boom—!”

“Boom…!”

A round of stone bullets hit the thick outer wall of Beigang.

Fortunately, at this moment, the outer wall of Beigang has already activated the defensive magic shield.

Those stone bullets did not successfully penetrate the defense of the outer wall, but only left circles of ripples on the surface of the outer wall.

The outer wall is protected by a shield and has not been damaged.

The same is not true for ports exposed to range.

The ships moored in the port have almost become live targets under the shelling of the Principality’s warships. From time to time, sailboats can be seen being hit and sinking amidst screams and cries.

As for the shallow water neighborhood outside Beigang, which is also exposed within the range, it has been completely reduced to hell.

Those simple houses on the water had no defense at all. Under the gunfire of the Principality’s fleet, they were easily torn apart, destroyed, and turned into pieces of ruins on the water.

If Charlotte hadn’t ordered the forced evacuation of the poor in the shallow water block in advance, I don’t know how many people would have died under the artillery fire in the first round of shelling.

“Dang-! Dang-! Dang-!”

Sharp bells rang everywhere in Beigang, and the siren of the city hall sounded.

From time to time, a huge roar could be heard from all over Beigang City. It was a stone bomb that fell into the city through the outer wall. Every shot almost meant that a building had suffered a devastating blow.

However, Beigang was not just passively beaten unilaterally.

After the Principality’s fleet launched the bombardment, the coastal defense stone-shooting cannons in Beigang also launched a counterattack one after another, firing stone bullets at the fleet on the sea with a loud noise.

This kind of coastal defense stone-shooting gun has a longer range and is more powerful.

It’s just that, compared to Beigang, the scattered fleet is obviously more difficult to target.

Although Beigang’s coastal defense stone-shooting artillery is powerful, the results are quite limited. Most of the stone bullets fell into the sea, stirring up huge waves of water.

But occasionally a lucky stone bomb hits the warship of the Principality, which directly causes serious damage.

“Boom—!”

“Boom—!”

“…”

After a series of counterattacks, the warships of the Principality were also damaged, and the United Fleet also clearly felt the threat of the North Harbor coastal defense artillery.

For a while, those galley warships and brigantines that were too far forward retreated one after another, staying away from the range of Beigang.

Only with a longer range, the Carrick heavy three-masted warship continued to launch bombardment towards North Harbor by virtue of its range advantage.

“Master Earl, the magic shield of the Earl’s Mansion has been opened, please return to the Earl’s Mansion to take shelter, it is too dangerous here.”

On the tower of the fortress on the outer wall of Beigang, the nobles in charge of defending the fortress came to Charlotte and persuaded him anxiously.

Charlotte glanced at the three-masted battleship on the sea that continued to spray white mist towards the city, and then looked at the city that was damaged everywhere under the artillery fire.

The sound of solid bullets whizzing past overhead sounded one after another, and gunpowder smoke rose in Beigang City.

She heard the terrified screams and cries of the residents mixed with the sound of artillery fire, and the keen hearing of the blood race showed people’s fear and despair.

Charlotte frowned slightly.

“If I remember correctly, we also have a magic shield covering the entire city in Beigang, right? Why only open the magic shield of the Earl’s Mansion and the shield on the outer wall of the fortress?”

she asked.

The nobleman hesitated for a moment, then replied:

“Lord Earl, Beigang has been peaceful for too long. We lack enough magic crystals. The existing reserves should be given priority to the defense of the magic crystal cannon and the Beigang Bridge.”

“The shield covering the entire city consumes too much. Chairman Layton estimated that if we want to deploy the shield covering the entire city, even with the magic spar that the Mercenary Association can provide us, at most It can only last for five days, but if we only protect the military fortifications, we can last for a full two months.”

President Layton is naturally the president of the Beigang Branch of the Mercenary Association.

After the start of the war, Charlotte has hired all the mercenaries available in Beigang, including President Layton, who is a silver moon mage.

Not only that, as a rare second-order mage in Beigang, he is also responsible for the support and operation of Beigang’s magic shield.

“Five days? That’s enough. Tell President Layton to fully use Beigang’s magic shield without worrying about consuming it.”

Charlotte said.

After listening to Charlotte’s words, the noble looked a little hesitant.

Charlotte frowned and repeated:

“Do as I say, open all shields, and protect civilians! If someone asks, they will say that I gave the order! Even if something goes wrong, I, Castel, will be responsible!”

The nobleman hesitated for a moment, bowed his head in response, and then respectfully retired.

Soon, there were knights riding steeds and rushing to various magic nodes in Beigang, shouting “My lord earl has orders, deploy all shields to protect civilians!”.

Following Charlotte’s order, dots of aqua blue light rose from around Beigang.

With the mage tower as the center, the magic shields based on the outer wall fortresses opened.

After the shield was opened, the principality fleet’s bombardment of Beigang became obviously weaker, and few stone bullets pierced the shield and smashed into the city.

Bursts of cheers came from all over the city, it was the voice of Beigang citizens.

Obviously, they also recognized the shield deployed above the city.

Not only that, with her keen hearing, Charlotte even heard some residents thank and praise her.

At the same time, not long after the shield opened, Charlotte seemed to see a little illusory brilliance flying out of the city and gathering towards him.

Looking at the star-like brilliance, Charlotte was surprised.

She couldn’t help stretching out her hand and touching them, and when they merged into her body, Charlotte felt that her soul seemed to have some inexplicable changes…

“Did you… see anything?”

Charlotte glanced at the guard knights who followed, and couldn’t help asking.

The knights looked at each other and shook their heads blankly.

“Forget it, it’s nothing.”

Charlotte was thoughtful and gave up asking.

On the other side, among the Boulder-Violet coalition forces.

Looking at the completely lit magic shield over Beigang, the third prince Philip sneered and said:

“The kindness of a woman who takes her own ruin!”

Sorry, I didn’t change it last night. Our wedding photo was hit by thunder and needs to be retaken. I’ve been frantically searching for new photos these two days.

I have obtained the certificate, but the official wedding will be at the end of April, and there is still more than a month left. The new home has not yet been renovated due to the epidemic, so it took a lot of experience to prepare for the wedding + decoration. Avoid affecting the update.