Realm of Power

Until now, the pirates who call themselves the "Gatekeepers of Gibraltar" have not figured out where their enemies come from? The opponent's attack method was so sharp that the pirates trembled from body to soul. The dense explosions finally stopped, and the opponent's small sampan loaded with infantry rushed onto the beach like lightning.

"Quickly, drive them down!" The pirates gathered some people in panic, but were shot head-on from the landing site.

"Team 1! Suppress them"

The crossbowmen of the Imperial Navy actually didn't need the commander to remind them at all. They had already rushed to the commanding heights with the best vision. They were all truly outstanding, sharp and accurate professional soldiers. When Fatty formulated the Empire's inland sea strategy in June last year, he A lot of active army elites have been transferred to the navy. Now the Imperial Army has become saturated with elite crossbowmen.

Moreover, each squadron has a group of elite soldiers and generals. It is really difficult for rising stars to shine! Take the battle with the Gauls as an example. Unless there is an extremely tragic encounter, no particular squadron of the Imperial crossbowmen will be particularly outstanding, and the Empire has special preferential treatment for the navy stationed abroad. , family members of naval soldiers can accompany the army to the continent of Oubaro, and the sea The military has built a special naval city to accommodate them, which is quite attractive to some veterans in the army. Therefore, for some experienced veterans who do not want to continue to fight fiercely in the army campaign, the choice is relatively easy. Some navy is a good choice,

On the army battlefield, these elite crossbowmen of the Falcon Empire shoot accurately and effectively, coupled with armor-piercing Mitsubishi arrows that represent the highest achievement of the imperial military industry. So much so that in the war against northern Gaul, the Gauls said in frustration that "when the bowstrings of the imperial crossbowmen were drawn, any heavy-armed troops in front of them would lose the vigor of their shouts."

But now, their cold and murderous eyes are falling on a group of pirates who are ignorant of life and death and howl like wild beasts. The veteran's hand dragging the crossbow is as stable as a rock that has experienced countless winds and frosts. They can penetrate it with one arrow. The gap between the enemy's heavy infantry's thick armor can reach the power of an arrow piercing the throat of the enemy's heavy infantry. Now. The group in front of them didn't even have the most basic armor. Many of them are still pirates wearing shiny leather armor. The veterans who once served as targets for the Gallic hoplites are like a precise and orderly killing machine.

After one row finished shooting, the other row immediately took over. The three centurions were divided into four echelons, and they fired in an orderly manner. "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" In an instant. One of the pirates rushing at the front seemed to see countless white sickles in his eyes, suddenly sweeping down on the high ground occupied by the enemy, and countless arrow tails suddenly spread out from the front,

"This is it!" The pirate's body paused and his pupils dilated instantly. The metal arrows became bigger and bigger in his eyes. The sharp Mitsubishi armor-piercing arrows cut off the pirate's fragile vertebrae without any hindrance. The violently swinging arrow tail penetrated the pirate's body.

Same as him. Those who rushed forward aggressively were turned into hedgehogs by the arrow clusters. The body fell to the ground, making a snapping sound after being hit by arrow clusters.

The powerful and heavy crossbow arrows were like sharp shovels, punching holes in their bodies that were not wearing strong armor, and then swept out a stream of blood that splashed onto the sand. In just a short moment, the pirates It cost more than a hundred casualties, and everyone else was so frightened that they quickly retreated.

The opponent's strict armor style and the sharp attack methods that make you unable to fight back all show how big the gap between you and the opponent is. The arrows fired from the opponent are like a storm, almost without pause. There are signs that his subordinates who are completely suppressed cannot Climbing up, a pirate reluctantly held up a shield and turned around to run away. Before he could take the third step, a white line hit the pirate's backup. After being covered by a dense rain of arrows, he was alive in the eyes of everyone. The person suddenly turned into a bloody rose filled with arrows.

"This is the crossbow of the Falcon Empire!"

Pirate leader Steel Hand Yamu was lying down behind a rock without grace. When he saw the scene in front of him, his body shuddered and his face was ashen.

He has been on Lombard Island for fourteen years and is able to live a stable life and extract a share of the profits from smugglers. Naturally, this is not only because he has dozens of warships under his command, but also because behind him is The Strand people who travel across the inland sea, as the eyes of the Strand people at the entrance of the Gibral Channel, have been paying attention to the movements on the other side of the sea channel in the past few months.

Although he is a pirate, Yamu also knows that the Strand Sea Kingdom is the most powerful in the inland sea, but the Strant people are not entirely the masters of the Inland Sea. In addition to the Strant people, there are also people from the eastern coast of the Inland Sea. The Clear Sky Navy Fleet of the Stan Empire controls the southern coast and has formed a military alliance. Ze navy fleet, while the outer sea and sea roads are only controlled by a powerful empire called the Falcon Empire. The Gangfei Empire fleet, once known as the first fleet in the outer sea, was directly wiped out by the navy of the Falcon Empire. It is said that The Falcon Empire's naval fleet has the ability to destroy a country.

If it were in the past, Pirate Steel Hand Yamu would have scoffed at such rumors. The naval fleet may be very strong, but the weapon configuration of the naval fleet is destined to be used only for naval operations. The threat to land is minimal. The main weapon of the naval fleet is Catapults, even the heaviest five-mast battleship of Strand Sea Kingdom, using the Poseidon Arm catapult with the longest range, the catapults that can be thrown will not exceed 400 meters.

Or it can easily destroy the sentry tower that defends the port, but for the vast urban area, the destructive power that the sling bomb can produce is just that the leaves on a giant tree are smashed, but more leaves are still densely packed, and it is impossible to count. The loss of a leaf is almost negligible, so the history of the inland sea In history, except for a few naval commanders who ordered their fleets to bombard cities with sling bombs because of personal anger, there are very few records. However, this scene before him clearly told him that the enemy he encountered was completely different from before. As long as the other party was willing, he could completely defeat the enemy. It can be like those previous explosions. Destroy the entire island and kill everyone!

"Everyone, don't mess up!"

Pirate leader Steelhand Yamu shouted loudly.

Before the words could even be finished, a huge rumbling sound was heard. Everything changed so quickly, and Steelhand Yamu still had a look of astonishment on his face. I saw a dozen subordinates hiding behind rocks not far away. They didn't even have time to scream. In the sudden explosion of fire, a creepy sound like exploding peas was made. A dozen of them The men were thrown several meters away by the huge air wave. The pores on his body spurted blood outward. It lay on the sand like a rotten wooden pile covered in blood. The gravel danced and scattered into dust. A huge oval-shaped trench five feet wide and several feet deep was born in the explosion!

"Oh my god!"

The pirates were completely frightened. The pirate leader Yamu, the steel hand, gasped when he looked at the huge trench, and his face turned pale. He just happened to see the situation a few seconds before the explosion. It was a black sphere with sparks coming from Ejected from the direction of the beach. After crossing a semi-arc and landing on the ground, it rolled forward directly from the position of a few meters away from the steel hand Amu to the current explosion position. If it hadn't rolled forward a few times at that time, it would be the steel hand Amu that became minced meat now. Got it

"Target fifty-six meters, height nineteen"

On the landing beach. A dozen small trebuchets have been set up, and a group of imperial soldiers carefully pushed the black spheres into the trebuchets. They are the Imperial Navy Grenadiers. During the transfer last June, Fatty assigned the Imperial Grenadiers to the naval combat force.

Because it takes into account the particularity of naval operations. Especially when encountering enemy warships attacking and docking or ramming and assaulting, they have to fall into a boarding battle with no advantage. In order to make up for the shortcomings of insufficient close combat troops on naval battleships, the targets of these explosive bombs are the enemy's crowds crowded on the ship's side and the deck of the enemy's battleship. If necessary, they can directly destroy the enemy's mast and command platform. Therefore, the Naval Grenadier Corps The small explosive bombs used are more than twice as large in size and power as the army's small explosive bombs that mainly pursue convenience. The small trebuchets that can throw up these objects weighing twenty or thirty kilograms were installed on the beach where they just landed. on the assault sampan,

"shoot!"

As Commander Elvis suddenly lowered his raised hand, the small trebuchets lined up in a row shook violently, and more than a dozen small black dots with sparks were thrown into the air. The sound of the explosion was like a hot and rolling whirlwind suddenly rolling up in front. The hot and bloody smell was like a crushed bag, blowing smoke and dust everywhere.

The power of naval explosive bombs that can shatter the deck of a battleship on flat ground can be imagined. Their terrifying explosive impact is wrapped with countless iron pieces flying out from the inside. This is a disaster for nearby pirates. As a result, they hide behind objects and think they It was already safe, but as a result, the parabolically falling naval explosive bombs were struck down like a goddess scattering flowers. They were completely unprepared. With the sound of explosions, the pirates turned over one after another, crying for their fathers and mothers, and the bone marrow and muscles of the human body were broken. Tendons and blood vessels were shattered by flying iron fragments,

Because the pirates were overcrowded together to avoid crossbows, more than a dozen falling explosive shells almost wiped out a third of his men. The others were either covered in dust or blood. Regardless of the injured ones, they were not injured. The injured all lay on the ground regardless of their heads and tails. They were really scared of being bombed. Some even lost their weapons in fear. Not to mention counterattack, those who can stand upright now are all heroes!

Seeing everything happening in front of his eyes, Gangtou Yamu's calves were twisting. The subordinates have completely lost their fighting spirit. If they do it again, everyone will go crazy. Even the steel hand Yamu himself has weak legs and cannot use strength. The black armor, the powerful and terrifying fleet, and the The terrifyingly accurate crossbow and the weird weapon that now explodes to make me feel like the end of the world. If I don’t know who the enemy is, I would be really stupid, the Northern Falcon Empire, the overlord of the outer sea! Who but them will turn the naval fleet, which has always been a supporting role, into a dragon capable of destroying everything!

The leader, Steelhand Yamu, was about to cry. He was just a pirate. How could he compete with an imperial fleet? He decisively pulled out his white underwear and hung it on a tree branch. He held it up tremblingly and shook it back and forth.

"Stop fighting, we surrender!"

"stop!"

Commander Elvis saw the other party raising a white flag and raised his hand. The crossbows and trebuchets stopped. A soldier cautiously approached the pirates who raised their weapons to express surrender. As expected, the pirates did not attack. They all put down their weapons and seemed to be truly surrendering. Elvis ordered the large forces to move closer and soon controlled the entire port area.

After receiving the news that the army had occupied the port, Dostelenko looked at the sand bucket placed not far away and thought about the leakage below. There was still a little gap before the last grain of fine sand fell from a high place. This showed that, The battle lasted less than an hour and involved the crucial island of Lombard. fell into the hands of the Imperial Navy,

This was the first foothold of the Imperial Navy in the inland sea area. Dostelenko valued this place very much. He ordered the pirate leader Steelhand Yamu to be interrogated. The other party's voluntary surrender showed that he was not a stubborn and strong person. Sure enough, in Ask the pirate leader if he would like to serve the Empire. Steelhand Yamu happily expressed his willingness to surrender to the Falcon Empire Navy, and took the initiative to report the situation on the island and the waters near the island, as well as recent rumors about the inland sea. Among them, one of the valuable ones for Dustronkai was that Si The fleet of the Trant Sea Kingdom has left the home port of the Sea Kingdom. Whereabouts unknown,

Dustelenko frowned slightly and looked at the undulating blue sea below the ship's side. He turned to the adjutant behind him and ordered, "Report this news to His Majesty immediately! Although our naval fleet has occupied Lumba Island first, but Stur The Rand Navy also set off early. Judging from the time of its departure, it is very likely that it will arrive in the southern waters of Congo before us! "

The occupation of Lombard Island by the Falcon Empire Navy. Although it was only a small-scale battle with a huge disparity in power, it was the Falcon Empire Navy's first battle in the inland sea area. In a military sense, the Falcon Empire Navy seized Lombard Island and built a naval base, which was equivalent to completely opening up the outer sea and the inland sea. The connection point, the gate of the Gibraltar Sea Road, the inland sea strategy that the empire has been preparing for half a year has been officially launched. Countless imperial merchant ships will begin to truly swarm into the inland sea from here. This kicked off the century-old vigorous maritime trade of the empire in the inland sea area. Because the geographical appearance of Lombard Island was like a yellow sparrow with a bulging belly, this battle was also called the "Yellow Sparrow" battle. Sparrow has the meaning of expander in Obaro.

The news from the navy and the news from Gangfei arrived almost at the same time.

One is good, the other is bad. The good thing is that the Congo Empire is really unwilling to fight the Falcon Empire on land, and chooses not to admit the fact that someone is acting as a spy. This makes the Strand Sea who has not left Congo The first lady of the country was extremely angry and reportedly denounced Gang Feiren as a coward the next day.

The bad news is that the Imperial Navy seized Lombard Island as scheduled, but as its biggest opponent, the Strand Navy actually disappeared.

Although the inland sea is not big, it is by no means small. As the watershed between Central European Barro and Southern European Barro, the entire inland sea has a width of more than 300 miles, with thousands of islands and thousands of miles of sea area. Once you are familiar with the terrain, The main force of Strand's navy chose to set up an ambush on that island. It was like a drop of water falling into the lake. There was no exact location and it was impossible to find it. This was very difficult for the imperial fleet that broke into the inland sea area and was preparing to fight in the southern part of Congo. Words are a huge threat.

"This news can be passed on to the Burrows family!" Fatty handed one of the reports about Gangfei to Lidastov and told them that no matter what, they must get the location where the main force of the Strand Sea Kingdom fleet is located. Location!"

Lidastov took the report, hesitated for a moment, and then bent down and asked with a respectful look, "Your Majesty, if you are not willing to take over that hot potato, the value of the other party has been achieved, and you cannot keep such a person..." .”

"Don't worry, as a residual value, he is still useful to us!"

The fat man waved his hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "The Burrows family has joined the empire, but the general radicals do not mean that they will disappear completely. After all, except for some wealthy families like the Burrows family who want to take advantage of the chaos, they still There are still some truly passionate Putao people, and the purpose of handing over the leader of the radical faction to Gangfei is to divert the attention of this group of Putao radicals." "What do you mean, Your Majesty?" Lidastov was slightly startled.

"If you reveal this news to the Papley family, you will say that the empire is planning to execute this person for treason in ten days!"

The fat man touched his nose with his hand and said in a serious voice, "Then go to Varisien and ask him to tell the Papley family from another line that the prisoner was escorted back from the border and will pass through the Luakala area at noon tomorrow. Someone I am willing to assist the Papley family in saving people, but we need 300,000 yuan."

"Your Majesty is going to let this person go on purpose?" Lidastov's face was filled with astonishment when he heard this.

"You can say that!" The fat man grinned slightly. "As long as the other party really goes to intercept the prisoners halfway tomorrow, I will send guards to block the way and let the other party follow our route. In the end, the other party will still reach Gangfei." Go within the territory!

When the time comes we ask for people from the Gangfei Empire, and then as long as Gangfei sends people back again, we can say that it’s not that we don’t want him to live, but that the Gangfei people want him dead! Anyway, if you want to frame someone, let's make the black pot of inhumanity even darker. It's best if the black oil shines brightly.

Since Gang Fei chose to avoid the war from the beginning, he will definitely avoid the war a second time! As long as the Gangfei people really do this, no matter how much the Strand people want to win over Gangfei, they will have to choose to fall out! Otherwise, they are just "chiluo" slapping themselves in the face! "