Rise of the Empire Total War

The Sea of ​​Glittering, close to the waters off the Nanwadasia Peninsula.

On the deck of Jupiter's flagship, a petite girl quietly leaned against the ship's side, looking at the sea ahead with a lonely expression.

Her name is Elizabeth Stuart, a princess of the Holy Roman Empire. She should have lived a carefree childhood by staying with her parents. However, in the attack more than ten days ago, she was forced by heavily armed Roman soldiers. Take it away and bring it all the way to this huge battleship.

She has never left her parents for half a step since she was a child. It is impossible to say that she is not afraid of being taken away suddenly. After being taken away, she would have nightmares and be woken up every night. After waking up, her whole body would be soaked in cold sweat. Even the sheets under her body were wet, but those Romans didn't pay attention to her, seeing that she was soaked, they just casually threw a new dress over to deal with it.

After boarding the battleship, her treatment improved. Although she was still a prisoner, she was still a princess of a powerful empire. Not only did she change to a room with a better environment, she was also served by a burly and thick-looking maid. ——The last time she saw a woman of this size was in Vienna. The wife of the court chef was such a rude rural woman. It was fine to have bad skin, and she showed big yellow teeth all day long. This little princess is still very good, and she often takes out some gadgets from the countryside to make her happy.

It wasn't until the last few days that her sleep quality improved. At least she wouldn't be woken up by nightmares every night. She often slept until dawn, and she could have lunch directly after getting up and washing up.

Elizabeth is very smart. To be precise, there are not many people in the Stuart family who are not smart. She knew that the possibility of escaping after boarding the battleship was about zero, so she gave up the idea of ​​escaping. In fact, she had no chance to escape even if she was not on the battleship. She was taken all the way from Amatlia to Lyctor. The failure to escape from Sicheng for so many days is an obvious example.

"Your Highness, you should go back."

At this moment, a rough, man-like voice sounded from behind her. Elizabeth looked back subconsciously, but what caught her eyes was a wall of flesh, a wall of flesh in coarse clothes.

"I see, Ingrid, I'm going back now." She said with a slight sigh, and then turned and walked to the cabin under the watchful eyes of the maid.

Just as she was returning to the cabin, the sailor hanging on the pole suddenly opened his throat and shouted loudly: "We found an unknown fleet approaching our army ahead!"

"Unknown fleet?!" Elizabeth's heart was shocked. Her first thought was that the empire's navy came to rescue her. She turned her head to look at the sea in front of the fleet with hope.

A large-scale fleet was heading towards them. Although it was a long distance away, she was smart enough to recognize it at a glance. It was clearly a Hawker gunboat serving in the Imperial Navy!

"Father is here to save me!" She shouted in her heart, but before her body rushed to the side of the ship, she suddenly lifted off the ground, and she was shocked, only to realize that Ingrid had circled behind her at some point , holding her up with both hands.

"Ingrid, what are you doing?" Elizabeth shouted angrily, shaking her limbs, trying to break free from the maid's grasp, but Ingrid's hands were like iron clamps that firmly restrained her, making it impossible for her to escape. .

Ingrid ignored the little princess' tone and actions, and said in a cold voice, "Your Highness, please return to the cabin as soon as possible."

"No! I don't!" Elizabeth struggled, but in vain, watching herself being carried into the cabin by the strong maid.

Seeing the princess leave the deck, the Roman adjutant Bibulus heaved a sigh of relief. He looked at the Holy Roman Empire Navy that was heading this way, snorted coldly, and then shouted loudly: "Sign out the flag, and all ships are ready to meet the enemy!"

After Hariand's death, Bibulus took his place and became the commander of the fleet. With one order, the twenty-five warships of the Roman Navy lined up and confronted the broadsides equipped with a large number of artillery. The incoming Imperial Navy. Their artillery is more advanced, so the range is longer than the artillery on the Hawker gunship. Before the imperial navy approached, the Roman warship fired a dense artillery salvo!

Boom boom boom——

From the sound of the guns to the shells falling into the imperial fleet, it was only a blink of an eye. The overwhelming shells fell from one end to the other, hitting several Hawker gunboats, and punching one after another hideous holes in the solid hull. The sailors on the front deck tower of a Hawker gunship were loading the heavy guns, but they were hit by several shells. The tower collapsed immediately, and all the sailors and artillery on it fell into the sea. It hit the deck hard, taking the lives of several sailors.

This is the first time that the Imperial Navy has fought an enemy navy that also has artillery, and it is also the first time that it has seen artillery with such a long range. The ship sank, but all the ships were scarred. The most serious battleship was punched with a big hole below the waterline, and the sea water poured in. Although the sailors tried their best to drain water and try to plug the gap, they were still powerless and had to abandon the ship to escape.

After being bombarded, the Imperial Navy responded quickly. They changed the denser formation, the battleships were farther apart, and increased their forward speed in an attempt to bring the enemy ships into their own range before the second round of bombardment came. Within range, however, a second round of bombardment came quickly, and although they took a loose formation to avoid a large number of shells, several battleships were sunk, and the sailors on board fell into the water and became food for sharks.

Elizabeth in the cabin of the Jupiter didn't know what the battle was like outside. She could only judge how far the battle was going by the sound of cannons that sounded from time to time.

Rumble——

Another round of cannons sounded, but it was also mixed with relatively subtle cannon sounds from a distance. Elizabeth's eyes lit up, and she knew that it must be her own battleship firing, but after her own battleship fired, the Roman battleship quickly Soon there will be more fierce firepower to fight back. As time went by, the number of Hawker gunboats ordered to stop the Roman fleet gradually decreased, and the wreckage of warships and pieces of wood that had been smashed by shells floated everywhere on the sea, with some dead sailors mixed in.

Half an hour after the start of the battle, the gunfire finally stopped, and there was a burst of cheers on the deck of the Roman fleet. Listening to those cheers, Elizabeth's expression was gloomy, and she knew without guessing that the Imperial Navy must have been defeated.