On January 17, 1790 in the general calendar of Galintia, a patrol fleet of the Armada Squadron, which was on a patrol mission in the Ocean of Sadness, was attacked by the North Sea Fleet of the Norton family, and the entire army was wiped out. Captain Therod led six large armed warships and nine medium fast armed warships to surrender. This first confrontation ended with the Norton family's complete victory, which also meant that the Armada was about to withdraw from the stage of history.
On the night of January 20th, the North Sea Fleet, led by Admiral Sam Barwood, made a surprise attack on the Port of El Niba of the Commercial Alliance, not only burning nearly 500 large and small merchant ships and warships moored in the port, but also escorting reinforcements on a southern tour. So did the mission's Third Armada Squadron, which never dreamed they would be attacked in their home port. Most of the crew and sailors of the Third Squadron went ashore to have fun, and when the port was ablaze, they were powerless to recover.
Even Sembawood couldn't imagine that his luck would be so good. When he saw the two famous Sepnium giant ships of the Armada Fleet turned into two huge burning fires, all the members of the North Sea Fleet couldn't close their mouths with joy. , the only thing they can do is to speed up the delivery of ammunition and try to hit and destroy as many ships as possible...
At this time, the entire port was engulfed in raging flames. When Sambawood received the report that the bronze artillery was too slow to dissipate heat due to firing red-hot iron bullets, it could only stop for half an hour before continuing to fire. The order is to let the fleet get close to the burning dock, use the catapult arranged at the bow to throw clay pots filled with kerosene on the ships and docks that have not been completely burned, and speed up the burning of those ships. The Alliance leaves any repairable ships and dock facilities available.
Sembawood's order was resolutely implemented, and the fire in El Niba Port burned for two days and three nights until the entire El Niba Port was burned to ashes. To add fuel to the fire, during the two days and three nights when the fire was burning, there was no snow and the weather was fine. This is a rare good weather in winter, suitable for sailing and cruising, and the wind is still blowing directly inland. So those who escaped from the fire could only watch El Niba Port burned to the ground. They wanted to fight the fire but gave up because the fire was too big. They could only look at the burning El Niba Port in the distance. cry…
In the history of the Galintia Continental War, it was called the Battle of the Port of El Niba, which not only made the North Sea Fleet, which had been unknown to the public, famous all over the world. Even his admiral Sam Bawood has become a dazzling star. In contrast, the loss of the business alliance was huge. The port of El Niba was burned down. Although the loss of personnel was less than 10,000, it was these surviving people who added countless burdens and troubles to the business alliance.
One is that the third squadron of the Armada was very aggrieved and burned all the warships and ships. The fleet members who had always been invincible at sea could only rely on two feet to trek back to Morente City. The second is that the nearly 70,000 reinforcements from the southern provinces escorted by the third squadron this time will also join them, unarmed, on the road to Morente City. The third is those merchant ship owners who are moored in the port of El Niba. They blame the Armada for these reasons because of the burning and loss of their ships and cargo. lost their property and demanded compensation from the Armada.
Finally, the residents of Port El Niba, who have lost all their living and personal belongings, and are unwilling to leave Port El Niba. For these 60,000 to 70,000 residents, the business alliance has to mobilize relief materials and manpower for them, and help them build houses to keep warm to survive this winter and the rainy season in March. According to a rough estimate, the North Sea Fleet burned the port of El Niba and caused a loss of no less than 20 million goldfords to the Business Alliance...
If the North Sea Fleet of the Norton family hadn't stepped in, the business alliance would have relied on its huge manpower, material resources, financial resources, and troops to defeat or annihilate the Allied Forces of the Antinac Kingdom led by His Highness the Second Highness, and even be able to counterattack into Andenak. Within the Kingdom of Dinark. This time, the top management of the business alliance has made up their minds. No matter how much the price is paid, they must eliminate the biggest threat of the north, and completely dismember the kingdom of Dinak.
But the news that came from the beginning of the new year made the business alliance executives in Morente city restless. First, a patrol fleet disappeared, and then came the news that El Niba Port was burned to the ground. While frantically convening a meeting to discuss the aftermath of El Niba Port, mobilizing food and grass relief and rushing to the reinforcement team of Morente City in the snowstorm, the news from the sea made all the high-level business alliances angry Medium burn...
After burning down El Niba Port, the North Sea Fleet led by Semba Wood launched interception activities in the waters of the day and night voyage from El Niba Port to Tibetan Gold Bay. All merchant ships and cargo ships heading to Tibetan Golden Bay, whether they are All the business alliances and other countries were intercepted and threatened. Those who refused to obey the order were immediately destroyed in the vast sea, and those who obeyed the order were marshalled under the escort of several lightning strike warships and headed to Hilovas Island...
In short, the commercial alliance's sea passage to the southern part of the mainland was cut off by the North Sea Fleet, which once again caused the commercial alliance to suffer huge losses. Because many merchant ships and cargo ships sailed in winter to transport the urgently needed military supplies and food in Morente City, but now these military supplies and food have become the spoils of the Norton family. Distraught.
The bloody battle on the Mana Hill Plain that lasted for more than two years has turned the fertile Mana Hill Plain into ruins. Without the largest grain production base, Morente City can only rely on the support and supply of the southern provinces for all grain and grass supplies. The sea route has become the most important transportation and supply channel for the business alliance. Now that the sea route has been cut off, relying on the land route to provide logistics supplies for the 400,000 troops on the front line, not only the long journey will delay the time, but also the cost of human transportation will be greatly increased. Even if one hundred catties of grain are transported to Morente City, there will be more than thirty catties left. It's already a savings.
Control of the sea route must be regained immediately! The top management of the business alliance immediately made this decision. But when the order was issued to reach the Armada, everyone realized that they were facing an extremely embarrassing situation. The Armada was short of troops...
Well, the first squadron of the Armada is in the Chigda Kingdom in the southern part of the mainland, and this is the request of the ally Chigda Kingdom to protect the coastal areas of the Chigda Kingdom from being plundered by the pirate fleet from the Romun Empire . The Second Squadron is stationed in the territory of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce, which is the original Principality of Ulu Baha. That sea area is the most rampant area for pirate activities. Now almost all the reinforcements and supplies that support the front line in the southern provinces are boarded there. , security precautions cannot be ignored.
The warships of the Third Squadron docked at the Port of El Niba on the voyage back to the Tibetan Gold Bay, but were completely burned by a fire from the North Sea Fleet of the Norton family. Now most of the fleet staff is still there, but the ship is gone... The Fourth Squadron is stationed in Zangjin Bay, but one of their patrol fleets has disappeared. The biggest possibility should also be planted in the hands of the North Sea Fleet.
Now the question is, the North Sea Fleet is capable of destroying a patrol fleet, so how much troops should the Fourth Squadron stationed in Zangjin Bay dispatch to deal with the North Sea Fleet? A squadron can be divided into four patrol fleets, and now that one patrol fleet has been wiped out, the fourth squadron has only three patrol fleets left. If the entire army is dispatched, the Golden Bay will be empty, but it is better not to keep a patrol fleet, and the patrol fleet that was wiped out is an example. But if there are two patrol fleets left, the patrol fleet that goes out becomes a delivery of food to the enemy.
This simple math problem caused the commanders of the Armada Fleet and the top management of the business alliance to be in a dilemma. Coupled with the harsh winter sea environment and the refusal mentality of most of the fleet personnel, the day of the Fourth Squadron's attack has been delayed. down. But in February, due to delays in the transmission of news on land, the territory of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce continued to send merchant ships full of military supplies and food to Morente City. The news that successive merchant ships and cargo ships had been hijacked by the North Sea Fleet finally forced the Fourth Squadron to make up its mind to attack the North Sea Fleet from Zangjin Bay to fight to the death.
The Fourth Squadron disrupted the original organization of all the warships under it. This time, all the large and medium-sized armed warships were attacked, and the two Sepnim giant ships belonging to the Fourth Squadron and one hundred More than 60 small fast ramming warships stayed in Zangjin Bay to guard the house. For the two giant ships of Sepnim and the small fast-impact warships, they are indeed not suitable for sailing in the windy and rough winter. They might as well sit in the Golden Bay, so that even if the enemy comes in, they will have the power to fight back. Maybe You can also use this point to set up a trap to lure the North Sea Fleet to attack Zangjin Bay, and the attacking fleet can outflank the enemy once more.
This is the second confrontation between the Armada and the North Sea Fleet. The Fourth Squadron was lucky. After sailing for a day and a night, they encountered a fleet of more than 30 large ocean-going merchant ships and medium-sized armed merchant ships that were threatened by the North Sea Fleet to go to Hilovas Island. The escort was The four lightning strike warships and four large armed warships of the North Sea Fleet.
There are thirty-nine large-scale armed battleships that the Fourth Squadron launched this time, twenty-eight of which are equipped with a sea assault team of one hundred people, and at the same time, there is a great swordsman from the Armada Fleet sitting on the flagship. Eighty-three medium-sized and fast armed warships attacked together. It can be said that the large and medium-sized warships of the Fourth Squadron have already come out in full force.
More than 120 large and medium-sized armed warships were divided into four waves by the commander of the Fourth Squadron, three kilometers apart, and communicated with the ship's communication petrel. From the mouths of those merchant sailors who escaped from the North Sea Fleet's pursuit and interception, the senior management of the Fourth Fleet had already known that the North Sea Fleet dispatched only about 20 warships. The North Sea Fleet sailed far away, increasing the difficulty of hunting.
Today's sky is gloomy, with small icy snowflakes floating, and the lookout on the mast can't see far. So when the escort fleet of the North Sea Fleet and the Fourth Squadron collided head-on, the distance between the two sides was less than 400 sea yards...
As soon as the Armada came to the rescue, the merchant fleet that was hijacked to go to Shilovas Island immediately blew up their nests, and they no longer ignored the threat of being sunk by the lightning-struck battleship and drove to the Fourth Squadron. dash. At this time, the captains of the four Thunderbolt warships who were in charge of escorting also made a big mistake. They didn't pay attention to the twenty or so enemy ships rushing towards them, but instead launched shelling on the fleeing merchant ships. For a while, the battlefield was in chaos like a pot of boiled porridge.
For the warships in the first wave of the Fourth Squadron's charge, those fleeing merchant ships scurrying around on the battlefield also caused them countless troubles, not only disrupting their array, but also because they had to avoid these merchant ships. The entire assault array became scattered, causing them to suffer huge casualties and losses when they first contacted the four lightning strike warships of the North Sea Fleet.
The first wave of twenty-eight large and medium-sized armed warships received orders to detect the enemy, delay and delay the enemy, persist until the follow-up fleet outflanks and the arrival of reinforcements, and pay any sacrifice in order to destroy the North Sea Fleet. But this time it was just the escort fleet of the North Sea Fleet. The four lightning strike warships and four large armed warships were not noticed by the fleet commander of the first wave. He hoped for a good start, so he directly commanded All the warships under his command rushed forward.
The four rounds of bombardment from the four lightning warships gave the enemy a hard slap. Three of the four large armed warships rushing to the front were smashed into broken wooden frames by the shelling, flying at a speed visible to the naked eye. Sink into the sea. The luck of the other large armed warship was better. Although the mast was broken and the ship was spinning, at least there was no danger of sinking.
However, due to the short distance, a dozen or so medium-sized armed warships outflanking the left and right were already in place, and they fought against the four large-scale armed warships of the North Sea Fleet. These four armed warships did not install bronze cannons, and the long-range attack weapons were still those old-fashioned flying fire mines, large steel crossbows and twisting stone cannons. The sea is filled with gunpowder smoke, and fireballs and flying stones are coming and going, which is very lively. Not long after, two large armed warships of the North Sea Fleet ignited raging flames...
"Enemy ships, the Armada and reinforcements! The distance is 600 sea yards!" The watchman on the mast of the Thunderbolt battleship shouted at the top of his lungs. After all, with the binoculars in hand, the field of view is much wider, but the sky is too gloomy, and it is snowing lightly. By the time the lookout finds the battleships of the second wave of Armada's Fourth Squadron, it is already a bit too late up.
At this moment, there was a rumbling sound of shelling from behind. This was Sambawood leading twelve lightning warships to rescue. The first wave of warships of the Fourth Squadron was quickly destroyed, and only six medium-sized fast warships came to the rescue. Seeing that the situation was not good, the armed warship turned around and fled back. However, three of the four large armed warships of the North Sea Fleet were also destroyed, with more than 200 crew casualties.
"Rush over and destroy the enemies in front!" Semba Wood pointed to the thirty or so Armada Armada large and medium-sized armed warships in front of him and issued an order, but soon the watchman on the mast gave him two bad news .
"There are about 30 battleships of the Armada on the left! The distance is 700 sea yards!"
"There are about 30 battleships of the Armada on the right! The distance is 600 sea yards!"
This is a trap!
"Charge, follow forward, turn to the left 50 meters ahead of the fleet, fire, and bypass the blockade!" Semba Wood immediately made a decision.
The North Sea Fleet's desperate gamble was not beyond the expectations of the Fourth Squadron. The only thing they didn't expect was that the North Sea Fleet's artillery attack would be so sharp. A ship was broken and cracked, and screams and cries for help on the sea became one piece.
However, the last two Thunderbolt warships and the remaining large armed warship of the North Sea Fleet were stopped by the remaining warships of the second wave of the Fourth Squadron. The swordsman rushed aboard a Thunderbolt battleship and started a bloody slaughter. The crew on the Thunderbolt battleship were no match for them at all.
The other thunderbolt warship and the large armed warship also rushed into many enemy sea stormtroopers. The sound of fighting and screams continued, and soon the sound of resistance disappeared. Falling into the hands of the enemy is a foregone conclusion.
"Turn around, target, our two lightning strike warships and large armed warships! The Norton family's warships must not fall into the hands of the enemy!" Semba Wood issued an unexpected order again.
The turnaround attack of the North Sea Fleet was also unexpected by the Fourth Squadron. Not only were the two Thunderbolt battleships and one large armed warship sunk, but the more serious blow was the large one that single-handedly captured a Thunderbolt battleship. When the swordsman was standing on the bow of the Thunderbolt battleship showing off his power, he was killed by Samba Wood. The first round of shotgun coverage directly blasted the great swordsman into a bloody hole, and the fragmented corpse fell from the bow of the ship into the sea, staining a large area of the sea...
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