Chapter 412: Fighting Water Rats
The ships of the Eternal Night Army are never dispatched in isolation, and each has its own subsidiary ships.
Usually based on eight, there are two scout clippers in the front and rear, and two escort assault ships on each wing.
Then increase or decrease according to the tasks that need to be performed.
Since Sean was on board, this time an additional base number of escort assault ships (four) was dispatched.
This level of flotilla is now basically sideways on the Jacob River.
Captain Pine didn't play any tactics at all, just let the Twins go full speed and press it down with a thunderous force.
The building ship has poor resistance to wind and waves, and the ability to resist collisions is relatively compared to the sea ships of the Cummins family.
The speed of the building ship is slower, which is compared to the small assault clipper.
Now they are facing a bunch of out-and-out ragtags, and the only ones who can handle the warships are the armed merchant ships that have been looted from the leaders of the Eternal Night.
The Twin is the unbeatable giant, and with the speed bonus down the river, it enters with the attitude of Mount Tai.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't get hit by it. ”
"Hell, it's too fast, it's too big, you can't avoid it at all, let's run for our lives!"
"Ahh......hh
The bandits who were besieging Rock One let out a cry of despair.
These bandits can only be said to be thieves, their organizational skills are quite average, and they were completely attracted by the attention of Rock No. 1, and they didn't even let go of the basic sentinels, and they didn't even let go of the basic sentry, and they only found out when the Twins appeared in their sight, and it was early and late.
The sound of horror crashing is endless.
The bandit ships that were rammed by the Twins were either dismembered on the spot or directly pressed into the river by them.
The unique shape of the Twin is like two ships side by side, giving it a double ramming angle and double the attack surface.
"Hell, it's another Lou Ship Twins under the Eternal Night Army, how did they end up here? What did you do with your intelligence? Didn't you say that there won't be a second Lou Ship anytime soon?"
"How do I know what's going on? My tip says that there has been no other military action on the Eternal Night Command's side for a short time. ”
"What now?"
"What else can we do? Retreat, all retreat, we can't bite one ship, let alone two. ”
"Knock! knock!"
"Ahh
As soon as the Twins entered, a convoy of ships from the lower reaches of the Jacob River came out, led by the car of Countess Angie Bena, which blocked the entire waterway.
This water bandit became a rat in the urn for a while, and he had to be beaten wherever he ran, and in desperation, he abandoned the boat and ran to the shore.
"Longbowmen ready, put!"
"Rapid-fire ballista ready, put!"
"The ship's catapult is ready, put!"
"Ready, put!"
The bowstring trembled and the sound of sharp arrows breaking through the air was endless.
Those scoundrels who ran to the shore turned themselves into living targets.
The most powerful of the Eternal Night's ships was never their striking power, but the ranged attack weapons they carried.
There are rapid-fire ballistae at short range, longbowmen and blade throwers at medium and long range, and ship-borne catapults at long range, from ten to three hundred meters, all within their strike range.
The Panshi No. 1, which has been pretending, is also full of firepower at the moment, and it is brave, but the moving speed is quite slow, and looking at its waterline, it should be carrying a large number of heavy goods.
In the blink of an eye, the boats were swept away.
Those who managed to climb ashore and escaped death were desperate to find that there were hospitalguards armed to the teeth on the shore, and they could only kneel and surrender in despair.
Judging from the series of counterattacks just now, this is clearly a trap set by the Eternal Night Army Leader and Countess Angie Bena.
Even if there is no chance of the Twins, these water cowards will not escape the fate of being eaten in one bite.
The reason why these water cowards obediently jumped into the trap is naturally because of their wealth and touching people's hearts.
The Rock One, the Commander of the Eternal Night, was carrying the first war reparations that the Kingsley family had delivered to the Commander of the Eternal Night, fifteen million royal gold.
Such a huge sum of money has dazzled the eyes of countless people, making them ignore the horror of the Eternal Night Commander.
As the Jacob River reflows for longer and longer, more and more people see the huge benefits contained in it, and everyone wants to make money in it.
Not only those lords and nobles, but also those rich landowners, even the big organization of the Holy Aether Holy See, couldn't bear it anymore, and openly and secretly built its own fleet of ships.
But many things, which seem simple, are actually quite difficult to do.
The Eternal Night Warlords were able to make a fortune in the Plains of Asia Minor, not only by their strong ships and crossbows, but also by their unique goods.
To a certain extent, the regent princess Sophilia is stained with the light of the Eternal Night Army, and Anjibena is lucky enough, the Manyu Army Leader is rich in hard currency - coal mines, and this piece alone will make her a sure profit and a proper local tycoon in the future.
Those who blindly invested because they saw the benefits, suddenly found that they held the boat, there were not so many valuable goods for them to transport, and only relying on the local products of different territories, the slightest carelessness, would lose all their pants.
The exchange of commodities is based on the premise of having different commodities, and the output of the plains of Asia Minor is basically the same, and there is a pitiful low profit in it.
And the alliance of interests formed by the Eternal Night Lord, the Princess Regent, and the Countess is like an impermeable steel plate, and it is easy for people to get involved in the trade between them.
At least until there is a great abundance of goods in their hands, they will not give up this monopoly advantage in front of them.
In desperation, many people set their sights on the tripartite alliance that made a lot of money on the Jacob River, turned into a water coward, and started a business without capital.
The tripartite alliance has joined forces to sweep away stubble after stubble, but they are like leeks in summer, cutting stubble and stubble, and wave after wave is more cunning and insidious.
Recently, another group of gangsters has emerged and played guerrilla tactics with them.
If the tripartite alliance is encircled and suppressed on a large scale, they will immediately be reduced to a whole and disappear without a trace.
When they slackened a little, they came out like ghosts, and they were deeply disturbed.
There are only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves.
Even the Eternal Night Commander, who is known for his organizational norms, has suffered a lot of losses one after another, not to mention the other two.
The biggest of these is Angie Bena.
Not only is she the weakest of the Tripartite Alliance, but she also owns the most ports and is the most threatened and harassed by these waters.
Naturally, he hates these water bandits the most, and as long as he has the opportunity, he will spare no effort to exterminate them and prevent them from turning back and attacking their own ports.
This time, the plan to use Rock No. 1 to transport the Kingsley family's war ransom as bait and set a trap to eliminate the water cowards was not from the military staff of the Eternal Night Army, but was proposed by Angie Bena.
This battle plan was naturally approved by Sean himself, but it was too inconspicuous compared to the many battle plans of the Eternal Night Army Leader.
After determining the feasibility of this, they approved the allocation and implementation, and I believe that the military staff officers of the Military Staff Department will not take too much risk with such a huge sum of fifteen million royal gold coins, and will be extremely thoughtful.
I didn't expect to adjust my itinerary because I adjusted it, but I bumped into it directly by mistake.
Knowing that Sean was on the Twins, the Angie Bena took the initiative to come closer, and the Angie Bena, dressed in military uniform, jumped on the Twins.
The tailor-made scale armor, which sets off its petite body, is known at first glance to be the work of the Eternal Night Commander, because they are the only ones who take into account the beauty when pursuing defense.
The snow-white cloak is inlaid with a large red cross.
Small arm shields and one-handed swords, which are more like ornaments than weapons, also have the Red Cross emblem on them.
Now the red cross has become the exclusive symbol of Angelbena.
At the beginning, Sean, like everyone else, thought that Angel Bena's Red Cross and Hospitaller were simply to accumulate political capital, which would help her gain a firm foothold in the Manyu Army.
As time goes on, Sean discovers that she is serious about this matter, and that she really agrees with the Red Cross idea that Sean inadvertently mentioned, and does the same.
Only part of the funds obtained by Angel Bena from the Jacob River trade route were used for her own development, and the rest was used for medical charity, and the proportion of this part was quite large, at least more than 30%.
Maybe she still has a certain utilitarian purpose, but the number of people who have been blessed by her is indeed increasing.
This is admirable.
If Angel Bena could continue to do this, she would live up to the name of the Red Cross.
"What a coincidence!" said Angelena, smiling like a flower.
"It's a coincidence. Sean also smiled and said, "It seems that these water rats have provoked you a lot recently!"
"These water rats are becoming more and more cunning, if you don't use this method, there is no way to lure them out, I have limited knights and ships in my hands, and the simple defense is a bit stretched, if they continue to develop, they are only afraid of attacking my port, and the ballista of your building seems to be a little different!" Before she could say a word, Angelbena's eyes began to gurgle, obviously aiming at the new blade cart that had just been installed on the Twins.
In the waves of attacks just now, the blade car performed very well.
When killing, the high-speed rotation of the triangular throwing blade is like a sickle cutting wheat.
When attacking a warship, it is like a saw, cutting it into pieces, and the destructive power is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary ballistas.
The two are also old acquaintances, and they know each other's temperament very well.
Without waiting for Angel Bena to speak, Sean took the initiative to say: "One hundred thousand royal gold coins, no two prices." ”
Anji Bena's eyes lit up, and she said very boldly: "Twenty cars first, when will they be delivered?"
Compared to the Eternal Night Commander, who uses money everywhere, Angel Bena is the real wealthy, after all, she only needs to build a port city along the Jacob River now.
The demand for black coal mines by the Eternal Night Army Leaders is also increasing with the rapid development of the economy, and even the huge market of Valesta has been driven by them.
Angel Bena is now a profitable and prosperous coal mining business, even if half of it is set aside to open and maintain a charity hospital, the remaining half, after building her own territory, is still a lot of wealth.
She is the richest of the tripartite alliances.
"We have to wait for the beginning of spring next year at the earliest, when the ice period is over. Sean replied.
"What about the warships, we agreed before, when the war on the other side of the Despair Swamp is settled, you will bring out two more ships and sell them to me, you won't forget them, right?" Anjibena looked at Sean with a blank eye.
She has already tasted the sweetness of the building ship, and she is a little disdainful of other warships.
If she had three ships in her hands, no, even if there were only two, she would not be overwhelmed by a group of unsightly water rats.
"I'm afraid I'll have to wait for a while. Sean smiled and comforted, "Hold on for a while, wait for another two years, and when the time comes, you can have as many ships as you want." ”
The Eternal Night Army led the shipyard, and in the past six months, there was basically no effort to build a new ship, and the manpower and material resources were concentrated on the sea ships captured from the Cummins family.
Repair them and analyze them in preparation for the Night's Warlords to build their own ships.
"So refreshing?" Angel Bena looked a little sideways, she was ready to stalk, but she didn't expect the other party to nod very happily.
"I've already told you before, it's not that we don't want to build more ships, we don't have a grudge against money, why don't we want to make money? It's just limited by materials, even if we have more manpower, it's useless, and in another year or two, there will be a lot of timber up to standard, and then the ships will be launched faster. Sean patiently explained.
"There are no building ships, and some of the assault warships can always be evened out, right? Angel Bena had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.
"The assault ships have suffered heavy losses in the confrontation with the Third Fleet of the Cummins, and the Swamp of Despair is dominated by water, and we are not enough of ourselves. Sean said helplessly.
"Hell, I still have to endure two years of harassment by these water rats?" Anjibena couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.
"However, we still have a large number of miniature warships made by the crocodile people, these warships can only carry eight or nine people, and the speed is only seven or eighty percent of that of the assault warship. Sean added.
"You didn't say it earlier. Angel Bena glanced at Sean angrily and said, "As long as there is a ship that can be used, I don't have to be so passive, how much can you provide for this kind of miniature warship?
"Five thousand royal gold coins, how many you want. Sean directly threw out the lowest price.
"So cheap?" said Angie Bena as she stared at Sean suspiciously, "You don't have any ideas, do you?"
"You're too careful, we're allies, I'm just going to cheat anyone, and I can't fool you. Sean said with a smile, "To be honest, those miniature warships, some chicken ribs, are very single, except for rushing to the beach, carrying goods or something, they are not easy to use, we can only wait for the rot in our hands, to your hands, at least you can pursue the water or something, when the waterway is safe, it will be good for everyone." ”
"The feeling is that I want to borrow my hand to protect the waterway, and when it comes to this, these miniature warships should be given away for free. "Angie Bena hit the snake with the rod.
"My brother is still settling accounts, what I give is almost the price of wood, and no matter how chicken the miniature warship is, it is also a good piece of wood. Sean said helplessly.
"I'm kidding you, what's the hurry? 5,000 for 5,000, bring me 300 first, no, 500, and then I'll destroy all the holes of those water rats. When she said the last sentence, Angel Bena still gritted her teeth a little.
"If you need to say hello, we're here to help. Sean said sincerely.
Suqing Qingdao is a very beneficial thing for the Eternal Night Commander.
"Yes. Angie Bena changed the subject and said, "By the way, I haven't had time to congratulate you, my wish has come true, I have successfully won the Swamp of Despair, you are now the hottest upstart of the Byron Alliance, the future ninth Grand Duke of the Byron Alliance, and the object of the spring of countless young ladies, come, talk about what it feels like now?"
"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Sean said with a haha.
"How do you tell the truth, how do you tell the false?" Angie Bena looked curious.
"Falsehood, it's a completely shadowless thing, I don't have that qualification yet. Sean put on a modest look.
"Where's the truth?" said Angelbena, expectantly.
"The truth is, there is no feeling. Sean changed his expressionless expression, "Becoming the ninth Grand Duke of the Byron Alliance, will it give me a little more territory, or will it make us stronger?