Prologue (III) - 8 The enemy's terrible range advantage

The commander of the fleet, Telesarini, observed the position of each ship in the fleet.

The Sanabetiri I Fleet consisted of ten sloops and sails.

In addition to the command ship on which the fleet commander Theresarius was aboard, the First Fleet contained five Scorpion sloops, two large catapult dhows, and two archer dhows.

The long-range strike range of these three types of ships is capable of covering long-range, medium-range and close-range ranges.

That is, different types of combat ships, which can cover each other's attacks.

Although it has not experienced a war for a long time, the fleet still maintains a certain level of training, so there is no problem with the fleet formation.

Two large sloops were located further back, five scorpion sloops were in front of them, and at the foremost of the formation were the two archer sloops that were closer to attack.

The command ship of Telesarini was located in the middle of the entire formation, which was convenient for commanding the combat ships in various positions in the formation.

The entire fleet, continuing to maintain its formation, advanced towards the enemy's two combat ships that were rushing to the front.

The bow of the opposing ship is aimed in the direction of your own fleet.

"It doesn't matter, although the other party's ship is large, but there are two ships in the front, and they will suffer a loss if they drive up and fight in such a small handful. While observing the distance, Teresarini confidently speculated, "There are a lot of ships, but I am going to break up and attack separately...... It's unwise. What a great opportunity for us!"

At this, the corners of Teresarini's mouth were raised.

At this moment, a whooshing sound suddenly sounded in the air!

Immediately afterwards, a white splash rose on the surface of the sea on the side.

"They ...... Tesarius was surprised, "so far?!"

"I didn't expect that unknown weapon to be so powerful!" the adjutant couldn't help but sigh on the side, his tone sounding obviously nervous.

"Quick!send a signal to all the ships to speed up!" Teresarini shouted briskly to the side of the wooden bridge, clutching the handrails.

"Okay!"

"Understood!"

The heralds replied one after another.

The huge horn sounded again, this time with a rhythm that was a little different from the previous one.

"Speed up, speed up!" shouted the adjutant as he ran toward the stairs on the deck.

"Understood!" the oarsman commander then immediately conveyed the order.

In the cabin below deck, a neat shout rang out.

The entire fleet began to accelerate forward.

"Very well!" Teresarini quickly recovered from his surprise, "Wait a minute, let you taste the power of the various weapons!"

As soon as Telesarini's words fell, from far and near, there was another swishing sound.

Not far from the side, suddenly there was a thick snap at it!

Immediately after, all kinds of chaotic shouts were heard not far away.

"What's going on?!" Teresarini began to tense again, and he looked in the direction from which the voice had come from.

The situation not far from the side scared Teressarini!

"How...... How could it be ......?"

A scorpion crossbow sloop sloop sailboat on the side broke the entire mainmast directly in the opponent's attack just now!

Fallen sails, haphazardly draped over the deck of the ship.

The sailors on that ship, start to make a mess!