Chapter 244: A Prelude Covered in Dust

February 29, 7 a.m

"Are the shells ready?" The officer, dressed in blue and yellow, opened the warehouse door and asked

"All OK, the shells have been put into the cannon door," someone gestured to him OK, "as soon as the cannon is fired from the opposite side, we will immediately detonate these shells, and all the gunpowder will be spilled on the floor"

"Very good, remember to prepare the dinghy, the time estimate is not wrong, right?"

"Of course, we have already done it with the three ships of the former Abiang"

"Wonderful," he exclaimed, "Well done, sir, then be ready to leave this ship, we are about to reach the skies over La Rochelle, and you must judge the timing of the sink."

"Please rest assured, I will not fail in my mission!"

"Please" The warehouse door was closed again, and he began to arrange the fuses and gunpowder that had fallen in it

"Speaking of which, I made a supply in the village just now, and actually gave those guys a sum of money," he complained, "Captain Burwood is so careful that even the country is going to be captured by us."

"Bang" a shell rolled out of the box and hit him in the head

"It hurts!" He clutched his head and jumped up, "What's going on?!" Didn't the gunpowder in this have been taken out a long time ago? Why does it still hurt so much?! ”

"It looks like the iron is too heavy," he complained, tossing the shells back into the box

"Boom!" There was a sound like hitting an iron rod, and the box began to shake in dissatisfaction

"What's that?" He cowered and stuck his head into the box

“!!!” Before he could speak, he was dragged into the box by a hand, and then there was a continuous sound of "poof" from inside

Five minutes later

"Smack!" With a blue nose and swollen face, he was thrown out of the box, and Chong, who already had a large bag swollen on his head, threw the cannonballs out of the wooden box one after another

"I thought it was food, but I didn't expect it to be full of cannonballs" Chong kicked down the boxes one by one in anger, he was not worried that someone would be lured over, he had confirmed when he was carried up just now, only three or five people were still on the ship, and the others had already left when the boxes of shells and gunpowder were carried up

It was at three or four o'clock this morning that he managed to climb out of the forest, and then, after asking for directions, he found that it was the country of Trestin, but it was about three days away from the king's capital (without horseback), and when he was distressed, they descended from the sky, and then he took refuge in the wooden box while the other party was shopping, because the contents were wrapped in round cloth, so he thought it was fruit or other food, after all, it was only a transport

After "La Rochelle" had dropped all the shells on the ground, Chong began to sit on the edge of the box and whispered the name, "Is it almost to the border of Tresteuin?" ”

The wedding of Emperor Albrecht III of Gmania to Princess Anrietta of Trestein, which will take place on the first of the month of Neuilly next month, will be held in Winderburnard, the capital of Gmania, so Trestin has already begun to prepare and invite other countries to attend, and of course, the new Abion is also on the list, after all, the other countries have already recognized their new government

"I expected them to do this" Chong reached out and picked up the lead one by one, the newborn Abion would not let go of the great opportunity of the victory just now, so they would definitely find an excuse to invade Trastein, the fleet was on fire due to the attack, this reason has long been played rotten in the history of war, but this time is different, Traist will definitely fire a salute because of the guests who come from afar, and at that time the dilapidated transport ship will be sunk, and then the salute will be said to be a solid bullet, then the newborn Abion will indeed get an absolute"Favorable" casus belli

"Sooner or later, it's going to come, then I'm not interested in stopping it," to put it mildly, the possibility of preventing a war was open, for him tens of thousands of lives on the border were no big deal, this was war, and even if this attack failed, they would still attack Trastein brazenly. What is impossible to preserve in any way can only be discarded

"But don't think about starting a war with just one ship, this fuse is too short" The corners of his mouth hooked slightly, "I'll make your reasons more sufficient"

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Trestin's flagship "Mercator" was moored over La Rochelle at this time, surrounded by dozens of Trestein's most elite ships

"Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Masarini military aircraft are too worried about the current situation, Abion really found excellent combat power out of nowhere, yes, but no matter what, he can only bully the lion on the ground, if he wants to insult the winged rooster, they are far from qualified" In order to greet the distinguished guests, he sat in the flagship chief of the La. Count Lame was dressed in full costume, "I still want me, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, to attend with you, the flagship commander, Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't seem to know the situation."

"Because Abiang has been an iron alliance with us since ancient times, it is not an exaggeration that Her Royal Highness misses him," Captain Phibis sat on the second seat of his next row and straightened his beard, "Besides, I heard that Abiang has brought another huge ship out of nowhere, and it is said that its captain alone is two or three times more than our flagship"

"What's the use of being long, no matter how many guns can't hit the target, it's in vain" pull. Lame first sneered sarcastically, and then looked up at the sky outside the ship as if impatiently, "It's already half past seven, why haven't you come yet?" We should have been informed that it was half past six."

"It may be that the puppies who sent the king to the execution table with their own hands are looking for a suitable dress for dogs."

"That's a good saying, but in fact they are now coming at as leisurely as travel, and our sergeants have found that they had purchased food and souvenirs in large quantities in the suburbs at six o'clock."

"Because I found that I couldn't conquer my country, did I choose to buy some special products and go back to Wangmei to quench my thirst? Hahahaha! ”

"It's to draw cakes to satisfy hunger, hahahahaha!" The two of them laughed and belittled Abion while each saying a proverb that had been handed down from an unknown country

"Captain, Admiral, Abion's fleet is in sight," there was a knock at the door

"Got it" pulled. Rame stopped laughing, and strode onto the deck, where Abion's ship was lowering on the other side of the cloud

"Is that the original imperial ship "Imperial Power"" Looking at the flagship in front of him that has been transformed into a fortress, even if it is a pull. Lame couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Abiang's ability to innovate is really beyond imagination, it's a pity, it's a pity that it was taken away by some traitors"

"Lord Admiral, are you going to start firing cannons?" Someone next to him asked

"When they walk side by side with us, they are also guests, and we can't let others think that the people of our country have no etiquette like them," pulled. Lamei snorted with her nose

"Thank you for the welcome of your fleet, I am the captain of the flagship of the Abyon fleet, the Lexington," and after waiting for the front of the Abiang fleet to accompany him, a man's introduction came from the sky above

"Applying for an official position in front of the Admiral? Self-made clever "pull. Lamei said disdainfully, "You don't need to report my name, the nobles in the countryside can't understand it anyway, just fire the cannon."

"How many shots do you want to fire, Lord Admiral?" According to the regulations, the general royal family or representatives of the royal family are required to fire eleven rounds when they come to visit

"Seven Shots" pulls. Lame smiled and said, "I'll fire them according to the Marquis's standards."

"Knock knock!" Both sides fired their salutes at the same time, but the light of the salute emitted by the flagship of the Abion fleet, the Lexington, sounded no different from the real cannonballs, because the momentum emitted when the cannons were fired was so strong

“?” Chong, who was preparing for the event, suddenly tilted his head, as if he had heard something that he shouldn't have heard

"Delusion?" Chong muttered to himself uncertainly, "You shouldn't hear that cannon sound here, it's exactly the same as the outside world."

"Forget it, the fleet here won't be new anyway, I guess I heard it wrong" Chong stood up, it seems that Trestin has already started to fire a salute, then

He poured all the fuses and gunpowder into the door in the air, and then Chong threw the torches with the flames into the door, not one, but ten

"Huh" the black door turned into a jade mirror back into the body, the eight mirrors, that is the treasure that he took from the "star" (uncertain), and then because he wore it for a long time and somehow integrated into his body, I always feel very strange

“?” The other warships of the Trestin fleet, which had already aimed their guns at it, were surprised to look at the gunpowder and fuses that suddenly appeared on the ship, and then

The "hiss" torch was thrown on the gunpowder, and the sound of the flame burning gradually spread

"Ahh

-- Ten of the warships exploded, leaving no bones left

Both looked at the skeletons that were sinking into the clouds in amazement, and then

"Combat Readiness !!" A hoarse roar was heard from Abion's fleet

"Meet the !!" Pull. Lamei also hurriedly ordered, this is no longer a trivial matter that can be regarded as a non-incident by just explaining, in order to prevent the fleet entrusted to him by his country from being destroyed under the anger of the other party, he can only choose to muster up courage to resist the attack from the other side

While the two sides were preparing for battle, the dilapidated transport ship, which was loaded with shells and remaining gunpowder, which had been used as bait, had already taken advantage of the fire to leave