What would it be like to see hundreds of warships huddled together in the same sea? Screams, crashes, and arrows mingled together, and the sea was filled with shattered decks and broken sails, and the sky was obscured by flames and gunsmoke, and neither the blue nor the red sun could be seen.

After four rounds of long-range attacks, Desik's warship, led by the "Cologne" and "Bochum", rushed into the defense line of the San Jose battleship. The "Cologne" bore the brunt of the blow, and the heavy metal ramming horns that rose high above the water, with a cold light, slammed into the port side of a San Jose warship.

The San Jose warship, just now sideways on the sea, with the ship's bow and crossbow and flint kept out, when the "Cologne" collided, the ship that completely lost the ability to maneuver could not dodge, the metal ramming angle of the Cologne, with the power of high-speed sailing, plunged straight into the side of the ship like cutting tofu, completely breaking the side of the ship, and the oarsmen, sailors and soldiers on board fell into the sea like rain.

The Cologne did not stop, and the whole ship passed through the broken hull of the San Jose warship, tearing the poor ship in half, and the sailors and soldiers who had fallen into the sea were crushed to pieces by the behemoth before they could scream.

The San Jose people were not vegetarians either, and at the command of the deck commander, rows of crossbowmen frantically hurled rockets, flints, and iron projectiles onto the Desik ships that rushed into the line. The flint was thrown onto the sails and deck, and as soon as it was ignited, it scattered in all directions, and the fire raged so fiercely that it engulfed the two Desik ships in an instant. The Desik sailors on the ship tried in vain to splash the flames with the seawater prepared on the deck, but there were too many places on fire to rescue, and in a short time, the two warships became burning coffins.

The first wave of Desik ships that broke through looked like seven or eight. According to the order of the commander General Wellington, the San Jose battleships in the first line of defense did not pay much attention to the situation behind them, several damaged ships, who withdrew from the battlefield on their own, surrounded by the battleships in the back row, and they had to bear the heavy responsibility of destroying the assault ships.

Behind several Desic warships, more Desiks poured up, and the remaining San Jose battleships in the first row continued to fire flint and crossbow arrows at the ships in the rear, many Desiks were screaming by the fire, or were pierced into meat skewers by arm-thick crossbow arrows and fell into the sea, the sea was full of shattered decks, and many sailors who fell into the water grabbed a floating board and struggled in the sea.

But the people of San Jose did not pity them, and the crossbowmen on the deck rushed to the side and fired a barrage of arrows into the water, and after the screams, the water was dyed red.

The Cologne and Bochum were the main ships of the Desik fleet, and they rushed into the San Jose line with great ferocity, rampage without fear. The dragon's horn-like metal ramming horns was like the death scythe of the Satan Demon harvesting the lives of the people of San Jose, and the oarsmen on the ship sweated like rain, and under the command of the commander, they quickly paddled the oars in their hands.

The Cologne was a little faster, and the Bochum was hit on the starboard side by several stone shells during the first attack, and many of the oarsmen were injured. The brave Cologne had no regard for the people beside him, and General Heinrich gave them the task of rushing into the line of defense of the San Josens, the deeper and deeper the better, they were the sharp knives of the De Sick fleet.

The Cologne was already approaching the second line of defense, and all the San Jose battleships were in full formation, not daring to relax easily. When the distance was close, with a body of "Arrow!" , the overwhelming bows and crossbows were pressed and shot towards the Cologne.

"Raise your shield!" the captain of the Cologne also ordered loudly, because it was the vanguard of the charge, and the Cologne was equipped with a large number of huge wooden shields (Note 1), which played a major role at this time, and the arrows rained down were blocked by the wooden shields. After a rain of arrows, the captain looked at the distance and commanded loudly, "Flint ready!"

The Desik soldiers, who had emerged from under their shields, hurled flints at the nearest San Jose ship.

After several shocks, even the mighty Cologne could not withstand the repeated onslaught of many San Jose warships. After another attempt to puncture an enemy ship, the oarsmen of the Cologne reached the limit of their physical strength, and the speed of the ship had to be reduced, and several San Jose battleships surrounded them like hungry wolves.

Not far behind, the Bochum was sprinting in the other direction, but its fate was not good. Soon after the assault they lost some of their oarsmen and had to slow down. Immediately afterwards, several huge stone projectiles were extremely lucky enough to break the mainmast of the Bochum, and although the sail was no longer of much use at this time, the fallen mast almost lost its balance.

The helmsman struggled to hold the rudder to keep the Bochum from capsizing, but before they could relax, the San Jose battleship that surrounded them did not give them a chance to breathe, and a large field of black-pressed crossbow arrows flew in, sweeping the soldiers and sailors on the deck into a large area.

The several Desik ships that followed behind the Cologne and Bochum were not very smooth. Basically, the first wave of the offensive stalled between the first and second lines of defense in San Jose, and more Desik ships, including the flagship "Scharnhorst", were held back in front of the first line of defense and had to fight the Royal Navy of San Jose with trebuchets and crossbows from a distance.

The formation of Mount Hallidom by Admiral Wellington, commander of the San Jose fleet, was a great success, successfully stabilizing the battle line and preventing the Desiks from attempting to break through the port of Minethir.

"General, the enemy's attack has weakened, and there are a total of eight Desik battleships that broke through the first line of defense, and they are all stopped at the moment. ”

The adjutant on the Royal Oak reported the battle to the commander, General Wellington, with an excited face. Just now, the young adjutant, who was so excited, climbed the lookout post in person regardless of the arrows to observe the battle situation. The flaming Desik ship and the sunken San Jose ship in the distance shocked and terrified him, is this the battlefield?

Fortunately, however, the scales of victory seemed to be tilting in San Jose's favor, and the adjutant's mood relaxed. General Wellington, the commander seemed much more bland than he was, sitting at the command table with his legs crossed, pipe in his mouth, silently staring at the charts.

"General, what's wrong?" Seeing that General Wellington didn't care about the battle situation, and didn't react to his words, the adjutant was a little surprised.

"Don't you think it's strange that the Desic are here? They have such a large fleet that our entire San Jose Navy doesn't notice it. The port of Minahir is already in the south, and no one has noticed this huge fleet in these thousands of miles of coastline?"

"This ......," the adjutant couldn't answer.

"What's even more exaggerated is that they have concentrated such a powerful force, what do they want to do? Even if they can defeat us in a naval battle, will they be able to break through the city defenses of Minahir Harbor? Or do they have some other ulterior motives?"

"General, don't worry about so much, let's kill all these Desiks first!" The adjutant was still young and looked a little excited.

"Well, you're right, what about the casualties?" General Wellington, who couldn't figure it out, had to put this thought behind him and concentrate on studying the current situation of the battle.

The naval battle lasted all day, and the eight warships of the first wave of Desik's assault fleet, except for the Cologne, which was seriously wounded and slowly withdrew from the battlefield, the remaining seven were all buried in the sea, and thousands of Desik soldiers fell into the water and were mercilessly shot by San Jose's bow and arrows. On the San Jose side, the losses were not insignificant, because the battle was rushed, many ships were not fully equipped with weapons and equipment, and the soldiers also hurried to the ship. What's even worse is that the ships that hurriedly sailed out of the port could not be mentioned as fast as they could, and even several warships collided with each other when they were rushing out of the port.

More than fifteen San José ships were torn apart and sunk by the Deciks, and several were destroyed by fire. Fortunately, the San Jose people still had a firm grip on the battle line, and many fast-moving ferries sailed quickly on the sea, rescuing the San Jose soldiers who had fallen into the water one by one, and then sending them to the ambulance boat in the rear.

Desik's fleet, which had no offensive momentum, began to slowly retract its formation, and it was a pity that it failed to break through the San Jose defensive line, but everyone was the same clipper, so don't be counterattacked by them. Fortunately, the San Josens did not seem to have this idea, and while collecting the wounded, their fleet was slowly shrinking.

"Hmph, if you want to sneak attack our San Jose, you can't help but think too well!" On the Royal Oak, seeing that the battlefield had calmed down, General Wellington and the adjutant beside him also breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately, the reaction was quite fast, and fortunately, the fishermen found the debris washed by the Schengen Current in advance. Although the losses were a little greater, they finally did not let the Desiks succeed in their purpose. The adjutant spat hatefully, "This is San Jose, not the Shang Alliance!"

As night fell, the fleet of the Desiks was integrated, but it did not withdraw from the battlefield, but stayed quietly in the open sea. The San Jose fleet did not dare to relax, watching each other from afar, not knowing what the Desik wanted to do next.

"General Heinrich, the message has arrived, and it is ready over there. Desik's lieutenant hurriedly walked into the command compartment of the flagship. Unlike the relaxed mood of the San Jose generals, the De Sik generals in the command cabin all looked serious.

Admiral Heinrich, the commander of the navy of Desik, held the scimitar at his side, and stared motionlessly at the chart, which contained the terrain of the southern coast of San Jose, and was densely marked with small flags marking the situation of friend and foe. After a long time, General Heinrich actually stretched out his hand and took down all the small flags on the chart one by one, and everyone present did not have any strange meaning.

"Send a signal to get the landing fleet in the deep sea ready. Let's go, let's go to the landing ship 'Munich', Vice Admiral, you stay here with all the oars clippers to spy on the San Jose Navy, and I announce, the 'Sicilian Plan' has officially begun!"

"Yes!" the crowd saluted.

The people of San José, both on the ships and in the port of Minethir, were celebrating the victory during the day, unaware that the Desik attack had only just begun.

Note 1: The Desiks had to charge and fight, so their ships were equipped with shields on deck. Due to the humid environment of the long sea, a wooden shield with a light weight and no rust is a better choice.