Chapter 0186: The Witch's Five Fireball God Cult (4)
The British Empire, which rose like the rising sun, was equipped with a total of 42 large and small warships in the Caribbean Sea in order to deal with the threat of their old enemy, the Spaniards.
Among them, the flagship is the flagship of Lord Beckett's East India Company Armada, the "Dedication", which is the same class battleship of the "Victory", and it belongs to the first class battleship! It was equipped with a staggering 120 guns! In the entire Caribbean, it can deservedly belong to the battleship with the strongest firepower!
In addition, in the Caribbean Fleet, there are five ships that are also first-class battleships, which are slightly smaller than the "Endeavour", and each of these battleships is equipped with one hundred and five guns! Like the Endeavour, they have three decks, if not counting the top and dungeon cabins.
And then, under this there were as many as twenty battleships of the second rank!
These second-class battleships also had three decks, but they were only equipped with ninety guns each, which was slightly weaker than the first-class battleships, but in exchange for an increase in speed, they were an indispensable backbone of the Caribbean Fleet.
After that, there were six third class battleships, with only two decks and a total of sixty-four guns!
However, their main task is not to fight, but as a load ship in the combat fleet, to a certain extent, they are responsible for transporting supplies, so the requirements for firepower are not too high, but the number of sixty-four guns is enough to attract attention.
In the end, there are a total of ten fast ships.
They were not known for their firepower, with a capacity of only thirty guns or less. However, while reducing the load of the gun, the speed was increased and the sailor room was increased.
Under normal circumstances, their mission is to be responsible for beach landing and engagement, and after the main force of the fleet has defeated the enemy ships, they are also responsible for pursuing and boarding ships to kill the enemy and capture the enemy's ships.
The above is the composition of the British Caribbean Fleet, which has a total of one super battleship "Devotion", five first-class battleships, twenty second-class battleships, six third-class battleships, and ten fast ships!
However, at this time, the forty-two warships and some of the merchant ships that had been recruited to serve as troop carriers were all converging on the sea off Port Royal, and they were forming an artillery formation in the sea breeze outside the attack distance of the shore defense guns, and they were ready to shell Port Royal!
Lord Cutler Beckett was a cold, ambitious, and dangerous chairman of the East India Company, who was not only one of the leaders of the East India Trading Company, but also the head of the company's expansion in the Caribbean. And, most importantly, he is now a representative: a representative of King George II!
Prior to his arrival at Port Royal, he had just been knighted by the great King George II of England.
On his way to the Caribbean, he had already figured out how to destroy the many pirates in the Caribbean!
Here it is: David Jones and his ship, the Flying Dutchman!
As long as this ship is obtained or controlled, then the pirates of the entire Caribbean will be completely wiped out! Then everything in this area will be up to him, Lord Cutler Beckett to speak! Anyone who is transported here by sea will look at his face.
However, according to the records, in order to control David Jones and his ship, you must first find the chest of the undead! And if you want to find this chest, you have to get Pirate Jack Sparrow's compass that doesn't know how to guide?
When Lord Cutler Beckett had a headache to catch Jack Sparrow and snatch the compass, he received a shocking message: Port Royal had been captured?
Moreover, the capture of Port Royal was actually a group of witches?
At first, Lord Beckett, who got the information, thought that he was wrong, but after he checked and questioned several captains many times, he finally believed that there was nothing wrong with the information, and those two words were indeed witches!
In the end, after confirming that the information was correct, Lord Beckett laughed angrily on the spot!
A group of witches was able to take down a city garrisoned by thousands of regular troops? Are the Governor Swan of Port Royal and Brigadier General Norrington stationed there a waste?
Therefore, in a fit of rage, he did not ask the king or the council at all, and directly gathered all the ships of the Caribbean Fleet, and rushed towards Port Royal with great vigour.
He wants to use the power of thunder to let those who dare to provoke the majesty of the British Empire know what kind of fate will happen to those who violate the interests of the British Empire!
"Your Excellency! Our fleet is now in formation and ready to come within range of the shore defense guns in Port Royal, so be careful! ”
The diminutive Lord Beckett was standing on the bridge and did not know what to think, when an adjutant ran over to interrupt his thoughts.
Although their flagship will not be within the effective range of the opponent, it is better to warn them just in case.
"Is there any movement inside Port Royal?"
Thinking about something, Lord Beckett, who came to his senses, asked the adjutant about it.
"Your Excellency! It's a little strange, their cavalry, it seems that they are in a parade in the harbor? They seem to be ...... A lined outing? ”
The other adjutant with a telescope in his hand was a little hard to believe what he had just seen.
Just now, he actually saw a group of armored cavalry lined up in the unloading square of the port in the telescope, this strange behavior even made him think that he was wrong?
You know, what age is this, those people, they still want to rely on heavy cavalry against muskets and artillery? And, still so densely lined up in the square? The battleship has a few shots, and once it hits accurately, one shot will almost kill a piece, right?
"Oh? Interesting, show it to me. ”
Upon hearing the adjutant's words, Lord Beckett snatched his telescope and watched it himself.
"Hah! What a stupid bunch of natives! I really don't know that idiot in Norrington, how did he fail? Is that the Five Fireball Cult? ”
Lord Beckett not only saw the cavalry lined up in the square in the binoculars, but also saw the golden five-fireball banner hanging from the flagpole, but he didn't see anything strange on the other party's flag because of the distance.
Like, those witches called their own witches' organization, the Cult of the Flame God?
It's just that Lord Beckett himself prefers to call them the Five Fireball Cult!
Science has developed to this point, and they still want to count on cavalry against armies of muskets and artillery?
If they were on the plains, they might have a little hope of winning when they were defenseless, but here, within the range of the fleet's cannons, they were still doing that, just killing themselves!
"Advance in formation! As soon as you reach range, fire immediately! ”
Lord Beckett waved his hand and ordered, he didn't want to waste time here anymore, he wanted to defeat them in one fell swoop!
Then, hang all the Five Fireball cultists and the witches on the cross! This is what they should do if they dare to provoke the majesty of the British Empire!
"Onward! Shoot as soon as you arrive at your predetermined position!! ”
"Forward!!"
"Forward!!"
As the orders were issued one by one, the ships of the Caribbean Fleet, which had already been assembled, began to open their gun doors one by one, and opened one of their sails, and began to accelerate their movements under the impetus of the sea breeze.
After forming a battle line, they were prepared to cut closer to the port in the face of the fire of the enemy's shore defense batteries, and after reaching the effective range of the ship's guns, they began to bombard the shore fiercely!
Finally, after defeating the enemy's shore fortifications, merchant ships and warships carried sailors directly on the pier to retake the city that belonged to the British Empire, and let the rice flag fly over the city again.
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"Sister Charlotte, the enemy is finally starting to move!"
When Marie Chaska saw the enemy fleet in motion, Lerma walked up to Charlotte and reported that she was now dressed in red light plate armor and was a goddess of the Cult of Flames.
Here, we have to mention the class composition of the Flame God Cult.
At the top of the list, of course, is little Annie, who has been revered as the Flame Goddess and Sect Master by the Flame God Cult, although she doesn't know anything about this Flame God Sect so far!
Anyway, the Flame God Cult was founded without her knowledge!
Then, next to the list, Charlotte Millet, the high priestess and servant of the Goddess of Flames! Under normal circumstances, the High Priest is dressed in golden armor, with five red magical flame patterns on his chest, and a golden cloak like a banner, on which there is also a huge red magical flame.
Under the high priest, there are four goddesses, namely Coria Beaufort, Marie Chaska, and the twin sisters Cecilia Aeneco and Christina Aeneco, who still follow little Anne out to sea to play, and have not yet returned.
The priests of the goddesses are usually dressed in fiery red armor and also wear golden cloaks, except that the flame pattern on the cloak is not as large as that of the high priest.
The high priest of the Flame God Cult, plus the four goddess sacrifices, symbolize the five flames on the banner of the Fire God Cult, and the five of them are the core members of the Fire God Cult, that is, the five witches who first followed the Fire Goddess Anne!
Therefore, in the eyes of those outsiders who don't know the inside story, the name of the Five Fireball God Cult is only derived from the banner of the five flames, and as for the rest, they obviously don't know about it.
Under the goddess sacrifice of the Flame God Cult, there are an unlimited number of ordinary battle witches, all of whom are dressed in silver-white armor, wearing a closed pointed red-tasseled helmet with only two eyes exposed, and wearing the same red cloak as the goddess sacrifice.
At present, there are only fifty-two battle witches of the Flame God Cult, and they have only quickly become fireball and levitation through the bracelet, and they will not have any judicial ability without the bracelet, and even the thorn shield is provided by the magic bracelet.
As the head witch and high priestess, Charlotte has the right to manipulate all the bracelets in her hands, and she is not afraid of theft or betrayal.
Finally, beneath the Battle Witches are a greater number of knights of the Knights of the Cathar.
There were nearly 800 of them, all of them fanatical boys and girls who had been fooled by Charlotte and indulged in power, and of course, there might have been some opportunists who had returned from the former British army, but who cared?
These knights were all dressed in silver-white full-body steel helmets, and had no right to wear cloaks. The close-range attack method is a standard enchanted longsword that can only fool people for the time being, and the blade will burn with flames when leaving the scabbard. The only means of long-range attack is to get short-barreled muskets from the Port Royal warehouse so far.
However, fortunately, their armor has a weakened version of the Thorn Shield, all of which Charlotte used to get from Tiebs after signing the contract, they can offset the shooting of the musket to a certain extent, plus the steel armor itself has a good protective effect, so when charging on land, there is really no one who is their opponent!
Of course, provided that the enemy does not have artillery!
According to the weakened shield strength they are now enchanting, if one shot goes down, as long as it hits the front, it will definitely kill people!
"Brothers and sisters!"
Charlotte motioned for Mary to stand down before riding her horse to the phalanx of silver-white armored cavalry.
Looking at the hundreds of knights lined up in front of her, and at the feverish or anxious gazes that appeared through the cracks of their helmets, she knew what they were worried about.
So, after a moment of silence, she took a deep breath, began to ride her horse and trotted up in front of the formation, and said in a loud voice:
"Brothers and sisters! Overcome the fears of your hearts and drive away your hesitations and insecurity! ”
After running from the front to the end of the formation, she reined in and turned back again.
"Countless years! We witches have been accused and persecuted for countless years! ”
"Countless brothers and sisters have died on racks and ropes, or burned to death in the flames!"
"And today, here, I can tell you: we will not fail today! Never! ”
"Today, this land under the flame of the Goddess of Flame! In this sacred place where the goddess descended! In the place where our Flame God Cult was born! Here we will sound the first clarion call of our resistance to evil persecution! ”
Looking at these fanatical believers, Charlotte exhaled slightly, took out her golden-peaked red-tasseled helmet from the saddle, and brought it firmly to her head, so that everyone here could no longer see her beautiful and resolute face, but only those eyes that were more fanatical than anyone else.
"Although the enemy in front of you is strong...... But! ”
Charlotte jerked the reins, and the horse's front hooves neighed in the air and turned the horse's head.
Then, suddenly, she pulled out the improvised enchanted longsword at her waist, and the flaming blade pointed at the dense array of enemy ships on the sea.
"You will see that they will eventually burn in the flames of our Flame God Cult!!"
After saying that, the war horse under her crotch roared again and neighed in the air with its front hooves.
"We will win!"
"Long live the Flame God Cult!!"
"Long live the Flame Goddess!!
The knights were infected by Charlotte's words and confidence, and one by one they drew their long swords at their waists, raised them high, and at the same time shouted various slogans in a frenzy!
"All battle witches, listen to orders!"
After seeing the morale rise, she nodded with a little satisfaction, and then, she turned to look at the witch phalanx on the other side, which had been silent.
Although there are only fifty-two of them, they are the main force in the battle today!
As for the others, even if they were the cavalry of these Knights of the Cathars, Charlotte didn't plan to let them do it! Today's battle must be performed by a handful of fighting witches.
It was the best way she could think of for the Flame God Cult to show off its extraordinary prowess to all the people of the world!
She wants to show the fangs of their Flame God Cult to the world, so that no enemy in the future will have the slightest resistance in the slightest!
"Attack with me!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Charlotte let go of the reins of her horse and began to perform a levitation technique, allowing her body to slowly float up from the saddle.
With her movements, the two goddess priests, Coria and Mary, as well as the fifty-two battle witches in white armor and red cloaks, slowly floated up from the saddle together, and followed Charlotte firmly towards the fleet on the sea!
"Long live the goddess!"
"Long live the High Priest!"
"Long live the Flame God Cult!"
"Victory! Win! Win! ”
Seeing such a scene, the phalanx of knights on the ground cheered with a more fanatical and louder voice, and they are going to witness this historic moment together today!
Puff ......
The sound of what seemed to be an object falling into the sea sounded, and then the entire Caribbean Fleet began to stir.
"This ...... It must have been a joke by God...... It must be, right? ”
Lord Beckett murmured, his eyes glazed over at the flaming swords of the soldiers wielding flaming swords in the plaza in the distance, and the armored witches who were flying into the sky, slowly but surely flying towards his fleet, and he didn't even notice that the binoculars in his hand had fallen into the sea.
"Could it be...... Am I dreaming? ”
He thought, perhaps, in the next moment, that he would find himself waking up in a comfortable and soft feather bed? Maybe it would be better if that was the case?
Or is it ...... I've been too busy with military affairs lately, and I've hallucinated?
"How so?"
At the moment, their fleet was about to come into range and shell the Five Fireball cultists who were still playing with hoplites, and then continue to land and storm Port Royal, and then capture the infidels and hang them all on the cross!
But now?
After mobilizing for a while, the other party actually grabbed the magic sword that was burning with flames, flew up directly, and attacked his own fleet?
This style of painting...... Obviously something is wrong...... Isn't it, something is wrong?