Chapter 53: The Death of the Blood Moon (3)
The sea outside the port of Umlim turned into a sea of fire.
The wreckage of large and small ships floated and burned on the surface of the sea, and patches of black-and-gray objects were loaded and floated, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a shattered ship board or a charred stump and severed arm.
The massive steel ship pushed through the wreckage of the roadblock and slowly approached the harbor.
Presto stood in the command room and sneered, "Vulnerable!"
Libauerta said: "The enemy fleet is completely destroyed, the port must be prepared, we must not get too close." ”
"Don't be afraid, get closer, or the hit rate of the support artillery fire will be a problem - we don't have many curved guns. ”
The main guns of the three ironclad ships are infinitely powerful, the muzzle velocity of the electromagnetic guns is extremely high, the trajectory is excellent, and it is almost a direct fire, and the power of the ship is endless, but if you attack a target on the shore, especially in the undulating terrain, the straight trajectory is not easy to hit, either it is too low and hits into the soil, or it is too high and flies in a straight line over the target.
Therefore, the ship is equipped with some experimental weapons that can attack ground buildings, which need to be tested in actual combat.
"Toslo, prepare to launch an attack on the designated targets in the harbor! Pagziano, Stana, on alert!"
"Understood!"
The three battleships slowly stopped.
The Tothro's fire controller yelled, "Put away the No. 2 gun and prepare the tongue of Hydra!"
The Tothro's No. 2 main gun slowly descended into the gun compartment on the deck, and a lifting platform slowly rose. On the lifting platform are nine stubby mortars.
These mortars are stupid and ugly, with barrels only five meters long, but their caliber reaches a terrifying 600mm!
"Reload the breath of light fire!"
A huge 1.5-ton explosive bomb was filled into the chamber by a loader. This is also to take care of the range, the maximum projection distance of the light fire breath is about 6 kilometers, and the total weight of the heavy is 2.2 tons, and correspondingly, the range is also reduced, only a little more than 4 kilometers.
Presto's original idea was to use the heavy breath of fire to strike closely, quickly break the opponent's will to resist, and gain a foothold for the kingdom's navy, however, the enemy's harbor is equipped with magic cannons, although it is an old model more than ten years ago, but there is still a certain danger at a distance of 4 kilometers, these three warships are the kingdom's new warships built with the strength of the country, even if you lose one, you have to hand over your head when you go back. You can't take that risk.
So, it's better to use safer light shells, and if that doesn't work, keep bombarding the harbor with the main guns until the enemy surrenders.
"Loaded, deck crew, take cover!"
The green light came on, and Presto was about to give the order to open fire, when he suddenly noticed that more than 100 small boats were pouring out of several docks in the harbor.
These boats were extremely fast, and some of them had a blinding magic circle glow at their tails.
Now the distance between the battleship and the enemy's harbor was so close that it was impossible to see it without a clairvoyance, and the cabin of the boat was raised high, and Presto could see at a glance that it was an arsonist ship.
"It seems to be in a hurry. The timing was good, but unfortunately, they underestimated our firepower. Pagziano, Stana, Rayqueso!"
Dozens of spherical projectiles were dropped on the surface of the sea, and as soon as they touched the water, the potholes and uneven metal shells quickly melted, revealing the slime core inside.
The inner core of the slime is divided into two layers, the lower layer is the pumice slime, which floats on the water, holding up the lightning slime in the upper layer, and at the same time releasing the wire thunder cable sealed in the metal shell, forming a metal wire barrier in the shape of cotton wool.
The arsonist boat didn't know what was going on, and it crashed into it in a daze.
The Lightning Slime was crushed for no reason, furious, and suddenly discharged!
On the surface of the sea, the blue-purple light flashed!
More than 100 arsonist ships have been turned into more than 100 burning torches.
"Backward, backward in all directions, against this kind of opponent, it's too unpleasant. ”
Libauerta on the side poured cold water on him: "It's better not to be too optimistic if we are alone." ”
"Of course, our poor merchants are still suffering—give me orders, Tongue of Hydra, and fire!"
"Wait!"
Before Libauerta could stop it, the first human-made 1.5-ton massive flame bomb roared out, drawing a parabola full of death, over the sea, over the chaotic docks, over the walls of the port, over the dome of the Great Sage, and began to descend, past the guillotine, and into the ground at the far end of the execution ground.
Immediately after, two more giant flame bombs fell. The point of impact suddenly turned into a scene of hell raging with flames.
"Oh, good, magnificent, magnificent!", Presto handed the clairvoyant to Libauerta, "a pillar of fire dozens of meters high! This is a forbidden spell-level attack, the sun god and the dark god are above, this is an epic and magnificent scene! I bet the bureaucrats at the Admiralty must have loved this sight." Dear Brother Libauerta, what were you going to say just now?"
"Our iron dragonfly did not rise into the air, and can only rely on the coordinates we received yesterday to attack, who knows what is in that place now!"
"Don't worry, we have avoided important places such as people's settlements and holy mosques, and it is estimated that it is an open space. ”
Libalta said angrily: "Is that a worthless and unnecessary goal? knowing that it could cause a large number of innocent deaths and injuries?"
"Don't be so nervous, there's no such thing as an impossibility of a strike, and sometimes, some unexpected attack may make the enemy surrender as soon as possible. Right?"
Libauerta sneered.
Presto shook his head with a wry smile: "You devout followers of the Cult of the Dark God, anything is fine, it's just too boring. ”
"So, is this interesting?"
With a bang, a piece of paper slapped in front of Presto.
Presto only glanced at it, and his face changed drastically.
"This is a battle story, and the whole thing is about one idea: to build a military-led state. The article advocates the establishment of a 'fully nationalized' government, all in the service of the military, and advocates foreign expansion and the conquest of other countries by technology and force. This article is quite marketable, both in the court and in the army. The essence is nothing more than two words: ambition. ”
Prestojan laughed, "This, what does this have to do with us?"
"Your Majesty has not been on the throne for long, the country has been newly established, and a decision can easily become a tradition. There are people in the army who want to play with fire. Captain Presto, if technology and strength alone can achieve the goal, then why did the original traitor Kuruma die without a place to be buried? The more people killed and faster, the easier it is to become the cause of some people with good intentions to cause trouble. yes, we're all so strong, what are we afraid of?"
Presto's throat squirmed violently.
"Are we really strong? Our population problem has not been solved, our level of technological transformation is still very low, and most of the people are still pitiful creatures under the rule of tribal chiefs, who are regarded as savages! With a little unexpected technology and a few poor elite troops, we dream of conquering the world by force, this is the most ridiculous joke!"
Presto laughed dryly, "If you are not a believer in the Cult of the Dark God, you will already be invited to drink the soup based on these alone. ”
"The followers of the Cult of the Dark God have always been vehemently opposed to this absurd dream, and they see its dangers! Your Majesty has not long ascended the throne, and needs a victory, yes, victory, we, as courtiers, should and can offer him a victory, but!" Libalta accentuated, But instead of pushing His Majesty and the country down the wrong path with a brutal massacre, Captain Presto, you are an excellent soldier, and I will never interfere with your command, but when it comes to the question of direction, you have to think carefully about where to go!"
Presto was silent.
At this time, the herald shouted: "Report, the intelligence officers of Kuharama Town have sent urgent information! There are high-ranking personnel of our Dark God Cult at the shelling site, please stop the shelling immediately!"
The two were shocked.
Before coming, Marshal Yupanki personally conveyed the dictation of His Majesty Atavar that in any case, there are some people who must be protected!
Dark's Chief Samurai Dack, Dark Apostle George, Dark Walker Royce, Dark Priest Isabella, former Chief Alchemist Riley, and Dark Witch Isis.
They had already arrived at the port of um lim in advance to reconnoitre.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that they single-handedly founded the kingdom of New Tenotiran, and that they maintained extremely friendly and close relations with King Atavar, Field Marshal Yupanki, High Priest Tezomuk, and others.
If one of these people had a problem in the shelling, a hundred heads would not be enough to cut off!
Presto shouted: "Stop shelling, stop shelling!"