Chapter 500: The Second Naval Battle

On January 17, 1790, the patrol fleet of an invincible fleet that was on patrol duty in the Sad Ocean was attacked by the Norton North Sea Fleet and was completely annihilated, and the commander of the patrol fleet, Captain Therod, surrendered with six large armed warships and nine medium fast armed warships. The first confrontation between Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info ended with the complete victory of the Norton family, which also means that the Armada is about to retire from the stage of history.

On the night of 20 January, the North Sea Fleet, under the command of Admiral Sambarwood, made a surprise attack on the port of Erniba of the Commercial Alliance, burning not only nearly 500 merchant ships and warships anchored in the harbor, but also the Third Detachment of the Invincible Fleet, which was on a southern tour to escort reinforcements, and they never dreamed that they would be attacked in their own port. Most of the crew and sailors of the Third Squadron went ashore to have fun, and by the time the harbor was in flames, they were powerless to return.

Even Sambarwood could not have imagined that his luck would be so good, and all the members of the North Sea Fleet were so happy to see that the two famous Septium ships of the Invincible Armada were two huge burning fires, and the only thing they could do was to speed up the delivery of ammunition and hit as many ships as possible......

When Sambarwood received a report that the bronze artillery had been fired too slowly to dissipate heat due to the fire of red-hot iron bullets, he gave a dangerous order to keep the fleet close to the burning dock, and to use the catapult arranged in the bow to throw the clay pots full of fire oil on the ships and docks that had not yet been completely burned, and to speed up the burning of those ships, leaving no repairable ships or utilitable dock facilities for the commercial alliance。

Sambawood's orders were resolutely carried out, and the fire in the port of Erniba burned for two days and three nights, until the entire port of Erniba was burned to ashes. To add fuel to the fire, there was no snow in the two days and three nights when the fire burned, and the weather was sunny, which was a rare good weather in winter, suitable for sailing and cruising, and the wind was blowing inland. So those who escaped the fire could only watch the burning of the port of Erniba to the ground, and they wanted to put out the fire because the fire was too big and gave up, and could only watch the burning port of Erniba cry from a distance......

Known in the history of the Gelinthia Continental War, the Battle of the Port of Erniba not only made the North Sea Fleet, which had been unknown until now, famous all over the world. Even its Admiral Sambarwood has become a shining star. In contrast, the loss of the business alliance is very huge, the port of Erniba was burned, although the loss of personnel was less than 10,000, but it was these surviving people who added countless burdens and troubles to the business alliance.

First, the third squadron of the Invincible Flotilla was very embarrassed and burned all the warships and ships, and the members of the fleet, who had always been invincible at sea, could only rely on two feet to make a long journey back to the city of Morente. Second, the reinforcements of nearly 70,000 troops from the southern provinces escorted by the Third Detachment this time will also join them and embark on the road to the city of Morente unarmed. The third is the owners of merchant ships anchored in the port of Erniba who blame the Armada for the burning and loss of their ships and cargo, believing that the Armada has failed to do its duty and causing damage to their property, and demands that the Armada compensate them.

Finally, there are the inhabitants of the port of Ernniba, who have lost all their belongings and are reluctant to leave the port of Ernniba. For the sake of these 60,000 or 70,000 residents, the business alliance also has to mobilize relief materials and manpower for them to help them build houses to keep them warm during the winter and March rainy season. According to a rough estimate, the North Sea Fleet's burning of the port of Elniba caused no less than 20 million Kingford losses to the Business Alliance......

If the Norton family's North Sea Fleet did not intervene, the commercial alliance would be very sure to rely on huge manpower, material resources, financial resources and troops to defeat or annihilate the coalition forces of the Andinac Kingdom led by His Royal Highness, and even counterattack into the territory of the Andinac Kingdom. This time, the top leaders of the business alliance have made up their minds that no matter what the cost, they must eliminate the greatest threat in the north, and completely disintegrate the dinak kingdom.

But the news of the new year's start has left the top brass of the business alliance in the city of Moronte restless, first with the disappearance of a patrol fleet and then with the news that the port of Erniba has been burned to the ground. While a meeting was being held in a hurry to discuss the aftermath of the port of Elniba, and to mobilize the reinforcements who had braved the heavy wind and snow to rush to the city of Moriente, the news from the sea made all the high-ranking members of the business alliance angry......

After burning the port of Ernibba, the North Sea Fleet under the command of Sambawood launched an interception activity in the sea area from the port of Erniba to the Zangjin Bay, which was a day and a night, and all the merchant ships and cargo ships heading for the Zangjin Bay, whether they were commercial alliances or other countries, were intercepted and coerced, and those who refused to obey the order were immediately destroyed in the vast sea, and those who obeyed the order were grouped and sailed to the island of Hilovas under the escort of several lightning strike warships......

In short, the sea passage from the commercial alliance to the southern part of the continent was cut off by the North Sea Fleet, which caused the commercial alliance to suffer huge losses again. Because many merchant ships and cargo ships sail out in the winter to deliver the military supplies and grain and grass that are urgently needed by the city of Moronte, but now these military materials and grain and grass have become the spoils of the Norton family, which is simply a draw from the bottom of the kettle, which makes the high-level of the business alliance anxious.

After more than two years of bloody battles on the Falli-Hill Plain, the rich Falli-Hill Plain has been in ruins, losing the largest grain production base, and all the grain and grass materials in the city of Morent can only rely on the support and supply of the southern provinces. And the sea route has become the most important transportation and supply channel for the business alliance. Now that the sea route has been cut off, relying on the land route to provide logistical supplies for the 400,000 troops on the front line, not only the distance is long and delayed, but also the cost of manpower transportation has been greatly increased, and even a hundred catties of grain to be transported to the city of Morente can be counted as a saving of more than 30 catties.

Control of the sea route must be regained immediately!" the top brass of the Business Alliance immediately made this decision. But when the order was given to the Armada, everyone found that they were faced with an extremely awkward situation, and the Armada was underarmed......

Well, the first detachment of the Armada is in the southern part of the continent in the Kingdom of Chigeda, which is a request from the allies of the Kingdom of Chigeda to protect the coastal zone of the Kingdom of Chigeda from the capture of pirate fleets from the Empire of Lomon. The second squadron is stationed in the territory of the Chikd Chamber of Commerce, the former Duchy of Urubah, which is the area where piracy is most rampant, and where almost all the reinforcements and supplies from the southern provinces to support the front line are shipped, and security vigilance cannot be ignored.

The ships of the Third Squadron docked at the port of Erniba on their way back to the Gulf of Zangjin, only to be burned clean by a fire from the Norton North Sea Fleet. Now most of the fleet personnel are still there, but the ship is gone...... The Fourth Squadron was stationed in the bay, but one of their patrol flotillas was missing. The biggest possibility should also be planted in the hands of the North Sea Fleet.

Now the question arises, the North Sea Fleet is capable of destroying a patrol fleet, so how many troops should the Fourth Squadron stationed in Zangjin Bay deploy to deal with the North Sea Fleet? A detachment can be divided into four patrol fleets, and now one patrol fleet has been eliminated, and the Fourth Squadron is only the size of three patrol fleets. If the whole army is dispatched, the Zangjin Bay will be empty, but it is better not to leave a patrol fleet behind, and the patrol fleet that has been eliminated is an example. If you can leave two patrol fleets, the patrol fleet that attacks will become a food delivery to the enemy.

This simple math problem put the commander of the Arma and the top brass of the business alliance in a dilemma, and the harsh sea environment in winter and the resistance of most of the fleet personnel to the war mentality caused the day of the Fourth Fleet's attack to be delayed. However, in February, due to the delay in the delivery of news by land, the territory of the Chikrid Chamber of Commerce continued to send merchant ships loaded with military supplies and food and grass to the city of Morente. The news that merchant and cargo ships had been held hostage by the North Sea Fleet finally forced the Fourth Fleet to make up its mind and attack from Zangjin Bay in search of the North Sea Fleet to fight to the death.

The Fourth Squadron disrupted the original organization of all its warships and ships, and this time it was all the large and medium armed warships that attacked, while the two giant ships of Sepnim belonging to the Fourth Fleet and more than 160 small rapid-impact warships remained in the Zangjin Bay to guard their homes. For the two Sepnim giants and the small rapid ramming battleship, they are indeed not suitable for sailing in the windy and rough winter, it is better to sit in the Zangjin Bay, so that even if the enemy kills in, they will have the power to fight back, and perhaps they can also use this to set a trap to lure the North Sea Fleet to attack the Zangjin Bay, and the attacking fleet can outflank the enemy with a single outflanking.

This is the second meeting between the Armada and the North Sea Fleet. The Fourth Squadron was lucky, and after sailing for a day and a night, it encountered a convoy of more than 30 large ocean-going merchant ships and medium-sized armed merchant ships that had been held hostage by the North Sea Fleet to Hiroas Island, and was responsible for escorting four mine-strike warships and four large armed warships of the North Sea Fleet.

The Fourth Squadron attacked 39 large armed warships this time, 28 of which were equipped with a 100-man sea stormtrooper on board, and at the same time there was a great sword division of the Invincible Fleet sitting on the flagship, and there were 83 medium-sized and fast armed warships attacking together.

More than 120 large and medium-sized armed warships were divided into four waves, 3,000 meters apart, by the commander of the Fourth Fleet, and communicated with each other by means of the ship's communications petrel. From the mouths of the merchant sailors who escaped from the pursuit and interception of the North Sea Fleet, the top brass of the Fourth Fleet had already learned that the North Sea Fleet dispatched no more than 20 warships and ships, and that the reason for dividing the attacking fleet into four waves was that the size of the fleet would be too large, and the North Sea Fleet would sail far away and increase the difficulty of pursuit.

Today's sky was overcast, with small cold snowflakes drifting, and the lookout on the mast could not reach far. So when the escort fleet of the North Sea Fleet and the Fourth Squadron collided head-on, the two sides were already less than four hundred nautical yards apart......

As soon as the Armada came to the rescue, the merchant fleet that had been coerced to the island of Hilois immediately exploded, and they no longer ignored the threat of being sunk by the lightning battleship, and rushed towards the array of the Fourth Detachment. At this time, the captains of the four mine-striking warships in charge of escorting also made a big mistake, they did not pay attention to the 20 or so enemy ships rushing in front of them, but launched an artillery bombardment on those fleeing merchant ships, and for a while, the battlefield was chaotic like a pot of boiling porridge.

For the first wave of the Fourth Fleet's charging ships, the fleeing merchant ships that were scurrying around the battlefield also caused them countless troubles, not only disrupting their arrays, but also causing them to suffer huge casualties and losses in their first contact with the four lightning strike ships of the North Sea Fleet.

The first wave of twenty-eight large and medium-sized armed warships received orders to detect the enemy, delay and delay the enemy, hold out until the outflanking of the follow-up fleet and the arrival of reinforcements, and pay any sacrifice in order to destroy the North Sea Fleet. But this time it was only the escort fleet of the North Sea Fleet, and the four lightning strike battleships and the four large armed warships were not seen by the first wave of fleet commanders, and he wanted to make a good start, so he directly commanded all the warships under his command to pounce.

Four rounds of artillery shelling from the four mine-struck battleships gave the enemy a severe slap in the face, and three of the four large armed battleships of the Invincible Fada, which rushed to the front, were smashed into wooden frames by the shelling and sank into the sea at a speed visible to the naked eye. The luck of the other large armed warship was better, although the mast was broken, and the ship was spinning, but at least there was no danger of sinking.

However, due to the proximity of the distance, more than a dozen medium-sized armed warships outflanked on the left and right were already in place, and they exchanged hands with the four large armed warships of the North Sea Fleet. The four armed warships were not equipped with bronze guns, and the long-range attack weapons were the old Flying Fire Mines, large steel crossbows, and twisted stone cannons. The sea is full of gunsmoke, and the fireballs and flying stones come and go, which is very lively. In a short time, two large armed warships of the North Sea Fleet were ablaze......

"Enemy ships, the Invincible Armada and reinforcements!, six hundred yards away!" shouted the lookout on the mast of the lightning strike battleship. After all, with a telescope in hand, the field of vision is much wider, but the sky is too overcast, and there is light snow, and it is a little too late to wait for the lookout to find the second wave of battleships of the fourth squadron of the Invincible Armada.

At this moment, there was a rumbling shelling from behind, and it was Sambarwood who led twelve mine-striking battleships to the rescue, and the first wave of battleships of the Fourth Squadron was quickly crushed, and only six medium-sized fast armed warships turned around and fled back when they saw that the situation was not good. However, three of the four large armed warships of the North Sea Fleet were also destroyed, and the crew suffered more than two hundred casualties.

"Rush over and destroy the enemy in front!" Sambarwood gave the order, pointing to the thirty or so large and medium-sized armed warships of the Armada in front, but soon the lookout on the mast gave him two bad news.

"On the left, there are about thirty ships of the Invincible Armada! Seven hundred yards away!"

"There are about thirty warships of the Invincible Armada on the right! Six hundred yards away!"

It's a trap!

"Charge, follow forward, turn diagonally to the left fifty meters from the fleet ahead, open fire, bypass the blockade!" Sambarwood immediately decided.

The only thing they didn't expect was that the artillery attack of the North Sea Fleet would be so sharp, and all the interceptor warships facing the impact of the North Sea Fleet were shattered and cracked one by one under the attack of the artillery, and the screams and cries for help on the sea surface.

However, the two mine-striking battleships at the end of the North Sea Fleet and the remaining large armed battleships were intercepted by the second wave of the remaining battleships of the Fourth Fleet, and the most unfortunate thing was that the great sword division sitting on the flagship rushed onto a mine-striking battleship and launched a bloody slaughter, and the crew of the lightning-striking battleship was not its enemy at all.

The other mine-striking battleship and the large armed battleship also rushed into the sea stormtroopers of many enemies, and the screams of fighting continued to sound, and soon the sound of resistance disappeared, and if nothing else, the fall of these three battleships into the hands of the enemy was a foregone conclusion.

"Turn around, target, our two Thunderstrike Battleships and a large armed battleship! The Norton Battleship must not fall into the hands of the enemy!" Sambarwood gave another surprise order.

The North Sea Fleet's turnaround attack also surprised the Fourth Fleet, not only were the two lightning strikes and one large armed warship sunk, but the heavier blow was that the great swordsman who had single-handedly captured a lightning strike was killed by Sambarwood while he was standing on the bow of the lightning strike battleship. The first round of shotgun coverage directly blasted the great swordsman into a bloody hole, and the fragmented corpse fell from the bow of the ship into the sea, staining a large area of the sea red......

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