The flames with billowing black smoke drew a terrifying black line in the air, setting off huge waves on the sea, accompanied by the roar of cracking and the sound of splintering, as if even the sky had suddenly darkened!

The Dominica fleet, which was completely exposed to the range of the expeditionary fleet's ballistas, suffered heavy losses, especially when the flanks were almost hit head-on, a schoonard was broken into pieces from the middle, and there were fragments of the wreckage of the ships everywhere, the charred corpses burned alive and the sailors who had unfortunately fallen overboard, and the sea burned so that the whole fleet seemed to be in a sea of fire, and the terrified sailors scattered and hid, as if there was nothing they could do but scream.

As the fleet that guards the royal capital, the warships of the expeditionary fleet are naturally the highest configuration in the entire Turin Kingdom - not only have bronze ramming angles, but there is no shortage of various types of ballistas, and even there are many precious things such as ignition agents. The complete equipment and excellent warships give the fleet commander Lusen more options for how to fight.

Even the flagship was bombarded with at least three stone cannons coated with ignition agent, and the bloodied Zivarin pushed away the sailor who had just saved him next to him, and raised the half-broken scimitar: "I'm still alive, I'm still standing here - we haven't lost yet!"

Wiping the blood dripping from his forehead, Zivarin made his way across the deck, which had almost turned into ruins, and took the helm himself—his flagship captain had just been burned alive by a splash of ignition agent.

"All the battleships immediately full of rudders, all rush forward!" The passive situation of the frustration of the attack provoked the bloody courage of the Dominica fleet: "The target is the enemy's flagship, sink it, sink it——!!!!"

The thunder and thunder drums shook the calm sea, and the five warships that had been gathered together all separated, and the sails once again swooped down on the expeditionary fleet—this time it was them who had the upper hand.

Blazing flames burned on the sea, and continuous flames splashed down from the sky, accompanied by terrible stone cannons—everywhere there were the screams of soldiers, the terrible roar of ships hit by stone cannons, and the huge vibrations shook the battleships under their feet again and again, and they almost stood up to the bombardment of the expeditionary fleet, like wounded lions!

"What a brave bunch. Even if it was an enemy, Sir Leonardo couldn't help but admire: "Their commander must be an extremely good warrior, and it seems that it is a great mistake for me to hear in the past how weak and incompetent the Dominicans are!"

"Lord Leonardo, are we going to turn?" Lusen couldn't help but interrupt him, and the corners of his mouth were a little hesitant: "As long as we continue to drive south with the wind, we can completely burn this fleet to ashes - we don't even need to fight them, they are already finished." ”

"No, I don't mind showing respect to the real enemies - they deserve it. Leonardo waved his hand: "What's more, victory is just around the corner, what is it like to run away?"

"But we were able to avoid casualties ......"

"Vice Admiral Edward Witwood!" Sir Leonardo stopped talking to him and glared directly at Edward, who was standing on the deck, "Give the order." ”

"Yes. Edward, who was wearing the armor and overcoat of the Knights of the Holy Tree, nodded slightly, turned to face the soldiers who had already assembled on the deck, and slowly drew his sword with an expressionless face: "God bless Turin!"

"God bless Turin ——!!!!"

The expeditionary fleet, which had lost its advantage in the wind direction, also had no other choice, and the more than ten warships lined up in a diagonal line turned the rudder in the melodious sound of horns, and the sailors standing on the deck also shouted slogans and pulled up the iron cables, put down the hideous and terrible bronze ramming horns, and the fleet lined up in a line cleaved the waves and faced the schoking warships head-on!

Zivarin, who was personally at the helm of the Dominica flagship, was still holding the broken knife tightly in one hand, and he almost opened his eyes as he gritted his teeth. The Turin Expeditionary Force had also stopped firing, and five dilapidated-looking schooning warships burst out of the "sea of fire" and swooped down like flaming torches towards the flaming goshawk banner that was still hunting.

"Prepare to take the ——! of battle" accompanied by a violent vibration from under the feet, the nervous and excited soldiers shouted out with their commander, the heavy impact seemed to collapse the entire hull, and before they could stand firm, the crazy guys had already erupted and roared: "Kill them all——!!!!"

Blood-stained, broken bodies, blades gleaming with cold light—frenzied cries rang out from each of the battleships that crashed into each other almost simultaneously, and the only sights in their eyes were the fury of each other's desire to tear each other to shreds.

............ At dusk, when the clouds on the horizon began to disperse, this sea raid battle that did not know where it happened came to an end, three of the six Diagonal Warships of the Dominica Fleet were completely burned and sunk, except for one flagship, the other two suffered too serious impacts, and the desperate Dominica sailors directly set fire to the battleship and chose to sink themselves.

Only the flagship led by Zivarin became the main target of the expeditionary force from the beginning, and the three battleships were completely surrounded and intercepted, and nearly a hundred soldiers were sacrificed to successfully capture this rather strong Dominica battleship.

But the expeditionary force's losses were still negligible compared to the enemy - although all the ships were damaged in varying degrees, especially the four ships that hit head-on, not a single ship was sunk in the entire fleet, and nearly three-quarters of the casualties occurred in broadside battles.

But this was also the result of Sir Leonardo's strong demand - because the vast majority of the soldiers in the entire expeditionary force had no experience in naval warfare, which was almost the most serious fatal shortcoming in the battle against Bright Star City. If you don't gain some experience early, you will only suffer more losses and casualties in the future.

Although Lusen complained about this - this was his first time commanding a naval battle, and of course he would like to win as well as possible, but he also knew that he was only a lieutenant, and if it were not for Sir Leonardo's willingness to relinquish power, he would not have had such an opportunity, so he had to choose to remain silent.

And for the expeditionary force, the "spoils" of this naval battle are not only experience, but also very important news.

"The Otovik family is preparing for war, and their main fleet is still facing off against the navies of several Dominica city-states in the east!" In the chart room of the flagship of the expeditionary force, Sir Leonardo looked at the equally eager generals around him with a little excitement: "If the Radiant Cross wishes everything well, we can take Bright Star City before they can react!"

"But before we can do that, we have to take Fort Clarion – it's too dangerous. In the midst of the cheers, Sir Leonardo was ready to break the atmosphere that was too high: "It only takes two days to get from here to The Hague Harbor - if the wind is favorable, it will only take half a day to get to Bright Star City, and the most important thing is that this island is stuck in the east of Bright Star City, as long as we firmly control here, we can block the fleet of the Otovik family in the east and buy time for the army." ”

The chart room was a lot quieter - it would be a thankless job, and holding on to Fort Horn meant more than just resisting the most frantic attacks of the Outoviks, as they would certainly pay any price to save the city, and it would also be the same as giving up the rare glory of conquering the city!

Looking at the tangled and contradictory eyes around him, Lusen couldn't help but duck behind him - among a group of Sacred Tree Knights, a member of the Minest family was simply too different, and more importantly, he didn't want to go to Hornfort!

"Please let me go. A good-looking knight of the sacred tree walked out from behind and looked at Leonardo with resolute eyes: "Leave me this honor, Knight Chief Leonardo - I promise you that as long as the black tree flag on a white background is raised at Fort Horn, it will never fall!"

"Brother Blake Hubble, I'm sure you'll be up to the task. Sir Leonardo smiled and nodded, but before Lusen could breathe a sigh of relief, the next sentence brought his heart to his throat: "But I think it should be done in a fairer way." ”

Before he could finish speaking, Leonardo threw a small colored square on the map, and almost everyone's eyes converged in the candlelight.

A dice.

(Thank you for the reward from book friend Meng Dan, saying that this week's recommended votes are so dismal, please encourage me more!)