2377 The Emperor's Sword (xvi)
The order from the commander made the entire battleship change from silence to boiling at once, "The whole ship is lit up, and the fire is on at full power!" I don't know how many Imperial sailors' voices burst out at once, and an Imperial Navy sailor standing between the deck and the cabin, afraid that his voice would be muffled, quickly ran to the middle gun bay, full fire, hear no! The soldier's voice came down, and he raised his right hand with excitement, and made a vigorous downward gesture towards his companion in the cabin, and then crossed his chest horizontally, repeating the action again.
His business, in the closed cabin, was like thunder rolling, resounding through the cannon cabin,
The Imperial artillery bombarders, who had endured most of the night, turned around at once, and finally started! They are the soul of the Imperial Navy, the sharpest teeth of the Empire, and as a result, under the silent orders of the upper echelons, everyone could only watch the ship-based soldiers play very happily for most of the night, and the eyes of the artillery bombarders turned red, aren't there just a few hundred people? If you let Thor fire, I believe that as long as there is a random shot, the other party will collapse, but there is no way, the order above is like this, the shellers are lying on the small hole facing the outside of the shelling cabin and watching, this time I heard the order was given, where can I still live,
"All in place, you can't let those ship-borne soldiers take the lead, and everyone will have no face to see people when it is spread out! The target is two hundred meters, catapults!"
The person in charge of the gun bay opened his voice and shouted, he could finally happily, what are you waiting for, he has been staring at the other party's catapult for a long time. Although the Shanlin has been remodeled, the sides have been thickened and the top deck has been added, and it is not afraid of the bombardment of catapults. But it doesn't mean that it won't be penetrated, the high impact brought by the stone throwing is still the deadliest enemy of the hull,
As the largest weapon transport ship in the Logistics Operations Department of the Imperial Navy, the Shanlin is slightly shorter than the Dragon class, the main battleship of the Imperial Navy, and is a real giant compared to other warships. The Shanlin's gun bay was on the second floor, and twenty seconds after the order was given, there were six crisp bangs. The six thick wooden covers, painted in the same color as the hull, on the sides of the ship, opened abruptly outward,
"Gurgle" The six swarthy Thor guns poked out of the shelling ports behind the covers with the sound of metal rubbing against the decks of the ship.
The black muzzle of the gun shines in the light coming from the cabin. It became more and more hideous and terrifying, the cabin was still black, and the oil lamps hanging in the cabin were lit, and bright lights shone out from the cabin on the side of the huge hull, like a small golden sun rising in the harbor, like a dream, as if a prosperous sea market building suddenly appeared on the sea.
"What's going on?" Seeing the scene in front of them, the Fetzer hoplite, who was closest to the hull, didn't know how to react at all.
"Lord Aurelio, are you sure this is a merchant ship?" Seeing this scene, Sheriff Arravin, who was standing two hundred meters away, turned blue with a blue face, gritting his teeth and wanting to give Aurelio a kick
Anyway, he is also a sheriff who has been in the port city for several years, how can he not see that this huge ship in front of him, which is hidden like a merchant ship, is obviously a warship full of fighters, his eyes are very remorseful to look at the top of the mast of the giant fleet, and under the illumination of a light, he suddenly sees a blue imperial falcon flag fluttering,
When was the Blue Falcon Banner hung on it?
Sheriff Arravin's body trembled slightly, his pupils constricted, and he was still thinking about whether he could pretend to misunderstand and be able to transfer the army back, but the current situation seems to be impossible, and the other party raised the naval flag, which means that the other party has made up his mind to fight.
I'm fighting against a Falcon Empire Navy's warship, what a thing! Sheriff Arravin's body shook, and the corners of his mouth flashed with a trace of bitterness, he also took a special look when he came just now, there was no flag at the top of the mast, plus Aurelio's words, it was natural to regard it as an ordinary Falcon Empire merchant ship, except for the larger size, the procedure used to cover up in the back was a little troublesome, and the others were under their control, who knew that it would change in the blink of an eye, just like a winter hunt that thought it was a little fox in the hole, but it turned out to be busy for a long time, but a dragon came out of it that was extremely angry, and the nose was sprayed with a scorching flame,
"Quick, summons, everyone withdraw immediately!" Sheriff Arravin's reaction was still not slow, his body trembled for a moment and he was immediately awakened by the dangerous aura in front of him, and the huge cabin with four layers of superposition in the distance was brightly lit in an instant, and that feeling was like a sleepy sea beast suddenly being stabbed by someone, and all the spikes on his body exploded at once,
The Falcon Imperial Navy, since it set foot in the waters of the Obarro Continent, has used the powerful naval weapon Thor to shatter the confidence of the navies of the Obarro countries, and the brutality of the Imperial Navy has long been proven in Gangfei on the other side of the sea, which shocked the entire continent Gang Fei Wang Du raid war, overnight, one-third of the Gangfei kings were turned into ashes, and as many as tens of thousands of people died, directly forcing the Gangfei Empire to move to Beijing, and the other party dared to bomb even the imperial capital of the Gangfei Empire, what is his own little Luansoke?
"Lord Arravin, at this time, it is useless to hesitate, the Falcon Empire's navy is now strong in the inland sea, how can we listen to the explanation of a small sheriff, on the contrary, we have hundreds of people, and we can even mobilize the strength of the whole city, the other party only has one ship, and it is not impossible to seize it with all our might! As long as you take down the opponent's warship and dispose of all the people on it, what do you need to say, isn't it a word from an adult?"
Aurelio was beside him, with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth, and said with a gloomy face, he didn't expect that he was facing an Imperial Navy warship, but it was the posture of the other party, which made him understand at once, he really didn't lose unjustly, if he hadn't forced out the prototype tonight, he didn't expect to face the Imperial Navy, which swept all the trading posts of Luansok. Stirred up the great plan of the merchant group that had spent countless efforts into a dismal and terrible opponent,
It's not the expected Northern Business Alliance, but the Admiralty of the Falcon Empire, which has always been like a fierce beast
It is not difficult to understand where the other party invested such a huge amount of money in one fell swoop. Just one Luansok is a million, so the total number of other ports affected in the southern part of the inland sea is estimated to add up to more than 20 million.
As a branch minister of the Double-Headed Eagle Merchant Group who has access to some of the cores, Aurelio certainly knows the inside story of the ten major southern business groups raising 12 million golden tickets against Lisbonto, and in order to curb the expansion of the northern business alliance, the ten major business groups have joined forces in a rare way. The 12 million golden tickets really caused the Lisbonto merchants to go completely crazy, so that no one considered the risk of being buried in it
The Lisbento incident dealt a heavy blow to business alliances. By the way, a war of extermination will be waged against the small and medium-sized chambers of commerce in the country, and in that regard, the top ten business groups will be the last biggest gainers, even if Lisbonto greatly reduces the fluctuations caused by the intervention of the imperial high-level. At least domestically. The top ten business groups have passed this fluctuation and steadily completed the unification.
But I didn't expect that the other party completely ignored Lisbento's embarrassment, but suddenly attacked at the last moment with a huge amount of money, swept like a storm, and disappeared immediately after appearing, whether it was the time or the place of the shot. are all invulnerable, this throat-sealing sword. One evening, in less than two hours, this throat-sealing sword had already pierced through the situation painstakingly arranged by the ten major merchant groups.
In the port city in the south, a large number of golden tickets that had been pocketed by the top ten merchant groups were swept away, but a mess was left waiting for the top ten merchant groups to clean up
You must know that it is not only the small and medium-sized businessmen who are fluctuating this time, but also those small and medium-sized nobles who are not of high rank, no one will tolerate their wealth being ruthlessly plundered, and now they dare not speak out, once the turmoil passes, and wait until the golden ticket of the business alliance is returned, at that time, these small and medium-sized nobles who hate the top ten business groups to the bone will definitely use all the power they can use to retaliate against the top ten business groups,
If the ten major merchant groups control the economic lifeline of the entire kingdom, the power of these small and medium-sized nobles is not afraid, the problem is, the ten major merchant groups have failed, it is really a very violent counterattack! It's really beautiful and even the enemy has to admire, Aurelio's heart actually faintly emitted a trace of emotion, his eyes looked at the imperial battleship in the distance, and his mouth suddenly laughed, the other party actually helped himself secretly, if Araven was just perfunctory before, then at this moment, he has been forced to a dead end, and attacking an imperial merchant ship without authorization can also be explained as a misunderstanding, attacking an imperial naval warship, that is another matter, the problem is that if the garrison is pulled into the water, the responsibility of himself as a merchant group leader is much lighter
"Aurelio, you're a bastard!"
Arravin was so distressed that he almost pulled a handful of hair from his head! he was inexplicably involved in such a predicament, everything was due to Aurelio, he should not have gone to this troubled waters, this bastard was still agitating himself to attack the Imperial warship at this time, and it seemed that he was ready to put all the blame on himself
"The country has long been dissatisfied with the Falcon Empire, maybe your lordship's actions tonight are in line with the Prime Minister's wishes!"
He withdrew his gaze from a distance, his hand clenched unconsciously, and said in a deep voice, "Lord Aravin, it has reached this level, then there is only one way to go to the end, what we are doing now is actually not completely wrong, I don't believe the Prime Minister, I didn't specifically give Your Excellency an order to curb the merchant ships of the Falcon Empire, otherwise even if I borrowed a hundred guts from my lord, I wouldn't have agreed so happily tonight!"
"You!" Arravin looked at Aurelio with a hint of horror in his eyes, Aurelion's words touched Arravin's heart, he really used force against the Imperial Navy, it may not be a way to survive! The domestic side has long been quite dissatisfied with the Falcon Empire, and the prime minister also sent a letter last month, asking him to curb the entry and exit of the Falcon Empire's merchant ships from that month, and cooperate with the Kingdom's first merchant group Double-headed Eagle Merchant Group to suppress the empire's merchant group economically, such as the huge turmoil caused by the depreciation of the golden ticket of the commercial alliance this time, in addition to watching from the sidelines, he also suspended the approval procedures for the ships in the port to go to sea in the past few days on the grounds of illness, and completely blocked the passage of the commercial alliance golden ticket to the outward, resulting in most of the merchants with golden tickets in the city, in a desperate situation, can only be willing to accept the wanton price reduction of several trading houses in the city, I heard that in the eastern Iranian Empire, the southern six-nation coalition has torn the last fig leaf and is attacking the imperial army in Istanbul with all its might
"Mobilize the whole city's troops, garrisons, security stations, all the people who can be mobilized are all gathered in the port! I don't believe in thousands, I can't take a ship!" Aurelio was still there fanning the flames, and Arravin was finally moved, and he viciously gave the order to the adjutant behind him to mobilize all the men, and at this moment, there was only one gamble, "Go to war, if war is destined to break out tonight, then let me ignite it with one hand!" Yaravin's eyes were bloodshot, he turned around, the light on the battleship in the distance shone in his eyes, like a lit flame, and at the same time, the blow from the Falcon Empire battleship also began, countless clusters of arrows flew from the side of the ship from the heights, and a blood-colored mist exploded in the scattered Fezzer garrison below, hundreds of people fell thirty or forty people by a salvo, the violent blow made the others squat behind the shield, lying on the ground, not even daring to raise their heads, they could only use the corner of their eyes to see their companions wailing with arrows, countless crossbow arrows were deeply inserted into the ground around them, and the gravel sputtered in all directions, like a large white flower suddenly erupted on the ground,
In the gun compartment of the Shanlin, a loader used a calloused hand to steadily start the hook wheel shaft, and the 10-pound shell of Thor was slid into the barrel along the channel full of grease again, and the other two gunners used all their strength to turn the steering wheel in their respective posts, the position of the gun compartment is a bit high, and the muzzle of the gun needs to be tilted downward for aiming at the distant target, and it is a little troublesome for the front gun chamber loading of the Navy Thor, and it was calibrated several times before finally letting the shell obediently squat at the bottom of the projection position,
"Let's start!" the loader pressed down with all his might, "Boom!" The huge sound of shooting shook the sea and the sky of the harbor at the same time, only to see a white light jet out violently from the side of the Shanlin, almost in the blink of an eye, the white light had already dragged the eye-catching tail, and penetrated heavily into the position of a catapult in the distance, the Fei Ze garrison next to the catapult was still pulling the winch, and the huge white light in his eyes was like a dot that quickly became all, "Boom!" A huge explosion slammed down on the front of the catapult, splintering wood flying, flashes and a wave of heat that burned everyone's retina.
On the evening of May 30, Luansok, the Empire declared all-out war on the six southern countries!
I'm sorry last night, I disappointed everyone, I started writing buns at eight o'clock in the evening, who knew that I fell asleep while writing, and it was ten o'clock when I woke up, and I was a little tired these days, National Day syndrome, I overplayed, I was physically exhausted, and I apologize again. (To be continued......)