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Volume 3 The Battle of Deep Water Port Section 34 The Battle of Cape Seawatch (7)

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    Chapter 34: The Battle of Cape Watch (7)

    The combined fleet was crowded with ships approaching the port. Although the warships entered the port, the sight and shooting angle of a large part of the shore defense ballistae were blocked by their own warships, and the actual combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

    At this time, no matter the captain, officers, sailors, or oarsmen of the combined fleet had any expectations about whether their side would win, many sailors who had just docked quickly fled towards the shore regardless of the threats from the officers. Many officers also  Joining the fleeing ranks, less than four out of ten soldiers actually stayed on the warship.

    Vera landed on the Hailan from the Kamikaze Express in embarrassment, and saw Lin Fenghan with the help of the guards.

    "Hey! Are you okay?" Lin Fenghan looked at Vera with gauze wrapped around her arm with concern and asked eagerly.

    "Baron, I'm fine, I just took an arrow in my arm." Vera frowned in pain and said: "Baron, I just yelled a few times, and their coastal defense fleet shot spears and bows to kill them.  If my bronze armor is not strong enough, I might have to be carried to see you now."

    "What? These people are so hateful and ignorant, it seems we can't be merciful." Lin Fenghan opened the gauze, looked at the bleeding arrow mouth, and said coldly.

    "By the way, Vera, you don't seem to be wearing leather armor underneath!" Lin Fenghan looked at the several arrow cluster marks on the bronze armor on Vera's chest, and looked at the cotton in Vera's underwear in a daze.

    Vera lowered her head in shame and whispered: "The sea is too humid. I usually wear a breastplate and shield for protection when fighting. The close-fitting leather armor is too sticky at sea. I feel uncomfortable so I don't wear it. No matter what happens next time  No matter what, I have to wear leather armor and shoulder pads."

    "Yeah! It's good to know."

    Lin Fenghan looked at his gorgeous clothes and said cautiously to Ma Youden: "Ma Youden, go get my chain mail and composite leather armor. I want to put them on."

    "Yes!" Ma Yodun looked at the injured Vera in shock, and quietly slipped away with many guards, heading towards the equipment storehouse in the cabin.

    Ali walked to the front deck at this time, looked at the injured Vera and frowned and said: "The penetrating power of the crossbow is indeed very powerful, but our one to two centimeter thick bronze armor is not vegetarian, but it only covers the shoulders and neck.  The armor is indeed a bit thin."

    "I also saw what happened just now. They are about two hundred meters away from your ship. If you wear composite leather armor with shoulder pads, you will definitely not be shot."

    Lin Fenghan nodded in agreement and said doubtfully: "Uncle! I have a question that I can't figure out. Why are our bronze cannons made of bronze? Are cannons made of iron bad?"

    Ali shook his head ridiculously and said seriously: "You are the lord of Elantra. Don't you know that the Hailan City Islands in the east of Elantra mainly produce copper mines?"

    After a pause, Ali said seriously: "We in Dambres already had iron tools hundreds of years ago, but there were not many iron ores, and the technology was not very mature. Bronze has the wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and stability.  The performance is very good, the technology is mature, and it is most suitable for a mixed gunpowder cannon that relies on half explosion and half pressure burst."

    "Although bronze is inferior to iron in terms of strength and toughness, there is very little iron ore in the Elante Islands, including the entire Dambreth. Iron is extremely precious. Iron ore is mainly used in long swords, spear points, shields and the middle part of breastplates.  Part of the iron and iron ore are mainly used in the manufacture of weapons. As for shields, breastplates, and spear heads, these parts of bronze still have great advantages."

    "The hardness of bronze is slightly inferior to that of steel, and its toughness is very poor and very fragile. However, as long as bronze has an advantage in thickness, the effect of iron weapons against bronze armor is not very good."

    "Of course, if there is enough iron ore, then the craftsmen in the blacksmith shop, weapon shop, and machine shop will not make bronze hats and bronze arrow clusters. After all, the quality of copper ore is worse than iron ore. Iron  Its ductility, strength, and toughness are all irreplaceable by other metals.¡±

    "But it's a pity, my dear nephew. After all, we don't have so much excellent iron ore to make weapons, so we can only choose inferior bronze instead. However, among the cities and ships you have conquered recently, many of the weapons are  Iron swords, the weapons of our army are actually not inferior to those of Duke Brant." Ali introduced in detail.

    "Really? The maps and resources I saw a few days ago said that iron ore mines were found in the Senwei Hills area and in the western mountainous area of ??the southern continent. It seems that we must speed up the pace." Lin  Feng Han took off his robe, put on the composite three-layer cowhide armor, put on his chain mail, and looked at the Cape Seaview Port seriously.

    "Attack!"

    Boom!

    ? ??!

    Boom!

    Whoosh!

    Whoosh!

    Whoosh!

    ¡­¡­

    Huge flames shot out from the Elantra fleet. Bronze cannons, ballistae, trebuchets, and longbows fired mercilessly with flames at the counterattacking United Fleet warships and the ballistae soldiers at Cape Watch Port.

    The huge Elantra fleet continued to advance, and within ten minutes, numerous long arrows were projected. In a short period of time, the immovable ballistae placed in the harbor were shot step by step by the Elantra fleet like targets.  .  There were many suitable angles, and the coastal defense troops in the front were hit one after another.

    Snapped!

    Snapped!

    ¡­¡­

    A citizen dropped the spear in his hand and ran away to the rear. Another archer also dropped his bow and arrows. The crossbowman next to him also looked timidly at his companions who were being shot and screaming, dropped the crossbow and started to run away.

    At this time, both the sailors of the combined fleet and the citizens, militiamen, and city defense soldiers defending on the coast had lost hope in victory. Many soldiers with extremely poor quality began to flee, and the fighting will of regular soldiers and officers was also strongly shaken.

    "Anyone who escapes will be hanged."

    "Who dares to run away, this will be the next time."

    ¡­¡­

    Tutus grabbed the fleeing militiaman and knocked him to the ground with an angry punch. But at this moment, no one could stop the army that had lost confidence from escaping. Many soldiers around him suffered casualties of more than one-third and two of their companions.  At one point, they all collapsed and fled towards the city of Cape Watch.

    General Heifer and General Makar looked at the situation in front of them and reluctantly fled towards the city of Cape Watch with their soldiers. When passing by Tutus, Heifer shook his head and said: "General Tutus, at this time  The failure is irreversible. Taking the opportunity to gather personnel, avoid meaningless casualties, and protect the city is what we should do now!"

    Tutus¡¯ expression kept changing. Looking at the soldiers of the Elantra Fleet Vanguard Express who had partially landed in the harbor, Tutus had to nod his head and agreed to retreat.

    General Makar was extremely ashamed and angry at this time, and said viciously: "General Tutus, we have failed at this time. The ships left here cannot be handed over to Yi Liuyun as a trophy. You immediately order your subordinates to  The ships were set on fire.¡±

    "ah!"

    Tutus¡¯s complexion alternated between green and white, and he hesitated constantly.

    Makar looked at the Elante fleet that was getting closer and closer and was about to land, and shouted: "No poison, no husband, not to mention you are the city defense general of Cape Hope City, do you want to give all these ships and wealth to Yiliu Yun?"  That¡¯s enough, right?¡±

    "Okay! Come here, I order you to set fire to all the warships, weapons warehouses, food warehouses, and clothing warehouses in the harbor. Make sure not to leave anything behind." Tutus shouted to the guards with a ferocious look on his face.  .

    "ah!"

    "yes!"

    The guards hesitated for a moment, then quickly conveyed orders to the surroundings under the stern eyes of Makar, Tutus and others.

    On the chaotic battlefield, the three to four hundred people directly under Tutus who heard the order still resolutely carried out Tutus's order. Many trebuchets, catapults, and bows and arrows could not see the Elant fleet at the wrong angle.  Shoot rockets and incendiary objects at the warship.

    "Ah! Why are there people shooting arrows from behind!"

    "The canvas is on fire."

    ¡°Captain, someone is shooting at us from behind.¡± The observed rear crew members told the captain and many officers who stayed at their posts and were real warriors.

    "Tutus, it's your uncle's. He didn't shoot at the enemy's Elantra fleet, but he set fire to my ships."

    "It's one of our own, don't shoot, I'm a fool!"

    ¡­¡­

    At this time, the soldiers of the combined fleet who stood on the battleships and used bows, arrows and ballistae to counterattack the Elantra fleet, cursed one after another. In an instant, their determination to resist completely disappeared, and they ran away towards the harbor while yelling.

    Loyal officers could not tolerate their friendly forces attacking them and left their combat posts one after another.  A large number of fierce-tempered fleet officers rushed to the ballista positions and coastal defense troops and knocked down the soldiers who were shooting.

    "Don't hit me, I'm just following orders."

    "General Tutus Coast Guard ordered all ships and military supplies in the port to be set ablaze. We were just following the order."

    ¡­¡­

    The officers and soldiers who were beaten tried their best to explain. At this time, Elantra's vanguard troops took advantage of the chaos at Cape Seawatch to land ashore one after another. The huge hull of the Hyland also approached the ships of the United Fleet.

      "The Elantra army has landed, everyone, run quickly."

    At this time, the coastal defense officers who were arguing and explaining their eyes lit up when they saw the Elantra fleet approaching the shore. They quickly picked up their swords and fled towards Cape Watch City with their subordinates, avoiding the questioning of the United Fleet officers.

    "What? The Elantra fleet has landed, holy shit! Run away quickly."

    "Oops! Mom card! Brothers, it's gone."

    ¡­¡­

    Many joint fleet soldiers who were questioning the coastal defense troops who set the fire fled towards the city of Cape Watch. During the execution of the order, some coastal defense soldiers casually threw torches into the warehouse for their own safety and quickly retreated.

    "What? They set fire to their own fleet and warehouses." Lin Fenghan picked up the monocular and looked at the situation in the harbor in shock, and shouted excitedly.

    "Come here! Order the entire army to land immediately and organize personnel to put out the fire. Be sure to save the ships in the harbor and prevent supplies from being destroyed by them."

    ¡­¡­

    At this time, Makar, Heifer, Tutus and others who were fleeing passed by a huge trebuchet three hundred meters away from the city wall.  Looking at the giant trebuchet that had still not been launched despite his own fleet, Tutus said coldly: "I order you to aim at Elantra's huge flagship Hailan and launch it immediately."

    "yes!"

    The officer guarding the trebuchet nodded, quickly ordered his subordinates to move, and launched.

    Boom!

    A two-meter-long red fireball flew across the sky with burning flames, and shot towards the location of the Hailan in the shocked eyes of the soldiers.

    "What it is?"

    When Lin Fenghan was in a daze, a huge fireball fell from the sky. After smashing the mast behind the Hailan flagship, it continued to smash into the front of the Fengyun ship behind it.

    "ah!"

    "Wow!"

    "What's this?"

    ¡­¡­

    Amidst a series of shouts, the violently shaking ship threw the sailors of the medium-sized ship Hailan and Fengyun into the sea.  The mast at the rear of the Hailan was completely broken and hit the Fengyun battleship behind.  After the 300-kilogram incendiary bomb passed over the Hailan, it hit the front hull of the Fengyun Twelve with unabated force.

    The hull of Fengyun No. 12 shook violently, and the ship plank in front completely cracked. The turbulent seawater quickly flowed towards the center of the Fengyun No. 12. Amidst the sounds of panic, the sailors and oarsmen in the cabin rushed towards the nearest  passage to escape.

    "Uncle, this fireball is so powerful! It scared me to death." Lin Fenghan patted his chest with some regret.

    Ali was also shocked and said: "This should be the incendiary bomb fired by the huge trebuchet in front! It is indeed very powerful. We will go visit it later so that we can imitate it in the future."

    "Yeah!" Lin Fenghan nodded in shock.

    November 11, 2012 20:37:05

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