3429 Burning Sea
In the quiet sea, the sound of waves swaying in my ears. The undercurrents of the sea surface surging in the darkness. With the repeated impacts and slapping, the dense wooden barrels floating in the port also swept into the sea in front of the port with the waves. On the sea in the distance, there were bright lights, and more than two hundred large merchant ships were crowded together. The three layers of lights were like a layer of golden yellow on the sea surface. Some wooden barrels that floated past the return flow entered this bright area. In the dark night, you could vaguely hear the sound of wooden barrels hitting the hull.
"Sir, send a signal, we may be discovered at any time!"
The officer next to him asked for instructions to the stiffened body in his voice. It was too close. The barrel hit the other party's hull. The other party would definitely see it. Once they found so many barrels flowing back from the port, they might have a covered fire strike first. Under Thunder, there was probably not even a single person living here. Everyone's nerves were extremely tense. Some people were even ready to run away after pulling their legs. "Wait a minute, wait until the barrel passed and get closer."
Sweat was flowing on Pluo's cheeks, and he was afraid of death, his legs were trembling, but when he thought of his son's life and death, he sucked his breath, everyone's eyes looked at the huge fleet of ships like giant beasts in the distance, and looked at Pluo in such a short few minutes, but it felt like a hundred years had passed. Fortunately, the Imperial fleet on the sea was not allowed to be checked. In the middle of the night, most people were asleep. Because it was the safe range of the port, there was no lookout hand on the mast lookout. It was a beautiful and peaceful night. The smooth sailing in front made everyone relax.
Moreover, the reflux speed on the sea surface is very fast, almost a distance of several meters in one second, hundreds of meters, only ten seconds.
"Okay, send a signal." Prou's face was ferocious, and the sound of humming from his nose seemed to have used all his strength. An officer Bi'ang lit a torch towards the cliff of the port, lifted it up and turned it around. A red dot appeared on the cliff, and also turned around.
"Okay, let's withdraw." Pro raised his hand and shouted at the sweaty Bion soldiers behind him.
As the signal was issued, ten fast ships loaded with tinder oil were like ghosts in the dark night, with the current down the sea like ghosts in the dark, with the spinnakers above, the sound of sharp bows splitting the water waves in the dark, like the sound of sharp blades splitting the cloth in the dark, this is an indented harbor upstream of the sea of Mel Harbor. In the past, it was a small pier for fishermen to fish. Generally, they were not natives in Melbourne and would not pay attention to this place, let alone the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce is just a chamber of commerce, and even the military intelligence department did not know much about the information. Sunrise Chamber of Commerce was even more unaware of it.
This is the advantage of local combat, the right time, place, and people. Both of them are the easiest to obtain local combat. Brandt spent three years in Mel Harbor. His biggest hobby was fishing. He hired fishing boats from here to go out to sea. He was very clear about the direction of the ocean currents in this area.
In the dark night, Brandt had arrived here from Xineng Palace on the cliff and was in charge. He was holding the side of the ship with his hands, staring at the ten fasteners passing by with the ocean currents, his fingers couldn't help but hold them together. On the dark and silent sea beside him, a fleet of twenty large merchant ships, just like a pack of wolves, was silent in the darkness. The nervous sailors, soldiers wearing heavy armor, made a sound of crackling on the side of the ship, making people's nerves even more nervous. The hull fluctuated with the waves, and the waves were even more heart-warming. Each of these twenty merchant ships was loaded with 300 people, which was a total of 6,000 people.
From now on, everyone on the deck held their heads and looked neatly in the distance.
The black line that emerged under the hazy moonlight was the Mel Harbor below. Less than a mile away from here, the moonlight above the head made the sea surface feel like a layer of silver powder. The water was shining, and the beauty in peace revealed endless murderous intent. The ten fully loaded tiny oil clutchs were like ten huge clusters of arrows leaving the bowstrings, pounced towards the prey below
"Can it succeed?"
There are various sounds in the tense atmosphere
Brandt stood at the bow of the boat, facing the fierce sea breeze, but his heart was complicated. Before being appointed this time, in the palace of the royal capital, King Lukefa VI of Bion personally summoned him. In the sunny light, Lukefa VI, who was forty-six years old standing in front of the windowsill, was wearing a long black dress, medium figure, thick boned body and sleepy eyes, and seemed to be just a middle-aged man with no characteristics at all.
Lukefa VI's eyes were plain and sharp. He turned around from the windowsill and looked at Brandt with a nervous look on his face, and smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous. I'll call you this time, I just heard them say, you have a way to defeat this Sunrise Chamber of Commerce?"
"That was just a drunken word. In fact, if you want to defeat this imperial fleet, your subordinates are just guessing." Sweat broke out on Brandt's forehead. Although he entered the ranks of generals, his level was not high. He only had one or two chances to meet the king a year. He was basically at the annual meeting or at the annual banquet. He watched the king raise his glass to celebrate from afar.
"Are you guessing? This also shows that you really have a way. Let's listen to it. Lukefa calmly made a gesture to him, and his eyes flashed with a hint of inspiration. He has been the king of Bi'an for fourteen years and has always been known for his stable rule. He is the only one among the monarchs of the Kingdom of Bi'an who advocates rest and recuperation. In fourteen years, he has only launched three wars, and without exception, they are defending one side. Some people say that the bravery and blood of the people of Bi'an have been lost in his hands, but as a general Brandt knows how amazing the helmsman of the Kingdom of Bi'an is.
How difficult it is to reverse the custom of the Biang people. The total population of the Biang Kingdom is only one million. Before the monarch came to power, the permanent troops reached nearly 300,000, and almost four or five people raised one soldier. This is the biggest reason for the fact that the wealthy Biang Kingdom has been overspent. Military expenditure accounts for 80% of the country's financial resources. It is good to maintain the administrative operation of the remaining twenty. The monarchs of the Biang Kingdom in history did not see this, but because of the adhering to the martial spirit, they could not curb this situation, so that the military strength did not decrease but rose. If this continues, the Biang Kingdom itself will be crushed by its own military strength.
However, after this monarch came to power, the first thing was to disarmament. He only retained a standing army of 150,000 from 300,000 in half. Although it initially aroused strong opposition from all sides, and even radicals attempted to assassinate the Bion traitor, more than ten years have passed, and the benefits of disarmament have been obvious. The country's financial resources have increased, and the burden on the people has been relieved. In addition, the monarch's policy of almost no foreign war and rest has benefited the whole Kingdom of Bion. Even a general like Brandt has only participated in a war in more than ten years. The other time is more about practicing swordsmanship, fishing, and bragging. "If the other party's goal is really Mel Harbor, or you can give it a try."
Brandt was already in a difficult situation, so he could only say with a gritty bullet. He said that he had been in Mel Harbor for three years and knew that Mel Harbor had a return, which was the current season. After midnight in the evening, after listening to his so-called whimsical plan, Lukefa VI's face was silent for more than ten seconds. "Your Majesty, this plan is just an idea, or a joke. Please don't take it seriously. And if we want to ignite so many ships, we can't do it. "Brant's face turned awkward and red. This was what he said when he was drunk. He felt happy at that time, but he didn't expect to be summoned by His Majesty the King." What if we could find something to ignite? "Lukefa VI's slightly hoarse voice made the air in the room solidify for it.
"Your Majesty, this is really..." Brandt's straight body shivered slightly while sitting on the sofa. He heard a very adventurous atmosphere from the king's tone. It was simply too adventurous. He felt that his scalp was numb.
"Although I know it's dangerous, I still want to give it a try."
Lukefa VI's eyes flashed, stood up, looked at the Central Euro Barro map hanging behind him, and said in a narrow voice, "Although I, Biang, is nothing compared to the empire, I am not a character that can be bullied. Decades ago, Biang was once as strong as the Kingdom of Ruila. We Biang people were descendants of the Seventh Legion of the Fia dynasty that collapsed. During the period of the Fia dynasty, they were already responsible for the entire Central Euro Barro. Later, although the dynasty collapsed and all forces rose, we still adhered to the martial style of our ancestors. In the following hundreds of years, the Bian infantry formation composed of invincible five-meter spears also once enveloped most of the Central Euro Barro. At its peak, the Bian Kingdom's military strength was 400,000."
Lukefa VI's voice paused, "If it weren't for two hundred years ago, a grassland cavalry from the East rushed into Central Eubarro, using the rain of arrows with a longbow and fast horses, killing the 200,000-meter long spear army that I Bi'an was proud of, and wouldn't have fallen from the overlord level because of his great loss of strength. He had not recovered for two hundred years. And that grassland cavalry from the East is the current Hungarian. "We have been glory for hundreds of years, although we have sunk, the monarchs of all generations have not forgotten it."
"This time, the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce came along the coast, and the eyes of the Central European and European countries were all looking here. If the Kingdom of Biang could stand up at this time and give a head-on blow to this rampant enemy when the entire Central European and European Barro is dark, it would be a solid step to return to the original glory. The countries have agreed that it can block this Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, who is the leader of Central European and European Barros recognized by everyone. "" I have been waiting for two hundred years. Even if you take such an opportunity, you can only try it." The words of the King of France seemed to be still echoing in Brandt's mind. In the direction of the downstream, a heavy and dense explosion was like the thunder in summer. The fires surged from the sea on the downstream port,
"Success!"
"We succeeded" cheering sounds came from all around, huge fires rose into the air, and the hull was vaguely burning, and some black spots were also shattered and flew up in the dense explosion like a storm. The huge waves like "rumbling" soaring into the sky, the items and people on it were like a huge burning object thrown into the air
"Is this a bit over?"
Everyone was cheering, only Brandt's face changed, and his body shivered uncontrollably. His pupils, stained by the flames, were filled with dullness. Lukefa VI just said that these tincture oils could ignite the hull, but they didn't say that they had an explosive effect. The original goal was to repel the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, but now it is destroyed.
In fact, these explosions were caused by Thor ammunition on the Sunrise Merchant Ship. Hundreds of tiny oil barrels were ignited, and ten fast ships crashed into the dense fleet like ten giant torpedoes. The violent explosion swept the flanks into the fleet.
Under the violent sea breeze, burning flames rose into the air, and the fire filled the air, and then there were a series of explosions
The iconic mermaid bows hit the corners of the bows, the masts of the hulls, like the decks of the ships falling from the rain, and the fleets of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce are all merchant ships. They are completely incomparable to warships. They can withstand such explosions. The concentrated fires burst out like turbulent seas.
The hull of the fire broke into two pieces in the explosion. When the stern of the ship rose faster and vertically, the heavy objects fell down like a weighing mass, splashing countless water splashes. Then the entire warship was deeply inserted into the sea water. The flames reddished everyone's eyes, and the howling sea breeze hit everyone's face, and even felt the heat.
It is conceivable that the tragic scene would be on the downstream Empire fleet. The burning sea surface, the hull was horizontal and vertical, and a large number of people were struggling on the water surface. In the chaos, countless hulls that were turning in panic collided with force. Then, a squeeze of crisp sound was heard, wood chips flew everywhere, and the sailors on the deck were rolling, and the sea surface was filled with fuel, making the entire sea surface look like a huge sea of fire.
Originally, Brandt wanted to use his fleet to attack while the chaos, but when he saw this scene, he was so scared that he didn't dare to move. When he rushed down, he would be directly involved in the flames. It was faintly clear that Blatt felt that something was going to happen this time. If he just repelled the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, or it wouldn't be anything, but burning so tens of thousands of people to death in Mel Harbor, even if the Empire could tolerate it, he would be unable to bear it in this matter!
Chapter completed!