Asharif from Bair is building a watchtower on the dock. This is the fourth job he has taken over. Last month, he was also building a city wall at Hanmaple Fortress.
Looking at the broken wall on the city wall, he really couldn't believe that it was done by the Bayers. In fact, there was nothing unreasonable about it. Reggie Victor had robbed Hanfeng Fortress, and the Bayers would naturally want to take it back.
, but they never thought that there were still many women and children left in the fortress.
Thinking of this matter, even Asharif himself felt ridiculous. How could Her Majesty the Queen consider his woman and children? What's more, he had left the Bair Country and was no longer a subject of the Bair Country.
But who is he now? Is he a citizen of Suixue City? Thinking of these things gives him a headache.
Fortunately, his wife and child were fine. At the end of the year, he would have to face a choice, whether to stay in Broken Snow City or return to Bayer Country.
He has saved two gold coins, which happened much faster than he expected. When he returns to Bayer Country, these two gold coins will be enough for him to live a rich life.
But he wanted to buy a house in Suixue City even more. In his impression, even the richest people in the village did not live as happily as the common people in the city.
Damn it, why do you always have to think about so many problems? Why can't you just work here and make money? Make cement, move rocks, and go back to hug your wife at the end of the month. Such a simple life.
"What is that?" The orc peon Tonggu stood on the unfinished sentry tower. He seemed to see something on the sea, "Oh my God, it's the Golden Eagle fleet! Get out of here quickly!"
"Damn Golden Eagle people!" Asharif cursed, "Why don't you let me live a down-to-earth life!"
Twenty warships approached the dock. This was the first time the Golden Eagle Fleet had approached Reggie's dock since the war between the two sides began.
Behind the pier is a section of city wall, and trebuchets are deployed behind the city wall. Reggie told Chris that these trebuchets were of little significance before the enemy landed, and their main purpose was to intimidate.
But seeing the enemy ships approaching, Chris still issued the order to attack, not allowing the enemy to dock smoothly like this.
The effect of the first attack was exactly as expected. Twenty trebuchets dropped twenty bombs. None of the bombs hit, and they all fell into the sea.
This is the difference between sea battles and land battles. Even Chris, who has rich combat experience, will make such mistakes because he cannot accurately judge the position and distance.
He gained experience in the second attack. When the enemy ship got closer, he asked his soldiers to shorten the fuse and try to explode the bomb before it fell into the sea.
The idea is good, but it is too difficult to execute. How long will the bomb fly? How long should the fuse be left? What does it mean to explode before falling into the sea? Is the sooner the bomb the better?
The Third Army was not suitable for executing such complex orders, and the effect of the second wave of attacks was still very bad. One soldier cut the fuse too short, and the bomb exploded as soon as it flew out, and the scattered shrapnel almost injured one of his own people.
.
Fortunately, a bomb hit the enemy ship. Although it did not cause serious damage, it was still a rare gain.
In the third attack, Chris decided to use rockets. Today's sea breeze was very strong, so it was difficult to aim the rockets, but the hit rate should be slightly better than that of the trebuchets.
He ignored a serious problem. This was not his battlefield alone. The Golden Eagle Navy was far more sensitive to distance than he was. When it was determined that the distance was appropriate, it was the opponent's turn to counterattack.
Although Sophia refused to provide black powder to the Golden Eagle Kingdom, the Golden Eagle Kingdom also had its own exclusive weapon, which was kerosene.
Reggie's family kerosene actually comes from the Golden Eagle Country. The Golden Eagle Country has unparalleled technology in manufacturing kerosene. When an 80-pound oil barrel falls on the ground, it can create a kerosene as long as ten feet around.
Ten minutes of flames.
The most important thing is that the target they need to target is not a ship moving at sea, but a huge dock fixed on the coast.
After the first round of counterattack, a fire immediately broke out on the dock, and there was no hope of putting out the fire. But in the face of the enemy's indiscriminate bombing, Chris always had to do something.
"Let me go!" Natalie shouted, "let me take the hot air balloon to attack the enemy fleet."
"Hot air balloons won't work. It's too risky. Use an airship. Damn it, didn't Reggie's new weapon succeed? Why hasn't it been delivered yet?"
Chris still tried to fight back with rockets, but the effect of the counterattack was extremely unsatisfactory. The approaching enemy kept attacking the coast with fire oil, and the fire had almost reached his trebuchet.
"What to do, what to do..." Chris had never been so panicked as he was now, because he felt that the dock was about to be lost.
"Where's Natalie! Where's the airship! Why haven't you come yet!" Chris has already prepared for battle. The airship is near the dock. Natalie can't be timid. Why hasn't she seen the airship take off until now?
"What happened? Where did the airship go?"
"Don't send out the airship for the time being!" Reggie appeared behind him. He had not recovered yet and was not suitable for traveling far. After bumping on the carriage for several hours, Reggie's face looked like a white rock.
"Take all weapons and get out of here!"
Chris pointed to the sea and said: "If we leave now, the dock will be lost."
"The dock will not be lost, they will just burn some rotten wood. I will repair it quickly and leave with the soldiers!"
"What if the enemy forces a forced landing?"
"I'm looking forward to them landing," Reggie gasped, "They are no match for us on land!"
"Damn it, where are your weapons? Didn't you say you can hit the enemy from five hundred feet away?"
"Yes, it can hit," Reggie nodded, "but now is not the time to use it."
Chris reluctantly issued the order to withdraw his troops, and handed over the entire port to the Golden Eagles, allowing them to ravage at will.
Oil barrels hit the coast one after another, and raging fire spread everywhere.
But the Golden Eagle never landed. Judging from the tactics, this battle seemed familiar. It was obvious that the Golden Eagle was retaliating for the Blue Bay incident. Just like Reggie destroyed Blue Bay, they used the same method to destroy Reggie's dock. The only thing
The difference is that Reggie burned more than twenty of their warships, while they only burned two fishing boats.
"See, after all this, I still made a profit." Reggie looked at Chris proudly.
"Yes, you made a profit, because you have become a complete pauper and have nothing for them to burn!" Chris was in a terrible mood. The navy has always been his biggest worry, and now this worry is about to become incurable.
Symptoms.
"Don't worry, we still have four warships left on Camel Island."
"Camel Island?" Chris sneered, "If you didn't tell me, I would have almost forgotten this place. Except for Natalie's hot air balloon, we have now lost contact with Camel Island!"
"You spoke very harshly today," Reggie wrapped himself in a blanket. "I was so weak, but I still rushed over to fight with you. Don't you feel touched?"
"There's nothing to be moved about, my lord!" Chris stood up and said, "This is your city, this is your port, you seem to have never cherished it!"
"What should I do to cherish it?"
"Where's your new weapon, that thing called a cannon? Why don't you take it out?"
"I said, now is not the time," Reggie shook his head. "If the Golden Eagles know the power of that weapon, they will take strict precautions, and then we will lose the chance to annihilate them in one fell swoop. Believe me
, give me another fifteen days, and after fifteen days, I will make the Golden Eagle people never dare to appear in this sea area again."
Fifteen days does not seem to be a long time, but if the Golden Eagle people visit once a day, the situation will be very different. After the fire was extinguished, Reggie dispatched craftsmen to repair the damaged parts of the pier, but they were just ready
After removing the cement and sand, the Golden Eagle fleet appeared again.
Beating up an opponent who has no power to fight back is sometimes a very enjoyable thing. The Golden Eagles fought for seven days in a row, using small warehouses, transport vehicles, including Reggie's newly invented loading and unloading equipment (a crane, driven by a steam engine,
It was burned before it was completed), and everything that could be burned on the dock was burned. Later, Reggie also gave up the idea of ​​rebuilding the dock, and he also sent a large amount of wheat straw and garbage to the dock.
First, concentrated burning can reduce pollution, and secondly, there is something to burn, so Golden Eagle people will not be too bored.
Maybe the Golden Eagle people really felt a little bored. After burning the garbage twice in succession, they stopped attacking the pier.
Reggie smiled: "Muhahaha, did you see it? Who said the Golden Eagle Navy is invincible? We have already defeated them!"
Chris spat fiercely: "Your shamelessness is beyond my imagination. You have never fought with the enemy!"
"Anyway, the enemy has left."
"They will come again!" Chris sighed. "Everything that should be tested has been tested. He has seen through our strength and will launch a general attack next time he comes."
"Really?" Reggie had a ferocious smile on his face, "I really look forward to the arrival of the general attack. They don't let me down. I want to see at least fifty warships!"
"Fifty warships?" Chris asked in astonishment, "Are you crazy? Do you know how many soldiers can be loaded on them?"
"Come on, come as much as you like, the more the better!" Reggie laughed loudly, "Find me more reliable soldiers."
"Didn't we send fifty people there the day before yesterday?"
"Not enough! Not enough! Give me thirty more people, and it's almost time to bring back the First Army!" Reggie got out of the car and strode down the guard tower.
After being beaten wildly by the Golden Eagle for several days, Reggie felt refreshed and his recovery speed became much faster.