Chapter 212: 212You don’t understand
Chapter 212 212You don’t understand
Off the coast of Osa Port, two black-smoking Bunas-class iron-clad battleships were engaged in a fierce artillery battle with the Yangmu Kingdom's fleet, which was in chaos in the port.
This artillery battle was really fierce. Tang Mo's armored warship kept firing cannonballs into the hull of Yangmu Kingdom's warship, while Yangmu Kingdom's warship kept firing cannonballs into the sea water.
The scene looked very intense, but the situation was already a one-sided battle. The elven navy is being destroyed, and they are blocked in the harbor with no way to escape.
Looking at the cannons that could not reach him from a distance, the captain of the Bunas 2 battleship sneered and ordered: "Port side! 310 meters! Adjust the shooting parameters!"
"Port side! 310 meters! The firing parameters have been adjusted!" The weapons officer standing not far in front of him immediately repeated the order.
They could see that on the deck forward of their own bridge, the twin cannons slightly adjusted the elevation of the gun barrels and then fixed them in a new position.
“Fire!” Then, the captain ordered softly. At this distance, the enemy ship could actually fire back, so after reloading, he immediately gave the order to fire.
An Elf sailboat in the distance also fired more than a dozen cannonballs, hitting the steel armor of the Bunas 2 battleship, leaving some shallow craters on it that were not noticeable.
The weapons officer shouted loudly. "Fire!"
"Boom!" Along with his shout, the visible bow turret and the invisible stern turret roared together, and three shells flew into the elf fleet.
The explosion stirred up a water column higher than the lighthouse, and also completely blew an Elf warship into two pieces.
Soon, the Bunas 3 battleship following the Bunas 2 battleship also fired a salvo, blowing another Poplar Kingdom wooden sailboat into pieces.
Warships equipped with large-caliber naval guns and grenades do have unique advantages when facing wooden sailing ships. With such a huge advantage, the two armored warships were like dragons, rushing left and right, as if they were in an uninhabited land.
The Ossa Military Port, which has been engaged in a fierce battle for almost an hour, feels quite apocalyptic at this moment, with a tragic and tragic feeling of running out of ammunition and food.
The Yangmu Kingdom's naval fleet stationed here has 18 warships, plus the garrison fleet originally deployed here, there are a total of 22 warships, and 4 armed merchant ships responsible for transporting supplies.
Including the coastal defense force and port garrison, there is a total of one corps of 1,500 people, and a coastal defense battery garrison of 500 people is deployed.
These land forces have a total of 30 artillery pieces, most of which are deployed on the Osa Fort, facing the sea that blocks the port.
The current situation is that the 26 warships in the Ossa military port that have been blocked are fighting hard in the port, and it seems that they can no longer hold up.
Ten of the warships have been completely sunk, and at least 6 others have lost their combat capabilities.
Yangmu Kingdom suffered heavy losses this time. The numerical advantage of their navy was gone. Even compared to several neighboring countries, they were already at a complete disadvantage.
The problem at hand is that even if they still have a numerical advantage, facing two such weird and powerful battleships, they really dare not say that they can win.
Even, they couldn't even protect their own warships. No matter where they hide, they will be ruthlessly attacked and destroyed by their opponents!
Among the remaining battleships, there is no flagship. The elven fleet commander, also the commander-in-chief, had just swam to the shore at this moment and was lying on the rocks of the breakwater, gasping for air.
Fortunately, the place where the fierce battle broke out was within the port, and the fleet was not too far from the dock, so the elf officers and soldiers who fell into the water could swim back to the shore to find a way out.
However, the warships they controlled could not get ashore, so the sailors who got ashore could only watch the friendly warships, and in the end only masts were left standing on the sea.
“Damn it, why did they come here?” The commander-in-chief of the Yangmu Kingdom fleet, who had become a drowned rat, asked angrily when he saw that his fleet was about to be destroyed.
Calculating the time, these two extremely fast warships should have started heading north shortly after being attacked by 12 warships from the Yangmu Kingdom heading south.
Perhaps... it was precisely because of the 12 warships heading south that they offended these terrifying enemies, causing them to give up blocking the southern waters and attack Osa with great momentum.
Thinking of this, he really regretted it. If he had known that the enemy was so ferocious and difficult to deal with, he should not have divided up 12 warships to provoke such an enemy!
The delay in information cost the Elf Navy their lives. Until they lost more than half of their lives, most people still didn’t know where the enemy came from and who they were...
"General... the Walnut has sunk... Our fleet has been dispersed, but it seems they can't break out..." A wet officer staggered over and reported in a panic.
They have been defeated, and no one can escape the situation. So everyone is very depressed and desperate.
Because they have to try their best to explain how their 26 warships were easily wiped out by two enemy warships... Moreover, counting the losses in supporting Nanshui, the Yangmu Kingdom already has 36 ships. Warships, as well as at least 40 armed merchant ships were sunk.
For a country that relies on the sea, this basically means that the navy has lost more than half of its mobile force.
For a navy that emphasizes mobility and flexibility, this is no different from losing its combat capability. In fact, Yangmu Kingdom's shipping has been paralyzed, and Nanshui Port has not recovered one-fifth of its original throughput.
The two black-smoking warships in front of them had no intention of stopping. The cannons on the other side's warships were still roaring, and the few remaining warships on the sea were finally overwhelmed and began to sink slowly.
After sinking all the warships in front of them, the two steel warships approached the dock and used the cannons on the deck to bombard the urban areas and castles built far away from the port.
The huge explosion destroyed a corner of the castle, and at the same time billowing black smoke billowed out of the city. Just as the city was in chaos, an explosion also occurred on the fort. Several streams of black smoke billowed up, as if monsters were struggling and tearing between heaven and earth.
Then, under the watch of many drowned sailors of the navy, the two warships sailed away, as if they didn't want to stay for a second longer.
Looking at the two distant smoke pillars, the commander-in-chief of the naval fleet, who was leaning on the big stone of the breakwater, let out a sigh of relief. He did not realize that he had already developed a heartfelt awe for the two battleships.
He was afraid of those warships that came and went like shadows, afraid of hearing the dull sound of cannons, and afraid of seeing the water columns that were stirred up by exploding cannonballs that were higher than the lighthouse...
Even as he watched the two battleships leave, he still felt lingering fear. He knew that even if 30 of his warships were present, he would still be the desperate guy being pushed into the water and beaten today.
“I hope they won’t come back again.” Finally, he said what he was thinking, because he was afraid that he would not be able to say such words again.
Having lost almost half of the kingdom's maritime power, his role as a naval commander has come to an end.
“Yes, I hope I will never have to fight against such an opponent again.” The adjutant, who was also wet, fell down and looked at the gradually calming sea with the same emotion.
In just less than two hours, Osa Port, the largest military port in the Poplar Kingdom, was completely destroyed.
If they want to recover, they must at least salvage these sunken battleships-the good news is not without them, at least in the front sea, they may be able to fish out all the Cyric muzzle guns on the battleships.
It is no longer useful, but it can be resmelted and resmelted... In fact, it can still make up for some losses...
On the second day after the two Bunas-class battleships disappeared on the sea, several knights escorted an officer and rushed to the main entrance of the castle in Port Osa.
"Are they still there? Are they still there?" The leading officer turned over and dismounted out of breath. He ignored his already weak legs and asked weakly when he was being supported.
"Who?" Osa's officers and guards looked at the messenger from afar and asked. In the past day, they had been cleaning up the port and were so busy that they didn't react for a while.
The officer adjusted himself, took the water bottle handed to him by the person next to him, took a big sip, managed to recover a little, and immediately asked: "Those two steel battleships..."
"You're late... they've already left." The admiral who rushed over after receiving the news replied gloomily.
“No, it didn’t cause any damage, right?” the officer immediately asked nervously.
"...You have been running all the way, why don't you take a rest?" The naval officer could only end the topic in shame.
The officer who came to deliver the news immediately frowned and emphasized the importance of the news: "Damn it, they have attacked the port? Did the fleet suffer much loss? The Marquis is waiting for news about the losses and the battle!"
This naval admiral also knew that he could not hide it, so he had to bite the bullet and replied: "Our warships are all in the port..."
“That’s okay.” The officer who came to deliver the news breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the news he heard next made him almost faint.
Because, the naval admiral continued to explain: "No, you don't understand, they all sank in the port..."
"What?" The officer was stunned when he heard the news, then turned pale with fright, and finally fainted.
It was hard for the people around him to wake him up again. As soon as he opened his eyes, he warned: "Pass the news back to Nanshui...quickly! Quickly..."
(End of this chapter)