Chapter 269: 269Destruction of Talon Fleet
Chapter 269 269 The Destruction of the Talon Fleet
The scene has become very chaotic. General Warren stood at the stern of his warship and at the edge of the steering wheel, watching the first two warships begin to turn their rudders.
The warship that approached him immediately saw the semaphore order. Coupled with the huge pressure brought by the enemy ships, without much hesitation, it began to turn the rudder to the left, preparing to escape from the battlefield.
The warships further away had no time to turn because they had been overtaken by the Datang Group's warships and opened fire.
Several more warships burned, and General Warren no longer needed a telescope to carefully appreciate the huge sea monster with a slender hull.
Such a powerful, invincible, ruthless monster battleship should belong to the Talen Kingdom. General Warren thought secretly in his heart.
Then, he saw many main guns on the battleship about 1,000 meters away, aiming at his flagship.
Immediately afterwards, he saw a ball of flame erupting from the gun muzzle of the slender battleship, and then the battleship under his feet began to tremble violently.
He saw a huge explosion blowing off the bow of his warship. The jib and mast in front of his warship were broken together and fell into the sea ahead.
The cannon on the side of the bow was lifted very high due to the explosion, and then crashed into the water together with the surrounding corpses and deck fragments, causing a splash.
General Wallen was knocked to the ground by the huge shock, and finally struggled to stand up. He saw his adjutant with a piece of wooden deck stuck in his face, and he fell not far away from him and kept twitching. .
Obviously, his adjutant was not completely dead, but in this tragic fighting state, no one would find a way to save him.
Wallen struggled to get up. He didn't want the remaining soldiers to think that he had died in the battle. He had to stand high at the stern of the ship so that all the crew could clearly see his figure.
"Stay steady! Hold still!" Valen staggered on the battleship that had begun to tilt, holding a long sword and loudly reminding the soldiers around him.
Then he saw that the warship that opened fire on him was rapidly overtaking the sailing warship he was on, which had lost most of its speed.
The opponent didn't even bother to open fire and attack again. He directly accelerated past his wounded flagship and rushed towards the Talon Kingdom's warship that was escaping in the distance.
Waren wanted to shout back loudly, and he wanted to stop the other party and let him fight to the death.
But he knew that this was already a luxury. His battleship had been severely damaged and he could not even continue fighting.
"General, general! The bow of the ship is sinking and we are taking in water!" An officer hurriedly climbed up the stairs and came to the stern of the ship, reporting loudly.
While he was speaking, his eyes happened to fall on the body of the dead adjutant lying on the deck, so he swallowed involuntarily.
Just as he was reporting, the gunner of the 75mm gun on the Bunas-class battleship that was following the Wolf 1 cruiser saw through the scope the enemy flagship that had basically lost its ability to sail.
Without any hesitation, the gunner pulled the gun rope and fired a 75 mm caliber shell.
This cannonball accurately hit the flagship of the Talon Kingdom fleet, and the hit site happened to be where the black powder was piled.
The explosion of the cannonball ignited the black powder, which then burst into flames.
Normally, these gunpowders are stored in wooden barrels. Now, many wooden barrels have been opened in order to fire cannons.
That's it, the gunpowder in these barrels was ignited, instantly igniting some messy things around them.
The fire began to spread on the ship, and a new 75mm shell hit the side of the huge warship.
A more violent explosion blew away a large section of the ship's side. Water poured in crazily. The entire hull of the sailboat immediately began to vibrate violently and tilted sharply toward the starboard side.
Wallen held on to the railing on the side of the ship, looking pale as his battleship capsized little by little. He was powerless to stop all this from happening, and could only watch his flagship sink to the bottom of the sea.
"Sir! Give us the order to abandon the ship!" An officer stepped over the body of a sailor, walked hard to Warren, and begged: "If you don't abandon the ship, it will be too late!"
"I want to sink with the ship! I am a sinner! I am a sinner of the Kingdom of Tarun!" Warren cried loudly, unwilling to accept the fact that the naval battle had been a disastrous defeat.
However, his collapse did not bring him mercy. Another 75mm-caliber artillery shell flew and hit right between Warren and the officer who came to admonish him.
Then, flames burst out suddenly and engulfed Warren and the officer. The flagship of the Talon Kingdom fleet that remained on the sea also completely disintegrated into a pile of broken wood along with the explosion.
Tang Mo, who was mobilizing supplies to send to all surrounding countries, received the message from Rewind Port from Leo's hands.
He lowered his head and read the content of the telegram carefully, frowned and looked at Leo who sent the telegram, and asked for confirmation: "The warship of the Kingdom of Talon...appeared in Rewind Port?"
Leo nodded and replied: "Yes, Master. The message sent by Bernard made it very clear that by this time, a naval battle should have broken out between the two sides."
This message was sent by Bernard before the war started. After the battle, Bernard did not send back any more news.
Tang Mo frowned, stared at the message, and expressed his own judgment in a depressed voice: "Things are more complicated than we thought."
“Yes, Master!” Leo agreed.
Then, he continued to comfort Tang Mo: "I'm not worried about Bernard's fleet. No one can defeat our warships in a naval battle."
Tang Mo put the message in his hand and said to Leo with some worry: "Yes, that's not what I'm worried about."
“What is that, my master?” Leo continued to ask.
Tang Mo did not show off, but directly expressed his judgment: "I am worried about Dorn. Their expansion speed was too fast before, which caused a series of social problems. These problems have not been solved and may be people take advantage of.”
“What do you mean...” Hearing Tang Mo mention Dorn, Leo suddenly realized something and muttered.
Tang Mo directly expressed his analysis: "The attack comes from Talun. It is impossible for the opponent to mobilize such a large fleet to go north just because of some speculation about the Dragon Island battle. Therefore, this attack on Rewind Port must be for other reasons. !”
The time doesn’t match! Because he was very sure that the Long Island pioneering group, as well as the transport ship and Tarun's **** warship, that is, all the troops led by Haosen, were annihilated or captured in the Battle of Long Island.
So no one would tip off the Kingdom of Talen to use such a huge fleet to take revenge at Rewind Port or simply to cause trouble.
Since he is not here for revenge, the other party’s actions are worthy of scrutiny. Tang Mo sneered, feeling that he had guessed what the other person was thinking.
Leo is also a smart man. He understood everything at once and suddenly realized: "I understand. Are you worried that the Kingdom of Talon is not coming for revenge for the Battle of Dragon Island, but for Dorne?"
Tang Mo nodded and agreed with Leo's statement: "That's probably the case. Cyric must be involved as well. They are mixed together! Prepare to launch an operation against us in Dorne."
Leo was a little surprised. If the opponent was prepared to this extent, then Dorne would be really in danger.
After all, the fleet of the Kingdom of Talon is heading north, and there is the Kingdom of Shiron between the Kingdom of Talon and the Kingdom of Dorne... It is estimated that this country is now ready to attack the Kingdom of Dorne.
Thinking of this, Leo looked at Tang Mo and asked, "Master, if this is really the case, what should we do?"
Tang Mo didn't have a good idea. He could no longer mobilize more troops to deal with the threat from a new direction.
So, he could only let the people in Dorne deal with the series of thorny problems that were about to break out.
Just listen to his instructions to Leo: "Let everyone in Dorne be vigilant. If there is a problem, solve it immediately! I think they will be in trouble soon."
"Yes! Master, I understand!" Leo wrote down Tang Mo's order, lowered his head and did not leave the room immediately.
Sure enough, Tang Mo continued to speak, as if talking to himself: "There has been a problem in the Yangmu Kingdom recently. Their internal affairs are in a mess. Marquis Leibert is already very worried, and unrest may break out at any time."
He talked from north to south about the various problems that have arisen recently. It would be very difficult to take out any one thing individually, let alone all these things breaking out together.
I don’t believe it if I say this is a coincidence. It seems that the only one who can assemble such a huge force and is willing to target the Datang Group is the Cyric Consortium.
"The relationship between the Pinewood Kingdom and the Poplar Kingdom has never been very good, so the turmoil in the Poplar Kingdom has made them very uncomfortable. They are always worried about problems on their borders, so they are also deploying troops." Tang Mo said, While looking at the elderly Leo: "The northeastern border of the Kingdom of Susus is under great pressure. Cyric united with soldiers from several surrounding kingdoms to suppress the border. Susus is also in a state of internal and external troubles."
“The battle on the eastern border of the Wright Kingdom is still going on. With the outcome still undecided, we have no chance of breaking the situation.” At this point, Tang Mo paused.
Leo felt that he should remind him that Bernard might have achieved a great victory in Rewind Port: "On the contrary, in the battle of Rewind Port that just broke out, we gained an advantage. Can we take advantage of it?"
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