The sea is boiling! The sea is roaring!

On one side, drifting on the sea for more than ten miles burned into a sea of fire, the seagulls had scorched wings, wailing and falling into the fire, and four of the Fujian army detachments that had been ambushed had already died in the fire demons, and the majestic Fujian banner and the brilliant double-headed golden dragon became charred black under the scorching flames.

On the other hand, the invincible Min artillery did not achieve the invincible effect that was hoped for this time, and the ruined Mondello battleship was still like a centipede with a few broken legs, clumsily but unstoppably turned the bow of the ship, and pointed the hideous ramming horns and the unknown bronze pipe towards the Min army.

What to do?

After more than ten years of water warfare, he had never encountered such a tricky situation, Lu Ning's sallow head suddenly burst into a layer of sweat, looking at the own warships that were still desperately loading and launching, and the Roman warships that were killing fiercely were at a loss.

However, the commander's hesitation on the battlefield, to Wan had to pay for the lives of the soldiers, cut to the right of the Roman fleet The nearest third Fujian ship was less than a hundred meters away from the Romans, and the soldiers in the ship's gun compartment fired desperately forward, and the ten cannons kept ringing, but under dozens of shells, the Mondello who rushed over had been beaten to the ground, and the sailors on the deck fell into the sea like dumplings, but these evil enemy ships were surprisingly strong.

Ten minutes, the three Roman warships that turned around rushed to the distance of less than 30 meters of the Fujian fleet, and could no longer care about the fierce battle, and the third ship began to turn the sails desperately in a panic and escaped, but in this gap, the beast head used for decoration in the bow of the Roman ship seemed to come to life, and the fire dragon more than ten meters long roared out in the copper pipe in the bow.

"Ahhh!!!hhh

The third ship, which had just turned around, was sprayed squarely, and the backmast quickly turned into a large torch, and more than a dozen soldiers on fire jumped into the sea with a remnant, and the third ship, which had lost power, was suddenly out of power.

At this time, the next two Mondello battleships also rushed over, three boats, three bread copies, under the terrifying burning of the Greek fire, the screams of the soldiers on board were simply terrifying.

A spirit woke up, and Lu Ning didn't care that the most powerful flagship in his place hadn't fired yet, and directly slapped the board and shouted loudly.

"Withdraw! Hurry up and hit the sails, make the rudder, and give this general a retreat! ”

In the screams of his own commander, the huge and bulky Xiangyang immediately fled to the deep sea with a left full rudder, and the other ships were even more Lu Ning had not yet given the order, and had already turned the bow of the ship and slipped away, and more than 20 Fujian boat scissors rowed out white waves in the sea.

But at this time, the Mondello warship behind him had already glued to the shouts of the slave oarsmen, and the former fleet separated by chrysanthemum petals also drew a semi-encircled circle in front, not giving the Min fleet the opportunity to attack with artillery again.

And relying on the strength of the crowd, on the one hand, more than 200 warships were divided to pursue the Fujian warships, and on the other hand, the remaining fleet, under the command of King Constantine IV, was desperately killing the west port of Cyprus.

"Everyone, run!"

Precious fruits, tea, and silk boxes were knocked over to the ground indiscriminately, as if they had passed through the end of the world, and countless port dwellers and merchants ran to the back city crying and shouting.

The seventy-meter-long Byzantine Emperor's ship marched in the center of the fleet, rushing up the beach at full speed, and the emperor's purple robe blown by the wind was grinning, staring at the chaotic mudflat, Constantine IV's eyes were full of revenge madness.

"Kill! Burn! Augustus is going to turn the cities of the Min people into ruins! ”

regarded the siege of Antioch as a great shame that was difficult to wash away in his life, and when he returned to Constantinople, Constantine IV also sat down and tasted courage, and specialized in the method of defeating the Fujian State, at least to defeat the Fujian army and sailors!

The flame-retardant fence dragged by a small boat to isolate the fire belt of the Greek fire, and the nozzle in the bow, the originally fragile side of the ship was covered with two layers of hard oak to reinforce the hull, all of which were the work of Constantine IV, and now the Fujian people were at a loss, making the already mad emperor stand on the bridge and laugh maniacally.

More than 300 large and small Mondellos almost filled the sea surface of the harbor, and the fierce roar of the Roman sailors was particularly hideous against the backdrop of wild laughter.

However, as the so-called joy and sorrow begin, Constantine IV, who was laughing wildly, did not pay attention to the cliff near the port, and the two metallic lights were constantly adjusting and turning.

"Boom! Bang! ”

It seemed to be louder than the hundred guns of the Fujian army just now, and the two big red lead balls smashed into the deck of Constantine's golden ship one after the other, and Constantine IV, who was laughing wildly, was almost blown out by the air current, rolling out like a gourd, and the forehead slammed heavily on the dragon chair, and a stream of blood flowed out at once.

Angry and standing up on the dragon chair, the furious Constantine IV was just about to scold, but before the scolding could be spoken, the whole person was stunned, just where he was standing about a meter forward, two two or three meters square holes gloomily with bloody mouths, his most trusted eunuch Sisr lost a leg, and was lying on the ground desperately rolling, and just a few Janissaries were standing, only a little flesh and blood remained.

"Leaking !!"

The frightened cries under the cabin finally brought the stupid Constantine IV back to his senses, and ran off the bridge of the command ship with a crawl, and without caring for the most favored eunuch, he boarded the boat with the support of several other Roman eunuchs, and went to the smaller battleship of Mondello next to him.

With palpitations, he breathed a sigh of relief, the arrogance that had just been defeated was gone, and he was afraid that he had searched around the west port of Cyprus and did not find the mastermind behind the call, and Constantine IV, who had come to his senses, gritted his teeth and revised the order again.

"The fleet stays in the harbor, sends small boats to land, burns !!"

Although this episode almost rewrote the situation of the war, after all, the situation of the Fujian army's naval division had been decided, even if there were two powerful coastal defense guns, it was useless, countless longboats were thrown into the water, and the Roman naval army rushed to the shore with Greek fire pots and shouting trumpets.

The island of Cyprus was basically defended by sailors, a huge bridgehead in the eastern Mediterranean, and the Cyprus detachment had to be divided into two halves, half to defend the east coast and half to escort the west coast, and only two prefectures guarding the land were about 2,000 government soldiers and 1,000 tax police.

Now that the port fleet was blocked out, the only government soldiers and hundreds of policemen naturally did not dare to fight with thousands of Roman sailors, and all of them retreated into the port city with trepidation, as well as the star fortress near the city to defend, and the port area and the suburbs with most of the goods and grain stored completely fell into the hands of the Romans.

Barrels of Greek fire with a strong smell of tar were poured on the warehouse, and in the midst of the gloating cries of the Romans, the overwhelming fire burned under the noses of the harbor defenders, and the whole island of West Cyprus was shrouded in billowing black smoke in an instant.

Looking back at the port that had fallen into the sea of fire, Lu Ning's heart seemed to be thrown into the fire and burned, the burning pain made him unbearable, the flames were reflected in his eyes, he knew that he was finished!

At this point, Lu Ning had nothing to be nostalgic for, lying on the side of the ship for a long time, and suddenly the Cypriot town guard, who suddenly came back to his senses, pointed at the three fifty-meter heavy Mondellos who had already half surrounded his ship, like a wounded beast, and shouted heartbreakingly.

"Don't run away, turn the hull of the ship, and the guns are out of the warehouse! Fight with these Roman devils! ”

Just besieged by Greek fire, the tragic situation of the friendly warship burned is still vivid, even if their ship is a 70-meter sea Jiao, the Fujian sailors still have palpitations.

But the military order is like a mountain, everyone knows that their master is at the end of the road, and he has lost the most important granary transit station in Damin, and he can't keep a few heads, this is already the last madness, but if he disobeys the order, he will go ashore, and the patrol camp Yushi and Heidu, who are in charge of military discipline, will not spare themselves, and they will be accused of being a coward, which will affect their families.

Hundreds of sailors almost scolded Lu Ning's ancestor for stopping the ship, adjusting the angle of the ship's side, and aiming at the two Mondello battleships that had been outflanked from the rear and had just been half parallel to their hull.

The Haijiao-class battleship is the main battleship of the Fujian army, and the configuration is more than one grade stronger than the more than 30-meter sea mackerel, and there are two layers of artillery compartments alone, and one side of the forty thousand pound general cannons opened the warehouse window in the roar of Heyo Hey, like the hideous giant mouth of two rows of devils growing up, gloomyly pointing to the Roman warship that tried to turn the bow of the ship and wanted to spray Greek fire into the Fujian military ship.

"Fire!"

Full of grief and indignation, the artillery regiments on each floor waved their sabers fiercely in turn.

Boom ~ Boom ~

The upper deck on the port side and the lower deck on the starboard side opened fire almost at the same time, and the two huge reaction forces made the huge and bulky hull tilt to the right, but fortunately, the upper deck on the starboard side opened fire in a very short time, pushing the hull back back, and the last lower deck of the port side did not fire until the ship stabilized down, and the seventy-meter Qi ship was violently jolted under the counterthrust of the gunfire, and a large cloud of white smoke almost covered the eyes of the whole ship.

The friendly artillery bombardment was not effective just now, so the gunners on the Xiangyang did not have any hope that a round of shelling would kill the enemy ship less than 70 meters to the left and right, and after falling and squatting, they stood up anxiously, frantically arranging the muzzle of the cannon, adding gunpowder, and preparing to grab the second cannon.

However, after waiting for about two minutes for the cannon to be fired up as quickly as possible, and the smoke and clouds brought by the gunpowder dispersed, the anxious Fujian sailors were stupid.

There was only one of the two encircled Mondello warships left in sight, or half on one side, and in the frightened cries of the Roman sailors, half of the ships that had been blown away sank into the vast Mediterranean Sea with great speed.

As for the third enemy ship facing the bow, when it saw this scene, it ran away.

Lu Ning was also stunned by the effect of the two shellings, and it took a long time before he was furious, kicked on the butt of a protective cannon on the deck, and shouted angrily, "Damn! When the top is used, it is not used, and now there is a bird to use! ”

The female secretary was also shocked to see her Shangguan covering her feet and scurrying around the deck, tilting her head to look at the heavy ship-destroying cannon that was more than two meters long and heavy, and then thinking about the light ship guns of more than 400 catties on friendly ships, a little realization suddenly rose in the heart of the female secretary.

It's a pity that the fire burned half the sky, understand, it's too late............