Chapter 672: Vikings

The sea auction came to an end, and Ouyang Shuo swept another two million gold coins. What made him particularly interested www.biquge.info the future Mediterranean lord became one of the three winners.

This man presented himself as Caesar and claimed to be the rightful descendant of the ancient Roman Empire.

Four years after Caesar rose to prominence on the European continent and became one of the three giants of the European continent in one fell swoop, his legendary experience was gradually revealed at the forum.

Caesar is a lord player, but his gaming career began in the mysterious Roman royal palace. At the beginning of the game, Caesar is born in the Roman royal palace and is raised as a member of the royal family.

The detailed experience of this passage is that Caesar's close people are not known.

In the first half of Gaia's third year, Caesar left the royal palace and officially began his career as a lord. Caesar was accompanied by 50,000 ancient Roman janissaries, 20,000 top craftsmen, thousands of senior officials, treasures worth millions of gold coins, hundreds of special items, architectural drawings and technical manuals, and so on.

In short, whatever the lord needed, the Roman royal palace was ready for Caesar. It is the title of the restricted lord, and they are directly awarded the title of second-class marquis.

According to the information disclosed on the forum, even the village building token used by Caesar is a gold-level village building token.

Emperor Gevis Octavian Augustus, who lived in seclusion in the Roman royal palace, even gave his general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa to Caesar.

You know, Agrippa was the chief meritorious general who helped Octavian defeat Antony and win the Roman Civil War, even in ancient Roman history, he was enough to be among the top ten famous generals.

At the Battle of Actium, Agrippa commanded a large army and defeated the combined forces of Antony and Cleopatra. After the battle, Antony committed suicide and Egypt became a Roman province.

It can be seen that Augustus the Great really cultivated Caesar as an heir.

Although Caesar was "delayed" in the royal palace for two years, the beginning of his lordship career was enough to put the global lords to shame. There is no doubt that this is a typical "corner overtaking" type of lord.

"Birth Palace" is Caesar's adventure mission, and such an opportunity is really envied by outsiders. It is conceivable that Caesar's [blessing source] must be extremely high. As for Caesar's claim that he was born in the palace because of the royal blood flowing in his body, few people believed it.

Ouyang Shuo sneered at this.

Caesar's propaganda was nothing more than an attempt to increase his prestige and legitimacy in Italy.

In fact, Caesar was not alone in the world having such adventures. At least Ouyang Shuo knew that there was a young man in the Kyoto Palace in China, silently accumulating strength, intending to soar into the sky.

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At the end of the sea auction, the city of Basis Point was officially recognized by the lords of the Mediterranean countries.

Ouyang Shuo's task also came to an end.

Early the next morning, the ocean-going fleet left the Strait of Gibraltar and set off again. Passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, the ocean-going fleet officially enters the Atlantic Ocean and heads north to its next stop, the English Channel.

If the fleet continues to advance westward, through the North Atlantic, it will reach New York, USA. If time permits, Ouyang Shuo doesn't mind going to the Americas.

The problem is that it is already August, and according to Ouyang Shuo's prediction, the sixth battle in China has basically reached the critical point of being triggered. He had to end his ocean voyage before the campaign began.

Rather than exploring the American continent, a trip to the UK is the focus of the trip.

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North Atlantic, Celtic Sea.

Located at the intersection of the Strait of Gibraltar and Western Europe and North America and Western Europe, the Celtic Sea is a key point of maritime communication in the eastern North Atlantic.

As a key place, pirates inevitably breed. The most famous group of pirates in this area is the famous Viking pirates in history.

From the 8th century to the 11th century, Vikings invaded the coast of Europe and the British islands, covering a vast territory from the continent to the Arctic. Five hundred years before Columbus discovered the New World, the Vikings reached Newfoundland on the American continent and explored parts of North America.

In those days, the Vikings were synonymous with plundering and killing. The word piracy is even a word derived from the Vikings, which can be called the ancestor of Western piracy.

At the time, they were craftsmen, sailors, explorers, and merchants par excellence. What's more, the Vikings were tough warriors, armed with spears, battle axes, and round shields, and believed in Thor, the god of thunder.

The Vikings' homeland was Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, and at one time controlled most of the Baltic coast, the interior of Russia, Normandy in France, England, Sicily, southern Italy, and Palestine.

Along with the Vikings, it was their dragon ships.

The material of the Viking warship was mainly taken from tall and straight oak trees, so it was very light. The boat is narrow, agile and lightweight, and very resistant to wind and waves. The bow is curved and intricately carved from a single piece of oak intact.

The image carved on the bow of the ship is none other than the Western Dragon.

Hence the name of the dragon ship.

Legend has it that the Vikings not only believed in Thor, the god of thunder, but were also good at dragon training. They are natural dragon trainers and are able to domesticate a wide variety of dragons.

In real film and television works, there has been a vivid interpretation of this.

In the game, Gaia combines historical materials and film and television works to strengthen the existence of Vikings, evolving them into the most powerful pirates in the North Atlantic waters.

The dragon ships that the Vikings rode were not only more powerful than in history. The most headache is that the Vikings in the game can really train dragons, a flying spirit beast that is generally above the gold level.

The powerful Vikings became the biggest obstacle to the expansion of Western European countries such as Britain and the Netherlands.

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At present, a fierce battle between the Vikings and the British Navy is taking place in the Celtic waters. On the vast sea, fifteen warships of the British Navy lined up and kept firing at the Viking dragon ships on both sides.

A flagship in the middle of the naval fleet has three layers of gun decks, and at a rough visual inspection, it is equipped with no less than 100 guns on both sides, which is simply a "sea fortress".

The three large English characters engraved on the bow of the flagship "Anne" are particularly conspicuous.

If you are familiar with the history of the British Navy, you will know that the battleship in front of you is the iconic sail battleship, the best of the wooden battleships, more powerful than the giant building ships of the Ming Dynasty.

Sail battleships appeared in the seventeenth century, just at the end of the Ming Dynasty, with sails on board, powered by wind power, with a displacement of about a thousand tons, and a smoothbore gun on board, capable of firing solid shells.

After the Anglo-Dutch War, the tonnage of sail battleships gradually increased, the displacement of top battleships increased to 3,000 to 5,000 tons, and the number of guns increased from dozens to hundreds.

In the arena of naval warfare, sail battleships were once the main warships of the naval fleet.

Unfortunately, due to the limited range and firepower of the guns of such warships at that time, and the fact that the tactics of navigation in a straight line could only be adopted during naval warfare, the battleships were arranged in a single column and sailed in a straight line.

That's why this kind of warship that adopts the tactics of straight-line navigation is called a battleship.

In addition to this, battleships had a common disadvantage, that is, in stormy weather, the gun doors of the third gun deck of the battleship could not be opened.

The sail battleships relied entirely on wind power for their movements, had limited maneuverability, and it was very difficult to concentrate forces in any form when the actual forces of the two warring parties were almost equal, and naval battles turned into lengthy exchanges of fire between two fleets on parallel courses, often without decisive results.

The current fleet is in such an embarrassing situation.

I saw hundreds of Viking dragon ships braving artillery fire, flexibly dodging, and besieging the navy from all directions. The dragon ships that were actually sunk in the process were very small.

At the same time, spears were returned to the battleship by the Vikings. Aboard the dragon ship, thousands of Vikings let out a roar of war and looked fanatical.

The Vikings were ambitious but not outnumbered, so they had to rely on careful planning and surprise raids. Their assaults often split into two sections: throwing spears at long distances, followed by close-range strikes with swords and tomahawks.

The Vikings in the game are also assisted by dragon pets, which are extremely perverted.

This time, the British Navy was raided by Vikings, and as soon as it came up, it lost five or six third-class battleships under the siege of the dragon pet, and was taken by surprise.

Over the battlefield, two hideous-looking, huge-winged dragons were constantly circling, spitting flames at the British Navy battleships from time to time, igniting raging fires.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the British Navy at this time is at a disadvantage.

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At this time, a conversation was going on on the Anne.

"Miss, you can't delay any longer, let's retreat quickly!"

The speaker was a red-haired woman with a large sword in her hand and a Praetorian uniform, with a bumpy figure and huge twin peaks still tall and round against the metal armor.

The Praetorian Guard's skirt armor could not cover the woman's slender thighs at all, so because of long-term exercise, the thighs looked unusually toned and became a healthy wheat color, which was even more attractive.

"No, Caroline, we can't retreat."

Opposite the red-haired woman, stood a woman holding a silver sword and wearing silver armor. The woman was not very old, only twenty-three or fourteen years old, but her face was extremely exquisite.

With long blonde hair, she looks like a legendary angel warrior.

"Miss!" Caroline looked anxious.

The eldest lady on the other side is known for her stubbornness and is a person who does not admit defeat.

It's just that the current situation, if you continue to be so stubborn, I'm afraid that the whole army will be wiped out. Once a naval warship is approached by a Viking ship, it will engage in broadside combat, which Vikings are best at.

When that happens, you can't retreat.