Chapter 287: Naval Battle?
The citizens who had just escaped from the pursuit of the knights and had not yet taken their breath also saw the shadow of the sail slowly rising on the sea level in the distance. Most of the people of Ascatra were seafaring and could tell the type of ship from a long distance, and soon someone shouted: "It's a warship, it's over, we're surrounded!" β
Under the cover of the gray dwarf guerrillas, there were fourteen evacuation ships of the citizens who escaped from the port, all of which belonged to the Chamber of Commerce of Dame Hathaway, who was the most trusted leader of the rebellion in Bredrow, and after receiving Luo Feng's secret letter, she sent a former Chamber of Commerce employee to lead the fleet out of the port, hiding on the shore of a small island used by smugglers to hide their goods along the coast of Sword Bay.
The Knights took over the city, the ships moored in the harbor were looted by the soldiers, and after the uprising, many people fled the city by taking ships and sailing, leaving the former harbor empty.
It was precisely because there were no ships anchored in the port that the Knights did not occupy the port in the first place after the Knights invaded the city of Ascatla, and the chief mage was not worried that the citizens would flee by boat, but he did not expect Bredrow to lead the fleet that Dame Hathaway had hidden before into the port.
Luo Feng's big ship was the only ship with naval weapons, and the gray dwarf guerrillas set up hand-cranked Gatling machine guns on the turntable at the bow and stern of the ship, added machine gun turrets, and turned the turntable to aim the guns at the fleet sailing in the distance.
Panic spread among the crowd, the speed of the three-masted warship was much faster than that of the two-masted merchant ship, the wind was more favorable to the enemy, it was full of thousands of citizens, and the ships crowded with the cargo hold and deck were too heavy to escape the pursuit of the warship.
The slight cries of the women were heard in the crowd, and the cries spread, and the desperate people could not help but weep bitterly, terrified and uneasy about the impending desperate fate.
They have been spurned by the gods, and their worshiped goddess Waujin has disappeared, and if they die, their souls will be tormented forever on the walls of the unbelievers.
"Is this the price of fighting for freedom? It's better to accept the arrangement of fate obediently......"
"The goddess of fate is cursing us, maybe we are really wrong."
"It's late, it's late."
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All sorts of voices rang out in the crowd, and there was a lot of noise.
Jack was also on the boat, he held Lisy in his arms, and looked at the approaching warship, and the dock worker just kissed his wife's forehead, and did not say anything discouraged, nor complained.
He looked to the bow of the ship, where a familiar figure was standingβMr. Bredrow was also on board.
It wasn't too far away, and Jack could see Mr. Bredrow's expression, and the great performer was smiling at the corners of his mouth, as if he was not worried, full of confidence.
Jack took Lise's hand and squeezed through the crowd to Bredero's side.
"Sir, you don't seem to be afraid of those warships."
Jack asked, a little nervously, for the first time he had spoken face-to-face to his idol.
"Why be afraid?" Bredrow was holding up a telescope to observe, and casually replied: "Wooden sail ship, even if it is equipped with a magic giant crossbow, what is there to be afraid of this kind of warship?" β
Putting down the binoculars, Bredrow glanced at him and said in surprise, "You're Jack, right?" β
Regardless of the fact that the enemy ships were approaching every minute and were about to enter the range of the giant crossbow, Bredrow greeted Jack warmly and extended his hand to him.
Jack also knew that this was the handshake gift of the Pheren Underground Party, and in the Red Classic series of Shadows released by Bredrow, there were shots of underground party members using this etiquette with each other.
Flattered, Jack reached out and held Mr. Bredero tightly.
"How did you know me?"
"Monroe used a miniaturized camera to capture your meetings." Bredero replied with a smile: "As material for future documentaries." I am very impressed by your speech, come on, come on, get to know this this is Trist-Duchden, the chief priest of the underground party of Ferren. β
Bredrow smiled and patted the other man in a hooded coat next to him, who turned around and lifted his hood to reveal his true face.
Jack was shocked at first, because the man was actually a dark elf, and the surface race instinctively repelled and feared the dark elves, but he quickly realized that the name of the dark elf was Trist Duchaden!
"You're the hero who saved Ten Towns?"
Jack had heard the name from the minstrels' songs, and had learned of the dark elf's exploits from the merchants returning from Icewind Dale.
Trist shook his head with a smile and said, "No, I'm not a hero, you're more like a real hero than me." β
Jack's face turned red at this good word, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "How can I compare with you, I'm just an ordinary ......"
"Ordinary people have the courage to lead their comrades to resist imperialism and die generously, this is the real hero!" Braderow patted Jack on the shoulder and said approvingly, "Most of the so-called heroes who are skilled in war, gifted, possessed magical powers and divine blessings, are not worthy of the title of heroes. Both of you are heroes, and in the future you may be able to work together and fight side by side for the liberation of Faeron. β
Jack scratched his head and said, "How can I have the ability to fight side by side with Trist." β
"Haha, don't worry, in this magical world, power is not difficult to obtain." Bredrow smiled heartily: "With your understanding of the Selected Works of Chen Ke, if you become a red mage, you will soon be promoted to a high rank." β
Jack's heart was filled with excitement, and it occurred to him that this was not the time to chat at all, the enemy ship was approaching, and it seemed that it was about to enter the range of the magic giant crossbow.
Sure enough, the battleships of Baldur's Gate began to test-fire the giant crossbows, and the crossbow arrows burning with flames and smoke drew a curve from a thousand meters away and flew towards the evacuation fleet.
This round of projectiles was the farthest range of the giant crossbow, and after a round of crossbow arrows, only one hapless merchant ship was hit by an arrow in its hull, and the spear-like crossbow bolts were nailed to the side of the ship, and the planks of the ship were ignited.
The people on the boat hurriedly found buckets, fell from the boat, and extinguished the flames.
"Mr. Bredrow, command the soldiers to fight back!" Jack anxiously reminded: "If we don't fight back, and the enemy approaches and fires the next volley, we will suffer huge losses and casualties, and the sails of the ships will be ignited, and it will be difficult to extinguish." β
Bredrow and Trist looked at each other, and they both smiled.
"A plan has been drawn up a long time ago, and the soldiers have long been on standby in the immediate position." Bredero smiled: "This kind of sail warship, the speed of the sea is very slow, not as fast as the Kou Tao fishmen, in order to increase the accuracy of firing crossbow arrows, they have reduced the speed, our soldiers should have completed the task." β
As the distance got closer, the enemy ships that surrounded the second were already within a thousand meters, and Jack could see the soldiers on the enemy ships turning the winches and completing the second round of crossbow bolts.
A man who looked like a general on the enemy ship raised his arm and swung forward, and the soldier with the mallet slammed into the trigger of the crossbow, and the second round of fire was about to strike!
At this moment, almost one after another, huge explosions erupted from the bottom of the enemy ships, and the wooden sailing ships burst apart in the powerful explosions, and the hull of the ships disintegrated, some of the ships were broken in two, and some of the ships even flew into the sky in their entirety!
"Boom ......"
"Boom ......"
The sound of the explosion echoed across the sea like rolling thunder.
"To deal with this kind of slow sailing ship, all you need is a few Kou Tao fishmen to swim to the bottom of the enemy's ship and install sticky bombs." Bredrow explained: "What is there to worry about? β