On the 12th of July, the Austin Raiding Fleet, consisting of 30 North Sea sailing warships, set sail from the harbor of the main city of Austin to the sound of passionate military music.

The current King of Austin, Austin BYDK, stood on the high platform of the port, looked at the huge fleet in front of him, raised his hand, and shouted to the turbulent North Sea, "The Austen God will definitely bless you with your triumphant return as soon as possible"

In the impassioned words of His Majesty the King, the warship slowly pulled up its heavy anchor, the iron ropes made a rattling sound, the sail warship like a dense forest began to move slowly, and the surrounding sea water spread out in all directions like a whirlpool that had been disturbed, this time against the rebellious army dispatched 6,100 sailors and as many as 20 troop carriers, with a total strength of 11,000 men,

In the eyes of everyone, the significance of this counterinsurgency is more to demonstrate Austin's hegemony over the entire northern seas, so as to deter those coastal ports that still have different intentions, and thoroughly implement the large sea strategy that Austin has just designated

"The interests of the Austins are in the sea!" is the most fashionable slogan recently, although Willandra is one of the important ports in the northern seas, but the total population of its city is only 20,000, and it lacks sufficient armaments, even if Austin Carlos enjoys a very grand prestige in the Austin army, and there are many elite guards under his command, but most people are not optimistic about the rebellion of Austin Carlos,

In the streets and alleys of the main city of Austin, some people have long begun to predict that in the face of the crushing huge army of the main city, the rebels of Willandra will not be able to hold out even the most basic three days, and the upper echelons of Austin are generally filled with an optimistic atmosphere, and even the House of Elders has rarely shown to the outside that it is inevitable to win this rebellion.

The Kingdom of Austin was a monarchy though. However, the position of king is not hereditary, but is selected according to the affirmation of the merits of the royal family by the Council of Elders, and each king serves only ten years. And the current king is the former prime minister of the kingdom, Austin BYDK,

As a young and promising king, the first thing he did when he came to power was to find a way to end the war that had been going on for 3 years between the previous king and the Asovian Russians, in this war, the Austins paid nearly 50,000 excellent young men, and did not make any progress.

"The power of the Austins is at sea, the power of the Asourians is on land, and we don't actually have too many conflicts of interest, so why do we need to pay more lives and financial resources for this in this senseless war?"

With such sharp rhetoric, Austin BYDK quickly persuaded the Council of Presbyterians, which had the power to decide the king's term, to end his predecessor early in the May vote by an overwhelming vote, and wait for the new Austin king. Of course, not all of them see this way, at least in the upper echelons of the Austin army, there are a few voices of dissenting opinion.

Among them, the Duke of Langla, the Minister of War who remained in the base camp, these generals were all generals who had fought bloody battles against the Asou Russians, and they were representatives of the army faction, and they advocated to the Senate that if they lost their land power, even if the Austins retained their strength at sea, it would be difficult for them to escape the pace of expansion of the Asou Russians on land.

After all, the population living in the Beihai region is too small, and more people are concentrated in the land area, until Asu Russia unifies the most populous Hulanbei region. It is inevitable that the Austin Kingdom, which is heavy on the sea and light on the land, will not let go, and when the time comes, it will be very difficult to fight the Asou Russians on land,...,

It's a pity that in Austin, where the navy has always been supreme. The army's voice has never been strong, and the Presbyterian Church has acquiesced in the fact that Austin BYDK, who has always advocated the naval faction, as the king, so naturally the army's proposal is equivalent to being vetoed.

This rebellion also led to a saying in the upper echelons of Austin City that they did not dare to make it public, that Willandra's rebellion was actually the outbreak of dissatisfaction between the army faction and the navy faction, and Austin Carlos was a strong figure in the army faction.

He was the first opponent to be suppressed by Austin BYDK after he came to power, transferred him from his direct army, and let him return to the fief within the specified period of time in the form of exile, and finally deceived the rest of the people to sign a peace treaty with the Asovian Russians, which can be said to have directly wiped out the rank and prestige of this famous general in the war with Asura and Asoucasia, and it is no wonder that Austin Carlos launched a rebellion in such a short period of time,

Although this rebellion seems to be such a disparity in strength, according to intelligence, Austin Carlos gathered less than 1,000 rebels in Willandra, and this time the army sent to counter-insurgency exceeded 10,000 people, ten to one, even if Austin Carlos is the reincarnation of the god of war, it is a matter of death and can no longer die

But things in the world are always unexpected, and the changeable and legendary nature of history has made countless people who like to study addicted to it, and the raiding fleet from the main city of Austin encountered its first trouble one day after leaving the main city.

The fleet met unexpectedly with the ocean currents returning from the middle of the continent in July. The storm formed by the high pressure directly shrouded the future of the crusading fleet in a black canopy, and the rolling thunderous rain soon swept in, and every qiē between heaven and earth was suddenly shrouded in a violent storm.

"Sail down!" Austin's fleet was in chaos, the North Sea sail warships were blown to and side in the storm, all formations were disrupted, the two warships collided together, the sides of the ships creaked overwhelmingly, the planks shattered, and the huge waves tossed the ships high like toys,

In the Northern Sea when the storm came, it was pitch black on the sea, and only the light of lightning streaked across the sky from time to time. The pouring rain was almost tilted into a forty-five degree angle under the strong wind, and the bean-sized raindrops struck the qiē object that blocked its landing, as if it would shatter it at any moment. The whole ocean seemed to be boiling, and the waves were five or six meters high, and one after another the terrible waves crashed against the ships on the sea, as if they were about to overturn them at any moment.

Inside the flagship of the Austin fleet, the candlelight in the undulating crystal lampshade swayed as the wind crept in through the tiny cracks in the windows.

"Crackling" silver lightning writhing in the sky like silver,

Leaving a shocking arc of fire on the ship's window, followed by a deafening roar of thunder. The lightning and thunder that swept through it seemed to be about to crush the entire ship to ashes at any moment.

"Command the fleet with lights, and distance yourself. Avoid collisions!"

The commander of the Austin Rebel Fleet, Slyog, threw the report on the table with a stern face, the storm had caused the sinking of a North Sea sail warship, the impact of two sail ships, and a transport ship full of 300 soldiers because of the torn sails. has completely lost momentum,

For the safety of the fleet, Slyag could only reluctantly order the fleet to move on, leaving the transport ship and the 300 soldiers on it alone, and if they were lucky enough to survive the storm, the fleet would send someone to meet them. If you're unlucky, you'll have to sink and jump into the sea

The rebel fleet seemed to be really unlucky, and the storm lasted for half a day, and after losing 4 sail warships in succession, the rebel fleet sailed out of the storm zone,...,

The wolf-bèi fleet lost three supply ships and about a third of its supplies, and had to choose to rest on the shore. Refueling the nearby port of Bolesdi, Slyag sent a sail to search the stormy waters for the abandoned troop carriers, only to find shredded planks floating on the sea. There are also corpses soaked in the sea, attracting a lot of bloodthirsty sharks, which are gnawing on the corpses, and the search ships are able to return and report that the troop carriers are all dead.

After such a delay, it was not until July 19 that the rebel fleet actually reached the waters of Willandra, where they were greeted by six sail ships and a ship that looked twice the size of the warship, flying the flag of the Falcon Empire

"Fight, rampant queue!"

In order to deter the rebels of Villandra, the commander of the rebel fleet, Slyag, ordered the remaining 20 or so sail warships to form an imposing horizontal line.

The sound of fighting in the sea ahead drifted with the sea breeze from time to time, and a mile away from the main combat ships in front, the 17 troop carriers of the rebel fleet waited for the good news of the defeat of the enemy ahead, and as long as the front fleet opened the passage, the troop carriers could transport 5,000 heavily armed Austeen infantry up and flatten the little Willandra

The Northern Sea after a heavy rain. It was extraordinarily peaceful. The sky was blue without any variegation, pure as the blue of a dream. The sea gently rippled against the side of the ship, and the white ice reflected in the warm sun.

Waves. Sparkling. There was a cloud of fog floating above the water, and there was no bottom in sight, and the water, which had begun to warm up in July, occasionally saw some ice floes that had been smashed in front of the ship slip past the side of the ship

Just as the troop carrier was stopped on the surface of the sea, as the sea rose and fell, on the sea not far to the east of them, a two-masted and double-sailed North Sea sail warship was thrown out of the waves, and then plunged deep into the waves, and if the arrows were clustered, the waves were shattered and flew forward.

Behind it, three huge Falcon warships broke through the raging waves, and let the waves rush up to the three-story high deck, also unmoved, and the huge white sails were blown full by the sea breeze.

Behind the three falcon warships, there are more than a dozen assault ships with single sloops and sails, which are like fish in the waves, and in the last position is a warship like an octopus at sea, with a narrow body like a sharp blade, shattering the waves in front,

This is the North Sea Fleet, which was planning to insert a knife on the flank of the main fleet in Austin, but unexpectedly, it accidentally caught the transport fleet waiting quietly behind

"Attack, sink them!"

Urcondo, who seized the opportunity, was red and white with excitement, he really had no place to find it, and it didn't take much effort to get it, but he didn't expect to meet the other party's troop carrier here.

He didn't hesitate at all, and immediately ordered three warships to charge forward as the vanguard, and his flagship followed with a dozen or so small warships he bought

At the helm of the Dragon's Tooth battleship, Urcondo raised his Kugit crescent scimitar and shouted "Flag!

A quick and sharp whistle sounded throughout the sea, and the battleships lined up in front of them in the shape of arrows turned a corner on the surface of the sea and spread out to both sides, and on the sides of these old warships, the 5-door Thor that had just been installed was pushed up by the sailors and hung with fixed iron hooks,

"Target, 300 meters ahead! Prepare for shooting" The experienced rangefinder quickly gave the number jù. Standing beside these Thor gunners, he shouted loudly, the hull of the ship was rapidly turning, drawing a long wave on the calm sea, and the sea was surging because of the fierce movement of the ship. ...,

"Enemies. Pay attention to the side!" The Austin fleet on the opposite side also discovered these enemies who suddenly appeared on their flanks, the troop carriers suddenly became a mess, the Austens shouted in confusion, running back and forth on the deck, the noon sun in the Northern Sea was very fierce, the sky and the earth were pure, and you could clearly see the sky.

The details of the enemy fleet in the distance gradually came to the eyes of the Austin. The sea breeze was blowing, and the unknown battle flags fluttering from the masts were waving in the wind, and they could be seen clearly from several nautical miles away

"Don't panic, the number of enemies is not much!" The commander who stayed behind the transport ship was obviously also an extremely experienced commander, and when he found that the number of the Northern Fleet was far from as expected, he quickly issued an order that the ships should not move without authorization and avoid colliding with each other, and the size of the troop carrier was larger than that of an ordinary sail battleship. Even compared to the three old warships, it was only one side lower, but when it came to the carrier's troops, there were as many as 6,000 soldiers on the troop carrier. With an absolute overwhelming advantage, the Austens' commander was clearly adept at this

The Austin troop carrier, which received the order, was crowded with people, "Prepare for battle, everyone on deck!" Austin's infantry captain shouted loudly, driving out the soldiers in the cabin, these Austin soldiers wore triangular iron helmets on their heads, and wore hard leather armor, and their shields and spears in their hands, squatting on the side of the ship like a row of human walls

"What do they want to do? port?" said a sneer on Ulcondo's lips, who had seen this scene from inside the gottorial scope, in front of the fleet with Thor. What is the difference between putting such a dense queue and looking for death, he put down the lookout scope in his hand and shouted to the flag bearer on the mast with all his strength, "Order the attack!"

"Boom" white smoke first came from the three large old warships that flashed to the two wings, although each of these large warships was only equipped with 5 Thor, but the power of the salvo suddenly erupted. It's still amazing

Because it was not a gun bay-style fixation, the huge recoil generated by Thor caused the scattered debris on the deck of these three old warships to roll to starboard. The sailors who had never really used Thor above inevitably fell to the ground,

Just when the three old-fashioned warships were in disarray, the Thor cannonballs that erupted were already with a sharp and small sound. Across the blue sea, landing on the flank of the Austin troop carrier, splashing a row of high water columns, the pungent white smoke was blown by the sea breeze, and the hull of the Odisin troop carrier was shaken up and down by shocks.

The expected explosion of "boom" finally came more than ten seconds later, it may be that the Austin troop carriers were too dense, and the effect of the first salvo was unexpected, and after a Thor bomb penetrated a troop carrier, it smashed into the side of a troop carrier behind.

"A bunch of fools" Urcondo's mouth instantly grinned to the root of his ears, and he saw through the scope that the two troop carriers were blown up in an instant, and the left wing of the ship, the huge mast up to 20 meters high, smashed down in the air. The shell destroyed the side of the troop carrier, causing it to break a terrifying hole, into which the icy sea water was penetrating

This is a one-sided slaughter, when the salvo of the three falcon warships is completed, the more than a dozen small sail warships that sprung up behind them swooped like wolves, and the front of these small-sized warships was fixed with a Thor, which was Ulcondo's idea, since the northern sail warships can use ramming horns as weapons, then it should be possible to install Thor, under this kind of thinking, Urcondo in addition to equipping each of the 3 old warships with 5 doors, the remaining 15 doors were all installed on these small sail warships, he didn't know that his occasional innovation created a new type of assault warship of the Falcon Navy

"200 meters from the correction, shooting" more than a dozen small warships swooped like wolves, bursts of white smoke erupted from their front ends, this round of shelling directly covered the echelon on the periphery of the troop carrier, four unsuspecting large troop carriers were knocked into a sieve on the spot, thick flames mixed with thick smoke came out from inside the broken hull, and the entire battleship suddenly disappeared, only the wreckage that continued to float on the sea surface and the great immortal sailors struggling on the sea.

"The Battle of the 30 Gates Thor!" In the naval history of later generations, this battle is called like this, the North Sea Fleet's humble 30 Men Thor, so that the unprepared Austin transport ship group to an unimaginably huge blow, the white smoke that continues to spew out in the distance is like a fireflower on the sea, countless swift black light points in front of them, and the surrounding area is formed into an incomparably terrible web of death, no matter how big the hull is, no matter how strong you are, as long as you are shot, it will turn into a shocking ball of fire

Half of the 20 transports have been sunk in several salvos, and the staggered hulls and smoke make it look like a giant graveyard (to be continued). If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )