Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 307 Chapter 307
What is the most feared thing for a maritime country?What I am most afraid of is waking up one morning and finding that the enemy's fleet is lying across the sea...

When the civilians of Tarun Kingdom finished their lunch, they found soldiers rushing through the street, and the atmosphere suddenly became inexplicably bleak.

They quickly figured out what happened - a fleet appeared in the sea off their royal city, across the sea they depended on for survival.

Some citizens bravely went to some relatively hidden places to check, and they saw seagulls hovering above the dark gray warships on the black smoky sea.

Then, before these civilians retracted their heads, they saw pieces of fire erupting from the opponent's battleship.

The 150mm naval gun roared, and the flagship Wolf 1 opened fire on the royal city of the Kingdom of Tarun.

The first shot hit the pier in the port, and immediately the entire pier was turned upside down, and many goods piled up on the pier were blown into the sea.

All of a sudden, everyone started to run for their lives. The soldiers dropped their weapons and mingled among the porters, bumping around like headless flies.

Soon, the Wangcheng Fort on the side opened fire and returned fire, but the sound of these outdated front-loading guns was a bit worse than that of the opponent, and it sounded like a woman's panting.

The firepower of the two sides is not of the same order of magnitude at all - just a round of salvo, there is no movement on the side of the coastal defense fort, there is smoke and dust billowing everywhere, it seems to have been completely paralyzed.

Then the fleet on the sea chopped melons and vegetables and cleaned up the sailing warships that were about to break out of the port.

None of the more than 20 warships escaped, and all of them were sunk on the way to break out.These warships that were finally assembled lasted for less than an hour.

After the sinking of the worst battleship, a section of the mast was still exposed on the sea, and the tumbling waves rushed to the coast with broken decks and messy debris, making the entire Tarun King City silent.

It wasn't until this time that the civilians seemed to realize that the thunder-like artillery sound seemed to have stopped, and those heavy sounds that seemed to be beating on people's chests came to an abrupt end.

But before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the fleet of strange warships without sails fired again.

This time, the opponent's target is the urban area of ​​Wangcheng!One after another, black smoke pillars rose into the sky, and hundreds of people were buried by the explosion in an instant.

The soldiers standing on the city wall turned pale with fright, and from time to time some people dropped their weapons and turned around and ran away.

Most of them were just recruits and only trained recruits for less than 1 month.It is wishful thinking to expect them to face the artillery fire.

Not to mention these recruits, it is the officers behind them. It is actually rare to be able to maintain their determination to fight at this time.

Originally, Tarun Kingdom was a maritime kingdom, capable, capable, and ambitious generals were all concentrated in the navy, and most of the talents served in the navy.

The army is just a decoration, or in most cases it is just a make-up. I hope they can change their fate against the sky, just like a joke.

But now, they have to rely on these unreliable army officers and soldiers-because the navies with stronger combat effectiveness have already sunk to the bottom of the sea at this time, feeding the sharks.

Of course, there are also those who are lucky, or unlucky, who are sent to North Ridge and become miners, doing the most dangerous and hard work every day.

Perhaps for them, death is a better relief.In any case, these naval elites who have become captives, Tarun Kingdom can't count on it...

The civilians who were watching the excitement retracted their heads in fright, and the smell of gunpowder smoke from the explosion was already in the air.

On the top of the city, senior officers suppressed more and more fleeing soldiers, and then stared dumbfounded at the not-too-distant city wall being blasted out of the gap.

The stone city wall collapsed for more than one meter. Although it did not completely collapse, the crenel watchtower above it was basically invisible.

The few soldiers stationed there were only stumps and broken arms - of course there must be no bones left, but no one knows that's all.

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, the officer who was still pulling the deserter's collar just now to prevent the other party from running away let go of his palm, waved and shouted to his subordinates who were crouching behind the crenel with their heads folded: "Quick! Get out of that place quickly!" Hurry up! Hurry up!"

The soldiers who heard his shouts carried out the orders of their officers without hesitation, that is a well-trained man.

They dropped their weapons, ignored the 30-year-old Cyric muzzle gun beside them, turned around and ran after their commander.

Outside the city, in the camp far away from the coast, the recruits who heard the sound of the guns scattered, and the noble officers who led the soldiers also ran away.

The 3000 "recruiters" who were barely gathered together yesterday by catching strong men and giving gold coins scattered in a flash, leaving no one behind.

Even the guards who stored the weapons in the camp were gone, and the 2000 patchwork Cyric flintlock guns inside were left unattended without even moving.

And all of this happened within less than two hours after the battle broke out.The entire Talun King City is as weak as the BJ City in front of Li Zicheng.

It's a pity that the warships of the Datang Group's security force navy on the sea have no intention of sending people to land at all. They just lie on the sea, using their 120 and 150 mm caliber artillery, bombarding them round after round. This unlucky city.

"Don't fire! Don't even fire! Play dead! Play dead for me! Will you play dead?" General Tarun, who was guarding the fort, didn't run away, but he was already scared stupid by the artillery fire covered by the enemy.

His cannons basically only have a range of more than 1000 meters, and they will lose their accuracy if they exceed 500 meters.

But the opponent's shells were extremely accurate, eight out of ten hits, and after only two salvos, he knew that he was only going to be beaten.

So soon he started to mess up - very simply, he ordered all the artillery to stop firing, and allowed the opponent to bombard three salvos wildly, and he gritted his teeth and refused to fire back.

Finally, he succeeded, and he survived to "victory"!The opponent thought that his place was completely destroyed, so he turned to attack the city and stopped paying attention to his fort.

In fact, his turret really has no usable artillery. The 30 Cyric muzzle-loading guns that are the main force are simply products of the previous era, and they are not as good as the navy's muzzle-loading naval guns in terms of quality.

But aren't those naval sailing warships equipped with the most advanced Cyric naval guns now soaking in sea water?

His place is all rags from 20 years ago. Is there a problem with the idea of ​​expecting him to do something?

What's more, one-third of these cannons have been blown up now, and he has tried his best...Really.

"My lord, my lord!" An officer ran up to the fort in a panic while pressing the long sword on his waist, looked at the gun barrel that had fallen to the ground, and said in fear: "My lord...your majesty, your majesty let me Come... come see, see... the fort, why, why don't you... fight back..."

The way he came was full of broken soldiers and rioters, and he could actually see that if the fort was able to hold back and not run away, it was considered "well-managed".

After all, artillery is a technical arm, and it still needs to maintain year-round training, so compared with those recruits on the city wall, there is still a fundamental difference.

However, that's all there is to it.

"We just opened fire! But the enemy's artillery fire was too fierce, and our side suffered heavy losses, so we had to temporarily stop the shelling..." The general commanding the fort explained.

He did open fire just now, and they were indeed beaten up by the enemy warship.

Just as he was speaking, two soldiers passed in front of him carrying a dead body, which made his answer more convincing.

The officer who came to deliver the letter was a confidant of the king. Although he also understood the difficulty of the fort commander, he still begged reluctantly: "My lord! If you fire back, the other party will not bombard the king's city!"

"I can't help it! Just now we fired a round of artillery, and the opponent fired five rounds of salvo. Now one-third of the artillery is destroyed, and the loss of personnel is heavy. It is really impossible to fight!" The fort The officer who was killed was not ready to continue firing.

There is no way, firing at this time is really setting fire to himself, he has not yet ignited his consciousness to illuminate others.

"Your Majesty promises that as long as you fire and fight back, you will be rewarded with 500 gold coins, and another 1000 gold coins will be rewarded to the officers and soldiers of the fort!"

As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. People who risk their lives for a few gold coins have been done in any age.

It's a pity that the commander of the fort in front of him was unmoved: "Ha... If you have a life to earn this money, you also have a life to spend it!"

While speaking, he also looked at a corpse over there that hadn't been dealt with by anyone - the head was smashed, it was horrible.

"Your Majesty orders you to keep running! If you disobey... I will..." The king's confidant gritted his teeth and chose to threaten.

"How dare you let us go to die?" Unexpectedly, the adjutant of the fort commander standing behind couldn't bear it anymore. He yelled, drew his long sword, and slashed at the king's confidant.

The confidant who came to deliver the order was caught off guard, and was pierced through the chest by a sword just as he turned his head. He grabbed the blade and stared at the other party in disbelief: "You! How dare you... how dare you rebel! His Majesty the King will not let you go Your... you..."

He wanted to say something more, but the other party kicked him in the abdomen, and took advantage of the opportunity to draw out his long sword. A stream of blood spurted out, and even the commander of the fort was stunned on the spot.

(End of this chapter)