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Chapter 325 The Invincible Division
The Barudis Army arrived belatedly, giving Fang Xian, oh no, specifically Yu Yan too much time.Coupled with Gruhart's rich combat experience, he has calculated all possibilities, all response methods, all possible battle losses and subsequent developments.

Mardenard obediently avoided the first round of artillery fire from the Baldis army, and the two fleets withdrew left and right.

In naval warfare in this era, unless you have an absolute advantage in mobility, or the enemy is forced to stick to one place, it is difficult to fight on a large scale.After all, most say that the artillery is placed on the flanks, and it is difficult to pursue if you want to bomb. If you want to pursue, you can only hit twice with the bow gun without pain or itching.

In one blow, then weakened, and exhausted three times, Barudis punched out with a full blown punch.

"Take down St. John, hold on to the base, no one can carry out an attack under the artillery fire of the Royal Navy!!" Barus obviously also expected this result, although he also felt something strange in his heart, but he had no choice. As a commander, even if you order your subordinates to die, you must be absolutely firm.

Soon, the Baroudis warships sailed into St. John's Port and lined up in a row. They were confident that their firepower network would cover the entire fan-shaped area outside the port.A small wave of sailors occupied the port fortifications, implemented the commander's strategic deployment, and held on to the ground.After all, they are the Spanish Navy, so the number of guns has exceeded a thousand. This level of defense, even the extremely arrogant Pasha Army in the Mediterranean Sea or the British Navy would frown.

"Let you know what real firepower is." Barudis squinted at the approaching fleet, at least extremely firm in his heart.

Maldenard and Esconte's army stayed out of the range of the artillery and did not move forward. They just scattered the ships like fishing nets.

"See?" Barudis smiled disdainfully, "Although these weak children are frantic, they still don't have the courage to challenge their father's authority."

Every time Baroudis is proud, the lookout will deliver good news.

"Sisi... Commander!"

"..." Barudis had no intention of scolding him, "I swear, this is your last day as the flagship's sentry."

"But...the commander...the opponent's fleet is far out of range...starting to spread out..."

"Hmph, full of momentum, are you afraid after all?"

"No, no, their formation is an artillery formation, they should be aiming at us..."

"Joke!" Barudis had to pick up the cylindrical binoculars again, and after a short wait and see, his brows were tightly furrowed.

What greeted him was densely packed muzzles. This distance looked like ants standing in a huge square formation. The number was indescribable, and the extremely regular density made people dizzy.

Barudis swallowed: "This is crazy... Our army has twice the number of shipboard artillery... The scale of the battleship is also better than our army."

"Commander...they asked our army to surrender..."

"..." Barus fell silent. He is not a reckless man. As the commander-in-chief of the king of a country, he knows how to measure combat power and is capable of arming a fleet with artillery of this size. It seems that each fleet has assigned a good range of firepower, and there is obviously an excellent artillery director.

The firepower of these two fleets alone is at least equal to that of the navy's two fleets, plus the two weird "iron lumps" next to them, as well as the support of Esconte and Maldenard.

Barudis knew clearly that this battle was almost impossible to win.

The struggle between dignity and rationality lasted for more than ten seconds.

In the end, Barudis chose fluke.

Maybe the enemy shells are not heavy cannon grade?Maybe the skills of these orientals are very ordinary?The navy is waiting for work and refuses to accept the port. When the enemy attacks, they have the advantage of shooting in the first round. Maybe that round can sink half of the enemy's warships?
Barudis chose to remain silent, refusing to respond to the Fang family navy's surrender.

As usual, the navy launched the first round of covering bombardment within 30 seconds.

With the roar of the whole sea, Barudis showed almost the same expression as Espinosa at that time. Although the two people's personalities and beliefs were very different, when faced with this shock, their reactions were surprisingly the same. .

This range and accuracy are unprecedented.

When the volley of guns was fired, even the Fang Navy's battle fleet was swayed far away by its own recoil.

This round of artillery bombardment gave Gruhart a long time to aim, and coupled with the huddled formation of the Barus army, it can be said that the power of the artillery was maximized.

Before the cannonball was fired, Gruhart had already reported to Fang Xian: "Admiral, this battle has been won."

"...Great mouth, so crazy." Fang Xian smiled, "But your expression doesn't look like you've won?"

Gruhart sighed: "Purely from the perspective of military quality, Barudis is an excellent commander. I am ashamed to defeat him in this way."

Fang Xian stood up and took a look at the opponent's formation from a distance, and instantly understood Gruhart's sorrow: "The formation is too dense, you want to die."

"Well, Baruschi must have wanted to use a dense formation to maximize the concentration of firepower. He took the initiative in defense and did not give people a chance to react. This is a sign of extreme confidence. It's a pity..."

"Unfortunately he doesn't know our range."

"Yes, such a victory is contrary to honor." Gruhart sighed.

"Honor? This word is outdated. You are not a knight or a soldier, right?"

Gruhart was dumb, indeed, he was just a deputy admiral hired by a private party.

"Admiral, can you please allow me an unkind request?"

"I understand, it's up to you." Fang Xian readily agreed, "I'm not interested in a person's life."

"Thank you."

About 20 seconds after the conversation ended, St. John's Harbor was already a purgatory on earth.

Although the Spanish navy is an invincible force, invincible, and has countless great achievements, it is still so vulnerable when faced with almost the next-generation firepower.

None of the nine large Spanish sailing ships were spared. Almost every ship was hit by more than three bullets. Some were directly tilted and silent, some were burning in raging fire, and some were broken into several sections...

Only the flagship where Barudis was located was safe and sound, and not a single cannonball fell within a hundred meters around the flagship. It was just like the protective circle drawn by Sun Wukong for Tang Monk, accurate and safe.

Barudis couldn't speak anymore, he closed his eyes, not to look at the silent warships, and covered his ears, not to listen to the sailors' wailing.

Facing this scene, even Maldenard and Esconte, who were far away, felt a deep tingling feeling in their hearts.

For profit and power, they chose to break with the navy and the kingdom.

But the blood of the Spaniards still flows in their bodies, and they cannot imagine that the invincible army of the kingdom has been destroyed in such a way in a few tens of seconds.

Both "traitors" took off their hats and bowed their heads in silence.

The Fang family navy did not fire again, nor did they surrender again, but the entire fleet silently sailed towards St. John's at a medium speed.

There is no need to do anything anymore, the outcome has already been decided.

The Barudis flagship was silent. No one was passionately demanding a fight to the death, and no one was planning to escape.

For them, this is an insult, an irresistible insult, and some even start to hate themselves, wondering why they are still alive?

Apparently, the Fang family navy deliberately avoided bombing their own flagship. The accuracy of the opponent's artillery has reached an unimaginable level. If they wanted to, the flagship would have been silent for countless times.

The flagship of Balus Land is like a child being teased by a martial arts master, without any momentum.

Despair is sometimes scarier than death.

At some point, a sailor began to sob.

Afterwards, more and more sailors shed tears, some even wailed, and the sad atmosphere spread like this.

This was the collapse of the Spanish navy and the collapse of the Kingdom's colonial empire. They were "fortunate" to stand at the forefront and personally participated in this collapse. Their honor and dignity for many years were destroyed in one fell swoop. They wished they were the ones who died.

"Live." Barudis, who had been isolated from the outside world, suddenly spoke, and he suddenly roared, "Live!"

The commander's shout finally dispelled some of the sad atmosphere.

Barudis pointed at the Fang family navy not far away and shouted: "He can survive, why can't we?!"

Between the brows of Barudis, the soldiers seemed to see another glimmer of hope.

No matter how powerful the Fang family navy is now, at least not long ago, that country in the east was still lingering and allowed to be bullied.

"Failure is not terrible." Barudis, who has always been tough and decisive, actually said such words. He took off his hat, turned around, and bowed to the sailors of the ship, "This is my failure, and it has nothing to do with you. A failure in intelligence, strategy and resourcefulness, you have done your best, please stay alive.”

"commander……!"

The sailors of the whole ship boiled again.

Afterwards, Barudis took off the medal of honor on his shoulders, took off his military uniform jacket, and laid it on the ground in a credible manner. He put the general cap and uniform neatly on it, and gave a military salute.

Before the others could react, Barudis had already stepped onto the bow of the ship, throwing himself into the embrace of the sea without a single pause.

After a brief shock, the sailors on board fell silent.

Almost at the same time, they did the exact same moves as Barudis.

About 1 minute later, only 132 military uniforms and sabers were left on the ship.

Gruhart had been watching the situation of the ship. Faced with this scene, he was deeply moved and performed a military salute from afar.

Fang Xian also leaned over and took a look with the binoculars, and then laughed.

Gruhart said angrily: "Admiral, I was a soldier after all, please maintain the minimum respect!"

"Haha..." Fang Xian covered his stomach and laughed, "If you jump into the sea in that kind of place, how do you tell me to die? Hit the rocks and fall to death or drown?"

"This..." Gruhart also slapped his head and laughed awkwardly, "They won't think so much..."

"Don't be stupid." Fang Xian said, "I really want to die and wipe my neck and have a laparotomy. I jumped into the sea next to the port for a show."

"..."

(End of this chapter)