Eagle Byzantium

The water clock in the early morning moved the sound-making device, again and again. On the soft couch, several Ani women fell on it intoxicatedly, while Wen Ruomingna hugged the little sunfish who had just woken up.

The girl was still sleeping innocently, and after the little sunfish opened her eyelashes, he looked at the beautiful girl sleeping in his arms with a smug look on his face.

"Go to the Seleucia naval port immediately. Wen Ruomingna, you have to see the world and see what the war tools that I can easily get 800 gold coins as a reward look like." In front of the wardrobe, the little sunfish stood in front of the standing mirror with long copper legs. Wen Ruomingna and the other three were dressing her up in an orderly manner. This time it was a crimson women's waisted robe and a light and timeless pendant - after all, in the naval port, Agnes didn't want to show her rebellious appearance yesterday to others.

After the second hour in the morning, sailors holding pennants formed a grand procession beside the rocky mountain lookout pavilion of the Seleucia naval port, where Samuelfa and Andreev were already standing in majestic armor, looking down at the naval port.

The Seleucia naval port, not far from the west of the Acropolis, is surrounded by rocks and large reefs on three sides. A wide breakwater was built on the external side, leaving an entrance of about 85 Anna feet in the middle of the dam, which can effectively resist the invasion of wind and waves. Beyond the breakwater, on the left is a long pier with several lifting equipment, and there are high steps connecting to the road leading to the Akum Grand Market; and on the right is a military dock with a dock, which has a medium-sized shipyard, and a passage and an independent fortress connected to the Acropolis.

The group of small sunfish passed through the Acropolis's sea defense battlement road. Wen Ruomingna looked at the towering Acropolis tower next to her with curiosity across the battlement. "I used to live here." Agnes pointed to the top of her head and said to her proudly.

When they walked past the independent sea defense battlement of about 300 feet, they passed the horizontal descending steps and went along the low stone fortress towards the rocky mountain. Wen Ruomingna saw that the stone fortress was made of solid bricks and stones on all sides. The top layer was made of wood and tiles. Several iron and copper pipes stretched out and faced the breakwater over there. What was this? There was no time to think about it.

On the platform in front of the stone fortress, there stood a small Corinthian-style pavilion with a red top, the same color as the umbrella behind Agnes. Surrounding it were sailors holding flags, yellow and black rocks, some evergreen short pines and wild olive trees, and looking at the coast over there, it seemed that the silhouette of the windmill tower could still be seen faintly.

When Agnes's red umbrella came to the pavilion, the bigwigs really came out to greet her cordially, and it seemed that they were really on equal terms. "She is worthy of being the imperial ink official of this kingdom." Wen Ruomingna hid behind Agnes's seat and thought with admiration.

"This is an Adyge woman." Andreev asked the little sunfish with sharp eyes, "Why is she next to you?"

"Hey... it's like this. After I try out this war tool, His Highness the Great Patron asked me to go to the Khitan Snow Workshop in the Mut River Valley to try out another kind of war tool. This girl is a slave of the Ordnance Department, and I was specially assigned to take care of her daily life and diet during this period." The little sunfish said in a panic.

"Is there such a good thing?" Andreev looked at the official director of the Ordnance Department in confusion.

The other party was always looking at the naval port below with great interest, and didn't pay any attention to Andreev's questions.

"It's out, it's out!" Samuelfa shouted excitedly, and everyone's attention was quickly attracted.

Along this rocky cliff, you can clearly see the "semi-circular area" enclosed by the military port breakwater.

On the slide covered by pillars and sheds in the military dock, a ship sailed out directly on the waves without passing through the slide. The ship almost skimmed the shed and looked particularly tall. Wen Ruomingna, who lives in the north of the Euksin Sea, has never seen such a ship. Most of the Viking-style long ships in the north are strong and flexible, suitable for long and short voyages, but they are only single-layered, and the technology is difficult for outsiders to explain (the Vikings' ships have always been simple but not simple, and can only be unique and cannot be passed on to others), or they are simple ships of the Slavs, but today's ships are different from them.

"This is my invention. I tried to make a small wheel boat in the fishing village of the imperial capital before, and now it's a big one!" Agnes was full of confidence under the red umbrella. She said this intentionally to show off to her new love.

The strange ship coming out of the dock below had a bow that was tilted up as traditionally, with two rams, about sixty feet long. A double-layer wooden building was built on the deck, which was integrated with it. This was the most unique feature. There were fir shields on both sides of the wooden building, and shooting holes were drilled in the middle. There were thirty Maldivians on each of the two layers controlling fire arrows, crossbows, and hand cannons and rockets. Various shooting weapons stretched out of the shooting holes, and shouts were endless. What surprised Wen Ruomingna even more was that although the ship had no oars, it was moving fast. The waves and spray behind the ship seemed to be surging. In a blink of an eye, it arrived at the entrance and exit of the breakwater, and then turned flexibly and rushed out.

"There are four sets of wheels and a rotating rudder inside, and they are protected by baffles, so of course you can't see them." Agnes explained complacently, and then she felt that Andreev and Samuelfa were looking at her curiously, so she thought that she should not be too complacent, so she coughed twice and turned to the two of them, as if the words just now were said to them.

Here, Andreev waved his hand, and several sailors held the light iron pipes that Wen Ruomingna was very curious about just now, held them in their arms with wooden handles, and "puffed" a few times in the air, shooting out colorful smoke and sparks with a terrifying loud noise.

Wen Ruomingna was almost scared.

This was the signal for the ship to conduct shooting exercises, so the Maldets in the ship's tower responded in unison, and various sharp rockets were fired from the shooting holes on the floor on one side, with smoke tracks like countless threads, flying far away before falling into the sea, stirring up thick smoke.

Then, a flying fire copper clam at the bow also roared and fired more powerful rockets at the sea area in front, which continued to explode in the air.

Finally, there were two "water artillery vehicles" with pivots on the top floor of the ship. Several Maldaites controlled its rotation angle and threw the iron fire balls to the left and right at the same time. They exploded more than a hundred feet away, and burst into flames on both sides of the ship.

A perfect version in 16-9 Book Bar!

Wen Ruomingna was stunned.

"Very successful." Samuelfa commented with satisfaction that this light vehicle was simple to manufacture and used wheels to drive it. It was not only more efficient and faster than oars, but also had a protective plate outside to prevent the enemy from using hooks and long sickles to destroy it. In addition, there was a wooden building on the deck, and Khitan fire weapons were equipped. The range and power were stronger than traditional Roman fire weapons.

"I have to remind you that this ship can only be built this big, and can only be used for offshore shallow water defense. Otherwise, it is too heavy and tall, and once it encounters big waves and strong winds on the sea, it will capsize very quickly. Also, it cannot be used in mud and mudflats, so it must be used in conjunction with the light Pamphilia long rowing boat to maximize its effectiveness." Agnes then modestly pointed out the shortcomings of the "Sunfish Warship". (To be continued ~^~)