Realm of Power

South China Sea

The sea breeze that blows in your face carries a hint of heat, which is completely different from the vast scene of the frozen land in the north. In Central China, the temperature in the South China Sea is much higher than in the north.

The bright sunshine in winter penetrates the clouds to form beams of light, adding a touch of golden brightness to the ups and downs of the blue waves on the sea. The waves are constantly surging, releasing extraordinary energy to their heart's content. Winter is very important to China and Bia. As far as the South China Sea is concerned, the unique violent weather formed by the intersection of the cold current flowing southward with the warm current on the sea surface,

Maybe at this moment, the blue sky is intoxicating, but at the next moment, the storm is gathering. Every ship sailing on it must be careful about the power of the waves. The waves crashed against the side of the battleship, making a huge sound and splashing violently.

Casti, the commander of the Empire's Central Asian Squadron, stood on the bridge of an Imperial Dragon Tooth battleship and felt waves of thunder coming from under his feet.

Rumble...

The rows of thunderous volleys roared like volcanoes erupting one after another. They soared from the muzzles on both sides of the Dragon Fang battleship, passed through the splashes of the shock wave on the ocean, and landed on the sea in the distance. , there was a splash of water droplets as high as the sea, and the seawater at the point of impact of the explosion seemed to be pulled by the spread of the explosion, becoming more agitated and arrogant,

The winter waves in the South China Sea are very unstable, and they constantly hit the sides of the warship with force, causing the entire Longya warship to constantly rise and fall with the surge of the waves, which brings considerable difficulties to the Thor shooting on the side of the ship. Obviously Aiming at a steady target often suffers huge deviations due to waves.

Casti is now the commander of the Empire's Central Asian Squadron personally appointed by the emperor. The number of Dragon Tooth warships under his command has also increased from the original seven or eight to twenty. The naval fleet in the Southern Sea and the Imperial Central Asian Squadron began to quickly expand their control area to the large and small islands in the south. The most affected ones were naturally the Aden people who wanted to fully control the Central Asian Sea. The small fleets that spread out are the Aden pirates.

Anyone who is near the Sea of ​​Central Asia knows the relationship between the Aden pirates and the Aden Navy. In fact, the two are basically the same group. The Aden pirates are the means used by the Aden Navy to monopolize maritime trade and attack competitors. Those commanders The leaders of the Aden pirates were either nobles of the Kingdom of Aden or real Aden naval officers. During the period when the Aden navy controlled the Central Asian Sea, These Aden pirates are naturally like a fish in water and live a very comfortable life. The regular Aden Navy needs an excuse to plunder, but these Aden pirates do not need it. They only need to hand over half of the looted property to the Aden Navy. The Aden Navy They will not care about them. Even if a victim files a complaint to the Aden Navy, the Aden Navy will do its best to cover up the matter.

But now it is the Imperial Central Asian Navy Squadron that controls the Central Asian Sea. The Aden Navy suffered heavy losses in Qinglong Bay. Not to mention the loss of warships, the loss of 80% of the transport ships was the most fatal. The navy has no transport ships. It is simply impossible to travel long distances to sea , even if the main force of the Aden Navy dispatched two more squadrons to join the Central Asian Sea Squadron, which could barely make up for the losses of the squadron, but due to the extreme shortage of transport ships, the Aden Navy was already on Kuloya Island. I stayed at the naval base for more than a month.

At this time, the Imperial Navy began to raid the Aden pirates entrenched in the waters of Central Asia.

"Order each unit to move closer and fire again within three hundred meters!" Katis said calmly, raised the lookout in his hand, and said to the adjutant behind him. Through the round mirror of the lookout, he could see the dark sky in front of him. The sea is full of small warships of Aden pirates. They were like densely packed flies, swooping crazily towards the twenty Dragon Tooth battleships of the Empire's Central Asian Squadron. Even Cartis had seen such a large number of Aden pirates for the first time. To say this, There was no arrangement from Aden inside, so it was impossible to kill him.

Many of these Aden pirates are sailors of the Aden Navy. When the main force of the navy is unable to fight, it is entirely possible to send these pirates to harass the imperial navy fleet. Originally, the imperial fleet was just to sweep away pirates on a nearby island. stronghold Unexpectedly, a burst of thunder roared out, and it was like poking a hornet's nest. So many came out. Because there were too many, it was impossible to estimate the number. Casti visually estimated that the number was at least two hundred, but it can be called a displacement in terms of displacement. Not a single large battleship was seen.

Rumble... The Imperial Navy warships have begun to fire their cannons intensively. It is like a sweeping strong wind rolling up countless waves on the sea. The falling shells hit the spinnaker-shaped clippers of these Aden pirates and exploded immediately. out violently The flames on the sea seemed to be due to this burst of light, like a flash of red light in an instant. The powerful penetrating power of the God of Thunder penetrated the decks of these Aden-style sailing ships quite sharply. In the dazzling firelight, sawdust exploded and flew. . There were also the screaming pirates of Aden who were pushed into the air by the air waves.

The rolling heat wave that hit their faces made the Aden pirates on the other sail warships all change their expressions. The power of the Imperial Navy's Thor salvo was like playing whack-a-mole with a huge hammer, and they were the poor ones. The gopher, obviously knocked dizzy, still had to bite the bullet and move forward.

The fierce artillery fire of the Dragon Tooth warship did not give them a chance to fight hand-to-hand. The cannons on the side were like spitting out melon seeds. One ship had just finished firing, and the other one was firing again. Although it was three hundred meters away, The hit was not high, but after entering three hundred meters, the chance of hitting was very high. One by one, the swaying sail warships were exploded. Even those explosions that did not hit were huge for the pirates' small sail warships. threaten,

In this sea with violent waves, any huge explosion will cause violent changes in the nearby waves, and even cause huge waves of more than three meters. The spinnaker type clipper owned by the Aden pirates is itself a type of clipper with a reduced deck height in pursuit of speed. In clear weather, the high maneuverability of this type of clipper is a nightmare for any merchant fleet. But now in front of the huge artillery waves artificially created by the Imperial Navy, the low sailing speedboat is like a toy, being beaten and rolled by the raging waves.

The people on top screamed and fell into the sea. Sometimes the entire ship capsized and everyone on board fell into the water. The water in the Caribbean Sea is extremely cold. Although the Central Caribbean Sea is not frozen in winter, the temperature is definitely not related to warmth. Even people with the best physique cannot last for an hour, but in In the chaos, who will have the time? Jianhe took the risk of being penetrated by the Imperial Dragon Fang battleship and stopped to save these poor pirates who had fallen into the water. Soon, countless wooden planks and frozen corpses of pirates were floating on the sea. These corpses were killed by other Aden pirates. The sail warships squeezed apart

"They only have twenty ships, and our number is ten times theirs! If everyone rushes up, we can definitely kill them!"

The pirate leaders of Aden jumped angrily on the deck. Most of them were tough and brave, wearing half-mail robes, and the buns on their heads were inlaid with red or blue rubies. When they saw the pirate ship in the front, they were directly hit by the fierce thunder cannon fire. Being submerged, they suddenly became a little angry. This was not the first time they had experienced the strength of the Imperial Navy.

But this time, they gathered together all the Aden pirates in the entire Central Asian Sea. They had more than 240 small and medium-sized sail warships, and even two regular battleships that originally belonged to the Aden Navy. , this is a special early reward from the Aden Navy. As long as they can severely damage the Imperial Navy in the Central Asian Sea, the Aden Navy promised not only to give them ten main battleships, but also to cancel the original supply to the Aden Navy. half of the benefits,

With such conditions, even if they know that the Imperial Navy is a tough nut, the Aden pirates still have to take a bite before saying anything.

I originally thought that the absolute advantage in numbers, coupled with the influence of wind and waves in specially selected sea areas, could at least suppress the Imperial Navy. I didn't expect that it would be such a shocking situation as soon as the war started.

The firelight spurting from the side of the Imperial Navy's Dragon Fang battleship was like a whizzing sword, piercing the self-righteous fleet array of the Aden pirates, with black smoke like a meteor-like thunder god bomb from the front. The bow of the ship was shot in, and then there was a shock in the belly of the ship. There was a heaven-shaking explosion, and the entire spinnaker-shaped clipper was ablaze with dazzling fire. Countless broken wood chips and mutilated pirate limbs scattered in the air, like a rain of blood hitting the deck of the battleship. Such a tragic scene is beyond the reach of any normal person.

The two fast Dragon Tooth battleships were like two razors pressing down from both sides of the battlefield.

Dong Dong Dong... The Thor from the side of the ship began to fire, aiming directly at the messy flanks of the Aden pirate fleet. The spinnaker-shaped clipper that was directly hit disappeared, and there was only a piece of choking smoke on the sea. There is also a small one formed on the sea In the whirlpool, one of the Dragon Teeth battleships was even shaken violently by the volley of cannons fired by it, and the mast also made a creaking sound. The two Imperial Dragon Teeth battleships that were too close were immediately attracted attracted the attention of most of the Aden pirate sailing warships.

"Come closer!"

"Throw stones at their sails!"

The Aden pirates were waving their swords and shouting in confusion on the deck. The slingshots from the Aden pirate sailboats also started to fire. The Adenese slingshots hit the two dragon teeth that were harassing them at an angle of 60 degrees. Battleships, some fierce pirates are even ready to throw them away. As long as the Dragon Tooth Battleship has made enough progress, they are ready to hook the opponent's side.

"Sir, the pirates took the bait!" the adjutant said excitedly next to Casti. "The pirates would not have thought that the two Dragon Tooth warships themselves were thrown out as bait. Otherwise, once these Aden pirates collapsed, like this With a large number of warships running around, it would be great to be able to leave only a small part behind, but now we can’t At the same time, the people of Aden bit hard at the bait thrown out, completely unaware that the formation of the Imperial Navy warships was slowly changing. Previously there were two parallel lines of figures, but now they have turned into two razor-like lines. Diagonally, rows of Thor Cannons were lifted up by mistake and turned neatly in the direction of the two Dragon Teeth battleships.

"Kill"

"Kill all the Imperials!"

The pirates of Aden looked at the imperial dragon tooth battleship being approached and shouted happily. On the sides of the two dragon tooth battleships used as bait, densely packed sailboats approached, and the hooks from the sailboats were like The sound of rain hit the hard side of the ship.

"Shoot!" In the gun compartment of the Dragon Tooth Battleship, the shirtless gunners, who were already hot, loaded a number of hinged bullets into the gun chamber and aimed it at the belly deck of the nearest sailing battleship. They were fierce - one by one. The cannon penetrates the soul, boom! There was a thunderous roar, and the hinge bullet with steel balls tied to both ends was like a rotating windmill, smashing into the belly of the sailing battleship with a harsh roar.

Bang bang, there was a blood-curdling explosion, and a huge hole was opened directly on the side deck of the hull. The gunner on the Dragon Tooth battleship could even see the stunned faces of the Aden pirates in the hole opposite. Made of steel The hammer hit the crowd of these Aden pirates hard, like an egg beater, blasting the fragile human body and the supporting wooden poles of the hull directly.

Many Aden pirates fell into the cold sea water with blood splattering before they understood what was going on.

The Aden pirates who climbed from the hook onto the Longya battleship were in an even worse situation. When they crossed the side of the Longya battleship with great joy, before their feet could even land on the deck, their bodies were hit by a powerful impact. Flying out, countless crescent moons burst out like starlight, like a sickle, cutting off the bodies of several pirates. The lower bodies of these Aden pirates were still on the deck, but their upper bodies had already flown out of the side of the ship. The look in their eyes It's shock and despair,

The other pirates who were still climbing stared blankly at half of their warrior's body, which was nailed to the side deck of a sailing warship with a long metal rod-like object. The body was not completely dead. , horribly and hideously twisted,

Attention, Imperial Ballista, someone shouted, and the pirates of Aden discovered that the long metal arrows that could penetrate even the deck of a ship were completely enlarged versions of the arrow clusters, and their eyes suddenly bulged.

Then they saw a large number of pirates who had just stepped onto the deck, and were once again pushed directly over the side of the ship by a huge force.

"What are you doing? Are the people above crazy?" The people below were yelling, while the pirate above jumped back with a look of extreme fear. He ran slowly and was directly hit by a cold light. He was miserable. Falling down with a cry, at this moment the pirates Only then did they see what the cold light was. It was a short-handled tomahawk. Almost the entire ax surface had penetrated into the body. Only a bloody ax handle was exposed. The pirates all shuddered. What was on it? Is there something that can actually throw this thing?

"Asshole, it's heavy infantry. The Imperial Navy uses heavy infantry on battleships!" The leaders of the Aden pirates are going crazy. They are just pirates. Not to mention heavy weapons, they don't even have armor. They drift on the sea all year round. Who can With that thing, being able to put on a piece of leather armor is considered to have excellent protection, but now, from their The position can be seen. I don’t know when, on the two imperial warships, a group of heavy armored infantry wearing heavy armor appeared densely. They even put down their helmets and face coverings. The weapon in their hands was a huge and attractive long sword. With one sweep of the axe, the pirates were in a state of panic, and half of their bodies were split open when they touched it.

(To be continued.) 8