"Lord Aulus, it's dawn."
The man called Aulus nodded and turned his gaze to the small island that gradually became clearer under the sun.
He is the naval admiral of the Seven Hills Empire - Admiral Aulus Junius Brutus. At this moment, he was standing on a flagship. On both sides, rear, and front of the flagship, there were a hundred double-decker paddle-sail warships neatly arranged. Each battleship has 120 oarsmen and 60 sailors, and the entire fleet is nearly 20,000 people.
But even though he was the commander of this fleet, he was a little confused about the situation.
A few days ago, he received a summons purportedly from Baselisa, asking him to bring all his fleet to the Golden Horn. He originally thought that Baselisa was planning an important battle, but when he arrived at the Golden Horn, he didn't even see the hem of Ella Cornelius Scipio's clothes.
Then, a second strange order came, asking all his men to take a dip in the water of the Golden Horn. After everyone returned to the ship after soaking in the water, a third strange order came over, saying that the hiding place of the pirates who had recently plundered the Qiqiu Empire had been found, and he was asked to lead the fleet to attack a country whose name he did not even hear. The island I mentioned.
As soon as the messenger who brought the third order left, a magic circle that had never been seen before appeared in the entire Golden Horn. The next second, the fleet of 20,000 people was thrown into this unfamiliar sea.
His adjutant came to him and whispered in his ear: "Lord Brutus, the island in front should be the hideout of the pirate kingdom in the order. But I think this matter is very strange. If nothing else, the pirate kingdom The stronghold is near Gotland, when did it become this inexplicable Antilia?"
"About this, there is no need to worry. This is an order given by the Scipio family. Even if we make a mistake in the end, our Brutus family will not be blamed. I only care about the strength of our opponent."
Aulus calmed himself down and carefully gave the "forward" order to the fleet. After a brief adjustment, the huge fleet began to slowly press towards Antilia.
As soon as the fleet moved forward, not long after, about fifty ships appeared one after another in the direction of Antilia Island. They were all small boats, drifting sporadically towards Aulus' fleet.
Upon seeing this, the adjutant shouted: "Lord Brutus, this is not the longship of the Pirate Kingdom! It is an ordinary fishing boat! The Scipio family must have made a mistake, these are just some ordinary fishermen! Stop the attack!"
"Stop the attack? Why?" Aulus laughed, "They are all ordinary fishermen - isn't this the best situation? Look at the houses and fertile fields on the island, think about how much is hidden on them Gold, cattle, sheep, women, and men's heads - the soldiers can't wait to turn them into military glory. Not to mention that all the blame will be borne by the Scipio family. What could be more joyful than this Something about it?"
The meaning of Aulus' words made the adjutant suddenly excited: "So, what does Lord Brutus mean?"
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. I just faithfully carried out Baselisa's instructions to 'clean up' Antilia."
Aulus smiled and made a "cleaning" gesture.
The adjutant was so excited that his blood was racing, and he hurriedly received the order to the fleet: "Let the oarsmen row harder, haven't eaten? Then row faster for me, and go to the island to eat well! There are also bows and arrows." Hands, let the archers shoot for me!"
Following the adjutant's order, arrows rained down from above the fishing boats on Antilia Island. The islanders hid their bodies under small leather shields and struggled to maneuver their fishing boats close to the Seven Hills Empire's fleet. Upon seeing this, the adjutant commanded again: "Get ready for the ballista!"
The two soldiers carried the huge stone projectile over and worked together to place it on the ballista located at the bow of the ship. Accompanied by a thrilling sound of bowstrings, a small boat was unfortunately hit by a stone bullet, and the hull was suddenly broken into two sections. The islanders on the boat had to abandon the boat and jump into the water. The adjutant refused to give up and asked the captain of the flagship to target the islanders who fell into the water with bows and arrows. The islanders swimming in the water were unable to protect themselves with shields and were shot to death one after another. In the end, only one person climbed onto another fishing boat alive. The fishing boat was soon hit by another stone bullet, and all the islanders on board died under the ensuing rain of arrows.
Lily Mistertin was on the shore listening to the battle reports that kept coming, and she was so anxious that she kept spinning in place. She couldn't figure out where the huge fleet in front of her came from. It was neither a pirate fleet nor a fleet of any prince in the Alemannic Federation. The flags hung on the fleet have never been seen by the islanders, and the number of the fleet is enough to destroy a small kingdom! Why would such a fleet target Antilia? What is there on the island of Antilia that is worthy of causing an empire with such a fleet to go to war?
"Miss, ten ships have sunk! What should we do?"
Lily Mistertin's eyes could not see the situation on the battlefield, but when Hunter Mistertin was poisoned, she was the only one who could come out to command the islanders.
"We can only continue to charge forward! Our only chance of winning is to board their flagship and kill their generals! Keep approaching them. As long as we believe in the swordsmanship of the Mistertin clan, we can win!"
However, seeing the fishing boats approaching the fleet, the smile on Aulus's face became more and more intense. Not long after, the adjutant came to Aulus's ear and said: "Lord Brutus, they have entered the shooting range."
Aulus suppressed his smile, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes: "Then, use 'Ocean Fire'."
Under a series of successive instructions, the warships equipped with ballistas dispersed, and a new row of warships accelerated through the exposed gaps and sailed to the front of the fleet. There is no ballista on their bows, instead there is a strange small box with several hollow tubes protruding from the front.
Looking at the approaching fishing boats, the adjutant waved his hand casually: "Ocean Fire, launch!"
The islanders on the fishing boat were preparing to board the Qiqiu Empire warship. Unexpectedly, suddenly, those warships spurted fierce flames forward. The leading ships were instantly ignited by flames. Wooden ships are completely unable to withstand the flames. Once ignited, the flames can spread to the entire ship at once. The fishing boats behind saw this and wanted to turn, but they had also entered the range of the Ocean Fire. Although the range of the mysterious weapon is not far, it seems to be able to spray endlessly and never-endingly. In the blink of an eye, all the fishing boats burst into flames, and the islanders had to jump into the sea. If anyone jumps a step too late, his body will immediately burst into flames.
And the nightmare has just begun. After setting fire to all the ships, the soldiers of the Seven Hills Empire actually turned the jet pipes to the sea!
When the flame came into contact with the sea water, not only did it not go out, but it continued to burn on the sea surface! For a time, fires were burning on every surface of the sea. The islanders who jumped into the sea were either burned to death by the fire, or they sank to the bottom of the sea forever and slept in the sea forever.
