One night three days later. The naval fleet of the Seven Hills Empire quietly approached the island where the Pirate Republic stored supplies.
"One night a few days ago, I was about to go to the beach to relieve myself, and suddenly I saw a mysterious girl standing on the rocks!"
The naval vice-admiral said to Berengar with great joy on the warship.
"She has silver-white hair, like a fairy; she wears a set of armor, which shines golden even though it is at night, just like the legendary Apollo's Armor; she holds a suit of armor in her hand A white war bow must be the bow of Apollo, the sun god!"
"She looked at me, pulled out a ray of sunlight from the dark night, and put the invisible light on the bow, shooting straight to the southwest! I wanted to get closer to see what was going on, but when I came to the reef By the time I got off the bus, the girl had disappeared."
"I realized at that time that this was another revelation from God, and immediately sent people to explore the southwest. Sure enough, I found the precise location where the enemy stacked supplies! Although there was the naval protection of the island republic, since If the sun god Apollo is on our side, then we will definitely win!"
Normally, Berengar might have had doubts. But the navy's attack to help him seize the island was in line with his previous strategic plan, so he said nothing.
There is a strong fortress on the island, with an unknown number of defenders. But since it is an important place for storing supplies, it is expected that the number of defenders will not be too small. And the recently defeated Alemanni coalition forces are likely to rest on that island. To ensure the capture of the fortress, Berengar dispatched an entire Praetorian Guard. They sit on the navy's warship. If the navy's attack goes well, they can start landing operations on the island; and if the navy's attack fails, they can also use gang-hopping operations to provide some assistance.
As long as this fortress on the island is removed, victory in this war will belong to the Seven Hills Empire.
However, some shadows now appeared in Berengar's heart. He looked at the Spear of Longinus in his hand - three days ago, this spear suddenly fell into the sea for some unknown reason when it was halfway in flight.
The Spear of Longinus cannot be used against the royal family of the Seven Hills Empire whose user has sworn allegiance and made a contract with blood - and for such people, except for the former king and the current Basileus, Berengar , it seems that the only one who is currently Basileus’ niece is Ella.
No - if the scope of this "royal family" is expanded beyond Scipio, then there is another person.
"Berengar..."
"Berengar?"
"Berengar!"
In his memory, a voice hoarsely called his name from behind.
"Berengar...are you going to betray me too?"
Berengar turned around blankly in his memory, and saw a girl covered in blood, holding her dead parents in her arms and crying bitterly.
The girl's face was unusually moldy, and only her blond hair like the sun could be vaguely seen.
No...she shouldn't be holding her parents who died in the battle at that time. That was on the border of the Qiqiu Empire, and her parents had been executed when the last city fell because of rebellion.
My head started to hurt, and my memory was blurry. Berengar couldn't figure out what the situation was at that time.
——Perhaps, he didn't look back at all at that time.
"Berengar..."
"Berengar?"
"General Berengar?"
The Admiral's voice awakened Berengar from his memories. What followed was the sound of crossbows piercing the air and the soldiers' shouts of killing.
"General Berengar, our vanguard has engaged the enemy's navy, and we have the advantage! The enemy does not seem to be equipped with ocean fire!"
Before the war between the Seven Hills Empire and the Island Republic began, the naval strength of the Seven Hills Empire was weaker than that of the Island Republic. The naval battle in the Adriatic Sea reduced the naval strength of the Seven Hills Empire by half. But the island republic then attacked everywhere, dividing its huge fleet into three, one to block the Black Sea Strait, and one to transport supplies to protect Thrace. Now only the last one appears in front of the Seven Hills Imperial Navy. The strength of the two parties In fact, they are comparable.
However, the soldiers on the Seven Hills Empire side have received guidance from God and their morale is high. The Island Republic did not expect that the enemy's remnant army would attack here at this time, and its morale was obviously low. Therefore, the Seven Hills Empire had the advantage.
However, this advantage alone is not enough to secure victory.
"What should I do?" Berengar asked after coming back to his senses. "Should my guards jump to the enemy's deck?"
"It's very difficult to jump into a gang. The Imperial Guards are not good at water fighting, and they might fall into the water. General, just let the Imperial Guards support us on the ship."
Berengar nodded. He saw an enemy warship firing arrows towards this side and shouted: "Form a shield wall!"
The guardsmen raised their large square shields side by side, as if they had set up a row of low walls along the ship's edge.
"Spear-throw-ready-shoot!"
In an instant, the spears fell towards the enemy ship like raindrops. This is a sharp weapon for the infantry of the Guards. The heavy spear can penetrate the thickest armor and kill the enemy. This can frustrate the navy of the island republic. For the convenience of sea combat, most of them wear light armor. How can they withstand this round of spear attacks?
Another enemy ship attacked from the side, intending to use the angle to sink the warship Berengar was sitting on.
"Spear-throw-ready-shoot!"
Another round of throwing spears flew over, and Berengar's Spear of Longinus flew out with it. The huge impact broke the large warship into two pieces!
Each Praetorian Guard was only equipped with two throwing spears. After two rounds of volleys, they were left with only swords and shields for close combat.
"What about your ocean fire? Why not use ocean fire?" Berengar asked the vice-admiral of the navy.
"That kind of weapon is mounted on the bow of the ship and cannot be moved. It's not because the terrain is so narrow that it's difficult to aim!"
Berengar nodded thoughtfully.
"Prætorian Guards! Open the box containing the Ocean Fire!"
The vice-admiral of the navy was startled: "General Berengar, what do you want to do?"
"Dump the water out of the kettle and fill it with ocean fire!"
The Praetorian Guards filled the kettles on their waists with ocean fire according to Berengar's order.
"Ready to--shoot!"
The Praetorian Guards hurled kettles filled with sea fire like spears onto one of the enemy's ships. The kettles could not withstand the collision and shattered on the enemy's deck, and the fire of the ocean spread all over the ground.
"General, our ocean fire is different from that of the island republic. It cannot burn without igniting it!"
"Got it, archer - light the fire - shoot the rockets!"
Several rockets were fired, and the ship burst into flames. The vice-admiral of the navy had never thought that ocean fire could be used in this way, and he stuck out his tongue in shock.
"Just like this! Send an order to all the Imperial Guards to throw all the kettles onto the enemy ships!"
"No need to throw it away!" the vice-admiral once stopped Berengar, "Look, the enemy fleet has begun to retreat! If the ocean fire burns, it will block our own road!"
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"Did it succeed?" Berengar breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned his attention to the island that was no longer guarded by the navy.
"The Imperial Guards, land on the island and attack the city!"
