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Chapter 62 The Sea Wolf is destroyed!

"Crossbow upgrade!"

"Acquire Specialty - Puncture Damage (Your attacks with crossbows ignore 10% of enemy armor)"

"Trigger Specialty - Marksman, your aiming speed with crossbow +25%, ranged soldiers' morale +10% at the start of battle"

"Trigger expertise - Control the string like the wind, the reloading time of your crossbow is -25%, and the reloading time of the long-range soldier's crossbow is -5%."

All eight ballistas fired the ballista with a buzzing sound at a great elevation angle.

Feng Daofu could hear the crossbow piercing the air current, and could see the crossbow falling from the sky, directly piercing the head of a Viking pirate.

Enhanced vision magnifies everything clearly.

The skull was blown away, large pieces of tissue and mucus were splashed, and eyeballs with dark red stalks could still be seen vaguely.

Only the chin and lower half of the gums were left of the Viking warrior's body, and he staggered and fell into the sea.

The crossbow pierced deeply into the oak hull with unabated momentum, and the arrow feathers were still trembling!

In an instant, blood stained the Viking warship!
The Valkyrie's first salvo gave these sea wolves a head-on blow!
The panel also gave timely feedback.

Ignoring 10% of armor, is it possible to shoot through battleships now, or is it possible to shoot through more than one?

Feng Daofu did not know.

But it doesn't matter, this naval battle can be a good test of the enhanced performance of the Little Boy Ballista.

Feng Daofu raised his hand and shouted loudly: "Ready for the second round of shooting!"

"1, 2!"

"drink!"

The sailors chanted the chant in unison, and turned the winders in groups.

The torsion spring group connected to the main beam made a creaking sound. They fed the ballista with all their strength, and the movement of their strong muscles, which were made of steel, shook out beads of sweat.

Douglas was also commanding: "Wind on starboard side!"

"Lower two sails!"

The Valkyrie operates in an orderly manner like a machine.

At the same time, a few hundred meters away, a wet Aitelias climbed onto the boat from the sea.

The younger brother shouted in a panic: "Boss, it's a Roman ballista! Roman ballista!"

"I can really see it!"

Atelias slapped the younger brother away, and when he looked up, the faces of the brothers were all terrified.

The corpses killed by the Ballista were too miserable, and they were terrified by it even though they were so courageous.

Atrias felt keenly the decline in morale.

He was also shocked by the ballistae attack from the sailing ship ahead, but he was well-informed and knew better the advantages and disadvantages of ballistae.

Even the Roman navy couldn't defeat the fleet with ballistas!
Can fight!

After being shocked, Atrias became even more greedy!
He must have this ship!
"Bros!"

Atrias raised his hand: "The Eastern Empire in the Mediterranean also liked to use ballistas in naval battles, but they were also defeated!"

"The Battle of Phoenix Port, the Crescent Empire's fleet of 200 large and small warships encountered 500 warships led by Byzantine Emperor Constans II at the Phoenix Port in Lycia."

"The final result was the defeat of the Eastern Empire's 500 warships!"

This is of course because the real advantage of the Eastern Roman navy was far less than they thought.

Because there were few forces in the Mediterranean that could compete with them in the past, the Romans continued to make their warships lighter to save costs.

Except for retaining the symbolic ram angles and light guards, almost all devices that can increase the combat advantage have been removed.

The ballista that used to be deployed at the bow of the ship was also eliminated along with the larger platform, leaving only the last bit of space as a springboard for the sailors to launch an attack.

In other words, the ballista is not blamed.

Atelias, who has wandered in the Mediterranean Sea, knows this, but the younger brothers don't!

that's enough!
"In the Battle of Phoenix Port, tens of thousands of elite sailors from the Eastern Empire lost their lives in the Mediterranean Sea. Their emperor could only flee in panic in a small boat!"

Atelias shouted: "The Eastern Roman Empire has lost all face, and the Mediterranean Sea has become the world of the Crescent Man!"

"Ballistas aren't that powerful!"

"Look, they haven't launched yet!"

"They only have eight ballistae!"

"At this distance, at most two rounds of shooting will only take away a dozen lives!"

"You can get huge trophies for this small price, it's so worth it!"

"The Crescent Man can fight 200 out of 500 ships, and we can fight 10 out of 1 ships. It's not a problem at all!"

"The advantage is with us!"

"The great ship and ballista of the Lord of Finland will be our best weapons! We can use them to rob more ships and loot more riches!"

Atrias continued to make powerful body movements, and the wet clothes on his body shook countless water droplets, which seemed to be shining in the sun.

This scene finally made the Vikings no longer fearful.

"Boss is right!"

"Seize the big ship! Seize the ballista!"

The morale of the Viking pirates was re-energized, their eyes shining with wolf-like greed!

"Listen to my orders!"

Atrias raised the Viking sword again.

Pause for half a second, then wave hard: "Go forward at full speed!"

"Roar!"

"Do all the killing and torture, and dominate the cowards and weaklings!"

In the sound of Atelias' trumpet, the Vikings began to row their oars vigorously.

With each stroke, your body moves forward so that your nose can almost squeeze into the butt of the paddler in front!

Under full paddling, the high curved dragon bow pierced the blue waves, separated waterways and bravely advanced, and the speed of the seven warships continued to increase!

700 meter.
600 meter.
Whoosh!
The scream of the hell horse came again!

This time the distance was even closer, and the sea wolves could hear the hum of bowstrings cutting the air!

Like a hummingbird drowning out the sound of the wind.

In the blue sky, eight small black dots zoom in quickly!
"Ballista!"

A shrill cry sounded.

Even though he knew there were only eight ballistas, the chances of being picked were not high.

But there were still many Vikings who subconsciously stopped rowing and raised their bucklers.

The Viking warship stopped speeding up, and before Atrias could scold him, the crossbow attacked!

boom!
boom!
With a loud bang, several crossbow spears directly penetrated the round shield, and even the Vikings behind were shot through!

A shot of a crossbow grazed the strong bowed bow, and the blasted sawdust flew across, just tore off the right cheek of the Viking pirate in front.

Because the oars were too close, when the face of one person was torn off, the crossbow gun actually pierced through two human bodies!
There was also a crossbow spear that was deflected to the side, and even pierced through the weak hull of the side!
Even if the hull is made of oak, the weak point is always the side!

"My face! My face!"

"what!"

Amidst the heart-piercing screams, the wood fragments splashed, blasting out clusters of blooming oak flowers!
This power, this radio frequency.
Looking at the pirate corpse in front of him, and the dark crossbow tip protruding from the back of the corpse, even Aitelias's heart trembled!
This is definitely not the Roman crossbow he encountered in the Mediterranean!

Not only is it more powerful than the Roman crossbow, its rate of fire and accuracy are much better!

Fortunately, the damage to the side did not affect the hull frame, and the sails were not damaged.

Atrias yelled: "Keep accelerating!"

"If you hold on a little longer, these ballistae will all be ours!"

"Forward! Forward! Forward!"

Fear turns into adrenaline.

The corpse was grabbed aside to make way for the oars, and the prepared Vikings filled the gap, and rowed the oars with blushing and blue veins!
500 meter.
400 meter.
Whoosh!
The third round of strikes is coming!
The Viking pirates looked at the approaching ship with red eyes, rowing with all their strength regardless of the loss.

The aroused layers of sea waves swept across the ship's side with silvery white spray, and then merged with the raging waves at the stern of the boat, forming a sea of ​​light trails.

300 meter.
200 meter.
Whoosh!
The fourth round of blows!
The Sea Wolves have forgotten death, draining all potential of progress.

Just like what Atelias said, with hundreds of people, the target is only eight ballistas, even if you stand still and let the ballistas shoot, it will take a long time to shoot!
Die heroically to Valhalla, survive and earn a fortune!
The sale is worth. what? !

In the eyes of the Viking pirates, more than 100 sailors standing on the deck of the ship took out their steel crossbows!

Douglas roared: "First row, shoot!"

The crossbow is pulled by the rear crossbow.

Whoosh whoosh!
The dense sound of bowstrings like a wasp!
Along with the sound of breaking through the air, dozens of crossbow arrows came covering the sea breeze!

Most of the Vikings only knew how to paddle, and their reactions were a bit slow.

By the time they realized the danger was coming, it was already too late.

puff!
puff!
puff!
Crossbow arrows came like raindrops, and in an instant a sea of ​​Viking pirates turned into corpses.

The few pirates who reacted in time raised their bucklers, and their arms were sore from the shock!
At the same time, the big ship issued an order: "Change the crossbow!"

After firing the first round, the crossbow-wielding sailor kneeling on the big ship handed the empty steel crossbow to the second column.

The second column then passes it to the third column, and the third column passes the good crossbow to the second column at the same time. Then he sits on the ground and stretches the bow. He uses the waist hook on his waist to pull the string. At the same time, he pushes the bow with both feet to exert force without opening the bow. The string mechanism can draw the trans-type heavy crossbow.

Although this tactic of moving crossbows without moving people is more complicated, more likely to cause confusion, and will increase the physical exertion of the third row of sailors and reduce the rate of fire, on ships with limited space, a more compact array can be arranged.

On the contrary, the movement of human crossbows will make the formation very loose and unable to concentrate firepower, which is not suitable for naval battles.

After rigorous training, the crossbow-bearing sailors of the Valkyrie cooperated tacitly, just like an assembly line operation.

"Such a crossbow, such a sailor."

Atelias opened his eyes wide, and his voice roared: "Spread! Scatter all!"

"Only the last bit of distance left! Again."

The words of the sea wolf leader were suddenly choked.

The Viking pirates also stared with wide eyes, looking at the Valkyrie in disbelief as they gradually pulled away!
"Forward four! Full left rudder!"

Douglas's voice floated faintly in the wind: "These seals only deserve to eat shit from behind our butts!"

They subconsciously clenched their teeth and accelerated.

But no matter how fast he was, the distance was always slowly and steadily increasing!

Can't catch up!
Just realizing this, the fifth ballista strike also came.

Accompanied by the rain of arrows thrown!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
"what!"

This time more people reacted and raised their shields, but many of them were still shot by crossbow arrows, let alone crossbow spears that could directly penetrate the round shield.

On the line between the sea and the sky, the corpses of the shot through Vikings rolled into the sea!

Blood dyed the water in the cabin red, and the limbs torn by crossbows rolled around!
He was beaten with his head covered, but he couldn't fight back. Dozens of brothers died before touching the hull.

Even the Vikings with a strong will to fight couldn't take it anymore, and the original looting frenzy dropped sharply as if frozen!

"No! We can't catch up!"

"The Lord of Finland is not a fat sheep! He is a magic wolf!"

"It's the North Sea Demonic Wolf! It's the Nordic Demonic Wolf!"

Some people were talking nonsense in fear, and the seven Viking warships began to riot!
puff!

Atrias suddenly swung his sword and beheaded a frightened Viking.

The head flew into the sea, and the blood gushing from his neck stained Atelias' face red.

Blood dripped down the beard, and after Atelias calmed down the field, he gritted his teeth and gave an order: "Scatter and flee."

"Boss!"

The lookout was so excited that he interrupted him with a crying voice: "Boss! I saw the ballista was covered with linen! They have no arrows!"

"They have also slowed down! We hope to catch up!"

No arrows?
But there are no arrows at this time? !
Why did the speed slow down at this time? !
trap?bait?
Etelias, who loves to use tricks, thinks a lot.

But looking at the pirates around them with lively expressions
He was still stunned just now, but now he is active again when he hears the news.

If forced down, the consequences.
At worst, they will all break up and run away. Atrias made up his mind and roared: "Chase!"

"Spread out, copy from both sides!"

The renewed hopes of the Vikings mustered their morale.

Some who had just rushed too hard and exhausted themselves were rotated with the reserve team.

The seven Viking warships spread out, and the distance slowly narrowed again, like a pack of hunting wolves!
"Why did it slow down?!"

The navy leader had a look of surprise on his face.

Swedish and Danish businessmen are also puzzled.

They saw everything that had just happened.

Because of the long distance, they couldn't see very clearly without binoculars. They could only vaguely see the sea wolf battleship eating and eating, and it seemed that many corpses had fallen, obviously suffered a lot of blows.

Only then did they realize that the lord of Finland dared to take the lead and take the initiative to face Atrias because he believed in his own strength!

I originally thought that the most I could do was deal with the Viking pirates, but I might not be able to hold on for long before being eaten by hundreds of sea wolves. Unexpectedly, I even had the hope of taking down ten ships with one ship!
A new North Sea powerhouse rises!
There are many businessmen who just regret not seizing the opportunity to sell well.

Unexpectedly, just how long has passed, and the situation seems to have changed again!
"Is it because the sailors are immature and there is something wrong with the sails?"

"Probably!"

"There are similar sailing ships in the Mediterranean Sea, which are much smaller than this one. I once sat on them and saw that their sailors operate very complicated rigging. It has only been half a year since the rise of the Lord of Finland, and the possibility of unqualified sailors is very high! "

Hearing a businessman say this, the navy leader's heart sank.

He wanted to go to support, but the three Viking warships that Eteleas had separated before had come to harass them, so he could only press his worries and start to deal with it.

The Swedish and Danish businessmen looked at each other, but they had other thoughts in their hearts.

"The performance of this sailing ship is better than expected. If we can capture it and develop the technology..."

"The sea wolves don't know how to operate. If they win, we can take it back together. The technology of big ships can be shared."

"What if the Lord of Finland wins?"

"If you can capture hundreds of pirates in a boarding battle, you will definitely suffer heavy losses!"

"Cooperation?"

"Cooperation!"

The Swedes and Danes have their own agendas.

The three Viking warships, which have not experienced the double blow of crossbow guns and crossbow arrows, are full of confidence in Atelias.

Looking at the two sides getting closer and closer, they showed a hint of joy.

This time I can earn a big ticket!

Seeing that the siege net on the sea was gradually closing and no more crossbows were fired, Aitelias thought the same.

Until the first Viking warship slammed into it, he climbed onto the ship with a grappling hook, and ran into Feng Daofu in full-body armor head-on.

clang!
Looking at the weapons of the younger brothers chopped on it, there is not even a trace.

Then watch Feng Daofu slashing away a group of boys with a backhand sword, watch the men with heavy armor and two hands chopping melons and vegetables, watch the sailors light fireballs and throw them at the Viking warships behind...

A thought flashed through Atrias' mind: Oh shit, it's over.
　There were a lot of things going on in these two days. I failed the [-] challenge on the second day and tried again next time... It was actually just laziness.

　　Try the plot arrangement technique of using information gaps to show off your face.

　　……

　　The role of ballistae is more to lower morale, mainly in side-to-side battles.

　　Before the boarding battle, the ballista fired a round to suppress a wave of morale, and went through the shield wall array on the opposite side, creating an opportunity for the infantry of one's own side to rush over and open the film.

　　Similar to a city siege, the ballistae suppresses the defenders at the top of the city, allowing one to successfully scale the city wall.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)