King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 610 The Battle of the Sea (Part 1)
Still insisting for Baratheon for various reasons There are many people who fight for Dynasty, but none of them is more loyal than Davos Seaworth.

Not only was he attracted to Stannis' idea of absolute justice, but he gave everything he now has.

Stannis named him Knight, gave him Fiefdom, let him leave the smuggling boat, wear the coat of arms of the Hand of the King, and sit on the Iron Throne to rule the Seven Kingdoms. What kind of honor and privilege is this?
At present, among Davos' seven children: Dale, Arad, Malik, and Matthos are the captains or lieutenants of the battleship in the Royal Fleet; Devan was named Knight and became a member of the King's Guard; the remaining two The younger son is also accepted as a squire, and it is only a matter of time before he gets rid of his civilian status; his wife Mariya lives with oneself in the Tower of the Hand, and they are accompanied by servants and guards. …

These are all thanks to Stannis Baratheon, and the price oneself pays is just a few knuckles - it couldn't be more just to punish him for his former lawlessness.

If the hereditary nobles of Crownlands, Narrow Seas and the rest of the Seven Kingdoms may just lose a little face, lose two pieces of Fiefdom, and live a little tighter after changing dynasties, he Davos, The founder of the Seaworth family...if Stannis is defeated, he and his entire family will fall from the sky into the mud and be beaten back to their original shape. Not to mention today's status and the bright future of the children, it may be difficult to keep even the little family property left by the smuggling. Even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will become nothing!
And that was the ending he could never accept.

He was willing to die for Stannis, really.

One is loyalty, and the other is understanding: failure is sometimes more terrifying than death!
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Because of the defensive battle of King's Landing, Stannis can't personally go to the battleship to command the naval battle, and can only be done by Prime Minister Davos, who is now in the first battle. On the flagship in the middle, he nervously observed the battle situation and listened to the reports of his subordinates. Combined with oneself's not much experience and knowledge of naval warfare and the advice of consultants, he analyzed and judged the battlefield situation.

The first thing they discovered was that the ships at the forefront of the Daenerys fleet of three companies, the side facing Royal Fleet, were invariably flying the Red Dragon and Kraken flags at the same time.

This is so weird.

After inquiring and thinking, Davos understood the reason: this is the squadron that Euron Greyjoy sent to Meereen at first, the goal is to retrieve the bride with three dragons for oneself, but because of the time has passed for a long time to wait for a series of The reason for the long story, this fleet was eaten and digested by Daenerys and integrated into her navy. Today she put this small group of Ironmen at the head of the fleet, and had them engage the Royal Fleet rather than Euron's Big Iron Fleet, mostly with the aim of suffocating the gang in danger of defecting - caught between King's Landing and the Great Iron Fleet. Among the main force of Daenerys' fleet, this group of former pirates, no matter how much they think, can only fight to the death to find a way out.

The second discovery came a little late and was full of oppression.

They thought that the gunshot was the signal for the Queen's fleet to start fighting, but they didn't realize until the rumbling sounded again and again: Night's Watch actually moved the weapons that repulsed the southern coalition forces on the banks of Blackwater Rush a few days ago. On the battleship, use it in naval battles!

In the not-intensive but endless sound of artillery, the shells that fell into the sea splashed striking white splashes, and those that hit the warships kept bringing news of ship damage and casualties— - This is a weapon with a formidable power and a range that far exceeds the ballista equipped on the Royal Fleet warship. Although the hit rate is impressive, it still disrupts Davos' original "long-range consumption waiting for Iron Fleet to join the battle with no difficulty." ” of the battle plan.

Through the observation through the lens, he saw white smoke rising from several warships in the center of the Queen's fleet, and also saw that the entire fleet of the other party almost stopped moving forward and began to release Defensive Array It seems to be defending the "gunboat" in the center... The other party wants to replicate the battle on the shore of Blackwater Rush on the sea - not recklessly, just relying on the benefits of new weapons, forcibly demoralizing Royal Fleet slowly.

Never passively be beaten!
"Order the fleet - full speed ahead, flank left and right!"

wū wū wū wū woo...

With the lessons learned from the Golden Group, Davos did not dare to play What kind of temptation and pulling, just grab a stud.

The war horn sounded, although it could not suppress the sound of the cannons, but at least it was a brave response.

For fear of the Demon Dragon coming, the battleships kept a good distance between them; in order to avoid the devastating effects of dragon flames or incendiary weapons on the ships, all battleships lowered their sails… ...long slurries thicker than centipede legs protruded from the side of the boat and launched into the water, and began to swing in a uniform manner in the sound of the call, three-digit manpower applied to the hull of only a dozen tons...

Basking in the sunshine that began to slant westward, the wide Royal Fleet formation suddenly accelerated forward, wrapping around the pocket Iron Fleet attached to Queen like a big net.

One thousand meters, eight hundred meters, five hundred meters... Against the roaring artillery fire and the iron bullets constantly flying from the side of the ship and overhead, Royal Fleet's ships fought their way forward.

They were unlucky and became the first victims of the world's first naval battle with an enemy ship with thermal weapons; but they were also lucky, because in a hurry, although the enemy had an overwhelming formidable power Weapons, but have not been able to produce equipment on a large scale to expand their advantages... In addition, the Reach Army was easily defeated by the Blackwater Rush as a foreshadowing, psychological preparation, and did not get beaten to lose one's head out of fear The degree of inability to fight back.

At the cost of only one ship being severely damaged and losing battle strength, they struggled to cross the range gap between hot and cold weapons and get into the distance where they could fight back.

The arm of the catapult swayed, the torsion device of the ballista rattled, and a large number of incendiary canisters, stone bullets, lance arrows, and projectiles packed in woven bag nets were thrown densely and smashed into the air. As the vanguard of the Queen's fleet, the pocket-sized Iron Fleet... But the density of the enemy's counterattack firepower was far beyond expectations. The ammunition that also dragged the smoke with flames fell like raindrops on the side of the ship. The nearby crew members ran around in a hurry to put out the fire. The peng peng sound of the projectile hitting the crew and the sporadic screams made the battle aura ten times richer in an instant.

Although they have a local numerical advantage, Davos found that they could not form firepower suppression when the opponent still had artillery cover to cheer!
"The main function of the Ironmen battleship is looting, it shouldn't have such powerful long-range firepower, it must be the Queen's craftsmen who urgently modified them, and installed siege weapons captured from the Reach people on the ship. An adjutant shrugged and analyzed loudly and nervously, "Mr. Prime Minister, we should not continue to shoot each other, but let the battleships collide and boarding at close range! As long as they are close to the enemy, they will form in the center of the formation. If you have any scruples about the new equipment, you can no longer continue to show your power. Our battleship and sailors have an advantage in quantity and quality, and we will definitely win!”

The advice of the staff and Davos’s ideas are not consistent. Coincidentally, it was immediately adopted and conveyed. The battle had only officially started, and the command system was still smooth and unscathed, and soon the commanders of each ship were given orders. The direction was slightly adjusted, the speed increased again, and the collision angle of the battleships was faintly visible under the waves in the setting sun... As the warships on both sides continued to approach, in addition to the catapults and ballistas, the cross-bow shooting also began. , and even in the battle between arrows, the front line of the Queen's fleet did not fail. It seems that the other party not only added ship equipment, but also added a lot of personnel.

But everything is irrelevant. The warship is not a war elephant. It will not be scared to turn around and trample on the oneself because the enemy is different from what you imagined. Time flies, and the distance between the two fleets will soon be close to To the extent that they could no longer carry out indiscriminate bombing, the faces and expressions of the soldiers on each other's decks began to become clear.

"Act speed!"

"Maintain course!"

"Right full rudder!"

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Royal Fleet's center line finally broke into the Queen's navy forward amid the exhausting roars of the pilots on both sides, either colliding or trying to evade.

The people of the Iron Islands are very familiar with naval warfare, and of course they will not forget common sense because they have been loyal to the Queen for two years. Although they are at a disadvantage in terms of number, size and speed of ships, they avoid it as much as possible. Most of the Royal Fleet ships' ramming angle is straight.

“dong!”

“peng!”

“stab!”

“ka-cha!”

In the midst of a lot of indescribable sounds - such as the dull sound of Spiritual God stomping on the ground, it means that the battleship turned its direction in time to avoid the collision angle of the other party, and the sides of the two ships collided firmly; The more piercing breaking and tearing sounds meant that the belly of the boat was pierced and torn apart by the other side's ram; and the continuous crisp cracking noise mixed with the loud noise was the reaction of a small number of rowers The oar that was not timely and could not be retracted was crushed and broken by other battleships...

In the screams and exclamations of those who fell into the water, Davos stabilized from the huge vibration and shaking caused by the impact. After checking his body shape, he found that the "Rage" where oneself was located and the friendly ship on the right side sandwiched an enemy warship in the middle. This is a fat and large ship, but slightly shorter than the gang of the Fury. It is simply not a serious battleship, most of which are Ironmen who are driving the ship. I don't know which sea of the unfortunate armed merchant ship captured... The boat was placed in the first column, but Queen even threw this kind of boat into the striker. In order to win, she took out all the cards in her hand.

He didn't know the name of the enemy ship that collided with oneself, and he didn't want to know. He only heard a few clear and subtle pings, and saw the crew of the other party throw it up and hook it up. The grappling hook on the edge of his battleship... The other party used ropes and tools to pull the two warships that were still moving towards each other and tied them together!
Being caught between two battleships, still have the courage to initiate boarding?

This is too arrogant!

"Soldiers, take up arms!" Davos only felt a surge of contemptuous anger, fighting intent and pride instantly filled with the second and third battles behind Fury. The column can be thrown into the battle, and the encirclement of the two wings is about to take shape. How can we lose this battle?
He pulled out the short blade around his waist with a slam, and looked towards his crew in a loud voice: "Long live King Stannis!"

"Long live King Stannis!"

Following the Prime Minister and his escort, the soldiers and crew of the Fury, with their morale soaring, grabbed the best weapons they could get their hands on, followed behind the officers, and ran to starboard , jumped over the edge of the ship with a height difference of nearly one meter, and stepped on the deck of the enemy ship.

The soldiers in the first row held their shields high, and everyone was watching the enemy's every move. They didn't know the name of the bomb, but after learning about the battle on the Blackwater Rush. , they already know that Queen's troops have a weird weapon that will explode... However, they neither saw the enemy sailors who lost one's head out of fear in a hurry, nor did they wait for the big black ball to hit their heads, only Saw countless Unsullied soldiers pouring out of the cabin, lined up in neat formations, pressing down on them in imposing manner.

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Because of some messy force majeure, the update goal of last month was not achieved, and it will be supplemented later in the form of a group inside and outside. I will not ask for votes this month, let's watch and vote!