Chapter 34 Firearm Expert Ba Mamei

When the war reached this stage, although Egil had made up his mind to invest a group of army that were not very adaptable to naval warfare in the war to make up for the number of disadvantages at one time. However, for a while, this group of soldiers was still unreliable. In the battle for warships on the periphery, the Barbary pirates became increasingly superior.

Emperor Egil felt that the war situation was getting worse and worse. It was when a warship was completely occupied by the Barbary pirates - although it was just the lightest fast sailboat. Although the sailors on the warship fought for their lives and resisted vigorously, the entire deck seemed to be washed with blood. However, the cheers of the pirates, even those who were seriously injured and dying, were still particularly harsh.

Egil followed the source of life and turned the direction of the telescope. Then he saw that the fast sailboat with a deep draft and was like a severely tilted on the left. There were hundreds of pirates waving weapons and torches, shouting wildly - although with the technical level of the Barbary pirates, it was a fantasy to copy the excellent ships of the Norman Empire. But he could also obtain technical benefits from this fast sailboat. After repair, the sailboat could also be added to the pirates' array...

Egil thought of this, snorted lightly, then turned his head and said to Apraxin: "I don't want to see that ship again, sink it."

"Yes, your majesty." Apraksin pointed his finger at Egil and turned his face, and responded like this after confirming the target. He then issued an order: "Let's go! Sink that ship--"

"——Wait, General." Egil shook his head and stopped Aprakhin from continuing to order: "I don't want to get this ship too close. That's too dangerous. Isn't the ship equipped with long-barrel cannons? Shoot at long distances."

"But your Majesty..." After hearing Egil's order, Aprakhin hesitated a little: "It's darkness now. Our gun accuracy will further decrease... Although the range of the long-barrel gun is very large, this does not mean that we can-"

"Just do it according to my orders." Egil interrupted Apraksin's words: "A problem like hit rate-I can solve it-or in other words, I have someone to solve it."

"Yes, the lord." Hearing Egil insisted on doing this, Apraksin immediately gave up the argument and issued a new order. After that, the transport ships around the Royal Navy Victory automatically moved away. Some sailed towards their own warships in the fierce battle, and some leaned together, temporarily connecting them with hooks and wooden boards, forming a more stable temporary position.

At this time, after hearing Egil and his general's conversation, the monarchs of several other countries seemed a little puzzled. The long-barrel gun they were talking about sounded like a weapon. A brand new weapon that the monarchs of other countries had never heard of - the other monarchs were trying to speak, and wanted to ask what was going on. However, Egil did not have the interest in talking to them, but turned around and said to Sonia: "Let my musketeer captain Bamami, and tell her that I will give her the command rights of all the artillery on this warship. She can do whatever she wants - as long as she can sink the other's ship as much as possible!"

"Yes, Lord." When Sonia heard Egil say this, she lowered her head and then ran out quickly, leaving behind a group of monarchs who were still confused.

"Okay, everyone, I know you are all very strange. I wonder what I am going to do, right? No need to guess. I will let you see it soon." Egil said this, while picking up his telescope again and staring at the fast sailboat occupied by the pirates. In this time, the pirates began to get busy. Some ran into the cabin, while others tried to fiddle with the sails, as if they wanted to move the seriously damaged warship again. However, the principle of the fast sailboat was more complicated than that of ordinary sailboats, and the pirates could not figure it out for a while. After a while, the pirates who had entered the cabin came out again. I guess they had not found a place to paddle, and there were no paddles like ordinary crossbow warships, so I felt it was very strange.

Egil thought this in his heart, and then he smiled because of his superiority in IQ - at this moment! A violent roar came from under the hull. Egil's heart jumped suddenly, and then he heard the second and third rounds... 11 consecutive roars, but he was facing the eleven long-barrel cannons on this side of the fast sailboat in a salvo!

Then Egil, who had amazing dynamic vision, captured the flight track of the lead projectile - then followed the black light and turned to the captured fast sailboat. Then he saw a stream of wood flying across the cabin, and three large holes were broken on the side of the cabin. The hull shook violently. The already severely damaged hull suddenly accelerated the speed of rupture. Egil looked at the Barbary pirates, and his originally fanatical expression turned into panic. He couldn't help but snorted.

"The dragon bone is broken! No, the ship is going to sink!" On the fast sailing boat, the panicked Barbary pirates exclaimed, rushing to jump into the sea and swam in the opposite direction of the sailing boat - the vortex formed by the sinking of such a large ship will suck everything nearby into the seabed. Before the vortex disappears, the person sucked in will die due to water pressure and cannot breathe, etc.

"Damn it! These bastards Normans!" The pirates who escaped from death looked at the gradually sinking fast sailboat, shouted in anger, and then swam towards the other ships that were in fierce battle. There were also some guys who were trying their best, holding large pieces of waste wood boards, floating on the sea half-deadly, unable to move.

"—Five shots, three shots hit the cabin, one shot hit the deck, and one shot hit the canvas... The remaining six shots also had four shots that were very close to the target. They were beautiful!" Apraksin next to him couldn't help but say it loudly. And the Royal Navy Victory was also full of joy - the early cannon's painful hit rate could actually achieve such a good result. This was simply a miracle! Apraksin felt extremely emotional at this moment - the little girl named Bamami, he had seen it before. He originally thought it was just the emperor's new favorite. Unexpectedly, he could have such ability. He really underestimated her.

"It's a good fight." Egil nodded, expressing satisfaction. Charlie, the King of Burgundy next to him, finally couldn't help asking: "Great Emperor Egil, what is this? What happened just now?"

"Didn't you see it?" Egil asked back.

"Of course not-I don't have the magical props in your hand. I just heard a loud noise. Then...and then...it seemed like a ship began to sink...Is this magic?"

"No, no, of course not, my friend. I am the most devout believer. I am not interested in heretic alchemy or something." Egil chuckled: "This is a new weapon, the thunder of heaven that God has given to him devout believers. Don't talk nonsense."

"Yes, is that right? What's the name?" Charlie continued.

"Architecture." Egil said very briefly.

"Architecture?" Charlie chewed on this new word and finally shook his head: "I'm sorry, I really can't imagine what that is."

"There will be a chance for you to see. My friend." Egil chuckled, "But now, let's focus first and win this war - look, those pagans are attacking again!"

On the battlefield, with the addition of the Norman Empire and other countries' army, it began to gradually improve again - a total of nearly 20,000 army soldiers - although they were not very adaptable to the bumpy ships during naval battles, it was a helping force. The most important thing was that their equipment was better and their protection was better. The pirates' scimitar could not cut through the Norman's early plate armor and chain composite armor, and it was also very difficult to deal with heavy chain armor. Although they could gain a little advantage by relying on their familiarity with naval battles, they could use swords faster and dodge better against soldiers who were not adapted to naval battles - but they could not take the other's lives even if they attacked several times. However, as long as the Crusaders attacked the target, it would be fatal!

In this way, the battle situation deviated again and turned toward a favorable direction for the coalition forces. After a long battle, the pirates' spirits were deteriorated. At this moment, many pirate leaders were already heartbroken by their lost troops and ships, and began to want to retreat.

However, after a while, the pirates found a way to deal with these heavy infantry soldiers. When a pirate with red eyes rushed towards his opponent, knocked him into the sea, and died with him, the pirate leader saw the benefits of doing so and shouted: "Drop those pagans into the sea! Let these bastards with iron-like lumps drown!"

So, the pirates took advantage of their adaptation to naval battles and their flexibility as light infantrymen to aim at opportunities, forcing the crusad infantry to both sides of the ship, causing the other party to lose balance, and then hit them violently. The soldiers in heavy armor had almost no chance of survival after falling into the sea - but most of the pirates who did this were pulled by the soldiers who struggled to the death, fell in together, and died together...

"No, I'm wasting time! Our target is Emperor Norman! He is on that big ship! Concentrate his strength to attack there!!!" Seeing his side's heavy losses, Heiding, sitting on a heavy galleon, roared like this. He led his direct troops around the battlefield that was in fierce battle, drilled through the gaps in the warship, and launched a charge towards Egil's ship!
Chapter completed!