Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 79

2021-02-05

Chapter 79 Red Sulphur
"What's that ship's semaphore saying?" The warship that was drifting away asked Cage.

"'Good luck' 'Victory' 'Goodbye'." Cage squinted and read the semaphore.

The six main battleships left the fleet and were scattered throughout the Sea Territory.

"Can't figure out why your navy is doing this kind of distraction." Winters sighed.

Cage moved his knuckles and replied: "The large-scale Taniria fleet has been wiped out, and the fleet does not need to hold together and spread out to control this Sea Territory... We Should we be arriving at Red Sulphur Island soon?”

Red Sulphur Island is the fifth largest island in the Taniria Archipelago, named after the red soil and the sulphur rich in the high mountains in the center of the island.

The whole island is roughly irregular in oval shape, with an area of nearly 700 square kilometers.

If you use the speed of the field march, it is about two days' journey from the southern end of the island to the northern end, more than 50 kilometers. It is about a day's journey from the western end of the island to the eastern section, more than 20 kilometers.

It's not well known that the island is actually a small part of a giant seabed volcano that sticks out of the water.

But as long as there's sulfur available, they don't care about living on the edge of a volcano.

This island guards the Southern Great Gate of Taniria Archipelago, and the Red Sulfur Port is the best deep-water port on the sea blue-Golden Port route,

and Haiquan Port Different from the wallgrass that swayed among the Two Great Influences, Red Sulphur Island was the core territory of the Taniria Federation, and the sugarcane plantation on the island's row upon row was enough to explain it all.

So this important source of sulphur quickly cut off its sulphur exports to Veneta following the Debella Archon's declaration of war.

The capture of Red Sulphur Harbor was an important part of Nareshaw's battle plan.

The dock of this large port is large enough to dock the entire fleet, and the rich island is also sufficient to provide supplies for the expeditionary force, and at the same time to capture the island's sulphur ore.

Using this island as a base and springboard, the attack on the main island of Taniria has a solid rear.

Later that afternoon, Winters had been able to see the cliffs of the southern shore of Red Iwo from the Glory's ship, and the observation post on the cliffs of the southern shore of the island of Red Iwo also spotted the Veneta fleet.

The sentry at the observation post opened his mouth wide and watched in astonishment as the sea level 30 nautical miles away lifted the sails.

One, two, then dozens, a grandiose fleet was heading for Red Iwo, the Veneta flag visible at the top of the mast.

Even knowing the outcome of the Battle of Lighthouse Harbor, the efficiency and speed of the Veneta fleet still left the Sentinels dumbfounded.

"What are you looking at?!" The commander angrily kicked the sentry: "Hurry up and start the beacon."

The Winters on board saw a thick plume of smoke coming from The southern shore of Red Sulphur Island rises, and it does not spread until it reaches the altitude of several hundred meters. The beacon tower spread the news that the Veneta had arrived all over the island, and the Veneta knew it.

The fleet sailed east around the southern tip of Red Iwo, under the cliffs of Black Tortoise Rock, and by night had anchored in a sheltered spot. There was a squad of men on the coast who had been following the fleet, closely monitoring the movements of the Veneta.

For the first time since the expedition, the Veneta Army on board felt the tense atmosphere of the battle.

The soldiers of the Third Legion for dinner that day no longer ate dry oatmeal, but fresh fish, bacon soup and freshly baked bread.

Under the special order of the Joint Command, each army soldier was also given a small glass of spirits.

Each sorcerer officer was given two bases of standard spellcasting materials—not so generous in the Army.

The soldiers took back their weapons - which were collected and managed when they boarded the ship. The remaining veterans, Hundred Men Squad, were all issued busts.

The musketeers began to examine their buckshots grain by grain, refinishing the inferior ones that didn't fit in the barrel. The sound of sharpening weapons and armor could be heard throughout the fleet.

The artillery deck of the Glory was temporarily transformed into a Legion tent, and all the officers of the third Legion who participated in the military conference packed the small artillery deck to the full.

"The Taniria Federation is just a loose political alliance and has no standing army. Besides the security forces, their main armed forces are the private soldiers of the plantation owners and the civilian guards of the towns. Vice Admiral Legion stood in front of the map and explained: "Besides Red Sulphur Port, there is also a small city in the interior of the island - Tacheng. Red Sulphur Harbor has about 10,000 residents, and Tacheng is less than 5,000. There are four villages outside, and numerous plantations."

A guard began to hand out maps to the officers present, and Winters, as the interim Hundred-Men Commander of the first Hundred Men Squad, also received A folio map of Red Sulphur Island.

The level of detail of the map made him not only smacking his tongue. This map, which is less than two slaps in size, meticulously marked the roads, villages, water sources and large plantations on the island of Red Iwo. available.

Lieutenant General Legion briefly explained the topography of Red Illusion Island with reference to the map, and then began to assign combat missions.

Finally got to the point, all the officers present cheered up.

"There are many reefs around the Red Sulphur Island, and there is only a natural deep-water port in the Red Sulphur Port. In the early morning of tomorrow, the fleet will sail to St. Heli Beach. After the tide rises, the chief battallion will take a small boat to land in St. Ciri Beach, set up a temporary camp. If the enemy of Red Iwo Island wants to take this opportunity to attack us, the troop transports of the second and third battallions will directly wash the beach and run aground, and the strength of three battallions should be enough to solve..."

Before the lieutenant could finish his words, a messenger ran from the ship building dong dong dong and interrupted him.

According to military law, those who trespass on military discussions will be hanged.

The messenger trembling with fear bowed his head to avoid the unwholesome eyes of the officers in the cabin, and quickly stepped forward and handed Antonio a note.

Antonio, who did not speak during the entire military meeting, looked at the note, raised his eyebrows slightly and said lightly to his subordinates: "The Council of Red Iwo, surrendered."

——Cutting——

In the blazing sun, a warship sailed slowly towards the port of Red Sulphur with its guns fully open, showing off one's military strength and heading towards the gun fort guarding the entrance to the bay A round of empty cannons was fired.

A white flag was planted at the top of the fortress with the sound of cannons resounding across the bay.

A deafening cheer erupted immediately from the Veneta fleet.

The soldiers and sailors were of course delighted not to have to fight so hard.

However, a lot of army officers felt a little uncomfortable. From the expedition to the present, the army has almost no room for performance. All the credit was taken by the Navy, and even the Red Sulphur Port in front of him surrendered without a fight—obviously, this was also the credit for the great victory of the Lighthouse Harbor naval battle, and it had nothing to do with the Army.

The coast of Chisulfur Island is densely covered with cliffs and reefs, and only the bay where Chisulfur Port is located is a natural deep-water harbor.

However, the bay as a whole is bottle gourd-shaped, with a long and narrow entrance, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Tanirians even built a strong artillery fort at the entrance of the bay, which is why the initial battle plan simply did not consider storming the port of Red Sulphur from the sea.

"Why did you surrender?" Andre was flustered and exasperated angrily scolding the Red Illusion Island Council: "There is an iron rope at the entrance of the bay, what kind of ship can get in? Do you want to keep it for a while? Why did you surrender?"

"It's alright, isn't it a good thing to not have to die?" Bud said helplessly.

Winters agrees, and while he also feels a bit unfathomable mystery, it's always a good thing to not have to fight.

"The navy has fought all the battles, and the navy has robbed all the merits. We have become diners of the navy..." Andre muttered in dissatisfaction.

In the forecastle of the Glory, Lieutenant Admiral Nareshao asked Antonio politely: "General Serbia, let's dock now."

"Please wait first. Wait." Antonio raised a rare dissenting opinion, he ordered one of his adjutants: "You take my guards to this fort, invite all the Tanirians inside, and then Nail all the artillery in the fort moved towards the surface of the water."

"Isn't that necessary?" Nareshaw was slightly taken aback: "The artillery in the fort will be defended against the Red Sulphur Port in the future. Use it?"

"Your Majesty, although we have no intention of resisting, you don't have to humiliate us like this?" The envoy of the Red Iwo Island Council was also a little annoyed.

Antonio smiled and said, "Be careful. If we're going to use these guns in the future, we'll just have to drill through them again, it's just a bit of effort."

Nareshaw wanted to After hesitating, he finally agreed to Antonio's arrangement.

The entire fleet just waited outside the bay, watching the Vengeance put down several small boats and slowly row towards the gun fortress with dozens of soldiers.

The originally jubilant atmosphere began to quiet down, and the soldiers and sailors looked at the behavior of the flagship for unknown reasons, and began to make some commotion.

It took almost an hour before someone waved the army flag on the fort. Seeing the agreed signal, Antonio's solemn expression relaxed a little.

Lieutenant General Nareshaw sighed and waved at First Officer Karaman. Orders were passed from the Glory to the entire fleet, and the ships pulled anchor and entered the bay.

"Why do you toss for so long?" The second mate who was at the rudder asked Chief Mate Karaman in confusion.

First Officer Karaman coldly snorted: "Why else? People from the Army are not jealous of us, and they want to take some credit. They are greedy for credit. The Army has an old tradition..."

Because the entire bay is approximately bottle gourd-shaped, after entering the bay entrance, the water surface becomes much wider. But the shore is still rocky, and there is no place where large ships can dock.

Continuing to sail forward for some distance, when the leading ships could already see the pier of Red Sulphur Harbor and the bastion beside the pier, Antonio once again stopped the fleet.

First Officer Klarman angrily left the forecastle to give orders for all furling.

"Your Excellency Serbiati, I can understand your concern, you really don't need to worry so much." Nareshaw reluctantly first revealed some naval secrets to Antonio: "The Red Illusion Island Council was before the We have already had in-depth communication with the navy, and neither of us wants the Red Illusion Island to be destroyed by war, so the council will choose to change flags."

"Do you really want to change flags?" An Tonio seriously asked the council messenger, he was particularly difficult today.

"Otherwise, why would I come here?" The envoy of the Red Illusion Island Council nodded back without hesitation.

"Okay, let's get one of my Hundred Men Squads into the bastion of the port first." Antonio said word by word.

The envoy asked angrily: "What do you mean by this? We are changing flags, not surrendering!"

"You heard what I said." The messenger said more, and directly looked towards Lieutenant General Nareshaw: "I also ask your Excellency to provide ships to my soldiers. After the third Legion is stationed in the bastion, the fleet will dock."

"Serbia Sir Ti, our navy has really reached an agreement with the council..."

But Antonio remained unmoved: "Please send ships to my soldiers, since the council has decided to change flags , what's the point of having my soldiers stationed in the bastion ahead of time?"

Ignoring the stern protest of the messenger, Nareshaw nodded helplessly.

Winters, Bard and Andre, who had already taken off their armor, were ordered to assemble the first Hundred Men Squad immediately.

"Finally it's our turn!" Andre buckled his helmet excitedly.

The three warrant officers quickly helped each other don the half-armor issued to officers and began to assemble the accounts of the First Hundred Men Squad.

Lu army soldiers are in groups of eight, sharing a tent and an iron pan. Therefore, these eight people are called a "account" or a "group", which is the smallest unit of the army.

The Hundred-Men Commander who temporarily replaced the first Hundred Men Squad in a few days, Winters didn't even recognize everyone, and now he only knows the Chief-In-Charge of each account.

As soon as he ordered the first Hundred Men Squad, Lieutenant Colonel Contell led his flag officer to the deck. The operation of occupying the bastion will be directed by Lieutenant Colonel Contaire himself, and the team led by the colonel will make it easier to negotiate with the council.

The boats of each ship began to gather towards the Glory.

There was also a commotion on the deck of another warship next to the Glory, and Lieutenant Colonel Contaire and three warrant officers explained: "The navy will not let us go to the bastion alone, and will also send Go in a party."

Winters, Andre and Bud were in a boat, and Andre held the Hundred Men Squad's flag high.

Lieutenant-Colonel Contell and his bodyguards were in another boat, under the flag of the chief battallion.

The naval officer who came down from another battleship carried a naval flag that Winters did not recognize.

Three small boats with military flags sailed at the forefront, followed by more than 30 other small boats, heading for the red sulfur port at the bottom of the bay.

"Hey...ho...hey...ho..." The soldiers paddled awkwardly into the second wide water of the bottle gourd-shaped bay.

Winters sat on the bow and looked around. The shore at the bottom of this bottle gourd also looked mostly rocky, and the trestle of the Red Sulphur Port Wharf extended from the coast.

There is not a single boat on the pier, not only big boats, but also small boats. A hexagonal bastion lay quietly on the shore of the pier, without the slightest bit of life.

Upstairs on the Glory's bow, Antonio and Nareshaw watched silently as the boat gradually moved away from the fleet.

"I will definitely explain today's 'courtesy' to the gentlemen of the council without omission and in detail, will the Veneta treat Red Iwo Island like this, will anyone else be willing to bow their heads in the future? You... ..." The council's messenger chased after him angrily.

"Okay, okay? After landing, I will personally apologize to the gentlemen of the council." Nareshaw graciously comforted the envoy of the council: "Veneta..."

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His words were interrupted by the rumbling sound of the heavy artillery.

The shells caused a huge splash, and the Veneta fleet was in a panic.

"Where are the guns?!"

"It's close!"

"It's the fortress guns!"

Yes again Three heavy artillery fire, screams and the sound of the hull being shattered one after another, the hull of a galley began to tilt slowly, the sailors on board jumped out of the boat one after another, and the oarsmen who were locked in their seats Crying and begging to be unchained for them.

This time everyone saw the location of the artillery. Almost terrifying close, at the second narrow of the bottle gourd shaped bay.

The camouflage coat of the bushes and vines was removed, and another cannon made its appearance.

"Not on the map!"

"When did they build another cannon?!"

With the sound of horns, the bay's At the second narrowest point, on the edge of the cannon, an iron rope was pulled up from the seabed,
Signaled by heavy artillery fire, the bay of Red Sulphur Harbor showed its fangs.

By the way, I found a bay from the satellite map, which is roughly the topography of the Chisulfur Harbor Bay in my mind, and sent it to the book friends circle. If you are interested, book friends can take a look.

On the first day Yue Dong was away, I missed him. But they are actually one person, like Scarlett and Scarlett Omar, Melanie Han and Melanie Hamilton.

Thanks to the book friends for the recommendation ticket of the social justice Pharaoh, thank the book friends for the recommendation ticket of the koala, thank the book friend for the recommendation ticket of Pleasant Goat, thank the book friend writersblock for the recommendation ticket, thank you Book friend Yuan Hongjian's recommendation ticket, thank you book friend Kekkkkk for the recommendation ticket, thank you all.

(end of this chapter)