November 3, 2648 in the Century Calendar, afternoon, sunny.

Port Samuel, Rio Republic.

The coastline of Samuel is very straight, and there are many areas that are particularly suitable for building ports. If we only look at the hydrological environment, Samuel has more coastline that can be developed than Raging Waves City.

The newly emerging Rio Republic also built Samuel in line with the construction of Raging Waves City. It can be said that it is nurturing Samuel with the power of the whole country. If Rio is allowed to develop Samuel in this way, Raging Waves City will soon have to face the internal competition of two cities with the same positioning.

Fortunately, the Lookout launched the War of Restoration at this time, and Luke also assembled a powerful fleet when the empire was facing internal and external troubles, and received widespread support from the imperial court.

On the "Tingtao" airship, Luke held up a monocular telescope and looked at Rio's coastline.

Ahead is Port Samuel.

Port Samuel now has three port areas, one military port, two commercial ports, and another port is under construction.

Hearing that the fleet of Nutao City was coming, the merchant ships in the commercial port had already fled. Now all three ports were filled with Leo's warships, hundreds of warships were divided into ten formations, and then arranged in circular artillery arrays in their respective defense areas.

All ships with sails lowered their main sails, reducing the area that was hit by bullets while also leaving a firing range for the guns and long-range projectiles behind. The side gun ports of the warships opened, and the muzzles of the smoothbore guns extended out of the gun ports.

Thick steel armor was installed near the waterline below the bottom gun ports. Since the load reached the limit, water splashing on the surface could even penetrate through the bottom gun ports. Because the ship was overloaded, the movement speed of the battleship slowed down a lot.

It can be seen that the Rio Navy had no intention of leaving the vicinity of the coast, and did not even consider the issue of pursuing the Raging Fleet after its defeat and retreat. Strict defense was the purpose that the Rio Navy had to implement in this battle.

On the outer edge of the circular artillery formation formed by warships, there were modified cargo ships linked to form a water wall. These cargo ships were also reinforced and then anchored on the sea with their heads and tails connected. Ten gaps were reserved in the entire water wall, and each gap faced a circular artillery formation.

The circular artillery formation rotates clockwise, and while watching its own defense gap, it can also provide crossfire to nearby gaps. During the fleet's rotation, the entire fleet can share the frontal firepower, and at the same time, the severely damaged ships can be transferred to a safe area to leave the battle and repair.

There is a permanent artillery battery built of reinforced concrete on the shore.

There are auxiliary airships in the sky.

The alarm of war reached Luke's ears from the shore, and the Leo Navy was ready for the attack of the Raging Waves fleet.

On the sea below the "Ting Tao", the ships participating in the attack on Port Samuel blew their whistles and sailed forward at full speed, leaving white water lines behind the ships.

As the fleet of Nutao City marched, orders were accurately delivered to each warship through lights and flag signals transferred by airships in the air. As the formation changed, it gradually formed a formation that would only be used in land battles.

The main force of the attack was 42 Unit-01-class all-metal battleships. They formed two vanguard formations and deployed to the two wings of Samuel Port, forming a pincer attack on the main force of the Leo Navy defending in the port.

The auxiliary ships are hidden inside the Fengshi Array, providing cover and magical assistance for the Unit-01-class battleship.

The wooden armored warships followed behind the main fleet to form the second wave of assault groups.

The other ships were at the end, waiting for the main fleet to tear open a hole and then filling in into the port.

As the fleet split into two attack groups, the airships in the sky were also divided into two teams to move together with the fleets they were supposed to protect.

The two fleets sailed in an arc on the sea, approaching Samuel Port like two crab claws. The sun in the western sky gradually descended, casting a fiery red cloud in the direction of Nutao City.

The sky darkened rapidly, and from the air, the night was spreading from the east of Samuel. In a flash, the sun's light disappeared below the western horizon, and the darkness enveloped the entire land and sea.

The lights of the airships and surface ships communicating were particularly eye-catching in the darkness. The fleet of Raging Waves formed two flashing belts in the night, and the defending Samuel Harbor was filled with flashing lights.

Large swaths of preset lighting magic lit up in the air and underwater, illuminating the sea area outside the defense circle of Samuel Harbor. Under the light, some red blood emerged from underwater, followed by explosions that sent streams of water rushing onto the sea surface.

There was no exchange of fire on the surface, but the battle underwater had already broken out.

The Naga warriors from Fishbone Island have to eliminate the underwater traps on the attack route and the underwater lighting magic that will expose the position of the ships. Rio will definitely not let the Rage City fleet easily rush through the trap area, and will send out underwater combatants to stop the Nagas.

The front lines of the two attacking fleets were about to enter Leo's artillery range. At this moment, all the communication lights were turned off, and the two moving light bands disappeared on the sea.

Samuel Harbor also became quiet, and the lights of communication were greatly reduced. In the silent war zone, only the detonated mines continued to explode.

The "Ting Tao" airship followed the Cape District Anti-Smuggling Fleet attack group and communicated with the fleet flagship "Loyalty" using faint light for commands.

Agatha stood beside Luke and could clearly see Samuel Port and the city behind the port without the help of a telescope. At this time, Samuel City had implemented a lights-out period, and there were only a few lights in the city.

"You used the heavy armored cluster assault tactics from land in the naval battle. If you didn't know, you would think your commanders were from the army. It's a very bold tactic. The Unit-01 class battleship changed the rules of naval warfare."

Luke looked in the direction of Samuel Harbor, savoring the brief moment of silence before the battle broke out.

"The heavy armored cluster assault at sea can only be regarded as a one-time trick, bullying the Leo Navy for not understanding what a full-metal battleship is. When all countries have this type of battleship in the future, new naval warfare tactics will gradually be developed and improved."

"You seem to know everything, like an omniscient prophet."

Agatha looked at Luke. She always wanted to see the man clearly, but the clearer she saw, the more secrets he revealed.

Luke laughed and said, "I just know a little more than most people. Don't look at me, look at the battle!"

It’s going to be a beautiful night.”

On the sea, the preset lighting magic on the water surface outside Samuel Port suffered extensive damage, and the water columns raised by the explosion became sparse.

The sailors of the Rio Navy deployed on the water wall lay on the back of the ship, carefully observing the water in front of them with their naked eyes. Several other sailors operated the magic projectile cannon similar to the catapult on the deck. They moved a magic alchemical ball to the catapult and opened the steam valve to pressurize the catapult.

A magician uses magic power to control the mechanism on the magic alchemy ball. The magic energy stored in the alchemy ball connects to the magic energy circuit to activate the magic preset inside. At the same time, the activation conditions must also be set.

The magic alchemy ball is activated.

The pressurized projector threw the glowing magic alchemy balls high into the air. The magic alchemy balls dragged light tracks and flew up from various parts of the water city wall like comets.

Rush high into the sky, and the magic will be released as planned.

Intense highlights lit up in the sky, and concentrated beams of light projected downward illuminated the sea surface.

Found it!

The lighting magic illuminated the warships of Raging Waves City that were traveling in the night, and then the sailors on the water walls discovered that... the warships of Raging Waves City did not move towards the reserved gap, nor did they form an artillery battle line.

Instead, like a heavily armored assault group in a land battle, the bow of the ship rushed straight into the connection between the surface wall.

The cannons placed on the water walls immediately opened fire.

Bright flames spurted out, and spherical shells rose up in the thick smoke, smashing into the oncoming warship. However, the wooden cargo ships used to build the water wall could not carry the new powerful artillery, and the solid projectiles fired by the old smoothbore cannons knocked off a piece of paint on the hull of the all-metal warship, and then bounced into the water and splashed a column of water.

The Battle of Samuel Port officially began after the defending Rio Navy fired the first shot.

The Nutao City fleet, whose position was exposed, continued to attack at high speed, and the main guns installed on the bow fired fiercely at the junction of the water city wall.

The silent airship in the sky used magic projection cannons to project preset tactical battle magic, and large halos like jellyfish unfolded in the night sky. These halos flew towards the different ships below, providing them with magical protection barriers.

Some auxiliary ships mixed in with the main battleships also used magic projectors to cast magic. Some magic could illuminate the enemy area; some magic could provide a large area of ​​mental excitement; some could provide magic resistance to soldiers to reduce the damage caused by the diffusion of attacking magic.

The fleet of Raging Waves City, preparing for a wave of attacks, threw magic outwards regardless of losses, as if the alchemical magic balls were free, and covered their ships with different halos. Then, as if the alchemical magic balls were given away for free, they kept throwing them into Samuel Harbor one after another, completely ignoring whether there were any enemies at the locations where they were thrown.

For a moment, the entire sea area inside and outside Samuel Port was flooded with the halo of tactical and battle magic. It was so colorful that it was impossible to tell which side cast the magic.

The sky was illuminated with more colors than the fireworks during the festival.

Agatha was stunned by the scene on the "Tingtao". She had never seen such a dense density of magic. These were all genuine magic alchemy balls. The production cost of one was at least 2 million Reichsmarks. Some battle magic alchemy balls could cost up to 10 million Reichsmarks.

Any army would carefully calculate the deployment of magic alchemy balls, striving to maximize the coverage and effectiveness of each large alchemy magic. The battle manual of the imperial army clearly stated that a detailed report must be written for the effect of each magic alchemy ball after it was launched.

When your fleet from Nutao City fights, tactics and battle magic are lost one after another. How do you write a report on the use of alchemical magic after the war?

Agatha looked at this "beautiful view" and couldn't help but sigh: "The tactics of the Raging Waves City Fleet are really unique. Not only do they use heavy armor cluster assaults in naval battles, but even the use of magic is so characteristic of the Raging Waves City.

Sure enough...only wealth can create such a dazzling beauty. "

Luke silently "appreciated" the beautiful scenery, tears streaming in his heart.

It was all my fault that I secretly told my commanders before the war that the eldest princess of the empire was coming to watch the battle secretly, and we would present the most beautiful magic fireworks to Her Royal Highness.

Alchemical magic can be used at will.

I didn't expect that you would use it so casually when I allowed you to do so. You really think it's magic fireworks!

But we have to admit that the effect of such carpet-style deployment of alchemical magic is good, quite similar to the style of the US military in the Gulf War.

nice!

The Unit-01 class battleship that was charging ahead hadn't gotten close yet, and the water wall blocking the front was first frozen, and then struck by a burst of thunder, and the hull structure was completely destroyed. The Unit-01 class battleship rushed head-on, and the joints were smashed into pieces like rotten wood.

The first Unit-01-class battleship rushed through the water wall, and the subsequent Unit-01-class battleships continued to ram into the gap. In a short period of time, a hole several tens of meters long was created in the intact water wall.

One warship after another rushed in from the gap and continued to ram the circular artillery array of the Leo Navy that was stunned by magic.

On the other side, the assault group composed mainly of the Navy of the Empire of Nutao City also successfully broke through the water city wall.

The two assault groups formed a biting forceps and carried out a penetrating attack on the Rio Navy that was still circling.

The following airships provided protection for the warships of Raging Waves that rushed into the port, and the magic alchemy balls were thrown out like ordinary shells. Electric grids were densely spread, meteorites fell, and fire dragons roared...

Even though the devastating power did not fall on their heads, it still frightened the Leo soldiers so much that they changed color.

The Unit-01 class battleships were hit by a barrage of shells, and the circular artillery array that the Leo Navy thought was invulnerable was cut off in the middle. No matter how much the wooden hull was reinforced, it could not compete with steel. Leo's battleship broke in two, and the sailors screamed and fell into the water, and were then crushed by the charging ships.

It's a mess, a complete mess.

In the entire Samuel Harbor, Leo's ships were mixed with those of Raging Waves City, and the coastal defenses that Leo's navy had worked so hard to build were completely useless. The people on the shore could only watch the steel warships of Raging Waves City rampaging in the harbor, and watch their own warships being ravaged by warships that were a generation ahead of their own.

And the magic that was cast out like a splash made Leo's soldiers think they were fighting a legion composed entirely of magicians.

Leo's airship was completely suppressed in the aerial confrontation and had to withdraw from the port area, leaving his own warships completely exposed to the airship magic coverage of Raging Waves City.

The huge steel cannons crushed the enemy at close range, and the Leo Navy, which was ready to defend to the death, became trapped. The fleet lost its command, and the soldiers gradually collapsed in the face of the Unit-01-class battleship that remained unscathed no matter how they attacked.

After the two assault groups of the Raging Waves City Fleet completed the pincer attack and met in the middle, according to the pre-war arrangement, one part continued to destroy the disrupted Leo ships, while the other part aimed their guns at the fortifications and important facilities on the shore.

The fleet of airships pressed to the shore, releasing the fog of war to block the view of the coastal defenses of Samuel Port.

Surface warships use maps and coordinates obtained from intelligence reconnaissance to carry out coverage strikes on targets in the fog of war.

The Marines landed under the cover of the battleships.

The attack on the Rio Navy entered the second phase.