Chapter 868 Underwater Dragon King Cannon

It's still late at night, Satellite City.

In the city lord's mansion, Ouyang Shuo said with a smile, "The tiger and leopard cavalry fought a beautiful victory, and it's time for the main battlefield to be serious tomorrow. Wenhe, immediately contact the Rabat city's secret service, and act on time tomorrow morning."

"promise!"

Jia Xu turned to leave, and the national war finally ushered in the most critical day.

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Just when Ouyang Shuo was about to deliver a fatal blow to Rabat, there was also an unusual conversation in the underground world below the satellite city.

When the Moroccan players evacuated the satellite city before, some adventure players who were still deep in the underground world had no time to evacuate and stayed in the underground world.

When the expeditionary force settled in the satellite city, even if they thought about it, they dared not.

And those who can enter the depths of the underground world are all elite adventurers. The one who is talking at the moment is an elite team of the [Golden Mercenary Corps], which is responsible for pioneering the underground world of the guild.

The team members have learned about the annihilation of the Moroccan territorial army from the forum.

This time, it made them very angry.

"Captain, do we have to do something?" It was a young man dressed as an archer who spoke, and there was a hint of cleverness in his eyes.

The captain was a soldier, facing the rough man, he said, "Dida, what do you think?"

Dida rolled his eyes and said coldly: "Captain, do you still remember the group of demonized platypus we met the day before yesterday?"

"Of course I remember, those monsters are really scary. If we didn't run in time, we would have almost confessed there." The captain replied smoothly, and only realized it when it was over, his eyes widened in an instant, and asked: "You don't mean to Hit them, are you crazy?"

"What's wrong?" Dida didn't take it seriously, "Captain, if you can lure those monsters to the ground, it will definitely be enough for the enemy to drink a pot. There are tens of thousands of quasi-spirit beasts."

"With the strength of the few of us, how can we attract?"

Although the captain was a little moved, he couldn't figure out what Dida was thinking.

Dida smiled when he heard this, and said, "Captain, have you noticed that when we passed the group of demonized platypus that day, the king of the platypus was laying eggs. If we stole the egg and threw it into the satellite city, the group The monsters will definitely riot."

"Besides," Dida said with a flash of greed in his eyes, "the nests of those monsters hide treasures at a glance, and when all the monsters are lured away, the treasures there will not all be ours?! In that case, not only revenge, but also treasure, kill two birds with one stone."

Hearing this, the captain nodded, then frowned and said, "You have a good idea, but the eggs laid by the king of beasts must be placed deep in the lair with heavy guards. If we really can steal the eggs, how much work do we have to do?"

Dida smiled, and suddenly took out something from the storage bag, and said with a smile, "What do you think this is?"

"Invisibility Talisman?!" The captain exclaimed, "You have such a rare thing."

Dida said with a smile: "I got it by accident."

The captain was overjoyed, patted Dida on the shoulder hard, and said with a smile: "With this treasure, it is feasible. If you really want to lure the group of monsters to the ground, you have done a great job. You can choose three treasures in the lair first." .”

Dida smiled and said, "Then what are you waiting for, let's start now, sooner rather than later."

"Walk!"

The elite team packed their bags and disappeared into the underground cave.

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May 21st, sunny.

In the early morning, the sky had just dawned, and the red sun had not completely risen from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Almost stepping on the afterglow of the red sun, the Spanish Armada passed through the Strait of Gibraltar smoothly.

The fleet sailing on the sea did not notice at all that there were wooden boxes floating in the sea in front of them.

The commander of the Armada is not Iker Casillas, but his general, and one of the greatest historical generals in Spain's heyday, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma.

Alexandria Farnese is the son of Otavio, Duke of Parma, Italy, and his mother is Margaret de Palma, the illegitimate daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor and King Carlos I of Spain. The hostage was brought up in the court of his uncle, King Philip II of Spain, and grew up with another illegitimate son of Carlos I, Don Juan, who was two years younger than him.

In 1571, Alexander Farnese, as Don Juan's adjutant, defeated the Ottoman Navy in the Battle of Lepanto, and returned to the territory of Parma the following year. Later, he went to the Netherlands to suppress the Dutch revolution that broke out there. In 1578, he participated in the Battle of Janbleu and defeated the Dutch rebels.

In October of the same year, Don Juan, the governor of the Netherlands, died of illness in the suburb of Janbleu, the Netherlands. Alexander Farnese succeeded Don Juan and became the governor of the Netherlands.

Unlike the previous two Governors of the Netherlands, Duke Álvaro, who blindly suppressed and Don Juan advocated appeasement, Alexander Farnese suppressed the Utrecht League led by Prince of Orange, and at the same time fought with the Catholic-majority South. reconciliation.

During his eight years as governor of the Netherlands, he made outstanding military exploits and recovered ten southern provinces out of the seventeen rebellious provinces. His territory formed today's Belgium. In 1586, he inherited the title of Duke of Parma.

The fact that Duke Alvaro took refuge in Shanhai City undoubtedly made the Spanish royal family quite indignant. It was in this situation that Alexander Farnese took the initiative to serve Casillas and rebuild the Spanish Armada.

Therefore, this battle between the Armada and the Mediterranean Fleet can also be called a fateful battle.

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The flagship of the Armada, the Prince of Asturias.

Casillas stood at the front of the deck, looking at the calm sea, and said to Alexander Farnese: "General, will the Mediterranean Fleet set up an ambush nearby?"

The two sides of the Strait of Gibraltar are the narrowest. Once the Spanish Armada enters the Atlantic Ocean, it is difficult to say whether the Mediterranean fleet of the Great Xia Dynasty can find the whereabouts of the Armada, not to mention laying an ambush.

Therefore, this is the best ambush location for the Mediterranean Fleet.

"It's possible, ahem~~"

Alexander Farnese, who appeared in the wilderness, was only thirty-five years old, and his health was not in good shape. In history, Alexander Farnese died of a serious illness in Asla at the end of 1592 because of a serious illness.

Alessandra Farnese turned and said: "Come!"

"exist!"

"The order continues, and all ships enter a state of war, and remain vigilant at all times."

"yes!"

Thinking of the upcoming match, Casillas was faintly excited. At this moment, warships sailed from both sides of the strait at the same time, with golden flags fluttering in the wind.

"It's the Mediterranean Fleet of the Great Xia Dynasty!" Casillas recognized it immediately.

Hearing this, Alexander Farnese took out his binoculars and observed carefully. He saw that only the third and fourth formations of the Mediterranean Fleet were attacking this time, with a total of more than a hundred main warships.

"Aren't they a little too confident?" Alexander Farnese frowned. It was crazy enough to use the strength of two formations to fight against the full Spanish Armada.

"General Alvaro, what are you thinking?"

Alexander Farnese used his troops cautiously, but he couldn't see through this senior's tactics.

"Whatever his idea is, since the Mediterranean Fleet dares to come, let them go and never return." Casillas looked excited, and said with a smile: "The other two formations of the Mediterranean Fleet must still be dragged in the Royal City of Morocco. Bart, he won’t be able to come back for a while. Alvaro was ordered to intercept us again, and this time he might not be able to get in.” Casillas immediately made up such an explanation.

After hearing this, Alexander Farnese was noncommittal and said, "I hope so."

At this moment, an accident happened.

Suddenly, bursts of explosions came from the bottom of the sea, "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The strange thing is that almost all the explosions came from the bottom of the battleship, and most of them were from the bow. What's even weirder is that the closer to the front of the fleet, the denser the explosions.

In an instant, more than 20 warships were damaged, and there was nothing to fear. What is chilling is that the explosion is still going on, and it seems that there is no intention of stopping.

"what happened?"

Casillas' complexion changed drastically, and the sound of explosions continued, even under the flagship.

"Go and find out what's going on!" Casillas ordered, almost in a roar, showing that his heart was in a mess.

The panicked Casillas didn't notice that Alexander Farnese's expression was extremely solemn, and he muttered to himself: "Mine, is this the legendary mine?"

Alexander Farnese's conjecture was quickly confirmed, and it was the mines that were placed on the surrounding sea, and it could even be called the originator of the mines.

"Quick, order the fleet to stop!" Alexander Farnese ordered.

A mine is an explosive weapon deployed in water. It can be detonated by the mechanical collision of the ship or by other non-contact factors, such as magnetism, noise, water pressure, etc., and is used to damage enemy ships or hinder them. Activity.

Because sea mines are cheap, powerful, easy to deploy, difficult to find and remove, and flexible in function, they have become a weapon often used in asymmetric warfare.

Generally speaking, the cost of clearing mines is ten to two hundred times that of laying them.

When it comes to sea mines, people's first reaction is that it should be a modern weapon, but it is not. Sea mines are actually the oldest underwater weapons, and their hometown is ancient China.

Sea mines were first invented by the Chinese. In 1549 AD, the "underwater mine" manufactured by the Ming Dynasty can be called the world's first sea mine. The mine uses a wooden box as the shell, putty glues the joints, the rope below is connected to the iron anchor, the depth is controlled, and the firing is manually manipulated. It is more than two hundred years earlier than the Western mines.

The water mine that was improved again in the Ming Dynasty was called the "Underwater Dragon King Cannon".