Chapter 331 The Brave Wins

To be honest, Franz didn't like the feeling of standing at the forefront of danger and watching the shells flying. However, he was already on the pirate ship "Venecia" at this time, and he couldn't think so much.

"Uncle Friedrich, you should be glad that the opponent didn't have high-explosive shells. Otherwise, we would have returned to the embrace of our ancestors."

Franz pointed to the solid shell that had just shattered the reinforced glass and smashed into the bridge.

"Franz, I think you'd better leave here. In any case, this is the front line of the battle. As the captain, I naturally have an obligation, and you are just our guest."

Friedrich continued to observe the enemy situation around him with a telescope, and said calmly.

"Uncle Friedrich, we are all royal children after all; if we retreat or even flee in the face of danger, it will have a serious impact on our morale."

At this moment, the two were chatting leisurely, and their calm expressions immediately eased the tense atmosphere in the bridge. After all, with two royal grand dukes in charge, it would not be a big loss even if they died in battle.

Moreover, most of the naval officers at this time were of noble origin, and the nobles of this period paid great attention to the so-called temperament-elegance.

So a strange phenomenon appeared on the ship. Although everyone was pretending to be calm, it gave people a really calm atmosphere.

Outside, there was a situation where the artillery fire was so intense that even the glass was shattered, and someone came to ask Archduke Franz, "Do you need dessert and coffee?".

"Coffee, thank you."

Although Da Yanshanyin, who was standing aside, always claimed that she was not afraid of death, at this moment she only dared to lie on the ground and look up at her master.

"Miss Shanyin, you will increase the chance of being hit by bullets. Besides, lying on the deck will easily catch a cold, and it is easy to trip others, especially now in the middle of a battle." Franz kindly reminded.

"Archduke Franz, aren't you afraid?" Da Yan Shanyin asked tremblingly.

"Afraid? Of course! But it's a bit late to talk about this now. Since you can't refuse, why not enjoy it. Do you need dessert?" The other party didn't see that this was Franz's answer pretending to be calm, but felt that his unique image in her heart was taller at this time.

"Please give me some sugar, it is said that it can calm people down." Da Yan Shanyin finally plucked up the courage to kneel on the deck.

Franz took two sugar cubes and handed them to her. The sudden violent impact almost made the hull lose balance, and various lamps and interior decorations fell like rolling stones.

Apparently Friedrich's iron-headed tactics worked, and the flagship "Venecia" directly rammed and sank the enemy's largest warship; the enemy warship wanted to escape at the last moment, but the power of the "Venecia" equipped with a steam turbine was not comparable to that of this sailing battleship.

The 4,700-ton super-first-class battleship "Venecia" directly smashed Mayed's flagship "Truth" into pieces. The Omani Navy, which lost its flagship, immediately fell into chaos.

However, this was just the beginning. After that, the Austrian first-class battleships, which were also wrapped in iron sheets, successively rushed into the enemy camp and turned the Arab fleet upside down.

At this time, Friedrich, who was standing on the command platform, shouted loudly: "Send flags and tell them to prepare for the second phase of the attack!"

The five first-class battleships were fully fired in the enemy camp, which was terrifying enough. Although the pseudo-battleships of the Omani Navy did not cut corners like the Egyptians, they could not withstand the close shooting of the first-class battleships.

However, the Omanis soon found some strange launchers on the decks of enemy ships. Although this kind of rodless spinning rocket is powerful, its worrying hit rate makes it almost impossible to play in naval battles.

But that is only in general circumstances, such as this close-range melee, the advantages of rockets are fully reflected.

Most of the sailors of the Omani Navy are pirates. They have been dealing with ships and death all their lives, so they are not afraid of death and boarding battles.

The situation at this time shows that it is difficult for the Omani artillery to cause effective damage to those enemy giant ships. In this case, boarding battle may be a good choice.

There are even Omani generals who take the lead, take off their clothes and stand on the bow with only a scimitar, just like the Barbary pirates who once shocked the world. But this was soon proved to be a wrong decision.

When the Austrian anti-infantry rocket exploded in the air, the unarmored Arab warrior instantly became a sieve, and the scattered steel balls directly cleared the deck.

The killing effect of incendiary rockets is more obvious. As the flammable materials splashed by the explosion fall directly on the wooden deck or the human body, a spark will ignite a huge fire. The Omanis who were about to jump to the state were instantly turned into firemen and could only jump into the sea for a glimmer of hope.

Of course, Mayed also prepared a backup plan, which is a huge fleet of self-destruction fleets.

Like the Wahhabis, Taliban and al-Qaeda members in later generations, these people have very firm beliefs or are afraid of harming their families who are controlled by Mayed. In short, they are not afraid of life and death.

It's a pity that with the sinking of Mayed's flagship and the unknown whereabouts of the coach, no one can command this special force. When someone finally "persuaded" some of its members to charge the enemy ship, they found a problem.

That is, the self-destructing fleet could not approach the Austrian warships, which were an insurmountable blockade formed by artillery, rockets and sharpshooters.

These self-destructing ships were nothing more than carrying a large amount of gunpowder and flammable materials, which were the favorite targets of the opponent's high-explosive shells and rockets because they could trigger secondary explosions.

Due to the development of rifled technology in the Austrian Empire, rifled guns were no longer high and mighty, but were affordable for all soldiers.

Those marines who were forced to hide in the cabin before took this opportunity to vent their anger at the Arabs who had not declared war.

As the only two troops on the Austrian side equipped with breech-loading rifles, Friedrich's marines naturally would not miss this great opportunity to try out the power of this new weapon.

The firing rate of the breech-loading rifles was far beyond the cognition of the Arabs on the opposite side. They thought they could show their heads and paddle after a round of bullets, but they did not expect that blood would burst out of their heads just a few seconds later.

As more enemy warships rushed out of the bay, the Omanis were at a greater disadvantage at sea, and they had no choice but to retreat. However, as time passed, the steam engines equipped on the Austrian warships gradually began to work.

(It takes a certain amount of time for the steam engine to heat up from a cold state to a working state.)

How could a pure sailing warship outrun a sailing steam hybrid ship? The battle soon turned into a one-sided massacre. Since the Omanis were fighting without declaration, the Austrians naturally had no need to abide by the customary rules on the battlefield.

The naval soldiers picked up rifles and long hooks and frantically killed the Arab soldiers who fell into the water. Several large battleships continued to chase the remaining enemies in front, while the small warships following behind eliminated all the enemies they saw and salvaged some goods by the way.

The people of Bagamoyo who witnessed the whole process on the shore were jubilant because the Omanis who had oppressed them for many years were finally defeated.

But Benny Erbin and a group of Bagamoyo dignitaries were so frightened that they couldn't speak. They thought that the Austrians would be defeated by the Omanis, who would be so exhausted that they would let them go.

However, the terrifying fighting power displayed by the Austrian Navy really made them sweat.