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Chapter 41: The present is not what it used to be

After several refusals, the Arabs finally got the result he wanted. They decided to abolish all trade and peace agreements signed with the empire before. At the same time, they decided to list all Sylvanian merchants as "unpopular people" in the Arabian Empire. After this, a new round of exclusion of Sylvanians began. This time, not only did the Sylvanians who came to Arabian to do business after the establishment of the new empire, and their property.

Some "Sigmas" who have been here for a long time have also been greatly persecuted. This persecution has even risen to a certain extent to "all non-Arabians". The emotions that are combined with poverty, dissatisfaction with the government, and hatred for foreigners have been vented all at once. The destructive power is so high that it is shocking.

The Arabs relied on these things to do. More than 300,000 troops were dispatched from various provinces around his capital. These powerful soldiers riding camels and desert horses wore paradin helmets, holding scimitars and shields, and were wearing chain mail and light scales. They were numerous, well-equipped, and morale was high... Although the military discipline was slightly worse, in the Middle Ages, this was understandable. People even thought it was necessary. They could ensure the morale of the soldiers and their fighting spirit. At the same time, they could also save logistics supplies.

This 300,000 army can be said to be the only army in this old empire that can fight. It is not like other governors in more marginal areas, which has become a tool of smuggling, domestic slaves and other messy things. They have not been owed. They also maintained the training content stipulated in the ancient imperial affairs books. In recent times, in order to eliminate some rebellious slaves and harass Arabi's desert tribes, they have also conducted actual combat.

From the perspective of the medieval army, the combat power of these soldiers who use cold weapons is understandable. They can even be called "elite". Of course, this "elite" must be compared with whom. But overall, this is still a force that can be brought to the top and can fight.

And this army that could fight quickly, under the attack of the Sylvanians, was like the water traces under the scorching sun, and soon disappeared.

The battle process was very simple. At the beginning, there were some foolish Arabs trying to guard their harbor city. They gathered more than 500 galleys of varying sizes, hoping to get close to the Empire's fleet and then start hand-to-hand combat. This was the "trick plan" that the Arab naval officers thought of after seeing the artillery technology of the Emperor**. Of course, in the end, the plan completely failed.

Before most of the gallops could get close to the battleship, they were bombarded by ships of different caliber and even light destroyers with a displacement of only 8,000 tons could have a crushing victory when facing these ancient gallops.

A very small number of sailboats that rushed to the warships with all their bets (mostly because of the bad taste of a certain captain. Because the battleship using a new turbogas engine can basically exceed 35 knots) did not achieve the expected tactical effect in the end.

When facing the towering ship of Sylvania, which was several meters or even dozens of meters, with smooth sides without any depressions or protrusions, all Arabian sailors knew that their mission this time had failed.

The black new soldiers standing on the deck calmly pulled the trigger downwards, fired continuously with light weapons, and shot every Arab sailor approaching. Some people felt unsatisfied. They used the latest electric-drive six-barrel joint-fire cannon specially designed to defend against such small ships and air force units attacking warships. The 20 mm caliber cannon, which is said to be able to shoot more than 4,000 shells in one minute, quickly rotated. Soon, the sailor crew, sailors and all the facilities on the ship were messed up. It was so sad.

The only thing that caused a little trouble to the Imperial fleet were the real guys who launched the decisive attack. The Arab warriors drove small snake-shaped galleys, increasing the speed of the ship to the fastest, hoping to attack the Imperial warships with the impact of the bow in order to sink them.

Speaking of which, this kind of angle collision tactic was also applied to ironclad ships made by the Empire early. At the beginning, I randomly issued: "Let's use alloy steel to build warships!" After such an order, the designers and researchers of the Empire were very limited at the beginning. The design drawings were changed again and again, but they did not look like it in the end. A second-class ironclad ship that was finally designed was so poor that it was slack in the end. Even to a certain extent, it was even worse than the ancient wooden shell warships. These designers were naturally taught a lesson by me. Of course, I still forgive them in the end. After all, everyone has their first time. They also designed very good and powerful warships in the end, right? Of course, there are also my teachings and deep care. It is very likely that my contributions are greater than theirs.

Well, although this determination to charge decisively is very appreciable, the goal chosen is really bad. And it has been said before that the navigation speed of the Empire's warships is not comparable to that of the other party's sailing ships. This time, they were deliberately hit by the other party. In fact, they just wanted to evaluate how lethal the warships of the Middle Ages were to the modern imperial warships. The target was selected as a cruiser with a displacement of 14,000 tons.

After being hit hard by "bomb", the cruiser did tremble. At the same time, the magic rune drawn on the ship's body shone brightly, forming a silver-white shield, absorbing most of the opponent's impact. The front end of the sailboat in the silver-white light, along with the impact angle and a mast, seemed to be soaked in strong acid, and became fragile. Then, with the reaction force coming from the cruiser's body, it shattered into countless pieces.

The sailboat that had lost its small part of its body immediately lost its balance and was overturned. Then it slowly sank into the sea. Except for a few who were shocked, the Arabian sailors immediately dived and escaped. They swam desperately away from the wreck so as not to be pulled into the sea by the whirlpool formed by the wreck.

Although it seemed a bit inhumane to launch an attack on the enemy who fell into the water at this time, the Black New Army soldiers in Sylvania still did this. The secondary guns deployed on both sides of the cruiser and the fire net formed by the machine guns shot all the Arabian sailors who fell into the water into pieces.

On the side wall where the cruiser was hit, a not very obvious dent did appear. However, after the silver-white light flashed, the slightest trauma disappeared completely.

In this way, the experiment ended. I found a lot of fun. The next step should be time to fight well. Although there were less than twenty warships in total. The number of enemy warships was more than twenty times that of our own. But how could these fragile sailboats be the opponents of the final product of the Imperial Magic Crystallization? Soon, a large number of warships were sunk. This was completely unimaginable for the medieval navy, which was basically in the battle of the platoon, and capturing was much simpler than sinking.

In addition, it is generally very easy to escape in such a battle. For the medieval navy, the speed of both sides is similar. The defeated guys who want to escape will naturally work harder to row. This is basically obvious.

However, it was completely different for the Empire. The Empire changed the rules. The super-fast speed of rapid destroyers and cruisers can be easily intercepted, and the escaped warships were wiped out with 150 or 200 mm naval guns. Therefore, there were only a handful of Arab warships that could escape in this battle, and 400 galleys participating in the battle. In the end, there were less than twenty of them escaping the bad luck. More than 30,000 Arab sailors who participated in this battle, and less than 3,000 survived in the end. It can be said that it was an absolute defeat.

After the conflict on the sea ended, under the cover of naval guns, a large number of transport ships temporarily acted as landing ships, carrying the troops of the Black New Army toward the port and the beach. Because of the cover of naval guns, a small number of Arab soldiers who were deploying defenses on the coastline had all been killed or simply fled. Therefore, this landing war did not receive much resistance at all. So, the guys who failed in weapon range actually declared the war failed. This sentence still makes sense.
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