Chapter 2279: Attack on Venice
Latest website: The Balearic Islands are located in the Mediterranean Sea, not far to the east of Spain. The place is under Spanish jurisdiction, but due to the rampant piracy in North Africa, the population is sparse.
This is a good one. The devil generals of the South China Empire captured all the population of the Balearic Islands as long as they could be captured, and then took away all of them.
Their ending is self-evident, it can be said that nothing happens!
Siresma deliberately released some people back and asked them to inform the Spaniards in order to embarrass them and humiliate them.
When Admiral Don Gareth Bale learned the news, he could only do it on his own. He burned the incense and begged the Devil General to leave. How dare he go out to the sea to find the Devil General to fight, it was just a few deserted islands.
Fortunately, there are people who are as unlucky as him, that is, the Italians and the Knights of the Hospital of Malta. Their islands, Sicily and Malta, have been ransacked.
The one who won the two places was another legendary general of the South China Empire, half-man Cheng Yu.
This man has been with the emperor for a long time in the sea battle, but he was blind, severed, and lame. He was called "half man."
But he has never retired, but he has been promoted to admiral by accumulating meritorious service, enjoying the unique honor of having a seat on the battleship deck.
Even the emperor had to stand on the battleship deck, there were no seats on the deck!
Now he accepts the order to attack the coastal areas of Italy and the important islands in the Mediterranean!
In the 17th century, there was no unified Italian kingdom. There were scattered and independent small kingdoms, principalities and republics on the Italian land. There were also foreign forces intervening. For example, the Spanish returned to France through one another, and they still cared about staying. Li has their land.
Yes, there is no republic with kings and monarchs. European white skins are still quite diverse, but it is also a mass of scattered sand.
They didn't find a monarch who could represent them. Cheng Yu wanted to fight whoever he wanted. The focus was on the wealthy forces such as Venice, Genoa and Florence. The excuse was that they helped Baotou. Now the South China Empire came to settle accounts after the autumn!
At that time, when the South China Empire was aggressively attacking the Baotou, the Italian cities felt cold (with cold lips and teeth), so they gave money, people and supplies to Baotou. Unfortunately, Baotou did not resist, and the Italians were not only fallen. The account was also hit by the South China Empire.
Fortunately, the Italians are still prepared!
"Boom! Boom! Boom..." Outside Venice, the artillery sounded vigorously. It was Cheng Yu who led 32 battleships to attack Venice!
Like Siresma, he is a third-tier battleship of the "Southeast Asia Class".
The "Southeast Asia-Class" three-tier battleship was designed very successfully. The guns are many and strong, and the speed is fast. In addition, the large number of built and common equipment are very beneficial for maintenance.
Therefore, the two generals did not ride on their prestigious second-tier battleships. Instead, they used the third-tier battleships. It was very advantageous to fight and flee if you wanted to.
But today they attacked Venice because the Venetians deployed heavy artillery on their coastal fort!
After the Chinese deployed Thor’s Hammers in Xiping, the entrance of the Dardanelles, Egypt, and Cyprus, the white skins were not stupid. They immediately cast heavy artillery, similar to the eight-inch cannon that guarded Barcelona, capable of firing 68. The kind of pound shells.
It is this kind of heavy artillery that is playing lively with the Cheng Yu fleet at the moment. The sound is loud, surpassing the 32-pounder artillery of the South China Fleet.
Not only is it heavy, but it's too much. Venice is located in the Adriatic Sea. On one side is the coastline of Baotou. It has to be defended. Its coastal defenses are excellent. With heavy artillery, the South China Fleet cannot take them.
"Boom, boom, boom!" With two loud noises, Cheng Yu's face changed drastically.
Because those two cannons are so powerful, they are much louder than other cannons.
"This should be a cannon with a caliber of more than ten inches!" shouted a staff officer on the deck.
The staff judged that the Venetian’s artillery caliber was not small, and its attack power was immediate, and the mast of a battleship ahead was knocked down.
The sound of gunfire spread from the coastal waters to Cheng Yu, who was far away from the sea. More than a dozen Nanhua battleships, large and small, huddled outside the city of Venice like a protruding nail, blocking its entrance to the sea.
Even some battleships bravely plunged into the open area of the water city of Venice into the sea, so that the Venetians did not doubt the determination of the Chinese at all. They put all the battleships in their hands into the artillery battle.
On the sea, near the water city of Venice, the sound of artillery roared, and the smoke filled with gunpowder from a distance.
Some Venetians who watched the battle were amazed that when the Baotou navy came to attack, the artillery battle on both sides was not so intense, and the offshore area was completely annihilated in the smoke of gunfire.
The South China battleship extended its artillery attack. The artillery shells hit the city and even hit the bronze lion on St. Mark’s Square, knocking it off the ground. It also smashed the stone sculptures of St. Mark’s Basilica. Pieces of it fell, and the scene made the Venetians. Distressed: "These barbarians, how can they do this, how can they do it! They are destroying civilization!"
St. Mark’s Square and St. Mark’s Basilica are one of the most famous places of interest in Venice. St. Mark’s Square is more than 170 meters long from east to west, 80 meters wide to the east, and 55 meters wide to the west, with a total area of about 10,000 square meters, in a trapezoidal shape. Their beautiful and harmonious shapes, and the vivid and lifelike stone carvings, can be said to be rare masterpieces in ancient Roman architecture.
The south, north and west sides of the square are surrounded by magnificent palace buildings. These buildings are harmonious and beautiful, and the stone carvings on the buildings are vivid and lifelike. To the east stands the 98.6-meter-high Bell Tower of St. Mark and the Church of St. Mark, which integrates Eastern and Western architectural art.
This prominent San Marco can be seen everywhere in Venice. St. Mark was the author of "The Gospel of Mark in the New Testament" and was martyred in Egypt in 67 AD. In 828, two wealthy merchants in Venice, under the direction of the governor at the time, successfully stole the mummy of St. Mark from Alexandria, transported it back to Venice, and stored it under the altar of St. Mark’s Basilica.
Since then, San Marco has become the patron saint of Venice. His logo is a winged lion ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Venice has also become the holy city of Catholicism.
Since then, Venice has been full of lions. At the entrance of Piazza San Marco, there are two tall columns. On the east side of the column stands a bronze lion with wings spread out. It is the emblem of Venice-the flying lion. The flying lion’s left front paw is holding a holy book on which is written in Latin the Catholic encyclical: "My messenger Marco, you rest there!"
Today, the Chinese shells hit the bronze lion, and the patron saint of the Venetians can't guard this holy city!
"My lord, the enemy's artillery fire is fierce. We have two battleships that have suffered too much damage and have already withdrawn from the battle sequence!" The staff officer received the battle report from the Clippers and reported to Cheng Yu sitting in his chair.
The battleship "Southeast Asia 101" was hit close to the waterline, and the gun holes were so large that it could only be retreated for repairs. Another battleship "Southeast Asia 236" was bombarded with heavy artillery, and its hull was very scarred and the sailors suffered heavy losses. Had to retreat.
However, Cheng Yu was unmoved, and a powerful language burst into his mouth: "No matter how great the loss, we must take Venice!"
"Hurry up!" he shouted.
