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Chapter 20 Ipolita and Barcelona (17)

Contarini chased Andrea's fleet. The sun rose and set again. This pursuit lasted for a whole day.

So Ipolita said to Contarini: "I was just suspicious, but now I am sure that the King of Sweden must have laid an ambush somewhere."

"Why?" asked Contalini. He saw nothing but the butt of the Andrea fleet these days.

"The speed of ships in the Island Republic and the Republic of Liguria must be different. Whether it is the Island Republic or the Republic of Liguria, even if the gap is subtle, after a day of navigation, the gap must have been widened. But you see, we have never been able to catch up with Andrea's fleet, and Andrea's fleet has never disappeared from our sight. Isn't this obvious?"

"It makes sense!" Contalini said, "Then, are we still chasing?"

"We must chase after you. We cannot allow the Swedish king to continue to transport reinforcements from the Seven Hills Empire. But we need to be prepared for some defense. Contarini, I don't understand naval command. What do you think is the weakness of your fleet?"

"In fact, the intensity of the ocean fire is far beyond my expectations. If you want to talk about weakness, it is the range." Contalini said, "It is not the range of effect, but the range of aiming. The ocean fire is fixed at the bow and can rotate very little. If the enemy suddenly attacks from the side or behind, it will not have any effect - but the level of training of our navy is not much lower than that of Andrea's navy. As long as the soldiers are not afraid, even if they suddenly find the enemy behind, they can transfer their heads back before the enemy arrives."

"In other words, the weakness of Ocean Fire is that when entering the difficult sea area, enemy troops suddenly appear behind them?" Ipolita pondered for a while, "Since that's the case, then we might as well transform the ships and install the Ocean Fire of several ships in the rear row from the bow to the stern, how about?"

"Good idea!" Contalini slapped his head, "With the strength of the Ocean Fire, the rear fleet rarely has the opportunity to fight. Putting Ocean Fire at the stern may be more useful than putting it in front!"

"Hope this will give the Swedish king a 'surprise'."

Ipolita smiled slightly. But for some reason, her body suddenly shivered.

"Ipolita, what did you think of?" Contalini asked.

Ipolita stabbed Contarini's left hand and sprained his right wrist in the capital of the island Republic. Therefore, when Giovanni's letter asked him to obey Ipolita's orders, he was very resistant. But Ipolita's advice made every time was very reasonable and convinced. Thinking that Ipolita hurt him because he let the fleet of the Seven Hills Empire run away, and this fleet was finally destroyed by Ipolita, he felt that he was indeed incompetent, and he respected Ipolita a little.

Ipolita shook his head: "It's nothing. It's just that the sea is a little cold. I'm going to add a piece of clothing and blow less sea breeze in the future."

After saying that, Ipolita walked into the cabin alone.

The chase continued. But that night, the fleet of the Island Republic completed the transformation of the ocean fire overnight.

The next day at noon, Andrea's fleet entered a narrow sea.

"As you expected!" Contalini broke into the cabin of Ipolita and said with some excitement, "They really want to bring us into the narrow sea!"

"Then go as planned... Cough, Cough."

Ipolita wrapped herself in a winter quilt and coughed violently.

"I seem to be suffering from a cold wind and don't want to blow the wind. Come and see me if there is any unexpected situation."

"I understand! Everything is as expected, and there should be no problem!"

Contalini slammed the door and closed it back. His breathless shout came from outside the door: "Keep the formation and chase after it!"

After Contalini left, Ipolita placed her hand in her heart. A flash of light flashed in the palm of her hand, but it disappeared soon.

"I don't know what tricks the Swedish king has... I have to keep as much magic as possible."

As she said that, she coughed a few more times.

Under Contarini's command, the fleet of the Island Republic entered the narrow sea in an orderly manner. The ships in the front row were still sailing in the front row, while the warships that had already loaded the ocean fire at the stern were left behind. After driving like this, a shout of killing suddenly came from behind. A fleet suddenly attacked from behind an island and attacked the rear of the Island Republic fleet.

"It seems that this is the ambush of the Swedish king." Contalini laughed. "This narrow sea area will bring them closer and feed them the ocean fire!"

Among the ambush, there were still several light warships rushing in the front. They rely on their light speed and the impact of the bow, intending to hit the warships of the island Republic from behind. More large ships followed behind, and the Ligurian soldiers above made excited roars, as if they had held the victory in their hands.

But with the spurt of the ocean fire, everything changed. The small boats were ignited instantly and then overturned by waves in the explosion. The crew above floated out of the water from the sea and sought rescue from friendly forces. Such a change made the roar of the Ligurian soldiers abruptly stop, and the speed of the warships' advance slowed down.

"Andrea, you must have never thought that your plan had been seen through by me!" Contalini shouted at the Ligurian warship ahead, "Come on, let me see what you have to do!"

The sound of Avros was heard again on the sea. Under the command of the music, the ambush of the Republic of Liguria began to retreat, while Andrea's troops leaned forward. After reaching a certain distance, the large warships on both sides began to shoot huge stones at the fleet of the Republic of Islands at the same time. Contarini felt a swaying sea surface. The power of the trencher mounted on the ship seemed to be used to smash the stone walls!

"I'm still holding on!" Contalini waved his hand and ordered, "Don't worry about the ships behind, just keep moving forward, sailing out of the narrow area, and fighting with Andrea to the death!"

Although Andrea commanded the fleet to support it, they could not stop the island Republic fleet. After all, after being overturned by several small boats by ocean fire, Andrea finally gave up resistance and fled with the fleet.

Contalini laughed with her belly in her arms: "The old guy Andrea is finally exhausted!"

After laughing, he waved his big hand.
Chapter completed!
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