Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 564 Attack on the Papal State

While the Ming Army captured Verona, the Ming Navy also marched towards the city of Venice one after another.

More than [-] navies and tens of thousands of warships have almost filled the entire Mediterranean Sea, while the water city of Venice has been ferociously besieged by the Ming fleet like a pack of wolves.

The news of Verona's fall also spread back to the city of Venice at this time, and even the Papal State and the Kingdom of Sicily realized the crisis was approaching at this time, and sent the navy to assist Venice in an attempt to contain the Ming navy with the naval battle of Venice.

This allowed them to free themselves to deal with the Ming Army.

However, even if the other kingdoms of Italy and Asia began to assist Venice, the defensive power of the entire Venetian castle could not compete with Ming's navy.

At this time, the city of Venice was already in chaos, and the giant iron-clad ship of Ming Dynasty was like a huge monster in the sea, which frightened the residents of Venice. People kept releasing boats from the water gate in front of their houses, loaded with people and goods.

But Venice was originally a city of water, and the waterways were crisscrossed and intersected in a complicated manner. In the panic, countless ships crowded inside and outside the city, even making it impossible for some ships to sail.

The logistical ammunition could not be transported, and the transmission channel with the order was also interrupted. In short, the entire city of Venice has been paralyzed.

But in fact, the Ming Navy has not yet fired a single shot.

As dusk gradually approached, the entire city of Venice became more congested and chaotic than before, and the Ming Navy basically completed its array configuration. The main forces of the Ocean Fleet and the North Sea Fleet formed a wedge-shaped offensive to attack the navy around Venice City.

The South China Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet were laid out in a long snake formation, facing the city of Venice with their sides, all the muzzles were opened, and thousands of shells exploded in the city of Venice like blooming fireworks.

Countless ships were blown to pieces, and every building in the entire city of Venice was bombarded except for the towering lighthouse standing on the coast.

The collapsed bricks and stones were accompanied by the screams of the Venetians and submerged in the inland river of Venice. The boats and ships trying to escape became more chaotic at this time, colliding directly in two, and some directly killed those blocking the way.

In the face of survival, all Venetians have become crazy, and none of them who advocate self-salvation stand up at this time and call for everyone to form a collective to deal with the current situation as a whole.

Everyone is scrambling to flee, and no one is willing to give up the opportunity to others. The weak, old, weak, children and women can only hide back in the castle.

The navy of Venice and the navies of other countries who came to the rescue could not stop the attack of the Ming navy at all. The clumsy soft sailboat was smashed into pieces like an egg hitting a rock under the impact of the steam ironclad ship.

Some soft sailing ships even took advantage of the chaos and fled here.

Ming's fleet continued to approach step by step, and all the Venetian civilian ships in the front were directly knocked away by the armored ships, and the bridge blocking the way was bombed into rubble by a single shot.

By the time the sun rose in the morning of the next day, the entire city of Venice had been turned into ruins. Except for the lighthouse that was still standing, the other buildings were filled with the inland river.

The navy of the other kingdoms of Italy and Asia has withdrawn from the battlefield, while the navy of the Republic of Venice was defeated and fled.

Meanwhile, the Marine Corps of Ming Dynasty began to land at this time, and the Venetian city of Nuo Da has long lost its former vitality, because a large number of buildings collapsed, causing a barrier lake to appear in the city, and countless corpses were floating on the barrier lake, and many of them were in the lake. Those who survived the shelling.

The Marine Corps picked up these people one by one, handcuffed them with iron chains, and gathered a group to be transported back to the naval field hospital on the ship for some kind of surgery.

Caucasians with almost no clothes on their hands tremblingly marched under the guns of the Ming Marine Corps. They probably never imagined that there would be such a heavy blow from the Eastern Empire for a moment, just like Originally, China in history never imagined that the western barbarians would deal such a severe blow to itself.

The Venetian Republic, which was quite powerful in the entire Mediterranean, officially declared its demise.

The two armies of the Ming Dynasty marched directly from the north to the south. The army of the Ming Dynasty marched towards the city of Trento in the Papal State, while the navy divided into four routes to attack the coastal cities of Ravenna, Hermini, Pesaro, and Ancona. .

At this time, the entire Papal State of Rome was already in panic, and its Pope Alexander VII was already fidgeting. He really didn't expect this empire from the East to be so terrifying. He hurriedly sent distress letters to France, France and other countries , hoping that with his lofty religious status as the Papal State, he can gather more troops to resist the menacing Ming army.

However, countries such as France and France did not respond to the Pope's call at this time.

These Europa powers knew earlier than the Italian kingdoms that Ming might sweep the entire Europa, so as early as a few months ago, these Europa powers had begun to gather back their troops and strengthen their defenses. They have no time to take care of the offense.

As a result, the entire Papal State was only assisted by the princes of the Italian princes, attacking about [-] troops.

Although this is the strength of the entire Italian army, it is still vulnerable to the more than [-] Ming army. In less than three days, the city of Trento was declared to have fallen.

However, due to the large number and long supply lines of the Ming army, the marching speed was not fast, especially after occupying Vanegia, Hungary, and Venice, Ming had to spare energy to digest the newly occupied areas.

Therefore, although the Papal States and the remaining Italian sub-vassal states did not wait for the assistance of the Europa powers such as France, they had some buffer time to consolidate their defenses.

For example, in the city of Milan at this time, countless slave laborers were raising and widening the city day and night under the whip of the rulers. They also dug a large moat and set traps everywhere.

The sad Papal State never thought that it would face war, nor did it think that one day it would have to pay attention to city defense.

But the artillery of the Eastern Empire of Ming Dynasty was very sharp, so they had to do this. For this reason, even Pope Alexander VII himself spent countless money to support the defense of various places, and immediately recruited troops. The year-old doll was also called into the army.

Regarding the several coastal towns that were being attacked by the Ming Navy, the Papal State also simply gave up, and shrank back its forces to focus on defending the three cities of Milan, Florence, and Rome.

(End of this chapter)