Otherworldly Castle Era

Vol 4 Chapter 58: The Might of the Fleet

   Andy and Annott finished their discussions and surrounded the Xia Guo fleet.

   Chang Sun Sheng used binoculars on the ship to look at dozens of ships approaching in the distance. He put down his sight glasses and said seriously to Li Bao who was standing on the bow with his hands on his back: "General Li, the one who came is not good."

   "Haha~!" Hearing this, Li Bao smiled as he watched dozens of sea ships approaching, "Since I went abroad and went north to explore, I didn't expect that there would be so many people who are not afraid of death along the way?"

   "Yes, especially the nearest sea area, the farther you go north, the more pirates you will encounter." Changsun Sheng sighed at the number of pirates, but facing the enemy, he didn't have a hint of pity.

   "Since these indigenous people want to die, this general will fulfill them!" Li Bao seemed to smile, but his tone was chilling.

  Li Bao raised his right hand, changed his expression, and solemnly ordered: "Order the fleet to fill the naval guns and prepare for bombardment!"

  ...

   The reason why Chang Sun Sheng was in the exploratory fleet was that he took the initiative to invite Yang Song.

   The exchanges between Xia Country and the outside world are only a few nearby territories, among which the most frequent exchanges with Fulimet Country.

However, due to the stable and special relationship between Xia Guo and Fulimet State, Changsun Sheng did not need to go to the mission in person, and his general career was enough to be promoted. Therefore, when Chang Sun Sheng learned that Yang Song had asked the navy to form a new exploration fleet, he took the initiative to ask Ying to serve. Diplomatic personnel on board.

  The newly formed exploratory fleet is to prepare for a long-term exploratory plan. Because it is out for a long time, it is indispensable to contact with outsiders, so translation and diplomatic personnel on board are also indispensable.

Even if there are special supply ships that can provide long-term supplies for the fleet, the reason why the exploratory fleet is exploratory is to find out the general information along the coast in addition to the clearing of the channel. Therefore, the fleet is also being inspected from time to time when docking. Within the responsibilities.

   So after Chang Sun Sheng took the initiative to ask for it, after some thought, Yang Song still agreed to Chang Sun Sheng's request.

  ...

   Following Li Bao's order, three battleships, one large and two small, one destroyer in the center, two frigates guarding the two wings, neatly turning the bow of the ship, and exposing the right side of the ship facing the pirates.

The muzzle of the destroyer’s artillery layer opened up, revealing six black hole muzzles on the side of the ship, and seven artillery guns were launched on the open deck above.

  The destroyer is equipped with six fourth-class naval guns and seven fifth-class naval guns on each side of the destroyer. If the two-class guns are not carefully observed, there will be no big difference at all. Anyway, they are all a dark hole.

   The caliber of the fourth-class naval gun is 120 millimeters, weighs 1,200 kilograms, and has an effective range of 2,100 meters.

   The caliber of the fifth-class naval gun is 100 millimeters, the gun weighs 800 kilograms, and the effective range is 1,800 meters.

   If the difference of twenty millimeters is not for someone who is particularly sensitive to this size, it will be impossible to tell for a while.

  Each frigate has only four fifth-class naval guns on one side, all of which are installed on the open deck of the battleship. In addition to the guns on the side of the frigate, there is also a naval gun at the bow and stern of the frigate.

   Therefore, after the three battleships were transformed into battle lines, there were a total of 21 artillery pieces facing the pirates at the same time.

   "Fire!"

   Li Bao's half-raised right hand swung down vigorously as he shouted a command in his mouth, and the Ling Qi accompanied Li Bao's right hand to issue an attack command!

   The captain received the order from Li Bao and gave the same order to his deputy. The deputy then issued the command to the artillery commander to fire the gun. Finally, the artillery commander gave the gunner a specific order to "fire in sequence".

   A series of orders were transmitted, but in an instant, the sailor who had already loaded the artillery started from the beginning and pulled the ropes connected to the artillery flintlock in turn.

   "Boom boom boom~!"

   A series of artillery shells were fired out with a puff of blue smoke, and hit the pirate ship that was still six to seven hundred meters away from the fleet.

   After a round of artillery, several pirate ships that were visible to the naked eye were blown to pieces, and several others were affected by near-missing bullets. They were falling to one side and sinking slowly.

   "The artillery is ready!" After a while, the deputy received a report from the artillery commander and retelled it loudly to the captain.

   And the captain ordered the flag sailors to send a "ready" feedback to the flagship, and the feedback was finally uploaded to the fleet command.

   "Report to General, the fleet's artillery has been loaded!" The officer behind him reported to Li Bao.

   And Li Bao got the artillery of the fleet and was ready to attack again, and immediately ordered: "Aim at the pirates. After another salvo, the ships will shoot freely."

   Li Bao's command was passed back and forth again. The whole process seemed cumbersome, but none of it was redundant.

   Every officer has his own responsibilities, every sailor has his own battle position, everything is in order and orderly.

  The navy is different from other armies. The battleship is a basic unit. Each battleship is a whole. It will not be divided into large, medium and small teams like the army.

   Many warships form a fleet again, and the fleets with various functional warships will form major combat effectiveness.

   Therefore, the Navy attaches great importance to integrity, whether it is the entirety of each battleship or the entirety of the fleet.

   The volley command issued by Li Bao said it was a volley. In fact, it did not really make the artillery of a warship attack at the same time, but there was a short interval between the two artillery.

  Because if the artillery on each side of the battleship is really fired together, the huge reaction force of the artillery will destroy the structure of the battleship, and even damage the keel, which may cause your own weapons to shake the battleship itself apart.

   It is not that the warship is not reliable, but that the recoil force of the artillery fired together is very huge, after all, the power is mutual.

   So in order to avoid such a situation, in actual combat, each artillery is fired in sequence, so as to avoid damage to the artillery ship itself.

   "Boom boom boom~!"

After a continuous sound of artillery, the pirate ship on the opposite side had stopped approaching, and turned in a panic to flee. Some pirate ships did not even scrutinize their side when they were turning, causing the two pirate ships to collide. together.

   Although the pirate wants to escape, Li Bao won't let him go so easily. He ordered: "Follow forward!"

   Following the order to pursue, the two supply ships that were in the rear lowered their sails and slowed down, waiting for the result of the battle ahead, also raised their sails again and followed the warship forward.

   Because these escaped pirate ships were rowed by manpower, they were still very fast for a while, but the battle of the investigation fleet relied not on speed, but on powerful artillery.

   "Boom~ boom~ boom~!"

  The fleet was chasing while firing guns, and the speed of the Xia Guo warship was not slow, which caused these pirates to suffer heavy losses.

   "Stop the pursuit!" Li Bao looked at only a few pirates that had scattered and ordered the fleet to stop the pursuit. The remaining ships no longer need to waste time and shells!

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