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    Section 8 The Battle of the Elant Sea (5

    At noon, the Northern Combined Fleet, which was having a meal, was slowly advancing.  On the Zhongy¨¡ng royal family's flagship Yunwu, the royal navy general Charles Teas smiled and picked up the red wine and toasted to the officer next to him.

    "It's already noon, time flies!"

    "yes!"

    Efilras, the admiral of the noble alliance, took a bite of the mutton and said in confusion: "I don't know what happened. Our small reconnaissance ships haven't sent any news yet. This morning, the spies personally said that the Elantra navy would go north to the kingdom.  Fighting in the East China Sea, or preparing to attack our port at Cape Watch."

    "Don't be anxious." Charisteas took a sip of wine, ate a piece of beef, and rolled his lips and said: "The sea is so big after all. It doesn't mean you can find it by just finding it. Even in this daytime, if you want to  It is not easy to find a fleet. Our fleet just happened to slow down and eat a big meal slowly. As long as our sailors are full, they will naturally have the strength to work and teach those silly boys in Elantra a lesson."

    "Um!"

    "That's right!"

    "A naval battle is not as easy as a land battle, so why should we be anxious? Cheers!"

    Eiffelras picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Charisteas. They started cooking at eleven o'clock and served dinner at twelve o'clock until after one o'clock. Every crew member of the Northern Alliance Army suffered a pain.

    At 1.20, the Northern Alliance forces that met the Elantra fleet finally received the news that the main force of the enemy force had been discovered. Everyone was refreshed. Eiffelras stood on the six-story tower and looked at the five looming ships in the distance four seas away.  There were more than a dozen ships, and they excitedly rubbed their hands and said, "After running for so long, I finally found a fleet. Why do I feel like there are not many people!"

    "It doesn't matter how much he does. As long as we can eliminate some of them, the strength of the Elantra Navy will be weakened, and we will definitely make a profit!" The deputy commented beside him.

    Royal Navy Admiral Charles Steas spoke energetically: "Quickly dispatch 20 light warships, move forward with all their strength to investigate the situation ahead, beat the war drums, use the trumpets, and order all fleet members to enter a state of combat readiness."

    "yes!"

    "yes!"

    ¡­¡­

    Suddenly, a series of exclamations sounded quickly. A young sailor who was climbing more than 70 meters above the sea quickly slid down the rope and shouted to Charisteas: "General. Some battleships appeared to the north of us.  , they are sailing north of us."

    "What?"

    "How many ships do they have? How far away are they from us? What is their formation? Where is the specific location of the fleet?" Charisteas frowned eagerly and asked.

    "can not see clearly."

    The thin sailor hurriedly climbed the rope to the observation deck of the mast and said quickly: "General, they have about 100 ships, and they are very scattered among each other. Each ship is separated by a ship's distance in front and back, and each row  There are two to three ships, about six or seven nautical miles away from our flagship."

    "Six or seven nautical miles."

    Charesteas laughed, clapped his hands and said: "Yi Liuyun, you little brat, you used the army's tactics on the navy to outflank me. Fortunately, I discovered it early, otherwise I wouldn't have been caught off guard by you little brat.  .¡±

    ???????? Charles Aters paused.  He said loudly: "Order the northern battleships to move toward the northeast, the center-wing battleships to turn and move toward the northeast, and the southern fleet to also turn to target the group of small fleets in the middle."

    "yes!"

    "yes!"

    "Big brother, I'm going back to my flagship first. I'll treat you to a drink after the victory in the evening." Efilas waved his hand to Charesteas.

    "goodbye!"

    ¡°I¡¯ll find you some more girls tonight.¡±

    "Ha ha!"

    "good!"

    The two laughed and said goodbye. Efilras climbed onto the deck and slid into the transport boat through the rope, heading for his flagship. The Northern Combined Fleet increased its strength and rowed the oars together toward the northeast.

    5000 meters!

    3000 meters!

    Rofitt led five black-smoking steamships forward at high speed and stopped 3,000 meters away from the Northern Fleet.

    "what happened?"

    "Why not move on?"

    Puzzled, Rofit put down the telescope and came to the deck and yelled at everyone.

    "Captain, we can't move forward." The boatswain, Malaz, who was in his 40s and short and strong, walked out of the crowd and pointed at the huge group of battleships in front of him and said: "Captain, look at us, in front of us, to the north and to the south.  , all of them are the king¡¯s fleet. IfThis huge war front is more than 7,000 meters long in the north-south direction. Our ships are now surrounded by this huge warship. If we get closer, with just one charge, we will be finished. None of our brothers are willing to be there.  Moving forward, haven't you seen those naughty boys on the Kamikaze battleship? They are already more than 1,500 meters behind us.  "

    Malaz pointed at the battleship Kamikaze behind him, which was deliberately slowing down. Many sailors nodded wildly in fear.  Seeing this, Luofit took a breath of frustration, looked at the huge group of battleships in front, and said softly: "What you said is indeed very reasonable. We really can't go any further. After listening to what you said, I now look across the way.  The entire fleet is also scared."

    "So for the safety of our brothers, I decided to stop our small fleet here and shoot them."

    "ah!"

    "Very good!"

    "Long live Captain Rofitt!"

    ¡­¡­

    The five steamships all stopped, their rotating hulls pointed towards the northern fleet on the left.

    "Aim 3000 meters ahead!"

    "Cannon raised, angle 30, second level large battleship due west."

    "Install the gunpowder, put in the heavy armor, put in the gunpowder and twist the message."

    "Gun Commander, the cannon is installed!"

    "Captain, the three cannons are ready!"

    Luofit looked at the majestic green and black cannon occupying the transverse part of the adapted large merchant ship, and said loudly to the oarsmen: "Brothers, fire!"

    "Sh¨¨!"

    "Sh¨¨!"

    "Sh¨¨!"

    The igniter quickly picked up the grease fire stick and pointed it at the more than thirty centimeters of twisted wire, and everyone quickly left the cannon.  Cover your ears and hide five or six meters away.

    Boom!

    Boom!

    Boom!

    ??A flaming red light flashed from the muzzle of the bronze cannon.  Each conical cannon flew toward the Northern United Fleet with red light like lightning.

    Four or five seconds later.  Three cannons suddenly fell into the Northern United Fleet. One cannon passed through the mast of the small ship and hit the water two meters in front of the big ship. It crashed into the front deck with great force. The huge force splashed out a stream of five.  There was a splash of six meters high, and the ship, which was more than fifty meters long, swayed. Water slowly entered the hole in the front and tilted forward.  Two other cannons flew from the sky, one landed in the sea water of the third-level fleet and splashed huge waves, and the other one missed.  It hit the light battleship running ahead two meters away. In an instant, the water wave of five or six meters high overturned the light battleship more than ten meters long. Five or six sailors fell into the sea in shock.

    "good!"

    "good!"

    "good!"

    ¡­¡­

    The sailors of the five steamships ahead clapped their hands and shouted, and many gunners also happily aimed at the northern fleet and lit their cannons.

    Boom!

    Boom!

    Boom!

    ¡­¡­

    Huge noises continued, twelve 300mm bronze cannons roared loudly, and the 200-pound cannon ferociously entered the Northern Fleet with huge power.

    "ah!"

    "Wow!"

    Bang!

    Bang!

    Boom!

    Boom!

    ¡­¡­

    Many chaotic sounds sounded on the battlefield, and twelve cannons covered the 200-square-meter battlefield. In this bombardment, seven or eight warships were built and four or five warships were damaged.  The place where the steam engines, ships and cannons attacked was the royal family's forward fleet.

    Charles Ates looked angrily at the five strange ships standing on the sea in front of him.  Angrily, he yelled at the sailors: "Their cannons have already fired, why haven't we fired yet?"

    "General!"

    The boatswain said awkwardly: "I don't know how it happened. Their cannons can actually hit our ships at a distance of 3,000 meters, but the effective range of our cannons is not that long, and they cannot hit them at this distance."

    "What?"

    ¡°A bunch of bastards!¡±

    "Why are they all using bronze cannons with ancient technology? Their cannons can hit us, but we can't hit them. Why?" Charisteas said angrily with his beard raised.

    The middle-aged boatswain quickly explained: "General, these are caused by many aspects. Our gunpowder formula is a secret recipe from the ancient technological era collected by the royal family. Many materials in the ancient era cannot be found, so the power of our cannons is greatly reduced."??.  Moreover, our cannons are all medium cannons and light cannons that are three meters long, two meters long, and one and a half meters long.  According to rumors, their cannons can also be four to five meters in length, which we simply cannot compare with.  "

    "And their cannons are very heavy, so the cannons are very heavy. There is a lot of gunpowder to install the cannons, and the range is long. It seems that according to rumors, it can shoot more than 4,000 to 6,000 meters."

    "What?"

    "So long?" Charisteas pointed at the boatswain's nose angrily and said, "In that case, why don't we make the cannon bigger? Why is it only three meters long? Isn't this harmful? Now they are standing 3000 meters away from us.  Besides, don¡¯t we have to be beaten passively?¡±

    "No!"

    "No!"

    The boatswain said anxiously: "General, please listen to me. We alchemists also considered these situations when firing the cannons. However, after experiments, the current cannons basically cannot hit the target with a range of more than 1,000 meters.  , the general effective range and effective lethality are within 500 to 700 meters. Any further away and it will be easily shot away, and the gun will lose power and penetration. Therefore, in order to save metal and make more efficient cannons, we created medium-sized cannons.  .¡±

    "Save metal?"

    "damn it."

    Charesteas angrily pointed at the soldiers who were constantly firing cannons and frightened soldiers in front, and asked angrily to the boatswain: "Then what do you think we should do now? Wait until our fleet enters the 1000-meter effective range you mentioned.  The loss will be less than half. The important thing is that if we don't take action, the morale of the army will be weakened and collapse, and then we will not be able to win."

    "General, don't be anxious."

    The boatswain hesitated for a moment and then said: "Their cannons are based on previous naval battle records. The accurate range is also about 1,000 meters. Standing 3,000 meters away, they usually can't hit the target at all. This time they dare to do so.  The reason is that our ships are too densely packed. Our bronze cannons can also hit 3,000 meters away, but because the distance is too far, we cannot guarantee the accuracy."

    "Since you can hit it, why are you still standing there? Go ahead and fire." Charisteas yelled angrily at the boatswain, and then shouted to the orderer: "Send the flag, send out the sailors, and order  In the front and rear, all fleets on the left and right are arranged in a loose formation, and the warships must be separated by more than 100 meters to reduce bombardment."

    "ah!"

    "yes!"

    ¡­¡­

    Many messengers notified the flag bearers one after another, and at the same time took the sailors with good water skills to take the boats to other directions to notify the warships.  At the same time, the royal fleet and Viscount Julali's fleet in the north turned around, and about 200 warships headed north against the wind.

    Boom!

    Boom!

    ¡­¡­

    "Brothers, come on, everyone! Try to fire quickly and turn the guys on the opposite side into water ghosts."

    "yes!"

    "The captain is mighty!"

    "Ha ha!"

    ¡­¡­

    The sailors on many steam engines, ships, and warships laughed loudly as they carried the cannons and carried them to the cannons.  Ten seconds after the cannon was fired, the cleaner quickly used a claw bamboo pole to clean the barrel of the cannon. A sailor fished out buckets of cold water from the sea and rushed it to the cannon to cool down.  The gunner threw in the twist, and the loader put the serially connected one-meter-long cannon into the cannon. The gunner then locked the target, calculated the balance of his own hull and housing, prepared for aiming correction, and then fired.

    Boom!

    Boom!

    Boom!

    ¡­¡­

    In just six or seven minutes, the five steamships fired their cannons four or five times, destroying, damaging, and spattering more than 30 ships.

    Rofitt laughed and stood next to the red-hot bronze cannon. He happily chatted to the gunner Solari on the side: "This bronze cannon is really powerful! I remember it scared me the first time I fired it.  I jumped, for fear that the cannon would fly next to me and kill me. After watching you fire so many times on the ship today, I didn¡¯t feel scared anymore. Although I was a little deaf, I could see that the cannon damaged and destroyed so many ships.  I'm still happy."

    "hey-hey!"

    Solari, who is in his thirties and has a thin body and sharp eyes, smiled, proudly raised his chest and said: "Captain, if you fire cannons for a long time, you will fall in love with this cannon. This is the most powerful weapon in the world today."  Okay, as for the explosion of the barrel, please rest assured that our cannons have been strictly tested and are absolutely safe. In order to prevent the explosion of the barrel, the wall of our cannon body is fully 180 mm thick, and the entire gun hole is only 300 mm.  , such a thick and safe cannon will not explode."

    "Um!"

    "Our Academy of Sciences is really very popular! I would rather"If we make it thicker and spend more money, our soldiers will not be harmed."  "

    "That is!"

    ¡­¡­

    At this time, a young observer came to Rofitt and shouted loudly: "Captain, it's bad, the light battleships on the opposite side are less than 1,500 meters away from us. The battleships behind them have stopped moving forward. The entire battleships in front are  The groups are moving forward, backward, left, and right, widening their distance and expanding their formation, and our artillery hit rate is less than 30%."

    "What?"

    Luofit and Solari took a moment to pick up their telescopes and observe. At this time, the bronze giant cannon of a ship on the left opened fire. Three cannons flew into the sky and fell into the enemy's formation. Huge waves lit up in the eyes of the three of them, and then  The group of warships that had dispersed more than eighty meters changed the course of the waves and continued to move forward.

    "Damn, the commander on the opposite side is really smart. Now the fleet on the opposite side has dispersed. Two or three thousand meters away, our artillery precision can't stop it at all!" Luofit said, stamping his feet anxiously.

    Solari sneered at the corner of his mouth: "How about we sail forward and fire cannons. Anyway, we can run and they can't catch up."

    Suddenly, streaks of red flames flickered from the central area of ??the Northern Fleet. Less than 2,400 meters away from the Elantra steam engine ship, the Dambreth royal family's navy finally launched the long-prepared attack.

    Boom!

    Boom!

    Boom!

    ¡­¡­

    More than fifty cannons fired together, and numerous cannons flew into the sky and fell into the sea area where the steam engine and ship were located.

    Bang!

    Bang!

    Bang!

    ¡­¡­

    Huge waves continued to sound within three to five hundred meters of the steam engine and ship.  A cannon of more than 20 centimeters fell from the sky.  It struck the mast of steamer No. 5.  With a crunch, half of the more than ten-meter-high mast fell together with the cannon, and a huge spray of water and canvas enveloped Rofit and Solari.

    "ah!"

    "don't want!"

    "Captain!"

    ¡­¡­

    After being stunned for a while, many sailors cut the canvas in fear, moved the mast, and pulled out a few people under the canvas.

    "Mom, you scared me to death."

    Luofit looked at the battleship group in front of him in panic, and quickly shouted: "Order the entire fleet to retreat. Act quickly, we must!"

    "He's so damn angry!"

    Solari angrily tore open the broken steps covering his face, spit out a mouthful of seawater angrily, pinched his throat and shouted: "I was hit by the enemy, hit by the mast, choked by seawater, I want revenge, I want  revenge."

    "Stop the ship, I'm going to fire. Crush those bastards."

    "You're crazy!"

    With an angry punch, Rofit opened up Solari, who was angrily opening the canvas covering the cannon, and said angrily: "I order you in the name of the captain of this battleship. Stop firing quickly and help the fleet retreat."

    "Trash!"

    Solari spat out a mouthful of water at Rofit and said angrily: "Rofit, you coward, you are really not a man. You also participated in the last naval battle. Don't you know that the effective range and lethality of their cannons are only 1,000  Less than a few meters away, they are firing now just to scare us and boost their morale. You are actually afraid of such a bluff bombardment. You are not worthy of being an Elantes sailor."

    ¡°Asshole!¡±

    Rofit looked around at the sailors who looked at him with contempt and shouted: "Whether I am an excellent Elantra sailor or not is not up to you. What is important is that I am not a sailor now. What is important is that I am not a sailor now."  As a captain and captain of the fleet, I have to look after the entire fleet and think about all the sailors.¡±

    Rofitt took a few steps forward, pointed at the bronze cannon and said, "Brothers, do you know what kind of ship the ship under our feet is?"

    "Elantras is the most elite and advanced steam engine ship!"

    Rofitt looked at the sailor and shouted: "Do you know how much this ship costs? How much does this ship's engine cost? How much does this bronze cannon cost? How much time and effort did it take our Academy of Sciences to develop?"  "

    "You don't know!"

    "You don't know!"

    Luofit looked at Solari with red eyes for a while, pointed to the cannon and said: "This cannon weighs 14 tons and weighs 270 kilograms. The cost of this cannon is more than 50,000 silver coins, and the cost of a cannon is 200 to 300 silver coins.  . The two engines of our ship weigh 30 tons and cost more than 100,000 silver coins. Based on the total energy and money spent to transform the ship, the entire warship is worth more than 400,000 silver coins."

    ?"More than 400,000 silver coins! Brothers!"

    Luofit said sincerely: "These are the most precious possessions of our Elantes, and their value exceeds the silver coins they cost. Baron Yiliuyun trusted me, the royal sailor, and then handed the battleship to me. For the sake of the baron's  Hopefully, in order to win, I must protect our property, lead everyone to evacuate the safe area, and win safely, this is my mission."

    Rofit quickly turned around, looked at Solari and said seriously: "As for you, Gunner Solari, I will bypass you this time for your knowledge. If there is another time, you will always be  Do you understand the expulsion of steam engines and ships?"

    "yes!"

    Solari looked at Rofit's red eyes and the disdainful glances of many sailors, lowered his head and whispered: "Captain Rofit, I was wrong. I shouldn't question your absoluteness. I will never go crazy and angry next time."  .¡±

    ¡°If you know you¡¯ve made a mistake, correct it, that¡¯s good! Not bad!¡±

    Rofitt patted Solari on the shoulder and shouted to everyone without continuing to reprimand: "All fleets, move back."

    "yes!"

    "yes!"

    "kindness!"

    ¡­¡­

    "Ha ha!"

    "They ran away!"

    "The general is mighty!"

    "Our cannons are not vegetarian either."

    "Young men, row your boat as hard as you can, let's try to catch up and destroy the forty or fifty light warships ahead."

    ¡­¡­

    1400 meters away.  The sailors of more than 60 royal light battleships with half-open canvases laughed. Encouraged by the captain, the sailors who cheered up rowed their oars harder to catch the force from the northwest. The sails moved at a speed of more than ten knots.  Drive forward.

    Royal Navy General Charles Teas breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the five strange warships escaping. He waved loudly and shouted to the sailors: "Children, come on! We are accelerating towards the northeast and strive to defeat them as soon as possible.  Their fleet."

    "yes!"

    "yes!"

    "yes!"

    Many sailors and soldiers who had cheered up their morale nodded.  The boatswain looked at the situation in front of him and quickly ordered the gunners to stop the attack, save the gun supplies, and prepare for the next battle.

    August 21, 2013 21:40:21 To be continued)
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