818 The Nords Strike Back (1)
Two Dragon-class warships, twelve Dragon's Tooth warships, and six huge merchant ships sailed on the dark waters of the Nord Sea, and the wind swept across the deck with torrential rain. (Look!) NN.)
The six large merchant ships, all with a displacement of more than 100 tons, could barely maintain their stability in the wind and waves, moving slowly, but the twelve lighter Dragon's Tooth warships were jolting badly in the storm, their bows often submerged in huge waves, and the decks were full of seawater
"Sue the Polish Fokker on the port side, pay attention to their position, they are too close to the transport fleet" Captain Frye put down the lookout in his hand and whispered to the deputy behind him, originally with his character, he rarely reminded others, others have to live or die, so it's none of his business,
However, this transportation mission is really important, since the Falcon Island Chain fell into the hands of the Falcon Navy, in order to pierce this piercing nail deeply, the Falcon Navy has continued to strengthen the defense of the Faran Island Chain on the basis of the original Rudren, not only repairing the fortress on the island chain from the new, but also adding two small military ports to serve as a docking point for the Dragon's Tooth warships that are not good at ocean-going warfare.
The twelve Dragon's Tooth warships accompanying this time are the Frye detachment that went to the Ferrand Island Chain to garrison, as agreed by the Admiralty, the first Admiral of the Ferry Island Chain, Frye is now in high spirits, and he can't wait to bring his home in Salander to the Pheland Island Chain.
On the six huge Salande ships that accompanied them, carrying the supplies that the Frye fleet urgently needed in the Ferrand Island chain and the ten newly produced army-type Thor, this Thor was more powerful and had a longer range, the only drawback was that it was too heavy and inconvenient to move.
It is just right to use it as a fortress cannon, this kind of Thor is produced in limited quantities according to the requirements, with a number on it and the name of the fortress to be equipped, all of which are a radish and a pit, and very few of them flow out,
Even within the Falcon army, these Thor are eye-catching valuables, in exchange for these ten Thor, this time Frye can be described as smashing the pot and selling iron, and even coaxed and deceived from other colleagues to borrow a whole six ships of loot, it is said that now Frye always follows a creditor everywhere he goes
In winter, the Wild Sea is generally rough and turbulent, and the complex and changeable climate change has led to the monsoon frequent area, and the winter storm is said to come without the slightest warning.
Since the Falcon Dynasty's fleet extended its sphere of influence to the Nord Island chain, the captains of the Falcon Fleet are also accustomed to the capricious storms of the Nord Sea, as long as it is not a major storm above level 6, the improved Dragon-class capital battleships and Salander sea ships can cope with it
While the order was being delivered, a huge wave hit, and the deputy standing on the deck was swept away, hurriedly grabbed the railing, and turned his head to look at Frye. I only saw him covered in the sea, but he was still standing, which is the ability of people who have lived at sea for a long time. The deputy was about to say something when Fry suddenly turned around and looked at the lookout post on the high mast.
The adjutant's face was stunned for a moment, only to see that in the storm, on the main mast of the Dragon-class battleship that was more than twenty meters high, the lookout held the mast with one hand to stabilize his body, and quickly waved the red flag in his hand with the other. The red flag was flying very quickly, and it looked rather bad.
"No, this can also run into enemies?" said the adjutant's face changed slightly, and he said in disbelief. It was a blessing that the first voyage to sea had endured two days and two nights of storms, and now it was a hostile fleet.
"Command all ships with the flag, prepare for battle! The whole fleet is coming to me!" Frye, who was standing under the mast, had already begun to run onto the bridge of the warship, which meant that there was a large fleet ahead, although there was no flag, but in this sea, there was only one possibility except the Falcon fleet, the Nords...,
As the flag whisperer's order spread rapidly, Fletcher's fleet was suddenly in chaos,
", what the hell!"
"Hurry up, open the gun bay baffle, or the other side will come and kick your ass!"
The captains had different expressions, and hurriedly started the battle preparations, and for a time all kinds of ghosts and wolves howled across the deck, and the sailors quickly cleaned up the excess things from the deck, and many things that needed to be fixed were reinforced again,
The arsenal was opened, and ammunition began to be delivered to the gun compartment. The twelve dragon's tooth warships swung their sterns, and quickly separated from the two wings of the large sea ship like shepherd dogs that had spotted a pack of wolves in the rough waves.
"Raise the flag!"
Frye ordered with a cold face, and soon, a pink pig flag slowly rose from the main mast, this pink piggy has a fat face, but the right eye is wearing a black pirate eyepatch, and a trident is in his hand, it looks funny and full of black humor, but this flag has an extremely terrifying name in the Wild Sea, the blood-colored pig flag
Soon, with the two Dragon-class capital warships as the center, the twelve Dragon's Tooth fleets were lined up in a diagonal line, and it was very difficult for the thin hull to line up in the storm, but no matter how difficult it was, it was necessary to line up before the battle, and aim their side ships at the enemy, which had become the most basic principle of Falcon naval warfare.
The six merchant ships loaded with supplies urgently lowered their sails, dropped their heavy iron anchors, lowered their speed, and slowly rose and fell with the turbulent waves, and after ten minutes, the storm weakened, and most of the sailors could stand on the deck without relying on railings. Also almost at the same time,
On the surface of the sea in the southeast, black sail shadows appeared one after another, dense, like a huge black wall emerging from the waves, the silent atmosphere was a little overwhelming, and it seemed that there were quite a lot of ships. In the goggles in Flettonguò's hand, you can already see the tomahawk flag hanging from the opponent's mast, as well as the navy flag with the red axe handle crossed.
"Hehe, it's really, it's not that enemies don't get together!"
The corners of Fry's ugly face grinned, and he subconsciously licked his dry lips, it was the Nord Navy's Bandionko fleet, this regional fleet that had just been transferred from the Nord Navy headquarters was the fierce rival of the Frye fleet of the Ferrand Island Chain, with 40 large and medium-sized warships, although the combat power was not as good as Ferran's Frye fleet, but it had the number and support of the coastal area, and he always played hide and hide with Frye on weekdays, but he didn't expect to meet here today
Lowering the sails and retracting the formation, the twelve Dragon's Tooth battleships slowly lined up in battle formation, the gunners all opened their portholes, and the muzzles of the four 100-mm heavy sea guns specially equipped with the Dragon-class battleships were also pushed out from the frontal batteries of the Dragon-class battleships, and the shells had already been loaded, as long as the firing door was pulled, they could be fired.
Slowly, the huge fleet in the southeast gradually appeared completely on the sea level, at this time. The storm is getting smaller and smaller, and the sun miraculously appears in space.
Ten thousand golden rays of light sprinkled on the surface of the Sea of Aden, making the sea water emit a colorful light, which is extremely gorgeous. The water is so clear that you can even see large sharks swimming by from time to time, and this is an area frequented by sharks. However, no one had the heart to observe the beauty of the sea, nor did anyone imagine how they would face the attack of sharks once they fell into the water, because everyone's eyes were already firmly fixed on the approaching fleet.
As the line of sight gradually became clear, the fleet on the opposite side also seemed to find the blood-colored pig flag that made a rattling sound in the wind, and there was a sudden chaos, the name of the Marquis of Bengardy, the commander of the Nord Navy, was not loud in the country, however, because he was born as a traditional warrior of the Nord royal family, as a naval admiral vigorously cultivated by the Nord royal family, the strength of the fleet he led was the most combat-effective fleet in the Nord Navy except for the Nord Naval Corps...,
This is evidenced by the 3 newly launched Storm Sea Serpent-class capital warships and 30 modified large Nord ships, each of which has a displacement of more than 100 tons, more than 300 trebuchets of various sizes and 3,000 carrier-based troops, and from the point of view, almost all of them are newly launched.
"Admiral, the other party sent a flag!"
The shouts of the bannermen sounded on the mast, "They say that this sea belongs to the Nord Kingdom, please leave immediately!" "Hehe, play stupid for me, is it interesting" The corner of Frye's mouth sneered, and his eyes were shrouded in a strong murderous aura.
No matter what the other party meant, but he dared to appear in front of him like this, it would already be an offense to his dignity "Sue them, this sea belongs to the Falcon Dynasty, and all non-Falcon Dynasty fleets must be investigated by our Falcon Navy......"
The Bannerman sent a signal, and the other party quickly replied with a message. The voice of the flag soldier was a little indignant, and he shouted in his mouth, "The other party shouted that we are going to die!"
"Shoot the whole fleet!Look which of us is going to die!" Fletcher laughed, he and Bandionko were both unruly guys, and they had long since disliked each other.
"Boom" There was a violent thunder god bombardment, and the forty-eight warp guns of Thor on the flank were fired one after another, and the cannonballs swept across the gorgeous sea and landed in the middle of the Nord fleet, making a huge explosion.
However, the vast majority of the shells missed, and they basically fell into the sea, blowing up huge columns of water. At a distance of more than 700 meters, firing a cannon on a drifting ship, it is basically difficult to hit,
Frye didn't dare to ask for such a luxury. However, he had to open fire, he had to attack first, and he had to let the Nord Navy know that he had always taken the initiative to attack. Passive, definitely not his Frye style.
The Nord navy on the opposite side was also like a chicken blood in the fierce bombardment, and forty large and small warships were like flowers that suddenly bloomed, quickly scattered, like a huge arc rushing towards the falcon fleet, because it was too far away. The first round of firing of the Frye detachment almost did not bear any results,
"Wow, this guy has a hand," Frye exclaimed excitedly as he saw the scene through his lookout glass. In the past, even the strongest warships could not withstand more than ten rounds of attack before the Falcon Navy's ferocious warp Thor coverage,
"Boom" In the rapid charge, a warship of the Great German Navy was still "accidentally" hit on the side of the warship by two Thor bullets, and suddenly exploded with a huge roar
In the black smoke rising, the warship broke off from it, the bow and stern were raised high, Yan zhòng tilted, lost control, and almost collided with the warship of his colleagues next to him, and the broken mainmast smashed into the seawater, smashing a long wave.
The Bengardy fleet also apparently had a little fluctuation, and the sinking of such a tragic was a shock to all the Nord naval personnel
"Speed up, rush with all your might!"
On the Cambridge of the Nord's flagship Kazuka, a middle-aged general in a navy uniform, his eyes bloodshot shouted, and the cannonballs dragging black smoke whizzed past the side of the ship from time to time, and he still stood on the Cambridge without fear
In the successive bombardments on the opposite side, the warships of the Nord Navy scattered and approached step by step,
"Ready!400 meters" The heavy trebuchet winch on the Nord warship began to pull slowly, and the twelve strong sailors used all their strength, their teeth gurgling, and the heavy thunderstone was pushed into the speculative loading frame
They had to go into their own trebuchet firing range to be able to fight back,
"Whoop" did not expect the Nords to launch a direct charge so unevasively, forty warships like death squads, completely ignoring the cannonballs whistling from the opposite side, poof" A huge column of water rushed into the air, and the shells fell on the sea between the warships and made a splash, and many of the shells even exploded next to the enemy's warships, but they were just a little bit closer, and they never hit. 、...,
"Order the ships not to mess around, put them 400 meters into the cannon and then open fire, even if it is a melee battle, we can tear them apart!"
Frye looked at the countless unaccomplished artillery bombardments of his fleet, and ordered with a calm face, he also knew that his gunners had done their best, and it was very difficult to hit a target hundreds of meters away on a warship that was undulating in the storm first, relying entirely on his eyes and prediction, the size of the warship was indeed very large, but if it was 400 meters away, it was just a slightly eye-catching big black spot
"Boom" white smoke on the sea surface, flowing like clouds in the sky in the whistling sea breeze, the Thor cannon salvo on the same dragon tooth battleship, the huge recoil force can even push the dragon tooth ship in the opposite direction on the sea surface for more than ten meters, a little careless, there will be a danger of capsizing because of the loss of the center of gravity,
"Bang Bang"
In Fry's expectant eyes, a Nord main warship that rushed to the front, the Storm Sea Serpent, was hit, this warship was twice as large as other ordinary warships, its sturdiness was as indestructible as the Nords had always liked, and the middle of the deck was directly hit by the cannonballs, and the towering mast broke from it, along with the sailors who sailed on it,
But this storm sea snake is still moving forward at a high speed of inertia, and the Nord sailors above have jumped into the sea, but because of the high wind and waves, and the Nord warships are constantly splitting the waves around, most of the sailors have not escaped the fate of being swept into the whirlpool in the sea, and when this almost empty storm sea snake rushed to the front of the dragon's tooth battleship, it has been hit with thousands of holes, and the three huge main masts on the deck are only half of them, and the side decks have been pierced through more than a dozen large holes, and the sea water is whirring in
Maybe it's too close, the sailors of the Falcon Navy here are deeply shocked by the qiē in front of them, they have seen a lot of sinking warships, but it is the first time that they have been beaten into such an unsunken warship, which is for all the sailors sailing on the ocean, they will feel a sense of powerless resistance, if this storm sea snake is not intercepted halfway, with its sturdy hull, it can tear the fleet of the Falcon fleet apart in one fell swoop,
"It must be the legendary steel tree, the Nords actually used the steel tree to build the storm sea serpent!" Fry was secretly afraid, but also gritted his teeth to look at the storm sea snake that had almost turned into a hornet's nest and was slowly sinking, and couldn't help but feel both regretful and indignant,
These Nord people don't know too much, if the storm sea snake in front of them is made of stainless steel tree, then the evaluation of the new main warship of the Nord Navy will be improved by at least two levels, which is directly comparable to the dragon's tooth battleship, and no warship can withstand the impact of a warship made of stainless steel tree, in this regard, even the unruly Frye does not dare to deny it,
The steel tree is a very hard wood, which only grows in the hot southern islands, and in the past, it was only in the stories of some old sailors full of curiosity and fantasy that you would hear about the existence of this tree, most people did not believe in the authenticity of this thing, but occasionally there were some small quantities of steel trees sold on the black market, the price was almost equal to the weight of the coin, because it was unusually strong, and it was the best material for making the deck of a warship or the ramming horn of a warship
"If you can have a warship made of steel tree to hit the horns, even the Kraken will bypass you!" This is the mantra of many pirates, and there are also some legendary pirates who drive the super warship of the steel tree to crash into the horns and plunder all directions and become an irresistible overlord on the sea.
As the distance rapidly shortened, the situation on the sea began to favor the Nord Navy, and despite the loss of one main Storm Sea Serpent and eight heavy warships, the Nord Navy's superiority was still obvious, and three clippers had already braved the fire of the Falcon Navy to come within range of the trebuchet,...,
"Attack!"
There was a cracking sound like a torrential rain in the direction of the catapult, and dozens of heavy trebuchet shells whizzed down from the Nord warship that was striking head-on
"Die!" the commander of the Nord Navy, Marquis Bandienko, roared loudly and angrily, pointing his command knife straight ahead, he wanted to send all these Falcon Navy, who did not know whether they were alive or dead, to the bottom of the sea.
"Pop" splinter wood splashes,
Countless catapults landed on the deck of Frye's warship, smashing holes large and small, and some of the Dragon's Tooth battleships that were too close were all in disarray under the rain of catapults, and the deck was full of bullet holes, as were the sides of the ship. Quite a few soldiers were directly hit by the dense rubble, giving their young lives, and blood began to flow on the deck.
Frye remained so calm that he didn't even frown. Because he knew that as long as he was beaten by the opponent's first volley, he had already won the chance to win.
In order to fight back at the enemy as much as possible, the first salvo of the Nord fleet used solid shells with a relatively long range and relatively high accuracy.
After the first round of salvos. They immediately changed their ammunition and chose gravel designed to kill and wound the opposing sailors, so as to completely remove the enemy from the deck. At the same time destroy the enemy's ships,
In this way, it takes about five minutes from pulling the winch to loading, and five minutes, for the usual naval battles, is quite normal,
It takes a long time to remove the remaining gunpowder from the barrel of Thor's cannon, reload the shells and propellants, and then shoot, no matter how skilled the gunner.
Because the weakness of the Thor cannon was known in advance. As long as the second round of dense salvo can be successful, the opponent's Dragon-class main warship will definitely suffer damage from Yan Zòng, and may even sink. The other smaller Dragon's Tooth warships simply couldn't withstand the impact of their own storm sea serpents,
This time, he will personally break the myth of the Falcon Navy's unwarable god, and he will use the wreckage of the Falcon Navy to prove who is the strongest in this sea area!
However, what did Bandiens not expect was that Frye didn't need five minutes to reload the shell, not even forty seconds. He gave only one order, turning
He only needed forty seconds, from the cannon being ejected to the deep penetration into the belly of the Nord warship at close range, "boom boom boom", the flanks had already turned the other end, the side of the dragon's tooth battleship that was fully turned, and the muzzle of the gun shone with a terrifying light.
The huge hull of the Bandiens fleet became the best target for the Falcon Navy Thor in an instant, and the continuous artillery fire fell among them, and several large warships in a row were directly hit, and were blown to pieces in the huge explosion, and the flying debris and the battleship next to the personnel were also strict.
In just four minutes, twelve dragon's tooth warships, more than three hundred warlords of war, and more than three hundred warlords fired continuously, concentrating such fierce artillery fire at such a close distance, even if the ship of Bandiens was a storm sea serpent made of stainless steel, it was too much to withstand because it was hit, not to mention other ordinary wooden sail warships.
"My lord, northeast direction, look" In the fierce battle, Fry heard the shouting on the mast overhead, and hurriedly raised the lookout scope of his finger, only a white forest-like mast appeared on the sea, and at least hundreds of warships with the Nord naval battle flag slowly rose from the sea level like a huge rolling white wave
". It is the main force of the Nord Navy...... "Even with Frye's recklessness and conceit, at this moment he had to issue a retreat order with great regret, no wonder the Nords are so fierce and fearless of death this time, it is completely a stalking method, it turned out to be to entangle themselves and buy time for the arrival of the main fleet behind!"
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