The airship flies at an altitude of more than a thousand meters, and thanks to the clear weather, it is possible to get an unobstructed view of the situation on the sea surface.

Having sailed more than twenty miles to the east, getting closer and closer to where Fat Orange was, Jacques began to wonder if he had missed Claudia's fleet in the middle of the sea, or if they were still ahead and were about to meet Stuart's fleet.

Fat Tangerine also climbed to the top of the mast, keeping an eye on the western skyline. The fleet's warships spread out in a line, each with a distance of several miles between them, expanding the fleet's reconnaissance range to tens of miles.

Finally, there was a teleportation to feed back to the flagship where Fat Orange was, and the flagship and the four battleships to the north began to adjust their course to the southwest, and Fat Orange was sure that the southernmost battleships should also outflank the north at the same time.

It seems that they have determined the location of the envoy's fleet.

After calculating on the chart, Jacques also adjusted the course of the airship and flew towards the sea where the two sides might meet.

Sure enough, a step too late.

Jacques, who was controlling the airship, had a serious expression and said, "We're a step late, what should we do?"

Marianne was very calm: "If the envoy fleet is vigilant and sees Stuart's fleet, it should return quickly, I hope they can run fast enough." If you can't tell them to avoid it in advance, then find a way to save people. ”

"I'm afraid that they will be stupid, relying on the powerful transcendents in their fleet, they don't know how to escape in advance. Fabian said.

"That's right, I believed in my own strength too much, and I didn't take the dreadnought-class battleship in my eyes, and as a result, the ship was smashed by artillery. Jacques said.

He had already explained in detail the configuration of the Stuart warship, especially the artillery, which could be attacked at a distance of two or three miles, and there was no need to get close to the melee range at all, and even if the envoy fleet had a grandmaster, it would not be able to protect the ships.

Aside from Stuart's navy, perhaps only Jacques and Fat Orange knew what a naval battle with artillery would be like.

......

The fears were realized, and the envoy fleet of five large ships continued along their course without any reaction when they spotted the two large ships.

It wasn't long before tall masts appeared on the north-south skyline, and the observation post reported what they had found to Mr. Annan.

Annan directly ordered: "Keep the course, let the ships stay on alert, and we will break through from the front." ”

He then hurried into the cabin and went to Claudia's room.

François, who goes by the pseudonym Fran, is chatting with Claudia, and the two of them have become familiar with each other along the way, and they seem to be going according to the emperor's plan.

After saluting, Annan said, "Your Highness, we have found an unknown sea ship that is surrounding us. ”

François said, "Oh, how many, are they pirates, are they ......?"

Annan replied: "It's still too far away, and some of my subordinates can confirm it if we get a little closer." ”

"Preferably pirates, so that we can test the power of artillery in naval warfare. François was a little eager to take the plunge and led Claudia to the deck.

Annan came to the deck and ordered his men to prepare for the battle with artillery.

The strength of the envoy's fleet was completely beyond Jacques's expectations, and Jacques did not know that the second prince François had already copied Stuart's guns, and the ships on this voyage had been modified to install a total of forty guns on two decks.

However, François's confidence was quickly shattered, and the observation post reported that the opponent was a giant battleship, possibly Stuart's Dreadnought-class battleship or Castile's Galen.

Eight to five, if it was the Stuart's dreadnought-class battleship, it really couldn't be beaten.

Soon the news that chilled his heart came again, and the observation post confirmed that it was a dreadnought-class battleship, that is, a battleship equipped with the same artillery as them!

François didn't care about hiding his identity in front of the other subordinates, and hurriedly said to Annan: "Change the formation, the sharp arrow formation, let the other four ships cover the flagship to break through, and all the grandmasters and high-level shapers will concentrate on the flagship, don't change direction, continue to break away at full speed to the west." ”

Annan also asked directly: "Your Highness, won't you return to York?"

"If you don't go back, it's hard to see if Hoffa has colluded with them. By the way, let all the gun emplacements aim at the opponent's sails to attack, and it's up to them whether they can run away or not. François said.

Jacques in the air also saw the situation on the sea, and eight large ships surrounded five smaller sea ships from three directions. Those five sea ships should be the envoy's fleet, but unfortunately their course was completely the direction that Jacques and the others feared the most, and they did not turn around and escape in advance, but broke through to the west.

The two Dreadnought-class battleships in the direction of the envoy's fleet breakthrough suddenly swung sideways and faced the incoming ship from the side.

Seeing this, François was taken aback and hurriedly ordered: "Pay attention to avoid artillery attacks!"

Annan hurriedly gave the order, and the shouts of attention to dodge spread one after another.

"Stay out of the way!"

"Be careful to dodge ......"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The shouting was interrupted by a flurry of cannons, most of the fleet had seen the power of artillery, but none of them had ever been attacked by artillery.

After the first round of shelling, only a few shells were hit, and only one person died.

When a sailor heard the sound of the cannon, he immediately lowered his head to dodge, and without anything happened, he immediately stood up, but the flying projectile came at this time, and just smashed into his body, and half of his body was torn apart by the projectile.

The two battleships pierced through the smoke from the artillery, immediately reversed course, turned half a circle in place, and aimed the other side of the ship at the incoming ship.

On the second deck, shouts came and went: "8 degrees! Full charge!"

"8 degrees! full charge! standard bullet!"

The shouts on the three decks were completely different: "7 and a half degrees! Full charge!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The second round of shelling is coming!

In the envoy fleet, François and Claudia had already taken refuge in the captain's room at the stern, and it was impossible to go in without entering, and Annan sent them in one by one.

In Annan's view, the most important thing is the safety of these two masters, although the probability of hitting the artillery is touching, but even if there is a little rudeness, the masters cannot be put in danger.

The second round of shelling almost all fell into the sea, because the envoy fleet was constantly advancing, the gunners could not adjust the firing angle and charge in time, and the accuracy of the artillery itself was not high, so the ultimate range of about three miles was not accurate at all.

Stuart's navy once tested artillery and concluded that the maximum power of artillery was within a mile, and the hit rate and power were high. If the two sides are within 100 meters, the traditional source energy skills and long-range weapons will be much more powerful than the artillery, after all, the reload speed of the artillery is too slow, and the fastest can only fire four or five rounds in a minute.

After turning again, the two ships launched a third round of shelling, and by this time the distance between the two sides was about two miles, and the hit rate was slightly higher, and the ships of the envoy's fleet were hit by projectiles, and iron balls smashed on the hardwood, and sawdust flew everywhere.

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