Chapter 183: Rivals on a narrow road
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Subjected to the high-density artillery bombardment of the Goblin Navy, there were no obvious signs of damage on the surface of the two pirate ironclads, only a slight damage to the sail part of the upper deck, but the condition was not too severe, as if those attacks were in vain.
There is no doubt that this phenomenon is the true embodiment of the terrible difference in the generation of weapons, no matter how brave and wise the generals are, they all use force to change the gap in the hard indicators of weapon performance between the two armies, since your weapons are backward, then you will definitely be beaten, this is a bumpy truth.
In the old world, the rabbit after the Peninsula War was known as the world's first 6th Army, looking down on pampered eagles that relied on aircraft, artillery, and tanks. However, Shiyi time shifted, and in the Gulf War, the million-strong mechanized army of Silly Damu was smashed by the iron fist of the bald eagle information war, crushed all the way into slag, and the rabbit was shocked to find that only the trick of washing the ground in the east wind was left behind. Subsequently, the rabbit began to catch up, exhausting more than ten years to catch up, barely making up for the shortcomings of military technology, and regaining the military balance of power. Before that, if we do not consider the deterrent effect of large-scale killing weapons and washing the ground, if there is really a large-scale conventional war, more than eighty percent of the rabbits who have not yet successfully transformed will lose very ugly.
The current situation faced by the goblins is similar to that of a hanged stupid big wood, forced to confront a terrifying opponent who has revolutionized the military technology system and changed the rules of the war game, and the grievance in their hearts is very depressed.
"Surround them and get ready to jump into the gang."
Zheti Hakusan led the main force of the goblin fleet to join the battle, but the journey was not smooth, and within a few nautical miles, it was bombed and strafed by pirate fighters. By the time they approached the naval blockade, the formation of the goblin fleet in order to avoid the threat of air raids had been disordered, and the bear goblin commander simply decided to disrupt the battle and gave a vague order to his subordinates.
In hand-to-hand combat, the ratio of losses between the two belligerents is close to one, and if long-range weapons such as guns, bows, and arrows are fired against each other, the number of casualties will not be too different, assuming that the number of troops is almost the same. In the Old World, the mathematical formula known as Lanchester's first and second linear rates made it possible to estimate the number of losses and the rate of damage on both sides with relative precision. It is an undoubted military science that real battles can be corroborated with mathematical models, so that the derived mathematical formulas can roughly coincide with real combat examples.
Having said that, it doesn't mean that the tactical and strategic planning of commanders on the real battlefield is useless, and it is naïve to think that war is a numbers game that can be used to deal with the enemy at the touch of a mouse, and things are not so simple. In fact, many internal and external factors can lead to a reversal of the situation of the war, and the number of casualties cannot simply be equated with the final outcome of the war.
At this time, as the main force of the goblin fleet arrived at the blockade line outside the near harbor, Luo Zhengdao felt more pressure, turned his head and glanced at Brando Scarlet, who immediately nodded knowingly and shouted loudly:
"Notify the bilge, turn on the rocket thrust plus, and sink the goblin battleship in front."
"Roger!"
"Click-click...... Poof! ”
Suddenly, twenty-four knots were mentioned, and the imposing ironclad ship Gold, like a mud truck with full power and forty tons of muck, ran over a small electric car with a fierce and domineering attitude, and overturned the goblin cruiser in front of it with a murderous and domineering attitude. Suddenly, the wooden hull, which was much more fragile than steel, suffered, and the cruiser broke into two pieces from the middle of the hull, and the goblin sailors on board screamed in horror, and they didn't even have time to jump off the ship to escape, and in an instant, they were swept into the turbulent sea by the whirlpool of the fast-sinking hull, and died so neatly that they died!
Because the situation on the battlefield was so chaotic, the warships of both sides were all entangled, and many pirate fighters roared over the heads of the two sides of the fierce battle, dropping bombs at the first opportunity.
For a while, the atmosphere of fear of being attacked up and down spread, driven by panic, the goblin warship didn't care much, and countless goblin rockets fired indiscriminately into the air, not so much an attack, but more like a holiday fireworks to embolden themselves.
Seeing through the binoculars that the ironclad ship Gold was turning to kill itself, and knowing very well what his opponent wanted to do, Zheti Baishan gritted his teeth and shouted:
"Charge, destroy Will Needham at all costs, it is my Lord Bane's will!"
The ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny. The combination of sturdy iron armor and explosive bombs with amazing destructive power, the geometric increase in combat effectiveness produced by the superposition of the two is by no means a terrifying picture that natives who have never seen the world can imagine out of thin air.
If you compare the combat power of the ironclad ship with that of an ordinary wooden battleship, the difference in combat power is as big as a group of mud-legged peasants with pitchforks and sticks running to fight against knights wearing ornate plate armor, armed with Damascus steel knives and spears, they are really looking for abuse! Because of this, even if the goblin fleet has an absolute numerical superiority, it is suspected of delivering food to the door when it comes to fighting. Whenever the four 11o main guns on the two ironclad ships suddenly sound after a long silence, the goblin battleship that was unfortunately hit by heavy artillery is immediately paralyzed, and it is not for nothing that the unlucky direct ammunition is detonated and sank, and being hit by the auxiliary cannon of the ironclad ship will also set off a raging frenzy of fire and blood.
Needless to say, after witnessing such a miserable battle situation, he could see that this battle could not be fought at all. Even a layman can see how urgent the shape is, and how can a veteran like Zheti Baishan, who has been blowing the sea breeze for several years, not see how bad the situation is?
Now the last glimmer of hope for the bear goblin commander is the artifact chain gaga given by Ben En in his hand, but no matter how powerful the chain ga, the range cannot be compared with the cannon, and it can be powerful from a distance of hundreds of yards.
"Don't dodge, just rush over. Is the main gun ready? ”
At this time, the ironclad gold was also charging towards the goblin flagship, and as the two ships faced each other, Brando Scarlet caught a glimpse of the fighter plane, and he loudly ordered the reloaded front main gun to fire.
"Boom-"
A storm of flames swept across the open space, and the sea below was dented by the powerful air current, and a black cannonball shot out and plunged headlong into the goblin warship's hull.
After a brief pause, the time-delay fuse inside the shell detonated, and after a series of thunderous explosions, half of the Bear Goblin Commander's ship, the Petrel, was blown away by the blast wave, and the foremast was broken in two, and fell to the foredeck with a bang, the Petrel was full of shards of wood chips and charred black canvas fragments, and the wounded goblin soldiers lay on the deck groaning miserably, next to the mutilated limbs and blood stains left by the war dead.
The battered fourth-class goblin battleship skewed to the right, and even though it was still stubbornly advancing and was within two hundred yards of the Gold, no one dared to expect the ship to make a difference.
"Flamethrower ready!"
Hearing the flagship's captain Brando Scarlet Flame's order, Luo Zhengdao remained silent beside him, not interfering with the decision he made, if Luo Zhengdao was asked to arrange the attack procedure, it would be exactly the same.
In an era when there is no cheap rubber, precision metal machining is labor-expensive to the point of fingers, and weapons research is stuck in the line to shoot back. In the background, I tried to develop a flamethrower, which was not much stronger than the fierce fire tank of the Northern Song Dynasty in the Old World, or the Greek fire of the Byzantine Empire. However, one of the great things about being in the wizarding world is that as long as you can afford to pay for the gold and smash the hard currency to death with the spirit of a ruined son at all costs, you can make anything whimsical and fancy. It's just that don't expect this masterpiece of craftsmanship to be popularized, unless you have a group of alchemy masters, or a strong man who rides a thousand, otherwise individual advanced weapons are at most peerless and unique products that cannot be copied like works of art, and it is still the military system that determines the outcome of the war.
At this time, a slender brass tube on the front side of the ironclad ship gold poked out of the hull, and everyone couldn't help but hold their breath and wait for the result.
"Huhuhuhuhu......"
The high-pressure gas squirted naphtha a hundred yards away, and as a spark flashed near the vent, the fiery dragon dancing in the air ruthlessly devoured most of the goblin flagship.
Each Goblin warship was treated with strict and meticulous fire protection measures before the start of the war, and in the era of wooden sail warships, fire protection was a more important consideration than bulletproof. Whether it's a high-priced alchemy mixture, or a cheap countermeasure such as smearing mud, everything that can be used is used. The reason for such painstaking preparations in advance is that the goblins cannot catch up with Yaling and the elves in terms of ship-building technology, and they will be extra attentive at the level of combat readiness.
Just after the first round of ejection, the heavy flamethrower, which was converted from a gun profile and a secondary gun on the port side of the ironclad ship, entered the state of standby again. After a few seconds of waiting, through ventilation and pressurization measures, a fire dragon was sprayed again, and I saw the flames and fire snakes dancing wildly reflected on the sea, which was extremely spectacular and shocking.
The flamethrower was partially enhanced with the alchemy of the New World, spewing out as many as six hundred pounds of light oil in less than five seconds, and the attack power was strong enough to make most mages who claimed to be good at fireballs feel ashamed, how many fireballs they had to rub in one breath to have such a terrifying arson efficiency!
Needless to say, a professional arson weapon with such a powerful attack power is not an ordinary time to jump into a gang, and the sailors threw a few torches and fire-oil grass regiments comparable to the killer feature, and the Petrel was caught in a raging sea of fire after two rounds of fire-breathing attacks.
Everything that could be ignited was on fire, and the choking smoke and heat waves that made people cry swayed from side to side as the wind changed on the sea, forcing the surviving goblin sailors to stand on the deck. To add insult to injury, the flamethrower spewed flames from the broken part of the goblin warship's bow directly to the lower deck, causing an uncontainable fire inside the hull, and the goblin flagship could be declared scrapped, leaving the crew to abandon the ship and take this route.