"Aim at the target!" With a crisp shout, the main guns on the battleship Conquest were slightly adjusted.

Although in the history of the earth, the dreadnought-class battleships were not equipped with advanced equipment such as radar, but these warships in service in the Iran Hill Navy still use some different advanced equipment.

First of all, the Dreadnoughts of Irlanhill are equipped with radar electronics, which were not installed after modifications, but were already in place when they were designed.

To retrofit these radars, the center of gravity of the dreadnought was slightly raised, and the superstructure was redesigned.

Huge internal gears, more than 5 meters in diameter, are driven by electric motors that drive the turret to rotate carefully. These gears are orderly and orderly, like the brilliant flowers blooming from industrial civilization.

The huge gun has fascinating rifling on the inner wall, which rotates to the tail without a trace of deviation, ensuring that each shell can fly out of the barrel according to a predetermined trajectory, rotating and flying steadily to the target.

"Prepare to fire!" Inside the enclosed turret, the atmosphere suddenly became tense with this command. All were waiting for the next order, and for the first time they were facing a powerful enemy who was evenly matched.

The gunners in place stood at their posts, and the heavy, hundred-ton guns were ready. The gun commander, who was in charge of firing, had already pressed his hand on the button of the firing device, and the officer in the turret had his chin held high, and his eyes were full of determined light.

He clutched the phone in his hand, waiting for the command to fire from the phone. He couldn't see the enemy here, but he could still feel the tension of the battle.

On the bridge, everyone saw the demon fleet on the sea in the distance through the heavy glass windows. Those black battleships were getting closer and closer, and already a black straight line had formed on the horizon.

Lawrence picked it up again and again, and put down the telescope in his hand again and again: "How is the distance measurement?" ”

"The newly installed rangefinder shows that we are 16 kilometers from the enemy." One of the officers immediately replied.

"That's it! Order the artillery to start firing! Then according to the actual shooting state, adjust the shooting parameters! Lawrence was a little impatient for the first real naval battle he commanded, and gave the order to attack.

In the next second, the weapons officer grabbed the phone in front of him and gave the order to fire loudly: "Fire!" ”

"Boom!" Almost at the same time, the cannons on the battleship Conquest began to roar, and with this roar, all the cannons shrank back slightly, and then slowly returned to their positions.

Immediately afterward, a large amount of white smoke erupted from the muzzles of these guns. At this time, all the shells were still flying.

At the same time, the 4 main guns of the 8 turrets of the battleship Hero driving in front also erupted with dazzling fire. Eight shells of 305 mm caliber, with this salvo, flew towards the distant enemy.

After only a few seconds, the eight main guns on the battleship Victory also opened fire, and after firing a row of shells, it entered the loading process.

More than ten kilometers away, in the demonic fleet, a demonic officer was pressing his long sword, shouting to give the human navy a little color: "Hurry up and prepare the magic cannon!" I'm going to make them pay! ”

"Yes! Sir! We are ready to open fire, just get into range and they're finished! An ugly demon replied with a shrill voice.

The Demon Fleet's weaponry is not at the same level as other empires, they have magic cannons, they are powerful and have a long range, so compared to Iran Hill's fleet, they are not completely at a disadvantage.

This kind of contest is also relatively evenly matched, and naturally everyone has their own obsession with winning and losing - you can't expect a fleet of sailing ships to defeat the enemy's steel battleships, but if it is a battleship against a battleship, then the feeling is different.

Just as the demon fleet was about to open fire, the cannonballs fired by Iran Hill were the first to fall. The shells smashed into the water at once, and after exploding, they stirred up a column of water as high as dozens of floors.

The huge explosion suddenly quieted the noisy demon army, and the demon soldiers on the deck looked at the spectacular column of water, forgetting for a moment that they should roar to increase their momentum.

A moment later, more columns of water rose into the sky, and a demon touched the water that splashed on his cheek before he reacted that the terrifying attack of the humans had begun.

"Raise the Magical Defense Barrier!" The demon commander at the head gave a loud order to fight.

In his shout, on the side of a huge demon battleship with a length of more than 200 meters, a column of water dozens of meters high rose into the sky, looking extremely spectacular.

In naval warfare, it is really rare to hit the enemy in the first salvo, and there are too many factors that restrict the hit rate in naval warfare, so most of the time, even if you have advanced naval warships, you will choose to get as close to your opponent as possible before firing.

In short, the first salvo of Alan Hill actually didn't hurt the demon fleet at all. And the navy of Iran Hill was not affected in the slightest by the failure of this round of attacks.

The Iran Hill sailors, who were responsible for reloading the artillery, could not see the results of their battle at all, and they could only confirm by the dull sound of explosions that their guns had opened fire on the enemy.

Then, they couldn't see any enemy situation, but continued to repeat the reloading work they had just repeated inside the small turret.

The mechanical loading equipment transports the shells out of the heavily protected ammunition compartment and then takes the shell elevator to the turret. Immediately after that, the propellant is transported to the designated position by a similar device, and only then the semi-automated loading begins.

The soldiers would use a motor to control a ramrod and push the shell into the chamber first. Then, the ramrod worked a second time, pushing the prepared propellant into the chamber. At this point, the loader can close the bolt and be ready to fire.

When the ammunition of both guns is reloaded, the entire reloading is complete. At this time, the homing gun will be adjusted to the angle before loading, so that it can attack again with high accuracy.

"Fine-tune 0.31 degrees!" The data of the calibration was transmitted to all the turrets by telephone, and the gunner in charge of the angle began to adjust the elevation angle of the barrel of the gun for which he was responsible.

After adjustments, the attack accuracy this time will be greatly improved, and basically the second time you can create a cross-fire situation.

And once there is a situation of straddle shooting, it is not far from hitting the target. If the opponent is also a master of naval warfare, then they will adjust their own course, or change their speed to interfere with the opponent's shooting estimates.

When everything was ready, all the Iran Hill battleships broke the silence that lasted for a few minutes. Another round of artillery salvo began, starting with the battleship Conquest and ending with the battleship Victory.

Twenty-four 305 mm cannon shells were once again flying towards their respective targets, and by this time the demonic fleet had not yet entered its own attack range.

The attack range of the magic cannon is actually very long, and it is not much different from that of large-caliber artillery. However, the demon's observation and aiming system is too backward, so in order to ensure the accuracy of aiming, they can only wait patiently and wait for the appropriate attack distance.

The second salvo was fired in an instant, and the armor-piercing projectiles filled with magic crystals accelerated through the air to a critical point, then fell and dived towards their targets. The body of the projectile has been burned red due to friction, and the charge inside has become extremely unstable.

Another column of water shot into the sky in the middle of the demon fleet, and the demon warship that had already supported the magical defense barrier felt the heavy attack from the humans.

"These damn humans!" A demonic officer's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth with hatred as he looked at the column of water that had stirred up in front of him. He couldn't tolerate the fact that the advanced weapons provided by the Magical Origin were comparable to those used by humans.

Unfortunately, just as he gritted his teeth, a 305 mm cannonball pierced through the magical defense barrier as fragile as a piece of paper, directly smashing through the deck of a demon warship.

Before everyone could react, a huge explosion exploded inside the demon battleship that had been knocked through the deck.

The devastating force tore apart the demon ship's hull in one fell swoop, and the twisted and deformed steel plates broke apart, tearing apart with the hideous barbs on it. Then the next second, the sea water poured into the cabin, drowning everything it could.

No one thought that in the second salvo, the shells fired by Irlanhill's navy could accurately hit a target.

Therefore, this cannonball greatly boosted the confidence of Commander Lawns, who was watching the battle: he now felt that it was possible for his fleet to completely annihilate the demon fleet in front of him, which seemed to be very large.

In fact, it's not because of how accurate Iran Hill's naval shooting ability is, but because there are too many of these demon warships, even if it is a matter of probability, so many demon warships lined up together, the probability will increase exponentially to a very promising level.

In addition, the Iran Hill fleet has been fighting in the south, and it has indeed trained a very good level navy. These naval gunners usually attack enemy batteries, attack cities, and control the artillery to a very proficient level.

Therefore, unconsciously, the naval forces of Irlanhill, in fact, have a much higher level of gunnery than they themselves estimated.