Because of the touching speed of a regular sail battleship.

It was not until 9:12 a.m. that the more dexterous Coalition battle line gained the upper hand, across the sea from the wings to the left of the Cyrius Crescent.

And with the advantage of its own shipborne artillery is more sophisticated (better airtightness, longer effective range), it took the lead in launching artillery bombardment.

"All artillery groups are ready, three rounds of rapid fire of solid shells!"

The gunners of each battleship repeated the commander's orders and greeted each other according to the traditional battlefield etiquette of the Old World.

With skillful artillery operation, the Tulip battleship was able to deal a heavy blow to enemy ships with two heavy guns: 32-pounder and 24-pounder, with a rate of fire of 2 rounds per minute and 3 rounds per minute, respectively.

This is a speed that the Cyrius people cannot match.

Boom, boom, boom...

All of a sudden, the blazing cannon flames connected into a sea of fire, and the pale cyan smoke filled the clouds, and even the entire ocean surface let out an overwhelmed and suppressed groan.

While the Cyrius soldiers on the opposite side did not show weakness and fought back, at this distance, the steel knight's head, which looked very uneasy to die, was also clearly seen by them.

As the deputy commander of the fleet, there was hardly anyone in the entire Sylius fleet who did not know him.

Seeing the head hanging on the mast and shaking constantly, most of the left wing of the Crescent Formation was in an uproar. The soldiers were hit harder than the rapid-fire shelling, and even the sound of the guns fired back was noticeably messy.

The decisive battle is still in the warm-up stage, and the deputy commander of his own fleet has already lost his enemy, and if he is still alive, it is real, the third person after the army commander Rickard and the naval commander Griffiths.

Cylius served as the flagship of the third class ship "San Juan".

"Your Excellency, Commander?"

The adjutant couldn't help but ask the gray-haired supreme commander of the fleet beside him.

Ricard's face was equally ugly, but not for the death of the Steel Knight, but because of the negative impact he had on the battle. Even as a royal party, the words that came out of the general's mouth were merciless:

"Kungang, bastard... Why can't you die a little farther? Order, the San Juan leaves the team and sails on its own!"

"But..."

"Execute the order!"

In order to facilitate the commander's command, the "San Juan" has been patrolling back and forth along the entire Crescent Formation, consisting of forty warships. If it is replaced by a large fleet composed of hundreds of warships, it will generally be patrolled by several deputy commanders and commanders in the fleet.

The third-class ship "San Juan", which served as the commander's seat ship, was the largest of the third-class battleships in the entire fleet, not to mention the fleet commander's flag, which was really conspicuous.

However, after leaving the team and self-sailing, he lost the cover of the fleet and was directly exposed to the alliance battle line.

In the history of naval warfare, there has never been a precedent for a ship to be alone surrounded by enemy forces and not captured by boarding. For the side with the local superiority, when the target is of great value, broadside combat is the only way to ensure that the loot is captured intact.

Ricard believed that it would be strange for the Confederates to resist their bait and not lean in.

At that time, as long as you can hook an enemy ship with a hook lock and pull it into the broadside battle, you will be able to independently support until the reinforcements arrive. Finally, drag the enemy fleet into a large melee, which is the "siege warfare at sea" that Cylius is best at.

So... The battle can be over.

However, since they are both Nemansters, their innate endowments must be similar, why are the Cyrius inherently superior in combat effectiveness?

In addition to the fact that the training methods and management concepts are indeed advanced, the most important reason is to loot the world's resources to support their own troops. In the apprenticeship stage, the growth of physical fitness comes more from the intake of nutrients, supplemented by knight breathing and swordsmanship practice.

With a sufficient supply of resources, even if the population base of Cylius itself is not dominant, it will continue to cultivate extraordinary people at all levels that far exceed the number of other families.

In terms of soldier combat power? Tulips and the overlord Syrius do have an overall gap.

Lieutenant General Elvis has insight into Ricard's plans? The pressure on his shoulders in this war is very high, and it is certainly a great temptation for him to be able to defeat the enemy's chain of command.

But? The current balance of strength between the two sides does not allow him to make a single mistake? The Cyrius, who had the upper hand, could be more aggressive, and the alliance could be defeated by a single negligence.

"At the end of the team, the Maywind, the Albatross, and the Oak are facing each other? The other ships remained in formation and continued to move forward. ”

He resisted the longing for that sweet fruit, and didn't close it? But from the battle line consisting of 33 battleships? A detachment was detached.

Don't seek merit, but seek no fault!

In the astonished gaze of the Cyrius, the movements of the battleships in the battle line flowed like a cloud of peers.

Every battleship knows what it should do at a certain moment, some turn and leave, and some automatically substitute? It seems that the battle formation of the battleship, which is extremely difficult at sea, has been practiced countless times in advance.

"Naval command technology of this level ..."

Lieutenant General Ricard's eyes narrowed slightly, but they looked old but were actually extremely sharp? Even he had to be shocked by Tulip's skill.

These ships are far more agile than the "walls" of Sylius, with excellent maneuverability, and an invisible master conductor who calmly dispatches them. Because he didn't find any flare flags, bugle guns, or anything else that could command him.

The three fourth-class ships did not come forward, maintaining a distance of about 300 meters with the current, maintaining the wind direction advantage and flexibility? Only long-range artillery fought this flagship.

"Downwind to the ship, let's go downwind and stop it!"

The "Maywind" at the top of this sub-queue should not be allowed to change course? Blocked in the way of the retreat of the "San Juan".

Gehr and Elantra, who had changed into brigadier uniforms, were among them.

The remaining thirty battleships continued forward, engaging fiercely with the left flank of the Crescent.

In the roar of continuous artillery fire.

Another third-class ship in the Sylius fleet raised the command flag? Temporary assumption of command.

The key to battle line tactics is to obey command and fight bravely, and the key to success or failure lies in perseverance. Who can't stand to break away from the "chain" first? Whoever loses the possibility of a comeback.

And with the current attack power of artillery? This process can be protracted.

Meanwhile.

A group of sailors armed with rifled Kentucky rifles quietly climbed onto the mainmast of their respective ships? Quietly aimed the crosshair at the opposite side.

The Kentucky style is mainly characterized by a long gun body, a small caliber, a light weight, and high accuracy. Although it also has disadvantages such as slow reloading and high cost, it is a rare weapon in the right hands.

Just like this group of marksmen who have been trained in the forest wilderness of the New World and then re-recruited.

The distance may not be as long as that of a sniper musketeer, but when the battle line is fired, you can cold the gun, and you don't want to kill an enemy with every bullet, as long as you can kill an enemy officer, you can make a lot of money.

Transcendents can dodge bullets according to the muzzle of their guns, but they have to kneel when they are inadvertently hit by a stray bullet on a battlefield where cannonballs are flying.

Bang –

The war has completely begun.

Perhaps the outcome of this battle will not only determine the position of Sylius and Tulip on the sea, but also determine the development trend of future naval warfare equipment and tactics.

Who's on the right route, you'll find out with a try.

......

Ten thousand cannons fired in unison, as if the sea was about to shatter.

"Spectacular!"

On the quasi-legendary battleship "Cape Storm", which is responsible for peripheral mobile operations, Aven, Olivia, and most of the officers have seen this level of battleship fleet attack and defense for the first time in their lives.

Among them, it is even more difficult to describe the tempering of tactics, command capabilities, equipment applications, and so on.

The mental network built by the seagulls will faithfully record the events of the battlefield, which will be used by Aven to review and learn after the war, and turn it into his invaluable experience.

After seeing the Maywind join the siege of the San Juan, Evan instructed Olivia:

"Hersie, watch for support!"

"Understood!"

The heroic female officer had already set up an "electromagnetic cannon" on the rear tower, ready to support any corner of the battlefield at any time, and Gehr and Elantra were even higher than the commander's priority.

At the same time.

Whoa...

The "Long-snouted Shark", which had released the "Storm Horn" once, had already dragged a long white line and rushed over quickly.

The battle belonging to the "Storm Horn" began.

......

In the northern part of the Gulf of Benin, where the battlefield was located, Lagos, the largest port in Nigeria in the Faletis colony.

Almost at the same time as the battle began.

"Great Lord's grace!"

"All things belong to the Lord!"

"Ulla—"

Groups of swarthy native warriors roared into the harbor in small boats, and it was clear that this was the reason why the kingdom of Dahomey, which had completely resembled Sylius, did not even show up on the battlefield with a cruiser.

The alliance has almost all of its main warships on the battlefield, and only a few offshore cruisers remain, and it is impossible to stop this group of swarthy natives.

This is the conspiracy of Syrius, no one said that the frontal fleet battle and the backside breaking engagement cannot be carried out at the same time, no matter whether the alliance's reconnaissance system finds an abnormality or not, it is impossible to withdraw from the battlefield and go back to defend home.

For the Cyrius, there was nothing that could not be done for the sake of victory.

Even if they were attacked by the alchemical cannons they feared so much, it would not be the lives of the Syrius people that would be lost anyway.

According to the information of the Cyrius, the Dahomeians specially replaced the landing ships with a large number of small offshore sampans, just to prevent them from being wiped out by alchemy artillery.

Cylius promised them that all the proceeds of the plunder would go to Dahomey, and that they would never interfere even if they took the tulip captives into slavery.

The flatbread is really well drawn.

However, when they landed on the harbor as they wished, thinking that they were going to break the defense-empty city as easily as they had conquered other indigenous tribes in the past, they were mercilessly slapped in the head by reality.

On the faces of the female commanders of the Kingdom of Dahomey, they vividly performed what it means to be colorful black:

"How can there be so many Alliance soldiers here?

Those hybrag-loving Syrius, don't they say that the Tulip Army has suffered heavy losses now?"

The native soldiers of the Kingdom of Dahomey poured into the port city in waves, but they ran headlong into a large number of Union Army soldiers in a well-organized line.

Under the cover of artillery fire from the harbor bastion.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang...

Far more sophisticated than trade rifles, the military-standard rifles spew flames, and the red-hot lead bullets held the black tide at bay like a steel embankment.

During the special period, even the colonial governor Sir Winston came to the city in person, and he was slightly relieved to see the battle situation:

"I'm a little glad that the information was timely, and that these lads were able to take up arms to defend their country after they recovered from their injuries. ”

The army commander next to him looked at the tide that was blacker than the coal abundant in Nigeria, and said faintly:

"Your Excellency the Governor, I'm even more glad that the Anumas didn't hold back until the night to launch a night attack..."

"Uh... You're right. ”

According to the normal battle loss ratio of wounded soldiers in this era, it may be that the casualties in the war with Cyrius are indeed not small, but they are certainly not as exaggerated as the Cyrius and Anuma say.

Coupled with the popularity of the "miracle medicine" throughout the colonies of the Southern Continent, many soldiers who were destined to die were brought back to life.

Even before the final battle began, the Alliance's base camp had already begun to move towards the Gulf of Benin, the center of the vortex, and the wounded soldiers were no exception.

So, of course, the commander of Dahomey will feel that the actual situation is seriously inconsistent with the information of the Syus, and the damned Syrius simply pushed Dahomey out of the fire pit.

Looking at his own soldiers who were being hit head-on, the heart of the commander, who was also the king's concubine, was already dripping blood.

Aven: Ahem, do you blame me?