After receiving the order of Captain Diegor, the Columbus immediately started at full power, the furnace of the boiler burned red, the boiler soldiers on the side added coal to the furnace like crazy, and bursts of black smoke came out of the chimney, and the high-temperature steam pushed the propeller, and the propeller pushed the battleship, and the battleship was like a colossal angry beast, rushing towards the Pangea.

Bi Fang on the Pangu ship was keenly aware of the speed of the enemy ship, he picked up the microphone and said in a loud voice: "Turn on the steam engine, run it at full speed, and speed up the evacuation." ”

The Pangu ship immediately activated the steam engine, and in order to reduce the resistance of the movement, the spearmen put away the sails, and the Pangu ship rushed into the distance at a high speed.

The speed of the Pangu was far faster than that of the Columbus, so it quickly opened up the distance between it and the Columbus, much to Captain Diegor's annoyance and surprise, because he couldn't imagine that any civilian ship could be faster than a warship!

Just when Captain Diegor was puzzled, the Nuwa ship discovered the Columbus ship, and Ma Chengfeng reported to Lin Fei in a loud voice: "Captain, I found the Pangu ship and a Spanish warship, the warship only has four guns, and the hull is small, it should be a gunboat!" ”

Lin Fei shouted "yes", then picked up the microphone of the whole ship, and said loudly to all the sailors: "Brothers, the Pangu ship has attracted a Spanish gunboat, and the time has come to avenge Miss Xiaoyu and all the Chinese victims!" ”

Everyone let out a burst of cheers, Lin Fei put down the microphone, and Liu Daming laughed on the side: "How is it a gunboat?" It's boring! I want to hit that Spanish protective cruiser! ”

Lin Fei laughed and said, "How can there be a reason to eat a big meal when you have a banquet?" Don't you have to eat a few appetizers first? Don't worry, that protective cruiser can't escape! ”

After Lin Fei finished speaking, he smiled and said, "I'll go to the mast, Da Ming, you command here." ”

Liu Daming asked a few times, "What are you doing on the mast?" ”

Lin Fei smiled: "Of course, they use fire control computers, and I'm worried that they won't use them well." ”

Liu Daming nodded and said, "Then you can go, I will let the side of the Nuwa ship be aimed at the enemy ship." ”

Aiming at the enemy ship on the side can concentrate the firepower to the maximum, Lin Fei naturally understood, he turned around and walked out of the command cabin, and took a few steps up to the mast, and the fire control computer in the mast was ready.

This kind of primitive fire control computer needs to calibrate an important parameter -- the rate of change of distance, only when the rate of change of distance is set, it can accurately calculate the position of the enemy ship at a certain moment in the future, and the setting of the rate of change of distance depends on the experience of the user, no one is stronger than Lin Fei, so Lin Fei must personally complete this work.

After Lin Fei observes the distance change rate through Guò, he will use a microphone on the mast to notify each gun position, and the gunner of each gun position will set the distance change rate for his fire control computer, so as to calculate the position of the target at the next moment.

Lin Fei picked up the telescope fixed in the mast, used the ruler in the telescope to calculate the distance from the Nuwa ship to the Columbus ship, and then silently calculated the distance change rate in his mind, at this time, the two battleships were more than 3,000 meters apart, and it was difficult to hit at this distance, so both ships remained silent.

At a distance of 3,000 meters, the Columbus ship also discovered the Nuwa ship, and Captain Diegor was shocked to see the Nuwa ship in the telescope, and hesitantly said to the chief of staff of Heradis: "Why is there an extra ship ahead?" The ship looked a lot like a battleship. ”

The chief of staff of Heradis laughed and said, "Mr. Captain, what's wrong with you?" Can't you even recognize the appearance of a battleship? Why so hesitantly? ”

Captain Diegor shook his head and said, "It's weird! The ship on the opposite side was long and narrow, it was obviously a military ship, but there was no artillery in sight on the hull! ”

It turned out that in order to hide people's eyes, Lin Fei asked the light industry craftsmen in Chiyou City to weave a large tarpaulin to cover all the guns on the Nuwa ship, of course Captain Diegor couldn't see it, so he thought that there were no guns on the Nuwa ship, and Lin Fei installed a lot of tarpaulins on the chimney and mast to disrupt the outline of the Nuwa ship, and Captain Diegor failed to recognize the Nuwa ship as the cruiser Cuba.

When the chief of staff of Heradis heard this, he also raised the telescope in his hand and looked at the Nuwa ship, but sure enough, he didn't see any artillery, shook his head and said, "It's really strange! What kind of ship is this? Command the signal cabin, send a signal to ask. ”

The Columbus ship sent a signal, and the Nuwa ship quickly received it, Ma Chengfeng turned his head and said to Lin Fei: "Captain, the signal has been sent from the other side, asking us for our identity." ”

Lin Fei pondered for a moment and said, "Sue them, we are the warships of the Sulu Sultanate. ”

Ma Chengfeng nodded and sent the news out, which made Captain Diegor and Chief of Staff of Heradis extremely surprised, Captain Diegor frowned and said: "The warships of the Sulu Sultanate are all small wooden ships, how can there be such a large steel warship?" ”

Captain Diegor and Chief of Staff Hradis were surprised, the distance between the two ships was close to 2,500 meters, Lin Fei had tested it before, with advanced stereo rangefinders and fire control computers, it was entirely possible for the Nuwa ship to hit the target at a distance of 2,500 meters.

Lin Fei decided to fire the first shot at a distance of 2,500 meters!

Lin Fei picked up the microphone and shouted loudly: "Pay attention to the artillery positions, the distance from the 'two or five holes' is meters, and the distance change rate is 'four turns' meters per second, ready to attack." Here Lin Fei used military language again, calling "seven" "turning".

Voices were heard from each gun emplacement: "Report to the captain, the first gun emplacement is ready, and the second gun emplacement is ready ......"

Lin Fei continued: "High-explosive bombs! Full charge! Prepare for each gun position! "There is a distinction between the use of high-explosive shells and armor-piercing shells in naval battles, and the first wave of shooting in naval battles is of a test-firing nature, that is, correcting the shooting parameters according to the landing point of the first wave of shots, so that the shells can be fired more accurately.

When using high-explosive shells, the explosives will blow up a water column more than ten meters high, which is very convenient to observe, while the inside of the armor-piercing shell is not filled with explosives, and it will not explode when entering the water, and the splash is not easy to observe.

It only took more than ten seconds for the well-trained gunners to load the shells and propellants, and Lin Fei shouted loudly: "No. 1 gun position, test firing, launch!" ”

The gunner at the first gun position pressed the firing button, and a cannonball whistled towards the Columbus, and the cannonball landed in front of the Columbus, causing a large splash.

Captain Diegor on the ship Columbus also saw the water column splashed by the shells, and he did not panic in the slightest, on the contrary, he laughed, because he knew very well the level of gunnery in this era, and it was rare for a shell to hit a target at a distance of 1500 meters, let alone 2500 meters.

Captain Diegor laughed at the splash and said, "The Moros are stupid enough to want to hit us at a distance of 2,500 meters. ”

The chief of staff of Heradis did not laugh, but said worriedly: "Where did the Moros get such steel warships?" ”

Captain Diegor's brow tightened, but he quickly relaxed his brow and smiled, "Don't worry, their gunnery is not good, we will rush to them and sink them." ”

The Columbus maintained its original course and approached the Nuwa, and on the Nuwa, the gunners of each gun position corrected the muzzle pointing according to the landing point of the test projectile, Lin Fei calculated the distance change rate of the two ships, and found that there was no change, so he ordered in a loud voice: "The distance change rate remains the same, the first gun position to the fourth gun position, fire!" ”

The gunners on the four gun emplacements pressed the firing button at the same time, and the four shells flew towards the Columbus, this time still exploding in front of the Columbus, although they did not hit, but the shells loaded with high-performance explosives still set off a huge shock wave, pushing the Columbus ship to shake slightly.

Lin Fei saw that this round of shells still did not hit, and he was not discouraged, because the shelling in naval warfare is a process of "firing, observing the landing point, adjusting the firing parameters, and then firing"; after all, the shell is not a missile, there is no seeker and a control servo, and whether the shell can be accurately hit depends on the pointing of the muzzle at the time of the gun's ejection, and this pointing needs to be constantly corrected in order for the shell to hit the target.

The gunner on the Nuwa ship corrected the firing parameters again, pressed the firing button again, and the four shells flew out again, Lin Fei looked at the landing point in the mast, and couldn't help but shout excitedly: "Great! ”

Ma Chengfeng asked on the side, "Captain, what's wrong with you?" It's rare to see you so excited! ”

Lin Fei pointed to the Columbus ship in the distance and said, "You didn't see it just now, our shells have formed a straddle fire!" ”

"Straddle firing" means that some shells fall in front of the target, and some shells fall behind the shells, which means that the target ship is already within the coverage of the shells, and as long as the guns are fired according to this shooting parameter, they will definitely be able to hit!

Lin Fei said loudly: "Attention all gun positions, our ship's shells have formed a straddle fire!" Rapid fire. ”

As soon as Lin Fei gave the order, each gun position sent out shells at the fastest speed, and within a minute, twenty shells were fired out of the barrel.

The twenty shells flew towards the Columbus, and one of them landed directly on the deck near the chimney in the middle of the hull, and the steel deck collided with the warhead, activating the fuse on the shell, and a violent explosion occurred on the deck instantly, and the whole ship was shocked.

Captain Diegor and Chief of Staff Heradis on the ship Columbus were stupid, because what the Nuwa ship had done was completely beyond the scope of their knowledge, and the distance at the moment was 2,500 meters, and the Nuwa ship actually hit the Columbus ship at such a distance!

Captain Diegor roared in surprise, "What's going on? How could a Moro shell hit us? Did God also begin to bless the Moloch? ”

At this moment, the warship damage manager hurriedly ran into the command room and said in a loud voice: "Captain, chief of staff, no, the Moro shells are strange!" ”

Captain Diegor frowned and asked angrily, "What's so weird?" ”

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