The dense gunpowder packet ignited instantly in a small space due to a little spark, and completed the combustion expansion explosion trilogy in a very short microsecond, and the terrifying power began to radiate in all directions, but because of the strong cannon body, it could only rush in the direction of a specially set aside opening. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It was the barrel of the cannon, and there was also an obstacle, a solid cast iron cannonball, heavy enough for a stout man to carry with both hands, but it was easily propelled by this force, like a child throwing a ball of mud.

Relaxed, this is the power of technology!

To be precise, it is a manifestation of the rules of the world, which has been transformed by primitive technology and appeared in this world, which is a step closer to the conquest of the world by human beings. This means of taking advantage of the rules of the world, and at the same time bringing the deepest fear to any enemy, is death!

More than a hundred solid cannonballs tore through the space at frantic high speed, and the friction with the air also brought some kind of scream like a demon from the abyss.

On the twelve ocean-going warships that were still raising their sails and rushing towards the front, the sailors wielding scimitars one by one also subconsciously raised their heads to look at the sudden series of firelight in front of them, and the gray gunpowder smoke that diffused, which actually brought a sense of beauty to watching fireworks.

But they didn't have time to marvel, because the screams of hundreds of solid shells tearing through the air were already heard in their ears, and their almost stunned faces had already noticed the black phantom that appeared in front of them.

Yes, the black phantoms, their eyes could see the barrage of hundreds of solid iron balls in the air in front of them, and they were getting closer and closer with that terrifying scream, and finally descended on their warship.

And then it slammed down!

The wooden warship obviously could not resist the solid iron ball, not to mention the solid cannonball cast by the Spanish Imperial Ordnance Bureau, after the power given by the explosion and expansion of high-quality gunpowder, almost the moment it touched the wooden warship, the terrifying power contained in it easily penetrated the wooden hull.

Whether it is the specially thickened bow ramming angle, or the bow building in the front section, or the thick deck of the entire battleship paved with the finest wood, it is as easy to penetrate as rotten wood in front of the heavy and terrifying solid iron ball!

Shattered planks splattered in all directions, mixed with the bloody stumps of sailors, and even a nine-pound cannonball from a dhow easily pierced the top deck and burst into the cabin, destroying anything that dared to stand in its way before the strength was exhausted.

And the 12-pound cannonball of the galleon, like a giant's heavy fist, easily smashed through the hard wooden hull, just like the shell of a nut, smashed the shell into the cabin of the whole ship, and even destroyed the entire cabin of the warship several layers, destroying the inside like a paste, leaving only a mess!

It's a roar from Earth Technology!

The great power of modern artillery, in the face of the classic tactics of sideside salvos, the battleships of the medieval feudal era, and the backward combat methods, encountered a terrifying encounter like hell in an instant.

The naval tactics of Grey Mist City are simply a copy of medieval naval tactics, with twelve warships side by side, less than five meters apart from each other, neatly raising their sails and sailing quickly forward, ramming the enemy with dense ships in an instant, and at the same time, the sailors who have already been prepared on the deck will quickly rush up and jump in hand-to-hand combat!

This tactic is excellent when the guns are not yet equipped with battleships, because the violent shaking and terrifying destructive power of the impact can make any enemy ship that is hit lose most of its resistance.

At this time, the sailors rushed up quickly to fight hand-to-hand, and almost the entire enemy battleship was packed, and in general, after occupying the first deck, they had already won nearly eighty percent, and the remaining enemy, even if they were entrenched under the bottom cabin, in addition to surrendering, could only commit suicide in grief after fierce resistance.

But all this was based on the premise that there was no artillery, even in medieval naval warfare in Europe.

Therefore, Hall, who graduated from the Naval Academy, is also quite familiar with this tactic, but it is precisely because of this once brilliant tactic, in the face of the modern battle column sideboard salvo, has been swept into the garbage heap with the development of the times, this is already a backward tactic, not worth mentioning outdated tactics!

Ships moving side-by-side can inflict great damage on enemy fleets, but they can also suffer additional attacks due to their dense formations, which could have been ignored in the past when ballistas and archers were commonly equipped, but not now.

The duration of a starside salvo was more than ten seconds, and in these ten seconds, the shells fired by Levi's six battleships and more than one hundred and fifty guns were easily poured on them!

And the length of the hull that chose to move forward also brought them a painful lesson, because when the cannon fire covered the bow of the ship, it means that the subsequent shells can hit the hull deck of the forty or fifty meters behind, even if they fly farther, and cover and baptize all the wooden structures in the middle and stern of the ship with cannon fire!

The sailors from Grey Mist City were wailing, and there was only fear and uneasiness in their eyes, even the longest, oldest, and most experienced old sailors who had been at sea for the longest time had never seen such a tactic.

This tactic, they never, never, simply have no way of knowing!

The assault fleet composed of twelve warships, the six battleships in the center even turned into a pile of rotten wood in an instant, and the most direct target from the firepower poured by the more than 150 guns was also aimed at the six battleships in the center for aiming and shooting.

Even the hulls at the front of these six battleships had been destroyed by cannonballs along with the wooden structure, and a large number of wooden planks had been broken and detached, all of which showed signs of disintegration, and they were crooked and slanted without the arrogant appearance of the previous charge!

And the surviving Grey Mist City sailors above also held their scimitars blankly, looking at their companions who were still in front of them just now, now turned into a blur of flesh and blood, or as the tattered and shattered deck disappeared, the fear in their eyes became more and more intense.

Eventually, the fear began to creep in, especially as the ship began to stop moving under its feet, and the sailors who were sailing gave up the cables, allowing the ship to stagger to one side.

Because the battleship on which they depended had begun to tilt, a large amount of seawater was pouring into the hold with the breach destroyed by the shells, and the battleship was about to sink!

The distance of 300 meters is already the artillery limit of Levi's six warships, but this limit is also the same scale, with the same tactics listed in the battle column, this is the artillery fire limit distance, for this dense medieval fleet formation, and the appearance of hitting straight over, it can be called an effective range.

Even the short-barreled 12-pounder guns of the Galen galleons could fire shells into that area, and then easily smash them onto the deck, sending the hard wooden deck that could withstand bows and arrows and stone projectiles into the splinters!

Yes, this assault fleet of twelve ocean-going warships failed.

Because when the first round of shelling was over, the front section of the six battleships in the middle had become miserable, and the huge breach had been frantically poured into it, and the entire hull had been tilted significantly, and it was obvious that it was about to sink.

A large number of frightened sailors, who had been frightened by the bombardment, quickly retreated, trying to jump to other ships to escape, but they were also desperate to find that the other six warships that were still intact on the periphery had also discovered their tragic situation, and instead of rescuing or continuing the assault, they began to change direction to both sides.

On the remaining six battleships, the frightened captain was already roaring, asking the helmsman to change the direction of the battleship, and disperse to both sides in a violent arc, not daring to continue to attack forward!

The tragic situation of their companions is still in their eyes, whether it is the helmsman or the sailors, they choose to obey the captain's arrangement, they are the merchant ship escorts who came to the omen, they are not the elite of the navy of Gray Mist City at all, and it is really not worth it to put their lives on the line for the silver coins that have not yet been obtained.

So they fled shamefully, and the six outer warships turned in an arc and fled directly to the open sea, where there was another friendly fleet responsible for interception, which was their reliance.

However, this group of sailors in Gray Mist City was also horrified to find that the six battleships that were originally lined up in a row actually chased after them in the direction of their escape, and also raised their sails, and even rushed straight towards them without fear of the more than ten battleships in the distance, and they were still bombarding them from a distance with the guns at the bow of the ships!

It's a beating of the water dogs, but also extreme self-confidence and disregard for these medieval warships.

In the modern Mediterranean, there was a famous naval battle, with a modern fleet composed of European coalition forces, and a dozen warships killed hundreds of Ottoman warships.

The warships of the Ottoman Empire are also spinnaker warships equipped with artillery, although they are not ocean-going warships that can sail in the sea, but the scale of hundreds of warships is still huge, and it is even the strongest fleet in the Eastern Mediterranean.

However, it was useless, the Ottoman fleet of hundreds of warships was easily defeated and annihilated by the fleets of the European coalition forces at a very small cost, and its own losses even sank only one battleship.

Because this is the modern fleet, the crushing of the fleet of the remnants of medieval feudalism!

When the European countries entered the modern countries, whether it was the navy or the army, they had already produced a qualitative crushing of the traditional medieval feudal state, just like standing on the cusp of the times, easily soaring into the sky!

Just like now, Levi's modernized fleet and tactics are easily defeating the nobles of Grey Mist City, and the conquest fleet that has been put together is head-to-head, and it is defeated in a dignified manner!

The noble warships were already terrified, and they couldn't figure out what was going on, why six enemy warships had routed them so easily.

They can't figure it out, and even fear has appeared in their hearts.

This was something they had never imagined, because the word defeat had already appeared in this battle, especially with the rout of the battleship, and the situation on this side was discovered from afar, and the battleships of Gray Mist City that rushed over to support had already discovered that the line lined up appeared in front of them.

With the galleon as the center, five sloops surround the sides, and these six warships are as flexible as five fingers on the palm of the hand under the communication of the flag, ready to make a fist in the shortest possible time.

Then bombard the enemy hard!

The sideboard salvo still appeared, and the battleships that continued to form the traditional formation of the Middle Ages were repeated into the tragic situation that their companions had just faced, a large number of planks began to crack, a large number of sailors turned into bloody stumps, and there were still battleships that began to disintegrate into the water, and the sinking continued.

But the stone bullets they fired were ridiculous, and the spears fired from the bed crossbows were no threat at all, because unlike their own heavy solid cast iron shells, their cold weapon era strikes could be completely blocked by the wood of the hull!

Even if it caused casualties to Levi's fleet, it was pitiful, and judging from the casualties they had suffered, it was almost an asymmetrical gap!

It was a losing campaign, and a fiasco.

Especially when the two heavy Canadian warships, which were not much smaller than the Galen galleons, appeared on the battlefield with their oars flying up and down, the only dozen or so remaining ocean-going warships had already chosen to flee.

And even on the ocean-going warship that was about to sink, the sailors of Gray Mist City jumped into the sea in despair to avoid sinking themselves with the warship, because the six light galore warships had already rowed over and bombarded the hull with the 7-pounder guns, making the speed of the battleship sinking faster and faster.

There was no hope of victory, and the naval battle, which was supposed to last all day, was unexpectedly divided into results in less than half an hour.

Just on land, the elite armies of the Gray Mist City had already watched in amazement as their fleets fled, and on the sea on the east coast, there were still their own warships sinking, and the silhouettes that had not yet sunk could be seen.

It was a miserable defeat, a major fiasco, and even the supreme commander had nothing to say, just stared at the sea.

This is already a failure, and even if they were able to capture the town of Lower Cape, they would have failed.

The navy was almost completely annihilated, and their army had not yet captured the enemy's towns, and the commander-in-chief could not help but feel sad as he looked at the large trebuchet that had just been assembled in front of him.

What the Governor needs is a big victory, not a big defeat, as the commander-in-chief, he will definitely not end well, but looking at the city wall that is only more than four meters high, he also gritted his teeth and let out a roar, all he can do now is to capture this cape town to save his reputation.

And to redeem the expectations of the Governor, at least on the Great Silver Plate Island, the well-equipped and elite army can still easily suppress those nobles with bad intentions! (To be continued.) )