Chapter 82: The Hawaiian Naval Battle Plan
Chapter 82: The Hawaiian Naval Battle Plan
Looking at the No. 4 ship that had been beaten and stopped on the map, Gangzi made up another salvo and said to Elizabeth: "Do you understand? It's as simple as that, now you're in charge of transmitting data to the gun emplacements via charts here, and the Admiral's position should be on the bridge. ”
After Gangzi pushed Elizabeth to locate the matter through the chart, he walked out of the captain's room from Elizabeth's side with what he thought was a very chic Latin step.
"My lord, the hull made by the World Tree is very strong, you don't need to be afraid."
"Plop!" Gangzi fell at the door, and he quickly got up, "What do you know?" Brother this is called the dance steps of victory, go! Do your job. ”
Elizabeth stuck out her tongue and quickly ran to the back of the battle table to record the data, and a black-sailed sailor herald took her place.
The image was performed in front of MM, and he didn't think it would be conspicuous, but with the thickness of Gangzi's face, he quickly forgot the embarrassment just now, and he picked up the binoculars and looked in the direction of Hugh Hobert again.
This time, the water column in front of him was obviously much thinner, and through the gap in the water column, Gangzi saw that the enemy's No. 4 ship had begun to tilt. After all, the three-masted battleship of the merchant reform is still not up to the role of the capital ship, and in the face of the 12-pounder fine iron smoothbore guns that players are now commonly equipped with, the hull of the three-masted merchant ship can still be used against it. On the battlefield of Albatross Island, Hugh Hobert used such warships to suppress the Hangzhou fleet by numbers. However, in the face of the heavy cannon of the "Flying Henan", the hull of the three-masted merchant ship was obviously too fragile, and a 22-pound cannonball could easily tear an irreparable hole in it, not to mention that the ancient tree planters threw 26-pound cannonballs, and it was easy for the rotating cannonball to penetrate both decks.
If Hugh Hobert had been five three-masted battleships at this time, Gangzi would not have sunk so neatly.
Now the Hawaiian fleet still has two commercial three-masted battleships, and the sinking of their three capital ships in a short period of time really frightened them, I don't know if it was Hugh Hobert's order or their own decision, these two battleships stopped firing and turned around and ran.
And the dazed dinghy was so conspicuous next to the wreck.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
"Boom, boom, boom......"
There is no water column to block it. Visual shelling is now available for all gun emplacements again. A salvo plus a "boost" left the third ship in the turn.
Then the "Flying Henan" also entered the turn and pursued the remaining No. 5 ship. The side guns and the rear battery stopped shelling because they were out of the firing angle, and only Joey, the tree man inside the front battery, was still firing shells at the enemy's fleeing battleship.
Joy Joyce was weaker than Mark in strength and accuracy, but Gangzi placed him on the front turret anyway. Because Joey is stronger than Mark in the flexibility of the rattan and the skill of throwing cannonballs, he fires cannonballs faster, and the speed of the cannonballs fired is also faster, and the high-speed rotating cannonballs are not easy to ricochet when hitting the enemy ship, and have strong penetration, so Joey is much more useful than Mark in the front battery when pursuing, and he can carry out penetrating attacks from the direction of the stern of the enemy ship. Threaten the deck to destroy the rudder.
And when escaping, you need more precision and attack power, which Mark is good at.
The above is Gangzi's self-explanation, in fact.
Joey: "The front battery has a good view, I want it." ”
Mark: "Big Brother Joey is right. ”
Joey's shelling usually does not have debris scattered after the impact of the shell, and what he creates is basically a series of round holes, first through the thick walls of the ship, and then through several layers of cabins, which is very damaging to the interior space of the ship. One shell after another was thrown by him towards the enemy ship No. 5, which had already turned around and fled. There were no too brilliant hits, but the fifth ship clearly began to tend to lose control and decrease in speed.
The "Flying Henan People" also deftly turned the huge hull around and chased after it. When passing by the enemy's No. 3 ship, which had lost its combat effectiveness, the broadside guns completely knocked it to the surface of the sea with a close salvo.
Hugh Hobert watched horrified as the "Flying Henanese" passed by him with its tall hull. The exquisite murals passed in front of him one by one, still bright and new. Hugh Hobert couldn't believe that this was a battleship that had experienced artillery battles, he was sure that his own artillery bombardment had hit many times, but he didn't see a trace of it on the hull of this battleship. Mo said that there should be at least a dent when hit by a shell, and even the smoke of gunpowder did not leave a trace of ash on it.
"Is this a battleship made of steel? Gangzi disappeared for two months and got such a terrifying thing, what cannon can hurt it? Unless you get a steel or steel cannon. Otherwise, no battleship was his opponent in naval artillery battles. Hugh Hobert stood on the stopped dinghy and looked at the battleship that had sailed over, thinking to himself, "Steel smoothbore guns are not available in a moment and a half, the best way to deal with this kind of battleship now is to concentrate forces to encircle it, and jump into hand-to-hand combat with the advantage of numbers, I don't know how the brig battleship is fighting, can I mobilize a part of the battleship Gangzi to besiege it......"
Before Hugh Hobert could turn his gaze to the brig battlefield, he saw a black dot thrown out of the stern of the "Flying Henan", and then Hugh Hobert appeared in the Hawaiian Resurrection Zone.
"What kind of weapon is this Fake? Could it be that the tree behind that battleship can throw cannonballs, why are plants vs. zombies coming out, the game is so spoofed, is it really okay? ”
Knowing that it was useless to complain, Hugh Hobert did not go offline to make a complaint call, but connected to the battlefield at sea through the command channel: "How are you guys?" Can you hold on? ”
"Report to the Admiral! We're finished, the fleet is all finished, the enemy's artillery is too accurate, we are not opponents at all, and the fleet will be attacked by them as soon as it gathers, we can't organize a defense at all, and now there are enemy ships everywhere, and I can't see where the friendly ships are at all. Oh...... I'm being targeted, don't ......"
The communication was cut off by the thick sound of artillery, and Hugh Hobert connected to the communications of several other fleet commanders in succession, who were basically sunk and in the process of being sunk.
It is obvious that the combat effectiveness of the two sides is not just one level apart, 60 brig battleships against 30 Qingzhou fifth-class battleships, and they were beaten to the ground before they even resisted.
Hugh Hobert continued to look for a commander who could control the battle for him, and tried to withdraw the fleet to Grass Skirt Harbor as much as possible, so as to reserve a little strength for the harbor defense.
"Report to the Admiral, you can't withdraw. The fleet is all scattered, we can't concentrate on breaking through, the opponent's hard-sailed battleships are much more flexible than us, they have blocked our retreat route, and ask the admiral to divide several three-masted battleships to cover us...... Yes! Isn't that the enemy flagship that the Admiral is besieging with five three-masted battleships? How did it get here! Hurry up and attack it, we are no match for it at all......"
A busy sound of communication being cut off came to his ears, and Hugh Hobert sat in the chair of the Hula County Council in a daze, and said after a long time: "Inform the Seattle fleet on Albatross Island to move in the direction of Hawaii, Hula County cannot be lost, and if we lose here, we will lose the entire North Pacific." ”
"Inform Peter Pan to immediately transfer the heavy duty materials and NPCs in Hula County. Hula County will definitely be reduced to the village level, but let him rest assured, as long as the Seattle fleet arrives, we can expel Gangzi's fleet, and with the financial support of the entire Xidu, he will get a fortress-level city. ”
"Order the South American fleet not to come to Hawaii, no different from sending it to death, and go to the Seattle fleet to join up."
"Gather all the armed merchant ships, brigs, and brigs of Hawaii in Pearl Harbor and send close combatants on board. In this battle, I am already going to capture his 'Flying Henan'"
Hugh Hobert gave several orders in succession, and finally said viciously, when Gangzi drove the battleship past him, he finally saw the name carved on the bow of the battleship - "Flying Henan Man".
After more than ten days of fierce fighting, the Battle of Albatross Island finally ended with the voluntary retreat of the Seattle fleet. Only a mess of the sea is left waiting for the system to be refreshed.
The Seattle fleet withdrew from the Albatross Sea, but the battle between the two fleets did not end there. After learning that Gangzi had annihilated the Hawaiian fleet, although he was surprised at how he did it, he immediately organized a group of warships to chase after the retreating Seattle fleet. At the same time, all high-speed dhows and some speed-enhanced dhows around Albatross Island were ordered to conduct harassing and blocking the Seattle fleet.
"I really didn't expect you to wipe out the Hawaiian fleet, where did you get the fleet?"
Regarding the question of the angry sea competition, Gangzi said: "It's the Langya fleet. I am now the admiral of the Qingzhou Yellow Sea Fleet, and the Jimo Fleet and the Langya Fleet are under my control, and now the British Far East Fleet is pressing in the Philippines, and the Yangzhou Fleet does not dare to move, so I will transfer the Langya Fleet. ”
"Command the NPC Navy, Cow Wow! You can rest assured that you will clear your territory in Hawaii, and I will drag the Seattle fleet to the system to recover the three territories of the American players in Hawaii. ”
Gangzi said, "If I guard their Seven Heavens Village Hall, I may not be able to deal with the Seattle fleet that is coming." ”
Dealing with the arriving Seattle fleet? Realizing that Gangzi might have a bolder plan in mind, he said: "Now the Seattle fleet still has 17 three-masted warships and 357 brig-class warships, and according to intelligence, the South American fleet will also have two three-masted warships and 168 two-masted warships will also join them, so that when they arrive in Hawaii, the Seattle fleet will have 19 three-masted warships and more than 500 two-masted warships." The Hangzhou fleet can mobilize 9 three-masted battleships and 196 brigs if it pursues now, and 12 three-masted battleships and 213 two-masted battleships two days later. This is the intelligence of the Seattle fleet you will face and the support I can provide, now I can talk about your plan. ”
Gangzi read through the more detailed information from the angry sea battle and said, "I am going to fight a decisive battle against the Seattle fleet off the coast of Hula Harbor. ”
"A decisive battle?" Although he thought of Gangzi's purpose, he was still quite surprised: "As far as the situation of our Hangzhou fleet is concerned, we do not have the strength to fight a decisive battle with Seattle, and we still have a big gap in the number of warships. ”
Gangzi said: "Isn't there still a Fuso fleet, although they only have a three-masted battleship, but the three thousand honliu Sakura has strengthened him to 54 guns, and with his captain's skill 'sniper' Seattle fleet is no one his opponent except Hugh Hobert, and Hugh Hobert is now in Hugh Harbor, he has no chance to go to sea to command the battleship." In addition, according to the news of the three thousand Ryu Sakura, one of his captains has the same level of captain skills as him, plus the large number of brigs they brought, which is a strong reinforcement. Now that they have left Honshu and are heading for Albatross, I will call the Black Pearl to meet them, and they will be there in three days. At that time, the Hangzhou fleet will be merged with the Fuso fleet, and with the speed of the 'Black Pearl', it will be able to support the sea outside the hula in three days. ”
The furious sea battle said, "The three thousand honliu cherry blossoms have already contacted me. I judged that their support was still somewhat sincere, but I was afraid that when the war broke out, they could not resist the temptation of Hugh Hobert's offer and stabbed us in the back. ”
Gangzi said firmly: "No, when we arrive in Hawaii, we can't help but let them not work hard for us." In addition, the warships pursuing the Seattle fleet will be supplied on Albatross Island, and we must make sure that we have enough ammunition for a decisive battle with the Seattle fleet. ”
Although he didn't know why Gangzi was so sure that the Fuso fleet would not make trouble in the end, he still recalled the fleet that was pursuing the Seattle fleet and retreated to Albatross Island to wait for the Fuso fleet to arrive while supplying the fleet.
"Without my pursuing troops. The Seattle fleet will return to the reinforcements faster, but I will ask the sloops to delay them as much as possible, the Seattle fleet is expected to arrive in the evening in five days, and the night battle will be advantageous for you, and I will bring the Hangzhou fleet to launch a general attack on the Seattle fleet at dawn, I hope you can hold out until the reinforcements arrive. ”
"As long as you can get there on time, I don't have a problem at all."
After Gangzi finished his conversation with the Angry Sea Rivalry, he found Tang Yao.
Before Gangzi could speak, Tang Yao asked eagerly, "Brother." You're going to fight the Seattle fleet on your own? ”
"Yes, your brother and I are such a bull b, and I can't show my brother's bravery by fighting more and less, and only by fighting more can I make my brother soar in the daytime. One step to the sky, establish a godhead, shine with the sun and the moon, and enjoy immortal blessings forever. Shou and Tianqi. ”
"......" The little sister suddenly realized that her full of worries was gone, and Gangzi's words made her speechless, although she knew that this was Gangzi's normal performance. But she felt that at this time, Gangzi should be righteous and awe-inspiring to say some bold words such as "for the people, for the country, for the society, throw away the head, spill blood, abandon the ego, and fulfill the righteousness", and then she was moved to tears, and told her brother in a thousand words to "serve the country with loyalty"......
"Vomiting ......" was disgusted by himself, could it be that he has been with Brother Gangzi for a long time, and his brain is also infected?
"Sister, did you listen to me?"
Tang Yao hurriedly came back to his senses: "Listen, listen, are you really okay?" ”
"Of course there is no problem, the battle of the furious sea will delay the arrival of the Seattle fleet in Hawaii until the evening, and the person who can defeat my brother at night has not yet been born, and my brother will give you another mission."
"You say, it's done."
"The Fuso Fleet is worried that the Fuso fleet is not of the same mind as us, and I am not at ease with them, when the Fuso fleet hits Albatross Island, you give your 'Big Bread' to the Three Thousand Honryusakura, he has a strong captain who does not have a suitable warship, and then you teleport to Black Sail Island, and so on...... You understand. ”
After Tang Yao listened, he nodded in response: "Understood!" ”
"There is one more important matter, and my brother will also leave it to you."
"More important?"
"Well, you know that my brother likes to open a live broadcast when he fights, so that fans can admire his brother's command, flowing water, and splashing ink like the art of naval battle command, but this time it's a night battle, and the light is definitely not good, in order not to make the majority of smashers feel sorry, and can more intuitively feel the talent and charm of brother in naval battles, brother decided to create a novel and unique live broadcast method, text live broadcast, the specific situation is like this......"
A black line has risen on the girl's head: "Brother, don't you think that live broadcast with words is more intuitive and passionate than words?" ”
"Ahh Such a more trendy creativity, why didn't my brother think that my brother's 'text live broadcast' played a role in throwing away the jade and inspired you? ”
"Stimulate your yarn, the cute big-breasted girl you invite in the sub-video every time you live video is in charge of the language anchor."
"Isn't that the one in charge of selling cute?"
"Is it okay for someone to be a gold medal anchor, you spend money to invite her to make a smack there, I am much better than her little sister, you still call her here for this live broadcast, it is easy to earn so much money from us, it is time to ask her to work hard once."
Brother has a vinegar jar next to him and knocked it over? How does it smell a little sour. It seems that the banner in the family has been straightened into the main palace, and the harem of my brother is not very easy to open.
"The lesson of the little sister is, how much do you think we should order for this live broadcast? I have risen to 50 gold, and some people have started to scold. ”
"100 gold, it costs a thousand yuan to watch an opera, we are much better than opera."
Gangzi suddenly realized that if he handed over all his properties to the operation of his sister from the beginning, what would happen to his current wealth? After seeing it for a long time, a woman's sensitivity to coins is really unconvinced, and she spends her money ruthlessly, and earns money even more ruthlessly.
After finishing the arrangement of the battle situation, Gangzi led the fleet into Hula Harbor.
At this time, the defense facilities of the Grass Skirt Harbor could not do any damage to the "Flying Henan People" at all, and the strongest 16-pound fine iron smoothbore cannon left a concave mark on the hull of the "Flying Henan People" at most, and the hull built by the World Tree had a strong affinity for the power of nature, and the elven magician could repair the damaged parts of the battleship anywhere on the battleship, and the force of nature was unimpeded on the hull without any loss of flow damage, and the place hit by the cannonball was immediately restored as new. (To be continued......)