Chapter 81: Spike

However, after seeing that the opposing ship group had already pulled up the battle line, showed its artillery and drove over, Hugh Hobert understood that where was the British Far East Fleet, and this TM was Gangzi's fleet, but he didn't know where Gangzi got a large three-masted battleship. Counting the guns, thirty on one side, there may be more than sixty guns in total, and the firepower is already comparable to that of a British third-class warship. But what are the special bow and stern buildings for? Idle such a large space in vain and do not install artillery, otherwise you will face a British second-class warship today.

"Don't panic, the other party is just a third-class warship, and it is obviously a deviation from the modification, its combat effectiveness is to resist a half-three-masted battleship, plus another three-masted battleship is only two and a half, but we have five three-masted battleships, and there are many more two-masted battleships than them. The ships are ready to enter the battle, the enemy fleet obviously wants to seize the upper hand of the northeast trade winds, we are now in an advantageous position, we can't give up the position to them, now I order the fleet to turn left to the east to line up the battle line, the enemy's flagship ...... Fack! Is this still a battleship? This is a work of art, and throwing it into the battlefield is simply a desecration of this battleship," as the distance between the two fleets narrowed, Hugh Hobert saw the exquisite "Flying Henan Man" through the telescope, "It should be in the harbor to be admired by the people of the world, not to appear here, any rubbing is a perfect destruction of it, I can't bear to shoot at such a beautiful battleship, Gangzi, this bastard, this rude farmer, this villain, do you think that we will not dare to attack you in this way?" Attention, everyone, the battleship was handed over to me, and I sent it to the bottom with my own hands. ”

"Admiral, that battleship has sixty broadside guns. And you ......"

"Tell the C-032 and C-033 ships to follow me, and the other two go to the other enemy's other three-masted battleship, and quickly deal with them." Hugh Hobert confirmed the information sent from Oahu and Maui, "The two fleets that Gangzi sent out didn't come back to support? Could it be that he wants to win against me with this battleship, it's too whimsical and broken......"

Hugh Hobert suddenly thought that Gangzi had a "guided flowering bomb", if ......? No! Gangzi could not have too many "guided flowering shells", otherwise he could directly participate in the frontal battlefield on Albatross Island and use "guided flowering shells" to defeat the Seattle fleet, and his attack on Hawaii shows that he does not have many such shells. It should only be used when it matters most. Moreover, Gangzi did not use ultra-long-range "guided flowering bombs" to attack Huhu County, which also fully shows this.

The Hawaiian fleet must destroy Gangzi here, and seeing that his battleship was obviously rushed into battle without being perfectly transformed, if he is let go this time, the next Seattle fleet may have to face a real second-class warship. And with the "guided flowering bomb", Fake! This battle will not be fought.

"Plan changed, all three-masted battleships will attack the enemy flagship with me!"

Gangzi stood on the "Flying Henan People" and watched the Hawaiian fleet begin to enter the battle queue, it was obvious that this fleet lacked the necessary training, and the quality of the captains was much worse, basically the second-line captains in the Western independence organization. The discarded battle line was crooked, which was not conducive to the data statistics of the logistics department and the command of the flagship, and it was plain that he had lost a lot of his combat effectiveness.

On the other hand, the Langya fleet is a long dragon with the "Flying Henan People" as the leader. The articulation is extremely sleek, showing the superb personal qualities of the captain of the Langya fleet. In fact, as the forward fleet against the Yangzhou fleet, its captains are all elites carefully selected by Wei Yu.

"Look at the formation of the Hawaiian fleet. Obviously, they wanted to concentrate the firepower of five three-masted battleships at medium and close ranges to engage our 'Flying Henan'. When the war starts, I will take it out of formation, and the Linyi will be in charge of the command of the battlefield. All 60 brigs in the middle of the opposing side drove out. We only have thirty Qingzhou fifth-class battleships and a three-masted battleship now, hurry up and deal with them, I don't want to see too big losses, there is still a big war to fight later. ”

Taking advantage of the fact that the Hawaiian fleet had not yet opened its formation, the "Flying Henan" and the Langya fleet quickly approached, and the two auxiliary mast hard sails adjusted the angle, and put the main sail in front of the blowing headwind, so that the battleship still maintained acceleration. Hugh Hobert saw that Gangzi was trying to overtake the past from the head of his fleet and seize the upper hand, so he no longer kept his speed and waited for his own battleships that had not yet entered the battle line behind, and took five three-masted battleships to press the route of the "Flying Henan" to maintain his positional advantage.

In this way, the commanders of both sides fought for speed and occupied positions, and gradually distanced themselves from the capital ship groups behind them.

"The port side guns are ready, the front and rear batteries are up," Gangzi saw that the Langya fleet had begun to block the Hawaiian fleet, and ordered the "Flying Henan" to enter the combat state, and all 30 gun doors on the port side were opened, and 22 22-pounder steel smoothbore guns and 8 16-pounder iron smoothbore guns were pushed out. The front and rear turrets also gradually rose under the thrust of the jacks, and the uppermost part of Joey and Mark's canopy was exposed beyond the turret armor.

"What's that? Why are there two trees planted in the front and back of the battleship? Hugh Hobert also observed the "Flying Henan" through a telescope on his flagship, and the green branches and leaves of the exposed canopy happened to be seen by him, he really couldn't understand the practical significance of planting trees on the ship, but the other side had already pushed out the cannons, and the two sides were about to enter the range of engagement, Hugh Hobert also immediately ordered his battleship to prepare for battle.

"Report to the captain that the steel smoothbore guns have reached range, and the gunners of the lower and middle decks ask if they will open fire." Elizabeth received the request and immediately reported to Gangzi, who was observing the enemy ship.

The "Flying Henan" has three artillery decks, the lower and middle decks are equipped with steel smoothbore guns, which have a longer firing range than fine iron smoothbore guns. Gangzi had already estimated the distance in his mind, and he replied: "There is no point in firing at this distance, ask each gun position to wait for my order before attacking, and inform the left auxiliary hard sail to adjust 5 degrees clockwise, and the rudder to the left 8 degrees, and our speed still has room to improve." ”

"Yes! Captain! Elizabeth had already entered the state of the attendant, and immediately gave the orders of Gangzi one by one.

The two battleships showed their muscles as they kept getting closer, and after coming into range of the iron smoothbore guns, Hugh Hobert ordered the battleships to open fire, and although the accuracy of the range was extremely low, the five three-masted battleships could drop 100 shells in a salvo from the side of the ship. This barrage attack is enough for Hugh Hobert to fight for character.

Hugh Hobert's fleet was holding on while firing a salvo, and the "Flying Henanese" was also close to shorten the distance, but the naval guns kept holding on and did not fight back.

As the distance between the two sides narrowed, Hugh Hobert's shelling hit rate began to increase: "Yes! A little closer, Gangzi's position is very good, but his hull is too large, we have too many artillery, and this gap is not something that technology can compensate. See! We hit it again, and it's literally destroying art, but I'm very happy to be able to send it to the bottom of the ocean with my own hands. It's a great feeling, it's like tearing the 'Mona Lisa' by hand. ”

"Report to the Admiral! Our brig group has entered into battle with the enemy fleet, but the enemy is a little too powerful. ”

"What!" Hugh Hobert immediately turned his gaze to the battlefield in the rear.

The Hawaiian brig group was cut into two ends by a single impact of the opposing fleet, and the second impact became four sections, and the third impact was completely chaotic. There were 60 brigs in the air, but they could not cooperate effectively, and most of the battleships' guns were all their own warships at the firing angles. Although the enemy fleet was also scattered in the intersperse, the small formations of the 55 group were very flexible, often striking one or two Hawaiian brigs without any threat from all sides. The Hawaiian fleet suffered battle damage in a short period of time. And none of the other side's battleships looked bad.

"Fack! These American fishermen captains, who can only transport warships, we can't count on them at all, to ask the ships to speed up their firepower, and there is no need for salvo salvos to maintain saturation at this distance. Rapid-fire! All rapid fire, sink Gangzi's flagship as soon as possible, we need to support those outsiders in naval warfare. ”

Hugh Hobert gave a loud order from the bridge of his flagship, just as he was about to re-aim his telescope at the "Flying Henanese". I saw a dense burst of smoke on the side of the "Flying Henan People", and before the smoke spread, a thick smoke erupted. Hugh Hobert then felt his ship roll as if it had been collided, and before he could gain a foothold the hull of the ship began to tip in front of him.

"Admiral! Our starboard side is badly damaged and is starting to get flooded. The damage was beyond repair and we had to abandon ship immediately. ”

"How is it possible, the other side only fired one round of cannons." Hugh Hobert, who was standing on the bridge, felt the battleship fall inexorably at his feet, and he looked in horror at the enemy ship that was being blown away by the smoke of gunpowder, and jumped from the other side of the battleship to the dinghy that had been lowered under the protection of the crew.

"Great!" Gangzi saw that his "Flying Henan" had sunk the flagship of the Hawaiian fleet with only one salvo and one "inspiration", and excitedly shouted on the bridge, "I saw it!" It's Mark, a tree man with master-level throwing skills, a 26-pound cannonball, and all ten of them hit at a distance of 800 meters, it's too violent! And Joey also has six hits, don't be discouraged, it's a very high hit rate, and your rattan is more flexible, and the cannonballs you throw spin faster and are more penetrating. You will become a nightmare for all warships, wahahaha, hurry up and prepare for each gun position, the hull of this kind of commercial reform three-masted battleship is a thin-skinned dumpling in front of our heavy artillery, let's beat them one by one. ”

"Boom, boom, boom......!"

"Inspire!" "Boom, boom, boom......!"

It's so enjoyable, since I got the "encouragement", my brother has never been so happy, 1000 gold ginseng is my brother's net worth...... mentality, eating is also painful. But now it's different, a talented elf mage attendant next to him is MM, and his physical strength can be used casually, one recovery magic physical strength is full, and two recovery magic can make my brother's physical strength enough to spurt blood.

Of course, this kind of drawback is a flaw for the elves who have just started their magic civilization, as long as they can enhance their brother's staying power, occasionally the strength is not good enough to spurt blood or something, brother doesn't care.

Ancient treants have more power than adults, and a 22-pound cannonball that is slightly heavier on an adult treant is too easy for Joey and Mark, and the cannonballs thrown out are prone to flutter. A 26-pound cannonball is a modest weight, and it's the best of the two treants. However, the two of them have only just entered the ancient species, and their strength is still increasing, and through the test of the ancient tree planters, Gangzi deduced that Mark and Joey's ancient species should be able to throw 36-pound cannonballs after the ancient species is stabilized, which is already the limit of the artillery that has appeared so far. It is the highest quality steel smoothbore that can be fired at the weight of a shell.

It's just that with the lifespan of the tree people, Joey and Mark don't know how long it will take to enter the stability period of the ancient species. Gangzi also thought about using the Fountain of Life to "mature" the two tree people, but he was afraid of uncontrollable changes, so he continued to ask the two tree people to grow naturally, anyway, the 26-pound cannonball is already the existence of who will kill who will be killed for the current stage of the sea surface dispute.

Hugh Hobert's carrying dinghy dodged the bottom of the capsized flagship and headed for a three-masted battleship behind, and he had to quickly change the flagship to take command of the entire battlefield.

An artillery battle between the two sides had begun, and all around the boat was a column of water splashed by missed shells. The dinghy that was tossed in the waves rowed with difficulty, and the boat gang could barely stabilize itself and not observe the battlefield at all. But he could also feel how ferocious the other side's artillery fire was.

"Quick, quick, hurry up rowing" Hugh Hobert urged the sailors paddling on the dinghy, "I didn't expect that Gangzi didn't test fire, the first shot was a salvo plus skill, and it only took one round to sink my flagship." We have to get to the ship as soon as possible, as long as I'm on the ship, I can use my Captain Skill 'Dodge' to reduce Gangzi's hit rate and dodge skill hits, but the passive skill that comes with my Captain skill to reduce the opponent's hit rate is always there. Why did you get so many shells just now? ”

Hugh Hobert recalls that when the Flying Dutchman was sunk, his captain's skill "dodging" didn't seem to be very good in the face of incoming attacks.

In fact, just under the effect of Hugh Hobert's "dodging", the attack of the broadside guns of the "Flying Henan" was not ideal. It is Joey and Mark who really give lethal attacks, the two of them have master throwing skills and advanced throwing skills respectively, and the distance of 800 meters makes Joey's four shots miss is already a high dodge, do you still want to call master throwing skills miss.

Active "Dodge" can only completely dodge spell damage once. In order to prevent the cannonballs thrown by the Treeman from being dodged by the "Flying Dutchman", Gangzi did not ask the two Treemen to consume physical strength to actively increase the accuracy of the "Qiankun Throw". The whereabouts of the cannonballs in the latter part are all operated by the magic array on the cannonballs controlled by the elven magician, so Hugh Hobert did not dodge the attack of the "guided cannonball" even if he used "dodge" when he was shelled, and the explosion was also because the cannonball contained gunpowder had nothing to do with skills.

In short, the road is one foot high, and the combination of Hugh Hobert and the "Flying Dutchman" is very strong in life-saving, but it is still easily killed by the carefully planned Gangzi. And Hugh Hobert still hasn't figured out how Gangzi did it.

Under the effect of Hugh Hobert's "evasion", the boat dodged the stray bullets all the way and soon came to the vicinity of the No. 2 ship, but before Hugh Hobert gave the boarding order, he heard the people on the ship shouting: "Admiral, our battleship is seriously damaged on the side of the ship and is sinking, you should hurry to the battleship behind." ”

"Fack!" Hugh Hobert cursed and ordered the remaining three three-masted battleships in the fleet: "All warships carry out barrage attacks, use all attack skills, suppress the enemy ships with firepower, and don't tell them to aim and fire again!" The third ship, not the fourth ship, put down the cable ladder on your port side to receive me on board, and each ship avoided sailing, and paid attention to the anti-artillery. ”

Hugh Hobert's order was conveyed to the ships, and the three battleships began to fire their guns regardless of hits, so the guns were fired immediately after loading, and shells were dropped near Gangzi's battleship at the fastest speed, and the excited water column affected the gunner's field of vision, and the attack of the "Flying Henan" was indeed much more sparse.

"Do you think I can't do anything about it?" One after another columns of water also affected Gangzi's observation of the enemy fleet, he put away the binoculars and walked into the captain's room, opened the combat chart, and all the things around him immediately appeared three-dimensionally, he saw the direction of Hugh Hobert's boat rowing and said to Elizabeth: "Inform the gun commanders, target enemy ship No. 4, coordinates ***:***, course 49, speed 5 knots, each gun crew ready!" ”

Elizabeth, who was standing in front of the door of the captain's room, shouted under the bridge and gestured: "Target enemy ship No. 4, coordinates ***:***, course 49, speed 5 knots, all gun crews ready!" ”

The heralds standing in various positions on the deck quickly conveyed the data to the gunners in the various positions.

"The upper deck is ready!"

"The front battery is ready!"

"The middle deck is ready!"

"The rear turret is ready!"

"The bottom fort is ready!"

The situation of the artillery positions of each department was quickly fed back to Gangzi's hands.

"Everything else remains the same, the course rests 34 degrees."

The data is passed out again, and the gun emplacements are ready again. Gangzi said loudly: "Fire!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom......"

"Everything else remains the same, the course rests 38 degrees."

"Fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

"Everything else remains the same, the speed is 4 knots."

"Fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

"Coordinates***:***"

"Fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

"Inspire"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Settle! (To be continued......)