Chapter 15: The Sea Monster Strikes Back
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I don't know! The first mate anxiously replied: there were no enemy warships on the sea, and the shells were not flying from the direction of the city. β
"Can't see it?" Jim thought for a moment and immediately understood: "Immediately calculate the trajectory, guess the possible target location, and then use artillery fire to make a tentative attack." The Frost Rose Alliance's battleships have a mirage system, and while they can't be completely invisible, it's hard to spot at this distance. Keep your lookout at the sea near the bounce point, and the splash will make them visible. β
"Understood." The first mate quickly began to convey orders, and the men on the battleship quickly carried them out. However, after the trajectory of the shell was calculated, the observer did not give the gunner the number, but re-reported it to the first officer. After reading it, the first mate said to Jim with some uncertainty: "Captain......"
"What's wrong? Why not fire? β
"This ......!" The first mate handed Jim the ballistic calculations.
Jim took the piece of paper and looked at it, then suddenly looked up at the first mate in surprise. "Are you not mistaken? The shells came from a hundred and seventy kilometers away? β
"I've double-checked it twice." The first mate said helplessly: "Don't talk about the mirage system at this distance, even if an aircraft carrier is parked there, it can't be seen!" β
"If we can't see, how does the enemy see?"
"Report, enemy sighting ship spotted." The lookout shouted abruptly.
There is no need for the first mate to explain this. Jim muttered to himself, "Sight Sight Ship huh?" They were able to make this! β
The second officer hesitated and said: "The observation ship needs an instant communication system, a super-magnification observation scope and a triangulation system, which is too exaggerated, right?" Does the Frost Rose League have so many secret technologies? β
Jim calmed down a little and said, "It's not a secret technology. I heard that the Frost Rose League and the German Metro Crusaders have a good relationship. The Iron Cross has perfected the technology of large-scale viewing lenses. It's no surprise that the Frost Jewel Alliance can buy it. As for triangulation, it's just a pediatric thing, and a slide rule and a trichometer can do it. As for instant messaging technology, I heard that they have it for a long time, it seems to be a technology based on crystal resonance, and I heard that it also integrates the theory of magic array, which can transmit not only sound, but also images. β
The first mate immediately said in distress: "Then what should we do?" Our artillery can't reach so far. Besides, even if it's enough, you can't aim at it! β
At a time when the American fleet was in great distress, in the Sino-German task force one hundred and seventy kilometers away. King Chuang was sitting proudly in the command seat, watching the sailors busily carry out system corrections.
The correspondent shouted: "The leading reconnaissance ship reports that the first hit on the aft deck of the USS Liberty with minor damage. Feedback number jΓΉ: coordinate one plus three seconds, coordinate two plus seven seconds, coordinate three shrink one minute, coordinate four ......"
The second officer listened to the report and skillfully ordered: "Each ship assigns targets according to the plan. Loaded with high-explosive armor-piercing shells and fired a salvo. β
"Yes. A salvo of high-explosive armor-piercing shells. β
A large number of warships flying the flags of the Frost Jewel Alliance and the Iron Cross began to turn, and the large capital ships of the entire fleet were all spread horizontally, and the front and rear main guns turned together to aim at the battleship group in the distance.
The second officer ordered again: "The number of auxiliary corrections of the leading ship is jΓΉ." β
"Correction, feedback number jΓΉ. Report: Enemy targets begin to turn, and all ships are instantaneously clocked six and a half seconds. The effective time is seven seconds. Sixth, fifth ......"
The second officer immediately ordered: "Shelling and shelling, rush to the front." β
The batteries of all the battleships immediately turned to the right at an almost invisible angle, and the angle of six seconds was not visible to the human eye. After the rotation was in place, the timekeepers were still counting down to three, two, one, and at the same time as the number zero was shouted, the main guns of all the capital ships roared at the same time, and the huge super-caliber naval guns shot out white smoke rings in the shape of inverted cones. The terrifying muzzle flame can often erupt more than seven meters, and the shell weighing more than half a ton is already dozens of kilometers away.
Jim was still shouting at the battleship to turn around. Suddenly, a terrifying scream sounded in the air, and the first mate immediately pressed Jim down under him. With a loud bang, the flagship, the Liberty shook violently, and then let out a loud metal twisting sound, slowly sliding towards the surface of the sea like a giant beast's unwilling roar. Jim survived under the weak physical protection of the heroic NPC first mate, but the poor first mate was smashed into a pile of rotten flesh by shards of glass and a piece of blasted steel bar. The poor Liberty is also completely finished, and the armor of the Liberty is simply too thin for a direct hit of the blasting armor-piercing shell!
It was not only the USS Liberty that was hit, but almost one-fifth of the capital ships in the fleet were named, and the hit rate of the shells was as high as 95 percent, and almost no one missed. But almost none of the warships that were targeted could survive the baptism of shells, and all targets in this round of attacks were not sunk except for the Super Sea King, which had excellent armor protection.
Jim teleported to the battleship next to him before the battleship sank completely, this is the benefit of magic naval battles, there are teleportation arrays on the battleship, at least the transfer of personnel is faster. Jim, who boarded the standby command ship Kamandra, shouted angrily: "All the ships will accelerate after completing the half-spin, and then counterattack with all their strength after closing the distance." Fast destroyer, go get rid of that sighting ship for me. β
This is the only chance. Even the warships of our guild would not be able to do such an over-the-horizon attack without sighting ships. In the Age of Magic, there was no radar, and it was impossible to attack if you couldn't see the enemy at this distance. But we have pre-pilot reconnaissance ships, and these specially modified little guys are actually super-high-speed hydrofoils, which can often run faster than torpedoes, and no warship can catch up with them. Every time our guild's fleet conducts an over-the-horizon attack, they need to reconnoiter in the middle, and the fleet calculates its position relative to the leading ship. The lead ship then calculates its position relative to the enemy. In this way, we can simply calculate the relative position of the enemy and ourselves through guΓ² trigonometric calculations, and carry out a line-of-sight attack, if this is not successful, the leading ship can also directly visually report the impact point, assisting
The main fleet corrected the number jΓΉ.
Of course, the Americans can also roughly think of the role of the pilot ship, but as I said before, it is impossible to build a pilot ship without those three technologies such as instant messaging, and the speed of transmitting coordinates by the flag language is too slow, and the distance is too close.
At this point the order was given. The two fast destroyers in the U.S. fleet immediately accelerated away from their own fleet and rushed towards the lead ship. But the lead ship is not a bulky capital ship, and this guy has nothing to do except for the huge observation camera above his head and the dozen or so sets of crystal communication planes inside the ship. It was a thorough reconnaissance ship, and it had no intention of going into battle at all, and the only thing it had to do when it encountered an enemy was to run.
It is based on the design idea of the pilot ship that the pilot ship is equipped with a super jet propulsion, and its output power is the same level as that of our capital ship. This thruster occupies more than 90 percent of the space in the lead ship's cabin, but the powerful power of this thing can provide this hydrofoil with a displacement of less than three-thousandths of the capital ship to speed up to three times faster than the fastest torpedo. It is not an exaggeration to say that it flies on the water.
The Americans' fast destroyers just want to be faster for the capital ships, and they are not at all on the same level as our super lead ships. The lead ship drew a large half-arc on the surface of the sea at a terrible speed, and then began to rush quickly towards the side of the destroyer, and the guns on the destroyer immediately began to turn, only to find that the turret rotation speed could not keep up with the enemy's movement speed, and it was completely impossible to aim. The lead ship drew a provocative dash from between the two destroyers. Then he took a big *** again and rushed into the distance. The most recent shells of the destroyer and the main fleet landed on the sea more than 100 meters behind it. For a ship of its level, it has to come up with a calculation of the advance amount of the jet to be able to hit, but it likes to run s, so there is no way to calculate the advance amount.
Not being able to sink the lead ship meant that we couldn't stop our long-range shelling, and the only thing the American warships could do was rush forward under artillery fire. But. As the distance approached, the number of shells began to gradually increase. And there is also a significant trend towards an upward trend in hit rates. Originally, the distance was long, and only the main guns on the capital ships could be ranged, but now that the distance has been narrowed, even the capital ships have begun to participate in the battle, and the firepower has naturally become more intensive. However, even so, the Americans stubbornly rushed to the vicinity of our fleet in the face of artillery fire.
Jim looked at the nearby sea with only two-thirds of the fleet left, and his heart was so angry that he didn't know where to go, but fortunately he could already see our battleship in front of him, and he was finally able to give the order to return fire. "First mate, give the order to fire, concentrate your fire on the largest ship in the middle."
"Yes."
King Chuang was watching the American battleship in front of him rush towards his team at full speed, when suddenly a column of water more than 20 meters high flew up with a bang more than 30 meters in front of the battleship.
Is it all the way? King Chuang said with a smile.
Sitting next to King Chuang was Su Mei, who was holding a telescope and looking at the American warship opposite. "The Americans are a scientific and technological power in reality, which at least shows that their creative power is very strong, and it is normal to be able to improve the long-range artillery. But...... Aren't you going to let the Sea Clan attack? Is it coming closer? Our battleships are horizontal, and the American shells are much more powerful than the Japanese ones, and I'm not sure that this armor will be able to hold it! β
"Okay then." King Chuang said to the first mate: "Send a signal for the water tribe to dispatch." β
"Understood."
As soon as the first mate turned around to give the order, a large column of water suddenly rose less than two meters outboard of the Storm, causing the whole ship to shake. But this is already the limit, and there are not many opportunities for Americans to shoot at will.
Jim was smugly watching the explosion of the miss, thinking that the next shot should be able to land on the other party's ship. However, his idea was interrupted before it could be realized. As if Jim's new flag had hit something, it suddenly stopped, and the huge inertia threw him out of his seat, and the people in the bridge also fell to the ground, and the second officer actually flipped from the console to the opposite side. It doesn't look like the fall is light.
Before the people on the boat could recover. Jim suddenly noticed a column of water rising outside the left string, at first he thought it was an enemy shell, but as the water splashed, a tentacle with a huge suction cup appeared in the water column. There is no one in the mixed sea battle who does not know this thing, except for the black magic octopus that can grow this super big sucker in the sea, it is the red-thorned squid, and no matter which one of them, it is not easy to deal with.
No sooner had the crew gotten up from the ground than the battleship suddenly shuddered again. Then it shook violently, and many people who had just gotten up fell again. Jim shouted the order, "Drop depth charges." β
"Yes." The first mate struggled to crawl to the microphone to deliver orders. Soon the ship's crew rushed out of the cabin and threw the depth charge off the side of the ship with great difficulty. At such a close distance, depth charges would probably hurt one's own ship, but now it is better to be caught by a sea monster and be swept away by a bomb than to be completely rocked.
Depth charges like gasoline cans rolled off the side of the ship, but before they could explode, Jim suddenly noticed them flying out of the sea. Several huge ground bombs flew straight into the air. Then it exploded in the air with a bang. With a bang, all the glass on the ship's control tower burst at the same time. There is no tempered glass in the game, and the glass on the ship exploded and immediately flew into debris, knocking several crew members by the window to the ground.
Jim covered his bleeding ears and got up from the ground and rushed directly to the microphone and ordered: "Hold on, the neighboring ships use sidestring small-caliber weapons to help each other blow up those tentacles." β
The warships of the US fleet are separated by more than 100 meters from each other. The smallest caliber guns could accurately hit the tentacles that were wrapped around the ship at this distance, but Jim forgot one thing. Whether it's an octopus or a squid, tentacles are regenerative for them. Attacking tentacles doesn't do much good other than making them more brutal.
After blowing up a few tentacles, these unlucky guys really annoyed the sea monsters
Jim saw the battleship on his side sink downward. Then he suddenly jumped out of the water, and was knocked back into the water again by a dozen tentacles in the air. Then the stern of the battleship suddenly cocked, and then the whole bow plunged into the sea, and finally the whole ship quickly disappeared into the sea, leaving behind a huge whirlpool.
After the first ship was killed, one of the frigates on the side was about to speed out, but it was suddenly lifted out of the water. Jim watched as the middle of the small frigate of more than 1,000 tons was flattened by two thick tentacles, and then more than a dozen tentacles dragged the two ends of the ship and pushed it up, and the battleship was immediately folded in half from the middle of the flattened, and then disappeared into the sea.
The frigate was edged mainly because the armor was too thin, and it was impossible for a large battleship to be folded into an iron ball like a corvette. However, although the monsters can't fold large warships, they can turn them over, and they can also deform some parts of the battleship, and some monsters have even invented the trick of smashing two ships against each other. The human-designed underwater penetrator is actually a very inefficient way of propulsion, and the poor power of the battleship is completely negligible in the face of these sea monsters. No matter how the rudder is turned and how the afterburner is strengthened, those battleships can only be pushed around arbitrarily, and there is no way at all.
Jim watched in pain as his fleet was dizzy by the monsters, and suddenly shouted fiercely: "Summon underwater monsters and go down to fight." β
In Zero, some players often level up at sea, and of course, there are many people who have dedicated water pets, and most of these people are in the fleet. As soon as they heard the order, many players on the ship immediately jumped into the sea, and some monsters also entered the water.
This trick was much better than the previous method, and the monsters immediately let go of a battleship, but the churning water showed that they were not idle.
American player Kirby jumped into the sea in a position comparable to that of a diver. He is an aquarium warrior by profession, has quite high underwater combat power, and is himself a marine captain of the Kraken battleship. However, he was not very lucky today, and as soon as he jumped into the water, he immediately found a creature with a mushroom-shaped translucent umbrella cover and eight tentacles in front of him.
"Oh ***! It's the Lightning Overlord Jellyfish! Kirby almost instinctively turned and ran away, but he had only swam less than five meters before he suddenly felt a terrifying electric current flow through his body, making every hair on his body stand up, and it was a feeling that I couldn't describe. But fortunately, someone helped him block it just now. The two players who jumped after him fell between him and the jellyfish, only to be electrocuted into a pile of black mass and drown to the bottom of the ocean.
Kirby swam forward desperately without looking back, although this transparent lightning overlord jellyfish is only an eight-hundred-level monster, this guy is an underwater creature, and in the water it is more terrifying than a nine-hundred-level land creature. Bryant, who had swam desperately for a distance, suddenly stopped, not because he thought it was far enough, but because he saw something more terrifying. A giant island-like octopus was skimming in front of him at terrifying speed. This is definitely not the dark octopus that often attacks ships, and the black devil I usually see is not as big as one of this guy's tentacles! What frightened him even more was that as soon as the terrifying super octopus passed, he noticed a red lightning king jellyfish approaching him on the opposite side. The color of the lightning overlord jellyfish represents the level, although red is not the most deadly species, but even the low-level transparent color is already very dangerous, and the red can't be approached.
Swimming out of the water at almost a world record speed, Kirby quickly found the battleship and climbed up. He rushed all the way to the bridge where Jim was, shouting, "Captain." Let's get out of here! β
"Why?" Jim looked at Kirby's body in the water and knew that this guy had just come up from the sea. "Is there something going on down there?"
"The situation? It's a big deal! The sea is full of lightning king jellyfish, and I can't get down at all! And the tentacles, they weren't black octopuses or red-thorned squid, I hadn't seen them, but they were certainly some kind of octopus, five or six times the size of a black octopus. β
"What?" Jim was shocked and asked, "Did you see their tentacles?" β
"See."
"Do those tentacles have cell particles that are constantly flashing in various colors?"
Kirby thought for a moment and said, "I didn't pay much attention to it, but their tentacles do seem to be changing color." β
"That's right. These are the giant god octopus, the legendary guardian of the sea, who was originally guarding the temple of the Seven Seas. In the past, there were players who took on related tasks, but ended up being killed by a giant octopus, and this is probably what they are. β
Kirby said: "These monsters don't attack the enemy over there and attack us, it's clear that the Sea Clan is helping them, and we can't fight like this!" β
"Do you think we're running away now?" Jim asked reflexively.
Kirby was silent now. The Sea Clan has an absolute advantage in the water, and although they may not be able to catch up with the speed ships of the hydrofoils, the warships will definitely not outrun them. Since there are so many octopuses here, there is definitely no hope of running.
The two of them were sighing helplessly, and the first mate suddenly shouted: "There is movement on the sea." β
The two looked up at the sea, only to see thousands of dorsal fins standing on the surface of the sea. Jim immediately called out. "Oops. It's iron-ridged sailfish! "This iron-ridged swordfish is a slender aquatic beast with three distinct characteristics. The first is that these guys swim very fast, and even if they are not the first, there are few things in the sea that can catch up with them. The second is that the dorsal fin and backbone of these guys are all hard and scary, and they can easily cut through the bilge of a battleship, even a steel battleship. The third trait, and the most annoying trait, is that these guys are extremely brutal and will take the initiative to attack any non-similar creatures in the vicinity even if they are not hungry.
Sure enough, the underwater octopus and jellyfish all ran out at once, and the players who went on and off the American battleship thought that they had won a big victory, and they all surfaced to cheer and celebrate, but suddenly found a bunch of dorsal fins standing on the water, and immediately became stupid.
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