Chapter 182: The Power of Artillery

The Firecloud soon began shelling the pirate ship ahead, and in a show of strength, Ethelit ordered the three main and three secondary guns in the bow to fire at the same time.

When the fifteen barrels of this steel monster spewed flames, the scene was spectacular.

However, Huang Zheng found that their ship was not equipped with radar, and the fire control system was very rudimentary, so although the scene was grand, the effect was not as good as the first shot of the Houyi.

The two ships that were being chased by the Fire Cloud had no intention of fighting back, but just ran away desperately with full horsepower.

On the other side, the Houyi was already distributed in an isosceles triangle with the two enemy ships, and the two sides were already able to see the figures on their respective ships.

The Hou Yi did not change its target, and kept an eye on the first ship, and finally, in this round of firing, a cannonball hit the stern of the pirate ship.

Corsair ships were converted from civilian ships, and this ship was nothing more than some thin armor attached to the side of the ship, and then some naval guns and even field guns from nowhere were installed on the deck. The actual defensive power of such a ship is even inferior to the wooden sailing ship that depicts the defensive reinforcement array.

The Hou Yi was armed with armor-piercing shells at this time, and the cannonballs pierced through the weak armor of the corsair, passed through the cabin below deck, and then went out from the other side. Instead, it did not cause an explosion in the ship.

With the exception of one or two pirates who were knocked down by the shock, the pirates did not suffer major losses, and when they found out that it was a false alarm, they immediately began to fight back again.

Eselit had so much faith in the Firecloud that he gave the first mate command of the pursuit. I have been using binoculars to observe the battle situation on the other side. Seeing the effect of the opponent's shells penetrating the armor, he knew that the power of these shells from the Eastern Continent was not inferior to his own. In the case of the Red Cloud, this level of shelling is enough to penetrate its armor, and it will not pass through, and it will definitely explode in the cabin.

The gunners on that sailboat seemed to have learned their lesson, and they changed the type of shells. When another cannonball hit the pirate ship, flames erupted on the deck, and the hedron explosives inside the cannonball exploded violently, lifting the aft deck and the two cannons above into the air.

The third cannonball hit the middle of the pirate ship, and it actually exploded a sky of electric light, and these currents were transmitted along the metal hull to various positions.

Nearly half of the pirates on deck fell to the ground in convulsions, and the men closest to the point where the shells landed were charred and almost cooked.

"What's going on!" the sight before him was beyond Ethelit's comprehension, and his common sense could not explain how this electric cannonball worked.

"This is an elemental cannonball, that is, a cannonball that uses elemental magic to kill and damage enemies, and electricity is just one of them. Huang Zheng said.

If the armor-piercing shell in front was only similar to the naval equipment of the Western Continent, the threat of this elemental shell was much greater, and Esselit couldn't help but glance at the ground of the bridge, which was also made of metal. If that shell hits his ship, it can be transmitted to almost any part of the ship, and if it hits the metal wall near the bridge, it can directly decapitate his command center. The only way to deal with this is to sink them first.

And on the sea, the pirate ship that was hit three times in a row has completely lost control. Those above who haven't been electrocuted yet. Either they ran around like crazy, or they hid in the corner and didn't dare to come out, and some even chose to jump into the sea directly. But Hou Yi is like a ruthless killer and is not ready to let them go.

Another armor-piercing shell hit a position close to the waterline, and the corsair began to leak and capsize, completely losing its combat effectiveness.

At this time, another pirate ship approached very decisively, taking advantage of the Houyi's lack of time to attack it, quickly approached the Houyi, and then began to shell at close range.

Ethelit felt that the Houyi was in danger, because even the broken cannons on the pirate ship would surely cause fatal damage if they hit a wooden ship at such a distance.

But what happened next left him dumbfounded. A transparent barrier appeared on the Houyi, and all the shells that the pirate ship hit on the barrier exploded in the air. But not a single flash of fire or shmelnel flew into that transparent area. The shelling, which was supposed to cause losses to the ship, was all intercepted by a magical force.

"Is this also the power of magic?" asked Esselit.

Huang Zheng said: "That's right, that's what you call the power of the devil, in fact, this power is also very powerful when it is used to protect something, isn't it?"

The Houyi's shield not only stunned Esselit, but also overwhelmed the pirates on the pirate ship opposite. The sudden discovery that the other party had brought them close was not a mistake in decision, but a complete act of fear.

After the Hou Yi showed the strength of his shield, he aimed his gun at the pirate ship opposite. This time, because of the distance, the first salvo exploded two sparks on the pirate ship.

Then, in just a few minutes, the pirate ship turned into a target ship for the Houyi. Colorful elemental shells, one after another, exploded on the ship, ice, fire, acid and electricity, and after various magical washes, the ship quickly turned into slag and sank to the bottom of the sea.

A cannonball from the Firecloud just then grazed the side of the pirate ship it was chasing.

At the same time, the Houyi had already turned around and outflanked another fleeing pirate ship.

This time it no longer used approach tactics and began firing shells from a great distance.

When a cannonball finally hit the middle of the pirate ship and broke the ship's waist, Houyi's intensive artillery fire also hit the stern of the fourth ship, where a large hole was opened, and the bow of the pirate ship was raised high, and the people fell from it, and then sank into it like a dagger inserted into the sea.

The Houyi turned in an arc and sailed past the Firecloud, heading in the direction where the Xingtian and the El Shield were anchored. When they passed by the rescued merchant ship, the people on the merchant ship cheered and roared happily, and they dedicated their warmest praise to the Houyi for the rest of their lives.

Esselit looked at the back of the Houyi in a daze, his heart was full of shock, he calculated in his mind the possible outcome of his battle with this ship, but he couldn't find a way to win. He never thought that magic could be used like this. Compared to the power that these people wield, those wizards and witches who were captured before were simply babies who didn't understand anything.

Huang Zheng said: "Three to one, it seems that we won." ”

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