Chapter 48: Who's the King?! The first duel between the artillery and the magic cannon

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At this time, the Caludia magic guide battleship had destroyed all the ballistae and trebuchets that could be seen on the Fort of Hushan Port, and the fort was beaten to a mess, although the firefighting measures were very effective and timely, but the fort was still full of traces of smoke and fire!

Seeing this, Captain Caludia smiled proudly and said to First Officer Merra: "Increase the speed of the ship, it's time to rush into the port area and annihilate the remnants of the defeated generals!" ”

"Yes, Curator!" First mate Mera stroked his chest, immediately steered the bow of the ship to the waterway leading to the port area, and ordered the skeletons to raise their sails and speed up!

The warships of the Undead Kingdom originated from the Brown Empire, and the ships used soft sails, so the acceleration ability was very good, and in a few moments, the speed of the ship was raised to the highest!

“…… Two miles, one mile five, one mile one! ”

Zuo Heng stared at the rapidly approaching Caludia magic guide battleship, his fists gradually clenched!

"It's time to get started!" Buchen grinned and pulled out a firework from his arms!

"I hope I can get it!" Zuo Hengyan watched Buchen take out the fire sickle, hit it a few times, and said with some trepidation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Buchen sighed, lit the fireworks, and said in a firm tone: "Second brother Zuo, there is nothing to hope for, we will definitely succeed, and the one who wins must be us!" ”

Zuo Hengyan's old face turned red, and he said with some shame: "The lord is right, it must be us who wins!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the fireworks in Buchen's hand let out a scream, and a red salute flew straight up the blue sky!

"Boom !!"

Like more than 10,000 peach blossoms, the ceremonial flowers exploded!

……

"The signal of that kid is not subordinate to the world is here, open the cannon!" Qian Laosi, who was on the western fort, glanced at the sky and immediately shouted loudly.

At the same time, You Chengzong and Yue Shi Niang, who were sitting in the other two forts, also gave the order to open fire!

"Aim at the enemy ship, fire a salvo, then shoot freely, as fast as you can!"

"Open the cannon and let the rotten bones know how powerful our artillery is!"

Finally, he waved his hand at the artillerymen, "Destroy them!! ”

At this time, the ammunition has long been loaded into the chamber, which can be described as "everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!" The artillerymen received the order of the respective officers, and immediately inserted the red-hot iron drill into the fire door at the tail of the artillery!

"Boom-boom-boom!!"

Almost at the same moment, a total of 36 artillery pieces on the four forts in Hushan came to an earth-shaking chorus!

Captain Caludia instinctively sensed that something was wrong when he saw something like a magic signal rise into the sky and explode, but before he could find a powerful ballista or trebuchet that could pose a threat to him, he saw a series of never-before-seen flames flicker, and then thirty-six solid round bullets flew towards his battleship!

"This ...... What is this ......? ”

The speed of the cannonball is not comparable to that of a trebuchet, it can be said that it is instantaneous, and before Captain Caludia could finish his words, the magic cannon battleship under him shook violently, and there was no doubt that his battleship was shot!

However, this is just the beginning!

In less than a second, several more shells hit the Caludea! Some of them hit the sails of the Caludea, while others hit the deck and helm platform! The one who hit the style not only tore the style to pieces, but also broke the mast, and the one that hit the deck and helm platform smashed deep into the cabin!

The first round of shelling, 36 rounds of 4! Thirty-two other shells were smashed into the sea, but despite this, as the first salvo of smoothbore guns, this was not a low hit rate!

Even though his ship hadn't been sunk by four shells, and the magic cannon was lucky enough not to be hit, Captain Caludia was terrified!

"O my true God! When did humans have such powerful weapons?! ”

"Captain, the foremast of our ship was broken, and the hull and deck were hit three times!" The first mate of Murrah was quite conscientious, and was not deterred by the new human weapon, but immediately counted the damage to his own ship and reported it to Caludia.

Captain Caludia groaned for a moment and ordered, "Mera, turn the ship's bow, we're getting out of here!" ”

"Leave?!" Murrah couldn't have imagined that Carudia, who was so arrogant and confident of victory before, would only be slightly frustrated, and there would be such a 180-degree change in attitude!

"Captain, are you cowardly?!" Murrah asked in an unkind tone.

"I'm not cowardly!" Caludia waved her hand violently, "Humanity has a powerful new weapon, and we must bring this news back to the Kingdom!" This is our responsibility! ”

Mera was silent for a moment and nodded, "Captain, your decision is very correct!" I blamed you for that! ”

"Now is not the time to say this, go and deliver the order!" Captain Caludia snapped.

Mera didn't talk any more, just stroked her chest and hurried to deliver the order to the skeletons.

And Caludia was not idle, he got up from the captain's chair, ran to the emplacement of the tail cannon himself, and took over the control of the magic cannon from the skeleton soldiers!

"Human, I have to admit that I did despise you before!" Caludia stared at the cannon flames that flashed again on the fort, and gritted her teeth: "But if you want to keep me, it's not so easy!" ”

With that, he aimed the magic cannon at the nearest cannon and pulled down the firing rod of the magic cannon!

"Boom!"

Before the second round of shells could land on the Caludia, the beam of the magic cannon hit the twelve-pounder cannon first, not only completely burning the twelve-pounder gun carriage, but also turning the nearby artillery into char!

"Shhhh Is this thing made of steel? It wasn't melted away! Seeing that the cannon was only a little red from the beam, and that it showed no signs of melting, Caludia couldn't help but be a little surprised.

It's just that his question has not yet been answered, and the second round of shells has already arrived!

The Caludia's good fortune ran out this time, six of the thirty-six shells hit the Caludia, two of them hit near the waterline, causing water ingress, and one hit the barrel of the ship's bow gun, blasting the barrel made of magic materials to pieces! The remaining three smashed through the deck and were embedded in the cabin!

At this point, not only did the Caludia lose half of its firepower, but even its speed fell sharply - the loss of a mast had already caused the purely sail-driven Caludia to lose some of its power, and after the bottom of the ship was flooded, the speed undoubtedly became slower!

"Captain, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave!" Mulla got up from the deck in disarray, and shouted to Caludia at the stern of the ship - he was so close to a shell that hit the deck that he had been knocked to the ground!

How could Caludia not know this? His face turned pale and he scolded angrily, "Damn human! ”

"Captain, now is not the time to vent, what should we do is the most important thing?!" Mera asked urgently.

Caludia glanced at Mera, knowing that the other party's so-called us were only referring to himself and him Caludia, and the skeleton soldiers were all servants without intelligence, and it didn't matter if they were dead or alive!

But Caludia shook her head slightly and said, "Surrender is impossible!" In the eyes of human beings, we are all evil creatures, and they will not let us live. It's impossible to escape in a lifeboat! This is the Mediterranean Sea with high winds and waves, the lifeboat has very poor resistance to wind and waves, and it is completely unable to sail in the ocean, and the lifeboat has no sails, and the speed is extremely slow. ”

"Then the only way to be loyal to the kingdom is to do so?" Murrah's tone was a little disillusioned, even though he was just a skeleton knight with no feelings, he had a near-eternal life, how could he be willing to die?

"Mera, my first mate, I hurt you! I'm sorry that the kingdom has lost a precious magic warship! Caludia bowed her head in remorse.

It's just that in the face of the captain's apology, Mera was silent, and after a while, he walked to Caludia's side, picked up an energy crystal, and said in a resolute tone: "Captain, please be responsible for firing the cannon, and I will help you recharge!" ”