Chapter 522: New Naval Battles, Long-Range Artillery Bombardment
The convoy of cargo ships slowly slowed down and stopped in place. The pirate ship, on the other hand, adjusted its direction and approached quickly in this direction, making no secret of its actions.
The fluttering pirate flag was extremely ferocious, and everyone was already sharpening their knives and preparing to attack.
"The men in front raise their shields, don't let their ranged weapons attack us. ”
Pneumatic cannons were not installed on previous ships, but pea cannons were installed. It was because of these things that they were not familiar with at first, and many people died by counterattacks. The first robbery, I almost missed.
Later they found out and began to defend with shields. "Don't worry, Captain, we know that they're all they can do, and they're nothing without weapons. When we get closer, they're all rubbish. ”
The captain nodded with a smile on his face, but he also knew in his heart that that weapon was indeed powerful. If it weren't for the small number, I'm afraid that even the shield might not be useful. Unfortunately, it has not been clarified what the principle of that weapon is. Although they can use the ones that come into their hands, they don't know how to get the ammunition.
Over time, the so-called pea cannon will die. They don't know that those pea cannons are special plants, and they usually need to stick their roots into the ground to bask in the sun.
Because every robbery will kill all the people, there is not a single live mouth, they don't even have a source of information.
But this time, their goal is completely different. On this fleet, there are as many as two new warships. There are not a lot of them, but there is no problem dealing with these pirate ships of them.
"It's coming, it's in range, the captain is ready to attack. ”
The two ships were in the middle, and the pneumatic guns on one side had adjusted the angle and were aimed at the opposite side. It's a pity that although the plant brain will adjust by itself, if it is too far away, the plant brain will not feel the target by itself, and there is no way at all.
Therefore, there is still a need for a good captain who uses binoculars and experience to command. Under the command of the captain, the muzzle of the gun was slowly raised, adjusting the angle. The air compression chamber also began to be resized, this was to adjust the initial velocity of the shell fire. From this point of view, this pneumatic cannon is even more clever than a real cannon.
"It's good, the angle is right, the pressure is right, let's try to shoot first. The captain shouted, and the pneumatic cannons exploded in turn, and the huge impetus made the ship shake slightly, and the hull of the ship stepped back slightly.
"Look, what is that. "Hearing the familiar sound, all the islands immediately thought of the pea cannon, but it could be heard from so far away, it was too loud.
Then they saw some dark shadows flying in the air. The shadow is conical in shape and has a pointed head. Having never seen a shell, they didn't know what it was. And this thing is so fast, the first time they saw this thing, before they could see it clearly, the shell had already landed next to them.
The cannonball entered the water, and under the shock force formed by the water surface, it shook and exploded on the spot. With a "boom", one bomb exploded into a splash, and other shells exploded one after another.
The most recent one, which falls right next to the flagship. The exploding water splashed and sprayed the captain in the face. The captain touched his face blankly: "At such a distance, you can still call, it's not good, this thing will explode." ”
The captain finally thought of the power of the explosion of the thing before, and his face suddenly turned pale.
"Captain, what are we going to do. At this point, all the pirates panicked.
"What's the panic, such a powerful weapon, there will definitely not be too many, give me a good shield, let's rush over. ”
With the captain's words, the pirate ships not only did not slow down, but accelerated to rush forward.
After a round of test firing, several soldiers on the battleship immediately cheered. "Haha, it's so cool, you didn't see their faces, it's so funny, captain, keep attacking, keep attacking. ”
Above, the lookout roared loudly, and the corners of the captain's mouth showed an arc. "Then let them eat the cannonballs. Speaking of which, even these people don't know how powerful this new cannonball is.
But now, they know. The shells were really powerful, especially in naval battles. Whether it's a fire oil bomb or a poison gas bomb, none of them are as good as this kind of flowering bomb here. After all, the battlefield on the surface of the water is too large, the ships are too scattered between them, and the attack distance is also long, and other shells are very unsuitable for this environment.
Adjusting the angle, the battleship unceremoniously fired another round of shell attacks, as if hitting a target. This time, the hit rate of the shells was very high. Although it is still close to Mongolia, the ships on the opposite side are relatively close to each other.
As a result, out of a dozen pirate ships, three were hit at once. A violent explosion rang out, which reached the power of the bronze master's attack, making the three pirate ships look like the surface of the moon on the spot. The most serious one was instantly blown in half and slowly sank underwater.
This kind of power, this kind of tragedy that happened around them, suddenly made the blood of the pirates' whole body become cold.
"Captain, we, are we going to continue. At this time, the captain was also confused.
"Go on, how to go on, keep going, keep going, run. Finally, the captain reacted. The pirate ships began to turn around, preparing to flee. However, it is not easy to turn around at a speed that has finally been accelerated.
"If you want to run, have you asked us? The captain of the battleship sneered: "One more round, and then pursue, be sure not to let go of any of them." "Come and go as you want, how can there be such a good thing.
What is happening on the sea today is the drama of modern ships bullying ancient ships. On the one hand, shells have been used, and on the other hand, it is still an ordinary hand-to-side battle, and the gap between the two sides is not at all a product of an era.
After another round of shelling, the pirate ship was nearly half sunk. The panicked pirates moved even more chaotically, and accidentally, two ships collided violently, and several people on board were shocked into the water.
"Captain, no, they, they're catching up. One of the pirates shouted.
The pirate captain looked back, his pupils narrowed. "Damn, how could they be so fast. He didn't know the difference between a warship and an ordinary transport ship, but the warship had been added to the improved wind cannon accelerator by Chi Nan.
Underwater, the cannon accelerator is rapidly repelling a large amount of the wind element, which pushes the current, creating a white spray behind the boat. With the help of accelerators, the speed of warships is far from comparable to that of ordinary ships.