Chapter 114: Qin Shouzhuo's First Fleet Battle

The enemy was discovered by the 001, 002, 011, 012, and 013 transport ships that were still stranded at high altitude because of their poor speed and maneuverability. After the earthquake just now, Qin Shouzhuo ordered the reserve team to land and rescue, but these old airships basically rely on sails for flight power, and the wind direction in the mountains is complicated, so it is very difficult to maneuver, so when the Baron Barbia has landed, they are still struggling at high altitude.

However, at this time, he happened to take advantage of the altitude advantage to take the lead in discovering the unknown fleet in the south of Fang Mountain, galloping east by the mountain wind, and hurriedly sent a signal to the Baron Baron. Since Qin Shouzhuo was on the side of the ship to inquire about the earthquake situation and was not on the bridge, the captain who received the signal directly ordered the battle alarm to be sounded. According to the intelligence, the other side put forward a large vertical phalanx used in the decisive battle of the fleet, which was obviously ill-intentioned.

After ordering the formation of transport ships that had landed to take off, Qin Shouzhuo quickly returned to the bridge, and the transport fleet above was still sending back information, and the situation was not good. On Qin Shouzhuo's side, there are a total of 5 transport ships still in the air, each transport ship is equipped with 4 medium-sized magic cannons, which are distributed in a diamond-shaped shape, and the firepower of up to three magic cannons can be concentrated on one side, which means that up to 15 medium-sized magic cannons can be concentrated against the enemy at one time.

The enemy fleet is still partially hidden behind the mountain, but the number that can be seen is already 5...... Well, now it's 6, and they're all battleships, and the specific configuration can't be seen yet, but the one-sided firepower of each battleship will not be less than 3. What's worse is the position, Qin Shouzhuo's side is from north to south, the speed has been reduced to the extreme, and the Baron Baron has stopped the ship. The enemy fleet was right in front of Qin Shouchou's fleet, climbing from west to east along the mountain. That is to say, Qin Shouchou's fleet was cut with a T-shaped prefix by the other party when its own firepower, ship type, and number were not superior.

Without Qin Shouzhuo's order, the five transport ships Zhang Manfan began to accelerate, and at the same time turned to the left, forming a battle with the enemy fleet. It has to be said that it is really unwise to adopt this method of operation at a time when both quantity and quality are at a loss. However, this is also a last resort, the Baron Babia is more forward, at a lower altitude, or stagnant, and they must attract the opponent's firepower to cover the retreat of the Baron Babia.

Qin Shouzhuo returned to the command tower, the Baron Babia had already increased its speed, and was turning with all its might, and it would not take long to reach full speed, but the height was still not high, because the position was too close to the enemy fleet, and the Baron Babia had to rely on the cover of the mountain to reach a relatively safe position in order to increase the altitude, otherwise it would just be a target for the other party.

What's more, because it is an iron-ribbed wooden hull ship, the structural strength is greater than that of the old all-wooden boats, and the Baron Baron not only has an epoch-making rotatable gun profile, but can concentrate the firepower of all four main guns on both sides. Moreover, the Baron Barbia is equipped with four heavy magic cannons, which are not only far more powerful than medium magic cannons, but also have a much longer range.

Just as the Baron Baron was still turning with all its might, lowering its altitude in hopes of hiding itself in the river valley, the two sides in the air were already in range, and both ushered in the first salvo.

Qin Shouzhuo witnessed this moment from the command tower of the Baron Babia. I saw that the transport ship formation directly above was slowly lined up in a double vertical formation to make up for the weakness of the insufficient firepower density of the transport ship, which was 700m apart, and launched the first round of attack first: "Boom, boom, boom......"

Fifteen torrents of brown elementals turned into a rainbow and rushed to the back of the mountain, causing bursts of explosions. It didn't take long for more torrents of colorful elements to rush out from behind the mountain, turning into a net of fire, enveloping the leading ship No. 1. In a series of explosions, Qin Shouchuang's heart was pinched, but fortunately, because both sides were at the distance of the extreme range, and the too dense elemental attacks interfered with each other, there were not many real hits.

It didn't take long for the No. 1 ship with its broken hull to begin to turn left and break away from the battle line. Although the concentrated fire attack just now did not have the effect of breaking with one blow, it also caused the No. 1 ship to be destroyed, and it was in urgent need of repair, so it had to leave the battle line. Both sides began to charge the magic cannons, and for a while there was a rare calm on the battlefield, but this calm was quickly broken.

At the beginning of the battle, the unknown fleet behind the mountain had not yet fully appeared, and now as the position gradually moved, the one in the back of the line obtained the firing range by one of them, and then opened fire in turn.

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

After a series of continuous attacks, the transport fleet was in the main artillery CD stage, and the formation was a little unstable for a while, but it quickly resumed the vertical plane compound formation, using the sails and the floating magic array to desperately dodge. Due to the large amount of mana used for dodging, the main cannon recharge speed was naturally slowed down, and the opposite side was a pure combat ship, which itself had been optimized for rapid fire, and it didn't take long for a second salvo to be launched from behind the mountain.

This time, it was the No. 002 ship that was set on fire, but I saw the No. 2 ship's bow pressing down, and at the same time, using the limited driving force of the floating magic circle to urgently reverse, quickly reducing its speed, and dodging most of the attacks at once. The remaining elemental artillery bombardment exploded on the hull's defensive array, and the violent explosion pushed the second ship to the left by 2~3 meters of airspace, and the defensive array on the hull exploded a few sparks, but finally withstood this round of onslaught.

At the end of the salvo, the battleships that followed behind also completed the charge one by one in the order in which they had obtained the firing boundary, and they fired continuously, and the transport fleet that finally completed the charge was also lonely, and fought back. For a while, you came and went on Fang Mountain, and it was difficult to separate.

The transport ships that had landed on the east and west sides of Fang Shan had been formed into two small fleets, and they were trying to climb the height, hoping to join the battle as soon as possible; the No. 1 ship, which had just been broken, was now parked on a gentle hillside in the distance, and its hull was densely covered with a crew like ants, and it was rushing to repair the damaged magic array. Fortunately, Qin Shouzhuo habitually followed the Earth Federation Navy Combat Regulations, and ordered each ship to prepare a large number of modular spare parts in addition to ordinary materials, as long as the hull of the damaged magic array was cut off and replaced with a new one, it was very convenient, even if there was no magician who was proficient in the magic mechanics of the ship, it could be repaired.

And the enemy fleet, which had climbed to a certain height, finally found the Baron Barbia on the run. Such a strange-looking super-large flying ship that was still running fast was immediately attacked, but it was too late. The Baron Baron had already gone too far, and the main force of the fleet was recharged, and the only ships that could attack the Baron Baron were the last two ships.

After more than a dozen magic cannons flew for more than 10,000 meters, they could no longer talk about power and accuracy, and they all fell on the right side of the Baron Barbia, with only one magical shot hitting the stern, but it was blocked by the heavy magic shield. The captain, perceiving the safety, decisively ordered the bow of the ship to be raised, turned on the afterburner, and four huge electric motors propelled the Baron Barbia, climbing frantically at an elevation angle of more than 5 degrees.

Finding that the Baron Baron was climbing, the transport fleet, which knew that its mission had been completed, was led by the second ship, and fought and retreated, and soon approached the limit killing distance of 800 meters. At this distance, the significance of the transport fleet containment is already very strong, at such a distance, even if it is a huge ship, the projection in the eyes of the gunner is only the size of a palm, and it is already very difficult to hit.

Sensing that the enemy fleet was too far away, it began to take the initiative to move closer to the north, shortening the engagement distance, and in order to improve the hit rate, it also reduced the frequency of fleet firing, abandoning the previous method of half salvo and half round firing, and replaced it with a collective salvo. It didn't take long for the 96 magic cannons on the other side's 12 ships to roar in a short period of time. The glow of the magic cannon obscured the sky, and this time it was no longer as easy to deal with as the previous salvo, and they had enough of them to block all the dodge directions of the transport.

This time it was the thirteenth ship that was hit, and the good luck that had been going on was finally exhausted, and the violent explosion made the defensive barrier of the thirteenth ship instantly overload and explode, which even affected the smooth operation of the floating magic circle, and even worse, a magic cannon directly hit the third mast, which was the largest of all four masts.

The mast that was hit did not break all of it, but fell to the side, carrying heavy sails and rigging, destroying the flight attitude of the transport ship. The thirteenth ship, which could no longer maintain its level, actually deviated to the side of the enemy fleet, and was immediately locked by the overjoyed enemy fleet.

The cannonballs fired by the magic cannon, of course, were the fastest of the advanced lightning systems of the light and wind systems, which cut through the sky in an instant. The slowest fire system is with a long tail flame and smoke column, slowly smashing towards the target, the speed of Qin Shouclums's calculation, but 400m/s, because the flight trajectory also has a certain parabola, in the case of a distance of 600m, the light cannonball reaches the target in more than 1 second, experienced captains and well-trained sailors, can do a lot in this considerable time, to ensure the survivability of the ship. For example, escaping from the hull of a ship that is about to be beaten.

To emphasize, the Baron Babia's front and rear main guns are equipped with heavy magic cannons.

In order to win, Qin Shouzhuo took out one level 20, two level 21, and a level 22 wind system demon core that he had bought at a high price and installed them on the elemental converter of the magic cannon. With these four high-level magic cores, the Baron Barbia can shoot the wind magic cannon with a bullet speed second only to the light and lightning types.

In order to contain the enemy fleet and help the thirteenth ship get out of trouble, the Baron Baron, which was climbing, had already aimed at the first ship of the enemy fleet leader under the command of Qin Shouzhuo, although it had not yet occupied a dominant height.

"Cannon !!"

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