Chapter 117: A Big Blow
"Target: Enemy Ship No. 1, Distance: 780, Hold !!"
"The main gun is aiming!"
The gun commander lay on the 10-meter baseline rangefinder, constantly debugging something, and finally seized the opportunity and roared: "Open the cannon !!" The heavy magic cannon with a brown earth-based magic core let out a roar, and the huge recoil pushed the hull sideways by 1~2 meters, and four clouds of white smoke rushed out of the muzzle, and the four earth-based magic bullets flew towards the enemy No. 1 ship with a slender cloud belt.
This is stable!
Qin Shouzhuo calculated the trajectory at the next moment of firing the cannon, the gunner's range measurement this time was very accurate, and the timing of the cannon was also very accurate, and he played his highest level, and then the next moment, Qin Shouzhuo saw that the enemy ship began to turn. Squinted at the still expressionless gunner, this battle is honest, the gunner's performance is good, but his luck is not good...... Hey, there's no cure for a black face, so let's change him when I turn around.
As soon as the fire was fired here, the corners of the gunner's slightly curved mouth already showed his mood, this one was very stable, and there was a high probability that he could hit two shots, and he might be able to directly kill the enemy's No. 1 ship, and then ...... The gunner's smile froze, and the enemy ship was actually turning!!
The huge flying ship turns sharply in the air, and it is definitely not possible to rely on the air rudder alone, and it is also necessary for the sail operators to control the corresponding sail to cooperate, which does not mean that the rotation can be turned, there is always a delay of a few minutes and ten minutes. In other words, this turn was not made to dodge the attack, but something that the other side had decided minutes ago.
Ah~ How beautiful the snow is on the top of Kilimanjaro.
In full view of everyone, four magic bullets glowing brown streamers grazed the enemy ship No. 1, the most recent one even passed between the second and third masts. In the sigh of everyone, the hull of the enemy No. 5 ship lined up behind the No. 1 ship shook, a large number of wood fragments flew out in all directions, and half of the stern tower was lifted away.
"Damn, Captain Gunner, this is going to smuggle into Europe. Qin Shouzhuo was also dumbfounded.
The enemy No. 5 ship, which was accidentally damaged, shook and still stubbornly kept up with the formation, at least for the time being, it was impossible to see what the internal damage of the other party was, it couldn't be just skin injuries. It turned out that Qin Shouchou's worries were unnecessary, and the turning assault of this unknown fleet quickly narrowed the distance between them and the main fleet, and the main fleet seized the opportunity to open fire immediately.
Two transport ships, 6 medium-sized magic cannons concentrated fire attack, although the enemy No. 5 ship desperately turned to dodge, there was still a magic bullet in the bow of the ship, the magic bullet that should have been firmly blocked by the defensive barrier, unhindered directly into the bow and exploded. I saw that the ship's slanted bow bar was blown away, and then it was violently bounced back by the tight spinnaker and lock, and in a twist, a group of soldiers on the bow deck were knocked away.
The damage to the bow was not great, but the speed of the No. 5 ship, which had lost its important sails, immediately slowed down, and the speed of the original speed of only 12 knots was now a little more than 10 knots. It was impossible to reduce the speed of the formation for the sake of a certain ship, and the heavily damaged ship No. 5 began to turn and break away from the formation. The remaining 10 battleship fleets resisted a round of attacks by the transport fleet that had just rushed up, and continued to turn to 90° to form an anti-navigation battle with the main transport fleet, and now, it was their turn to attack.
When the battleship turned, the hull roll was large, and the direction was constantly changing, and there was no way to launch an artillery bombardment at this time, and the main transport fleet with the 003 ship as the flagship seized the opportunity to fire a round of artillery bombardment, and immediately began to turn to the north and reopen the distance, which has to be said to be a failure. The transport fleet is small in number, small in artillery, and not powerful enough to do only a few shots at close range, at the cost of losing the opportunity to turn and retreat.
It can only be said that the captain of the 003 ship, who is now leading the main fleet, underestimated the enemy on the opposite side, and Qin Shouchou secretly shouted that it was not good. There is a certain time delay from the order turn to the start of the turn, and in this case, the enemy fleet can actually keep pace with the previous turn and change formation, showing their extraordinary proficiency. Not to mention the scale, just talking about the degree of cooperation of this hand-operated ship is not something that the air thief cottage can do, even if it is the imperial army, there are not many things that can be done.
In the face of such an elite transport fleet, which is not superior in military strength, if it wants to hold back its opponent, the key is to save itself, even if it gives up the low-hanging attack opportunity, it is necessary to seize the opportunity to retreat, obviously this time the transport fleet is greedy for artillery. The enemy fleet turned 90 degrees to the left again, heading due west, and the moment the ships had just finished turning, they did not even stabilize before they opened fire, with unscathed starboard and a full 80 medium magic cannons.
According to the slight difference in the steering progress of each ship, in just 20 seconds, a full 80 magic cannons pounced on the turning transport fleet, at a distance of only a little more than 600 meters, and the hit rate skyrocketed, with at least 14 hitting the target. The transport's weak armor and shields were no longer enough to protect them from dangerous distances, and as soon as they made contact, the shield systems collapsed, and the weak stern armor was not enough to be feared, and they were blown up one after another.
Chrysanthemums are remnants and full of wounds.
"The ships 003, 007, and ships of the main fleet have broken and begun to make a forced landing!004, 005, 006, 008, 009, and 010 have broken through and left the battle line!"
it!
Hearing the shouts on the lookout, Qin Shouzhuo hurriedly rushed to the starboard side, looking into the distance with his own scaled eyes, and in this instant, two of the main fleet composed of 8 transport ships were rapidly reducing their altitude, and the other six were turning to descend and withdraw. Every ship was smoking, and the bombed stern was so dazzling.
The bad thing is still to come, the steering ability of the 005 and 008 ships that are turning to evacuate is obviously not the same level as the other four ships, and it is clear from a distance that the steering gear of these two ships has blown up, and at this time it is relying on the sails of skilled sailors to cooperate, and it is difficult to turn. Almost completely wiped out the opponent under one blow, such an attack efficiency, this unknown fleet was also a little stunned for a while.
Qin Shouzhuo was a little anxious. The new fleet composed of the No. 001 ship, which has just done emergency treatment, and the No. 002, 011, 012, and 014 ships that unloaded unrelated personnel and materials, as well as the No. 015 ship, which was originally responsible for guarding the prisoners, is still slowly rising, and the main fleet is being hit by the other side. If you don't deal with it properly, let the other party really seize the opportunity, and it is not impossible to be wiped out here.
"Order: Baron Babia activates the overload mode, shoots at close range, and draws the opponent's attention to this side!"
The electric motor has a lot of advantages over the internal combustion engine, and the most helpful thing at this time is a feature of the electric motor. There is no power limit on the motor, when needed, as long as the voltage and current are simply increased, the power of the motor can skyrocket, of course, with the rise of power also brings a synchronous surge in heating rate.
The four engines that are the main power of the Baron Barbia, which are hoisted on both sides of the bow and stern, are the electric motors. The bilge power furnace burned a terrifying magic crystal with high energy value, although the lightning conversion efficiency of the magic disk that Qin Shouzhuo was making now was very low, and the lightning in the pulse state was converted into a stable and usable direct current, and the loss during the period could make the liver of any knowledgeable energy expert feel pain. Despite this, it is not difficult to simply increase the power, which is nothing more than shoveling two more shovels of magic crystals into the furnace.
Under the simple and crude energy supply, the frequency of the whistling sound emitted by the four electric motors obviously went up, and the Baron Babia, which had already increased its speed to the limit, obviously began to accelerate again, and soon broke through 33 knots and went straight to 35 knots. After ten minutes, the speed stabilized at 38.7 knots, with a speed increase of up to 29%.
General Gran, who defeated Qin Shouzhuo's main force with one blow, was not a mediocre hand, and accurately seized the opportunity to wipe out Qin Shouzhuo's fleet, but the operation of the sail battleship was very troublesome, and the commander had a temporary intention or something, and when the order was conveyed, there was time for a cup of tea, which was the reason why General Gran found the opportunity but could not immediately lead the fleet to turn. However, once the order is in place, the next test is the proficiency of the entire fleet.
A little over 5 minutes, the fleet, which had just completed the second combo of steering + firing, began to turn again, this time targeting another transport fleet that was climbing in altitude. Under the command of Qin Shouzhuo, the Baron Babia was anxiously chasing after him, and at the same time constantly attacking, hoping that the other party would turn back.
Of course, it was impossible for General Gran to turn back, because of the direction of the wind, he couldn't turn back. Although his fleet is pure warships with a certain amount of autonomous power, the main driving method is still sails, there is no wind, and he can't turn back if he is killed, so it is better to take advantage of the situation and eat the other party's slow-moving ordinary armed transport ship first, and find a way to deal with that strange-looking guy. The flag waved, and the sides of the 10 battleships suddenly popped up crossbars tens of meters long, with ropes at the top connected to the top of the mainmast, and several triangular sails were raised, which looked like two petals from a distance.
With all the sails wide open, and with a height advantage, Admiral Gran commanded the fleet to run at a "high speed" of 15.4 knots. At the very least, there were very few conditions for sailing at speeds of more than 15 knots without entering the air duct, and General Gran was attacking almost in a near-ideal state this time. However, compared with the Baron Babia, this is still more than double the gap, especially the Baron Babia's characteristics are not limited by wind direction, and the maneuverability is more than doubled.
The enemy fleet turned and pounced on the 001 ship detachment that was climbing in altitude, they were fast, and Qin Shouzhuo was faster. The Baron Baron was in overload mode, and the speed in the horizontal direction soared to 38.7 knots, which was already a terrifying speed, but when the Baron Baron Baron began to dive, everything was left behind. In order to increase the window time for the gunner to aim and fire, the captain even ordered the front and rear masts to be raised half-sails to act as speed brakes.
While the usual airship rises and descends at the longitudinal level of the hull, rising and descending like an elevator, the Baron Baron Babia sinks at the bow and maintains a -30° dive down. The shock of seeing this kind of action for the first time was huge, and the iceberg face of General Gran, who had always maintained the greatest degree of unfazed change, was finally broken, and the officers in the entire command were in one position, holding the railing beside him with one hand, and the upper body was desperately leaning forward:
"What kind of monster is this!!"
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