Chapter 207: The Great Battle of Ironclad Ships (Part I)
After this failure, Qinghe completely extinguished this aspect, and even directly regarded herself as a little maid, rushing to do all the dirty work, just to let Guo Dafu be able to dissipate her anger and not drive her away.
Now she is taking these newly made jewelry, asking Ling Zhi to try on makeup, if it feels inappropriate, she will have to take it back and change it, after all, this is the wedding of the emperor of the Qinglong Empire to marry his first concubine, so it must be held a little grander.
At the same time, the black-robed mysterious man who left quietly came to the small courtyard where Huang Ying lived.
Huang Ying's strength was obviously much stronger than Ling Zhi's, and as soon as the other party arrived, she noticed it, so she put down the teacup in her hand, turned her head to look at the black-robed mysterious person who appeared behind her, and said, "Your breath is very unstable!" Haven't your cultivation been going well lately? ”
"Yes! That's why I'm here to help me! The black-robed mysterious voice made a strange voice that was difficult to distinguish between men and women, and if you looked closely, you could find that its eyes were covered with blood-red bloodshots, and from time to time there was a crazy killing intent in his eyes, like a martial artist who was about to go mad.
Since most of the people were busy preparing for His Majesty the Emperor's wedding at this time, the small courtyard where Huang Ying lived seemed exceptionally clean, so Huang Ying invited the black-robed mysterious man who was in a very unstable state into his house and began to help the other party alleviate this abnormal state.
At this time, even Guo Dafu, the emperor, was busy familiarizing himself with the various etiquettes and processes of the wedding in advance, most of the etiquette and processes were made by his group of people who combined the culture of the two worlds of Orlan Star and the Xuangu Continent.
And at the same time that the mainland of Roaring Island was gradually immersed in the joy of the emperor's upcoming wedding, the new batch of transport fleets that had just set off not long ago were intercepted by enemy forces at this time.
This time, the enemy intercepted a large number of troops, and there were hundreds of warships that had reached the large level alone, which was obviously planned for a long time.
And the most important thing is that among them, more than half of them are ironclads. These ironclad ships look very similar to the first generation of ironclad ships of the Qinglong Empire, and look at the flags hanging on the ships, they are from the Hanhai Empire, it seems that the Sea Dragon Emperor really hates the Qinglong Empire that has occupied a large amount of its territory, and at this important moment of the war with the Yingzhou Empire, they specially sent such a large fleet to attack the transport fleet of the Qinglong Empire.
After several reconnaissance ships of the Blue Dragon Empire located in front of the fleet spotted the size of the enemy's fleet, they immediately notified most of the rear.
As a result, the large forces in the rear immediately began to adjust their formation, and all the wooden transport ships with relatively weak combat effectiveness began to slow down and retreat to the rear, while most of the battleships responsible for escorting began to accelerate and rush to the front.
The ironclad ships of the Blue Dragon Empire have now evolved to the second generation, and they really have their own power system, although they use the primitive power of the steam engine, but compared to the previous generation of warships that need to be dragged by aquatic beasts all the way, it has been a huge improvement, at least this speed and flexibility are not comparable to the first generation.
In this transport fleet, there are as many as 60 large warships responsible for escorting convoys, including 10 Qiulong-class battleships, 20 Jiaolong-class heavy cruisers, and 30 Python-class destroyers. And the remaining more than 100 wooden transport ships are not all without combat effectiveness, most of these transport ships can also be regarded as aircraft carriers, carrying a large number of flying war beasts and combat airships, and even carrying fifty first-generation propeller fighters developed by the Blue Dragon Empire itself.
While the battleships in front began to be busy forming battle formations, on the transports in the rear, one after another Flame Sparrow, Divine Fire Crow, and Black Dragon Transformation Beast took off one after another, followed by more than thirty large combat airships and fifty fighter jets, which also took off one after another.
These large number of flying units formed a huge air force, which quickly pressed forward, in an attempt to completely control the air power and cooperate with their own fleet.
In addition, above the sea, there are also tens of thousands of various aquatic beasts, led by the two beast-king masters of Mohu and Lobster King, slowly approaching the enemy from below the sea surface.
Compared with the naval battle on the side of Oranxing, although the Xuangu Continent is a lot behind in terms of various weapons and equipment, the complexity of its battlefield is also a lot, and it is said that the naval battle is a three-dimensional battlefield involving the sea, air and underwater at the same time, as long as one aspect of this does not stabilize the battle situation, it may lead to the defeat of the battle.
And the Blue Dragon Empire is actually a novice in this regard, if it weren't for the fact that the ironclad battleship with a huge generation difference was crushed by the combat power, plus the inheritance of a large number of powerful aquatic beasts from the Spirit Snake Empire, Guo Dafu really wouldn't dare to launch this kind of cross-sea expedition so early.
In this regard, the Hanhai Empire is actually a real veteran master, after all, most of its territory is originally close to the sea, and its leader is the Sea Dragon Emperor who was born and grew up in the sea, so its combat power in the sea is naturally not weak.
No, in less than a year, the other party actually succeeded in copycating a batch of ironclad warships in an attempt to regain his position as the supremacy of the sea.
On the side of the Blue Dragon Empire, Liu Lin was on his own flagship, the Hidden Dragon, and through the special high-powered telescope on the ship, he could already faintly observe the Hanhai Empire fleet opposite.
After discovering that the Hanhai Empire only copied the first generation of ironclad ships of the Qinglong Empire, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, after all, this generation of ironclad ships of the Qinglong Empire does not have its own power system, and it has to rely on aquatic beasts to drag under the water surface throughout the whole process, and the strength and size of these fierce beasts responsible for towing warships cannot be too low, after all, ironclad ships are heavier than ordinary wooden warships, and it is difficult to drag them if they don't have enough strength.
In this way, there will inevitably be a large number of high-level fierce beasts on the side of the Hanhai Empire that will become pack beasts in the water and will not be able to attack freely, while even if they don't have those pack beasts, they can still sail on their own by relying on the steam engine boiler on the ship.
In addition, Liu Lin also found that the enemy only has more than 50 ironclad ships, and the remaining seventy or eighty battleships, although they look like they have reached the level of large warships, they are all wooden warships, at most, they can be used as aircraft carriers and supply ships like their own transport ships, and they can't be counted on on the frontal battlefield.
And just when Liu Lin was carefully observing the enemy fleet on the opposite side, the fastest air troops on both sides had already met in the air, and then a big battle broke out.
It can be seen that among the air units of the Hanhai Empire, there are also dozens of large combat airships, and these combat airships are also loaded with some small-caliber artillery, but these cannons are all relatively primitive cast artillery, which are far inferior to the artillery on the side of the Qinglong Empire in terms of range and power.
In this case, the gunners on the side of the Blue Dragon Empire were naturally not polite, and they all controlled the artillery on the airship and fired at the equally large combat airship on the opposite side.
Bang! Bang! Bang! In the continuous sound of cannons, the opposite battle airships were hit one after another, and soon two battle airships suffered too serious losses due to the concentrated fire attack, and began to slowly fall towards the sea.
And the gunners on the side of the Hanhai Empire could only be beaten unilaterally because their own artillery was not good, and they gritted their teeth one by one looking at the artillery on the opposite side that kept firing but were helpless.
In order to allow their own artillery to enter the firing range as soon as possible, a large number of flying war beasts on the side of the Hanhai Empire began to quickly approach the enemy regardless of casualties, and also covered their own combat airships to close the distance.
In terms of the number of flying war beasts, the Hanhai Empire obviously has a certain advantage, and its flying war beasts are more than 80,000, and they are all fierce beasts with more than five levels of strength.
On the side of the Blue Dragon Empire, there are only more than 30,000 flying war beasts, but their quality is higher, those Flame Sparrow and Divine Fire Flying Crow are all above the acquired sevenfold strength, as for those black dragon transformation beasts, they are all powerful war beasts above the innate realm.
In addition, the fifty fighters who participated in the actual combat for the first time were not far behind, mixed in the flight battle, the propeller in the nose rotated rapidly, emitted a buzzing roar, and took the initiative to meet the enemy flying beast that rushed towards the black pressure on the opposite side.
Considering that most of the fierce beasts in this world are rough and thick-skinned, these fighters are equipped with two rapid-fire cannons of 20 mm caliber with 1,000 rounds of ammunition. In addition, the armor of these fighters is also very thick, which effectively protects the life safety of the pilot, as long as it is not unlucky to encounter those powerful beasts above the level of second-order beasts, generally after the plane is shot down, the pilot will not die, and can completely escape by parachuting with a parachute.
At this time, none of the pilots selected from the whole army thought about escaping, and as soon as the enemy war beast entered the range of the cannon, they pressed the launch button one after another, and fired one shell after another.
Relying on the fast rate of fire, only fifty fighters weaved a dense network of firepower in the air, and many flying war beasts of the Hanhai Empire were beaten to the point that their whole body burst into blood, and then they fell from the sky with a scream.
However, the number of fighters is limited after all, and the flying beasts on the side of the Hanhai Empire quickly discovered this, and after leaving a small number of fierce beasts to drag these fighters, the other flying beasts quickly bypassed these fighters, and successfully came into contact with the war beast troops of the Blue Dragon Empire, and launched a fierce and cruel white-knuckle battle in the air.
And in this kind of bayonet red white blade battle in the air, the black dragon transformation beasts on the side of the Blue Dragon Empire are showing their might, although their number is only more than two hundred, but relying on the invulnerable solid scales and powerful brute force, these guys face the attack of the enemy war beasts, often regardless of the attack to attack, and in the end often kill the other party at the cost of minor injuries, if the enemy's flying beasts want to gather and rely on the numerical advantage to besiege them, they will immediately spew out hot flame dragon breath from their mouthsto burn these enemy flying beasts piled together in pieces.
And since their own Flame Sparrow and Divine Fire Flying Crow are also fire-attribute fierce beasts, these Black Dragon Transformation Beasts are not afraid of accidental injury when they spit out Flame Dragon Breath.
On the other hand, the flying beasts of the Hanhai Empire are not a few of them are fire attributes, and their resistance to this kind of high-temperature flame is very poor, once they are swept away, even if they don't die, they will be burned all over their feathers and lose their ability to fly, and they will fall into the sea and become soup chickens.