Chapter 1361: Battle at Sea (II, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
In the lowest cabin of the Victory, the steam engine made a sound like a giant beast, and the violent vibration caused the entire battleship to tremble with it.
The loud noise and the heat of the burning coal made the engine room noisy and hot, and the roar of the steam engines even drowned out the sound of the cannon overhead.
At this time, the temperature at sea is only about a few degrees, but the temperature in the cabin exceeds forty degrees.
In addition, there is the dust from the burning of coal, the water vapor blowing on the face, and the pungent and unpleasant smell of various lubricants...... The environment in the cabin is so harsh that people can barely breathe.
If ordinary people came here, they wouldn't want to stay here for a second, but the engineers of the turbine crew felt like they were in heaven, and even danced happily.
Watching the huge turbine spinning rapidly under the impetus of steam, Mr. Puck looked like a lover, with a fascinated expression, his eyes were shining, and he opened his arms and shouted excitedly, "yes~! That's it, baby, that's it, roar~!
The technicians wiped the oily sweat from their faces, swarmed up, lifted Puck up and threw him into the air, cheering loudly with excitement.
Their ship steam engine has finally won back face, and they don't have to be laughed at by the train-building puppies anymore.
The maturity of the technology also means that they can apply to the Flying Eagle Group to set up a branch to manufacture and sell their marine steam engines.
With the current advanced technology of marine steam engines, military orders alone are enough for them to work for several years.
With bright profit prospects, they can quickly take the company public, issue shares, and make foolish money...... Bah blah bla
What's more, the technicians of their scientific research group will get a large amount of original shares, and then become a monopoly in an instant.
Technicians in the railway group soared because of the stock price of Flying Eagle Railway. The original stock in the hands of ordinary technicians has risen dozens or hundreds of times in an instant, as much as hundreds of thousands.
And Kamal, the chief engineer of the project team, is worth millions of dollars, and now he is sitting in Ferrari in and out of the Alchemy Research Institute.
The *** also changes the latest model every six months, saying that it is to keep up with today's popular fashion, so as not to collide with those poor people and not show their taste.
, pretending to be 13 is not so pretended, right?
The colleagues of other research institutes of the envious research institute have blood dripping from their eyes one by one, and they are also engaged in scientific research and making steam engines. Why is the gap so big?
As the chief engineer of the marine steam engine, Mr. Puck has long been holding back his anger.
However, the output power of marine steam engines, transmission shafts and impeller technology have been ...... and so on, the technology is not mature, so that his old man has no less worries.
And now. The marine steam engine finally succeeded, and Mr. Puck could also take a hard breath out of his chest. He had already planned to buy a Ferrari when the time came, and he wanted the latest model, and most importantly, he wanted to park his car next to Kamal.
With that living fact, the big face of the forty-eight yard smoker, let the dog know that Uncle Puke's taste is a head higher than him~!
The steam engine stabilized the output of dìng. The propeller that drives the underwater speed to rotate and propelle this 3,000-ton giant ship to sail on the surface of the sea at a speed of ten knots.
Even when sailing with full sails, it's nothing more than that~!
The three battleships of the Victory, the King, and the Invincible spun their massive bodies quickly, and the artillerymen opened heavy fire on the approaching Semitic ships.
Since the distance between the two sides is less than a mile, so on. The accuracy of the artillerymen was extremely high. They sank a dozen Semitic double-decked ships in a row.
At the beginning of the war, after three salvos from the Victory fleet, the Semitic navy finally discovered the anomaly.
Human weapons are not ballistae at all, and even if they are equipped with a burst crystal, they do not have this explosive effect.
It only takes a few explosions for the main battleship of the Semitic Navy to be reduced to pieces, and the ballista of the Semitic Navy is like tickling on the human ship, and it has no effect at all.
The tactic of the Semitic navy is ramming. Then board the ship and fight, but if you are far away, you can't hit someone's house, and if you get close, you will be sunk by a human weapon in a few clicks, how can this battle be fought?
Just when the Semitic navy in front of them was at a loss and became in a dilemma, three human giant ships turned at a large angle in front of their eyes.
The Victory turned from due south to southeast. Then it continued to turn left, the bow of the ship pointed due east, and the Semitic fleet turned into a forward and backward chasing posture.
Something left everyone stunned by the Semitic navy, and the great human ship actually dropped all the sails.
After being surprised, the Semitic navy was overjoyed, humans are really stupid~!
The people who operate these ships must be a bunch of rookies who have just crawled out of their mother's womb.
Actually landing the sail in front of the enemy?
Could it be a little more stupid?
What about a lot of ballistas? What about a lot of power?
Without sails, there is no power, and no matter how big a ship is, it can only stay in the sea like a dead fish and be slaughtered.
The Semitic people could see clearly that there were no weapons behind the three large ships, and they could easily board the human ships as long as they plugged in from behind.
As for those slender boats, there is nothing to worry about at all.
The morale of the Semitic navy was boosted in an instant.
They were frightened away by the artillery fire, and their courage returned, and a rousing and high-pitched military horn sounded in the rear, urging all the warships to attack.
The Semitic navy soldiers stood on the bow of the ship, knives in their mouths, grabbed the cable and screamed. As soon as the ship approached, it jumped over and engaged in a bloody hand-to-hand battle with the enemy.
In the hearts of all Semites, there is a firm belief: in terms of weapons and equipment, the Terrans may be a little more powerful than themselves, but in terms of morale, especially in hand-to-hand combat, one Semitic can kill ten Terran soldiers.
At this time, I saw that after the Victory put away all the sails, it was still turning to the left, and the bow of the ship slowly rowed due east, slowly pointing to the north, which was completely against the direction of the wind~!
But to the confusion of all the Semitic people who were frantically chasing behind, after only the bare masts remained, the three large ships not only did not stop, but became faster and faster. Leaving a long white wake behind the boat, no slower than theirs.
It seems, vaguely, as if, vaguely...... It's a little faster than them.
The remaining 300 meters of distance seemed to be reached at a glance, but the Semitic fleet could not catch up with them.
Since the Semitic ships were not equipped with steam engines, they were in the case of headwind pursuit. It's a miracle that they didn't retreat.
At this point, the three battleships quickly adjusted their orientation and faced the Semitic battleship on the port side.
The port side artillerymen had been waiting impatiently.
Listening to the comrade-in-arms next to him shouting excitedly after firing the cannon, "I hit, I hit again~! Hahahaha......"
But they could only hand over the medicine bags and carry the shells beside them, watching those comrades-in-arms get one feather after another, and they were already depressed and about to vomit blood.
It's been a hard time.13 It's like an artillery cooking squad leader - carrying a black pot, wearing a cuckold, and watching others shoot cannons.
And now, finally, it's their turn.
One by one, their blood-red eyes immediately widened, and they were ready. Through the cannon window like a wolf. Glared viciously at the ship on the other side.
"Open fire~!"
As soon as the officer gave the order, the artillery immediately lit the fuse, and with a loud "boom", the artillery jumped back suddenly.
The cannonball whizzed out of its chamber and turned into a black shadow barely visible to the naked eye, smashing through the hull of the Semitic warship and exploding inside.
More than a hundred guns opened fire in a matter of seconds. Several Semitic ships were immediately engulfed in the explosion and turned into flying debris.
By the time the battleship was facing them from the side, the Semitic sailors knew that something was wrong, and they jumped into the sea without waiting for their guns to be fired, and although the water was bitterly cold, it was better than being blown up.
Although it is not known what is driving the great human ship forward, it is true that they are sailing north at high speed against the wind.
This made the Semitic navy suddenly feel desperate, this battle could not be fought~!
And so it goes. They can never catch up with humans, and can only be beaten passively.
In the command room of the Victory, Captain Glendin smiled with satisfaction, his tactics had succeeded, as had Chief Engineer Puke's steam engine.
"That's what makes Ne Ann strong. Captain Glending saw Jack's confusion and tapped him on the shoulder. "Learn a little, boy, the school taught you."
Those things are outdated. ”
And the first mate Jack listened to the low roar coming from the soles of his feet, with a confused expression on his face, and secretly said in his heart: That big iron can, really works?
What is the use of training hard in the hurdling skills, practicing swordsmanship, practicing physical fitness, and fighting to gain the upper hand?
It's just a matter of who's steam engine is more powerful than whose artillery is more powerful.
Naval battles, never again like before......
Born in a naval family, Jack has believed since he was a child that the romance of a man on the sea is to chase, collide, fight with swords, solve the enemy in a hearty battle, and finally in the blood-red sunset, sing loudly, sail away, and disappear on the horizon......
And now the naval battle has suddenly become a stage for engineers and artillerymen, sailors with steel swords, one-eyed, lame seamen with iron hooks on their arms...... They may no longer be useful, and they will disappear silently from this great era.
Captain Glending struck a match and lit a cigar, calmly looked at the dense naval fleet outside the window, and muttered, "It's time for a newcomer to appear, right?" ”
"Newcomer?" asked the first mate, confused.
Captain Glending nodded and said, "If the enemy doesn't send reinforcements, it probably won't last until the night." ”
"Reinforcements?"
Glending didn't speak, but pointed to the sky.
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Mage Yelena, dressed in fiery red, stood tall in her long machine, searching the sky intently.
The second wing of the Maple Leaf Danlin Flying Force, led by her, was shuttling through the dark clouds, carefully searching for the enemy's traces.
Today is a bad day that is not conducive to air combat.
Due to technical reasons, the undead Clan's War Fortress has a much lower ceiling than Maple Leaf Danlin's. They are not like the Maple Leaf Danlin people, who fly high on the clouds, but can only withstand the wind and snow under the dark clouds.
Everyone believed that with such an important landing battle, it was impossible for the Undead High Priest not to send his war fortress into battle.
Therefore, the wing led by Elena has been on alert over the Victory - in order to stop the enemy, Maple Leaf Danlin gritted his teeth and squeezed them out of his air combat unit to support Lorraine.
Although all the while, everything has been fine. However, all the personnel did not relax their vigilance in the slightest, and still widened their eyes to search for the slightest trace of anomalies in the sky.
At this moment, a large iron-gray bird suddenly swept past in front of Yelena's war fortress, as fast as a bolt of lightning.
The crew inside the war fortress seemed to hear a shout of "beauty" coming from outside.
Yelena's beautiful brow furrowed, and a displeased expression appeared on her face.
Adjutant Lucien slapped his forehead and groaned, "It's these love-loving guys again, they can't stop for a while." ”
In front of the war fortress, an eagle with outstretched wings glides by. But its wings don't flap at all, and if you look closely, you can see that the eagle is painted, and there is a faint figure in the glass cockpit on the eagle's head.
These are the Eagle fighters manufactured at the Eagle Group's Boeing aircraft manufacturing plant, which were also sent to reinforce the Vatino's fighting.
Pilot Ferreira after meeting Master Elena at the airfield in the rear. was immediately shocked, and began his singing and crying pursuit journey at that time.
After being electrocuted seven times by Yelena, throwing five bottles of hot water and six pots of flowers from the balcony, this guy finally stopped singing tooth-aching love songs under Yelena's window, but that didn't mean he backed down.
After the defeat on the ground, Ferreira began to pursue more passionately in the air, and his Eagle fighter always circled around Yelena's Flaming.
Like a male bird in heat, make all kinds of thrilling movements. Then he yelled inside, annoying Yelena.
Even in battle, Ferreira did not forget to pull his flying skills.
At this time, I saw Ferreira roll sideways, and flew with the Flame more than ten meters away, but fortunately, he couldn't stop kissing Yelena.
Yelena snorted coldly, her voice was like ice, and said, "Sue the artillery." Knock him off for me. ”
Lucien reminded with a wry smile, "Boss, that's your own person." ”
Yelena said disdainfully: "So what, when I look back, I said that I was injured by mistake in the battle." It's up to you to make a report. ”
Lucien sighed and said, "Sister, if the Military Justice Department investigates, it will be very troublesome. ”
Elena snorted, shook Lucien away, strode to the window, and raised her hand to shoot a bolt of lightning at Ferreira.
The arc of the orchid flew over the eagle's head. Ferreira shrank in fright, pressed down on the nose of the plane and disappeared quickly.
Elena clapped her hands with satisfaction, exhaled comfortably, and said, "This guy just owes a beating." ”
Lucien only nodded stupidly, just about to persuade her boss. Suddenly, someone shouted, "There's something in the clouds." ”
"Where?"
A mage pointed to the dark clouds on the right side and said, "At two o'clock, I saw a dark shadow flashing by, and it was definitely not one of ours. ”
"Signal, turn around. Elena immediately ordered.
The 2nd Wing quickly turned around and flew to the right.
A black figure flashed through the gaps in the clouds, and the pyramidal shape peculiar to the undead was clearly visible.
"The enemy is there, dive, scatter them. Yelena held back her anger for a long time, and when she saw the enemy, she immediately found a place to vent.
With a finger of her finger, she led the Second Wing down from the clouds.
The war fortress passed through the dark clouds at high speed, and the black clouds surrounded the war fortress, and the room was dark for a moment, but after a few seconds, it came to the bottom of the dark clouds, and the vision suddenly opened up.
The dense undead war fortress is just below the clouds, flying in the wind and snow.
This amount caused Adjutant Lucien to take a cold breath, and the sky was full of undead war fortresses the size of rats, and further down, the sea was covered with Semitic warships like bugs.
"There are almost two hundred~!" Miss Adjutant exclaimed, "Where did they come from?"
Master Yelena's expression was calm, and she said, "The enemy has pressed all the strength, but it doesn't matter, we are born to fight more with less. ”
The undead apparently didn't notice the war fortress overhead, and they still flew straight ahead.
In some distance, three huge Terran warships could be seen firing at the Semitic warships.
I don't know if they were shot, or if it was some other reason, but the tail of all three battleships was billowing with smoke.
Elena didn't care to look closely, her first task was to hold back the enemy's war fortresses, once these war fortresses were attacked, then the three battleships would not just be as simple as smoke.
The distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, and with an order, the war fortress of Maple Leaf Danlin immediately opened fire, and in the snowflakes in the sky, dozens of orange-red flashes suddenly flashed.
In the first few months of the war, the people of Maple Leaf Danlin have honed their superb combat skills in the fierce battle, and they have the advantage of height, and the artillery fire has accurately hit several war fortresses of the undead clan.
They immediately exploded into a ball of fireball, falling from the sky like meteors, attracting the attention of the fighting navy on the surface of the sea.
The other undead only then realized that they had been attacked, and immediately scattered in all directions, some of them simply raised their heights and hid in the clouds.
Elena commanded in a loud voice: "Disperse in small groups and take care to protect our fleet." ”
The war fortress of the second wing immediately separated, and rushed forward after the tail of the undead.
The sky immediately lit up with countless rays of light, and the red flashes of cannon fire and the green meteors of the magic cannon crisscrossed the sky.
Just when the undead clan and the Maple Leaf Danlin people were having a good time, no one noticed that above the head of the Victory fleet, a group of large birds that had been hovering under the clouds changed direction.
Ferreira opened the cockpit window, and the cold wind poured in, he stretched out his arm and waved it forward, shouting: "Brothers, let's teach them, what is air combat~!"
The pilots of the dozen or so Eagle fighters couldn't hear Ferreira shouting at all, but through his gestures, everyone understood what the number one pilot meant, and it was long overdue to give the woman with eyes above the top a little color.
The war fortress is a fart, and the fighter is the master of the sky in the future~!
The pilots shouted excitedly, exerted all their strength, and steered the fighters to bravely face the enemy.
Battles broke out on the ground, at sea and in the sky at the same time.
In the snow, the thunderous sound of artillery fire continued.