The battleship Zhiyuan broke into the Emerald Sea on a rampage, but the sensation caused was definitely not small.

From yesterday evening to this morning, it has been more than half a day. Along the way, several merchant ships even nearly collided head-on with the Zhiyuan - although the Zhiyuan deviated from course at the last moment, which also attracted a lot of complaints.

But the biggest complaint, or hostility, comes from the country of Langya!

In other words, from 'the country of Langya, which has just taken refuge in the free faction'.

The news of the steel battleship going to sea in the country of Qixia was not kept secret, and it was even hyped up, so of course it was not concealed from the free faction. On the second day after the battleship Zhiyuan left the port, the news had already reached the Xiaoyao faction, and then the news reached the country of Langya on the same day.

The country of Langya immediately ordered its own sailors to prepare.

The country of Langya has three main seaports - not counting the newly occupied Qianlong Port, which originally belonged to the country of Canglan.

The first port, located in the central part of the country, the port of Surabaya. The commander of the port sailor division is Ma Jianliang.

The second port, located in the west, Qingpu Port, was commanded by Li Kepeng, the commander of the naval division.

The third port, located in the east, Qiongshan Port, was commanded by Meng Feihu, the commander of the naval division.

All three of them have a large fleet of sailors, with more than 30 ships. Boat...... Nope. This is the world of cultivation, what do you want a boat for? When it's time for close combat, it's all about rolling up your sleeves!

The tens of thousands of regular armies of each naval division are above the foundation building period, and the main combat effectiveness is the Jindan period and the Yuan infant period. In addition, there were more than ten thousand ordinary sailors.

The combat effectiveness of the naval division is directly related to the ranking of the port, and everyone is also accustomed to calling the first, second, and third naval divisions.

Unlike the country of Qixia, the country of Langya is a powerful and wealthy country, even if it is not said to be the hegemon of the Emerald Sea. It may not be comparable to the vicissitudes of the country that exploits the six Western countries, but its comprehensive national strength is by no means comparable to that of the country of Qixia. Dare to occupy the only port in the country of Canglan, and its strength cannot be underestimated.

And this time, the country of Langya made a disgraceful decision - as long as the country of Qixia, which was immeasurable, could really cross the green sea of death and appear in the inland sea, they would dare to bury this immeasurable creature in the sea.

Let the buns from the West see how powerful the East is!

After receiving the order, Ma Jianliang, commander of the First Water Division, was the most excited. Because, his master is called 'Mingquan Daochang', and Mingquan Daochang's master is ...... Dingshan Road Chief. Dingshan Daoist was framed by Zhang Hao's words.

In the early hours of yesterday morning, Ma Jianliang received a message: saying that the steel giant ship in the country of Qixia was actually heading towards his side, he couldn't sleep with excitement, and he straightened out the sailors at dawn.

Hundreds of yuan infancy, more than 3,000 gold pills, plus more than 7,000 foundation building periods, plus 33 giant building ships, sailed on the sea before dawn, preparing to block the steel giant ships of the country of Qixia.

Now, finally see it!

"This is the steel 'giant ship'? It's only thirty feet, right?" Ma Jianliang asked a guard beside him with disdain, "You say, how big is our flagship?"

This guard is also a wonderful person, and he said again and again: "General, our ship is not big, it is only forty zhang, not twice the size of the other party!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Combat ships are different from merchant ships, they are more slender and less bulky.

Moreover, the wood of the warship is all spiritual materials - although it cannot reach the strength of a flying boat, it can also reach the strength of a magic weapon. Coupled with the huge size of the warship and the formation enchantment, it is difficult to destroy the warship in a short period of time even in the Yuan Infant Stage.

The speed of the warship is even faster, and with the combined effect of sails and spells, coupled with the mature technology of Langya Country, etc., the speed can reach a speed of thirty or forty kilometers per hour.

The 33 battleships presented an arc to encircle the Zhiyuan, because of the wind, some were fast and some were slow, but the overall formation was rigorous, and the giant crossbows on the warships were shining with cold light.

"The one who came is not good!" Dugu Junjie looked at Zhang Hao, this is to ask if he will take the initiative to start a war.

Zhang Hao squinted his eyes: "The country of Langya is now completely surrendered to the Loose Sect. Hmph, since you dare to stretch out your claws, you're welcome. Over to you, fire!"

"Take the initiative?" Dugu Junjie was a little excited, but still asked cautiously.

Zhang Hao smiled: "Everyone is surrounded by a formation, how can you say that you take the initiative." We are passive. Do you have to wait for others to surround you and have no power to fight back before you do it?

By the way, enough shells for this time, right? We've used a lot of shells before. ”

"Haha, young master, don't you know, each ammunition depot has multiple storage spaces, and the shells we consume now are less than one-tenth. The rest is enough for a big war.

After sinking their ships, we'll bombard their harbors again!"

As he spoke, Dugu Junjie rolled up his sleeves excitedly, "Everyone pay attention, seize the 'D' position, and the artillery will be aimed at it and then fight."

If you hit a cannonball, you will be rewarded with 10 spirit stones, and if you hit a lethal effect, you will be rewarded with 1,000 spirit stones...... Don't go to sea next time!"

The sailors roared, raising the barrier and turning the direction of the battleship Zhiyuan. Taking advantage of his natural speed, he began to turn southward, while using his side to face the sailors of the country of Langya.

The so-called "T" position is to use one's own side of the ship to the bow of the enemy. In this way, the enemy's attack is weak, and your own attack is strong. In the era of giant ship cannons, the side could use all the guns in the bow, stern, and even on the side of the ship.

Because there is no letter "T" in this world, Zhang Hao uses "Ding" instead.

For the first time since the steel giant sailed into the Emerald Sea, it turned around - it had been rampage and straight ahead.

At a speed of up to 110 kilometers per hour, the giant ship suddenly tilted to the left, and a large area of sea water was overturned, forming a curtain wall. While the giant ship as a whole was turning, it still maintained a heavy inertia and sprinted forward.

Such a spectacular scene amazed the countless spectators who followed behind.

"This ship...... It's heavy! It must really be made of iron. But what do those iron pillars on the ship do, neatly placed on the deck, is it some kind of weapon? There are no giant crossbows on this deck, this thing must be a similar weapon. The middle-aged man of the Seven Star Firm said to the young master of the Seven Star Firm.

The young master nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly shouted, "Uncle Feng, look, those iron pillars seem to have been raised, and they seem to point to the sailors of the Langya Country in front of them.

Are they, without saying a word, ready to fight?

But now they're about twenty miles away, right?"

"Twenty miles of attack distance is nothing, let's take a look first. But I'm curious, how could the sailors of the country of Langya come up and start a siege, and where did this strange ship come from?"

Naturally, no one answered this question, and the small boat of the Seven Star Trading House fell into silence.

The sea seemed to freeze, and all the merchant ships around it stopped, ready to watch the excitement.

And Ma Jianliang, the commander of the First Naval Division of the Langya Country, also frowned, but unlike those who watched the excitement, he knew artillery. Because, the country of Canglan has recently been equipped with artillery, which has made the army of the country of Langya suffer.

Traditional battles are all about the same as coming and going, and the distance of everyone's attack is about the same, but after the artillery, the situation has completely changed, and the side without artillery can only endure and can't help it...... Rout!

However, relying on the strong combat force, the country of Langya paid a huge price, and also grabbed an artillery, and also knew a little about artillery.

Therefore, Ma Jianliang watched the artillery on the Zhiyuan slowly rise, and his face became solemn. "The country of Qixia is crazy, and it actually moved the artillery to the ship, and there are so many, and it is not afraid of the disintegration of the ship. But their speed is ...... It's a bit fast.

Everyone worked hard and surrounded each other as much as possible.

Yuan Infant Stage, when the other party is close to within ten miles, he is ready to attack. Be careful to form a battle formation, and if you can, take them prisoner, or if you can't, scuttle!"

Hundreds of Yuan babies are ready to take off at any time.

However, at this time, the battleship Zhiyuan had already seized the "D" position. Because the sailors of the country of Langya were semi-surrounded, some of the ships were already completely exposed to the direction of the Zhiyuan's attack.

Dugu Junjie stretched out his finger to test, according to some common sense of the cultivators, as well as some new technologies and standards of the Ocean Group, etc., the approximate estimated distance, "Seven kilometers, 300 mm artillery launches!" After pressing close to five kilometers, 100 mm launches." ”

The three 300-mm guns in the bow and two in the stern were aimed far away under the control of some experienced gunners during the foundation building period.

"Attack freely!" Dugu Junjie ordered, and the leaders of each artillery roared and began to attack. With their rich experience, they let out their first roar when the Zhiyuan turned and there were ups and downs.

Five 300-mm guns were powerful, and the powerful recoil actually assisted the battleship in cornering. Suppressed the bulky inertia of the giant ship. In the flamethrow, five massive cannonballs smashed lightning at two warships in the distance at more than three times the speed of sound. (Note (1))

About four seconds or so, brilliant flames suddenly erupted around the two warships in front, and in the flames, the sea water rushed up to a height of twenty or thirty meters. One of the warships was broken on the spot, and the broken wood chips flew all over the sky, and many people were blown up, and under the broken warship, four or five hundred people fled for their lives in panic, and even many of the foundation building period forgot the spell and fell directly into the sea.

They were stupefied by the shells.

The other warship was more lucky, only for a moment the shell fell to the side, and the explosion of the shell tore the side of the ship, but the warship did not immediately disintegrate, leaving the people on board with a chance to react.

But the side of the ship was blown out of a hole of almost ten meters, and from a distance it looked like a cake that had been bitten in, and the sea water was rolling in, and the ship was tilting at a speed visible to the naked eye.

On the Zhiyuan, Dugu Junjie shouted: "Transfer the target! These two ships have been scrapped!"

The artillery did not need major adjustments, and as the battleship Zhiyuan turned and advanced, the artillery was already aimed at a new target.

A few seconds later, five more shells flew out, this time attacking several warships huddled together, and four of the five shells hit the target. In a terrible explosion, the sides of two warships were torn apart, the superstructure of one warship was flattened, and hundreds of people were blown away.

"Ah......" Ma Jianliang, the commander of the Naval Division of Langya Country, shouted, this is not yet a battle, and five warships have been scrapped on his side, "Yuan Infancy, fly over! Also, they all spread out, keeping their distance from each other. ”

But it didn't work. The structure of an ordinary wooden warship is relatively loose. Because of the problem of the foundation, even if the enchantment is opened, its defensive ability is still limited, and it can't stop this powerful cannonball at all.

The flight time of the shell was only three or four seconds, and the bulky warship could not hide from it at all. Yuan Infant could have reacted, but they obviously didn't dare to catch the shells with their bare hands.

At this time, with the help of the recoil of the artillery, the battleship Zhiyuan had completely turned its direction and was parallel to the naval fleet of the country of Langya. At this time, the distance between the two sides was shortened to about five kilometers, and those 100-mm secondary guns also began to roar.

The flames soared into the sky, and the sea water on the right side of the giant ship stirred up a mist in the sky in the firing of the guns again and again. The muzzle of the gun was fired rapidly, and a cloud of smoke rose from it.

The scene is spectacular.

The eyes of the surrounding spectators widened, what kind of tactic is this? Attack from a distance of more than ten miles, and this attack ...... It's a strange thing. Strange and powerful!

For example, the young master of the Seven Star Commercial Bank, his eyes were about to pop out, "Uncle Feng, this attack ...... It can't be the legendary thunderbolt, right?"

The middle-aged man smiled: "The thunderbolt fire is just a little trick made up by alchemists, it sounds loud, but it has no power. This thing...... It's not ordinary.

Interesting, the other party seems to have a conflict with the country of Langya. Hey, the infants of the country of Langya finally couldn't hold back anymore and were ready to make a move. ”

At this time, hundreds of Yuan infancy on the side of Langya Country had already rushed out and flew towards the Zhiyuan battleship.

The battleship Zhiyuan responded, all the guns suddenly fired at a high altitude, a total of 18 shells exploded in mid-air, and the hundreds of Yuan infants who were rushing were unprepared. This kind of airburst bomb that can explode in mid-air is not available in the country of Canglan.

The sudden and violent explosion could not be ignored in the infancy stage, and it scared them even more. Many Yuan infants were so frightened by this explosion in their ears that their hearts were about to jump out, and their spells were interrupted.

Caught off guard, many people were injured in large and small ways. Fragments of steel from cannonballs can even break through their armor and pierce their defenses.

The shock wave completely destroyed their formation, and several primordial infancy tumbling and falling into the sea.

But that's just the beginning. In the next moment, another wave of shells struck. The cultivator's powerful body and ability turned into a lethal attack efficiency at this moment, and the cannon could be fired once in five seconds.

Before a large number of Yuan Infant Stage masters reacted, there were already four or five waves of shells fired, and more waves of 100 mm were fired. A total of 60 shells exploded in the airspace, filling the air with gunsmoke.

At least 30 yuan were seriously injured in infancy. Even a few of them have been seriously injured or even blown up.

Everyone rushed violently, but they were slumped by the shells. Some of them were awakened by the icy sea, and they flew away with strange screams, and some even fluttered in the sea.

The battleship Zhiyuan did not waste the opportunity, turned its guns and began to attack the remaining ships. Taking advantage of the speed advantage, the battleships began to circle these warships and began to perform a miracle:

A battleship, ready to encircle more than thirty warships. Well, by this time there were already five ships damaged.

The artillery roared mercilessly, and the heavy warships were reduced to wreckage under the gunfire, and some of the warships even caught fire due to explosions.

The sailors were scrambling, stunned by the strange attack. Especially those who operate the giant crossbow, they are even more stunned - why haven't they entered the range yet!

Finally, Ma Jianliang, the commander of the Naval Division, still had some ability, he roared, gathered three thousand Jindan periods, the remaining Yuan Infant Period, formed ten battle formations, and surrounded the battleships.

This time, although the battleship repelled two battle formations, eight battle formations rushed to the side of the Zhiyuan battleship. Suddenly, spells, flying swords, and so on, rained down.

Dugu Junjie calmly commanded: "The artillery attacks the sky and shocks the enemy." For the rest of the Jindan period and above, take the opportunity to start!"

Under the roar of artillery, there were always cultivators who were affected, and then they were beaten down by the masters of the Zhiyuan battleship. Exploded wildly, so that the masters of the country of Langya could not form a battle formation at all, and could only fight in groups of three or five.

(Note (1): The speed of sound in the air is related to temperature, moderation, air density, etc.) According to the premise of this book, the world has a high atmospheric pressure and a high density of air. Therefore, the speed of sound is set at 500 meters. ）