Tales of the Reincarnated Lord Chapter 506: Decisive battle at sea
Chapter 506 Decisive Battle at Sea
The sound of whispering conch echoes between the sky and the sea, continuously.
Lorist is standing on the platform of a tall whaling ship, holding a brass-made monocular in his hand, watching the little sails appearing in the distant sea level, evoking the corner of his mouth: "It seems that Simba Wood is still It hurts them. It is indeed an invincible fleet. I thought they would use night strikes to avoid being attacked by artillery. I didn't expect them to open up their battles and fight against us. I do n’t know if they were pedantic or Full of courage, but I like such enemies ... "
This is June 7, a sunny morning, the wind is sunny, and the sun is bright. If you can have a seafood barbecue on the deck, it will be very pleasant. It was a pity that Lorist stayed up all night in order to prevent the invincible fleet from launching a night attack last night. But it didn't take long to close his eyes before Gennario came in to wake him up, because the invincible fleet began to attack.
Lorist does not understand why the invincible fleet missed such a good opportunity last night, after all, under the cover of the night, it can reduce the hit rate of shelling. But the invincible fleet did not know why it stayed in place for one night, and it was not until the sky became bright that it launched a decisive charge on the Norton Family ship formation.
"This should be out of nowhere ..." praised Lorist, but he thought the commander of the invincible fleet was stupid. Knowing that the Norton Family fleet's long-range attack artillery was fierce, let the fleet launch an assault. That was not bravery, but it was commanding its own ministry to kill him. Although the navy is an offensive technical arm, such a mindless offensive wise man is not good either.
Sixteen huge whaling ships are lined up in a horizontal array, all facing the enemy from the port side. Because of the headwinds, Lorist ordered all ships to anchor, and never step back, to fight a face-to-face battle with the enemy. Even though it is disadvantaged in the wind direction, Lorist is still confident that it can defeat the invincible fleet with a long-range attack weapon Bronze gun that exceeds this era.
Each whaling ship has a row of ten black whistling windows on the port side. This is the artillery porthole arranged on the second floor of the whaling ship. Thanks to the solid hull structure of the whaling ship, it has only The whaling ship can transform twenty artillery operation cabins on the second floor. However, a whaling ship can only be equipped with ten ship-type Bronze guns. Compared with eighteen Bronze guns on each side of the lightning strike ship, it is inferior in firepower.
Since adopting the strategy of destroying the invincible fleet to capture Hidegold Bay landing Morante City, the entire Grandmaster Sid side has been exhausted throughout the winter, rushing to work day and night, plus the previous reserves and newly built ships with Bronze artillery are only over 320. Sixteen whaling ships were divided in half, and the remaining 160 or more Bronze guns were evenly distributed to more than 40 large armed forces battleships. Although a large armed forces battleship was only divided into four, it is good. Can also be considered an artillery battleship, capable of ultra-long-range attacks.
To make up for the lack of firepower, Lorist also brought the Schwartz artillery training camp to the whaling ship, and arranged ten land-based Bronze artillery on the deck. Anyway, the deck of the whaling ship is spacious, and the marine Bronze artillery has wheels, which can be redirected at any time. The remaining forty marine Bronze guns were arranged on the already medium-sized fast armed forces battleship, one by one, to deal with the small fast-impact warships of the invincible fleet.
Only standing next to Lorist are Gold Archer Joske and Gennario. Reidy and Shuss Great Sword Master are arranged on the other two whaling ships on the left and right wings. This is also to prevent the high-end combat power of the invincible fleet in the event of a melee. Rush to the whaling ship and kill. And Joske is one of the two main Norton Family four main Legion Golden Knight accompanied by Lorist named roll, and one is the former mountain thief Orville Keith.
There are two reasons to allow Joske to accompany him. After all, although this guy made a mistake of illegally taking Hunting Cavalry Legion to attack, but that was also to retaliate for Lorist, and it has always been a Lorist's close friend. He was later served by Lorist's post Captain When the soldiers Captain made a small punishment, but Hunting Cavalry Legion was formed by him. In order to make the Farrea of the successor Captain not too difficult, Lorist decided to bring this guy around for a while and then put it back. At the same time, Lorist remembered the heroic act of breaking the mast when he broke out from Hidegold Bay, and he was ready to let Joske participate in this naval battle so that he could make up for it.
As for Orville Keith, this time is the reinstatement of the old industry. Lorist found that even if ten Bronze artillery guns were arranged on the deck of the whaling ship, the deck was empty. There is no way. The whaling boat is too large because the whale hunted and caught will be dragged to the deck for on-site cutting and storage, and there will be no place to place the whale caught.
So Lorist ordered Orville Keith to reorganize 320 catapults and pull them on to the whaling ship, with 20 one ship. In naval battles, catapult is more applicable than Ballista. Even if the distance is pulled to 200 meters, a stone weighing more than a hundred pounds can be thrown from the sky. Any battleship can't take this stone of falling. The only disadvantage of naval battle is that the warship will move. , And catapult has poor accuracy, after the stone is thrown, it must fly in the air for a period of time, it is easy for the enemy to react to dodge ...
The horn is loud, and the watchman on the lookout on the mast is screaming and screaming at the enemy: "Invincible fleet ahead, more than sixty large armed forces battleships are in front, and the back is not clear. , It is estimated that there are nearly four hundred ships, four Sempnim sea castle battleships are centered, the speed is about nine knots, and the distance is five hundred nautical miles ... "
Five hundred yards and a distance of one kilometer. It is estimated that the battle will take place in about twenty minutes. The only unfavorable situation today is that the enemy battleship is downwind, and the Norton Family fleet is headwind. The whaling ship and more than forty large armed forces warships equipped with Bronze artillery are all anchored. This is a positive rhythm.
"Order Simba Wood to lead the Lightning Strike Fleet to flank from the outside. First give the Invincible Fleet a shot. Why dare to be arrogant in front of our Norton Family? Do you really think that more ships can overwhelm others?" Lorist sneered and ordered .
Gennario quickly wrote the order to put the seal of Lorist and put it in a small silver tube tied to the feet of a petrel in the cage behind him. Five minutes later, there was a loud horn sound from the lightning strike ship, and then the lightning strike sailed from the periphery of the sea to meet the invincible fleet that was charging.
Within ten minutes, the sound of bombardment from the sea surface, as can be seen from the binoculars, Simba Wood commanded fourteen lightning strike ships to cleverly circle, and became the invincible fleet of charge. The large armed forces battleships stood side by side and carried out fierce shelling on the wings of the invincible fleet that was charging at a distance of two hundred meters ...
The fierce volley of artillery fire caused a burst of white smoke from the side of the thunderstrike fleet, but the thunderstorm was small. Except for the two large armed forces battleships, which gradually slowed down due to shelling, the remaining wings The large armed forces battleships still maintained their original speed and continued to sail forward, but those battleships also raised a white mist. With two rounds of shelling, no warship was sunk, and the Lorist was startled.
"Two hundred yards ..." The watchman on the mast loudly reported the distance between the two armies.
Lorist holding a monoscope and staring intently at a battleship that was hit by enemy flanks. Finally, it was clear that the enemy ship was stacked with bags on the side of the ship. After being bombarded, these bags were shattered or collapsed. , Burst of white smoke ...
"Smart man ..." Lorist did not expect that the invincible fleet would use a sandbag method to avoid and mitigate the damage of the warships from shelling. No wonder the lightning strike team bombarded a large armed forces battleship with three rounds but even the invincible fleet. Did not sink. However, if the invincible fleet thought that it could use this method to approach the Norton Family fleet to turn this naval battle into a melee and jump-off battle that they are good at, it would be very wrong. Lorist would not mind letting them know what the long-range enemy tactic is.
"Initiate the first round of artillery from a distance of 300 meters, and then change the chain bombs, targets, masts and sails of the enemy ..."
If the chain bomb is to be replaced now, the artillery launcher must first remove the iron projectile loaded into the barrel, so the delay time is longer and more troublesome, it is better to shoot the iron projectile first and then install the chain. bomb. It is said that the invincible fleet in front has not tasted the taste of chain bombs. The four attacks launched by the Simba Wood's lightning strike team used iron pellets and shotguns, because he did not need to delay the advancing speed of the enemy battleship.
"Three hundred meters away!"
With the roar of the lookout, the continuous rumble sounded deafening, and a gun started firing at almost the same instant. The giant ship underneath shuddered backwards. Fortunately, the people on the platform were early. already Familiar with the vibration of this artillery. Except for the twenty cars **** on the deck catapult Rolling backwards and breaking the tight rope tightly, nothing unexpected happened.
The sixteen whaling ships arranged in a horizontal array and the large armed forces warships in the middle almost simultaneously lifted the white smoke when the artillery was launched, looking far away as if a white fence appeared on the sea. . But the gentle sea breeze quickly dissipated the white fence, re-exposing the battleships in a horizontal array.
The rumble of cannons is still ringing in the ears, but the Lorist holding the binoculars is disappointed. More than 500 artillery fired at the same time, but nearly 200 iron projectiles hit the sea, which caused a splash of the sky. Only the two large armed forces battleships rushed to the front, and the bow appeared. With obvious distortions and a few holes, the sea water poured straight into it, and the boat speed slowed down all at once.
Lorist sighed, no way, these artillery firing groups who have just practiced for three months are obviously very inexperienced. Not only can they not accurately aim at the time of combat, but even their luck is not good. More than 500 Bronze artillery fired. Only two warships were destroyed, and the results of this battle were too speechless. However, this is the first round, and it should perform better after several launches ...
"Let's go!" Schwartz slammed down the red flag in his hand, and ten Bronze artillery guns on the deck roared again, and the screaming "whine" accompanied the booming cannon sound, As if the ominous cry of the night owl cut through the sky, he hurried forward.
Almost sixty large armed forces battleships lined up in front of the mighty invincible fleet broke the sails in that stern voice, and suddenly lost the charge of the battleship. The speed of the battleship dropped drastically, and it became a mess. There were screams, cries and calls for help, and even the warships behind charged into the warships in the front because they could not avoid it, and they were squeezed into a ball more than 200 meters away from the Norton Family fleet ...
A sharp copper whistle sounded, and the rumbling ears that were shaken by the artillery can still hear the copper whistle through the earplugs. This is an order to stop firing. Lorist believes that there is no need to waste ammunition, and now it is catapult's turn to show its power.
"Launch!" The loud voice of Orville Keith was lifted up in the sea. "Hey," each catapult sent a hundred pounds of stones into the sky, bringing the whistling wind to the invincible gathered together. The fleet of warships smashed past. The stones fired by the catapult during the war were basically round. This is because the elasticity of the ground should be used to make the stone balls bounce and kill more enemies. However, the slingstones used in naval battles are angular and angular. This is to allow the slingstones to have sharp corners to smash the ship plates of enemy warships.
The first round of launching was just for throwing stones to ask for directions. A better estimate of the approximate distance and falling range. After a short adjustment, the second round of throwing stones became a burning flint bomb. These flint shells are simple to make, they are tied to the stones with a rope covered with fire oil, ignited and thrown out. When the stone reaches the target and is dropped, the fire rope on the stone is almost burned to a snippet, and it splashes around as the stone is dropped, which increases the threat of fire.
Assault on the first dozens of large armed forces battleships. The already flames soared into the sky, all turned into huge fires. From time to time, some small black spots were seen jumping from the burning battleship to the sea. That was the escape crew and sailor. The next few large armed forces battleships already lost their masts and sails, but were still approaching Norton Family along the water.
A stern whine sounded again in the distance, and it was the Lightning Strike Fleet that also used chain bombs to block the charge of subsequent ships of the Invincible Fleet. On the Lorist side, already basically has no threat. Except for those large armed forces warships that have been burned torches, no subsequent enemy ships can bypass the fireboats and continue to charge.
"We won this battle!" Lorist thought contentedly. The fire in the distance was soaring into the sky, and the smoke was overwhelming. Perhaps the invincible fleet has suffered such a big loss and is now turning around and evacuating, and the Simba Wood-led lightning strike fleet is now taking a chain bomb attack to prevent the enemy's escape.
"The enemy ship is 150 meters away!" the watchman on the mast shouted in panic.
"What?" Lorist was startled.
"The enemy ship approached us with a fireboat on it!" The watchman said a miracle.
"Orville Keith! catapult continues firing behind the fireboat. It doesn't matter if you don't see the target! Throw the stones for me!" Lorist yelled at the Orville Keith on the deck.
I missed it. I did not expect that the large armed forces battleships that were charging ahead burned and also blocked my vision. The enemy ships that had been behind hid in the thick smoke and used the front fireboat as a shield against the burning fire. The ship continued to approach itself, instead of turning around and escaping as it thought ...
"Danger!" Gennario shouted and rushed over, Lorist looked up, but saw countless flashes of cold light appearing in the thick smoke of the burning ship in front, and flew towards the battleship on his side.
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