Extraordinary Voyage Chapter 27: Small species: impact conch
Open the silver flip, and in the middle of the complicated mechanical dial, a green jewel-like hand rotates slowly with a continuous clicking sound, and then slowly stops at three o'clock.
"First level combat readiness, three o'clock direction, artillery ready!" Geer's command resounded throughout the ship.
Alvin, although he doesn't know what happened, he dared not speak casually at this time. In wartime, there is no distinction between uncles and nephews, only superiors and superiors. If he missed the opportunity because of his own mouth, even if Geer did not punish him, Ivan would not forgive himself.
Ivan is not clear, but it does not mean that the other officers are also not clear.
"It turned out to be a sea monster! How can there be sea monsters willing to come over in a place like offshore?" The navigator said strangely.
"The sea monster's pointer is too inaccurate. We can only confirm their existence based on the sea monster's unique sound waves. It is impossible to tell what level it is." The chief steer grasped the rudder and carefully adjusted the course of the Silver Wing. Complained.
" In places like offshore, it is a good luck to encounter small sea monsters about 30 meters in size. How can there be large species? Not to mention giant species that are rare in the deep sea.
And thanks to the fact that we were once a member of Tier 4 battleships, otherwise even the sea monster pointer of this precision would not be issued, so let's be content! "The first officer is the most open-minded. He, who is in charge of the ship's logistics, naturally knows how rare a sea monster pointer is.
Chief Mate, Chief Navigation Officer, and Chief Steer also stood beside Captain Geer. They all saw Geer’s cue from the strange machinery and discussed with each other.
The officers obviously experienced more wind and waves, and were not nervous, but they were just a little curious about how sea monsters living in the deep sea could come out on the offshore channel.
Ivan was very curious while listening, this kind of sea monster rumors still remained in the category of the story for him, even if he hadn't touched it during the recruit training.
What he didn't actually understand was that all kinds of mysticism involving the hidden world were taboo knowledge that was jointly restricted by various secular countries and churches.
Because mysticism often involves power, just like the knight training method, without the corresponding basic knowledge and the guidance of a leader, the consequences of wantonly exploring the unknown are often disastrous.
The knight training method is not too dangerous, and the most serious consequence is that when the knight advances, he completely loses his mind and is controlled by the fierce and violent body, turning into a beast.
hurts myself, but not too many others.
Among other strange and indistinguishable mysteries, it is not uncommon for them to hide the prying eyes of the terrifying evil gods. It is conceivable that once this power is out of control, it will cause irresistible terror to descend, and it is not impossible to drag an entire city to bury it.
The family inheritance is broken down, so that except for the core knight heritage, Ivan did not get too much mystical knowledge hidden in the depths of the world, and the Leo steward would not teach him these temporarily useless knowledge in the circumstances at the time.
In the naval training camp, this is not something new recruits should be exposed to. When they really need to face this level of mystery, most of them are already at least the crew or even officers of Tier 4 battleships, and they have a lot of time to get from their predecessors.
Therefore, since crossing this world, Ivan has not seen much sailing technology and technology beyond the contemporaries of previous generations, except for the power of extraordinary knights.
Until now, he has no feeling of being in a strange world.
Then his first thought was:
"Wow! The first battle of the recruits is to fight the sea monsters, I'm so awesome!"
"Come on!"
ignored the discussion behind Geer, and found the trace of the sea monster for the first time. After all, this big guy did not hide his consciousness at all.
Along with the sound of huge splashes, a huge conch taller than a house smashed through the fog of the sea and appeared in the field of vision of a group of people.
The cold black spiral shell with metallic luster, the long dark blue tentacles dancing under the water are constantly stirring the sea, and the huge size beyond common sense is simply shocking the world!
As soon as appeared.
The sea monster with the appearance of a large conch spouted out infinite water behind it, and it accelerated instantly, like an invincible siege hammer, smashing it at high speed with the momentum to smash the Silver Wing.
was so surprised that Ivan only now imagined what happened to the merchant ship. I can also appreciate how desperate they were before being hit by a "siege hammer" larger than a house on the sea!
"Confirmed that the sea monster is a small species "impact conch", the gunner’s starboard artillery set fire! Fire!" Geer is worthy of the battle-tested former battleship captain, quickly confirming the type of sea monster, calmly commanding artillery fire attack. The powerful lung capacity of the knight rank made his command thunderous, resounding through the entire warship.
"Received! The distance is 0.5 nautical miles, and the target is directly in front of the conch and fires!" The gunner's shout immediately sounded, and the crew of the artillery crew did not need to think as long as they followed the commander's order.
Maybe this sea monster has no experience in fighting human warships, and the chosen attack angle is exactly in front of the warship’s unilateral ship’s side, which can maximize the power of the ship’s artillery.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...
Amid the roar of continuous artillery fire, the orange-red fire pierced the sea. In the first round of a salvo of twenty artillery, most of the howling solid shells fell in the seawater around it, only three of them fell on its conch shell, making a huge roar like a metal impact!
Aiwen saw that the sea monster had small fragments of conch shell falling from its body, and its speed was also reduced.
The shelling is working! Sea monsters are not invulnerable!
Geer is still calm and composed, and I don’t know how many similar scenes have been experienced. Although the sea monster is the true ruler of the deep sea, it refers to the "giant species" or even the "son of the sea god". This small species can still be dealt with with the artillery on the battleship.
The command is not retracted, and the shelling will continue.
After another volley, five shells hit the sea monster at the same time like a divine help. Even the heavy snail shell on its body was damaged, and the body was injured. The sea monster did not know where it was hiding. The mouth makes a baby-like shrill cry.
"嘤——!"
Even if the Silver Wing is less than five hundred meters away, it seems that it will be smashed into pieces in the next moment, but the sea monster never dared to rampage again, and uttered a hateful cry again, and sank into the sea. .
"Has it escaped?" Ivan looked around, only he didn't understand the sea monster's behavior pattern and couldn't judge the sea monster's next behavior.
There are many kinds of animal habits in nature. Some will choose to retreat and look for other prey after being frustrated. Which category does it belong to.
"The gunner prepares alchemy bombs, ready to guard against underwater!"
"Yes! Alchemy bomb preparations, the first ten groups, bomb bomber preparations!"
After issued a new order, Geer turned around and explained to Irvine:
"The impact conch is a relatively common small species of sea monster. The most commonly used attack method is to stir the current on the sea to accelerate the collision against the ship, but it is also very cunning, and the absolute strength cannot be judged based on its size.
The sea monsters in the Black Sea are all dependents of the mother of sea monsters, Ector. They attack human ships not for hunting, but from the hatred of terrestrial creatures in their blood. They think that terrestrial creatures are the betrayers of the sea. ! "
Speaking of this, Geer’s tone is very solemn:
"When encountering them in the ocean, in most cases, one party will fall forever as the end. Remember! As long as you don't see its body, you can never take it lightly."
The existence of sea monsters is a relatively rudimentary mystery, which can be spread among frontline combatants on a restricted basis.
But the content that Geer just said is strictly speaking the core knowledge related to the mysterious source. Some mysterious people can even use the name of the sacred existence to obtain power through rituals.
is to face Aiwen, if you change someone else, even if you are a young officer that you value, Gehr will not be free of such a level of extraordinary knowledge of science.
Even if the supernatural beings on the road of knights cannot directly use this knowledge to gain power, the value lies there. In the eyes of the wild transcendents who lack systematic inheritance, this is a priceless treasure!
The officers around Geer glanced at each other. With their understanding of Geer, it seemed as if they had realized something in an instant~IndoMTL.com~ The eyes that looked at Aiwen became more kind.
"Click, click, click..." The sound of the sea monster pointer became more and more rapid, and the green jewel pointer turned endlessly, as if out of control.
"Command! The gunner drops the bomb, the target ship is directly below!"
"Bombardier, the first batch, just below the target, drop the bomb!"
Following the command of the gunner loudly, the sides of the ships on the left and right sides made the sound of "punching" of heavy objects falling into the water at the same time.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...
There are dull explosions from underwater, and I don’t know if it hit the target or landed on the seabed. In this era, there is a lack of underwater detection equipment, especially in the face of super-spec opponents such as sea monsters, relying on the experience of the commander.
Geer has the confidence to defeat the small breeds, but after all, he is the opponent's home court in the open sea. Any misjudgment may cause him to fall into a huge crisis.
glanced at the sea monster pointer that was still spinning, and Geer decisively issued an order:
"The sail is long and lifts the sail! Let's leave this water."
Since this sea monster wants to hide and seek, then find a way to mobilize it and let it run out by itself.
"Oh yes! Raise the sail, speed up with full sail!"
"Hey--hey--"
The order for the length of the sails was issued. With the chants of the sailors, the sails on the three mainmasts were raised in an orderly manner, and then they were filled with sea breeze.
But Ivan then felt something was wrong!
Although the fog is not small and the wind is not strong now, it also means that the waves are not high and all the sails can be raised, which is often said to be full sail. But the speed of the battleship did not increase significantly, it seems...
seems to be caught by something!