Extraordinary Voyage Chapter 334: Destroy the dead!
Chapter 334 Destroyed!
"And please call me Boris."
I was recommended by Lieutenant General Gustav to board the ship, and it took only a dozen days to go to sea.
This middle-aged officer with rough eyes and melancholy has used his outstanding ability to convince all the officers on the ship to convince him, including Captain Ivan.
This is probably the real person not showing his face?
But on this ship, anyone can tell that this somewhat maverick Major Boris is clearly a man with a story.
Currently.
The crew and officers of the fourth-tier battleship "Cape Storm" were originally composed of the lowest-level sixth-tier cruise ship "Conch".
In the middle, there was a big exchange of blood, filled with a large number of excellent recruits who were at the same time as Captain Ivan, and then they were recruited once before carrying out cross-border missions and setting off to the New World.
Now we have completed the allocation of a total of 350 people.
However, in essence, the problems of insufficient quality of officers and inexperienced personnel still exist.
The "sail-handling" skill is better.
After Ivan became the captain, the crew was basically not idle.
I have been running around, and I have dealt with various dangerous sea conditions including "storm", "tsunami" and "black dike".
However, another key skill, "Manipulation", is really not an "excellent" comment.
According to the naval code stipulated by Falettis, each gun has 6 members in the artillery group, with one gunner.
Each artillery deck (four-tier ship plus the main deck has three artillery decks) has one fire control officer and one deputy fire control officer.
In mid- to long-distance combat, the artillery crew is responsible for loading ammunition, while the fire control officer is responsible for setting the artillery shooting parameters and adjusting the up, down, left, and right angles of fire.
Finally, under the command of the gunner, the gunners of each gun group are responsible for activating the guns in charge.
Artillery shooting is a sophisticated tactical maneuver that requires multi-person cooperation. Especially in a panic battlefield, the quality of artillery has a great influence on the firepower of battleships.
Even if you have the world's number one battleship and artillery, if you hand it over to a group of half-hearted opponents, you may not be able to beat the next level or even the next level of opponents.
Although Boris entered the group halfway, he is an official knight with the rank of major, and he is also a well-known "artillery expert" in the New World Naval Base!
As soon as he took office, he served as the chief artillery officer on "Cape Storm", responsible for the daily training of artillery.
In just a dozen days of going to sea, the artillery has a completely new look, but at least it has slowly laid the foundation for being an excellent artillery.
Especially under the guidance of this Major Boris, as long as there are a few more battles with real swords and guns, the future can be expected!
As for why this well-known artillery expert is willing to condescend to run on the Avon ship to take up the post of artillery chief who has no strong sense of existence before him on the "Storm Horn"?
The reason is also very simple.
The seemingly infinite Major Boris has actually received the promise of the base commander Lieutenant General Gustav:
As long as the battle is completed and the kingdom successfully completes its set goals, the general will approve his application for retirement!
As for why he had to retire at the peak of his military career, this is another story.
With the command of Captain Ivan.
Boris has unceremoniously taken over the command that originally belonged to Gunner Reeves, and issued his command with the powerful lung capacity of a formal knight:
"The gun crew is in place!"
Step on... Step on.. Step on..
The artillery on the ship ran quickly into their fighting positions according to the artillery code.
A total of eighteen 24-pounders, twenty 12-pounders, ten nine-pounders, and two small six-pounders on the stern deck were installed on the two artillery decks and the main deck.
It's just that half of the firepower of the warships of this era must be idle due to the design of the ship's gun, so the gun group only needs to take one ship's side into consideration at the same time.
During the sea training during this period, although the artillery has gained the most direct promotion, it is not uncommon for them to suffer in the hands of the hard-hearted and ruthless Boris.
Boris, who didn't expect to plan on "The Horn of Storm" for a long time, is not afraid to offend anyone at all, and requires them to the highest standards in everything.
Even Reeves, the gunner who is older than him, slid forward and carefully offered this artillery expert, who had a higher rank than himself, stronger than himself, and more powerful than him.
All the artillery, up and down, dare not neglect in the slightest.
"Let's go downhill! Keep the formation!"
In a consistent and cautious style, Ivan ordered the two battleships to be enclosed from the downwind, which not only prevented the pirate ship from escaping, but also avoided any strange supernatural beings in it, who would use the smell to spot the battleship's traces in advance.
The naval battleship reached the stern of the pirate fleet, and the distance between the two gradually approached 500 meters.
Although the effective range of the artillery is 1 km, the hit rate, the power of the artillery, and the firing frequency have reached an optimal balance point at the current distance.
"Assemble each cannon with searing bombs!"
Each artillery group quickly burned the "solid bullets" to red with the fire, and plugged a pile of wet mud between the gunpowder and the artillery shells during loading, and it took a little longer to complete the loading than normal solid bullets.
But now he has the initiative and has enough time to prepare. Of course, Boris has chosen the favorite of all artillery-the "scorching bomb".
Boris personally entered the lower artillery deck, guarding nine 24-pound guns on one side of the ship, while the chief gunner Reeves went to supervise the upper deck.
Seeing that all the artillery units had finished loading within the specified time, Boris nodded slightly and calmly pulled out the artillery command knife with a slightly curved waist and a brass guard.
When the commanding knife was slightly raised, a layer of extraordinary aura that was hard to see with the naked eye exploded on the blade simultaneously, spilling onto every ship-borne artillery of this warship that was ready to go.
Every cannon seemed to be fine-tuned in an instant.
"Everyone has, prepare, fire!"
Boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! ....
The orange-red cannon flame illuminates the sea under the dense fog.
The two battleships adjusted their firing range. At the same time, a total of 18 and 24 pound shells, 20 12-pound shells, 10 9-pound shells, and 2 6-pound shells were dumped out in a torrential rain. .
Just started.
Thinking that the pirate fleet, which had encountered ordinary heavy fog, had temporarily stopped on the sea with the tactical action of the sailboat braking, but did not expect that disaster would suddenly fall from the sky.
Actually, with their strength, they are not afraid even if they encounter multiple naval cruisers, they can fight and escape, plus they have not reached the combat area, and they are not so vigilant.
When they heard the sound of the cannons, they had ushered in justice from the navy!
Crack...
"enemy...."
"Ah...!"
Boom--!
The hull of a schooner is as fragile as a paper shell under the attack of searing bombs. The hot iron shells easily cut off the mast of the sailboat and penetrated the layers of the ship's board.
Even shot in from the stern, bounced all the way to destroy everything on the transparent artillery deck.
The human body, even the body of an extraordinary person, can only be easily torn into pieces under the strong kinetic energy.
Just a volley of fireworks created a huge firework among the four pirate ships.
Because.
Coincidentally, one of the sloop ammunition depots at the end of the queue was pierced by a searing bomb, which directly caused a spectacular blast!
If you observe carefully, you will find that the penetration and accuracy of the shells fired by "Storm Horn" are far above that of the "Endeavor". The biggest results are almost all created by "Storm Horn". of.
At this time.
The pirates, who were suddenly attacked and surrounded by heavy fog, were in disarray. Except for sporadic blind fire, they couldn't even transmit signals, let alone resist systematically.
"Each battery, load searing bombs!"
The commanding knife that was raised up high once again shed extraordinary auras.
"Ready! Fire!"
The heavy rain of iron and fire spilled out again.
After the second round of the salvo is over.
The sporadic counterattacks on the remaining three pirate ships have been completely misfired, and even the painful wailing after being injured is barely audible.
The blazing flames rising from the three pirate ships, even if it was blocked by heavy fog, they were all clearly seen by the ordinary crew on the ship who hadn't turned on the connection of mind.
The naval battle was over in just a minute.
The opponent is not an evil **** or a large sea monster. The "battleship", the biggest reliance for mankind to conquer the ocean, has exerted an unparalleled combat advantage in the face of ordinary sea ships.
The firepower comparison between the two sides is not a grade in itself, not to mention that the navy side also added a powerful buff to itself.
【Marine Treasure·Artillery Command Knife! 】
A powerful treasure belonging to the family of Major Boris~IndoMTL.com~ Abilities·Artillery Skills: It can display 200% of the range, accuracy and power of shipborne artillery.
Restrictions: The premise is that the definition of "ship-borne artillery" for large-scale deployment must be met.
Special equipment is not included in this list, such as the inverse cross halberd on the "Commander of the Guards".
Ivan clearly saw that with the help of this magical command knife, after a shell penetrated the opponent's hull, it flew out through the other side of the bulwark.
The overwhelming firepower advantage has been given additional strength, and the lethality of these ship-borne smoothbore guns has suddenly jumped for a generation.
At this time, "The Horn of Storm" is simply a devastating existence for these pirate ships, even for Tier 5 warships!
Even without the support of the Endeavour, Ivan has the confidence to kill them all without injury!
(End of this chapter)