The Rhapsody of Mounted Blade Players

"Alas! It seems that the armor-breaking ability of this solid shell is enough, but the lethality is still not enough!"

Ye Tianlong saw through the telescope that the two enemy ships that were severely damaged by the shells failed to sink, and actually successfully retreated, and he couldn't help but sigh with regret.

In Ye Tianlong's view, the best shells to deal with these wooden warships should be high-explosive shells, or explosive shells, which are the kind of shells that will explode and produce high-temperature flames after hitting the target. The current solid artillery shells have enough lethality, and are even somewhat overpowering, but their lethality is somewhat insufficient. If they fail to hit the vital points of the enemy ship, it will be difficult to directly sink it.

High-explosive bombs are different. Once they hit an enemy ship, it is easy to cause a fire. Wooden warships can be said to be most afraid of fire. Even if they fail to hit the vital points of the warship, if you use more high-explosive bombs to light a few fires on the enemy, the enemy will be The ship will soon be burned until it completely loses its combat effectiveness or even sinks.

However, the technological content of this high-explosive bomb is much higher than that of solid artillery shells. There are no experts in this field among his team members. It seems that the next batch of team members will have to find a few experts in this firearm. When the time comes, there will be With the addition of high-explosive bombs, the lethality of one's own battleship artillery will be greatly increased.

At this time, the enemy warships continued to rush towards the fishing port at full speed while Ye Tianlong and the others were reloading their main guns.

Soon, the distance between the two sides had shortened to less than a thousand meters. At this time, Ye Tianlong and the others completed the second loading of the main gun. This was almost their last chance to fire before the enemy approached.

So Ye Tianlong and the others worked hard to take aim before firing. Perhaps it was because the distance was closer, or perhaps because Ye Tianlong and the others aimed harder this time. In this salvo, two of the shells fired by Ye Tianlong and the others successfully hit the enemy's flagship. One shell hit the bow of the ship, smashing most of the ship's head to pieces, and another hit the side, almost grazing the hull of the ship and knocking out more than a dozen oars along the way. They all interrupted, immediately reducing the speed of the flagship by more than half.

Four of the other warships around it were also hit by artillery shells. However, except for one of the small warships that was directly sunk, the other three warships were damaged but did not sink. And because the distance between the two sides was getting closer at this time, As they got closer and closer, the enemy seemed to feel that victory was in sight, so they did not withdraw from the battle. They were still controlling the damaged warship to move forward, hoping to rush in front of the ironclad ship as soon as possible and enter gang-hopping mode.

Seeing that this last round still did not cause much damage to the enemy, Ye Tianlong could only sigh helplessly, and then asked the soldiers in charge of the secondary artillery to start loading, and once the enemy entered the range, they would open fire with all their strength.

Compared to the slow rate of fire of the main cannon, the rate of fire of these secondary cannons is much faster. After all, each secondary cannon is equipped with six sub-guns! You can load the ammunition in advance, take out the subgun after shooting one, replace it with a new subgun, and then continue firing. Unfortunately, the effective range of these secondary guns is only more than [-] meters, so they cannot fire yet.

Just when Ye Tianlong and the others were halfway loading the ammunition for the main gun, the distance between the two sides was already close to five or six hundred meters. The large crossbows on the enemy warships finally entered the effective range and began to fire one after another. Shooting at Ye Tianlong and his armored ships.

Since the opponent had dozens of crossbows, many of them successfully hit the hull under the salvo. However, the armored ship Ye Tianlong and the others were on, even after a load reduction, the average armor thickness was still [-] millimeters. On the left and right, such a thick steel plate cannot be penetrated by a mere bed crossbow.

After the crossbow bolts fired by the bed crossbows hit the hull, they made a clanging sound and then bounced away. If you look carefully, you can see that most of the areas that were hit only have an inconspicuous white dot left.

When the soldiers under Ramon saw that their crossbows were unable to cause any damage to the enemy's warship, they finally confirmed in shock that the opponent's warship was really an armored ship.

It's no wonder that these people were unwilling to believe that this was an iron-clad ship at first. After all, in their concept, a warship made of iron should not be able to float on the water at all.

In addition, if you want to build such a giant ironclad ship that is [-] meters long, how much manpower and material resources will be consumed during the process? I am afraid that even if several big countries on the continent of Calradia join forces to combine the steel produced in a year If you put them all together, it won’t be enough to consume!

Without waiting for these guys to recover from the shock, the twenty secondary guns on the left side of the Hailong opened fire in unison, and suddenly small shells hit the enemy fleet not far away. .

Because the distance was much closer, the hit rate after these secondary artillery salvoes was even higher, almost reaching over [-]%.

For a time, warships in the enemy fleet were continuously hit by cannonballs, causing wood chips to fly across the hull. Unfortunately, the shells of this secondary gun were smaller. If they did not hit the vital point, they would hit ordinary positions, that is, between the enemy warships. It was just a small hole in the ship, which could not really damage the enemy warships. However, some shells hit the enemy soldiers. After hitting, they immediately smashed the hands and feet of the slave traders wearing heavy armor, which highlighted the It shows the fragility of the human body when faced with firearm strikes.

And although the power of the secondary guns is far less than that of the main guns, their rate of fire is much faster than that of the main guns. After the first round of firing, only ten seconds passed before the second round of shelling came again. After all, it was too dangerous to stand on the deck. Dozens of shells were thrown at them, and there would always be a few that fell on the deck and killed a bunch of soldiers, so In order to preserve their strength, the slave trading regiment soldiers could only temporarily hide in the lower cabin of the battleship.

During this period, the large crossbows and catapults on their warships were constantly fighting back, but unfortunately they were all ineffective. No matter whether it was the giant crossbow bolts or stones, they were unable to cause effective damage to this ironclad ship as hard as a turtle shell. .

Fortunately, the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer at this time. It won't be long before their warships can rush to the enemy. At that time, it will enter the gang-hopping phase, and our own elite warriors with more than [-] armors can exert their full power. Their strong combat power.

On the other side, when Ye Tianlong saw that the distance between the two sides had narrowed to within fifty meters, he ordered his side's secondary guns to start reloading with shotguns, ready to kill the infantry on the enemy warship who wanted to join the gang.

At the same time, our main gun finally completed loading, and once again fired a salvo at the opponent's flagship.

This salvo, because the distance was very close, all ten shells successfully hit. Although not all of them hit the flagship, there were also five shells that successfully hit, and the ship was destroyed in one fell swoop. The wooden battleship, which was not small in size, began to sink slowly.

When the soldiers above saw the battleship beginning to sink, they fled toward other surrounding battleships. These guys are indeed elites who have experienced hundreds of battles. One by one, they took out their hooks and quickly hooked the hulls of the surrounding friendly warships. Then they used it to jump towards the friendly warships, and finally they were three or two. Then he climbed onto the battleship using the rope.

Some smaller but faster small warships on the other side were about to rush in front of the Hailong ironclad. Those warships were filled with heavily armored warriors holding swords and hooks. Obviously, once they rushed to the Hailong, they would In front of them, these enemy soldiers will start fighting among gangs.

But how could Ye Tianlong and the others give each other such a chance! Several secondary guns were already quietly aiming at the enemy soldiers on these warships, and then amidst bursts of gunfire, large swaths of shotgun blasted out from the muzzles.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was only more than ten meters away, so there was no reason why the shot could not be accurate at all. Those shotguns all hit the enemy's dense crowd with accuracy. Suddenly, these weapons that Ramon spent countless years cultivating The heavily armored elite soldiers were bombarded in pieces, covered in blood, and fell to death on the deck screaming.

The blood soon formed a bright red stream on the battleship deck, flowing slowly on the battleship, almost smearing the entire battleship in a coquettish bright red.

The other battleship crew members in the rear couldn't help but break out in cold sweat after seeing the miserable fate of these first-rate birds. Unfortunately, even if they wanted to run away, it was too late. After all, there were so many artillery guns on the other side's ship, and they were probably all aimed at them at this time. , even if they turn the bow of the ship and escape, they will not escape death. The only chance of survival is to rush forward in one fell swoop, hoping that the opponent's artillery will not be able to kill them all in time. As long as they can take the opportunity to jump on the enemy warship, they may be able to turn defeat into victory. After all, they may be able to see that there are not many crew members on the ironclad ship.

As a result, these elite warriors of the slave trade group, driven by extreme fear and desire for survival, controlled the warships and accelerated toward the Ironclad Sea Dragon, just like a group of sharks besieging a giant whale.

Naturally, Ye Tianlong and the others were not polite. The twenty secondary guns located on the port side kept firing, and the dense shotguns fiercely swept across the superstructures of the warships. Even some enemies hiding in the cabins would be beaten into honeycomb. A miserable death.

What's even more frightening is that after these secondary guns fired one round and wiped out nearly half of the enemy's soldiers, this steel battleship as huge as a hill actually began to move slowly. Apparently its boiler had been heated. .

After being able to move, the steel battleship drove forward a few hundred meters. After completing the acceleration, it suddenly turned around to the left, exposing the densely packed twenty secondary guns on the right to the enemy. before.

The militiamen who had already overheated the barrels of the secondary battery on the left turned to control the secondary battery on the right, and once again swept across the enemy warships, destroying almost everything in their sight. The enemies were all wiped out.

Because these two rounds were fired with shotguns, the damage to the hull of the opponent's warship was not serious, but the crew and soldiers on it suffered heavy casualties.

Ye Tianlong considered that these warships could be used as his own fishing boats and transport ships if they were slightly modified, so he did not let his men bombard them with solid shells. Instead, he prepared to lead his personal guards and the first batch of team members to attack those enemy warships. Check above. If the soldiers on the opponent's warships have been killed and injured, then these warships can be captured.