Reborn As a Pirate

Starboard bombed!

A miserable howl sounded, and when Lorraine looked up, he saw white smoke rising into the sky opposite him, and more than a dozen red dots pierced the sky with the sound of cannons, and flew towards them with a low whistling sound.

Left rudder ten degrees, dodge!

After giving the order, Haina slammed the handwheel, and the hull of the Golden Deer rolled accordingly, sliding towards the outside close to the edge of the wind direction.

Splash!

With the gliding Golden Deer as the center, more than a dozen huge water sprays bloomed wrapped in hot mist, and the splashed waves rose several meters, hitting the hull of the Golden Deer like a heavy fist.

Stand firm! Hold the line! Steerboard full rudder! Starboard ready . . . . . . fire!

The Golden Deer, whose hull was not yet stabilized, turned to the right at an extremely exaggerated inclination angle, and the bulging sail cut away from the wind. After a moment of calm, it quickly cut into another oblique angle of the wind belt, and accelerated suddenly.

The distance between the two ships quickly narrowed, from 530 meters to about 460 meters in the blink of an eye.

The right-leaning hull of the Golden Deer began to level off, and the gun barrel on the starboard side finished loading, and under the command of Yacharin, it exited the hole with high spirits.

fire!

Lorraine's order stepped on the moment the hull returned to balance, the gunners scrambled to pull the flint, and the gun ports on the starboard side called their names one by one.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

Ten eighteen-pound guns, six twelve-pound guns, and sixteen shells of different sizes were unloaded, and like a reenactment of the scene just now, they all smashed into the surrounding waters of the Andes.

The two sides continue to approach!

430...410...360...320 meters!

Lorraine's complexion changed suddenly!

Hina, left rudder five degrees, the boom is off, hurry up!

But the command still seems to be a step behind.

At the moment Lorraine gave the order, the Andes, which was adjusting the ship's posture on the T head, suddenly released a round of more intensive bullet rain.

The projectile that splashed the sky flew to the direction that the Golden Deer was scheduled to travel, smashing the sea surface to pieces, and the Golden Deer adjusted its course in time.

Escaped by rubbing the bombing point, the shortest distance, the bow of the ship is less than ten meters away from the splash.

The turbulent breaking waves slapped, the deck of the ship shook violently, and the running sailors screamed and fell into a ball.

Yacharin clutched his shoulders and gritted his teeth, climbed out of the gun bay, and grabbed Lorraine's hand.

Captain! Three of my gunners were injured, one directly in the eye! Why the sudden change of plan? I need an explanation!

We... Lorraine pointed to the sea area where the bullets were drifting away with lingering fear, We walked through the gate of hell, and we were almost hit head-on by twenty-four pounds just now...

Sip!

Veteran... Veteran! Panting, Lorraine called the ship doctor Daniel, and asked him to check the bruises of Yacharin first, while he strode up to Hana, leaning on the guardrail and giving orders.

Continue to cut the wind with the left rudder, and bring the combat distance back to 500 meters. Rewodang, it really does not leak!

...

Half an hour after the battle started, the three battlefields in Le Robert Bay were still orderly, without any accidents that could change the situation of the battle.

Nelson in the first channel battle was out of Lorraine's field of vision, and the observer sailors on the mizzen stared at the battlefield.

The Badger has not sunk so far, and the hull moves flexibly, and it seems that it has not suffered a direct hit from impact evasion.

Collingwood of the fifth channel battle is within the sight of Lorraine. Based on the intelligence of the foremast lookout, she still occupies the absolute initiative, and even if she fights for a day and a night, there may be no unexpected changes.

After all, in the era of the front barrel, it is impossible to hit a target 800 meters away by pure luck.

The most intense battle is naturally the fourth channel battle that remains in a state of mobile warfare.

The main attack of the Golden Deer, relying on the strong wind before the heavy rain, kept a clockwise circle at a distance of 300 to 500 meters from the Andes at an average speed of more than 5 knots, so as to find an opportunity to meet the ship.

The Andes stood guard, and maintained delicate adjustments in the small sea area two hulls wide with the changing sails on the ship, and always kept the T-head orientation of the Golden Deer.

In the back-and-forth artillery battles, she often puts in half of the gun ports, and only when the Golden Deer tries to launch an approach assault, those dense gun ports will fully open, launching intensive and precise T attacks on the Golden Deer. Word shelling.

Facing a real naval power for the first time in actual combat, Lorraine finally felt the powerlessness of covering his head like a net.

He knew very well that the source of all powerlessness came from the 24 twenty-four-pound heavy guns in the gun bay of the Andes.

The 24-pound shipboard flintlock long-range gun has a barrel length of 2.7 meters and a caliber of 14.4 cm. It is made of iron and weighs 2.2 tons. To 1800 meters, the standard rate of fire of the French army is 120 seconds per shot, and the standard rate of fire of the British army is 60 seconds per shot.

In England's inventory of military supplies, the 24- and 32-pounder guns are listed as heavy naval guns, first-class, not for civilian use.

Military supplies also on this special list include military nautical charts, battleships above Tier 3, British unique 48- and 68-pound rail-mounted mortars, army light guns below 9-pounds, and the latest flowering grenades ...

From this list, we can see how much the European powers attach importance to the firepower of heavy artillery ships.

Heavy artillery is a national weapon.

As the only firepower at sea that can crush the hull of a battleship, powerful countries have invested heavily in it, and each country's guns have their own unique characteristics.

For example, French guns are more accurate, and the unique bronze formula can effectively reduce the weight of a single gun, further reducing the difficulty and process of precise aiming for gunners.

The British gun has a unique derailment and gun mount design. While increasing stability, it can greatly increase the loading speed and increase the firepower density of the battleship per unit time.

The Dutch gun had a unique operating code back then, which could reduce the gunner from the standard configuration of twelve to seven without affecting the firing effect.

These are the secrets that all countries regard as the core. While they are not allowed to be leaked out, the people are not allowed to hold them arbitrarily.

In the Netherlands, because the awareness of secrecy was too weak and the government lacked the ability to control large chambers of commerce, a large number of core technologies were outflowed, which indirectly triggered the revolution in the history of HNA, and led to the decline of the Netherlands from another level.

In terms of results, the only way for Lorraine to defeat the Andes is to fight on board, and the victory is the capture. In accordance with the principle of employment and the agreement with Nelson, he will have ownership of both the Andes and the Jupiter.

But the Jupiter can be all in his pocket, but the Andes is confidential, and the twenty-four-pound guns on board must be handed over to the Navy for disposal.

But Lorraine has absolutely no energy to think about these now.

The threat of heavy artillery was right in front of him, and he cared more about how to survive these killer weapons and achieve the set goal than the disposal and gains and losses after victory.

Tch, there's no way...

Another round of heavy artillery struck. Because of the distance between the two sides, most of them fell a hundred meters away from the Golden Deer. Only two fell in the warning area within a hundred meters. One was 70 meters away and the other was more than 50 meters away. create a threat.

Lorraine was also able to observe in detail the gun ports of the Andes that were obscured by gunpowder smoke.

Sure enough, since the Golden Deer opened the distance again, the Andes returned to its original unhurried shooting rhythm again.

About 130 to 140 seconds for a round of shelling, slightly slower than the French two-minute heavy artillery standard, and stick to the 1-2-1 firing rhythm, using only half of the gun ports at a time.

This means that half of the gun ports on the opposite giant ship are ready to fire at all times. Even if Lorraine makes a sudden move, he must face six 24-pound guns. The number broke and became faltering.

A plan... a plan to break the deadlock...

With an assault distance of 500 meters, it would take at least three minutes for the Golden Deer to board at the current speed.

The Andes can launch the first round of saturated bombardment 300 meters away, then complete the loading within 100 meters, and continue to launch the second round.

The T-shaped straight charge has great disadvantages for the vertical cube, because the course is fixed, and it is extremely difficult for the Golden Deer to avoid the shelling.

And French professional soldiers are famous for their accuracy in shelling. At a distance of 100 meters, the average hit rate disclosed is far more than 5%.

It's like dancing on a mountain of knives that has opened up...

During the period of thinking, another round of shelling alternated. The Golden Deer temporarily lost the command of Yacharin, and the impact of the shells became more and more scattered, while the Andes maintained the same level as before, and the water bloomed within a range of 200 meters.

At least... they can't be allowed to fire so leisurely again!

Lorraine bit her lips, and raised her hand to hold a running sailor.

Go to the ship's doctor's room and find Gunner Desai. He said every word, If his injuries are finished, let him report to me immediately, and I'll wait for him for ten minutes.

yes!

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