As if to confirm what Huang Xi said, at close to 11 noon, a small map called Sea Urchin Reef appeared directly in front of our map. This is a continuous island and reef landform, and the reef has already protruded.
The water surface is about 20 meters high, forming an island, which is full of corals and shellfish, and looks colorful and green.
"Bang!"
There was a loud noise, and a cannonball exploded about 20 meters away on the left side of a light-armored warship sailing ahead, causing waves to rise into the sky, and also creating wisps of ripples.
"Be careful!"
Critical stood at the bow of his warship, pointed to the east, and said: "I saw the fishman warship. They were hiding behind the islands to ambush us!"
"knew."
I nodded and said in the team channel: "Dear brave men from the national server, we are about to enter the frontal bombardment battlefield. Everyone is in position and ready for the first official hot weapon naval battle in our lives!"
Everyone laughed, with excited faces on their faces, and then got into the cabin and took their positions. At the mast of the flagship, a Xia soldier blew the conch horn, signaling that the entire fleet was ready to fight!
…
A few minutes later, one after another the fishman warships left the shelter of the island and appeared about 3 miles in front of us. They were densely packed with about thirty ships. This should have been the entire elite fleet of the fishmen. All the warships
White pirate flags were hung on them, and highly evolved and intelligent murlocs stood on the deck, hissing loudly, seeming to be giving orders in the language of the murlocs, and then all the warships began to turn their rudders.
, facing us sideways.
"They're going to start shelling!"
I frowned and ordered loudly: "The three big keel warships move forward and draw firepower from the front of the entire fleet. All warships have their rudders turned and attack them with gunfire from the left. Listen carefully and aim for me."
Fire again, we don’t have many shells, don’t waste too much!”
"good!"
The conch horn sounded again, and the entire fleet began to turn its rudders. Then the artillery fire started. In the first round of bombardment, "puffy" flames bloomed among the fish-men fleet in the distance. Three of them
The shell seemed to hit the side of the opponent's warship, causing some damage, but it was far from sinking.
The opponent's artillery fire also continued to fall from the sky in a chaotic manner.
"Peng"
There was a loud noise, and a shell directly hit the flagship. It exploded on the outer side of the ship three meters in front of me, and a sea of hot flames surged up. Fortunately, Huangxi, Xiaowei, I, and I had already opened the shield wall.
Therefore, the players on the flagship hardly suffered too much damage, but a groove was punched on the outer side of the ship, and the iron sheet burned red. After all, an A-class keel battleship can withstand one shelling without any problem, but if there are too many... then...
It's hard to say.
"md..."
I frowned and scolded the group of gunners in the cabin: "How accurate are you guys? One of the four guns missed, and the most accurate one was 100 meters away from the warship. If it didn't work,
Just replace him!"
"Ahahahaha~"
Wang Jinhai scratched his head: "Boss, give me another chance. Our first round of shelling just now was just a test attack..."
As he spoke, he shook the calibrated roulette wheel vigorously and shouted loudly: "Okay, fill up the shells, and the second round of bombardment will begin immediately. This time, shoot farther away. Visually check the distance. Do you know how to use straddle fire tactics?"
"
"Understood!"
The other gunners nodded in unison.
"Ignition, launch!"
The next moment, there were four consecutive loud bangs of "Peng Peng Peng", and the four cannons on the left side of the flagship fired in unison. Together with the shelling from other warships, suddenly there was a "swish, swish, swish" flying in the air.
Fiery red cannonballs were fired one after another, both from us and from the other side. The two sides were fighting back and forth in an instant.
"Shield wall!"
I shouted low and blasted out the Dragon Gang shield wall again, but this time the flagship was not hit, but there was a loud bang on the critical keel battleship, the middle deck was hit, and an archer who had no time to dodge was instantly killed.
, several heavy-armored players around were also blown to half health, and were in a very embarrassed state. In addition, several light-armored warships were also hit, and the smoke filled the air.
However, the effect of our shelling this time was slightly better than the previous one, especially the gun operated by Wang Jinhai, which directly hit the side of the flagship ship of the opponent's murloc fleet, causing fire to dance and smoke to fill the air.
"Not bad, continue!"
I took a deep breath and ordered everyone to bombard me next time. The subsequent bombardment could no longer maintain a salvo, but a one-gun attack. The outcome of a naval battle depended entirely on luck and hit rate.
The two sides bombarded each other for nearly ten minutes, causing damage to each other, but they never sunk any warship. At most, they only damaged it.
"its not right……"
In the cabin, Wang Jinhai scratched his head and said: "I have seen and practiced the simulation of the artillery system that comes with "Tian Xing". Using straddle fire tactics, as long as you find a suitable angle, you can double the hit rate, but
...Why do I feel that the hit rate is so different compared to when I simulated it? It’s not on the same level at all!”
Lin Che smiled and said: "Simulation is different from actual combat. In actual combat, you have to consider wind speed, ship speed, etc."
"No boat speed."
Wang Jinhai shook his head: "Both of us were almost stationary in the artillery attack. No one on either side sailed for accuracy! The precision and attack power of the refined artillery of the Xia tribe in the national service we used were steadily higher than those of the barbaric fishmen.
Yes, but our shooting percentage is not even as good as theirs, so there must be something fishy about it."
"Dahai, are you sure there is a problem?" I asked.
"Um!"
He nodded heavily: "Boss, there is definitely a problem. Trust my judgment."
"That may indeed be a problem."
I lowered my head and looked at the water surface under the ship's side. The ripples were rhyming. Then I opened the system's own tools and looked at the flow of the surrounding sea area. I immediately discovered that on the map drawn according to the flow intensity, our fleet was at this time.
On a golden chart zone, this means that our fleet is in a highly active ocean current zone. In fact, although our fleet seems to be stopped, it is actually constantly moving, even quietly changing the angle of bombardment, and the direction of the hull is constantly changing.
The accuracy of artillery fire is naturally far inferior to that of the opponent.
Looking at the position of the fishman fleet, just now, under the cover of a reef, the water where they were was almost motionless!
Both fleets use old-fashioned heavy artillery. Compared with the accuracy of rapid-fire artillery in modern naval battles, the accuracy is far from the same level, so this factor becomes quite important.
At the next moment, I groaned and said: "All warships listen to the order, stop bombarding, turn around and approach the opponent's fleet, enter their two-mile area and launch another attack!"
"ah!?"
The remaining light of the smoke shouted from a distance: "Axi, you are crazy. We couldn't bombard them originally. If we get closer, wouldn't we become a living target?"
I laughed: "Don't worry, there are strong ocean currents below our current fleet, and the accuracy is seriously affected. As long as we sail forward one mile, we can enter the still water area. You will understand by then!"
"OK, do it!"
Immediately, more than twenty Xia warships turned around and rushed towards each other. After sailing for a mile against the gunfire and wind and waves, they all turned their rudders and pointed their guns at the Murloc Legion again!
"Bombardment!"
I ordered loudly, and the next second, dozens of warships spit out tongues of fire, and the red-hot shells rushed into the distance. The next second, the sound of "puffing" continued, and the flagship of the fishman fleet and
The flames of shelling hits continued to rise on the leading warships. One light boat was even hit by the heavy cannon of our flagship. After a loud "bang", it exploded into two pieces and sank rapidly!
"so beautiful!"
Yan Guangzhao couldn't help laughing: "We've sunk one ship. Come on, brothers, let's get another one!"
In the distance, the murloc commanders on the deck of the murloc fleet seemed to be panicked, shouting and hissing, and their artillery fire became more fierce. However, there was a certain gap in the quality of the opponent's warships, especially the flagship.
, our three keel warships were blocking the front, and their armored shells blocked most of the damage from artillery attacks, while the other side was barely surviving under the bombardment of our large-caliber heavy artillery.
Moreover, after entering the still water area, the trained artillery accuracy of Wang Jinhai and other players is indeed worthy of bragging. Especially Wang Jinhai, after ranging, he can almost maintain a close range artillery hit rate of more than 35%, and he keeps pressing the fish-man clan's flagship fiercely.
He beat him and overturned the opponent's two giant cannons in succession.
"Their flagship has lost its combat effectiveness."
I waved my palm and said: "At sea, aim at the two frigates next to you and attack. Leave the hull of the flagship to me. After the attack, we will drag the ship back to the national server!"
"Hahaha, I understand! Don't you want those boats?"
"Take everything that can be used, discard everything that cannot be used, and sink them all!"
"ok!"
For a time, the sound of shelling continued, and the fishman fleet was at a one-sided disadvantage. After the flagship was damaged by us and lost its combat effectiveness, one after another the light warships were penetrated through the side of the ship, seawater poured in, and sank rapidly.
, and those fish-men warriors who fell into the water roared and rushed over, creating waves on the sea.
"Use the main gun and blast them away!"
I gave the order, and the three keel battleships fired their cannons one after another. The waves of water surged and shattered the rushing murlocs into pieces.
On the side of the ship, a group of players raised their weapons one after another, shooting arrows at the murloc warriors who were charging towards the trapped beasts in the distance, releasing spells, and for a while they entered into hand-to-hand combat again.
…
However, at this moment, I know that the outcome of this battle has been determined, and we have won a complete victory in this battle!
