The battleship Zhiyuan stormed into the Emerald Sea, causing quite a stir.
It has been more than half a day since yesterday evening to this morning. Along the way, several merchant ships even almost collided head-on with the Zhiyuan - although the Zhiyuan veered off course at the last moment, which also attracted a lot of complaints.
But the biggest complaint, or hostility, comes from the country of Langya!
In other words, it comes from the ‘Langya Kingdom that has just taken refuge in the Xiaoyao Sect’.
The news of the Qixia Kingdom's steel battleship going to sea was not kept secret, and was even widely publicized. Of course, it was not hidden from the Xiaoyao Sect. The day after the Zhiyuan warship left the port, the news had already reached the Xiaoyao Sect, and then the news was spread to the Xiaoyao Sect the same day.
Arrive at Langya country.
Langya Kingdom immediately ordered its navy to prepare.
The Country of Langya has three main seaports - not counting the newly occupied Qianlong Port, which originally belonged to the Country of Canglan.
The first port is located in the central part, Surabaya Port. The naval commander of the port is Ma Jianliang.
The second port, located in the west, is Qingpu Port, led by Navy Commander Li Kepeng.
The third port is located in the east, Qiongshan Port, headed by Navy Commander Meng Feihu.
The three of them have a huge navy fleet with more than 30 large ships. There are no small boats. This is a world of spiritual practice. Why do we need small boats? When it comes to close combat, they just roll up their sleeves!
Each navy has tens of thousands of regular troops, all of whom are at the foundation-building stage or above. Their main combat effectiveness is at the golden elixir stage and the Nascent Soul stage. In addition, there are more than 10,000 ordinary sailors.
The combat effectiveness of the navy is directly related to the ranking of the port; everyone is also accustomed to calling it the first, second, and third navy.
Different from the Kingdom of Qixia, the Kingdom of Langya is a powerful and wealthy country even if it cannot be said to be the dominant one in the Emerald Sea. It may not be comparable to the Kingdom of Canglan, which exploits the six Western countries, but its overall national strength is definitely not that of Qixia.
The country is comparable to other countries. Dare to occupy the only port of the country of Canglan, and its strength cannot be underestimated.
But this time, the Langya Kingdom made a disgraceful decision - as long as the overestimating Qixia Kingdom can really cross the Green Sea of Death and appear in the inner sea, they will dare to bury this overestimating guy in the sea.
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Let the bumpkins from the West see how powerful the East is!
After receiving the order, the commander-in-chief of the First Navy, Ma Jianliang, was the most excited. Because, his master was called 'Taoist Master Mingquan'; and Taoist Master Mingquan's master was... Taoist Master Dingshan. Taoist Master Dingshan was appointed by Zhang Hao
I was framed by one sentence.
In the early hours of yesterday morning, Ma Jianliang received a message that the giant steel ship from the Kingdom of Qixia was approaching him. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep, so he reorganized the navy at dawn.
Hundreds of Nascent Soul Stages, more than 3,000 Golden Elixir Stages, plus more than 7,000 Foundation Establishment Stages, plus thirty-three giant building ships, were sailing on the sea before dawn, preparing to block the giant steel ships of Qixia Kingdom.
Now, I finally see it!
"This is a giant steel ship? It's only thirty feet long, right?" Ma Jianliang asked a guard next to him with disdain on his face, "How big is our flagship?"
This guard is also a wonderful person. He kept saying: "General, our ship is not big, it is only about forty feet. It is not twice as big as the other party!"
Everyone around burst into laughter.
Warships used for combat are different from merchant ships. They are more slender and less bulky.
Moreover, the wood of the warship is all spiritual material - although it cannot reach the strength of the flying boat, it can still reach the strength of the magic weapon. Coupled with the huge size of the warship, coupled with the formation barrier, even at the Nascent Soul stage,
It is also difficult to destroy a warship in a short time.
The speed of the warship is even faster. With the combined effect of sails and magic, as well as the mature technology of Langya Kingdom, the speed can actually reach thirty or forty kilometers per hour.
33 warships formed an arc and surrounded the Zhiyuan. Due to the wind, some were fast and some were slow, but the overall formation was rigorous, and the giant crossbows on the warships shone with cold light.
"The person who came here is evil!" Dugu Junjie looked at Zhang Hao to ask if he would initiate a war.
Zhang Hao narrowed his eyes: "The Kingdom of Langya has now completely surrendered to the Xiaoyao Sect. Hum, since you dare to stretch your claws, don't be polite. I leave it to you, fire!"
"Take the initiative?" Dugu Junjie was a little excited, but still asked cautiously.
Zhang Hao laughed happily: "People are surrounding us in a formation, how can we say we are taking the initiative? We are passive. Do we have to wait until others are surrounding us and have no power to fight back before we take action?"
By the way, are there enough shells this time? We used a lot of shells before."
"Haha, Master, don't you know that each ammunition depot has multiple storage spaces, and the artillery shells we consume now are less than one-tenth. The remaining ones are enough to fight a large-scale war.
After sinking their warships, we will bombard their port again!"
With that said, Dugu Junjie rolled up his sleeves excitedly, "Everyone, pay attention, seize the 'D' position, aim the artillery and fire again.
If you hit a cannonball, you will be rewarded with 10 spirit stones. If you have a fatal effect, you will be rewarded with 1,000 spirit stones! If you waste a cannonball, it will be counted as one point. If you reach 100 points, you will deduct a spirit stone. If you reach 100 points... don’t go to sea next time!"
The sailors screamed, raised the barrier on the one hand, and began to turn the direction of the Zhiyuan battleship on the other. Taking advantage of the natural speed advantage, they began to turn to the south, and at the same time used their sides to face the navy of Langya Kingdom.
The so-called "t" position is to use your own ship's side to attack the enemy's bow. In this way, the enemy's attack will be weak, but your own attack will be strong. In the era of giant ships and cannons, the side can use the bow and stern of the ship.
, and even all the artillery on the sides.
Because there is no letter "t" in this world, Zhang Hao used "ding" instead.
The giant steel ship turned for the first time since it sailed into the Emerald Sea - it had always been running straight ahead.
Turning away at a speed of up to 110 kilometers per hour, the giant ship suddenly tilted to the left, and large swaths of seawater were overturned, forming a curtain wall. While turning, the giant ship still maintained heavy inertia and sprinted forward.
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Such a spectacular scene astonished countless spectators following behind.
"This ship... is very heavy! It should really be made of iron. But what are those iron pillars on the ship made of? They are placed neatly on the deck. Are they some kind of weapons? There is no giant crossbow on the deck. This thing should be
It's a similar weapon." The middle-aged man from Qixing Trading Company said to the young master of Qixing Trading Company.
The young master nodded thoughtfully and suddenly shouted: "Uncle Feng, look, those iron pillars seem to be lifted up, and they seem to be pointing towards the navy of Langya Kingdom ahead.
Are they ready to fight without saying a word?
But the distance between them now is about twenty miles, right?"
"An attack distance of twenty miles is nothing. Let's take a look first. But I am very curious, how can the navy of the Langya Kingdom come up and start a siege? And where did this strange ship come from?
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Naturally, no one answered this question, and the small boat of Qixing Trading Company fell into silence.
The sea seemed to be frozen, and all the merchant ships around had stopped, ready to watch the excitement.
Ma Jianliang, commander of the first navy of the Langya Kingdom, also frowned; but unlike those who were watching the excitement, he knew about artillery. This was because the Canglan Kingdom had recently equipped artillery, which caused the Langya Kingdom legion to suffer a lot.
Traditional battles are like: coming and going, everyone's attack distance is about the same; but with artillery, the situation has completely changed. The side without artillery can only endure it, and if it can't help it... is defeated!
However, relying on its strong combat power, Langya Kingdom paid a huge price and also grabbed an artillery piece, and it also had a good understanding of artillery.
Therefore, Ma Jianliang looked at the cannons on the Zhiyuan slowly raised, and his expression became solemn. "Qixia Country is crazy. They even moved the cannons to the ship. There are so many of them, and they are not afraid of the ship disintegrating. But their speed... is a bit fast.
ah.
Everyone works harder and tries to surround each other.
In the Nascent Soul stage, wait until the opponent is within ten miles, then prepare to attack. Pay attention to forming a battle formation, and if possible, capture the opponent; if not, scuttle the opponent!"
Hundreds of Nascent Soul Stage soldiers are ready to fight in the air at any time.
However, at this moment, the Zhiyuan battleship had already seized the "D" position. Because the navy of Langya Kingdom was semi-surrounded, some of the ships were completely exposed to the direction of the Zhiyuan's attack.
Dugu Junjie stretched out his finger to test. Based on some common sense among cultivators and some new technologies and standards of Dayang Group, he roughly estimated the distance, "Seven kilometers, 300mm artillery fire! After closing to five kilometers, 100mm fire."
The three bow and two 300mm cannons at the stern of the ship were controlled by some experienced gunners in the foundation-building stage, and they completed their aiming from a distance.
"Free attack!" Dugu Junjie ordered, and the team leaders of each artillery roared and began to attack. With their rich experience, they roared for the first time when the Zhiyuan turned and had ups and downs.
Five 300mm cannons fired, and the powerful recoil actually assisted the warship in turning, curbing the heavy inertia of the giant ship. In the flames, the five huge cannonballs hit the distance like lightning at more than three times the speed of sound.
There are two warships. (Note 1)
About four seconds later, brilliant flames suddenly erupted around the two warships in front. In the flames, the sea water rushed up to a height of twenty or thirty meters. One of the warships was broken off on the spot, and many broken pieces of wood flew all over the sky.
People were blown away. Under the broken warship, four to five hundred people fled in panic. Even many people in the foundation-building stage forgot their spells and fell directly into the sea.
They were frightened by the shells.
The other warship was luckier. For only a moment, the cannonball fell to the side, and the explosion of the cannonball tore the side of the ship. However, the warship did not disintegrate immediately, leaving the people on board a chance to react.
However, a hole of more than ten meters was blown out on the side of the ship. From a distance, the ship looked like a piece of cake that had been bitten into. Sea water was pouring in, and the ship was tilting at a speed visible to the naked eye.
On the Zhiyuan, Dugu Junjie shouted: "Move the target! These two ships have been scrapped!"
The artillery does not need major adjustments. As the Zhiyuan battleship turns and advances, the artillery has already aimed at the new target.
A few seconds later, five more cannonballs flew out. This time, they attacked several warships that were crowded together. Four of the five cannonballs actually hit the target. In a tragic explosion, the sides of the two warships were torn apart.
When the ship opened, the superstructure of a warship was flattened, and hundreds of people were blown away.
"Ah..." Ma Jianliang, the navy commander of the Langya Kingdom, yelled. There was no battle yet, but five warships on his side were destroyed. "Nascent Soul Stage, fly over! All warships strengthen the formation barrier. Also,
Yes, they all dispersed and kept their distance from each other."
But it was useless. The structure of ordinary wooden warships is relatively loose. Due to foundation problems, even if the barrier is turned on, its defensive capabilities are still limited and cannot stop this powerful cannonball at all.
The flight time of the cannonball was only three or four seconds, and the bulky warship simply couldn't dodge it. Yuanyingqi could react, but they obviously didn't dare to catch the cannonball with their bare hands.
At this time, the Zhiyuan battleship had completely changed its direction with the help of the recoil of the artillery, and was parallel to the navy fleet of Langya Kingdom. At this time, the distance between the two sides had narrowed to about five kilometers, and the 100mm secondary guns also began to roar.
Flames shot into the sky, and the water on the right side of the giant ship stirred up water mist all over the sky as the cannon was fired again and again. The muzzle of the cannon rose into a cloud of smoke due to the rapid firing.
The scene is very spectacular.
The eyes of the surrounding spectators were widened. What kind of tactic is this? An attack was launched from a distance of more than ten miles, and this attack... was very strange. Strange and powerful!
For example, the young master of Seven Star Trading Company almost stared out of his eyes, "Uncle Feng, this attack...couldn't it be the legendary thunderbolt?"
The middle-aged man laughed: "Thunderbolt is just a little trick played by alchemists. It sounds loud, but has no power. This thing... is not ordinary."
It’s interesting, the other party seems to have a conflict with Langya Kingdom. Alas, the Nascent Soul stagers of Langya Kingdom finally couldn’t hold it in any longer and are ready to take action.”
At this time, hundreds of Nascent Soul stagers from the Langya Kingdom had already rushed out and flew towards the Zhiyuan battleship.
The Zhiyuan battleship responded. All its artillery suddenly fired at high altitude. A total of 18 shells exploded in mid-air. The hundreds of Yuanyingqi who were sprinting towards them were unprepared. This kind of air-burst bomb that can explode in mid-air, Cang
There is no such thing in Lan Country.
The sudden and violent explosion caused considerable damage to the Nascent Soul Stage, and even made them tremble. Many Nascent Soul Stages were so frightened by the explosion that happened next to their ears that their hearts almost jumped out, and their spells were interrupted.
Unprepared, many people suffered large and small injuries. The steel fragments of the cannonballs could even break through their armor and penetrate their defenses.
The shock wave completely destroyed their formation, and several Nascent Soul stages tumbled and fell into the sea water.
However, this was just the beginning. In the next moment, another wave of artillery shells came. The cultivator's powerful body and ability turned into a fatal attack efficiency at this moment, and the artillery could be fired once every five seconds.
Before a large number of Nascent Soul Stage masters could react, four or five waves of artillery shells had been fired, including one more wave of 100mm shells. A total of sixty artillery shells exploded in the airspace, and smoke filled the air.
At least thirty Yuan Ying stagers were seriously injured. Some of them were even seriously injured or even killed by the explosion.
Everyone rushed forward in a menacing manner, but were beaten to death by the cannonballs. Some were awakened by the cold sea water and flew far away with strange screams, and some even fluttered in the sea water.
The Zhiyuan battleship did not waste the opportunity, turned its guns and began to attack the remaining warships. The warship took advantage of its speed and began to circle these warships, and began to perform a miracle:
A warship was preparing to surround more than thirty warships. Well, at this time, five warships had been damaged in the battle.
The artillery roared ruthlessly, and the heavy warships were turned into wreckage under the gunfire, and some warships even caught fire due to explosions.
The sailors were in a hurry. They were stunned by this strange attack. Especially those who controlled the giant crossbows were stunned - why haven't they entered the range yet?
Finally, the navy commander Ma Jianliang still had some ability. He roared and gathered three thousand golden elixir stages. The remaining Nascent Soul stages formed ten battle formations and surrounded the battleship.
This time, although the battleship repelled two battle formations, eight battle formations rushed to the side of the Zhiyuan battleship. Suddenly, spells, flying swords, etc., rained down like rain.
Dugu Junjie calmly commanded: "The artillery fires upward to shock the enemy. The others who are above the golden elixir stage, take the opportunity to strike!"
Under the roar of artillery, there are always cultivators who are affected, and then they are beaten down by the masters of the Zhiyuan battleship. The crazy explosions make it impossible for the masters of Langya Kingdom to form a battle formation, and can only fight in groups of three or five.
(Note 1: The speed of sound in the air is related to temperature, humidity, air density, etc. According to the setting of this book, the atmospheric pressure in this world is high and the air density is high. Therefore, the speed of sound is set at 500 meters.)