If it weren't for the huge, gleaming name on the Dragon's Roar, even if its former owner, Steubin Commons, was present, he would never associate it with the dragon-wrecked battleship he dumped on the Donau River.
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Apart from the keel being the same piece of dragon bones, the Dragon Roar is not even remotely similar to its predecessor, nor is it remotely related to its predecessor.
Counting on the fingers, it took the Yong Ye Army Commander seven years to rebuild the Dragon Roar, and the draft was revised three times.
In the first version, when the dragon carcass was obtained, the Yong Ye Army leader's research on magic had just entered a state of explosion. He was lacking confidence in all aspects. The transformation plan was relatively conservative and tended to be restored according to the appearance of the dragon carcass warship.
Even in the eyes of the leader of the Eternal Night Army, the dragon-wrapped battleship that can use magic abilities is simply an invincible existence on the water. If it is equipped with the ship-borne artillery of the leader of the Eternal Night Army, it will be even more powerful.
However, before this version could be put into action, it was stranded and abandoned because the energy reactor in Brother Port broke ground.
The energy reactor in Brother Port is by no means an isolated existence. Once it is built, it will not only mean that the Yongye Army can rely on it to build a modern shipyard, but it can also use a series of technologies tested in the process to
Arrive aboard the Dragon Roar.
As the energy reactor was successfully constructed and put into use, the second version of the Dragon Roar was soon released, with the addition of an energy reactor version.
This version also had no chance of formal construction and was abandoned.
Because Sean has made new gains on the Odin Grassland.
The discovery of energy crystals has given the energy reactor a new energy supply raw material. All aspects of the energy reactor need to be adjusted. The sail design can be completely abandoned, even if it is a magic sail.
The capture of the ground-burrowing purple worm brought the basic heavy industry of the Yongye Army into its first round of take-off.
This take-off state is not enough to support their gold-swallowing infrastructure projects such as the subway, but it is enough for the Yongye Army to build a steel battleship.
It's not a half-baked iron battleship like that of the Conclave of Witches, but a real steel battleship.
If it weren't for the dragon skeleton's special function of shaping and shaping that steel cannot replace, I'm afraid that section of the dragon skeleton would have been discarded.
When the Dragon Roar was officially launched, those senior leaders of the Yongye Army who were fortunate enough to be invited to participate in the launching ceremony were all shocked by this brand new steel monster.
The official specific data of Dragon Roar is as follows:
Total length: 166.7 meters
Maximum width: 22.3 meters
Staffing: 1,200/1,400 (wartime)
arms
Main guns: eight 250mm magic cannons.
Secondary battery: twelve 150mm magic cannons.
Forty-eight 150mm ship-borne guns.
Sixteen 20mm six-wheel machine guns.
Power mode: turbine propulsion driven by energy reactor.
Source of kinetic energy: Energy crystals and energy reactors absorb free spell energy in multiple ways.
Special abilities:???
Maximum speed: 30 knots
Battery life: unlimited
In terms of size alone, the Dragon Roar is between the Hurricane-class schooner and the Dreadnought-class schooner.
Compared with the huge Dreadnought-class sailing ship, it is still a slender and graceful lady.
But in terms of combat effectiveness, there is no comparability between the two sides.
The Dragon Roar is crushed in every aspect, and is absolutely invincible in this world.
In particular, some of the cannons it carries are not real cannons, but energy cannons directly connected to the energy reactor. The shells fired from them are composed of the purest magical energy, and the special energy they form
The power is definitely not comparable to the special shells fired by ordinary battleships.
If it fell into the hands of ordinary people, this would be nothing more than a super battleship with one against ten.
But in the hands of those warlocks, especially knowledgeable people like Sean, its nature will change fundamentally. It is simply a moving wizard tower.
Sean's soul war beast, the Mist Breathing Mirage Python, is not temporarily stationed on this super battleship, but is permanently stationed.
With a mage tower backing him up, Sean controlled the fog-breathing mirage python to create a mirage covering a radius of more than ten kilometers. It was not a particularly difficult task, it was just a question of the amount of energy consumed.
"The East China Sea Fleet has entered the fog area in large numbers. All soldiers are ready for battle, and all magic cannons are loaded with ground spike bombs." Sean's voice sounded in the ears of all Dragon Roar soldiers at the same time.
"The No. 1 main gun, ground spike bombs have been loaded."
"The No. 2 main gun, ground spike bombs have been loaded."
"No. 3..."
"No. 4..."
A series of information was fed back to Sean immediately.
This is another powerful part of the Dragon Roar. When Sean sits here, the entire battleship becomes a whole. As long as he wants, he can clearly feel the situation of every part of the Dragon Roar, and can even directly control and set up
The rechargeable magic cannon on the energy reactor.
But Sean wouldn't do it unless necessary.
Again, a person's ability is limited after all, and he can't be distracted enough.
Even if he is in charge of the Dragon Roar, he plays more of a central nervous system role, and the specific operations are left to the soldiers below.
"All magic cannons perform a round of free fire." Sean then ordered.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Eight 250mm magic main guns.
Twelve 150mm magic secondary guns.
Brilliant earth-yellow light balls were sprayed out one after another.
When these light balls were sprayed out, they made a huge roar and a terrifying recoil. Even the steel monster Dragon Roar couldn't help but tilt back slightly.
The ammunition pattern of the magic cannon on the Dragon Roar is not completely different from the real thing.
This cannonball is not an ordinary special cannonball, but a charged magic cannonball.
The core is a conical metal cannonball.
The main function of the conical metal cannonball is not to kill the enemy, but to be an energy storage device engraved with a large number of magic circuits, which is full of magic energy. After the impact destroys the internal stability, the magic energy it carries is instantly transferred
Release it.
In principle, it does not completely break away from the category of artillery.
The only thing that is different from artillery is.
When the magic cannon is ejected from the barrel, it does not use black powder primer, but the acceleration force formed by pure magical energy.
Compared with the black powder primer, this push method has no gunpowder smoke, and its stability and range are much higher than ordinary artillery.
It's not like Sean and the others haven't studied the kind of pure energy cannon that directly sprays spell energy in a spherical pattern.
The possibility does exist, but there are many technical problems in it. Among them, the instability and dispersion of spell energy are the most difficult obstacles to overcome. Currently, the current model can only be used.
Phew! Phew! Phew!
Twenty seismic bombs did not hit the actual target, but fell directly on the Donau River.
The mere collision with the river water obviously did not trigger the magic cannonball, at least it did not trigger the explosion mechanism of this special seismic bomb.
They were like drills, swirling and burrowing under the river until they touched the river bed and swirled several meters in before exploding.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
This is an out-and-out underwater bomb.
The sound was deep and muffled, and water splashed everywhere.
At this time, the vanguard of the East China Sea Fleet had already rushed in.
"No, there are also reef groups created by their magic here. Stop the boat, stop the boat quickly!"
"Idiot, stopping the boat at this time is asking for death. Avoid it, be careful to avoid it!"
"It's too late, it's too late, it's too close, the impact is coming, the impact is coming, prepare for the impact."
"The cabin has been smashed through and there is a serious water leak. Come down quickly and have a few people help plug the hole."
"It can't be blocked. The hole is too big to be blocked. Exit, activate the sealing chamber, and isolate and seal this place."
"No, there's serious damage here too."
"There's one here too!"
"Damn it, this ship is hopeless. Prepare to abandon ship. Attention all crew members, prepare to abandon ship!"
"Don't let the boat sink here, damn it, don't let the boat sink here, it will block the river channel, go to both sides, go to both sides quickly."
"There's no time, there's no time, let's all run for our lives!"
"Damn it, the water flow here is so messy, help... pull me up, pull me up!"
A series of dull crashing sounds and panicked and tumultuous shouts came over.
The previous round of bombardment by the Dragon Roar was of course not a cannon fire. Under the water invisible to the naked eye, the sand and rocks rose up and turned into 45-degree angles, facing the spurred reefs in the upper reaches of the Donau River.
Ground spike bombs are not seismic bombs, and it is inappropriate to call them an upgraded version of seismic bombs.
A more accurate description is that the ground spike bomb is a type of seismic bomb. In principle, there is no difference between the two. They both use the properties of the spell energy to produce powerful changes in the environment.
It's just that the ability of ground spike bombs is more specific and higher in intensity. The ground within the explosion range will inevitably bulge, forming a ground spike area.
The reason why this phenomenon occurs is naturally man-made. The magic energy carried in the cannonballs is not released at will, but is affected by the magic circuits engraved on the cannonballs.
In a sense, each magic cannonball can be regarded as a consumable long-range large-scale spell.
Ground spike bombs are just one of them.
The East China Sea Fleet, which is sailing down the river, crashes into the thorny reef formation, which is a lot of fun.
The hardness of these earth thorns condensed from magical energy is far beyond what ordinary mud and stone can match.
It has great destructive power against wooden warships. Although it cannot penetrate with one blow, it will pose a great threat to the bottom of their ships.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, all the warships in front, get out of the way, the mine-breaking warship is coming!"
Ten hurricane-class schooners rushed into the fog, moved forward together, and at full power, they crashed into the thorn reef formation.
These ten battleships look no different from ordinary hurricane-class schooners, but there is still another mystery.
This mystery has multiple layers of steel plates installed at the underwater bow position. Just like its name, it is a secret weapon prepared by the East China Sea Fleet to deal with the mine array led by the Yongye Army.
He has been holding it in his hand, waiting for the last moment to use it, to deliver a thunderous blow to the Eternal Night Army.
Who would have thought that the Yongye military leader had also prepared a secret weapon, giving them no chance to show off their power and could only remain dormant in the East China Sea Fleet.
Now comes the moment of breakout, the critical moment when everything is staked, and naturally all the trump cards are revealed.
Steubin immediately moved them to the front.
Ten thunder-breaking battleships are like ten giant swords.
It cut hard into the formation of thorny reefs, breaking all the thorny reefs wherever it passed.
The river water here is relatively deep, and the thorn reef array can only pose a threat to the East China Sea Fleet warships. It is only the middle and upper parts. The thickness here is not ideal. It is still a bit of a deterrent against small and medium-sized warships, but against hurricane-class warships, especially
It's a Hurricane-class battleship with added steel plates, which is obviously not good enough.
Soon the ten mine-breaking warships crashed through the ground thorn reef array. Their sailing speed did not slow down, and they plunged into the black powder mine array.
Explosions came and went.
A large number of black fire mines were directly hit by it.
The mine-breaking battleship that was hit by the bomb only shook a little, and then continued to rush forward without losing speed.
The black gunpowder mines led by the Yongye Army were prepared for those wooden warships. When used against steel plates tens of centimeters thick, their lethality was obviously insufficient. They could only leave speckled cracks on them, but there was no way to tear them apart.
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Of course, if the same location is hit by multiple mines, it may still be damaged.
However, this requires luck and is difficult to predict.
"Load tearing shells on all ship-borne cannons and windblade shells on magic cannons! Release them!"
The Dragon Roar's second round of bombardment also arrived, targeting the ten mine-breaking battleships.
Seeing that the ground thorn reef formation was broken, Sean immediately adjusted his tactics.
The first thing to hit were the tearing shells from the ship-borne cannons. After a large number of special shells exploded around the ten mine-breaking warships, they directly turned the river area where they were located into a treacherous wind zone.
The wind here is completely unpredictable. One second it was south wind, the next second it might become north wind, and the next second it might change back again.
This kind of area is absolutely a disaster for a sailed warship, and the entire warship will be knocked around.
But the highlight is the wind blade bullet at the back, which is an upgraded version of the tearing bullet.
After this special artillery shell explodes, it will be thrown away in a very condensed wind blade pattern.
Don't underestimate the power of these wind blades composed of invisible magic energy. With sufficient power and inertia, their sharpness is not much worse than ordinary blades.
When cut on the solid wood of a battleship, it can penetrate three-thirds of the wood, and it is even said to be able to cut into a human body.
The most important thing is that because the power of the wind blade bullet is concentrated enough, the throw distance is farther, and the killing range is naturally larger, which is more than double that of the tearing bullet.
Due to the treacherous wind area formed by the previous round of tearing bullets, if the wind blade bullets enter their home field, their power will increase by 20 to 30%.
During the process of sputtering, they will absorb part of the spell energy and replenish themselves.
The various characteristics of wind blade bullets result in them having extraordinary lethality even if they do not hit the target directly.
Before the sailors on the Thunder-Breaking Battleship understood what was going on, part of their bodies flew away.
After a few seconds, they finally realized what they were doing, and they were all lying on the ground wailing.
"My hand! Where has my hand gone?"
"Where are my legs? My legs are gone too?"
"Help, who saw my butt?"
Some are looking for hands, some are looking for feet, some are looking for butts, some are looking for intestines, but there is no one looking for heads.
Blood sprayed out like the cheapest tap water, and the decks of the ten mine-breaking warships were all dyed blood red.
Broken limbs were everywhere, and the miserable situation was like being in limbo hell.
The most fatal thing for the mine-breaking battleships was that their sails were torn apart and riddled with holes, leaking wind everywhere and unable to continue to provide power for them.