"Aim at the target!" Accompanied by a clear cry, the main gun on the battleship Conquest made slight adjustments.
Although in the history of the earth, the Dreadnought-class battleships were not equipped with advanced equipment such as radar, the battleships serving in the Airan Hill Navy still use some different advanced equipment.
The first point is that Ireland's dreadnoughts are all equipped with radar electronic equipment. These equipment were not installed after modification, but existed when they were originally designed.
In order to install these radar equipment, the center of gravity of the dreadnought has been slightly increased, and the superstructure has also been modified and designed.
The huge internal gears with a diameter of more than 5 meters are driven by the motor to drive the turret to rotate meticulously. These gears are neat and orderly, like brilliant flowers blooming from industrial civilization.
The inner wall of the huge artillery has charming rifling. These riflings rotate to the tail without any deviation, ensuring that each shell can fly out of the barrel according to the predetermined trajectory and spin stably towards the target.
"Prepare to fire!" In the closed turret, with this order, the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Everyone was waiting for the next order. This was the first time they faced a powerful enemy that was evenly matched.
The gunners were standing at their posts. The heavy, hundreds-ton artillery was ready. The gunner in charge of firing had already pressed the button of the firing device. The officers in the turret held their chins high and their eyes were filled with excitement.
It is a steady light.
He held the phone in his hand, waiting for the call to fire. Although he couldn't see the enemy here, he could still feel the tense atmosphere of the war.
On the bridge, everyone saw the demon fleet on the sea in the distance through the thick glass windows. Those black warships were getting closer and closer, forming a black straight line on the horizon.
Genesis picked up and put down the telescope again and again: "How is the distance measurement going?"
"The newly installed rangefinder shows that we are 16 kilometers away from the enemy." An officer immediately replied.
"That's it! Order the artillery to start shooting! Then adjust the shooting parameters according to the actual shooting status!" Lawns was a little impatient for the first real naval battle under his command, and issued an order to attack.
The next second, the weapons officer grabbed the phone in front of him and loudly gave the order to fire: "Fire!"
"Boom!" Almost at the same time, the cannons on the battleship Conquest began to roar. With this roar, all the cannons moved back slightly, and then slowly returned to their positions.
Immediately afterwards, a large amount of white smoke was emitted from the muzzles of these artillery pieces. At this time, all the fired shells were still flying.
At the same time, the eight main guns on the four turrets of the battleship Hero sailing in front also sprayed out dazzling fire. Eight 305 mm caliber shells flew towards the distant place with this salvo.
enemy.
Just a few seconds later, the eight main guns on the battleship Victory also opened fire. After firing a row of shells, they entered the loading process.
More than ten kilometers away, in the demon fleet, a demon officer was pressing his long sword, shouting that he wanted to show the human navy a little bit of color: "Hurry up and prepare the magic cannon! I will make them pay the price!"
"Yes! Sir! We are ready to fire. As soon as they enter the shooting range, they will be finished!" An ugly demon replied in a shrill voice.
The weapons and equipment of the Demon Fleet are not at the same level as those of other empires. They have magic cannons, which are powerful and have a long range, so compared with the fleet of Elanthir, they are not completely at a disadvantage.
Such a contest is relatively evenly matched, so naturally everyone has their own obsession with victory. You cannot rely on a fleet of sailing ships to defeat the enemy's steel battleships, but if it is a battleship fighting a battleship, the feeling is different.
Just when the demon fleet was about to open fire and attack, the cannonballs fired by Eiland Hill fell first. These cannonballs hit the water all at once, and after the explosion, they stirred up water columns as high as dozens of buildings.
The huge explosion suddenly silenced the noisy demon army. The demon soldiers on the deck looked at the spectacular water column and for a moment forgot that they should roar to increase their momentum.
An instant later, more water pillars rose into the sky. A demon touched the sea water that splashed on his cheek, and then he realized that the terrible attack of humans had already begun.
"Raise the magic defense barrier!" The demon commander headed by the leader loudly issued the battle order.
As he shouted, water columns dozens of meters high rose into the sky from one side of a huge demon warship with a length of more than 200 meters, which looked extremely spectacular.
In naval battles, it is really rare that the enemy is hit in the first salvo. There are too many factors that restrict the hit rate in naval battles. Therefore, most of the time, even with advanced naval warships, it is difficult to engage the enemy in naval battles.
Will choose to get as close as possible to his opponent before firing.
In short, the first round of volleys from Ailanthil did not damage the demon fleet at all. And the navy of Ailanthil was not affected at all by the failure of this round of attack.
The Airan Hill sailors who were responsible for loading the artillery could not see the results of their operations at all. They could only confirm through the dull explosion that their artillery had fired at the enemy.
Then, they could not see any enemy situation, and just continued to repeat the loading work they had just repeated inside the small turret.
The mechanical loading equipment will transport the shells from the tightly protected ammunition compartment, and then take the shell elevator to the turret. Then, the propellant will be transported to the designated location by a similar device, and then semi-automatic loading will begin.
Soldiers will use a motor to control a push rod to push the shell into the barrel. Then, the push rod will work a second time to push the prepared propellant into the barrel. At this time, the loader can close the breech and do the
Ready for launch.
When the ammunition of both artillery pieces is loaded, the entire loading work is completed. The returned artillery will be adjusted to the angle before loading, so that it can attack again with higher accuracy.
"Fine adjustment 0.31 degrees!" The calibration data was transmitted to all turrets via phone, and the gunner in charge of the angle began to adjust the barrel elevation angle of the gun he was responsible for based on the data.
After adjustment, the accuracy of this attack will be greatly improved, and basically a cross-fire situation can be created the second time.
Once a cross-fire situation occurs, it is not far from hitting the target. If the opponent is also a master of naval combat, he will adjust his route or change his speed to interfere with the opponent's shooting estimate.
After everything was ready, all the Elanthir battleships broke the silence that lasted for several minutes. Another round of artillery salvo began, starting from the battleship Conquest and ending with the battleship Victory.
The 24 305mm-caliber cannon shells once again flew towards their respective targets, but at this time, the devil's fleet had not yet entered its attack range.
The attack distance of the magic cannon is actually very far, not much different from that of large-caliber artillery. However, the demon's observation and aiming system is too backward, so in order to ensure the accuracy of aiming, they can only wait patiently for the right time.
attack distance.
The second round of salvos arrived in an instant. The armor-piercing projectiles filled with magic crystals accelerated in the air to a critical point, then fell and dived towards the target. The projectiles had burned red due to friction, and the internal charges had also changed.
Very unstable.
Another water column shot straight into the sky in the middle of the demon fleet. The demon battleship, which had already supported the magic defense barrier, was feeling the powerful and heavy attacks from humans.
"These damn humans!" A demon officer looked downcast and gritted his teeth with hatred as he looked at the towering water column in front of him. He could not tolerate the fact that the advanced weapons provided by the origin of magic were on par with the weapons used by humans.
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Unfortunately, just as he was gritting his teeth, a 305 mm caliber shell penetrated the magical defense barrier as fragile as a piece of paper and directly smashed through the deck of a demon warship.
Before anyone could react, a huge explosion exploded inside the demon warship, which had penetrated the deck.
The crushing force tore apart the demon warship's hull at once, and the twisted and deformed steel plates broke and were torn apart along with the ferocious barbs on them. Then the next second, seawater poured into the cabin, submerging it.
of everything.
No one thought that in the second salvo, the artillery shells fired by Eiland Hill's navy could accurately hit a target.
Therefore, this shell greatly inspired the confidence of Commander Lawns who was watching the battle: he now felt that it was possible for his fleet to completely annihilate the seemingly very large demon fleet in front of him.
In fact, it's not that Airan Hill's naval shooting ability is so accurate, but because there are so many demon warships. Even if it is a matter of probability, with so many demon battleships arranged together, the probability will be doubled to one
Very promising.
In addition, the Airanhill fleet has been fighting south, and it has indeed developed a very capable navy. These naval gunners usually attack enemy forts and cities, and their control of artillery has actually reached a very skilled level.
situation.
Therefore, unknowingly, the gunnery level of Airan Hill's navy was actually much higher than they had estimated.
