Chapter 334

"And just call me Boris."

I was recommended by Lieutenant General Gustav to board the ship and went to sea in just a dozen days.

This middle-aged officer with unshaven eyes and melancholy has used his outstanding ability to convince all the officers on the ship to convince him, including the captain Ivan.

This is probably a real person without showing his face?

However, on this ship, anyone can tell that the somewhat maverick Major Boris is clearly a man with a story.

Currently.

The crew and officers of the fourth-tier battleship "Cape Storm" were originally composed of the lowest-level sixth-tier cruise ship "Conch".

In the middle, there was a big exchange of blood, filled with a large number of outstanding recruits who were in the same period as Captain Ivan, and then they were recruited once before performing cross-border missions and departing for the New World.

Now, the total number of 350 people has been prepared.

However, in essence, the problems of insufficient quality of officers and insufficient personnel experience still exist.

The "sail" skills are better.

After Alvin became the captain, the crew were basically not idle.

I have been running around and have dealt with various dangerous sea conditions including "storm", "tsunami" and "black dike".

However, another key skill, "manipulation", is really not an "excellent" comment.

According to the naval code stipulated by Falettis, the crew of each gun consists of 6 people, with one gunner.

Each artillery deck (a four-tier ship plus the main deck has three artillery decks) has one fire control officer and one deputy.

During medium and long-distance combat, the artillery crew members are responsible for loading ammunition, while the fire control officer is responsible for setting the artillery shooting parameters and adjusting the up, down, left, and right angles of fire.

Finally, under the orders of the gunners, the gunners of each gun group were responsible for stimulating the guns they were responsible for.

Artillery shooting is a delicate and complex tactical action that requires multi-person cooperation. Especially on the battlefield in a panic during combat, the quality of artillery has a great influence on the firepower of battleships.

Even with the world's number one battleship and artillery, if it is handed over to a group of half-hearted opponents, it may not be able to beat the next level or even the next level of opponents.

Although Boris joined the group halfway, he is an official knight with the rank of major, and he is also a well-known "artillery expert" in the New World Naval Base!

As soon as he took office, he served as the artillery chief of the "Storm Horn", responsible for the daily training of artillery.

In just a dozen days of going to sea, the artillery has a completely new look, but at least it has slowly laid the foundation for being an excellent artillery.

Especially under the guidance of this Major Boris, as long as a few more battles with real swords and guns, the future can be expected!

As for why this well-known artillery expert is willing to condescend to run on the Aiwen ship to take up the post of artillery chief who has no strong sense of existence before him on the "Storm Horn"?

The reason is also very simple.

This seemingly beautiful Major Boris has actually received the promise of the base commander Lieutenant General Gustav:

As long as the battle is completed and the kingdom has successfully completed its set goals, the general will agree to his application for retirement!

As for why he retired at the pinnacle of his military career, that's another story.

With the order of Captain Irwin.

Boris has unceremoniously taken over the command that originally belonged to Gunner Reeves, and issued his command with the powerful lung capacity of a formal knight:

"The gun crew is in place!"

Step on.. Step on.. Step on..

The artillery on the ship had already moved quickly into their combat positions according to the artillery code.

There are a total of eighteen 24-pounders, twenty 12-pounders, ten nine-pounders, and two small six-pounders on the stern deck and the main deck.

It's just that half of the firepower of the warships of this era must be idle due to the design of the ship's gun, so the gun group only needs to consider one side of the ship at the same time.

During the maritime training during this period, although the artillerymen gained the most direct promotion, they did not suffer from the hard-hearted character of Boris.

Boris, who had not long looked forward to planning on "The Horn of Storm", was not afraid to offend anyone at all, and demanded them with the highest standards in everything.

Even Reeves, a gunner who was older than him, slid forward and cautiously offered this artillery expert, who had a higher rank than himself, stronger strength than himself, and a better ability than him.

All the artillery, up and down, dare not neglect in the slightest.

"Let's go downwind! Keep the formation!"

In a consistent and cautious style, Ivan ordered the two warships to be enclosed from the downwind, which not only prevented the pirates from escaping, but also avoided any strange supernatural beings among them, who would find the traces of the battleships in advance by the smell.

The naval warship reached the stern of the pirate fleet, and the distance between the two gradually approached 500 meters.

Although the effective range of the artillery is 1 km, the hit rate, artillery power, and firing frequency have reached an optimal balance point at the current distance.

"Assemble each cannon with searing bullets!"

Each artillery group quickly burned the "solid bullets" to red with the fire, and plugged a pile of wet mud between the gunpowder and the artillery shells during loading, and the time to complete the loading was slightly longer than normal solid bullets.

But now he has the initiative and has enough time to prepare. Of course, Boris chose the favorite of all artillery-the "scorching bomb".

Boris personally entered the lower artillery deck, guarding the nine 24-pound guns on one side of the ship, while the chief gunner Reeves went to supervise the upper deck.

Seeing that all the artillery units had finished loading within the specified time, Boris nodded slightly and calmly pulled out the artillery command knife with a slightly curved waist and a brass guard.

When the commanding knife was slightly raised, a layer of extraordinary aura that was hard to see with the naked eye exploded on the blade simultaneously, spilling onto every ship-borne artillery of this warship ready to go.

Every cannon seemed to be fine-tuned in an instant.

"Everyone has it, prepare and fire!"

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! ....

The orange-red cannon flame illuminates the sea under the dense fog.

The two battleships adjusted their firing range. At the same time, a total of 18 and 24 pound shells, 20 12-pound shells, 10 9-pound shells, and two 6-pound shells were dumped out in a torrential rain.

Just started.

The pirate fleet, which thought it had encountered ordinary heavy fog, had temporarily stopped on the sea with the tactical action of the sailboat braking, but did not expect that disaster would suddenly fall from the sky.

In fact, with their strength, they are not afraid even if they encounter multiple navy cruise ships, they can fight and escape, plus they have not reached the combat area, and they are not so vigilant.

When they heard the sound of the cannons, they had ushered in justice from the navy!

Click...

"enemy...."

"what...!"

Boom——!

The hull of the sloop is as fragile as a paper shell under the attack of searing bombs. The hot iron shells easily cut off the mast of the sailboat and penetrated the layers of the ship's planks.

It even shot in from the stern, bounced all the way to destroy everything on the transparent artillery deck.

The human body, even the body of an extraordinary person, will only be easily torn into pieces under the strong kinetic energy.

Just one round of fireworks created a huge firework among the four pirate ships.

because.

Coincidentally, one of the schooner ammunition depots at the end of the queue was pierced by a searing bomb, which directly caused a spectacular explosion!

Careful observation will reveal that the penetration and accuracy of the shells fired by "Storm Horn" are far above that of the "Endeavour", and the biggest results are almost all created by "Storm Horn".

at this time.

The pirates, who were suddenly attacked and surrounded by heavy fog, were in disarray. Except for sporadic blind fire and return, they couldn't even transmit signals, let alone resist systematically.

"Each artillery group, load searing bombs!"

The commanding knife that was raised high once again shed extraordinary aura.

"Ready! Fire!"

The storm of iron and fire spilled out again.

After the second round of volley is over.

The sporadic counterattacks on the remaining three pirate ships have been completely misfired, and even the painful wailing after being injured is barely audible.

The blazing flames rising from the three pirate ships, even if it was blocked by heavy fog, they were clearly seen by the ordinary crew on the ship who had not opened the connection of mind.

The naval battle was over in just a minute.

The opponent is not a Cthulhu, not a large sea monster. The "battleship", the biggest reliance for mankind to conquer the oceans, exerts an unparalleled combat advantage in the face of ordinary ships.

The firepower comparison between the two sides is not a grade in itself, let alone the navy side also added a powerful buff to itself.

[Marine Treasure·Artillery Command Knife! 】

A powerful treasure from the family of Major Boris. UU Reading www.uukānshu.com

Ability and artillery skills: able to display 200% of the range, precision and power of shipborne artillery.

Restriction: The premise is that the definition of "ship-borne artillery" for large-scale deployment must be met.

Special equipment is not included, such as the inverse cross halberd on the "Guard Commander".

Aiwen clearly saw that with the help of this magical command knife, after a shell penetrated the opponent's hull, it flew out through the other side bulwark.

The overwhelming firepower advantage has been blessed with extra strength, and the lethality of these ship-borne smoothbore guns has suddenly jumped for a generation.

At this time, "The Horn of Storm" is simply a devastating existence for these pirate ships, even for Tier 5 warships!

Even without the support of the Endeavour, Ivan is confident to kill them all without injury!

(End of this chapter)