"Bombed on the starboard side!"

A terrible scream sounded, Lorraine raised his head and saw the white smoke on the opposite side soaring into the sky, with more than ten red dots piercing the sky with the sound of cannons, flying in with a low howling sound.

"Left rudder ten degrees, avoid it!"

After the order was given, Henna slammed the handwheel, and the hull of the Golden Deer tilted to the side, sliding towards the outside against the edge of the wind.

Water splashes!

With the gliding Golden Deer as the center, dozens of dramatic splashes wrapped in hot mist bloomed, and the splashing waves rose for several meters, hitting the hull of the Golden Deer with heavy fists.

"Stand firm! Grab the fastening rope! Full rudder right! Prepare to starboard...fire!"

The Golden Deer, which had not yet stabilized its hull, turned its rudder to the right at an extremely exaggerated inclination. The bulging sail cut away from the wind. After a moment of calm, it quickly cut into another oblique angle of the wind belt and suddenly accelerated.

The distance between the two ships quickly narrowed, from 530 meters to about 460 meters in the blink of an eye.

The right-leaning hull of the Golden Deer began to flatten, the starboard gun barrel was loaded, and under the command of Yacharin, it went out of the hole.

Fire!

Lorraine's order was stepped on the moment the ship returned to balance, and the gunners rushed to slam the flintlock, and the starboard guns rolled one by one.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom!

Ten eighteen-pounders, six twelve-pounders, and sixteen shells of various sizes were escaping, and they all smashed into the surrounding waters of the Andes just like the replay of the picture just now.

The two sides continue to approach!

430...410...360...320 meters!

Lorraine's complexion changed suddenly!

"Henna, left the rudder five degrees, turn the boom and leave, hurry up!"

But the command still seems to be a step slower.

At the moment Lorraine gave the order, the Andes, which was still on the T head to adjust the posture of the ship, suddenly released a denser round of bullets.

The sky-splashing projectile flew to the direction of the Golden Deer and smashed the sea to pieces. The Golden Deer adjusted its course in time, wiped the explosive spots and escaped. The closest distance, the bow of the ship was less than ten meters away from the splash.

The violent breaking waves came, the ship deck shook violently, and the running sailor screamed and fell into a ball.

Acharin clenched his shoulders and crawled out of the gun bay, grabbing Lorraine's hand.

"Captain! Three of my gunners were hit, and one of them hurt his eyes directly! Why did the plan suddenly change? I need to explain!"

"We..." Lorraine pointed with lingering fear in the sea area that was moving away from the bullet. "We walked through the gate of the ghost, and we were almost hit by twenty-four pounds just now..."

"Suck!"

"Veteran...Veteran!" Lorraine panted and called the ship doctor Daniel to give priority to Acharin to check the bruises. He strode to Hina's side and gave the order with the guardrail.

"Continue to cut the wind with the left rudder, and bring the combat distance back to 500 meters. Revodang, it really doesn't leak!"

...

Half an hour after the battle began, the three battlefields in Le Robert Bay remained orderly, and there were no accidents that could change the situation of the battle.

Nelson of the First Route was out of Lorraine's field of vision, and the observing sailor on the backmast stared at the battlefield.

The Badger has not sunk so far, and the hull of the ship is flexible, and it does not seem to have suffered a direct attack to evade it.

Collingwood of the Fifth Channel Warfare was within Lorraine's field of vision. Synthesizing the intelligence of the foremast lookout, she still had the absolute initiative, and even if it was a day and night, it might not produce unexpected changes.

After all, in the era of the breech, it was impossible to hit a target 800 meters away by simply relying on luck.

The fiercest battle situation is naturally the fourth lane battle, which is kept in the state of mobile warfare.

The main attack of the Golden Deer, relying on the strong wind before the rainstorm, kept the Andes at an average speed of more than 5 knots and turned clockwise at a distance of 300 to 500 meters to find a chance to connect the ship.

The Andes was guarded, and the steering sails on the ship maintained delicate adjustments in the narrow waters of the two hulls, always keeping the T head facing the Golden Deer.

In the artillery battle between you and me, she puts half of the guns in each one. Only when the Golden Deer tries to launch an approaching assault, those dense guns will be fully opened, launching dense and precise T to the Golden Deer. The word shelling.

For the first time facing a real navy power in actual combat, Lorraine finally felt the powerlessness of the sky and the net.

He knew well that the source of all powerlessness came from the 24 twenty-four-pound guns in the Andes gun bay.

Twenty-four-pound ship-borne flint-shot long-range gun, barrel length 2.7 meters, caliber 14.4 cm, cast iron, total weight 2.2 tons, equipped with twelve-pound solid, hammer and 24-pound grape-shaped shotgun, with a maximum range of 300 At 1800 meters, the French standard rate of fire is 120 seconds per round, and the British standard is 60 seconds per round.

In the list of military supplies in England, the twenty-four and thirty-two pounders are listed as heavy naval guns, first-class, and not for civilian use.

The military supplies on this special list also include military nautical charts, battleships above Tier 3, British-only 48- and 68-pound rail-mounted mortars, Army light guns under nine pounds, and the latest blooming grenades. ...

From this list, we can see the importance of European powers on the firepower of heavy artillery ships.

Heavy artillery is a national weapon.

As the only firepower at sea that can smash the shells of battleships, powerful countries have invested in it, and each country’s artillery has its own uniqueness.

For example, the French gun is more precise, and the unique bronze formula can effectively reduce the weight of a single gun, further reducing the difficulty and process of precise aiming for the gunners.

The British gun has a unique derailment and gun mount design, which can greatly increase the speed of loading while increasing the stability, and increase the firepower density of the warship per unit time.

The Dutch gun had a distinctive operating code that year, which could reduce the gunner’s standard configuration from twelve to seven without affecting the launch effect.

These are the secrets that are considered the core by all countries, and they are not allowed to be arbitrarily grasped by the people while not being allowed to go out.

In the Netherlands, it was because the awareness of secrecy was too weak and the government lacked the ability to control large chambers of commerce, so that a large number of core technologies flowed out, which indirectly triggered the artillery revolution in the history of HNA and led to the decline of the Netherlands from another level.

In terms of results, Lorraine's only means to defeat the Andes is to fight on the ship, and victory is a prisoner. In accordance with the employment principle and the agreement with Nelson, he will have the ownership of the Andes and Jupiter at the same time.

But the Jupiter can be carried in the bag with all tails, but the Andes involves secrets, and the twenty-four-pounder guns on board must be handed over to the navy for disposal.

But Lorraine had no spare energy to think about it now.

The threat of heavy artillery is right in front of him. Compared to the disposal and gains and losses after victory, he cares more about how to survive from these killers and achieve the set goals.

"Hey, there's no way..."

Another round of heavy artillery strikes. Because of the distance between the two sides, most of them fell 100 meters away from the Golden Deer, only two fell within the warning zone within 100 meters, one was 70 meters, and the other was more than 50 meters, which basically failed. create a threat.

Lorraine was also able to observe carefully the artillery of the Andes, which was blocked by gunpowder smoke.

Sure enough, starting from the Golden Deer re-opening the distance, Andes once again returned to the original unhurried firing rhythm.

A round of shelling takes about 130 to 140 seconds, which is slightly slower than the French standard of two-minute heavy artillery, and it adheres to the 1-2-1 shooting rhythm, using only half of the guns each time.

This means that half of the guns on the huge ship on the opposite side are in the ready state at all times. Even if Lorraine suddenly acts, he must face six twenty-four-pound guns. Just one direct shot is enough to make the Golden Deer. The number broke and became faltering.

The plan...the plan to break the deadlock...

With an assault distance of 500 meters, it will take at least three minutes to catch the ship at the current speed of the Golden Deer.

The Andes can launch the first round of full shelling from 300 meters away, and then complete the reload within 100 meters, and continue to launch the second round.

The T straight is very unfavorable to the straight cube~lightnovelpub.net~ Because of the fixed heading, the Golden Deer is extremely difficult to avoid shelling.

The French professional soldiers are also known for their accuracy in shelling. The average hit rate of a hundred meters away is far more than 5%.

It’s almost like dancing on a sharp mountain of swords...

While thinking, another round of shelling alternated. The Golden Deer temporarily lost the command of Acharin, the impact of the shells became more and more scattered, and the Andes maintained the same level as before. Within a range of two hundred meters, the spray bloomed.

At least... they can't let them fire it in such a good time!

Lorraine bit her lip and raised her hand to drag a running sailor.

"Go to the ship infirmary to find the Desais gunner." He said word by word, "If his injury is dealt with, let him report to me immediately. I'll wait for him for ten minutes."

"Yes!"

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