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"Can we win?"

Looking at the Navy of the Republic of Ansmara with more than 80 warships than its own, a sailor on a Hawke gunboat in the First Fleet couldn't help but ask questions.

He did not participate in the naval battle that broke out in the South Osa Sea seven years ago, and he did not witness how the First Fleet was uprightly defeating the Akanania Alliance Navy, so he would have such doubts.

None of the sailors on the same ship as him had participated in the war that could be recorded in history, because they were recruits to the First Fleet after the war. This was also the first battle they had encountered since joining the army.

"We will definitely win, because we are the undefeated first fleet." A voice sounded from behind the sailor.

The sailor subconsciously turned his head and looked at it. It turned out to be the captain of the battleship. He stood upright and paid a military salute to the commander.

"Good sir."

"Yeah." The captain nodded slightly. He looked at the Ansmara Navy, which was approaching the fleet. His eyes were not afraid. On the contrary, his pupils were full of fighting spirit.

At this moment, the flagship of the First Fleet began to wave colored flags. These colored flags seemed to be just waving indiscriminately to outsiders, but in the eyes of professional flag bearers and captains, they contained instant meaning. I understand. Suddenly, the roaring commands of the captains of each ship sounded one after another in the fleet, and the sailors on the deck also began to move and stand in their respective combat positions.

"Load the artillery!"

"Check your weapons!"

"..."

For a time, the artillery on each Hawke gunship was stuffed with gunpowder and solid rounds by the sailors as quickly as possible, and compacted with cleaning rods, and finally pushed into the gun position. The artillery on the two heavy towers at the bow and stern were all When facing the direction of the enemy's attack, the cannon windows outside the cabin were also opened, and the muzzles of black holes were exposed to the sight of the Ansmara.

They didn't know what it was, but the warrior's instinct still made them worry about these black guns.

In addition to the artillery bombing, the armed sailors and line infantry on each warship also rushed to fill the opponent's flintlock. They stood neatly on the side of the ship, ready to go.

At the same time, on the flagship of the First Fleet, as the commander of the expeditionary army, Duke Tronde Olsen still had the heart to chat with Sigurd. The fact that we have more than 80 warships on our side is not worried.

"Sir Sigurd, do you think the Ansmara warship can withstand our army's shells?"

"My lord Olsen, I don't think that in this world, there is no country's warship that can defend against artillery bombardment." Sigurd took a breath of dry smoke and exhaled white gas while speaking to Olsen.

This kind of dry tobacco is a common commodity in the navy. Everyone cannot resist the boredom of sailing in the sea. In order to improve the treatment of sailors, Richard can only make cigarettes from the tobacco traded from the mainland of Zane. , Issued to every sailor who set sail, so that they can divert their attention during the boring voyage.

Olsen smelled the smoke coming towards him, frowned slightly, he took a step aside quietly, avoided the smoke flying towards him, and joked: "Then can I sit and watch a great The birth of victory?"

"If you want, Lord Duke." Sigurd shrugged and said, and then he took another big puff of cigarette before putting away the pipe. He felt the stimulation of the tobacco on the body organs, slowly He exhaled a few smoke rings, squinted his eyes, and looked into the distance, as if he was calculating something. After a while, he opened his mouth and said: "The enemy is about to enter the range and prepare to shoot."

The flag bearer holding the colored flag behind him heard the words, turned around and ran to the side of the ship, waved the flag in his hand, and conveyed the commander’s order to the other warships, because the sea was windy and there was a gap between ships. It is also big, so it is obviously unrealistic to yell or shout to convey commands, so they can only rely on the standard bearer to convey the message.

After the flag bearer waved the flag, he quickly got the response of other warships. For a time, the flag bearer on each warship waved the flag, and the captain who received the order also gradually conveyed the combat order in an orderly manner.

finally.

"The enemy ship has entered the range of the artillery! Five hundred yards, ready for bombardment!"

"Ignite, launch!"

Boom boom boom -

Almost in an instant, the cabins of the one hundred Hawke gunships listed in the long snake array burst with dazzling light, accompanied by loud noises like thunder on the ground. The battleship seemed to be pushed aside by a pair of invisible big hands!

Whoosh whoosh——

Countless dark artillery shells flew out of the muzzle in the flames and smoke produced by the burning of the flames, moving at high speed on the open sea. Before all Ansmara could react, the deadly shells slammed into the dense warships, hitting them. Through the hull of the sailing warship, smashed through the sky with sawdust.

Under the bombardment of artillery, the decks of several Ansmara warships were hit like a storm. The giant ballistas and catapults set up on the decks were smashed by the artillery shells and turned back to their original state. The crowd was forced to plow a **** road, and the entire deck was full of blood. The poles of some warships were smashed by the waist, and slammed into the deck from a high place. Those sailors who could not dodge were directly killed by the heavy wooden poles, and the hull was damaged as a result, and there was an unpleasant cracking sound. Issued under the deck.

After the first round of shelling ~lightnovelpub.net~ Several ships of the Ansmara Navy were sunk. One after another, big horrific holes appeared on the body of the sturdy warship, and a large amount of sea water poured inward along the hole. , To increase the weight of the warship and gradually pull it into the bottom of the sea. The sailors on the warship jumped off the warship screaming and fell into the cold water. They were lucky because they would soon be followed. Rescued by the friendly forces of, but those slaves who were chained to the cabin for paddling were not so lucky. They could only watch desperately as the water poured into the cabin more and more, the water level became higher and higher, and finally they were alive. Drowned in it, sinking to the bottom of the sea with the warship.

After they die, their corpses will be eaten by fish or other plankton living in the sea, and the remaining pile of bones may also be a new home for crabs and other small creatures.

No one cares about them, because they were just humble slaves like ants from the time they were captured by the slave team from the tribe.

...

After the shelling, the sailors on Hawke’s shelling hurriedly cleared the remaining gunpowder residue in the gun barrel, and then orderly reloaded the artillery. During the time they were loading the artillery, the Ansmara Navy also escaped from the chaos after the shelling. They separated some of the warships to salvage the sailors who fell into the water, and then accelerated their speed and drove towards the warships of the First Fleet.