The news of the boss's anger spread throughout the shore defense artillery positions in a very short period of time.

　　The soldiers responsible for the 105mm shore defense artillery positions on both sides of the Elizabeth River were selected from the divisional artillery regiments of the 4th Division of the Grim Bear Army. They first played with 76 guns. Later, after the successful development of 105mm guns, these elite gunners were selected to be responsible for these 105mm shore defense guns. Well, the most elite among them was naturally selected for the Carlos...

　　Although their training usually uses training shells, the training effect is very good.

　　 This also makes these gunners a bit arrogant.

　　 As a result, I didn’t expect that the first actual shooting would be like this, and the boss was always upset. The gunners immediately felt that it was very bad and very bad...

　　 These twelve 105mm shore defense guns are only part of the entire shore defense gun position. They are the shore defense guns closest to the three French warships.

　　 The effective range and accuracy of these coastal defense guns are very high. In addition, they are all fixed turrets. It really shouldn't have such a low hit rate when hitting such a large target of only two kilometers.

　　 No wonder Ishikuma is angry.

　　When the boss caught fire, these gunners naturally paid 10,000 points of attention, and then Henry Antoine's sailing battle fleet was completely unlucky.

　　The enemies are all French, and Shixiong doesn’t have to stay alive, and there are others to watch later, so it’s good to take this opportunity to kill the monkeys.

　　 The second round of salvo came again after twenty seconds.

　　 Henry Antoine is not so lucky this time.

　　 Although the volley of this round was still twelve shore defense guns, the twelve shells actually hit six.

　　 As the flagship of this squadron, the second-class sailing battleship "Royal Dove", which was carried by Brigadier General Henry Antoine, is a new ship that has just been launched a few years ago.

　　 In order to commemorate the "Royal Dove" sailing battleship that made the limelight in the First Anglo-French War, this second-class sailing battleship was also named "Royal Dove".

It’s just that the Royal Dove did not inherit the good luck of its predecessors. It has just been launched for a few years, and it has not even participated in a second-level sailing battleship that has been in a serious naval battle. In the second round of salvos Was hit by a 105mm high-explosive bomb!

　　 One of the shots exploded directly in the middle of the upper deck. The scattered fragments swept over an area of ​​more than ten meters in an instant, tearing about forty Frenchmen including Brigadier General Henry Antoine to pieces.

　　 The other two shells directly hit the side of the Royal Dove. Even if no armor-piercing shells were used, the hull built with 600mm thick wooden planks could not withstand the bombing of high-explosive shells.

These two high-explosive bombs directly tore two large holes with a diameter of more than two meters in the hull of the Royal Dove. One of the holes was located near the waterline. A large amount of river water was poured into the Royal Dove in an instant. The interior of the ship's hull.

　　 Similarly, these two big holes also destroyed part of the lower two decks of this sailing battleship with three decks. The most important thing is that the high-explosive bombs caused the fire, and the fire ignited the propellant of the lower two deck guns in a very short time...

　　 So, disaster struck on the bow of this almost brand-new sailing battleship in an instant.

　　 Even if the black powder used as a propellant explodes, the power cannot be resisted by a small wooden warship.

　　 Therefore, a large group of “fireworks” spurted out in the center of the Elizabeth River in an instant. The height of the flame was tens of meters high, and a large amount of thick smoke formed a black “mushroom” in the sky.

　　The huge shock wave formed ripples on the river, and even pushed the other two third-class sailing battleships a distance.

　　 Then, this sailing battleship with a length of seventy meters didn't even hit a gram, so it ended its short life in the explosion of the propellant.

　　The instant capsizing of the Royal Dauphin frightened the sailors on the other two French battleships.

　　 But it's useless for them to be scared, because they can't take care of themselves now.

The Royal Knight, who had just received a shell in the first round of the salvo, was lucky to only hit one shell. This shell hit the middle of its upper deck. The thick main mast was like a chopstick. Being thrown directly into the river by the huge shock wave, more than twenty French sailors once again became wandering souls on the Elizabeth River.

　　 As for the other three-tier sailing battleship "Versailles Glory", it was hit by two high-explosive shells in this round of salvo.

　　 Both high-explosive shells hit the side of the Versailles Glory, tearing two huge holes in the hull of this three-tier sailing battleship.

　　 However, the Versailles Glory was lucky, because the area hit by the two shells was between the upper deck and the second deck, and there happened to be no barrels for propellant in these two places. So even if the two shells caused a fire, they did not cause the propellant to explode.

　　In contrast, the Royal Knight is in the best condition, but it is not much better...

　　 The flagship was instantly capsized because of the explosion, and the fleet lost its commander.

Even if the captain of the Royal Knight took over the command of this squadron at the first time, and ordered the white flag to be raised at the first time, the shore defense gunners who had already been red-eyed and received the "not captured" order Still continue the three steps of charging, aiming, and launching.

　　 When the third round of salvos came twenty seconds later, the two Tier 3 sailing battleships floating on the river immediately fell into bad luck.

In this round of salvo, eight high-explosive shells hit the target. The Royal Cavaliers and Versailles Glory were hit by four high-explosive shells respectively~lightnovelpub.net~ These two ships only have two decks and three-level sails. Battleships are naturally not as resistant to beatings as their flagships. If it weren’t for the fire caused by high-explosive bombs to ignite the Royal Dove’s propellant, in terms of the size of the Royal Dove, the ship could still take more than a dozen rounds. Cannonball.

But as younger brothers, the Versailles Glory and the Royal Knight are not good. These two ships can’t be compared with the Royal Dauphin in terms of hull thickness or size, so when each of them was hit with four high-explosive bombs Later, the lives of these two ships also came to an end.

The stern of the Versailles Glory was hit by a high-explosive bomb. This high-explosive bomb tore a large hole near the waterline on the side of the hull. A large amount of river water instantly poured into the stern of the Versailles Glory. Then the ship The bow of the ship lifted up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When the ship’s bow was getting greater and greater from the surface of the water, the keel finally couldn’t bear the weight of the front part of the ship, and it broke apart in a sour sound. In the end, the ship was within a few minutes. It sank to the bottom of the Elizabeth River, leaving only the tops of the two by-masts and countless pieces of wood from the Royal Dauphin...

As for the Royal Knights, it was even more miserable. All the four high-explosive bombs hit its side. The four powerful high-explosive bombs directly tore the hull of this side of the ship to pieces, and a large amount of river water surged in an instant. Entering the hull of the ship, the ship quickly began to tilt, and finally stood up slowly, and then buckled back on the river.

　　Hundreds of French sailors were detained just below the water...

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