The importance of Cape Henry is undoubtedly important. It guards the southern end of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and is second only to the Elizabeth River in importance.

The 4th Division Coastal Defense Artillery Regiment deployed a total of 28 105 heavy artillery and 42 76 artillery on the hill at Cape Henry about 1.5 kilometers long and an altitude of 20 to 30 meters, with a total range of 70 shots. Artillery over eight kilometers.

　　 Julian Luc’s fleet has only eight ships, and these seventy artillery pieces dealt with these eight ships, and an average of nine artillery pieces aimed at one ship.

　　 In fact, if it weren’t for the artillery of the Yanhuang tribe that had surpassed the level of this era for a whole century, it would not be so easy for even seventy shore defense guns to deal with eight sailing battleships.

　　 And if the shore defense guns currently used by the Yanhuang tribe are the large-caliber mortars or fortress guns of this era, it is almost impossible to win eight sailing battleships.

　　In this era, most coastal defense guns or fortress guns are large-caliber mortars, and they are very powerful. Even a first-class sailing battleship would suffer severe damage if it was shot.

　　 But this kind of large-caliber mortar often has insufficient range, and the accuracy is even lower, making people speechless.

　　In contrast, the naval guns on sail battleships are mostly long guns, especially the 36-pounder gun, which is the main gun, and is the best among the long guns.

　　 This long gun has a range and power, and its shooting accuracy is much higher than that of a large-caliber mortar. The most important thing is that sailing battleships are not fixed like shore defense guns or fortress guns. Sailing battleships are always constantly moving when they attack their targets.

　　 Therefore, in terms of the shooting accuracy and range of a large-caliber mortar, if you want to hit a long-distance moving target, it is really a luxury.

　　The naval guns are different. Although they move at all times, the shooting target is fixed, so naval guns are more likely to hit fortress guns or shore defense guns.

　　 So, if the artillery level of the two sides is similar, even if the naval gun is slightly lower than the fortress gun, when the naval gun meets the fortress gun, the naval gun often has the absolute upper hand.

　　In the original historical time and space, whether it was the era of Britain's four oceans, or World War I or World War II, when battleship guns were opposed to fortress guns of larger caliber and longer range, battleships were often used to crush fortress guns.

　　 As long as the battleship that is not particularly unlucky is hit by the fortress artillery, under normal circumstances, the battleship can kill many fortress artillery at the least cost.

　　 In fact, if it weren't for the soul wearer of the Stone Bear to use gold fingers to forcibly increase the artillery level of the tribe by a century's lead, the Yanhuang tribe would definitely not be able to resist these eight sailing battleships.

　　 By the way, Shi Xiong has such a golden finger.

　　Whether it is 76 guns or 105 guns, almost all have reached the artillery performance of World War I. In this era, for any artillery, the artillery of the Yanhuang tribe has the advantage of crushing.

　　 Apart from anything else, the range and accuracy of the artillery is far from the naval guns equipped by the European powers of this era.

The maximum range of this naval gun is only more than two kilometers. In the case of high-precision shooting, it needs to be compared with the guns that can only be fired within a few hundred yards. The two guns of the Yanhuang tribe can be used with the help of the hot air balloon. Down, high-precision artillery can be carried out as far as eight kilometers away.

　　 Even the 55 mortars of the Yanhuang tribe have an effective range longer than the naval guns of this era, let alone the 76 mortars with a longer range.

　　In this era, almost all European powers did not know that the Yanhuang tribe had several artillery with amazing effective range.

　　 Julian Luc naturally wouldn't know, so he quickly followed in the footsteps of his capable man Henry Antoine.

　　 The Brittany was a 76 cannon shell.

　　The two cannons of the Yanhuang tribe use high-explosive shells. In this era of no armor, high-explosive grenades are the best choice for killing enemy targets. Whether it is an unprotected soft target or a target such as a sail battleship, high-explosive grenades are the best shells.

　　 Don't look at the sail battleships as the most technologically advanced weapons in this era, but they are only wooden shell battleships after all. Although the British fleet has begun to add copper bottoms to their sail battleships, it is only a copper layer on the bottom of the ship. As for the French sailing battleship, it doesn't even have a copper bottom.

The thickness of the hull of the 　　 Class II sailing battleship is about 600 millimeters. If it is made of steel, the hull of such a thickness can make any artillery sigh. But this wooden hull, even if it is just a high-explosive grenade, is extremely lethal.

　　 The weight of the shells used by the 76mm cannon is three times lighter than the shells of the 105mm cannon, but the high-explosive grenade used by the 76 cannon is also filled with nearly one kilogram of high-explosive shovels. Once this thing hits a sail battleship, it still cannot be resisted by a wooden shell battleship.

The stern of the Brittany was hit by a 76mm high-explosive grenade. This shell not only lifted the large-caliber mortar on the stern of the Brittany, but also directly destroyed the rudder. , Even with more than a dozen sailors located near the stern of the ship, turned into dead souls.

Although the cruiser Brittany did not lose power, without the rudder, the ship could hardly be saved. Even if the shore defense artillery does not hit it, it will maintain this straight forward attitude and rush forward ~lightnovelpub.net~ and eventually stranded on Virginia Beach at Henry Point.

　　 The second round of the volley was completed by 42 76 guns, but unfortunately not a single shell hit the target in this volley.

　　 Julian Luc’s fleet is sailing forward at full speed after all. It is not so easy to hit this kind of warship at a speed of fifteen kilometers per hour, which is about eight knots.

However, the third round of salvo came again after a few seconds. This time, 105 heavy artillery was added again. With the correction of the gun’s aiming hot air balloon, as many as 70 shells were no longer like the second round of salvo. That way, it straddled directly. This time the aimer adjusted the altitude and fired, and immediately there were violent explosions on three ships.

　　Glory is the flagship of this fleet and the only second-level sailing battleship in the fleet.

　　Glory is the largest, so it will naturally receive the most "care". In fact, after the Water Gouzi visited the Second Coastal Defense Battalion at Cape Henry, he commanded up to twelve artillery to individually target the Honor-four 105 heavy artillery and eight 76 guns with a faster rate of fire.

　　 In the third round of the volley, two 105mm high-explosive grenades and one 76mm high-explosive grenade landed on the deck of the Honor. The mainmast of the Honor was blown off by a 105mm high-explosive grenade. The bow was "gnawed" by a 76mm high-explosive grenade. The last 105mm high-explosive grenade fell on the main mast. On the deck between the mast and the forward bow, where the rudder is located, Julian Luc just happened to stand there...

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