The heavy turret is rotated by hand by specialized soldiers.

　　The motor hasn't come out yet, so I can only manually shake the deceleration device, and then drive the turret to rotate.

　　 There is no way, even if Shixiong knows the structure and manufacturing process of the motor, but limited to material issues, it is estimated that this thing will have to wait a long time before it becomes available.

　　 But even if the turret is shaken manually, the rotation speed of the turret is not slow.

　　 Under the command of the gunner, the turret quickly turned to a shooting angle, and then the pitch angle of the gun barrel could be adjusted.

When everything was adjusted, two 105mm fully loaded shells weighing 26 kilograms were neatly loaded into the barrel by two loaders. The next moment, with two loud noises that differed by less than a second, the whole The warships trembled, and two artillery shells were fired.

　　 After the firing of the No. 1 turret, the No. 2 turret fired immediately, and the bow main guns of the other eight warships fired at the same time.

　　 The shock wave generated by the muzzle when the gun was fired, even the sea water below it set off waves, even in the bridge, through the thick glass window, the stone bear could feel the violent energy impact of the muzzle.

　　 The ejection speed of the shell is about 450 meters per second. At a distance of 12 kilometers, the shell needs to fly in the air for about 26 seconds!

　　 Simon Noel is a captain of the Royal French Navy. He also commands a squadron consisting of two three-tier sailing battleships.

　　 A month and a half ago, Simon Noel received an order to **** three Spanish merchant ships to the New World of North America and send them urgently needed supplies to the Continental Army.

　　 At this time, France and Spain have been allied for six years, and the two countries have jointly attacked the fortress of Gibraltar for five years. The relationship between the two countries has become unprecedentedly united because of this strong fortress.

　　The attack on the fortress of Gibraltar was dominated by the Spaniards, while the fleet that contained the British in the Atlantic was dominated by the French. As for the transportation of supplies to allies of the Continental Army on the other side of the ocean, it is the responsibility of the two countries.

　　 Usually the French sent warships to **** the Spanish merchant ships.

　　In the original historical time and space, the two countries have never cooperated in this way. But in this time and space, because of the fortress of Gibraltar, the cooperation between the two countries is much more than in the original historical time and space.

　　 Just last year, the main British navy began to concentrate on the fortress of Gibraltar. The combined French fleet has fought fiercely with the main British main fleet in the Atlantic Ocean several times, and the losses on both sides are not small.

　　 Obviously, the British can no longer bear the pressure of two-line combat. George III should have made the decision to protect the fortress of Gibraltar and abandon the thirteen colonies in North America.

　　 The French are naturally very happy with the British decision, but the Spaniards are annoyed.

　　The main purpose of Spain's declaration of war on Britain is to retake the fortress of Gibraltar. Now the British abandon the thirteen colonies in North America and concentrate their main fleet on the fortress of Gibraltar. This obviously greatly increases the difficulty of capturing the fortress of Gibraltar.

　　 But fortunately, the French did not slacken their belts this time. Their navy is still strong, and the combined fleet of the two countries has resisted the main fleet of the British navy.

　　 Both sides fought hard several times near the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean, and now both sides retracted to lick the wound.

　　 Simon Noel’s squadron was dispatched under such circumstances to **** three Spanish merchant ships to North America.

　　 Although such a task prevented Noel’s soldiers from being well groomed, it was obviously a good task to be able to stay away from this battlefield called a meat grinder.

　　 Simon Noel’s squadron left the port and entered the Atlantic Ocean in the envy of his colleagues.

　　 Now the British main fleet is concentrated in the Atlantic Ocean outside the Strait of Gibraltar. The British warships are almost invisible on the entire North Atlantic route, so as long as they enter the Atlantic Ocean, it is completely safe.

　　 Although there is still a British squadron in the thirteen colonies in North America, almost none of those warships go to sea now. They are only responsible for the safety of the seas in the cities occupied by the British. Therefore, as long as they are far from the coast, the British warships will not find Noel's fleet.

　　 Noel himself thought so too, so when approaching the North American coastline, Noel's fleet turned south and sailed south about sixty kilometers from the coastline.

　　 Looking at the voyage to the destination for two days, the observer hung on the foremast basket said that a strange cloud of black smoke was found in the distance.

　　 In fact, Noel’s squadron first discovered the Yanhuang tribe’s steel battleship fleet. The thick smoke from the boiler chimney forms a large cloud of black smoke in the air, which can be seen tens of kilometers away.

　　 But no one in the Noel Fleet knew what it was. If it were during World War I in later generations, once such a black fog was discovered in the distance, the fleets escorting merchant ships like Noel and others would immediately turn around and run without hesitation. Because once such a large cloud of black smoke appears on the sea, it means that there are a large number of warships sailing there.

　　 So Noel missed the best time to escape.

　　 When the Steel Battleship Fleet discovered Noel's fleet, they could no longer run.

　　 Seeing a very strange fleet appeared in the distance, Noel was also dumbfounded.

　　 What kind of boat is this? The whole body is swarthy, not to mention, the UU reading www.uukanshu.com boat is still emitting black smoke continuously. The strangest thing is that this kind of ship can run so fast at sea without sails.

　　What kind of ship is this?

　　The sailors on the five ships of the Noel Fleet all ran out to look at the western scenes. For these sailors, such a group of strange ships suddenly appeared in such a boring voyage, which is simply too rare.

　　 Seeing the strange ships getting closer, a strange scream suddenly sounded in the sky.

　　The sailors of the Noel Fleet didn't know what this sound meant, they just looked up at the sky blankly, trying to find the source of the sound.

　　 But they will never find the source of the sound, and what they don’t know is that this scream is actually the grinning laughter of the **** of death...

　　 About three to four hundred meters from the fleet, dozens of huge water splashes suddenly burst out without warning, and then a huge explosion sounded. At this moment, there seems to be a huge sea monster rioting under the water...

　　 Even at this time, no one in the Noel fleet realized that they had been shelled.

　　 While on the Carlos more than ten kilometers away, the observer immediately reported the impact point he had seen.

　　 "There was no straddle shot, and the impact point was about three hundred meters away from the enemy fleet."

　　 Following the message from the observer, the large barrel of the main gun began to adjust slightly...

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