Chapter 212

"Starboard bullet!"

When the bleak scream sounded, Lorraine looked up and saw the white smoke flying across the sky. More than ten red dots came flying with a low roar.

"Left rudder ten degrees, avoid!"

When the order was given, Haina jerked the hand wheel, and the hull of the golden deer leaned to the outside, close to the edge of the wind.

Splash!

With the gliding golden deer as the center, more than a dozen large water flowers wrapped in hot fog burst open, and the splashing waves soared for several meters, hitting the golden deer's hull like a heavy fist.

"Stand on your heels! Hold on to the anchor! Full rudder on the starboard! Starboard ready to fire!"

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

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

The starboard hull of the golden deer began to flatten, the starboard gun barrel was loaded, and went out of the hole under the command of acharin.

FireStarter!

Lorraine's order was at the moment when the ship returned to balance. The Gunners scrambled to ring the flint, and the starboard guns sang their names one by one.

Boom, boom, boom!

Ten eighteen pound guns, six twelve pound guns, and sixteen shells of different sizes were unloaded. They all smashed into the waters around the Andes like a replay of the previous picture.

Both sides continue to approach!

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

Lorraine's face changed!

"Haina, five degrees left rudder, turn the boom off, come on!"

But the order seems to be a step slower.

At the moment of Lorraine's order, the Andes, which kept adjusting the ship's posture at the T head, suddenly released a more dense bullet rain.

The ferocious projectile flew to the intended direction of the golden deer and smashed the sea. The golden deer adjusted its course in time and escaped by scraping the explosion point. The nearest distance was less than 10 meters from the water spray.

The ship's deck shook violently, and the running sailors screamed and fell into a ball.

Acharin covered his shoulder, gnashing his teeth, climbed out of the gun cabin and grabbed Lorraine's hand.

"Captain! My gunner hit three, and one directly hurt his eyes! Why did he suddenly change his plan? I need to explain!"

"We......" Lorraine, with lingering fear, pointed to the distant sea area where the bomb was fired. "We walked on the gate of hell. Just now we were nearly hit by 24 pounds directly..."

"SIP!"

"Veteran... Veteran!" Lorraine gasped for breath and called the ship Doctor Daniel, asking him to give priority to check the impact to acharin. He strode to Haina's side, holding the guardrail and giving orders.

"Continue to cut the wind at the left rudder and pull the engagement distance back to 500 meters. Hot Wadang, sure enough, there is no leakage!"

……

Half an hour after the battle, the three battlefields in lerobel bay were still orderly, and there were no accidents enough to change the situation.

Nelson of the first channel battle was outside Lorraine's field of vision, and the observation sailors of the mizzen were staring at the battlefield.

The badger has not sunk so far, and the ship is flexible. It seems that it has not been directly attacked by impact avoidance.

Colin wood of the fifth channel battle is in Lorraine's field of vision. Based on the information of the foremast lookout, she still takes the absolute initiative, and even if it is fought day and night, it may not produce unexpected changes.

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

Naturally, the most intense battle is the fourth channel battle, which remains in the state of mobile warfare.

Relying on the strong wind before the rainstorm, the golden deer kept turning clockwise at an average speed of more than 5 knots at a distance of 300 to 500 meters from the Andes, so as to find an opportunity to meet the side.

The Andes was defended and maintained exquisite adjustment in the narrow sea area with two hull widths with the steering sail on board, always keeping the T-head orientation of the golden deer.

In the artillery battles you come and go, she often only puts in half of the guns. Only when the golden deer tries to launch an approach assault, those dense guns will be fully opened to launch dense and accurate T-shaped artillery attacks on the golden deer.

For the first time, in the face of a genuine naval power in actual combat, Lorraine finally felt the powerlessness of covering his head like a dragnet.

He knew that the source of all powerlessness came from the 24 24 pound guns in the Andean gun cabin.

The 24 pound shipborne flint fired long-range gun has a barrel length of 2.7 meters, a caliber of 14.4 cm, cast iron, a total weight of 2.2 tons, equipped with 12 pound solid, hammer and 24 pound grape shotgun. The maximum range is 300 to 1800 meters. The standard firing speed of the French army is 120 seconds per shot and the British army is 60 seconds per shot.

In England's list of military supplies, 24 and 32 pound guns are listed as heavy ship guns, first class, non civilian.

The same military items on this special list also include military charts, battleships above class III, 48 and 68 pound rail shipborne mortars unique to Britain, light guns under 9 pounds used by the army and the latest flowering howitzers

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

Heavy artillery is a national weapon.

As the only firepower on the sea that can break the hull of battleships, powerful countries do not hesitate to invest in it. Each country's gun has its own uniqueness.

For example, the flange Western gun is more accurate, and the unique bronze formula can effectively reduce the weight of a single gun and further reduce the difficulty and process of accurate aiming by gunners.

The British gun has a unique design of retraction and turret, which can greatly improve the loading speed and increase the firepower density of warships in unit time while increasing the stability.

The Dutch gun had a different operation code that year, which could reduce the gunner's standard configuration from 12 to 7 without affecting the firing effect.

These are the core secrets of all countries. While no outflow is allowed, no people are allowed to grasp them arbitrarily.

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

From the perspective of results, Lorraine's only means of defeating the Andes was to engage the ship, and victory was capture. According to the employment principle and the agreement with Nelson, he will have the ownership of the Andes and Jupiter at the same time.

However, the Jupiter could be pocketed with all its tail, but the Andes involved secrets, and the 24 pound guns on board must be handed over to the Navy.

But Lorraine has no spare time to think about it now.

The threat of heavy artillery is at hand. Compared with the disposal and gain and loss after victory, he cares more about how to survive from these killers and achieve the set goal.

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

Another round of heavy artillery hit. Because of the distance between the two sides, most of them fell 100 meters away from the Jinlu. Only two fell within the warning area of 100 meters, one 70 meters and one more than 50 meters, which basically failed to pose a threat.

Lorraine was also able to observe the Andean's gun door covered by gunsmoke.

Sure enough, the Andes returned to its original leisurely shooting rhythm after the golden deer reopened its distance.

About 130 to 140 seconds a round of shelling, slightly slower than the two minute heavy artillery standard in France, and abides by the 1-2-1 shooting rhythm, using only half the guns at a time.

This means that half of the guns on the opposite giant ship are ready to go all the time. Even if Lorraine takes a sudden action, he must face six 24 pounds. Only one direct attack is enough to break the golden deer and make it stagger.

Plan... A plan to break the deadlock

The assault distance of 500 meters will take at least three minutes to connect with the ship at the current speed of the golden deer.

The Andes can launch the first round of full artillery attack 300 meters away, then complete the loading within 100 meters and continue to launch the second round.

The T-shaped direct attack has a great disadvantage to the straight cube. Because the course is fixed, it is very difficult for the golden deer to avoid shelling.

The French professional soldiers are also famous for their accurate shelling. At a distance of 100 meters, the average hit rate disclosed alone is far more than 5%.

It's like dancing on the cutting edge of the knife mountain

While thinking, another round of shelling alternated. The golden deer temporarily lost the command of acharin, and the landing points of the shells became more and more scattered. The Andes maintained its usual level, and the water bloomed within 200 meters.

At least... They can't be allowed to fire like this!

Lorraine clenched her lips and raised her hand to drag a running sailor.

"Go to the ship's medical room and find gunner desses," he said word by word. "If his injury is treated, ask him to report to me immediately. I'll wait for him for ten minutes."

"Yes!"