Chapter 392

"Shelling distance 500, starboard shot!"

"Shot on starboard, full rudder on left, avoid!"

Boom, boom!

With the sound of artillery, huge water spray bloomed 50-200 meters around the future.

This is the normal level of a maritime power.

In terms of artillery precision, the unique French control the threat distance of 300 meters, and the threat distance of Britain, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal is about 200 meters.

500 meters is not the effective range of ship battle artillery, not to mention the moving state, for high-speed targets.

But futurist still overreacted.

A sudden full left rudder, the slender hull tilted sharply, and the busy sailors on the deck fell like melons and gourds.

Some of the sailors forgot to fasten the anchor rope and fell all the way from starboard to port. Three people fell off the ship's side and fell into the water.

Pierce looked in his eyes and griped his knuckles white.

He did not worry about the safety of the sailors who fell into the water. It was not far from the atoll. As long as they were not knocked unconscious by the water when they fell into the water, they had enough opportunities to swim to the reef and wait for rescue.

He was worried about the state of the crew.

The excessive tension of the newcomers on the battlefield was reflected incisively and vividly at the beginning of the engagement, including him as a commander.

The orders of level II combat readiness were issued. He, the first mate, the second mate, the third mate and sail operation. None of the five orders thought of reminding the sailors on the deck to check the anchor lines.

This made him deeply insecure.

What other necessary orders are missing? What other general instructions are ignored? What would Lorraine do in the face of such chaos?

Xiao Sanmei held the guardrail and ran to him: "young master, your solid rope..."

"I never tied the rope when the war started!" pierce clapped Xiao's hand. "The commander needs to appear in all the places where he needs to, and the rope will limit my scope of action..."

"Enemy ship encircles! Range 330, port side is shot! Full!"

"The port side is shot, the right rudder is full, avoid!"

Boom, boom!

More and more dense impact points, because the launch distance is close, the impact point becomes close.

Pierce and sister Xiao clung to the guardrail, but they didn't guard against a blow. The bullet lost, stirred up a big wave, and slapped their faces on the deck.

Pierce was dazzled by the waves. As soon as she loosened her hand and slid down the deck, Xiao Sanmei threw away the handrail and flew out in panic. She hugged pierce tightly and hit the gangway heavily.

Sharp pain!

She held Pierce in her wet arms, and the sudden sharp pain made her tremble, but she tried not to make a painful hum.

"Young master, Gu Suo! The president has a unique talent and can walk on the ground in strong winds and waves, but you can't! The future and the new code need you to command them to defeat the enemy. If you fall off the ship..."

"Check the cable!"

Before Xiao Sanmei finished, pierce had jumped up and turned over, tied the solid rope firmly to Xiao Sanmei's waist and tied three loose knots.

"Everyone check the anchor line, keep the rudder steady, find the wind and find the wind!"

He hurriedly tied a rope to himself and opened his big hand to feel the direction of the wind.

"Starboard five degrees, the foremast lowers the sail, the longitudinal sail turns, the gun door looks for the firing angle, and hit back by itself!"

The future finally waited for the first precise command since the war. The sailors had a direction and even their shouts became powerful.

"Green, tell me where the enemy ship is!"

"The two ships are in a sandwich condition. The left ship is northwest and West, nine o'clock, 300, 10 knots, and the right ship is northeast and North, one o'clock, 420, 7 knots!"

"Sail rope!"

"Recover 60% from the wind, speed 5.5, wind direction northwest and North, ask whether to raise the foremast sail!"

"Ignore the foremast!"

The head-on wave finally recovered Pierce's state and the state of Drake II, who had participated in the battle of Cantabrian as a flagship hunter at the age of ten and had been carefully cultivated by elite such as Lorraine, bell, Karen and acharin for eight years.

"Straight line assault tactics! Bow gun ready, target left ship. Everyone confirm the cable status and open the wing sail!"

"Spread the wing sail!"

The riggers who almost tied themselves to the yard shouted at the same time. They loosened the most tightly tied knot, stood up on the shaking pole, and pushed the folded wing yard out with all their strength!

The main sail is wide!

Drake's cutting-edge ship has huge wing sails, which can almost double the main sail and rear sail. When the side is downwind, the speed can be increased by 50% in the blink of an eye.

The future trembled!

Her sharp bow was raised high, and the whole ship was blown up to the top of the wave.

Section 10!

She completed the acceleration from 6 to 10 knots in only 35 seconds. The Portuguese sailors could hardly believe their eyes when the Crusade was on her route.

"God, what on earth do I see? The sailboat is flying..."

"Distance 180! 160! 140..." Miss Green was forced to wear goggles. The strong wind in the face scattered her loud voice and sent it to Pierce's ears. There was only a little bit left, "starboard was shot! Distance 270, full!"

"Don't evade!" pierce clenched his teeth. "Bomb warning, boatman team in place!"

Boom, boom!

The hail of bullets poured down all over the sky, and the future plunged into the sea like ignorance, shaking violently between the spray and the wild waves.

The God of luck visited this group of young brave people. They rushed through the water mist unharmed and were only 60 meters away from the crusade.

"Enemy ship collision! Avoid!"

The Crusader sounded a shrill scream, and the whole ship was in a hurry to cut the side. No one noticed the two thick eyebrow like deep solitary guns on the bow of the future.

The class V ship is equipped with a 32 pound mortar gun, which has become the standard configuration of a cutting-edge ship. This gun has a range of 150 meters and the best effective distance is 50 meters. It is a real short soldier in naval warfare.

"Distance 60, 50, 40..."

"Bow gun firing, starboard ten degrees to the side, port artillery preparation, release!"

Boom! Boom!

The thunderbolt suddenly appeared on the rough sea, one, one more.

In the merchant ship war, there was no practical concept of the 32 pound gun. The 16 pound solid iron bullet flew high and shone with dazzling red light. It was like breaking bamboo into the stern of the Crusade, and the hull could not play any role.

Two hits!

At a distance of less than 40 meters, two bow guns hit one after another.

In the first stroke, a large number of guardrails and balcony decks scattered all over the sky, revealing the dark poop cabin.

The second engine hit the hull directly, entered from the right rear of the third floor, penetrated from the left front of the fifth floor, and penetrated the whole stern cabin in pairs.

Thick smoke and flames sprayed out from the gap, and the fire-fighting order spread all over the deck, even on the future.

However, the future's continuous attack was not over yet. It made a straight breakthrough and approached the direct attack, thinking that the opponent to be hit straightened the ship's body, leaving the future with plenty of freeboard space.

The helmsman turned the hand wheel and the future turned to the right. The wing sail lost wind and the ship's speed dropped sharply. On the contrary, it created a stable shooting environment for the full shelling on the port side.

22 meters, freeboard!

The future cut back from the smoking side of the cross, port to starboard, ready to standby.

"The upper chain and scattered cross, the lower solid filling, the firing angle of four degrees, right in front, all the guns! According to the second scheme, fill and release!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Scheme 2 is a standard full shooting scheme independently constructed by acharin, also known as "let ladies feel the freshness of the whole night". It requires gunners to start shooting from position 1 of the gun cabin, gun 1, upper 1, upper 3, upper 3... To the end, then turn to gun 2, upper 2, and so on.

This scheme is suitable for the operation of freeboard at high speed.

Under such conditions, Drake's ship only has the advantage of catching up from behind. The firing of odd gun positions will be completely concentrated in the middle and rear of the enemy ship, which can cause heavy casualties to the enemy's main mast, rear mast, rudder position, command and rear hull.

By the time of the second round of even digit shelling, Drake's ship had caught up from behind and launched a continuous attack in the parallel position. The gun cabin fire was used to block the enemy's main gun return attack, and the upper shotgun focused on killing the deck personnel.

This was a theoretical optimistic calculation, but under the high cooperation of the cross and the unique dogmatism style of the secret service formation, the scheme had an unimaginable effect.

10 18 pounds plus 6 12 pounds, 16 shelling, a total of 14 hits, including nine direct attacks.

Four solid projectiles hit the back third of the hull, tearing a huge gap two meters wide from the deck to the waterline.

A chain bullet entangled the mast, the mast toppled, and one swept through the poop, scraping the captain and second mate of the Crusader to bits.

At least three rounds of shrapnel swept across the middle and front deck, with countless casualties and broken limbs and meat everywhere.

The Crusader completely lost her ability to continue fighting in one face to face. She drifted helplessly on the sea, and the flames raged on the whole ship.

Pierce and his crew stared at their achievements and couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

"When we get back, we must tell ya Zha that the lady may not be able to stand the freshness all night. At least the one we met... Was broken."