Chapter 499

At the end of October, autumn is getting stronger.

In my impression, the pain of the hot summer seems to be yesterday, but when the clouds block the sun, people can really feel the wind.

Autumn's footsteps ran from land to sea, with the coolness of mountains and polar regions, gently kicking the faces of sailors.

well! well! Ha! ヾ (≥ o ≤) ″ ow~

It was clear and crisp in autumn. Deep in the open bay of Biscay, two high-spirited fleets were shuttling between the waves like knights.

They are the first and secret service formations of the fleet directly under Drake General Chamber of Commerce. Today is the first formal fleet level confrontation exercise since the establishment of the fleet directly under Drake General Chamber of Commerce.

The practice of confrontation at sea is absolutely new in this era.

Because with the development of naval guns, the high temperature and high pressure at the time of firing have long reached the point that only metal bombs can bear.

Cloth wrapped lime will certainly catch fire and leak in the bore tube. Although rubber and wood bullets can barely fight out, they will also be far from the actual combat data due to deformation, resulting in the loss of reference value.

Naval warfare is inseparable from artillery, artillery warfare is inseparable from shells. If metal bombs are really used... Where is the drill? Is it infighting?

In short, the news of the infighting of Drake's fleet blew all over the new world like a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. This groundbreaking live ammunition drill attracted the attention of all parties as soon as it was made public.

All drilling departments are in place.

Bai Fang: the secret service formation of the fleet directly under Drake General Chamber of Commerce.

Flagship Valkyrie class cruiser, lady of Attis, 54 doors;

Liao Shi Shen class destroyer future, freshman code, 40 doors;

Bermuda brig frigate headless ostrich, 26 doors;

Brigantine communication ship xiangyanghua, Bermuda, 16 doors;

Formation commander pierce Yates.

Black side: the first formation of the fleet directly under Drake General Chamber of Commerce.

Flagship second-generation God class destroyer Mistra, 42 doors;

Liao Shi Shen class destroyers brenhild and grey, 40 doors;

Bermuda Briggs grey backed falcon, sea parrot, sea sparrow, warship bird, white pelican, 26 doors;

Bermuda brigantin type dark champagne, hydrangea, oleander, 16 doors;

Formation commander fafuna hangi.

The comparison between the two sides is as high as 5 to 11. The first formation has an absolute advantage over the secret service formation in terms of the number of ships, the number of guns and the total number of sailors.

Such a huge hardware difference seems to further prove the authenticity of the rumors on that noisy day:

[the young Han Jiti fell in love with the younger Attis, but after receiving the confession, Attis got tangled with the beautiful female sailors on the ship and was caught and raped by Han Jiti...].

Yes, this is a complete personal grudge, a duel between love and hate, and a typical case of public and private use!

The impulse of young people completely became the weakness of Drake chamber of Commerce in this event.

President Drake lost control of his subordinates. Although he still came up with a beautiful excuse to deceive ordinary people with his quick wisdom, everyone knows that the once powerful direct fleet will lose its vitality no matter what the victory or defeat after this war.

The Drake fleet, which is as powerful as the colonial government, is over!

Lorraine Drake will end up in this ridiculous way. The situation in the Caribbean has ushered in a turning point. Clouds cover the sun, and evil rises again

Who else will stand up to protect the interests of businessmen?

Who should be responsible for those pirates who are about to lose their shackles?

And the future

Among all kinds of conjectures and worries, the clock was set to 9 o'clock.

At 9 a.m. on October 28, 1785, there were cloudy clouds, strong winds and medium waves.

Acharin walked solemnly up the deck of valkiri with black and white flags.

"All of them!"

"1000 meters in front of the port side, filled with solid bullets, ordered three volleys, ready..."

"Fire!"

Boom!!!!! Boom!!!!! Boom!!!!!

……

The Mistra, three hours ago.

The morning sun is rising.

The petite fafuna, dressed in a big windbreaker, lay on the extended upper deck of the bow, with a red face and a low head. The scattered flowing sea covered most of her face, revealing only her bright red lips and the tip of her nose.

In front of her was the sea map of the battlefield. The vast sea ten kilometers long and wide was surrounded by land on three sides. It seemed that there were no islands and reefs, but countless lines were added on the sea map according to the ocean current and depth.

These lines are added to different transparent layers and stacked together to see obvious rules.

She continued to add seven or eight layers related to hydrology, such as wind environment, tidal surge line and fishery route, which are almost impossible to have an impact and rarely considered.

The chart finally became a mess, and the sea was covered with dense lines.

Favna took a deep breath, finally covered the formation map and wrote in the blank.

More than half an hour later

"Commander, are you finished?" asked Grimm, the deputy commander of the formation and captain of the grey, carefully.

"Well... Mian Mian..."

Favna's head dropped more and more, almost completely attached to the thick writing board.

The thin floating voice continued to come out from the board, just like the chart talking.

Trust is sometimes such a magical thing.

More than 20 big men, young and old, the captains of ships and the sailors of flagship ships surrounded a shy ostrich like little girl. No one missed her mosquito like voice, even if she didn't speak much and was convinced of it.

Now that you have finished your homework, you should issue an order next.

The men held their hands and waited. Favna's small hand held the edge of the big back plate, trembled and dodged and handed it to the only woman beside her, Anne Rowling, chief mate of the Mistra.

"Order!" Annie supported a one meter long and wide super board with one hand, and the muscles of her big arm and forearm bulged. "First, all ships checked and thoroughly investigated the drill shells. The supervisor found that some shells had leakage, accounting for about 3%, which would affect the hitting effect. These hidden dangers must be eliminated before the actual battle!"

"Yes!" the voice of more than 20 people shocked the world.

"Second, Zhengsu thought! The lady is Valkyrie. Although we are dominant in the total number, please don't forget baster. Pirates are also dominant in the total number!"

"Yes!"

"III. The basic tactics are to attack in unison. Mistra, the grey backed Falcon and the White Pelican entangle the lady, and Hydrangea, oleander and Youge will not break through."

"Yes!"

"Brenhild against the future, grey against the new generation, sea sparrow against ostrich, sea parrot, warship bird and dark betel attack sunflower. After breaking sunflower, attack in reverse order!"

"Yes!"

"IV. send a special lookout to receive the flagship order, and the detailed battle order shall be subject to the flag!"

"Yes!"

"V. the pursuit line is set as five kilometers of the flagship, and no one can chase the poor!"

"Yes!"

When the order was delivered, Annie put down the big board and leaned over to fafuna's ear and asked softly, "governor, lecture."

"Ah... Well... Everyone..." fafuna twisted her windbreaker and broke her breath. "In short, it's still early. It's allowed to change shifts... Please go back and have a rest."

"All captains return to the ship!" Anne translated in a sonorous voice. "The whole fleet organized meals, two shifts, waiting for the battle order! Do you understand!"

"Yes!"

"We follow the goddess of victory!" cried Anne.

"The shy goddess is invincible!" everyone should agree.

"First formation..."

"Invincible!"