Chapter 504

In the battle field on the sea, the two wings of the first formation are open together, and brig and brigantin of the sixth level are hurtling towards the tail of the secret service formation at an ultra-high speed of more than 10 knots under unfavourable wind conditions.

The distance between the two ships was close to 300, and the first formation began their second transformation.

The main gunships of Drake chamber of Commerce, including two destroyers and two cruisers, generally use large-diameter bow mortar guns.

The destroyer is 32 pounds and the cruiser is 48 pounds.

In fact, this is not the design of various types of warships.

In the design draft, Valkyrie should have been equipped with 68 pound super heavy bow mortar gun, and 48 pound is Valkyrie's cottage ship and the standard configuration of Valkyrie class lady.

Similarly, the standard configuration of the first generation of God class destroyers is 32 pounds of bow mortar, but the second generation should have been upgraded to 48 pounds to enhance its single ship frontal assault capability.

However, no one cares about design.

Lorraine still has no stable access to heavy ship guns. The 32 pound long guns accumulated for so many years are barely enough to supplement the war losses of valkiri and the ladies.

Forty eight pounds only bought four doors from Emmons. If it was damaged, the lady would have to be demoted.

The design idea is just a dream. Before varkiri and the lady's No. 2 Ship solved the ship loading problem, the official configuration of the second generation of God attendants, one in service and three in dock, was 32 pounds, and no one would have any illusions.

The effective range of mortar guns is only 150 meters, and the hit rate beyond this distance is less than 0%. In addition, the three head ships of the secret service formation only have ladies with 18 pound bow and auxiliary guns. Even a direct attack cannot break the defense of the destroyer.

So fafuna had enough time to execute the transformation and step on the final safety line, so that the secret service formation had no time to respond to the response of the first formation.

Under the command of the Mistra, the lower sail of the ship, brenhild opened the wing sail, and the speed of the three ships at the high-quality wind cutting angle suddenly opened, from fast to slow, brenhild 11 knots, grey 7 knots and Mistra 4.5 knots.

The Mistra, which was originally at the front, quickly retreated from the fulcrum of inverted V to the back of the array.

Brunhild first achieved an all-round transcendence, that is, full rudder to the right, and cut the side from the leftmost side of the formation to the centerline of the two formations.

Distance 200!

Brenhild fired at the future, missed a shot in the turbulence, and quickly cut off.

The grey then cut in from the right wing and pressed the bow of Mistra at a distance of 100.

The starboard side launched a full fire at the approach position, and a large number of round iron bullets directly attacked the bow of the lady and the right side of the new code in the high-speed cutting side.

The future and the Shinsei launched a counterattack with the bow at the same time.

The shells of both sides crossed in mid air. In the mist, the bow shell of the ship named Xinsheng was hit by 18 pounds twice in a row.

The rolling shell broke at the moment of hitting, and the dark blue slurry filled the first quarter of the right of the freshman code.

The future also hit the grey, and the fishy red thick slurry exploded in the right middle of its poop, instantly covering the two-story balcony.

The red bottomed grey passed through the middle of the ships on both sides, and Mister pulled straight up, leaving less than 70 meters from the lady.

"All the guns are on standby!" Annie waved her arm and stood beside favna shouting, "bow gun, fire!"

"Bow gun, fire!" Dylan, who also stood in the bow, ordered at the same time.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The projectile flies.

The lady's shells flew high and arced over the ship's body. One fell into the sea behind Mishra, and the other hit the stern deck with a bang, breaking out dazzling black ink.

Mistra's shell was also thrown high, but the throwing curve was much lower than that of the noble woman. In addition to the height difference between the freeboards on both sides, one directly hit the noble woman's face, and the exploded red slurry covered the left front hull of the noble woman, while the other flew over the gun guard plate supported by the noble woman in the bow and crashed into the inner corner of the forecastle.

Bleary eyed pierce beat a spirit, and the sleepiness that haunted him all morning disappeared.

"Where's the injury! Is anyone hurt!"

"Report, the drill bomb failed, and no one in the forecastle was injured!"

Pierce's suspended heart fell in half, but he listened to the returning sailor.

"However, the bow mast and No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 bow inclined cables are determined to be broken, all bow inclined sails, and the fore mast No. 1, No. 5 and No. 6 cross sails are determined to be disabled."

"The left bow mortar is invalid, 17 sailors are out, and Dylan's father... Is dead!"

Pierce was stunned: "Daddy... Died in war?"

"Yes! According to the judgment of the referee, Dad, he..."

"The enemy ship cut to the side!"

There was no time left for the sailors to explain in detail, and the alarm sounded everywhere on the ship.

After the shelling, the Mistra broke into the battle line and hit the narrow gap between the lady and the freshman code with 5 degrees starboard.

With a span of only 50 meters, three ships were crowded in, and the freshman code, the Mistra and the lady crossed the side.

"Full on both sides!" "port!" "starboard!"

"Fire!"

Boom, boom! Boom, boom! Boom, boom!

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"Perfect, imaginative tactical crossover!"

Nelson praised what he saw again and again.

"The timing, ship distance and execution of each job are perfect. It's like the operation on the map to realize the resumption in reality."

"Drake, it's amazing! There are commanders in the world who dare to carry out such fine tactical operations. He's not even a real soldier!"

"Calm down, Colonel..." Lorraine touched the tip of his nose. "In your mouth, he is not only not a real soldier, she is not even a man. Han Ji, governor fafuna Han Ji, is just like her name. In fact, she is a shy little girl."

"Little... Girl?"

"Surprised, not surprised?"

Nelson sat down on the sofa: "I wonder how much Britain has lost due to the Navy's ban on the recruitment of women..."

"I guess I won't lose too much. Whether Di Bo or Han Ji, even in the Caribbean, which doesn't discriminate against women, there are only a few excellent female commanders."

Collinwood put down his looking glass.

"Drake, is this the drill bomb you prepared? Wrapping paint in tin?"

"I knew you would be interested in those shells."

Lorraine clapped her hands gently. Immediately, a clerk came in with the document in his hand, bowed and handed it to Lorraine.

"Exercise Navy shrapnel, marine drill flowering bomb, live ammunition number nsmk3."

"MK3 type?"

"It's really type 3." Lorraine handed the document to Collinwood. "The purpose of the NS project is to develop a carrier borne flowering bomb that can be used in practice. It has been promoted for two years."

"Its structure is similar to that of the army flowering bomb, including an iron shell, a wooden fuse slot, a hard hair line fuse and a detonating charge at the bottom of the fuse slot."

"As you all know, incendiary bombs filled with fire oil are the natural enemies of sailboats. Even ordinary high explosive bombs filled with black powder and fragments are countless times stronger than ordinary solid bombs."

"However, the sea is too bumpy, the accident rate of incendiary bombs remains high, and the situation of high explosive bombs is similar, so flowering bombs can not be applied to the sea."

"Drake tried to reduce the accident rate by improving the transportation method and adjusting the internal structure. However, even in the third generation you see, the accident rate per thousand kilometers is still more than 35%. Although it is much safer than the land flowering bomb to sea, it is still far from being used in actual combat."

"Fortunately, our efforts are not fruitless. The coating department of maritime group has cooperated with the alchemists I hired to produce a practical anti-corrosion coating, which is corrosion-resistant, fire-proof, easy to peel off with tung oil, and more importantly, the cost is not high."

"We try to add color to this coating and replace the deflagration filled in the flowering bomb. Finally, the special ns bomb for drill is the key factor for the realization of live fire drill at sea."

Nelson and Collingwood were stunned by the sudden advertisement.

What kind of sales pitch is this

First, the epoch-making marine flowering bomb was used as a guide. What two years and what three types were used to pave the way. As a result, the accident rate was as high as 35%.

This shows that Drake's R & D team has not found an effective way to improve the stability of flowering shells.

35% accident rate... According to Collinwood, this level is far less than the existing development progress of mainstream powers such as Britain and France.

However, Lorraine successfully charmed Collinwood's appetite with this meaningless gimmick.

Don't forget that today's Collinwood is an observer of the Royal Navy's new continental fleet, a representative of Sir Peter Parker, and a very important potential customer of this product fair.

Lorraine was desperate at this moment.

Drake chamber of Commerce's unique new anti-corrosion coating and unqualified marine flowering shells are enough to make every navy commander crazy about the possibility of marine live ammunition confrontation drill!

Collinwood silently turned the document in his hand to the last page.

Price of new coating...... 3 pounds and 10 shillings per square foot (including tax);

Nsmk3 drill ammunition, full model, 1 pound each (including tax and freight)

He snapped the document shut: "your price is too high, especially the shell!"

"The logistics department needs to consider the Quartermaster cost, Colonel Collinwood." Lorraine crossed his legs and said Shi Shiran, "you are a military observer. You should pay more attention to the significance of live fire exercises to the Navy."

"If the live ammunition drill has the significance of promotion, the drill ammunition is worth being put on the purchase list as a separate item. And if the drill ammunition can really be put on the Navy's purchase list... Do you think Drake chamber of Commerce will be more greedy than those fat military suppliers in China?"