Chapter 599

The news of the boss's anger spread all over the coastal artillery positions in a very short time.

The soldiers in charge of the 105 mm coastal artillery positions on both sides of the Elizabethan River were all selected from the artillery regiment of the fourth division of the stormy bear army. They first played with 76 guns. After the successful development of 105mm guns, these elite Gunners were selected to be responsible for these 105mm shore defense guns. Well, the best of them was naturally selected to be on the Carlos

Usually their training is using the training bomb, but the training effect is very good.

This also makes these Gunners a little arrogant.

As a result, I didn't expect that the first actual combat shooting turned out to be like this, which made my boss unhappy. These Gunners immediately felt very bad, very bad

These 12 105mm coastal defense guns are only a part of the whole coastal defense gun position. They are the nearest coastal defense guns to the three French warships.

The effective range and accuracy of these shore defense guns are very high. In addition, they are all fixed turrets. It really shouldn't have such a low hit rate to hit such a large target with only more than two kilometers.

No wonder the stone bear is angry.

As soon as the boss got angry, these Gunners naturally started to pay attention, and then Henry Antoine's windsurfing fleet was completely ruined.

The enemies are all French, and there is no need for the stone bear to survive, and there are still people to watch, so it's good to take this opportunity to kill chickens and scare monkeys.

The second volley came again after 20 seconds.

Henry Antoine was not so lucky this time.

Although this round of salvo was still 12 shore defense guns, 12 shells actually hit a full six.

As the flagship of this sub fleet, Brigadier General Henry Antoine's second class windsurfing battleship, the Royal dove, is a new ship just a few years after it was launched.

In order to commemorate the windsurfing battleship "Royal Dove" which made a big splash in the first Anglo French war, this class II windsurfing battleship was also named "Royal Dove".

However, this royal dove did not inherit the good luck of its predecessors. This class II windsurfing battleship, which has just been launched for a few years and has not even participated in a serious naval battle, was hit in the second round salvo, emitting 105mm high explosive!

One of them exploded directly in the middle of the upper deck, and scattered fragments swept the area of more than ten meters in an instant, tearing about forty French people, including Brigadier General Henry Antoine, to pieces.

The other two shells directly hit the side of the Royal dorphine. Even without the use of armour piercing bullets, the hull made of 600 mm thick planks could not withstand the bombing of high explosive bombs.

The two high explosive bombs directly tore two large holes with a diameter of more than two meters in the hull of the Royal dove. One of the holes was located near the waterline, from which a large amount of water poured into the hull of the Royal dove.

Similarly, these two big holes also destroyed part of the lower two decks of the windsurfing battleship with three decks. The most important thing is that the high explosive caused a fire, and the fire ignited the propellant of the lower two deck guns in a very short time

Then, disaster came to this almost brand-new windsurfing battleship in an instant.

Even if the black powder used as propellant is killed, its power is not that a wooden hull warship can resist.

Therefore, a huge "fireworks" erupted in the center of the river course of the Elizabeth River. The height of the flame was dozens of meters. A large amount of smoke formed a black "mushroom" in the air.

The huge shock waves formed ripples on the river, and even pushed the other two class III sail battleships away for a certain distance.

Then, this windsurfing battleship with a length of 70 meters did not even fight a gram, so it ended its short life in the death explosion of propellant.

The instant capsizing of the Royal dove frightened the sailors on the other two French warships.

But it's no use for them to be afraid, because now they are too busy.

Just in the first round of volley, the Royal Knight got a shell. Fortunately, it only got one shell. The shell hit the middle of its upper deck. The thick main mast was thrown into the river like a chopstick by the huge shock wave. More than 20 French sailors became the wandering souls on the Elizabethan River again.

As for the other class III windsurfing battleship, the "Versailles glory" was hit by two high explosive rounds in the volley.

These two high explosive shells all hit the side of the glory of Versailles, tearing two huge holes in the hull of the class III windsurfing battleship.

However, the glory of Versailles was lucky, because the two shells hit between the top deck and the second deck, and there was no barrel for propellant in these two places. So even though the two shells caused a fire, they did not cause the propellant to explode.

In contrast, the Royal knight is in the best condition, but not much better

The fleet lost its commander when the flagship capsized.

Even if the captain of the Royal knight took over the command of the sub fleet at the first time and ordered the white flag to be raised at the first time, the coastal artillery Gunners who had been red eyed and received the order of "do not capture" continued to charge, aim and launch.

When the third volley came 20 seconds later, the two class three sail battleships floating on the river immediately fell into bad luck.

In this round of volley, eight high explosive bullets hit the target. The Royal knight and the glory of Versailles each hit four high explosive bullets.

These two warships with only two decks and three sails are naturally not as strong as their flagship. If it were not for the high explosive fire that ignited the Royal dove's propellant, the Royal dove's volume would have been able to withstand more than a dozen shells.

But as a younger brother, Versailles glory and the Royal knight can't do it. The thickness and size of these two ships can't be compared with the Royal dove, so when each of them was hit by four high explosive bombs, their lives came to an end.

The stern position of the Versailles glory was hit by a high explosive bomb, which tore a big hole near the waterline on the side of the hull. A large amount of water instantly poured into the stern of the Versailles glory, and then the bow of the ship cocked up at the speed visible to the naked eye.

As the bow of the ship became larger and larger from the surface of the water, the keel finally could not bear the weight of the front part of the ship. It broke suddenly in a sour sound. Finally, the ship sank to the bottom of the Elizabeth River in just a few minutes, leaving only the top of two masts and countless pieces of wood from the Royal doven

As for the Royal knight, it was even worse. The four high explosive bombs all hit its side. The four powerful high explosive bombs directly tore the hull of the ship to pieces. A large amount of water suddenly poured into the hull. The ship soon began to roll, and finally stood up slowly, and then buckled on the river.

Hundreds of French sailors were so caught under the wate