Chapter 99： The problem with the main gun of the warship

Half a month passed quietly.

More than 30 nautical miles north of the Eighteen Branch, on the deck of a large warship, more than a dozen scientific researchers in white coats are busy, and the most eye-catching is that the two-unit giant on the bow deck. gun.

Compared with the chubby front-loaded smoothbore guns in the pirate world, this huge cannon is obviously different, just like a rifled cannon.

Speaking of which, Li Yan really admires the scientists of the Pirate World. It's only been half a month, okay?

If you put it in your previous life, even if you give a guide to the research direction, it will take at least a few months to come up with a finished product for testing...

"Major General, it's ready and ready to test!"

"Don't worry about me, just follow your steps to test, I'm just here to observe!"

"Yes, Major General!"

With a salute, Levin immediately began to command.

"Reload!"

When Levin gave the order, the scene that appeared also made Li Yan's mouth twitch slightly.

With such a big cannonball, a sailor just walked to the tail of the cannon with both hands in his arms, and it didn't seem like he was struggling at all?

Well, people in the world of pirates are really cows...

"Report, reloading is complete!"

"Fill the propellant pack!"

"Report, the propellant pack is filled!"

"Close the breech!"

"The breech is closed!"

"The target ship is 3,000 meters on the port side, and the gunner is aiming!"

"The standard is complete!"

As the gunner's aiming has been operated, the entire turret first slowly rotated to the left, and then one of the guns was lifted up a little.

"Fire!"

Boom...

With a loud bang, the cannonball spun out of the barrel at a high speed, and at the same time, due to the recoil generated by the firing of the naval gun, the entire large warship was shaken by more than ten meters.

A few seconds later, when the cannonball fell, although it was tens of meters away, the waves caused by the huge explosion directly overturned the small target ship tens of meters away.

"Quick, conduct a comprehensive inspection, including the warship!"

"Yes, Minister!"

Under Levin's command, all the scientific researchers and the sailors on the ship took action, inspecting the test gun and the entire warship.

And the result of this inspection is just as Li Yan thought, the gun is very strong, but compared with the secondary guns with smaller calibers tested a few days ago, today's warships can't withstand this huge gun the power of.

Just one shot has already caused many cracks on the deck. If there are multiple salvos, the warship will probably fall apart.

It seems that Levin still needs to work more on recoil. In addition, it is necessary to redesign the current warships, and there is the issue of materials for building warships.

Otherwise, this gun can only be used as a coastal defense gun on land, and cannot be used on ships at all.

After this test shot, Levin no longer dared to conduct a second test shot, so he had to end the test early and return to the branch.

In fact, Lin Fan is not in a hurry about the main gun of the warship. After all, the secondary guns tested a few days ago are already much stronger than the guns currently equipped by the navy, both in terms of range and power. Or the accuracy is directly doubled several times.

As for this 3 or 4 100mm caliber cannon main gun, to be honest, there is no place to use it for the time being.

after all...

Li Yan's current enemies are nothing but pirates!

When he returned to the branch, looking at Levin who was in a somewhat depressed mood, Li Yan also comforted him a bit, telling him not to be too impatient, and to take it step by step!

And while Li Yan's side was developing silently, something big happened in the new world.

As early as more than a month ago, a pirate alliance appeared in the new world. Although the four emperors were not involved, these pirate groups were also very powerful. Even the weakest one, the captain of the pirate group, offered a bounty. All reached 300 million Bailey.

The most important thing is that the Navy has obtained information. The goal of this Pirate Alliance is the last base of the Navy in the new world, the G1 branch!

Once this place is breached, the navy will completely lose its foothold in the new world, and its image is not too big.

Therefore, the headquarters directly dispatched two generals to deal with the Pirate Alliance, and from the headquarters and the branches of the Great Route, a full 20,000 sailors were dispatched for reinforcements, and this was also the former Lieutenant General Jonathan, who led thousands of elites from the G8 branch. Reason for leaving.

Originally, in this battle, everyone will fight you to and fro, and there will be no winner for a while.

Although the two generals are very strong, it is obvious that dozens of new world pirate groups are not weak. Even if they fight alone, no one can stop the generals, but a few or even ten people can still be contained. .

After all, these are all famous pirates in the New World, none of their captains are weak, and they are not comparable to those supernovas in the first half of the paradise.

In ten days, the two sides fought and confronted three times in that sea area, and each suffered considerable damage, until a reinforcement fleet of the navy arrived...

In fact, this fleet is not very large. There is only one super warship and three large warships. The total number of sailors is more than 1,000.

But the problem is, the more than 1,000 sailors here are a bit special...

Except for the 500 sailors on the Taotu ship in command of the commander-in-chief, the thousand sailors on the other three large warships were all temporarily selected by the headquarters.

They may not be strong in combat, but they have one thing in common, that is...

All are master shooters!

And for this support army, the Navy Headquarters also spent a lot of money to have Vega Punk produce a thousand Corona Type 18s at a cost of more than 700 million Baileys.

Originally, according to the plan of the Warring States period, the mass production of equipment was only after the material mass production problem was resolved.

After all, it is too expensive to let the laboratory produce it.

However, after seeing Corona's 18-style performance in the two battles between Mogu Town and the G8 branch, and the G1 branch where the situation became more and more tense, Sengoku changed his mind.

First produce a thousand guns, and then select a thousand navies with strong shooting ability from the headquarters to form a special experimental fleet.

As for the 500 pieces in Taotu's hands, it was a pleasant surprise, and they paid for it at their own expense, so they didn't ask the headquarters for a penny, right?

So, after Taotu left the 18th branch, she received an order from the Warring States period to go to the headquarters to join this special fleet, and then rushed to the G1 branch for support. After all, the situation over there seemed to be about to fight at any time.

And this is also Corona's eighteenth style, the real battle that was exposed in front of all pirates.

When four warships entered the battlefield, 1,500 Corona Type 18 with an effective range setting farther than the pirate cannon made their appearance.

After all, the front-mounted smoothbore guns used can already be 2 or 300 meters away from my grandma's house and in addition to the middle and high-level combat power of pirates, they account for 90% of the population. The lower level of combat power was directly slaughtered unilaterally.

Even after Taotu arrived at the center of the battlefield, that is, the area that was frozen by the Aokiji, the sailors jumped off the warship one after another and headed towards the main battlefield.

Although those pirates' mid-level and high-level combat power is not too afraid of Corona's eighteenth style, they are still tied.

As long as you're not a natural type, then you have to keep guarding against those navy soldiers holding the Corona 18. If the bullets fly over and you don't dodge or use the local armament color to defend yourself, you will be injured or even attacked. Is it okay to lose your life?

As for the originally deadlocked battlefield, with the addition of these 1500 Corona Styles, the situation quickly became one-sided.

After all, one had to guard against black guns, and at the same time had to deal with the mid-level and high-level combat power of the navy, it was impossible to fight.

As for Akainu and Aokiji who noticed this, although they were a little shocked by the strength of the Corona Type 18, they did not miss the opportunity because of this, even if they ordered the navy to launch a full-scale counterattack.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the pirates naturally wanted to escape, but the problem was that the entire sea area was frozen by Aokiji.

Except for those pirates who have the ability to fly, no one else can escape at all.

Here I have to say Aokiji's frozen fruit. In the sea, especially in large-scale army battles, this guy's fruit ability is simply a bug.

Until three hours later, except for a small number of pirates who fled, the rest were either killed or captured. The navy won this crucial battle with minimal losses.

And as the Corona 18-style that resulted in this victory...

It also shocked the whole world!