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Chapter 4: Water Antenna, Burning (1)

They don't need a semaphore command, let alone a light signal, just like a puppet manipulated by an invisible big hand, driving towards the mortal fleet through the waves.After hearing the alarm, the sailors immediately dispersed and rushed back to their respective battle positions; the captain gave Suo Kui a deep bow and rushed down the wet gangway without looking back; the first officer Hariata and Suo Zhongwu looked at each other for a moment. , Also left the empty command post, when the two crossed and nodded tacitly, everything was silent.

This moment of joy is over.Another bloody conflict with the black plague began.The fleet is still fragmented, and it hasn't had time to complete the formation, but there is no way to take care of it now."Guangde Hongyi" formed a temporary squadron with two cruisers and a frigate, "Zhangu Dongfeng" and five other warships hugged together to keep warm, "Mingwei Xianxin" and the remaining five warships, then only Can rely on the ability of the crew to fight alone.

The car clock rang again, and the steam engine, which had been silent, resumed its high-speed operation.The artillery crew was in a hurry. Whether the shells were two catties or fifty catties, whether they were made of bronze or cast iron, the guns on each deck had their muzzle plugs removed and hurriedly filled with live ammunition amidst the gunner’s curse.

If it’s a 21st century warship, the next must be artillery roaring torpedoes flying together, but the black gunpowder of the Zhenyang Army Navy is equipped with smoothbore guns, and it can't kill the enemy far away.The mutant sea monsters created by the black plague obviously knew well about mortal artillery.Under the gaze of Suo Zhongwu and others, more and more black spots surfaced in the distance, and then the team formed and turned, like a group of wild dogs provoking a lion.

But these monsters are just bait.The first wave of real hands-on is the 40-foot-long corner stone of the Buddha statue, the extra-large ancestor of the Nautilus.These terrifying tentacle monsters sneaked quietly in the deep water that the watch post could not take care of, approaching to a distance of only ten chains (one chain equals 0.1 nautical mile), and then they jumped out of the water at high speed like a salvo of submarine missiles.

In the last second, the sea was unremarkable, and suddenly that dense water column was scattered.That spectacular scene is like a white forest sprang up out of thin air.Sunlight flows through the shell, making the cone shining like a pearl, and at the bottom of the cone where the cornerstone is the most swollen, masses of flesh and blood giants rapidly change colors, and their huge eyes stare at the navy flagship——

In the blink of an eye, the group of corner stones crossed the highest point of the parabola and slammed back into the sea like a cannonball.They are half-floating on the water, and through the powerful muscle spray pipe, they quickly soar to ten knots per hour, while constantly swinging their tentacles to adjust their posture, making the solid spire like a hammer, and "Ming Wei believes." The normal angle of the sideboard of the number is approximately ninety degrees vertical.

Things couldn't be clearer. These evil spirits planned to turn themselves into torpedoes and slammed into the navy flagship from the side.Although most of the snail shells of the corner stone are air cells, the overall mass is at least three tons, and they are faced with wooden boards instead of steel plates. If they are really successful, it will definitely be a disaster."Don't let them come near!" Suo Kui raised both fists at the same time, and shouted almost gaggedly:

"Get rid of them, get rid of them, get rid of them all!"

Without him, the sailors of the "Mingwei Xianxin" were already in action.On the double-layer artillery deck, all the artillery windows creaked open; the large and small artillery on the upper deck, which had been loaded with live ammunition before, is now busy adjusting the pitch angle; the deck warhead opened the gun box, the ship spearman, and the short gun The team sat on the ground and stood by. The bluffers were divided into two groups. One group squatted behind the two bulwarks to aim, and the other group climbed up the mast with muskets on their backs, preparing to ascend and shoot long distance there.

They have experienced rigorous training, and countless actual battles, both large and small, and they cannot be familiar with this process.From the opening of the first cannon window to the position of the last sniper, it took only one and a half minutes.During this period, Suo Zhongwu had been standing on the open-air podium, listening to the clock from the two-cars advancing at a slight speed to the two-cars entering the second. The two chimneys and chimneys churned out thick smoke. The battleship was running at high speed while moving from the midship. There was severe tremor.

Hariata went to the upper deck to direct the battle, and it was the captain who steered the bridge.Suo Zhongwu is unfamiliar with the captain. He only knows that he is an amiable middle-aged man with a friendly smile on his face. However, this "good uncle" gets on the boat and is more exciting than an F1 driver.

He turns the steering wheel once every twenty seconds on average, with no regularity in the amplitude and direction, making the warship's wake crooked like abstract art.Under normal circumstances, after turning the rudder, a warship will first tilt inward, and then slowly turn to heel outwards, but the captain is too wild. With a hull of nearly 5,000 tons, under the combined action of centrifugal force and resistance, it is very Soon it swayed from left to right.

This is more exciting than borrowing arrows from a straw boat.Suo Zhongwu stood beside his uncle, soaking his armpits in a cold sweat. In addition to his balance, he had to stare at Suo Kui at all times so that his uncle would suddenly stand up and engage in moths.It's really nothing to look for, and nothing to use.

In order to keep up with the "Mingwei Xianxin", the Buddha's corner stone has to constantly change its course.The efficiency of water jet propulsion is indeed far better than that of paddle wheels. The resulting extra buoyancy even lifts the top of the shell out of the sea. The left and right waves form a "V" shape, which is as beautiful as seagull wings.However, the muscle sprinkler can’t take into account both high speed and agility. It must extend one of its tentacles to increase resistance when turning. Not only is it inefficient, but also generates turbulence. It fluctuates and fluctuates several times to find the correct direction. That is much worse.

The chase of the sea monsters on the battleships was so prolonged.If it were not that the wind was too weak and the wind direction was unfavorable, the "Mingwei Xianxin" could only hang the mainmast with a hard sail, she might have a chance to fight back and choose a single corner stone "Gaba" to eat.But people shouldn't be too greedy. The captain's superb skills have bought enough time for the crew. Next, it depends on how the personnel, gunpowder and steel perform.

The first to fire was a long-barreled ten-jin cannon behind the chimney.It can be regarded as a little guy among the naval guns. It is far less powerful than the 30-jin brother on the artillery deck, but it is worse than the long body, the shot is far and accurate, and it can threaten the target from a nautical mile away.Although the sea is rolling and the steam engine is roaring like thunder, the sum of these can't cover the sound of the cannon, but a muffled thunder is heard, and a red light suddenly rises behind the chimney, and the gray smoke is trying to spread, but it is still caught by the warship. Quickly leave behind.

Suo Zhongwu put up the pergola and saw a column of water rising high, and then slowly dissipated unwillingly.The shell did not hit, but it was completely normal. No matter which naval battle, the first shot was usually used to announce the opening, and the real killing was still to come.