Two Hundred and Eighty-Five Storms Are Coming

Inside the icy steel, the sailors of Ellen Hill were desperately adding coal to the boilers of their battleships. The sound of the boiler was deafening, and the black smoke billowed through the chimneys and sprayed on the peaceful sea.

The cannons of the battleships have begun to turn, and the naval battleships of Ailan Hill are still rampant in the South China Sea, invincible in the world.

General Laurens stood on his bridge, stared at the distant port with a telescope, and ordered: "Fire when you're ready, don't wait for my order!"

"As ordered! Your Excellency General!" The captain stood at attention and saluted, then turned and left the fleet commander's position. He gave orders to his weapons officer, and the battleship began to roar of its own.

The battleship Conquest opened fire first, followed by Hero. The two dreadnoughts spewed dazzling fire, and the Shackburn, which had been sacked by the Irish navy once, once again raised a black smoke.

Alan Hill's battleship, to these mortal empires, is simply the existence of monsters. No matter what kind of warships these countries develop, there is no way to fight against such a formidable existence.

You must know that although this battleship is only the first generation of battleships, it is still the main battleship of the navy in the new era, and its combat effectiveness is very powerful.

Even if these countries have developed warships such as ironclads in order to fight against these Alan Hill warships, there is still a significant gap in firepower and mobility.

After all, these mortal countries can only find steam engines exported by Ailan Hill, and their performance is actually not as powerful as the steam engines used by Alan Hill Navy for themselves.

In terms of artillery, the actual test of artillery calibers above 300 mm is not the simple casting ability, but the comprehensive metallurgical level of a country.

The puppet empire can use expensive raw materials such as ferrite at no cost, and rely on the puppet soldiers to expand the size of the artillery regardless of weight. However, there are too few countries that dare to be like a puppet empire regardless of cost and weight, and can still rely on strong accumulation to ensure part of the casting level.

Therefore, when these countries took 130mm cannons, or barely cast 170mm cannons, to face the 305mm cannons of Ireland Hill, their defeat was taken for granted.

The fact is so cruel, although Ailan Hill's investment in the navy is the least, and the navy's weaponry is also the most backward as a whole, it still crushes those poor southern mortal empires.

The reason is also very simple, that is, these mortal empires invest less money in the navy than Alan Hill. Although Ailan Hill's navy as a whole stagnated at the level before the First World War, its opponents did not even have the level of the Japanese-Russian naval battle!

"I heard that we are going to launch 10 large-tonnage cruisers in one go... This is a good thing." Standing beside Laurens, the adjutant talked about the telegram message from the rear.

There is really no need for him to command, every time he goes south to loot, it is a grand carnival of the navy. These navies have attacked cities and lands along the way, and practiced various landing operations and artillery operations.

Every time they go to a city, they will loot a lot of money and materials, just like pirates, happy to see life and death, even if the weapons and equipment in their hands are too backward compared to the air force and the army, there is no Make them sad.

Anyway, the warships operated by their opponents are more backward, so they don't mind using these warships from before the First World War to fight a war that is almost close to the level of the Cold War.

"Yeah, I heard that Osa Dockyard is still building new types of warships, equipped with 406mm caliber guns, heavier armor and more powerful engines." Laurens nodded. Looking forward to the new warship.

He likes the feeling of watching his opponent disappear in his sight, and he prefers real naval guns to fancy things like missiles.

Although Ireland Hill is also building more guided missile destroyers, battleships and aircraft carriers are also in the construction sequence.

It's not that Ailan Hill wastes its own materials, nor is Ailan Hill particularly fond of backward battleships such as battleships, but that the whole Ailan Hill doesn't know what kind of warships they need.

The enemy has not yet appeared. In this case, no one can say whether the modern guided missile destroyers are more advantageous, or the ancient battleships are more effective. After all, missile technology is not yet mature, and the hit accuracy is still relatively limited.

In addition, the defensive capabilities of guided missile destroyers are limited, and the lightweight hull itself also represents a serious lack of defense capabilities. Battleships have a unique advantage in this regard. The armor is thick and the defense is strong, making battleships better in defense.

What's more interesting is that the defense mode of this world strengthens the advantages of battleships in defense: because of the size, battleships can engrave larger city-level defense magic circles, and can also be equipped with more powerful magic spar charging devices.

In this way, the defensive power that a battleship of tens of thousands of tons can provide is more than a little bit more powerful than a destroyer of only a few thousand tons. Therefore, Ireland Hill, who was rich and powerful, built three more Iowa-class battleships in one go.

The defense of this type of battleship is very good, and there is a modernized version that can be copied directly. It also has thick defensive armor and extremely fast speed, which fully meets the various requirements of the Ireland Hill Navy.

The leap from a dreadnought to a super battlecruiser designed at the end of World War II, Laurens felt like he was enveloped in a ray of happiness.

What is even more interesting is that Ireland Hill started to build three such battleships in one go, plus the two aircraft carriers under construction, as well as artillery cruisers and guided missile destroyers, so that Laurence's naval strength has increased at least three times in one go!

After seeing that the country began to replenish the navy, the naval officers and soldiers who were originally inferiors immediately became high-spirited, and even the number of southward trips began to increase.

Recently, because they had to cooperate with Koriya's 5th Army to attack south, they did receive an order to attack the enemy's port south.

"It's really interesting to think about it. We used to have only a few dozen warships. Now, because of the military expansion plan, we plan to build hundreds of warships in one go. That magical eye that does not exist at all, think about it, it is really a benefactor of our navy." Adjutant He didn't pay any attention to the battle in front of him, he just happily talked about the plan to expand the army.

The enemy in front of them really has nothing to look at. The fort has been destroyed the last time it came, and it seems that it has only been repaired for a short period.

The number of artillery pieces on the fort was pitifully small, and even the cruisers of the Ireland Hill Navy Fleet had never fought, so they hung up the white flag and asked for a peace of mind.

Then, the entire Shaker became a piece of fish on the chopping board, and the Alan Hill fleet was just rounded and flattened.

Several tall buildings were hit by shells and collapsed, and smoke billowed from the city. This battle is more like a one-sided artillery training, and the intensity is not as intense as the sea military exercise that Ailan Hill himself has conducted.

"Nonsense! That mathematician named Sandy believes that the distribution of these magical eyes is regular. As the navy of the Empire, we should be vigilant! This is our war zone! We have to fight to the end!" Laurens Said honestly.

In fact, he was happy too. If it weren't for that magical eye that didn't necessarily appear, he, the commander-in-chief of the navy, might not be able to raise his head in this life.

The army has intercontinental ballistic missiles, and the air force has even used advanced jet fighters. Only his navy is still a pitiful kitten.

The adjutant's mood was also very good when he saw his boss smiling insincerely there. At least Laurens is happy, he can relax himself these days.

The navy is not like the army, their tactics are looting, so their combat process is relatively happy: you may be required to turn over the gold if you grab it, but if you grab other things, the management is not so standardized.

Therefore, if the livestock such as pigs and cows are seized, they can be slaughtered and eaten with one eye closed, so as to improve their own meals; in the same way, if some card games are seized, they can be entertained on the boat; and if they have seized drinks... Well, the navy has never seized booze, at least in official statistics, the navy has never seized a drop of booze, not a single drop.

"However, the weather in the past few days has been a little too abnormal... How can there be a storm in the south at this time of year?" Laurence picked up the telescope and looked to the other side of his battleship.

In the distant sky, he could see the top of the dark clouds, where there were lightning and thunder, and at a glance, he knew that the weather was extremely bad.

"Looking at the direction and scale, it seems to be in the north, and the scale is very large." The adjutant is also an old seaman, and just by looking at it, you can tell that the sea conditions there are really bad to the point of miserable.

"I heard that the flagship Intrepid is on a mission in that sea area... It's really a worrying thing." Lawns put down the telescope, the smile that he couldn't hide just now has faded, replaced by deep of worries.

In fact, it's not just him, many people are worried about the endless sea. Ireland Hill's two most important satellite launch centers have launched four satellites in succession, strengthening surveillance of that area.

Unfortunately, the surrounding clouds are getting thicker and thicker, and the observation conditions of the reconnaissance satellites are also getting worse. Only the battleship Dreadnought can provide information about the situation near the sea of ​​​​storms.