Chapter 632 Artillery Salvo, Tactical Change
For the naval battle that is about to break out, neither Mitiard nor Dimistocle have confidence in their hearts.
My own family knows their own affairs. If they were once fully staffed and fully equipped with weapons and equipment, the city-state navy with a scale of more than 70 ships would have the strength to fight even if they encountered any enemy fleet.
But now, the large amount of materials on the warship made it difficult for the warship to navigate, and the weapons and equipment dismantled to make room before leaving the port accounted for more than half of the entire fleet.
The gap between weapons and equipment and combat attributes cannot be made up casually. Even if there are two excellent naval generals with high quality and rich experience in naval warfare, the same is true.
Even at this moment, Mitaiard and Themistocles are ready for defeat, but now they are just seeking to delay time and give the city-state civilization sufficient warning time.
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"Cannon salvo!"
Seeing that the distance between the two sides has been pulled to five or six kilometers and the range of the artillery has been reached, Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan on the naval flagship also issued a combat order, and many captains have implemented it.
On the deck, one after another artillery pieces were lifted onto the deck.
Above the cabin, hidden compartments were opened one after another, revealing one after another of pitch-black muzzles.
Under the control of countless naval officers and soldiers, many large artillery raised the firing angle and loaded the shells.
On a naval battleship, it is at least equipped with five or six large artillery pieces, more than ten medium-sized artillery pieces, and dozens of small artillery pieces.
Although the current distance is only within the range of large-scale artillery, according to five large-scale artillery on a battleship, there are at least 1,000 large-scale artillery on two hundred battleships, not counting the dozens of large-scale artillery on the flagship.
Immediately after the attack order was conveyed, thousands of large artillery pieces began to roar.
"boom……!"
One after another, the cannons tilted out of circular cannonballs, and orange-red tracers streaked across the sky one after another, playing a wonderful symphony on the sky.
This is the sound of death, this is the joy of extinction!
"What exactly is this?"
Standing on the deck, watching the black balls that the naked eye could barely catch, rushing towards their fleet with overwhelming momentum, Mitaiard and Themistocley both seemed a little unclear.
But then, in the eyes of the two who still seemed a little puzzled, the sky of fire rose from the sea, engulfing everything, and also engulfing Mitaiard and Themistocles.
I am afraid that they and countless Greek naval officers and soldiers would never dream that there is such a thing as artillery in this world.
More than a thousand shells ripped the entire Greek naval fleet to shreds effortlessly.
After a stick of incense, the fire passed in the sky, and sawdust and broken weapons were everywhere on the sea, and the sea was stained with blood.
The Daqin Fourth Squadron, without any damage to one of its own, annihilated half of the Greek fleet with absolute firepower, and no one survived.
Thousands of troops and countless substances were also buried under the sea with the terrible explosion.
"Is this the naval artillery?"
Li Jing, who was staring blankly at the distant sea through the telescope handed over by Huoshaoshan, was also stunned and muttered to himself.
So far, this unprecedented new combat method deeply shocked Li Jing, and also vaguely encountered the development and transformation direction of the future imperial army.
And this spectacular scene was broadcast to the imperial capital Xianyang by seven or eight news birds above the sky.
In the Xianyang Palace, looking at the high-definition picture uploaded by the virtual image, most of the imperial court officials have not yet reacted.
Still immersed in the splendid sight of thousands of artillery salvos, the sound of the cannons tearing the sky and the earth, and the orange-red tracer flowing in the sky, swallowing everything up.
"Within the range of the cannon, there is truth everywhere!"
For a long time, Ying Ji also uttered such a sigh.
Ying Ji was certain that under such intensive artillery attacks, as long as the opponent stood still, even a third-tier powerhouse would be seriously injured, far exceeding the damage of a low-tier spirit-breaking crossbow.
"Your Majesty, I ask Your Majesty to popularize artillery equipment, at least to the extent that one legion is equipped with one artillery brigade."
At this time, Sun Wu, the president of the Imperial Academy of Martial Arts, also took a step forward and said admonishingly.
As a soldier, Sun Wu keenly captured the tactical changes that artillery would bring.
There is no doubt that as long as there is the existence of artillery, most of the natural dangers will become decorations, and they will all be shattered under absolute firepower.
The flexibility of the artillery is not strong, but it is definitely a super-class weapon and equipment in attacking the fortress.
Once the weapons and equipment of artillery are popularized in the imperial army, the imperial soldiers will die less in the war, and the catapults can basically be eliminated.
For this battlefield killer, Sun Wu, the president of the Imperial Military Academy, must seize it.
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"Your Majesty, please spread the imperial army to popularize artillery."
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"My minister, please popularize artillery."
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One after another, the imperial military commanders remonstrated that although they did not have the long-term vision of Sun Wu, they also sensed the tactical changes that the appearance of artillery would bring.
Looking at the high-spirited Manchao civil and military, Sora and many naval admirals also showed a touch of light.
Because they saw an opportunity for the navy to gain a firm foothold in the empire and enter a period of take-off.
You know, artillery is the weapon of the navy, and the navy also has a rich technical reserve of various weapons.
Once the empire wants to popularize artillery in the whole army, it has to rely on the navy?
For this, Sora and Kizaru, Zefa and others are convinced.
"I have made arrangements for this matter, you don't need to say more."
Looking at the crowd, Ying Ji raised his hand slightly and said.
It's not that Ying Ji was talking nonsense, but he really had a plan in this regard.
And there is already a popularization plan, but it cannot be implemented due to some current conditions.
Hearing Ying Ji's words, the cultural relics of the Manchu dynasty all showed disappointment, especially Sora and the seven admirals.
Because they clearly captured the gaze of His Majesty the Emperor swept past them and others.
But this still rejected the proposal of the Manchu civil and military, which is equivalent to rejecting the navy in disguise.
This also hit the hearts of Kong and many admirals for meritorious deeds, but they quickly adjusted.
"It's okay, don't you just don't want to use the navy?"
"It's a big deal that the navy will not humiliate itself in the future, just wait with the army to consume each other, and see who can consume more."
Kong et al thought so in their hearts, and the pride in their hearts did not allow them to bow their heads in exchange for the development of the navy.
"By the way, Marshal Kong, you can stay after the meeting. I have something to tell you alone."
At this moment, Ying Ji's words also rekindled the dawn of hope in the eyes of Kong and the others.
The meaning of Ying Ji's words couldn't be more obvious.
"It turns out that His Majesty doesn't want to use the navy, but he really has other arrangements."
"And the new arrangement is absolutely inseparable from the navy, and even occupies a major role. Otherwise, why would Your Majesty let Marshal Kong stay alone to discuss important matters?"
Thinking of this, the unpleasantness in the hearts of Kong and many naval admirals also slowly dissipated...