Chapter 36 The Duel Begins

The place where the fleet confronts this time is a sea area of ​​3 kilometers in length and width. Since this morning, countless ships have followed the home of the Renard family in the North Wind Fleet and the combined fleet of the Evindara Islands. The family fleet sailed to that sea area.

A large number of buoys have been placed on the four sides of that sea area. As the boundary of the sea, no ships or airships are allowed to enter this area except for the two navies who are about to confront each other.

The North Wind Fleet dispatched two battleships and four heavy cruisers represented by the Snow Thorn. This number accounted for half of the strength of the North Wind Fleet. Similarly, the Leonard family also sent two battleships. Go to battle with four heavy cruisers. Regarding the loss of the Leonard family after this battle, the representatives of the giants and families in the Evindara Islands stated that after the war, all the families will jointly fund the fleet of the Leonard family. Strength returned to pre-war levels.

The ships of the North Wind Fleet and the combined fleet of the Evin Dara Islands, which were not involved in the battle, patrolled the periphery of the duel sea area, maintaining the order of the duel, and resolutely sunk any ships that dared to break into the duel sea area. .

Of course, the ships that came to watch did not dare to break into the duel sea area. Those ships were all gathered two to three kilometers outside the area marked by the buoys on the sea. The mast on the ship, or stand on a high place, directly take out high-powered binoculars, cameras and other things, and start preparing to enjoy the big show.

In the sky, Jinpeng Bank's flying boat was suspended at an altitude of several thousand meters in the center of the sea area, overlooking the whole venue.

On the flying boat, as many people exclaimed, a huge cabin roof slowly slid open, revealing a blue and empty sky, and the originally closed cabin space suddenly became naked. On the flight deck in the air, people can directly watch the situation of the two fleets below from the lower viewing windows on both sides of the deck. The thing rising from the ground is five or six meters high, like a polygonal crystal column, divided into several sides, and can completely display the battle situation of the two fleets on the sea through the principle of optical imaging, which is very tall , Compared with the special periscope imaging mirror of the airship captain in the Stormrage-class command cabin, I don’t know how many times more advanced. At least for Zhang Tie, this is the first time he has seen such a large optical imaging device.

Around the huge optical imaging device, there are rows of seats for people to sit around and watch. On several tables, there are some high-end drinks prepared by Jinpeng Bank. Here, they are arranged like A small luxury amphitheater suspended in the air.

The female knight Gongsun Liniang of Jinpeng Bank had already flown out of the airship when the cabin roof was opened, bursting out a stream of water-green fighting spirit, floating directly in the sky below the airship, monitoring the two fleets below situation of fighting.

Guan Xiyi, the treasurer of Jinpeng Bank, and a group of Jinpeng Bank's entourage are also watching here.

In the southwest corner and northeast corner of the sea area below, the two fleets parked at their respective predetermined positions, but the boilers had not been turned off. Both fired a red signal flare at this time, which means that the two fleets are ready. Signal.

On the sea in the distance, everyone's breathing seemed to stop when they saw the two fleets sending out signal flares.

"Your Excellency Peter, can we start?" Xu Tao came over and asked.

Zhang Tie nodded, and an attendant of Jinpeng Bank who asked for opinions from Avin Dala Islands also nodded to Xu Tao. Xu Tao looked at the treasurer Guan Xiyi, and the treasurer Guan also nodded

Zhang Tie noticed,

At this moment, the Chief Shepherd of the Scepter of the Holy Light Sect took a look at him, and a sneer appeared on his face, while Connor nodded kindly to himself.

Zhang Tie also laughed, he really wanted to see what cards they had.

A red flare was fired from the spaceship towards the bottom...

The moment the signal flare fell, the two fleets began to move, and puffs of thick smoke rose from the chimneys of the warships of the two fleets. The two fleets, like fully armed knights, rode on war horses carrying Spear, began to charge towards the opponent.

In such a given situation, the two fleets are fighting within the visible range of the other party, unless the commander of the other party is an idiot or has made a major command error, otherwise, the two fleets will fight in this well-prepared situation. , it is basically impossible for someone to seize the T-shaped position.

So at the beginning, the two fleets didn't make any extra moves, but rushed towards each other directly.

Just a few minutes later, when the distance between the two fleets was still about 15,000 meters, a cloud of smoke-like steam rose from the muzzle of a main gun on the flagship of the Leonard family's family fleet... ..

A few seconds later, the same smoke-like steam rose from one of the main guns of the North Wind Fleet's flagship Snowthorn...

A few seconds later, two rumbling cannons were heard on the airship.

A tall water column splashed on the sea surface more than 70 meters away from the North Wind Fleet...

A few seconds later, the same column of water also splashed on the sea surface a hundred meters away from the Leonard family's family fleet...

As soon as the cannon rang, those who watched the battle outside exploded - the duel between the two fleets finally began.

On the flying boat, everyone's hearts were raised...

"This is the test firing of the flagship main guns of the two fleets. Through the test firing, the landing point and error of the ballistic trajectory can be measured, and the design elements can be corrected. After the flagship has determined the shooting elements, it will be controlled by the lights between the fleets. Signal, to transmit the parameters of the shooting elements to each battleship, and after the adjustment of each battleship is completed, the salvo can be fired!" Elder Turing, who was sitting next to Zhang Tie, explained to Zhang Tie in a low voice.

"In the situation just now, it seems that the Leonard family's fleet has a slight advantage. The firing time of that fleet is four seconds earlier than that of the North Wind Fleet, and the impact point of the first shell is also closer!" Zhang Zhang Iron turned his head and said. "It's like this. The overall quality of the Evin Dala Islands fleet is indeed superior to that of the North Wind Fleet. We don't have an advantage in this duel!" Elder Turing's face was slightly heavy.

"Don't worry, this is just the beginning!" Zhang Tie smiled calmly.

After the first shot, the representatives of various wealthy families in the Avindara Islands sitting opposite Zhang Tie saw the situation in the imaging device and whispered to each other. On the face of Connor, the patriarch of the Leonard family, A smile appeared, and Connor nodded gracefully to Zhang Tie, who also nodded to him.

More than ten seconds later, one second later, the two fleets started their first salvo...

The huge rumbling sound, which was more than ten times louder than the first shot just now, began to reverberate in that sea area, and the two fleets quickly fired while advancing...

Within the first minute, both fleets completed three rounds of salvo, and the speed of the fleet of the Leonard family was always two seconds faster than that of the Beifeng fleet. At that time, the two-second advantage had already led to six seconds.

The shells landed on the water around the route of the opposing fleet, stirring up huge water columns. Looking at the distribution of those water columns, the commanders of the two fleets had a tacit understanding of firing their own salvos. Put it on the opponent's battleship. At this time, as long as one of the opponent's battleships can be killed or paralyzed first, the balance of victory will begin to tilt.

At this time, besides strength, luck is also an extremely important factor for those two fleets.

The luck of the North Wind Fleet seemed to be good. In the third round of salvo, a ball of flame rose up on the bow of a heavy cruiser in the family fleet of the Renard family.

On the flying boat, everyone on the ice and snow wasteland burst into cheers.

"The North Wind Fleet killed the beautiful..." the old wild bear from the wild bear tribe yelled.

A shell, unless it penetrated the ammunition magazine of the battleship and caused it to burn, or happened to fall on a key part near the propulsion paddle of the battleship, it happened to fall close to the part below the waterline of the battleship, otherwise it would not make a single shot at all. The battleship was paralyzed.

The speed of a heavy cruiser in the family fleet of the Leonard family that was shot did not seem to be affected much. The optical imaging device aimed the lens at the burning battleship, and the lens pulled Come on, everyone sitting on the flying boat can see that the sailors of the battleship Zhang are rushing on the battleship quickly, putting out the fire to reduce losses. At this time, the damage management ability of the battleship is also the combat power of the fleet. and an important component of survivability.

"The North Wind Fleet is a respectable opponent!" Connor, the patriarch of the Leonard family, said to Zhang Tie with his usual expression on his face.

"Patriarch Connor doesn't seem to be worried!" Zhang Tie said with a smile.

Connor's eyes flickered, but he still smiled, "This is just the beginning, isn't it?"

"Does Patriarch Connor believe in luck?"

"Luck is very important, but the most important thing is strength!"

"A good start means half the battle. At the same time, luck is also a part of strength. I feel that luck is on my side today."

"Then wait and see!"

The flying boat was fighting with each other, but the confrontation of the fleet below was not over yet.

The violent gunfire still resounded in the sea below.

Three minutes later, the family fleet of the Leonard family showed its strength beyond the North Wind Fleet. During these three minutes, the North Wind Fleet had just completed nine salvos, and the Leonard Family Clan However, the family's fleet fired ten rounds of salvo, and in the tenth round of salvo, one shell accurately landed on the battleship Snowthorn.

This time, it was the turn of the people from the Evin Dara Islands to cheer.

The first round of confrontation between the two fleets lasted fifteen minutes before the two fleets moved out of the range of each other's firepower. In the first round, the North Wind Fleet was hit by five shells. The family's fleet was hit by four shells, and the losses on both sides were small, with only minor injuries.

This was only the first round of the confrontation. After leaving the opponent's range, the two fleets changed directions at the same time, preparing for the second charge...

In this second confrontation, the North Wind Fleet moved back one point and hit the opponent with seven shells, while he was hit by six. The battleships of the two fleets were all bombarded by the opponent. The main guns were forced to stop, and a fire broke out on a battleship in the family fleet of the Leonard family.

After the second confrontation, as the two sides of the fleet slowly entered the state, the battle situation became more tragic.

The two fleets turned again and charged again, but at this moment, the speed of the two advancing battleships of the Beifeng Fleet slowly slowed down, and the neat battle formation of the fleet was suddenly disrupted.

"What's going on?" Except for Zhang Tie, everyone on the Ice and Snow Wasteland stood up nervously from their seats...

"Aim the camera at the two battleships of the Beifeng Fleet, and zoom in so that everyone can see clearly!" The treasurer Guan Xiyi, who had been silent all this time, spoke.

On the airship, the images of the battleship Snowthorn and another battleship gradually became bigger and bigger on the optical imaging device...

When everyone on the ice and snow wasteland saw the situation clearly, everyone felt as if they had been struck by lightning.

On the surface of the sea, countless densely packed black starfish and conch as big as millstones surged up from the bottom of the sea, and began to absorb on the two battleships of the North Wind Fleet. The number of starfish and conch was so many that it was terrifying. , Layers upon layers of adsorption on the side of the Beifeng Fleet warship, the speed of the Beifeng Fleet warship slowed down suddenly, and the hull began to tilt slightly to one side... (to be continued "This text is provided by the breaking dawn update group x-on:我爱小娃t" If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)