Chapter 291 Chapter 290 Sudden Naval Battle

The battleship Zhiyuan broke into the Emerald Sea on a rampage, but the sensation it caused was definitely not small.

It has been more than half a day since yesterday evening to this morning. Along the way, even a few merchant ships almost collided head-on with the Zhiyuan—although the Zhiyuan deviated from its direction at the last moment, this also caused a lot of complaints.

But the biggest complaint, or hostility, comes from the kingdom of Langya!

In other words, it comes from "Langya Kingdom, which just took refuge in the Xiaoyao Sect".

The news of Qixia Kingdom's steel battleship going to sea was not kept secret, and even publicized in a big way, so of course it was not hidden from the Xiaoyao faction. On the second day after the battleship Zhiyuan left port, the news had already reached the Xiaoyao faction, and then the news reached the Land of Langya on the same day.

The Kingdom of Langya immediately ordered its navy to prepare.

The Land of Langya has three main seaports—not counting Qianlong Port, which was just occupied and originally belonged to the Land of Canglan.

The first port, located in the middle, Surabaya Port. The commander of the port navy is Ma Jianliang.

The second port is located in the west, Qingpu Port, the commander of the navy Li Kepeng.

The third port is located in the east, Qiongshan Port, where the navy commander Meng Feihu.

All three of them have a huge naval fleet with more than thirty ships. Boats... none. This is the world of practice, why do you need a boat. When it comes to close combat, they roll up their sleeves!

Every navy with tens of thousands of regular troops is above the Foundation Establishment Stage, and its main combat power is at the Golden Core Stage and Nascent Soul Stage. In addition, there are more than ten thousand ordinary sailors.

The combat effectiveness of a navy is directly related to the ranking of the port; everyone is also accustomed to calling it the first, second, and third navy.

Different from the Qixia Kingdom, the Langya Kingdom is a powerful and wealthy country even if it dare not be said to be the top of the Emerald Sea. It may not be comparable to the Land of Canglan, which exploited the six western countries, but its overall national strength is definitely not comparable to the Land of Qixia. Dare to occupy the only port of the Land of Canglan, the strength should not be underestimated.

But this time, the Kingdom of Langya made a disgraceful decision—as long as the country of Qixia, which is overconfident, can really pass through the green sea of ​​death and appear in the inner sea, they dare to bury this overconfident guy in the sea .

Let the bumpkins from the West see how powerful the East is!

After receiving the order, Ma Jianliang, commander of the First Navy, was the most excited. Because, his master is called 'Mingquan Daoist'; and Mingquan Daoist's master is... Dingshan Daoist. Daoist Dingshan was framed by Zhang Hao's words.

In the early hours of yesterday, Ma Jianliang received a message saying that the giant steel ship from the Qixia Kingdom was actually sailing towards him. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep, and he organized the navy at dawn.

Hundreds of Nascent Soul Stages, more than 3,000 Golden Core Stages, and more than 7,000 Foundation Establishment Stages, plus 33 giant building ships, sailed on the sea before dawn, preparing to block the giant steel ships of Qixia Kingdom.

Now, finally see it!

"This is the steel 'giant ship'? It's only about thirty feet long?" Ma Jianliang asked a guard beside him with disdain, "How big is our flagship?"

This guard is also a wonderful person, oops again and again: "General, our boat is not big, it is only about forty feet, not twice the size of the other party!"

Everyone around laughed out loud.

Warships used for combat are different from merchant ships, they are more slender and less bloated.

Moreover, the wood of the warship is all spiritual material - although it cannot reach the strength of the flying boat, it can also reach the strength of the magic weapon. Coupled with the huge size of the warship, coupled with the formation barrier, it is difficult to destroy the warship in a short time even in the Nascent Soul stage.

The speed of the warship is even faster. Under the joint effect of sails and magic spells, coupled with the mature technology of Langya Kingdom, the speed can reach 30 to 40 kilometers per hour.

The 33 warships surrounded the Zhiyuan in an arc shape. Because of the wind, they were fast and slow, but the overall formation was rigorous, and the giant crossbows on the warships were shining coldly.

"The visitor is not kind!" Dugu Junjie looked at Zhang Hao, asking if he would take the initiative to start a war.

Zhang Hao squinted his eyes: "Langya Kingdom has now completely surrendered to the Xiaoyao faction. Hmph, since you dare to stretch your claws, you are welcome. I leave it to you, fire!"

"Do you take the initiative?" Dugu Junjie was a little excited, but still asked cautiously.

Zhang Hao chuckled: "People are surrounded by formations, how can we say that we take the initiative to attack. We are passive. Do we have to wait until others are surrounded and have no strength to fight back before we attack?

By the way, are the shells enough this time? We used a lot of shells before. "

"Haha, young master, you don't know. Each ammunition depot has multiple storage spaces. The shells we consume are less than one-tenth. The rest is enough to fight a large-scale war.

After sinking their warships, let's bombard their ports again! "

As he said that, Dugu Junjie rolled up his sleeves excitedly, "Attention everyone, grab the 'D' position, aim the artillery before firing.

Hit a cannonball, reward 10 spirit stones, hit a fatal effect, reward 1000 spirit stones! Waste a cannonball, one point is counted, and one spirit stone will be deducted for every ten points; if every one hundred points is spent...don't go to sea next time! "

The sailors screamed, raising the barrier on the one hand, and turning the direction of the battleship Zhiyuan on the other hand. Taking advantage of the natural speed, he began to turn to the south, and at the same time used his side to face the navy of Langya Kingdom.

The so-called "T" position is to use your own ship's side to face the enemy's bow. In this way, the enemy's attack will be weak, while your own attack will be strong. In the era of giant ship cannons, all the guns on the bow, stern, and even the side can be used on the side.

Because there is no letter "T" in this world, Zhang Hao uses "D" instead.

For the first time since the giant steel ship sailed into the Emerald Sea, it turned a corner—before that, it was always going straight ahead.

After turning at a speed of up to 110 kilometers per hour, the giant ship suddenly tilted to the left, and a large area of ​​sea water was overturned, forming a curtain wall. While the giant ship as a whole is turning, it still maintains a heavy inertia and sprints forward.

Such a spectacular scene surprised countless audiences following behind.

"This boat... is very heavy! It should really be made of iron. But what are those iron pillars on the boat? They are placed neatly on the deck. Could it be some kind of weapon? There is no giant crossbow on this deck. This thing should be It's a similar weapon." The middle-aged man of Seven Stars Trading Company said to the young master of Seven Stars Trading Company.

The young master nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly shouted: "Look, Uncle Feng, those iron pillars seem to be lifted up, and they seem to be pointing towards the navy of Langya Kingdom.

Are they ready to fight without saying a word?

But now they are about twenty miles away, right? "

"The attack distance of twenty miles is nothing. Let's take a look first. But I'm curious, how did the navy of the Langya Kingdom come up and start encircling it? And where did this strange ship come from? ?”

Naturally, no one answered this question, and the small boat of Seven Stars Trading Company fell into silence.

The sea seemed to freeze, and all the merchant ships around stopped to watch the excitement.

And Ma Jianliang, commander of the number one navy in the Land of Langya, also frowned; but unlike those watching the fun, he knew about artillery. Because, the Canglan Kingdom was equipped with artillery recently, which caused the Langya Kingdom's army to suffer a lot.

Traditional battles are: there are comings and goings, and everyone's attack distance is about the same; but after having artillery, the situation has completely changed. The party without artillery can only endure, can't help it, and... defeat!

However, relying on its powerful combat power, the Kingdom of Langya paid a huge price and snatched a cannon, and knew a lot about cannons.

Therefore, Ma Jianliang watched the cannons on the Zhiyuan slowly lift up, his expression solemn. "The Kingdom of Qixia is crazy. They actually moved the cannons to the ship. There are still so many, and they are not afraid of the ship disintegrating. But their speed... is a bit fast.

Everyone work harder and surround each other as much as possible.

In the Yuanying stage, when the opponent is within ten miles, prepare to attack. Pay attention to forming a battle formation, if possible, capture the opponent; if not, it will be scuttled! "

Hundreds of Nascent Soul Stage are ready, ready to fly into the air to fight at any time.

However, at this moment, the warship Zhiyuan had seized the "D" position. Because the navy of the Land of Langya was half surrounded, some of the ships were completely exposed to the direction of Zhiyuan's attack.

Dugu Junjie stretched out his finger to test, based on some common sense of cultivators, and some new technologies and standards of Dayang Group, etc., he roughly estimated the distance, "Seven kilometers, 300mm artillery fires! After approaching five kilometers, 100mm fires."

The three 300mm guns on the bow and the two 300mm guns on the stern completed the aiming at a distance under the control of some experienced gunners in the foundation stage.

"Free attack!" Dugu Junjie ordered, and the team leaders of each artillery roared and began to attack. Relying on their rich experience, they uttered their first roar when the Zhiyuan turned and had ups and downs.

Five 300mm cannons exerted force, and the strong recoil actually assisted the battleship to turn. Curbed the bulky inertia of the giant ship. In the flame spray, five huge cannonballs hit the two warships in the distance like lightning at more than three times the speed of sound. (Note ①)

For about four seconds, gorgeous flames suddenly erupted around the two warships in front of them. In the flames, the sea water rushed to a height of 20 to 30 meters. One of the warships broke from it on the spot, and the broken pieces of wood flew all over the sky. Many people were blown away. Under the broken warship, four to five hundred people ran for their lives in panic. fell into the sea.

They were frightened silly by the shells.

The other warship was more fortunate, only momentarily when the shell fell sideways, and the explosion of the shell tore the side of the ship, but the warship did not disintegrate immediately, leaving the people on board a chance to react.

But the side of the ship was blasted with a hole of more than ten meters. From a distance, the ship looked like a cake with a bite. The sea water was pouring in, and the ship was tilting at a speed visible to the naked eye.

On the Zhiyuan, Dugu Junjie yelled: "Transfer the target! These two ships are useless!"

The artillery did not need major adjustments, as the warship Zhiyuan turned and moved forward, the artillery had already aimed at the new target.

A few seconds later, another five shells flew out, this time attacking several crowded warships, four of the five shells actually hit the target. In a tragic explosion, the sides of two warships were torn apart, the superstructure of one warship was flattened, and hundreds of people were blown away.

"Ah..." Ma Jianliang, the commander of the navy of the Kingdom of Langya, roared. There is no battle yet, and five warships have been abolished on his side. Yes, they all spread out and kept their distance from each other."

But it didn't work. Ordinary wooden warships have a relatively loose structure. Because of the fundamental problem, even if the enchantment is opened, its defensive ability is still limited, and it cannot stop this powerful shell at all.

The flight time of the shell is only three or four seconds, and the heavy warship cannot escape at all. The Nascent Soul Stage was able to react, but they obviously didn't dare to catch the shells with their bare hands.

At this time, with the help of the recoil of the artillery, the battleship Zhiyuan has completely turned its direction, and is parallel to the navy fleet of the Kingdom of Langya. At this time, the distance between the two sides was shortened to about five kilometers, and the 100mm secondary guns also began to roar.

The flames soared into the sky, and the sea water on the right side of the giant ship stirred up water mist as the artillery fired again and again. A cloud of gunpowder smoke rose from the muzzle due to the rapid firing.

The scene is very spectacular.

The eyes of the audience around them widened. What kind of tactic is this? Attacks are launched every ten miles, and this attack...is very strange. Strange and powerful!

For example, the young master of the Seven Stars Trading Company, his eyes were about to pop out, "Uncle Feng, this attack...couldn't be the legendary Thunderbolt?"

The middle-aged man laughed: "Thunderbolt is just a trick made by alchemists. It sounds loud, but it has no power. This thing... is not ordinary.

Interesting, the other party seems to have conflicts with the country of Langya. Hey, the Nascent Soul Stages of Langya Kingdom finally couldn't hold back anymore and were ready to make a move. "

At this time, hundreds of Nascent Soul Stages from the Kingdom of Langya had rushed out and flew towards the battleship Zhiyuan.

The battleship Zhiyuan made a response, all the artillery suddenly fired at high altitude, a total of 18 shells exploded in mid-air, but the hundreds of Nascent Soul Stage who were sprinting were not prepared. This kind of air-burst bomb that can explode in mid-air is not available in the Land of Canglan.

The sudden and violent explosion did not negligible damage to the Nascent Soul Stage, and even made them tremble in fright. Many Nascent Soul Stages were so frightened by the explosion that happened next to their ears that their hearts almost jumped out, and their spells were interrupted.

Unable to guard against, many people suffered large and small injuries. Steel splinters from cannonballs can even break through their armor and penetrate their defenses.

The shock wave completely destroyed their formation, and several Nascent Souls tumbled and fell into the sea.

However, this is only the beginning. The next moment, another wave of shells struck. The cultivator's powerful body and abilities turned into deadly attack efficiency at this moment, and the cannon could be fired once every five seconds.

Before a large number of Nascent Soul stage masters reacted, four or five waves of shells had already been fired, with an extra wave of 100mm shells fired. A total of sixty shells exploded in the airspace, filling the air with gunpowder smoke.

At least thirty Nascent Souls were seriously injured. Some of the unlucky ones were even seriously injured or even killed.

Everyone sprinted aggressively, but they were hit by the shells and their heads drooped. Some of those awakened by the icy sea water flew far away screaming strangely, and some even flopped about in the sea water.

The battleship Zhiyuan did not waste the opportunity, turned its guns and began to attack the remaining warships. The warships took advantage of their speed and began to surround these warships, performing a miracle:

A battleship, ready to surround more than 30 warships. Well, at this time, five warships have been damaged in battle.

With the relentless roar of the artillery, the heavy warships turned into wrecks under the artillery fire, and some warships even caught fire due to the explosion.

The sailors panicked, stunned by the strange attack. Especially those manipulating the giant crossbow, they were even more stunned - why haven't they entered the range yet!

Finally, Ma Jianliang, the commander of the navy, still had some ability. With a roar, he gathered three thousand Jindan stage and the remaining Nascent Soul stage, formed ten battle formations, and surrounded the battleship.

This time, although the battleship repelled two battle formations, eight battle formations rushed to the side of the Zhiyuan battleship. Immediately spells, flying swords, etc., fell like rain.

Dugu Junjie commanded calmly: "The artillery attacks upwards to shock the enemy. The rest of the Jindan stage and above, take the opportunity to attack!"

Under the roar of the artillery, some cultivators were always affected, and then they were beaten down by the masters of the battleship Zhiyuan. The crazy explosion made it impossible for the masters of Langya Kingdom to form a battle formation, they could only fight in groups of three or five.

(Note ①: The speed of sound in the air is related to temperature, temperature, air density, etc. According to the settings in this book, the world has high atmospheric pressure and high air density. Therefore, the speed of sound is set at 500 meters.)