Chapter 456 Steel Duel 2

It was already 11 noon quietly, Zhang Hao stood on the white cloud, which was condensed by Liu Dingshan. There are also Liu Xinyu, Zhou Shuhai, Swordsman, Hua Baixiang and others on the white cloud. Many elites from Qixia Kingdom are here.

In fact, not only the elites from the Qixia Kingdom, but also the elites from other countries have come. There are masters everywhere on the white clouds in the sky. Even countries within the scope of the Eastern Immortal Hidden Sect have representatives.

Strictly speaking, this battle is not a full-scale battle. The Xuanzhen Sect and the Peripatetic Sect are very cautious. Everyone almost unanimously confines the war to the sea and warships, and has no idea of ​​​​expanding the war—at least not for the time being.

And for the time being, Zhang Hao only saw the Nascent Soul stage on the battleship, but not the Transformation God stage.

In fact, everyone knows very well that if both sides suffer a loss, the Xianyin Sect in the East will not be lenient.

Don't think that this Immortal Yinzong is a good stubble just because the name contains 'Yin'; those who can become holy places are all made out of it! To put it more bluntly, they all crawled out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood.

But by this point, the battle hadn't even started yet, which made many people anxious—it was slow! Shouldn't the battle of cultivators be done with the sleeves rolled up!

No, Liu Dingshan was a little anxious and couldn't help asking Zhang Hao.

Looking at the anxious eyes of everyone around, Zhang Hao shook his head slightly: "Senior, this is also the first time for me to have such a naval battle; it may even be the first time for the two sides who are about to fight. Therefore, I have no idea how this war will proceed. Not sure.

In fact, in terms of combat experience, the ocean warships with the most combat experience should be the Canglan Kingdom and the Langya Kingdom. The two countries have been fighting since years ago, which is incomparable to the fleets of the Ocean Group and the Qixia Kingdom. "

Liu Dingshan looked at Zhang Hao, doubts flashed in his eyes.

It is said that the fleet of your Dayang Group often conducts exercises. If you don't know the situation of naval battles, I'm afraid others don't know much about it!

Zhang Hao turned his head and looked at the sea below. In fact, naval battles...Zhang Hao really didn't know, he had Dugu Junjie and Zhao Yuhang do a lot of drills before, but Zhang Hao didn't care much about the specific drills.

Professional things, let professional people do it! What Zhang Hao wants to do is not to understand the war, but to guide the development of Dayang Group.

A person's ability, energy, etc. are all limited, and even a cultivator at the stage of transformation into a god cannot have everything. However, Zhang Hao would naturally not explain such a thing. It's too troublesome, just say that you don't know, how simple!

In fact, it is impossible to say that Zhang Hao doesn't understand at all. The guiding ideology of Dugu Junjie and others at the beginning was pointed out by Zhang Hao; in the later development, Dugu Junjie and others also discussed with Zhang Hao more. But these things, there is no need to let others know.

Wretched development is the kingly way!

In the sky, Liu Dingshan drove the white clouds forward slowly; in the distance on the sea, about 20 kilometers away, was the fleet of Xuanzhen Sect. Such a distance is also a default safe distance.

For the masters of the transformation stage, 20 kilometers is very close, but because of the problem of vision, it will be blurred at a distance, so it can only be 20 kilometers away.

But just when Liu Dingshan became anxious, Dongfang finally showed a turning point—the fleet of the Happy Faction appeared!

Zhang Hao quietly covered his forehead, the people from the Xiaoyao faction had their heads flooded, right? The large fleet is directly attacking the Xuanzhen Sect's fleet, have you really considered it carefully? There is a big gap between you, isn't it?

But... wait! Zhang Hao suddenly realized that even if the Xiaoyao Sect didn't have a naval commander, the Kingdom of Langya and the Kingdom of Southern Tang would not be so ignorant. They rushed over like this, there must be a plan!

In the sky, all the masters watching the battle held their breath, an unprecedented super battle is about to begin!

On Xuanzhenjiao's side, the 19 steel warships lined up in a wild goose formation, which is the layout of big arrows. The distance between each of the 19 warships is about one kilometer, and the 19 warships are directly lined up for about 20 kilometers.

About 10 kilometers behind the battleship, more than 50 skinned warships formed an formation and gathered together. Of course, after all, it is a warship of the 10,000-ton class, so the so-called gathering together is more than two to three hundred meters away from each other. Fifty warships formed a trap front and back, with a range of five kilometers in diameter.

Every battleship is a formation base, and the dark iron skin becomes the best carrier for the formation. The warship drifted past, and layers of low waves rolled up on the sea.

These warships use the steam turbines provided by Dayang Group. They have no sails and are very fast.

In contrast, the warships of the Xiaoyao faction had to be driven by formations. Of course, in addition to higher energy consumption, in terms of power, the formation drive is not bad.

On the Xiaoyao faction's side, there are two steel warships in front, three dark iron warships in the rear, and more than 300 warships in the rear. But more than 300 warships are a bit too many, and Zhang Hao didn't see the formation of the opponent for a while; he only knew that they were in a mess at a glance.

Zhang Hao asked Liu Dingshan, Liu Dingshan shook his head: "I can't see it either!"

... so stingy!

Zhang Hao turned his head to look at Hua Baixiang who was staying with Dayang Group.

Hua Baixiang smiled brightly, and continued to chat with Yan Wushuang, the swordsman.

Finally, Han Wuji, the swordsman next to him, said, "For now, I can't see it, but the opponent seems to have used several formations, combined with a military strategic layout.

But this is not surprising, the opponent's layout is also paralyzing the Xuanzhen Sect's fleet, it is impossible for us to see it at a glance. Maybe it can only be seen when the attack is launched. "

Only then did Zhang Hao nod slowly - not only to thank Han Wuji for watching, but also to deny Liu Dingshan and Hua Baixiang. You two really didn't see it when you co-authored it!

But think about it, on the main battleship of the fleet, the Xiaoyao faction is completely at a disadvantage. If they don't have any trump card, how could they rush over so stupidly!

Zhang Hao's eyes widened, and the fleets of both sides began to approach, and soon entered a distance of 20 kilometers!

At this moment, Lu Xuanyu (Zheng Xuanzi), the commander of the Xuanzhen Sect fleet and a disciple of the Xuanzhen Sect, stood in the captain's room of the flagship Endeavor No. 1, berating Fang Qiu.

The Nascent Soul Stage flying above constantly reported the situation of the enemy.

Lu Xuanyu listened to all kinds of information with calm and steady eyes. Ever since he was in charge of the fleet, he has become more and more general-like. Listening to all kinds of reports, plus a "water moon mirror" treasure projected by a cultivator to project a distant picture in front of him, Lu Xuanyu can almost see the enemy's situation clearly.

"The distance is 16 kilometers!" A sailor in charge of ranging shouted.

At a distance of sixteen kilometers, the other party can already be seen with the naked eye—of course the other party can also see himself.

Lu Xuanyu took a look at the situation and immediately ordered, "Seize the 'T' position, speed up as planned, prepare to adopt wolf pack tactics, and the battleship must not approach the opponent within ten kilometers!"

Wolf pack tactics, hovering around the prey, waiting for the opportunity to move, but will not directly rush into the prey's camp.

Especially the chaotic battle formation of the opponent made Lu Xuanyu feel an instinctive anxiety.

The fleet is divided into three. One fleet is the three warships of the original Canglan Kingdom. They fight alone, mainly to cool off on the periphery of the battlefield.

There is also a 20,000-ton Endeavor No. 4, plus nine 10,000-ton Wuwei No. 4 to No. 12.

Finally, there are three 20,000-ton Endeavor and three 10,000-ton Wuwei, and the flagship is also here.

Xuanzhenjiao's fleet began to turn, the ship's side faced the enemy, and the fleet began to turn south. More than fifty warships maintained their original formation and continued to follow behind the fleet.

But the warships of the Xiaoyao faction didn't seem to have changed at all, and they still kept the previous formation.

"15 kilometers!" The sailor counted.

Lu Xuanyu stopped guessing at the opponent's strategy and sank your warship, no matter what strategy you have, it's useless.

Lu Xuanyu ordered to fire! The battle started when the two sides were about fifteen kilometers apart!

The roar of artillery finally erupted on the sea, and the flames were rolling. But for the first bombardment, there were only three warships in total, and they also used small shells.

Ten seconds later, a shell landed near the Xiaoyao faction and exploded. The water column rushed to a height of more than 30 meters, and gunpowder smoke exploded.

Countless masters watching the battle in the sky opened their mouths wide... What a strange way of fighting! But everyone is more surprised by the attack distance, and judging from the explosion, the power is not small.

Even though many have seen artillery on land, this is the first time they have seen a battle at sea. Especially, this brand new, massive, steel battleship battle!

After an attack, the fleet adjusted immediately, and the next moment the fleet fired a salvo. The naval guns of 19 warships, the bow, the stern, and the left side of the ship fired simultaneously.

The largest caliber is 460 mm, and the smallest is 160 mm—this is the new artillery technology of Dayang Group, which makes up for the lack of artillery caliber. The current warships have also been refitted.

The battleship salvoed, and the sea water on the right side of the battleship was stirred up and splashed into the air; against the flames of the gun muzzle, it showed a kind of wildness and arrogance.

On the 20-kilometer-long sea, hundreds of naval guns fired salvos, flames and gunpowder billowed on the left side of the ship, and the right side of the ship was filled with sea water.

The whole sea and sky seemed to tremble under this volley. After the explosion, there was a piercing scream in the air.

However, the shooting didn't stop there! From now on, attacks... are like waves, wave after wave!

The speed of the warship has soared to 110 kilometers, tearing through the sea like a sharp sword; the guns of the warship roared continuously, leaving billowing smoke where the warship passed by—that was left by the muzzle propellant.

At last the first shells fell; most of the shells fell into the water, and the water shot up into the sky, and the sea was churning.

Only a small number of shells hit the target. But the warships of the Xiaoyao faction raised barriers on the surface of the warships, and some shells hit the target, but it didn't seem to have much impact.

At this time, the warships and warships of the Xiaoyao faction still did not fire, and they were still advancing silently.

But when everyone was a little disappointed, two 460mm shells suddenly fell below the waterline of a skinned warship. The attack of the twin artillery broke out at this moment.

Two shells exploded underwater, and this 10,000-ton warship was directly thrown into the air. Although the formation enchantment is good, the huge pressure from the sea water directly deforms and breaks the warship.

The structure of the battleship changed, and the barrier of the formation was destroyed without attack. The warship broke in mid-air at a height of more than three meters, and a large number of sailors panicked. Those whose cultivation was above the foundation-building stage flew up, but many of those whose cultivation was below the foundation-building stage fell into the sea.

And this was just the beginning, as a large number of shells fell, as the accuracy began to improve, within three minutes of the battle, the Xiaoyao faction lost more than 20 warships. These warships may be able to withstand a shell or two, but there is a limit!

A skinned warship is nothing more than a crab roe bun with thin skin and stuffing! Nothing compared to a real battleship. Even the dark iron warship is much, much stronger than the skinned warship!

The five warships in front of the Xiaoyao faction also suffered a lot of shells, but they are safe for the time being-the Xuanzhen sect has not used 'advanced shells' for the time being.

On the sea, the battleship of Xuanzhen Sect was still roaring, and the gunpowder smoke in front of the battleship had gradually become one piece.

And the warships of the Xiaoyao faction still did not fight back!

Both fleets, keep approaching! The two fleets spread out over a range of more than 30 kilometers, and it is impossible to completely stagger.

Although the battleship of the Xuanzhen Sect turned south, it was impossible for the bulky battleship to turn around immediately. The overall heading direction was southeast;

The warships of the Xiaoyao faction have been reduced from more than 300 to just over 250; more than 50 warships have been destroyed.

At a certain moment, Lu Xuanyu heard a new report from the sailor: "The distance is ten kilometers!"

Lu Xuanyu's eyes sharpened immediately: "460mm main gun, replace the high-grade shell!"

At the same time, the Xiaoyao faction finally took action. The more than 250 warships in the rear began to spread out, and a complex formation began to gradually form.

And the two steel battleships and the three black iron battleships in front finally opened fire!

On the bow of the Hailong ship, Ma Jianliang, the naval commander of the Land of Langya, roared: "Use high-grade shells directly for me! Aim more accurately!"

At this moment, both sides used advanced shells at the same time.

Ten seconds later, the Xuanzhen Sect took the lead in making a contribution. A 460mm high-grade artillery shell with the ability to break the prohibition hit the Xuantie battleship and Molong No. 3. The shell passed through the defensive barrier at an angle of about 40 degrees and hit the stern of the ship.

The violent explosion directly tore the deck: the fragments of shells and those steel fragments cut the deck like a blade, and the shock wave lifted the cracked deck, and a large number of sailors were blown away or even torn apart. A main gun at the stern misfired.

The explosion caused the stern of the ship to sink suddenly, and the bow of the ship was raised, almost out of the water; the waves rolled around the Molong III battleship.

But relying on Xuantie's body, plus Xuanzhenjiao's large amount of refining methods and welding techniques, the battleship resisted the attack!

Then, the Xiaoyao faction also made a contribution here, and a high-grade artillery shell actually hit the flagship of the Xuanzhen Sect, which was Lu Xuanyu's car.

The cannonball directly penetrated the defensive barrier and hit the superstructure; the explosion was violent beyond imagination—the advanced cannonball of the Xiaoyao faction also has storage space technology, and this cannonball is filled with nearly ten times more explosives!

This is equivalent to ten shells hitting the target at the same time. Even if Dayang Group's battleship technology is excellent, it cannot withstand the explosion at this time. About one-tenth of the area on the left side of the superstructure was directly distorted, and many sailors died on the spot.

In the captain's room, Lu Xuanyu was dizzy from the sound of the huge explosion, and the rear left side of the captain's room was slightly deformed. Almost hit the captain's room.

But Lu Xuanyu remained calm and composed. The volume of the flagship with a displacement of 25,000 tons is also displayed at this time. After being hit by a shell, the battleship barely shook. Unlike the other side, it is almost upturned.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer; and taking advantage of the number of steel battleships, Lu Xuanyu concentrated fire here.

All of a sudden, four 460mm high-grade shells hit the steel warship Dragon Tooth on the Xiaoyao faction's side. This 10,000-ton steel warship is still riveted—the welding technology developed by the Xiaoyao faction later cannot weld steel.

Among the four shells, one actually smashed through the chimney, entered the cabin directly, and exploded inside the cabin. The crazy explosion loosened the rivets, the steel plates spliced ​​at the bottom of the battleship, the keel loosened, the formation structure was destroyed, the keel was slightly twisted, some ribs were broken, and a large amount of seawater poured in.

In less than a minute, the seawater flooded the boiler, and the sailors around the boiler were killed or injured, and they were powerless to prevent the disaster from happening.

The Dragon Tooth...has lost power and can only coast by inertia; and the battleship itself is beginning to sink.

The Nascent Soul Stage was crazily busy, trying to save the battleship. However, a battleship that has lost its power is a living target. In particular, the defensive barrier of this battleship also failed due to the damage to the structure of the battleship.

Three minutes later, three more ordinary 460mm shells hit the target again. One of the shells actually penetrated into the belly of the Dragon Tooth. The crazy explosion directly broke the Dragon Tooth. Amidst the twisting sound of steel, the battleship sank rapidly.

The first steel battleship to be sunk by a cannonball since the war, and even the construction of the steel battleship; the second steel battleship to be sunk.

On the Hailong, Ma Jianliang was stunned. This one, was really off the plan! We only have two steel warships in total! One sinking is 50% of the battle damage.

However, the war is still going on, and the distance between the two sides is less than 8 kilometers.

On the side of the Xuanzhen Sect, Lu Xuanyu calmly ordered: "Fire the naval guns and fire! Ballista ready!"

The effective range of the ballista is relatively short, less than five kilometers; but the hit rate of the ballista is as high as the old nose. But having said that, as the distance between the two sides approached, the hit rates of the naval guns of both sides began to increase significantly.

At this time, not only the naval guns on the battleships were firing, but even the naval guns on those skinned warships began to fire.

Unlike steel battleships, skinned warships have weak foundations and cannot carry artillery with high recoil and ultra-long range. They can only install artillery with relatively small recoil-small recoil does not mean small caliber. It's just less propellant.

As a large number of skinned warships opened fire, the sea... was completely lively!

Gunpowder smoke fills the air, and water columns form forests.

Suddenly, Endeavor No. 2 on Xuanzhen Sect's side was set on fire. A total of six 460mm advanced shells from the Xiaoyao faction hit the target. And this is equivalent to the explosive power of 60 ordinary shells.

The explosion tore the deck, pierced the armor, and the superstructure of the battleship was directly blown away. However, the disaster broke out next... Sacrifice!

This time, an ammunition depot was detonated, the propellant was ignited, and then a larger-scale explosion occurred. On this 20,000-ton battleship, more than 7,000 tons of shells, explosives, etc., most of them happened explode.

At that moment, the world seemed to tremble for a moment, the battleship burst into pieces, completely torn apart, the flames were dazzling, the sea water instantly sank a hundred meters, forming a huge crater with a diameter of more than 600 meters, a wave of hundreds of meters high, spread loudly, and the surrounding battleships Bumping in the huge waves, all attacks fell through.

A battleship of more than 20,000 tons just disappeared. There were more than 2,500 sailors on the battleship, and only a few nascent infants escaped for their lives, but it was miserable.

The sea water began to flow backwards, the whole sea was in chaos, and there were bursts of thunder.

Xuanzhenjiao was a little dumbfounded here. On the side of the Xiaoyao faction, however, appalling cheers erupted! Ma Jianliang even shouted for persistent efforts.

But on Xuanzhenjiao's side, Lu Xuanyu quickly recovered his composure. When the mirage dragon and shark dragon were besieged back then, the scene was even crazier than it is now.

Lu Xuanyu commanded calmly, and the two sides quickly approached.

The warships of the Xiaoyao faction have been launched, and finally revealed their plan: using the warships as the base, 108 of their more than 300 warships (less than 200 now), actually formed a... Big array!

At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than five kilometers.

At this moment, the sky and the sea held their breaths!

(The content of the extra-large chapter and almost three chapters is uploaded together to take care of everyone's smooth reading.)