Chapter 79 Who Are You Helping?

Even the timely help and the icing on the cake have come out, and fools know how to choose.

"Then we can only blame the other side for being unlucky." Zhenhong said.

Although Rose understood what I meant, she did not start fighting immediately. Instead, she asked her assistant first. "Do you have any reference advice over there?"

"I can't help you with this, it's limited information."

"Then there's nothing we can do." I said: "Let's take off first, don't get close to the warships on both sides, let them exchange fire first, and take a look at their general armament before starting the battle. Although their cannons don't look good, there's no guarantee that It’s not a particularly powerful weapon, and I don’t want to be damaged as soon as I enter the mission.”

"In difficult tasks, caution is a must." Christina also agreed with my opinion.

Everyone started to take off in accordance with my request. Although they did not leave the sight of the fleets on both sides, the intention of not interfering was already obvious. In fact, our trip made the captains on both sides breathe a sigh of relief, because they knew that we were very powerful people when they found out that we could fly. However, both sides were worried that we were the other party's people, so everyone was worried. Bold. However, our current behavior at least shows that we are not the other party's people, so their mood is slightly better, but in any case, we are a hidden danger here, but under the current situation, they have no time to take care of us.

After our side took a stance, the warships on both sides gradually entered the firing range. Neither side adopted any tactics such as seizing the upper hand, but each formed a long snake formation. Then they formed a figure of eight and moved closer together on the sea. Those who didn't know thought they were going to merge into a fleet. However, in fact, this is not to merge the fleets, but to form two columns and start bombardment.

Because the sail battleship's cannons are mainly concentrated on both sides, you must aim at the enemy from the side if you want to attack. This mode of two columns of warships from both sides can just use the maximum firepower. Of course, your side has the most firepower, and the enemy also has the most firepower, so this tactic usually occurs when both sides have a grudge and neither side is in a suitable position to seize the upper hand. If you can grab the t-head position. Most fleets would consider grabbing it. After all, such a position can ensure the maximum firepower of one's own side, but most of the enemy's artillery cannot fire.

The fleets on both sides obviously had a hatred as deep as the sea. They immediately started a decisive battle when they met, and even the transport ships were not left behind. Although those transport ships are engaged in transportation. But the transport ships in these sailing ships are not unarmed. They were only half the size of a battleship's cannon. Not completely unarmed. So at this time, the transport ship also went into battle together.

"Quick, quick, fire a few shots and let us see your firepower." Zhenhong muttered in the sky impatiently.

The two sides seemed to have heard what Zhenhong said, and they started fighting as soon as she finished speaking. The battleships on both sides almost seemed to have made an appointment. They fired at almost the same time. With a distance of only seventy or eighty meters, the warships on both sides fired their broadside guns one after another. In an instant, they saw flashes of fire and smoke filling the middle of the fleets of both sides, accompanied by splinters of wood flying everywhere.

The battleships on both sides are basically similar in structure. The battleships are equipped with three layers of gun emplacements on one side. The highest layer is the deck gun emplacement, and the lower two layers are in the cabin. There are slightly fewer gun positions on the deck. There are a row of twelve guns on the lower two floors. This means that there are more than thirty cannons on one side of the battleship, which is much more than the number of cannons on modern battleships. Of course, a modern warship can completely overwhelm a fleet here with just one gun.

Both sides seemed to be using solid shells, because although the hit rate was surprisingly high, the damage was very average. After a round of bombardment by both sides, each ship had eaten at least ten or twenty shells. Even this kind of front-loaded cannon rarely misses at a distance, and the hit rate is as high as 80%. For a modern warship, if it is hit by one or twenty shells from the opponent, it will basically be useless. After all, the power of modern shells is too scary, but the solid shells here are obviously not that powerful. Although they were hit by ten or twenty shells, most of the warships showed no obvious changes. Apart from the fact that there were a lot of holes on the side of the ship, it just felt like that.

After a round of shelling, the two sides turned to both sides with a tacit understanding. Then the entire fleet turned around and lined up in two columns again, and then started bombarding with the cannons on the other side. However, this time the bombardment was not so orderly. Everyone fired randomly, some fast and some slowly, and the density of firepower was also different. Some ships even fired only a few cannonballs sporadically. Of course, there are still tough types.

The two-round bombardment seemed unremarkable. It was completely the standard naval battle mode in the era of sailing battleships and front-loaded guns. After confirming this, we are going to start taking action. However, just when we had just started and had not flown a few meters away, the largest ship in the fleet that we originally planned to help gave us a shocking appearance.

It turns out that this flagship is just larger than the other ships in the fleet, and it only has a dozen more guns, which doesn't look very exaggerated. However, just after the two fleets completed shooting on the other side, the flagship suddenly began to turn towards the fleet on the other side. This action was quite strange.

After the second round of bombardment, the subsequent fleet turned outwards as usual, and most of the ships in the fleet here also turned outwards. Only this flagship turned inward, letting its bow Aimed at one of the opponent's battleships. Then, in our surprised eyes, the dragon's head-shaped bow at the bow of the flagship actually opened its mouth, and then we saw a dazzling white light shooting out from the dragon's mouth. And with a speed no less than that of a cannonball, it crossed the distance between the two and directly hit the turned warship that was targeted.

It wouldn't be a big deal if it just emitted a white light. The key point was that the olive-shaped beam, which seemed to be three or four meters long, exploded violently after hitting the battleship. It was not an ordinary violent explosion, but as if a large-caliber blasting grenade with a caliber of more than 400 mm directly hit the middle of the hull, there was only a bang. The battleship was completely blown into pieces of wood in a large amount of blue-white flames. Even the two battleships near it had their sails ignited by the flames.

"Holy shit, what the hell is this?" We were startled as we were about to fly forward.

Rose looked at Christina and asked, "Do you feel any magic?"

"Thunder magic, but I have never seen this wave before. I don't know what kind of magic it is." Christina said: "It may be some kind of ball lightning or something like that."

"But what I just saw was obviously a beam of light!" Zhenhong said.

“Some ball lightning can be very bright, and when moving at high speed, it will leave an afterimage on the human retina. It’s like if you stare at a bright light for a few seconds, even if you close your eyes, you can still see a white Same thing. That beam of light is just an afterimage, it's actually just a ball of light moving at high speed."

"But isn't this power too terrifying?" Jin Coin asked.

"It shouldn't be a matter of power." Rose said: "Of course, that thing is very powerful. But this effect is mainly due to the fact that the sail warship itself is not strong enough. That's why it was blown to pieces at once. If the steel of our guild That won’t be the case with battleships.”

"As long as the ammunition and magic crystals on the ship are not ignited by electromagnetic induction, the steel battleship can actually shield ball lightning." Christina said. "The metal shell of the battleship will act like a Faraday cage to shield the current on the surface of the ship and then guide it into the sea. There is only voltage and no current inside the ship, so there will be no electric shock. But there may be sensitive equipment."

"Hey, hey, hey. Who are we helping now?" Zhenhong asked: "The fleet here seems to be weaker. But this secret weapon...if it can shoot continuously, the opponent's fleet will not let it play at all. Bar?"

The fleets of both sides here actually only have about twenty ships each. The side we originally planned to help, the side that just suddenly showed its power, has a total of twenty-three ships. Nine of them are battleships, and the remaining fourteen are transport ships with only two rows of gun positions. The number of battleships on the other side is even smaller, only twenty, which is three less than here. However, fourteen of the battleships there are all capital ships, and the remaining transport ships seem to have more firepower than the transport ships here, so it’s really Speaking of which, the warships over there actually took advantage.

However, if this thunder and lightning weapon can be used multiple times, even if it is not a continuous fire type, as long as it fires one shot at a time, the opponent will definitely not be able to hold it. After all, as long as this thing is aimed at, it can completely eliminate the opponent one ship at a time. Moreover, if the other party is dense enough, there may be more than one at a time. The attack just now set fire to the warships on both sides. Although the fire was extinguished later, the two ships had basically lost their combat effectiveness because the sails were burned. This is the annoying thing about sail battleships. Without sails, they can't move. If they can't move, they can't fight, and they'll become a living target. In other words, one attack by the secret weapon just now was equivalent to destroying three ships. Fortunately, the two injured and unable to move were both transport ships. If the two battleships were paralyzed there, the other party could run away now.

After Zhenhong asked, we were a little hesitant. According to what we said before, we should be helping people when they need it, but now we don’t know who is more awesome. So it’s unclear who needs charcoal. As a result, we were at a loss.

"How about we take another look?" Rose suggested.

Since we didn’t know who we wanted to help, we all agreed to take another look.

After the flagship killed the opponent's battleship, it turned around and rejoined its own formation and began to form a long snake formation. But it seemed that they were going to gain the upper hand this time, because one ship in the opponent's fleet was completely destroyed, and there were Two boats caught fire and lost their sails, which meant they were unable to move. So the opponent's fleet began to hesitate whether to rescue the two ships first. As a result, the opportunity was missed due to such hesitation, and the opponent ran ahead.

Sail warships sail by the wind, so there is no way to decide the course at will like a mobile warship. Once the opportunity is missed, the advantage will be lost immediately. If a warship is already lost, and the opponent takes the upper wind position, then But it's really going to end.

Faced with this situation, the fleet on the opposite side decisively chose the same tactic as the other side - a unique move.

I saw a warship in the fleet that was previously regarded as a transport ship suddenly opened the stern part at the back, and then I saw many unknown creatures about the size of calves jumping out of the opened door there. Into the sea water.

The shapes of these creatures are strange. At first glance, it looks like a wolf without hair, with its entire body covered in black. However, it is not actually hairless, but a very dense layer of fur, just like the fur of an otter. Moreover, this thing is obviously an elite amphibious combatant, because their tail is a bit too long in proportion, and there are vertical fins on the upper and lower ends of the tail that can be erected and lowered at will. This thing only needs to be erected and coordinated with the swing of the tail. Very good underwater thruster. So the underwater mobility capabilities of these things should be quite good. and. These guys also have a very cool feature, that is, they can either hold their breath very well, or they have gills. Anyway, this guy didn't come out after entering the water.

Immediately after entering the water, these things spread out and swam towards the fleet over there. The battleship on the opposite side fired its cannon. And then these guys dive down. There's absolutely no way to see where it's going. These sail warships are still in the age of front-loaded guns. Of course, they cannot have anti-submarine weapons, let alone modern anti-submarine torpedoes. It is also almost impossible to hit a dolphin. Aquatic creatures move too fast and are very flexible, making them difficult to target.

After these guys entered the water, they lost their target and had no way to fire. However, they decided to continue to gain the upper hand. As a result, just when they reached the appropriate position and began to line up to counterattack, the creatures who entered the water finally arrived at these battleships. nearby.

Just as the warships were lining up, the sea surface suddenly exploded on the side of one of the ships, and a creature jumped two or three meters high from the sea water, and then slammed its sharp and powerful claws on the ship's board. As if walking on flat ground, he climbed directly to the bottom gun window, and then nimbly ducked in.

As the first sea beast came out of the water, sea beasts began to climb onto the warships near the surrounding warships, and then chaos began inside the warships here. At first there were just screams and fighting sounds, but soon one of the warships suddenly exploded with a bang, and a hole several meters wide was opened directly on the side of the ship. The situation inside was clear at a glance. As the ship exploded, another ship also suddenly began to turn away from the formation. Although it later had the intention to turn back, it missed its position and had to wait for the entire fleet to pass before queuing up to the back of the formation, otherwise it would Forcibly pressing in will cause the warships behind to lose their position, and then the fleet will be broken into two parts.

The chaos continued. Although the fleet finally succeeded in fighting back, the artillery fire after passing near the fleet here was sparse. Many warships only fired a few cannons, and just after completing the bombardment, another one The battleship exploded, and this time it was even worse. It completely disintegrated.

Although the visual effect is not as exaggerated as that of the thunder weapon, it has to be said that these sea beasts are actually quite powerful, especially since it seems that the sea beasts here are still fighting, and the opponent's fleet may be directly tossed to pieces. However, people are not easy to bully. After the fleet passed by in formation, the flagship once again pointed its bow at a main battleship over there, and then decisively fired another bolt of lightning. This time it was exactly the same as last time, one of the opponent's battleships was completely blown to pieces with just one shot. However, because they learned their lesson this time and separated the fleet widely, no collateral damage was caused.

After the two fleets separated, they started to circle again, and then found a position again and planned to fight. At this time, Christina looked at me and asked: "President, it seems that their strength should be about the same. Which side should we help? "

"I think it's the same on both sides, because the casualties on both sides are huge now, and helping anyone is a help in times of need." Rose analyzed: "However, I think it is possible that there is an unplanned benefit to choose from."

"Unplanned benefits?" I looked at Rose doubtfully, because I didn't expect any unplanned benefits.

Seeing that we didn't understand, Rose explained: "Obviously, the party we planned to help has some kind of energy technology, that is, the lightning attack. And the other party has a method of training sea beasts. So, if we help Maybe the original side can get the principle of this energy weapon and improve it with our technology, which should make it a good weapon. After all, they can produce such a powerful weapon with such poor technology, there is no reason for us to be inferior. They, right? As for the other side, helping them should be able to get a new sea beast as a new weapon for our navy. Although our weapons are now very advanced, we have to admit that these sea beasts are actually very useful. . Their method of sneaking into the battleship to kill the crew is equally useful for modern battleships. After all, no matter how advanced the battleship is, the people inside are still the same."

"That makes sense. So how do we choose?" Christina looked at me and asked.

I was also a little hesitant about Christina's question. Energy technology is indeed a good thing, but I also like sea beasts, after all, I am a summoner! However, it seems that you cannot have both! Wait, both? It doesn’t seem impossible!

As long as we get the medicine for the thunder weapon, we might be able to reverse engineer it. As for the training of sea beasts, it seems that all we need to do is capture a prisoner. Of course, the sample must not be damaged, and the captive must know how to tame it. There are risks on both sides, but both are feasible. It’s really difficult! (To be continued...)