Chapter 201: 201They are coming for you
Chapter 201 201They are coming for you
Yes, at a distance of 1,000 meters, the accuracy of the optical sight on the Bunas 1 battleship can be described as astonishing.
If you still can't hit the target at this distance, then Tang Mo's technical drawings from later generations would be better off being burned.
The sailors on the battleship Bunas 1 did not even feel that the battle had actually broken out at this moment.
They just stayed at their respective posts and operated the machines and equipment in front of them exactly as they had done in the drill.
But in the distance, where the Bunas 1 battleship passed, two armed transport ships from the Yangmu Kingdom were already struggling on the edge of sinking.
The Bunas 1 did not intend to give the two enemy ships a chance to struggle. When its slender side passed the two enemy ships, the 75mm cannons deployed on both sides opened fire.
In order to maintain the follow-up combat effectiveness, only four artillery fired their shells, and the two sailing ships that were still struggling in place were completely finished this time.
Just after the explosion, the two sailboats rolled over, and soon the water engulfed their hulls, leaving only fragments of wooden planks and sails undulating on the sea.
The elven ships that followed were all turning. They had seen the sinking of the two friendly ships in front, and were thinking of ways to use their side cannons to counterattack.
The steering allows them to expose a larger side, and also gives up the central axis to Bunas 1, who is preparing to shoot left and right.
The tail gun of Bunas 1, which rushed into the center of the fleet like a tiger, had also been turned to the port side, and was aimed at a warship that was moving away.
This shot also hit the target, because the distance between the two sides was actually only a short more than 700 meters.
The opponent's solid artillery shells also flew over. Unfortunately, due to aiming and violent maneuvers, most of these shells flew into the sea and had no effect at all.
The sailboat that was hit by a cannon immediately lost the ability to turn. The stern rudder was directly smashed. They could only rely on changing the direction of the sail to maintain an unstable straight-line sailing ability.
On the other side, the two 120mm cannons on the bow of the Bunas 1 once again spurted flames. The mast of the Elf sailboat not far away fell down, its hull cracked, and it capsized and sank into the sea.
To the despair of these elven sailors and captains, the shells they fired seemed unable to shake the terrifying devil ship in front of them. They watched as a shell bounced off the opponent's hull and fell into the In the sea water next to it.
As the battle continued, the artillery on the opponent's side also joined the battle. The elves who originally thought that the number of artillery on the opponent's side was insufficient, also completely collapsed.
"Quick! Quick! Speed up! No need to turn! Get out of the fleet! Escape from here!" A captain shouted in fear as he watched the friendly ship in front of him shatter into pieces and capsize on the sea.
He is not a real naval commander. He is just commanding an armed merchant ship. There is no need to risk his life with such a terrifying warship here.
In fact, there was already an Elf transport ship that raised a white flag of surrender and surrendered to this powerful battleship that had never been seen before.
Just kidding, even if the other party is a pirate, after taking away the goods on the ship, most likely they will not kill them all. This is to give some face to the Yangmu Kingdom, which is often active at sea. At this time, they will not fight to the death at all costs.
But just when everyone was about to hoist the white flag and donate the goods, the black battleship opened fire again.
The battleship flying the white flag, which everyone thought was fine, was directly hit this time, and then the hull disintegrated and the mast fell into the sea.
The elves who were thinking of surrendering completely gave up on this idea, because the other party did not seem to intend to rob, but was carrying out a massacre!
"Quick! Signal the ships next to you! Spread out and run away! Spread out and run away!" Seeing that his life was gone, the elf captain shouted an order to the flagman.
Now, they are running away separately so that the other party cannot pursue them. This may be their last way to survive.
Unfortunately, by the time I came up with this idea of escape, it was already too late! There are only 15 sailing ships in total here, and now 7 of them have become wrecks on the sea.
Most of the remaining 8 ships are within the attack range of the Bunas 1 battleship. Although they are divided into two parts, it takes time to turn and escape.
This time is obviously longer than that of the Bunas 1 battleship turning its turret. So when these warships finally completed their turn, all four warships on one side had been sunk.
Seeing the black-smoking warship abandoning the four friendly warships that had lost the ability to move and rushing towards them at extremely high speeds, the sailors on the four merchant ships here closed their eyes in despair.
The speed of the ship simply exceeded their imagination - they didn't realize it when they were facing each other, but now it became a pursuit battle. Only then did the elven sailors realize how huge the speed difference between the two sides was. The opponent's speed was at least three times that of theirs. This was really a frustrating battle in which they couldn't fight or run away.
Obviously, this battleship did not intend to let them go. During the pursuit, the battleship fired frequently, sinking all four of their battleships.
What made them even more desperate was that the giant ship that hit fifteen people one by one did not rush to leave. Instead, it brutally smashed the wreckage of a sailboat lying on the water, and at the same time used unknown types of weapons. , shooting wildly at the elves struggling in the sea.
Most of these elven merchant ships carry iron ingots and steel ingots that are urgently needed by the Yangmu Kingdom, and some carry food and gold coins, so most of them travel slowly.
They had no fighting ability, but they encountered a steel battleship on the sea. Naturally, they were defeated.
The army can still discard its baggage, but the navy's cargo is all stored in the cabin and cannot be thrown into the sea for a while, so it cannot improve its mobility in a short time.
As a result, the fleet was completely sunk by the Bunas 1 battleship in less than an hour.
It is actually not that unusual to be able to achieve such results through mental arithmetic. At least the opponent was not fully prepared to fight from the beginning.
Boxes of gold coins and iron ingots stacked together sank to the bottom of the sea along with the sunken ship. Within an hour, the elves' losses were estimated to exceed 80,000 gold coins!
This money also includes the construction costs of the 15 armed merchant ships themselves. If you include the sailors and the time lost in navigation, the direct loss even exceeds 100,000 gold coins.
If the Augustine family of the Yangmu Kingdom knew that just one debt collection operation had caused them to spit out all the 100,000 gold coins they owed, they would definitely regret their original decision.
If they had asked John to hand it over with money, Tang Mo might have transferred the blueprints and technology of the C64 howitzer to them.
It’s a pity that there is no if in this world, and there is no chance for the elves to regret. They have to pay a price for their actions, a price they cannot afford.
“Continue to search northward along the route! All ships of the Poplar Kingdom that catch up will be sunk!” Glancing at the wreckage on both sides, the captain of the Bunas 1 battleship ordered coldly.
Subsequently, Bunas 1 began to turn and soon disappeared on the sea level. Only then did another fleet of ships stagger and appear from the sea level on the other side.
The huge sail was very conspicuous, and soon seven or eight ships from another Elf Kingdom discovered this battlefield.
An Elf sailor leaned against the railing of the ship in surprise, looking at the royal flag belonging to the Poplar Kingdom floating on the water.
"Oh my god...they...what on earth have they experienced..." Looking at the exposed fins of the sharks attracted by the blood on the sea, as well as the odds and ends on the broken ships, an elf sailor couldn't help but exclaimed. stand up.
They could see the broken planks on the ship, as well as some railings and window frames undulating with the waves.
Of course, they can also see corpses floating on the sea.
Finally, they saw a living man floating on the sea holding a piece of wood, so the sailors fished the man out in a hurry.
"Hey! What exactly did you encounter? Is it a pirate?" The captain pushed aside the sailors surrounding the victim, looked down at the drowned rat, and asked whether he was a lucky or unfortunate survivor.
This elf sailor who was lucky enough to survive sat slumped on the deck, as if he had lost his soul, and did not answer the questions of his savior.
“I’m asking you something!” Obviously, the captain was a little impatient. He went up and kicked the sailor who was soaked by the sea water, and cursed fiercely: “Asshole!”
"Devil! Devil! They are coming! They are firing! Hahaha! Devil! They are catching up with me! They are catching up with me! Hahahaha! Cough cough cough! Hahaha!" Suddenly, the elf who fell into the water waved his hand. He raised his arms as if to drive something away, and shouted while laughing wildly.
His madness startled the people around him, and everyone quickly moved away from him. Only then did they realize that the sailor was obviously crazy.
He just stood there waving his arms, shouting and laughing maniacally. I don’t know what it was that scared a sailor who had the courage to challenge the sea to look like this.
"He's crazy." A sailor looked down at the poor man who had lost his mind and shook his head.
Suddenly, this crazy sailor jumped up from the deck. He approached the old sailor and whispered with a half-smile on his face: "They are coming for you! Bang, bang, bang..." Did you hear that sound? They are coming for you!"
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I couldn’t sleep, so I continued writing and completed the updates.
(End of this chapter)