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When the second and third rounds of salvos fell near the Noel Fleet, the sailors of the Noel Fleet realized that it was not good.

Although I have never seen or even heard that there can be artillery that can accurately shoot at such a long distance, but the continuous fall of the cannonballs still makes everyone including Noel aware of what is in front of them. The situation is not right.

　　 I should have been shelled by those strange ships!

　　 Just, how is this possible?

　　 Now the distance between the two fleets is about eleven kilometers. Looking at this distance, sailing battleships or steel battleships that should have appeared to be huge are actually not much larger than a cigarette case.

　　Even the sailors on the Noel fleet are old sea ghosts who have experienced several fierce naval battles, but they never dared to think that there are still artillery that can shoot at such a long distance.

When they fought the British main fleet in the Atlantic Ocean outside the Strait of Gibraltar, the distance between the two sailing battleships could be as close as two hundred yards, and the shouts of the sailors on the battleships of both sides could be heard. , With good eyes, you can even see the appearance of the British sailors.

　　 Fighting in that situation, using the artillery on the side of the battleship to shoot at each other, it is almost no different from fighting a bayonet.

　　 When fighting with the British at the beginning, these French sailors were so frightened that their legs were weak. Haven't experienced that kind of tragic interaction, it is really difficult for you to realize how cruel and **** the scene is.

　　 Often as soon as a grenade is launched, a small piece of soldiers on the deck will disappear instantly, leaving behind a piece of bright red and minced meat, and no one can see the whole person.

　　French sailors who participated in a naval battle for the first time after a battle ended, most of the people who survived by chance fell into madness, but there were also some who went mad directly.

　　 But after going through the second, third, and more naval battles, these sailors will experience a process of numbness from the first panic to calmness to indifference to the last. Once a sailor who can survive several naval battles, he will quietly turn from a recruit who doesn't understand anything into a complete old sea ghost.

The flagship of the fleet that Noel took, the French Royal Navy’s third-class sailing battleship "Horn of the Atlantic", is such a battleship that has experienced several great sea battles, and the sailors on board added waves after waves, but on board There are still more than a hundred old sea ghosts who have survived several tragic naval battles.

These old sea ghosts are the elite of the elite. They usually do almost nothing when sailing. They gather all day long to drink, smoke or even gamble, but Simon Noel, the highest commander of the squadron, never does anything. Will take care of these old sea ghosts.

　　 Because Noel knows very well that in the event of an accident, these old sea ghosts are the backbone of this ship.

　　 It is difficult for many newly added sailors to understand why the captain is so indulgent to these lifeless old guys. These new recruits simply cannot understand what these veterans who came out of **** have experienced.

However, when the Noel fleet encountered the first round of the salvo early, the old sea ghosts who seemed to be lazy and seemed to care about nothing immediately turned into leopards that had encountered their prey. Generally, they quickly occupy one artillery position after another.

They have never heard the screaming of cannonballs, and they have never seen or even thought that there is a cannon that can hit such a long distance in this world, but this does not prevent them from relying only on a kind of experience between life and death. The intuition that came out felt danger coming.

　　 That is a kind of instinct that is indistinguishable from beasts. Only by experiencing countless lives and deaths can you develop this intuition.

　　 Noel is also an out-and-out old sea ghost. After all, this ship belongs to him. This ship has experienced many tragic naval battles, and Noel has also experienced many lives and deaths as a captain.

　　 He is even more qualified to be called "Old Sea Ghost" than those old sea ghosts.

　　 But it is a pity that even those tragic naval battles have brought unparalleled intuition to these old sea ghosts and made them the elite of the elite, but under such circumstances, they still cannot cope.

　　 How to deal with it? People fired artillery at such a long distance, but even if the guns on the Atlantic Horn and another warship had a large caliber, they were helpless with those strange ships in the face of a distance that could not be crossed at all.

Noel, as a commander who has experienced several tragic naval battles, relied on the horror intuition that he cultivated from life and death, he immediately realized that if this continues, there is only one result waiting for his fleet, that is completely annihilated.

　　 So Noel very decisively gave the order to turn the bow and escape at full speed.

　　 In the face of such a long distance, the fleet has no way to get those ships, but the artillery of others can hit so far. This is a situation where people can only beat you, but you can't beat them. If you want to crack this situation, you have to run away.

　　As long as the enemy's ship speed cannot match the speed of the fleet, then the two three-tier sailing battleships under his command will escape.

　　 As for the three slower armed merchant ships, who would care about them in this situation?

　　 On the Yanhuang tribe's fleet, the captain of the flagship Carlos, Kalu, was angry at the phone.

In fact, the flagship of the Yanhuang Fleet should be the Cherokee. After all, that ship has the fastest speed, the largest displacement, and the strongest firepower. But unfortunately, the leader of the tribe is riding on the Carlos, so Carlos The number is automatically upgraded to the flagship of the fleet.

　　 "How do you usually train? It's been eight rounds of volley shooting, why didn't you even finish a straddle shot? Give me a shot..."

Carew’s roar echoed in Cambridge. Except for Stone Bear, everyone’s faces were a bit unpleasant. Obviously, such a low hit rate made them feel very shameless, especially the boss sitting next to them~www.wuxiaspot .com~ But for Shi Xiong, he doesn't think it matters.

　　 This is a naval battle, and shelling is still carried out at a distance of more than ten kilometers. The most important thing is that all the main guns of the Yanhuang fleet are only 105mm artillery, and the weight of the shells is only 15 kilograms. At such a long distance, or in the sea with strong sea breeze, if it can hit the target smoothly. It's strange.

In the famous battle of Jutland in later generations, even if the 12-inch main artillery shells used by the German Helgoland class weighed up to 400 kilograms, the hit rate in the naval battle was only 3.33%, and it was still at a distance. The enemy ship only fired at a distance of 7,000 yards.

　　The heavier the projectile, the smaller the change in the trajectory due to wind resistance during the flight. The warhead of the main guns of battleships during World War II was more than one ton. It is to be able to keep the trajectory of the projectile stable at a super long distance.

　　 Although the Yanhuang Fleet’s 105mm main guns are unsolvable in this era, the shells of this artillery are too light. If you want to hit a sailing battleship at such a long distance, it is almost a pipe dream.

　　 In fact, the effective shooting range of the 105 main gun is able to reach 12 kilometers, but shooting at this distance, the hit rate is really terrible. The best shooting distance of this artillery should be within six kilometers, especially on the sea.

　　 But Shi Xiong did not remind his men that these things need to be explored by themselves. Shi Xiong also hopes that through this actual combat, they will grow up as soon as possible...

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