Vol 22 Chapter 396: Belligerent

"President, our side is ready to fire at any time." Sophie sent me a newsletter after the fleet was ready.
"You are now the commander of the fleet. I'm just here to make a guest appearance on the scout. If you have any decision, you can do it yourself, don't ask me."
"That's fine." Sophie was not polite with me, accepted my suggestion directly, and then began to command the fleet operations.
Because the distance between the two sides is actually far, Sophie did not let the fleet cross in order to pursue the maximum firepower density, but still kept the fleet's current course and speed unchanged. Immediately after all the warships had indicated that they were ready, Sophie ordered the main turret of the Cristina to be fired.
"The main turret No. 1 was confirmed by the firing order. Reload the new projectile and fire it immediately."
As the order was issued, the automatic loader in the turret immediately rolled up. A small-looking shell was pushed out of the loader and then entered the conveyor belt behind the barrel along the slide. Then, A robotic arm pushed the shells on the conveyor belt into the gun barrel that opened the front door.
This shell is a calibration guide for school firing. It is not a liquefied magic crystal vapour stick as an explosive, but a very powerful magic gel. This kind of thing is just like all-purpose glue. No matter what solid substance it encounters, it will stick to it immediately. It takes a very troublesome process to clean it up and it is very time consuming.
The role of this gel is of course not to stick the enemy's warship somewhere to prevent it from moving, after all, seawater itself does not have a fixed ability. Even if the gel covers the ship, it is impossible to stop the opponent.
There are actually three effects of this gel. First, save costs.
The price of liquefied magic crystal steam is very expensive. Even if the accuracy of the cannons of the guild is very high, it is unlikely to hit the first shot during the firing process. Therefore, the first shot is almost 100% off. Well, since the shell is destined not to hit the target, it is obviously somewhat unreasonable to continue to use the expensive liquefied magic crystal steam shell. Therefore, this super cheap gel has become the preferred ammunition, after all, compared to a liquefied magic crystal steam cannonball that costs thousands of crystal coins. Such shells, which cost less than ten crystal coins, are too cheap.
In addition to the price advantage. Another characteristic of this gel is that it has extremely strong shrinkage. This kind of school shot special cannonball contains explosives, which can explode in the air. The power released by the central charge after the explosion will spread the gel. But because of the strong adhesion of the gel. It will not be completely blown away. Instead, it will be covered by a huge unfolded film. When any point on this film touches the battleship, the other parts around it will be quickly drawn to the battleship and completely covered with the characteristics of the colloid itself. In other words, if the gel touches a little, it will cover the entire battleship. This guarantees a hit with maximum effectiveness.
Of course, light hits are useless, because in addition to being particularly difficult to clean, this gel itself is not toxic, the second is not corrosive, and the third is not explosive. Such a thing is actually not much deterrent in itself. However, we added something else to the gel. This kind of thing is a kind of magic strengthening crystal made from scraps produced during the production of magic crystal. This kind of crystal is originally made of scrap material, so the particles are very small. After being uniformly added to those gels, it can be fixed in the middle without falling off. After the gel covers the battleship, these crystals will be glued together on the surface of the battleship. Because of the nature of the gel, the enemy wants to get these crystals off at least in a dock for a few days. In the battlefield It is basically impossible to get down.
It was not a big deal to be covered by some crystals on the battleship, but these crystals have very special abilities. Everyone knows that things like magic crystals actually absorb the free magical energy in nature to supplement their own energy, but low-level magic crystals do not have the ability to self-charge. This is not to say that they cannot absorb energy, but that they are not absorbing at a faster rate, so unless they are in a high energy field, the total energy is always decreasing.
Although the characteristics of low-level magic crystals, such as white magic crystals, make them almost unusable, we can make its scraps produce other effects. Those smashed crystal fragments are small white magic crystals themselves, so they will absorb energy like large white magic crystals, and the energy absorption rate of white magic crystals is actually only as high as the surrounding energy density and its own surface area. Related, but the speed at which they lose energy is entirely dependent on their own mass. Therefore, the larger the size of the white magic crystal, the faster the magic loss, because their surface area and the total mass of the internal magic crystal are lower. On the contrary, the magic power of the small magic crystal will be much slower. Even if the white magic crystal fragments are small enough, it can even reach a balance, so that its magic power is always stable on a horizontal line without rising or falling. .
The shard of spar we added to the gel is a stable spar of spar that is small enough to achieve a balance of magic energy absorption and loss. This kind of debris has a relatively large surface area relative to the internal volume, so they can absorb magic energy relatively quickly, and because the rate of internal absorption and dissipation is above a balance point, this magic The shard of spar becomes a small magic field generator that constantly absorbs and releases magic energy.
When the mage uses magic, it can be sensed in advance by other mages. This is achieved by magic wave, and these magic shards that continuously absorb and release magic are equal to small magic waves that continuously release magic waves. Generators, and our battleships are all equipped with special magic wave capture equipment. In other words, as long as the opponent's warship is affixed with this kind of magic spar, we can track and locate its exact location from a long distance.
By combining these things, we can know that our school shot gel bomb is actually an automatic tracker. Although it can be cleaned up, the cost is extremely low, and the enemy cannot be cleaned up at least in this battle. Therefore, this kind of thing is very easy to use.
With the order from Sophie, the gunner who operated the electromagnetic orbital gun immediately pressed the switch on the side to indicate that the loading was completed, and then the operators under the bridge would only adjust those firing parameters in the room. Cannon angle and direction.
Obviously, Kristina has inherited the usual design characteristics of the large battleships of the guild, that is, all cannons have two sets of operating systems, one inside the bridge and under the protection of heavy armor. Right next to the communication room. It is the core of the battleship. All the firepower on the battleship during normal battles is controlled here uniformly. Of course, if the area is destroyed or there is a problem with the line, the personnel inside the turret can also use manual operations.
Now that the Kristina has not officially entered the war, it is naturally impossible for the operating system to have problems. The combat command system remains under the responsibility of the combat command centre in Cambridge. With the green light representing the completion of loading. The operator quickly adjusted the firing parameters. Followed by pressing the launch button directly.
As the button was pressed, a blue rune suddenly lit up at the bottom of the electromagnetic cannon on the left side of the No. 1 turret, and the blue rune line began to run quickly along the inner wall of the barrel. Spread forward. Finally, from the bottom of the barrel to the muzzle, all dense blue runes lit up. With the emergence of these runes, a buzzing sound gradually began to appear inside the gun barrel, and a large number of arcs flickered back and forth in the gun's inner wall, as if it would erupt at any time.
This state is complicated to say, in fact, it is just over a second before and after. After all the runes were lit, a green magic array was suddenly lit at the bottom of the shell, and the shell that had originally sunk in the lower part of the gun tube suddenly floated up, floating slowly on the center axis of the gun tube and trembling slowly. stand up. After the shell was completely suspended, the green at the bottom suddenly became brighter, and at the same time, the shell began to spin slowly and faster at the same place. After two seconds, the suspended artillery shell has entered a high-speed rotation state. At this time, the blue rune inside the entire barrel flashed suddenly, and a large number of dazzling arcs appeared behind the projectile at the same time. The incarnation burst out of lightning, and instantly flew over a distance of dozens of kilometers to fly over the front fleet.
boom. After the explosion that was not too strong, the suddenly appeared shell exploded directly in the air, and the scattered yellow gel suddenly opened into a large cave-shaped net with a diameter of at least 200 meters. At the same time, continue to obliquely fly forward to the sea at a forty-five degree angle.
Because the shells appeared too suddenly, the fleet here was totally unprepared. The suddenly opened gel hit the stern of a warship in less than a second, and the remaining gel automatically contracted and covered the warship's tail due to the tension, not only successfully covering the tail of the warship Actually, the propeller of the warship was wrapped around it. As a result, the warship began to slow down visually, and gradually began to leave the formation.
The semaphore exchanges did not appear in the following fleet groups, but the fleet responded. Immediately, several ships began to leave the formation and formed a new formation with this slowed-down battleship. The other battleships moved closer to form a main fleet Keep moving forward.
Obviously, the other party has some means of communication instead of semaphores. But think about it too. The crystal communicator of our guild has been used for so long. Others must have found some usable communication technology, but it should be difficult to find a communication technology that is as flexible as ours for the time being. However, things like warships are large enough that even the clunky communication equipment should be able to be installed.
When the other party just started to adjust the formation, I had already notified the changes to Sophie's side. Of course, Sophie immediately gave instructions to a ship.
The three former main turrets of the Kris Dina began to be loaded with LPG steam cannons at the same time. Unlike the previous school projectile, which was significantly smaller than the gun barrel, this time it was replaced with a real liquefied magic crystal steam projectile, which was at least seven or eight times larger than the previous projectile. The diameter of the previous shell was only about thirty centimeters. Although it is very large in terms of shells, it is still too small compared to the one-meter six-five-caliber barrel. The filled Liquefied Magic Crystal Steam Cannonball is different this time. This is a regular large-scale cloud detonation bomb for a capital ship, each with a diameter of more than 1.2 meters. The shell had no shell and no propellant, it was a warhead and it was more than two meters long. Such a large shell has a weight of several tons, and it is full of liquefied magic crystal steam. You can imagine how powerful this thing is.
"Loading is complete." The combat command center did not launch immediately after receiving the announcement, but directly asked Sophie in the bridge overhead.
Sophie didn't hesitate and ordered to fire. The following operator immediately pressed the firing button, followed by six main guns on the three turrets firing at an interval of 0.5 seconds. After the blue arcs from the six shots passed. The opposing fleet was shot at almost the same time.
The speed of electromagnetic railguns and ordinary artillery are not a concept at all. The speed of the shell is very amazing. Although it is incomparable with the speed of light, on earth, this speed is actually the limit.
Because I don't know the power of the shells for the time being. So this time the six former guns of the Kristina were all aimed at one target and firing. As a result, the six rounds hit the marked warship almost indiscriminately.
Hovering over the enemy fleet, I first saw relatively small six explosions. Then I saw that the ship's surroundings suddenly turned into a white cloud, which was a cloud of magic crystal vapor diffused from the high-density liquefied magic crystal vapor. Then I saw that cloud-like thing suddenly flashed. A circle of swells on the sea spread out instantly, and the intense light forced me to cover my eyes with my hands. When I went to see below, I only saw a huge white mushroom cloud slowly taking off. It was a cloud formed by the vaporized seawater. Below, there was only a little black metal debris left on the battleship. Sinking slowly.
No damage, no breaks, and no explosions. The explosive power of the liquefied magic crystal steam cannon directly bombed the opponent's warship into the ocean floor. I didn't see how the opponent's warship was damaged at all. This power can no longer be said with great power, this is simply heartbroken!
"President, what's the effect? ​​Did you hit it?" Because I was late to report the situation, Sophie couldn't help but asked.
When I heard Sophie's words, I recovered from shock, and then I swallowed a little bit before I started to say, "All six shells hit. As for the power ... it's almost like a small nuclear bomb. The opponent's warship was shot directly into it. Under the sea, I didn't see how it was sinking at all! This power is really terrifying. Just a second. I blinked my eyes and the entire battleship was gone! "
What surprised me was that Sophie was not too surprised by the result, but nodded directly: "It looks similar to what I thought."
"Do you know what happened?"
Sophie admitted: "I also saw it before when testing the artillery. This situation is reasonable."
"Then you use six rounds again? Liquefied magic crystal steam does not cost money?"
"I don't know the actual effect, do you want to practice it?"
"Then you have practiced it now. In the future, you can deal with enemy warships at most with a double gun salvo. Don't play this kind of set fire, it is too wasteful of ammunition!"
"Good president. Oh yes president, I have one more thing to report."
"whats the matter?"
"The designers of the Kristina said that our warships have not been tested by the command system in complex naval situations, so we may not attack again in a while."
"No attack? You have to wait to be beaten?"
"No, we want to bring the fleet closer together and then conduct a mixed battle of multiple warships."
"You decide for yourself. I said that. I will make a temporary guest appearance. You are the fleet commander."
"Oh, yes."
The so-called test command system is actually to let the battleship see if the command system is busy with the enemy on its back. Because the warships of our guild follow the elite route, the number of warships in the first-line guilds has never been suppressed in number. Although the battleships of our guilds are indeed very large compared to those of small and medium sized guilds, compared with the large guilds of real maritime powers, our number of warships is not dominant. Of course, not having a superior number does not mean that our fighting power is not dominant.
Because our Frost Rose Alliance battleships all have a unified command system, the combat effectiveness is far greater than the enemy fleet when fighting. Moreover, the battleships of our guilds have always dominated the artillery range. Therefore, we can usually fly kites outside the enemy's range, and then use the cannonball rain to directly knock out each other's warships. Anyway, the opponent's range can't hit us, but we can hit them, and their speed is not as fast as ours.
Because the guild's fleet has always used this tactical method of playing less and playing more, our fighting methods have always depended on our command system. In beyond-horizon attacks and battles with fewer wins, command is very important, so our warships must test whether this command system can adapt to the combat capabilities of new warships.
Because testing the command system required the fleet to get closer, the two sides temporarily stopped fighting. Of course, it is said that both sides have stopped the bombardment, because the other party has not even known where we are.
Although we don't know where we are. But the opponent was sunk a battleship after all. So the rest of the battleships have entered the snake-like maneuver. Although this way of sailing will increase the range and slow down the speed of the ship, it is very good for avoiding long-range strikes. After all, if the warship keeps serpentine, the course cannot be predicted. And if the shells fly for a long time. The probability of missed shot will be greatly increased. of course. The other party actually didn't know that this was useless at all, because our warships used electromagnetic rail guns at the speed of this stuff. At this distance, the shell will not exceed five seconds from the muzzle to hit the target. At such a time, the speed of the battleship really can't do anything at all, so they thought that their serpentine maneuvering force we had to give up the long-range bombardment. In fact, we actively stopped the bombardment to test the command system.
As the distance between the two sides got closer, the other watcher finally saw our fleet.
"Report, the target was found right in front." On the flagship of the fleet, the watcher responsible for observing the enemy suddenly yelled.
Because the guild ’s fleet and the Japanese fleet have fought many large-scale naval battles before, guilds around the world are now paying more attention to our guild fleet. Such things as super-caliber sighting equipment on the top of our guild warships cannot be kept secret at all. After all, the gadgets are so large that they can be seen directly from far away. Our warships are sloshing all over the world. Naturally, many people know that our warships are equipped with such a sighting system.
Considering that there is no radar in the game and the effect of aerial reconnaissance is quite limited, the benefits of this kind of sighting equipment are clear to everyone. Now that you know the benefits of this kind of thing, other guilds are not stupid. Of course, they will imitate it, but it ’s a pity, because the super-aperture lens used on the sighting device cannot even be produced by our Frost Rose League, only from iron The Crusaders imported it, so those guilds could not actually make such a large sight.
The larger the scope of the sighting lens, the more light it receives, and the more it can find targets at greater distances. This principle is very simple, but the problem is that the grinding of lenses is a non-productive and high-precision job. So far, even our guild can only guarantee the production of sight lenses with a diameter of less than two meters. It's luck. It's not bad that ten lenses can produce one or two qualified ones. In contrast, the five-meter-level sight of the Iron Crusaders is just like a cheat device. We ca n’t even think about how they got it, other guilds are even more interested in this thing. Helpless.
The fleet confronting us on the opposite side is actually not a garbage fleet. All of their battleships are equipped with advanced sighting systems. Unfortunately, their sighting mirrors are much smaller than ours. As a new battleship, Chris Dina naturally uses a special sighting system, so it is equipped with a six-meter sighting mirror. Even Ashurford themselves can't guarantee the output of this thing. The production of one is often accompanied by dozens or hundreds of waste products. Therefore, the price of this thing is absolutely shocking. However, because it is large enough, the observation distance of this thing is by no means comparable to that of the other's sighting system. However, the other party also had a sighting system after all, so they eventually found our fleet far enough away, but what they didn't know was that our fleet had actually stared at them for a long time.
Standing up to the report of his own watchman, a player in the opponent's flagship command room immediately shouted excitedly into the window of the sighting equipment room above his head: "Report the parameters of the opponent's warship."
"Measure the parameters. The length of the opponent's battleship ... length ..."
"How long? How stiff are you?" The fleet commander below hurriedly hurried.
After the watchman swallowed his saliva, he calmed down a little and said, "The estimated length of the other warship is more than 950 meters and no more than 1,050 meters."
"What?" Exclaimed the command room below. Although the in-game battleships can generally be very large, this kind of data is still too scary. What is a thousand-meter-long battleship? That's just a floating island! You know, even if the two aircraft carriers meet one another, they are not one kilometer long.
"Are you sure you did not read the wrong scale?" A commander asked loudly.
The watcher answered with certainty: "Yes, this is the data. Unless there is a problem with the device, the reading is absolutely fine."
After hearing the answer, the officer immediately turned to the fleet commander nearby and said, "Hagers, I see that 80% of the fleet we encountered this time is the Frost Rose Alliance fleet."
The commander named Haggs did not speak ~ EbookFREE.me ~ but went directly to his command position and sat down and tied his seat belt before he said, "We are from the port When you came out, you knew what your purpose was. Now that you have encountered it, are you going to be frightened? So sooner or later, this battle will happen, why should you be timid because you are a little bit ahead of time? "
Higgs' words silenced everyone in the bridge. A few seconds later, one of the seemingly low-profile guys turned suddenly and walked towards the door, saying: "Haigs was right, we knew when we came out. Now, this time will definitely have friction with the Chinese, so sooner or later we will have a battle with the Frost Rose Alliance ’s fleet. This time we are coming out of our latest battleships, even if the performance of the Frost Rose Alliance ’s ships is higher, it will not be better than How advanced our fleet is, and have you forgotten it? The Frost Rose Alliance ’s ships are best at long-range artillery out of line of sight. Now that the other party has entered our maximum range, we can already fight back. As a result, you What more hesitation? "After he said that, he opened the gate of Cambridge and walked out, then jumped off the spiral ladder, opened his wings, and flew to a nearby warship.
The remaining captains in the bridge over here saw that someone was taking the lead and gradually recovered from the fear of our Frost Rose Alliance reputation. One of them said directly: "Everything is for the benefit, I will Follow Higgs. If you are afraid of turning around, just go back, just do n’t come and talk to us about the distribution of benefits.
(To be continued ...)