Chapter 593: Twelve. Conference, dance (23)

In the matter of eliminating the sea monsters, Albion is more interested than Charlemagne.
After all, it is a veteran maritime power with many overseas interests and is particularly sensitive to the smooth flow of maritime trade routes. After encountering a series of losses, Albion’s ocean-going merchant ships quickly stopped sailing alone, changed to large group operations, and were equipped with warship escorts. On the other hand, under tangible pressure, the Wang Family Navy was also exploring ways to discover and eliminate sea monsters, and attempted to transform some warships for this purpose.
Although there is pressure to be motivated, under the threat of the Queen and the Admiralty "Lundy Numta Free Tour" and "Lifetime Vacation in the Gulag Islands", the shipyard's brainstorming has also created a lot of creative things, but Most of the things that come out are both fantasy and advanced, and not to mention that the performance is far from expected, and the light shape can make people hurt for a long time.
Among them are the "Aqua Congreve Rocket" highly praised by the rpg party, and the large metal angled bow that is enough to move the admirers of traditional naval warfare to tears, and the most inconspicuous and cross-epoch, enough to make all sea monsters smell The color changed, something was too "listening to the cylinder".
The production and installation process of this new type of equipment is very simple. Find a copper cylinder of a suitable size. If not, the gun barrel will also fit in and open the bottom of the ship for installation. When the ship was sailing, the three shifts were responsible for probing his head into the tank and listening to the hello to see if there were monsters coming under the water. As soon as any high-energy response was discovered, he rushed to the scene to have a gunfire waiting.
The above is the technical staff's idea. In the past numerous siege battles, similar water tanks have also detected many sounds of digging tunnels. In order to defend the army and finally defend the city, Khan Ma made a contribution. They have reason to expect that the listening cylinder will have similar excellent performance in the sea.
However, there is always a gap between theory and reality. Compared with the underground where few creatures live, the ocean is far more noisy than human imagination, and almost no one can distinguish the exclusive sound of a specific creature from the tens of thousands of mixed chorus. In a noisy environment, many The sailor responsible for listening to the sound suffered from intensive phobia. On the other hand, this modification destroys the bottom line of the ship and has an adverse effect on the speed and hull safety. If it is not for the admiralty's face, and anyway, chat is better than nothing. This useless equipment has long been removed.
Although there are many complaints, there are occasionally one or two ships that can recruit sailors with excellent listening and discriminating ability, and let the listening cylinder play its due role, and the Shannon is one of them.
The sound coming along the steel wall, although very subtle, is highly concentrated. It is still possible to distinguish the slight sounds of "噻噜噜" and "Guru-Guru" from the background noise, which sounds very close to the sound of the tide flowing from the sea.
"……really weird?"
With his eyes closed, Tony turned his neck, pulled out his ears, then closed his eyes and put his head into the brass jar. Behind him, the rickety oil lamps illuminate the restless faces.
Before being recruited by the Navy. Tony is a pearl picker. Those who engage in this kind of dangerous camp must have a full understanding of the sea, and be aware of the changes in the tides, the time and place of fierce fish and dangerous species, and as long as there is a mistake, they will never surface. And under the complex underwater. In addition to the blurred vision, the most worth relying on is experience, intuition and ears.
Fortunately. Tony has good ears, and the young people in his peers can no longer rise to the surface, or change careers for various reasons. He relied on his talented sense of hearing to avoid danger again and again and returned safely.
Tony is very familiar with the sounds of the sea. Dolphins, whales and the like will make singing sounds, and drum shrimps will make annoying noises. But at this moment, there is a strange sound like a sigh that does not exist in Tony’s head. In the knowledge of the marine world. Along with the doubts, there was still uneasiness that could not be suppressed-every time when pearling, when there were sharks wandering nearby, he would have a similar feeling.
I was annoying whether I would take the risk of being scolded. When reporting my findings to the captain, a loud "sigh" struck Tony's tympanic membrane, and Tony's face turned green.
I still can’t figure out what the positive face of the strange sound is, but the fact that the "sigh" in the copper cylinder is getting bigger and bigger is an indisputable fact, which means that there is "something" approaching the Shannon.
A minute later, the ship bell sounded through the ship, all gun doors were opened, the shiny cannon was wiped off, the gun coat was removed and pushed into the gun position, and the 3 knights riding Manticor flew into the sky and issued The magic flares illuminate the sea, and the sailors searched every inch of the sea with wide eyes.
The crew of the Shannon was imposing, but their practical significance was limited. In this kind of sea at midnight, it is very difficult to successfully locate underwater targets. If there is an underwater knight riding a killer whale and relying on the sonar skills of marine mammals, it may be possible. But Manticore, who was flying around aimlessly, was hit with luck's magic flares.
Fortunately, the sea monster did not plan to play hide and seek with Shannon.
Wow! !
The white spray splashed into the air, and a dark figure was faintly seen moving down the water, the jagged ridge surfaced out of the water, the turquoise water under the pale light was drawn, and a snowy trail trailed behind.
What surprised the crew of the Shannon was that the grey spine was swimming straight towards them.
"The sea monster is approaching from behind the port, 1000 yards away, speed... speed 34 knots!!!"
The lookout at the top of the mast shouted exhaustedly, and the Captain Shannon almost jumped his heart out of his mouth. Even when the cruise ship is sailing downwind, the maximum speed is only 12 knots, and the speed of the sea monster is almost 3 times that of itself! He didn't have much time to sigh~EbookFREE.me~ Pushed away the helmsman, madly slamming the helm towards the left side, and still yelling in his mouth:
"All the artillery on the port side is ready, ready for the barrage salvo!"
With Shannon’s own power, it is impossible to get out of the sea monster’s claws, and to abandon the civilian ship without fighting will also damage the honor of Wang Jiajun. Rather than bear the stigma and accept the trial of the military court, it is better to fight hard, grab a position of possession, use the cannon to kill the sea monsters, and the most unlucky can scare away this big man.
The violent sharp turn made the hull tilt to the left largely, and the hull center of gravity approached the tipping point of overturning. Fortunately, all the items in the cabin were already fixed before it became a tragedy. When Shannon regained its balance, the ship that crossed over The body and the sea monster's track remained vertical, the darkened sawtooth was less than 600 yards from the hull, and it was accelerating the sprint. At this time, 22 cannons have been loaded. In order to increase the probability of killing, several cannons are also loaded with grape bullets and star-shaped bullets that cut the sails. The gunners pierced the propellant pack with a puncture needle, inserted a fuze, and took the torch from the side loader.
"Fire!"
The captain looked directly at the approaching sea monster and shouted with all his strength. In an instant, the sea surface was illuminated by a strong flash of light. (To be continued...)