Chapter 387: Battleship

"They burn coal. They haven't heard of anyone who burst the coal."
"Their boat is bigger than ours, and it is more resistant to sinking than us.
"Their companions are nearby. Jumping into the sea will be rescued. We jump into the sea and die."
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The loss of two armed speedboats at once was almost a blow to the head. George Fleet had to avoid Nassau, and the remaining six ships of the fleet had heated discussions. Everyone agreed that their commander was stupid!
Of course, this can only be thought about privately.
George, who led the fleet, still controlled the command. However, he was not willing to run so far away, but he was ashamed to leave. He still wanted to find revenge. The way to get revenge is to blockade!
I ran so far, and I didn't get any results. How could this be possible? I do not go! I will guerrilla near Nassau. I will not allow any ships to enter Nassau's port, sever your internal and external contacts, and look for opportunities to see if I can get a big ticket.
This is the commander George's tactics in Matanzas, non-stop harassment, non-stop attack, so that the enemy can not lead a normal life. He decided to copy it to Nassau.
However, Nassau did not seem to care about George's six ships. He did not dispatch the killer, AC-130U, to drive it, and did not take off the drone to search for it, as if nothing had happened.
George thought that the enemy's nervous and impulsive retaliation did not happen at all. The entire Nassau sea was quiet. Except for the thin ice on the sea, the crew members frozen into dogs kept complaining. He had to contact the '007' Wade lurking in Nassau by radio, and the news was that there was nothing on the island.
"What happened to the people on the island? I blocked their port, and they didn't respond at all." After squatting for a day, he felt like he had been ignored by a fool. The most terrible thing was his leader. The six armed speedboats were unable to operate at sea for a long time. If the enemy can't die, he can only leave dimly.
"Shameless, indecent, despicable, without any military temperament! They were blocked in the house, and they did not respond at all, they were simply cowardly cowards." Commander George was unwilling. You guys can figure out what to do with me!
The high-level consultants of the magnificent "Inkley" military advisory team, have they slapped their opponents in such a long distance? The most hateful thing is that the opponent won't continue playing after winning a game. This clearly shows the opportunity not to come back with others!
George's annoying roots were tickled, and he decided to wait another day. If the opponent does not die, then he can proudly go back and declare that this is because he is too powerful, causing the enemy to avoid the war.
At this time, the steam battleship with the boiler installed in the shipyard of the Nassau shipyard had been rebuilt. What kind of boat is it? Anyway, it is an emergency product. It can run for a month or two without leaking water. Even if you fight one or two battles, it won't sink the sea.
The dock was opened to release water, and the boiler was started after the battleship floated. After more than an hour, the pressure of the boiler was full, and the steam turbine was pushed to power the battleship. Captain Derek of the Aurora personally led a group of sailors to board the ship, drove the ship out of the dock and began the trial.
"It's not bad, not as bad as you think." Captain Derek was very satisfied with the initial trial, and it was a miracle to transform a steam battleship in a short time. "The engine room is under strong pressure ventilation, spraying kerosene into the boiler to increase power. Let's try how fast we can run at full speed."
Zhou Qingfeng, however, got several oil tanks and dozens of tons of old kerosene by hand. Because these kerosene had too much slag, they could only be used for burning.
The engine room sprayed kerosene into the boiler, and the fire suddenly skyrocketed, and smoke billowed from the chimney. The power of the steam turbine also increased by at least 30%, and the entire battleship immediately broke the maximum speed of 15 knots designed to 18 knots.
A thousand-ton steam warship ran eighteen knots, and it really had a certain amount of majestic momentum. At this time, the sea-searching radar on the ship found several fast-moving targets. When looking at the speed of the ship, you didn't need to think about it to know that it was the armed speedboats that had run up and down the other day.
The chief officer immediately suggested: "Captain, should we retreat to the defensive circle of the floating battery?"
"No, let's prepare the turret. We're going for a sea trial." Captain Derek refused, "fire as soon as the enemy approaches."
As a result of the haste, the main turret of the steam battleship was an M777 1555 mm howitzer for the army. It is said that this gun can only hit fixed targets on the ground. There is no way for speedboats running around the sea, but they cannot hold guided artillery shells!
The "copper snake" laser-guided projectile is a bit old. In order to make this artillery shell powerful, a fire-guided group worked on the battleship's bridge. The complete set of artillery observation equipment and laser target indicators are set aside. At this moment the sea is still calm, and the target is an armed speedboat approaching at high speed.
At this moment Commander George also found on his radar the steam warship that the Aurora Corps had just come out for trial. As soon as he saw a big goal coming out, His Excellency Commander was just so happy that he was waiting for his achievements and the world is famous ~ EbookFREE.me ~ impatient!
When radar speed showed that the target was only eighteen knots per hour, and Skyrim saw billowing smoke, Commander George didn't take his opponent to heart. "Hahaha ... this bunch of idiots really came up with a steam battleship. But this speed can never escape our pursuit, now it can't run away even if it wants to run, we go up and strangle it! "
In order to give the Aurora Corps a hard lesson, Commander George decided to use the big killer that he had been hiding from the deep—the 'Hellfire' missile. The missile was originally mounted on an M1117 armored vehicle and is now mounted on Commander George's carrier with the launcher.
'Hellfire' has a range of ten kilometers, and it is very powerful. George decided not to give the opponent any chance to fight back this time. He must first take the shot and kill the opponent. "
The aggressive commander George was full of resentment, and he decided to take revenge today. For the two armed speedboats sunk two days ago, for the men who died on the sunken speedboat, and for the humiliation they suffered in front of the other idiot-like floating turret, he decided to ...
Your commander's inspirational mood is brewing, but a large-caliber shell fell from the sky, and a violent explosion exploded on the sea surface. The roaring sound shook Mr. George's mind, and in front of the fleet owner, another armed speedboat fell over.
"Oh, where is this shell?" Commander George looked at the shell that had just hit his own speedboat for a long time and did not respond. "In theory, I should fire first!"
But this time the captains of the remaining five speedboats of the entire fleet were very tacit, completely ignored his commander's ‘theory’, and ran away when he saw something wrong. No one wants to stay to verify that the theory is correct. (To be continued.)