Extraordinary Sailing

"And just call me Boris, please."

He was recommended by Lieutenant General Gustav to board the ship, and it took only a dozen days to go to sea.

This middle-aged officer with rough looks and melancholy eyes has used his outstanding ability to convince all the officers on board, including the captain Ivan.

This is probably the real person not showing his face?

But on this ship, anyone can see that this maverick Major Boris is clearly a person with a story.

at present.

The main body of the crew and officers of the fourth-tier battleship "Storm Point" was originally formed from the lowest-tier sixth-tier cruiser "Conch".

There was a big blood change in the middle, and a large number of excellent recruits who were at the same time as Captain Aiwen were filled. Then, before performing cross-border missions and setting off to the New World, they each carried out a replenishment of soldiers.

Now it has completed the full staffing of 350 people.

But in essence, the problems of insufficient quality of officers and insufficient experience of personnel still exist.

"Sail handling" skills are better.

After Aiwen became the captain, the crew members were basically not idle.

I have been running here and there, and I have also dealt with various dangerous sea conditions including "storm", "tsunami" and "black embankment", even if I practice, I am almost done.

But another key skill, "Function", is really not an "excellent" comment.

According to the naval code stipulated by Phalitis, the gun crew of each gun is composed of 6 people, and there is one gunner.

Each artillery deck (the fourth-tier ship plus the main deck has three artillery decks) has one chief and one deputy fire controller.

During medium and long-distance combat, the gun crew members are responsible for loading ammunition, while the fire controller is responsible for setting the artillery shooting parameters and adjusting the up, down, left, and right shooting angles.

Finally, under the order of the gunner, the gunners of each artillery group are responsible for firing the artillery in charge.

Artillery shooting is a delicate and complex tactical action that requires the cooperation of multiple people, especially on the battlefield where the battle is panicked, the quality of artillery has a great impact on the firepower of the battleship.

Even with the world's best battleships and artillery, if you hand it over to a group of half-baked guys, you may not be able to defeat opponents of the second level or even the second level.

Although Boris joined the group halfway, he is an official knight with the rank of major, and even a well-known "artillery expert" in the naval base of the New World!

As soon as he took office, he served as the artillery chief on the "Storm Horn", responsible for the daily training of the artillery.

In the short ten days of going to sea, the artillerymen have not only taken on a new look, but at least they have slowly laid the foundation for becoming an excellent artilleryman.

Especially under the guidance of Major Boris, as long as there are a few more battles with real swords and guns, the future can be expected!

As for why this well-known and capable artillery expert is willing to condescend to go to the Aiwen ship to serve as the chief gunner who has no sense of presence and was not set up on the "Storm Horn" before him?

The reason is also very simple.

The seemingly glamorous Major Boris has actually received a promise from the base commander, Lieutenant General Gustav:

As long as this battle is over and the kingdom is successfully helped to achieve the set goals, the general will agree to his application for retirement!

Why he retired at the peak of his military career is another story.

Following Captain Aiwen's order.

Boris has unceremoniously taken over the command that originally belonged to Gunner Reeves, and issued his own order with the powerful lung capacity of an official knight:

"The gun crew is in place!"

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The artillerymen on the ship have already run quickly to enter their respective combat positions according to the artillery manual.

A total of eighteen 24-pounder guns, twenty 12-pounder guns, ten 9-pounder guns, and two 6-pounder guns are installed on the two-story artillery deck and the main deck.

It's just because the battleships of this era must have half of their firepower idle due to the design of the ship's side guns, so the gun crew only needs to take care of one side of the ship's side at the same time.

During the sea training during this period, although the artillerymen have obtained the most direct improvement, they have suffered a lot from the cold and ruthless Boris.

Boris, who had no long-term plan on the Horn of the Storm, was not afraid of offending anyone, and demanded the highest standards in everything.

Even Reeves, the gunner who was older than him, sat on his back and carefully supported this gunnery expert who was higher in rank, stronger than himself, and more capable than himself.

All the artillerymen, up and down, did not dare to neglect in the slightest.

"Let's go to leeward! Hold formation!"

In line with his usual cautious style, Aiwen ordered the two battleships to besieged from the downwind, not only to prevent the pirate ships from escaping, but also to avoid any supernatural beings with strange abilities among them, who would detect the battleships in advance by virtue of their scent.

The naval battleship came to the stern of the pirate fleet, and the distance between the two gradually approached to 500 meters.

Although the effective range of the artillery is 1 kilometer, the hit rate, artillery power, and firing frequency have all reached an optimal balance point at the current distance.

"Each artillery unit is loaded with scorching bombs!"

Each artillery group quickly burned the "solid bullet" to red with fire, and a lump of wet mud was blocked between the gunpowder and the shell when loading, and the time to complete loading was slightly longer than that of normal solid bullets.

But now that he has the initiative and has enough time to prepare, Boris chose of course the favorite of all artillerymen-"Searing Bullet".

Boris personally entered the lower artillery deck, guarding the nine 24-pound guns on one side of the ship, while the full-time gunner Reeves went to supervise the upper deck.

Seeing that all the gun crews had finished loading within the specified time, Boris nodded slightly, and calmly pulled out the artillery command knife with a slightly curved waist and a brass gauntlet.

When the command knife was slightly raised, a layer of extraordinary aura that was invisible to the naked eye exploded simultaneously on the blade, overflowing to every onboard artillery of the battleship that was ready to go.

Every cannon seems to have been fine-tuned in an instant.

"All there, ready, fire!"

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!

Orange-red cannon flames flashed to illuminate the sea under the thick fog.

The two battleships adjusted their field of fire, and at the same time, a total of 18 24-pound shells, 20 12-pound shells, 10 9-pound shells, and 2 6-pound shells were poured out like a torrential rain.

Just started.

The pirate fleet, who thought it was encountering ordinary fog, had temporarily stopped on the sea surface with the tactical action of sailboat braking, but it never expected that disaster would suddenly fall from the sky.

In fact, with their strength, even if they encounter multiple cruisers of the navy, they are not afraid. They can fight and escape, and they have not yet reached the combat area, so their vigilance is not so strong.

When they heard the sound of the cannon, they had already ushered in the justice of the navy!

click

"enemy"

"ah!"

Boom——!

The hull of the sloop was as fragile as a paper shell under the attack of the scorching bullets. The scorching iron shells easily cut off the mast of the sailing ship and penetrated layers of ship boards.

It even shot in from the stern, bouncing all the way and destroying everything on the entire transparent artillery deck.

The human body, even the body of an extraordinary person, will only be easily torn into pieces under the powerful kinetic energy.

Just one volley created a huge firework among the four pirate ships.

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Coincidentally, the ammunition depot of a sloop at the end of the queue was pierced by scorching bullets, directly triggering a spectacular martyrdom explosion!

If you observe carefully, you will find that the shells fired by the "Storm Horn" are far superior to the "Endeavour" in terms of penetration and accuracy, and the biggest achievements are almost all created by the "Storm Horn".

at this time.

The pirates, who were suddenly attacked and surrounded by thick fog, were in a disorganized formation. Apart from sporadic and blind firing, they could not even transmit signals, let alone systematic resistance.

"Each artillery group, load the scorching bombs!"

Extraordinary aura overflowed again from the high-raised command saber.

"Ready! Fire!"

The torrential rain of iron and fire poured out again.

After the second round of salvo.

The sporadic counterattacks on the remaining three pirate ships have been completely misfired, and even the painful wailing after being injured can hardly be heard.

The blazing flames rose from the three pirate ships, even though they were covered by thick fog, they were clearly seen by the ordinary crew members who had not opened the telepathic connection on the ship.

The naval battle had already come to an end within a minute of its opening.

The opponent is not an evil god, not a large sea monster. Human beings rely most heavily on "battleships" to conquer the ocean, and they have exerted unparalleled combat advantages in the face of ordinary sea-going ships.

The firepower comparison between the two sides is not at the same level in itself, not to mention that the navy has added a powerful buff to itself.

[Ocean Secret Treasure Artillery Command Knife! 】

A powerful treasure belonging to the family heirloom of Major Boris.

Ability · Artillery Ultimate: Able to exert 200% of the range, accuracy, and power of the ship's artillery.

Restrictions: The premise is that the definition of "ship-borne artillery" must be met on a large scale.

Special equipment is not included in this list, such as the retrocross on the "Commander of the Guards".

Aiwen clearly saw that with the help of this magical command knife, after a shell penetrated the opponent's hull, it flew out through the bulwark on the other side.

The already overwhelming advantage in firepower was enhanced by additional strength, and the lethality of these ship-borne smoothbore guns on the ship suddenly jumped by a generation.

At this time, the "Storm Horn" is simply a destructive existence to these pirate ships, even if they are fifth-tier warships!

Even without the assistance of the Endeavor, Aiwen is confident that he can kill them all without injury!