Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Three Enemy
Having suffered high-density artillery bombardment from the Goblin Navy, no obvious damage was found on the surface of the two pirate ironclad ships. Only the sailing parts on the upper deck were slightly damaged, but the condition was not too serious, as if the attacks were in vain.
There is no doubt that this phenomenon is the real manifestation of the terrible difference in the weapon generation. No matter how brave, wise, cunning, and cruel the generals are, they all change the hard indicator gap in weapon performance between the two armies by force. Since your weapon is behind, you will definitely be beaten. This is a bumpy truth.
In the old world, after the Peninsula War, the rabbit was called the world's number one army, and looked down on the bald eagle who was spoiled and relied on planes, cannons and tanks. However, the world has changed, and during the Gulf War, millions of mechanized armies that have seen the silly and Damu were crushed by the iron fist of the Bald Eagle's information war, crushing them all into pieces. The rabbit was shocked to find that only Dongfeng was left with the trick of washing the ground. Then, the rabbit began to chase after more than ten years, and barely made up for the shortcomings of military technology and regained the balance of military power. Before this, if the deterrent effect of the killer weapon was not considered, a large-scale conventional war really occurred, and more than 80% of the rabbits who had not yet successfully transformed may lose very ugly.
The situation facing the goblins now is similar to that of hanged Sha Damu, who is forced to confront terrifying opponents who have innovated the military technology system and changed the rules of the war game. Their aggrievances are so depressed.
"Encircle them and prepare to jump to the gang to fight."
Zheti Baishan led the main force of the goblin fleet to join the war. The journey was not smooth. Within a few nautical miles of voyage, he was bombed and fired by pirate fighters. When he approached the sea blockade line, in order to avoid the threat of air strikes, the formation of the goblin fleet that had been in chaos, so as to avoid the threat of air strikes, the Bear Goblin Commander simply decided to disrupt the battle and issued a vague order to his subordinates.
In hand-to-hand combat, the loss ratio of the two sides is close to one to one. If long-range weapons such as guns, bows and arrows are fired, assuming that the forces are almost the same, the casualties will not be much different. The above conclusion was not imagined by laymen. In the old world, mathematical formulas called the first and second linear rates of Lanchester can relatively accurately estimate the number of losses and the rate of loss of the two sides participating in the war. The real battle can be verified with the mathematical model, so that the derived mathematical formulas can roughly match the actual battle examples. This is unquestionable military science.
Having said that, it does not mean that the tactical and strategic planning of commanders on the real battlefield is useless. Naively, war is a digital game, and it can be solved by moving the mouse, and things are not that simple. In fact, many internal and external factors will cause the situation to reverse, and the number of casualties cannot be simply equivalent to the final outcome of the war.
At this time, as the main force of the goblin fleet approached the blockade outside the port, Luo Zhengdao felt greater pressure and turned his head to glance at Brando Feiyan. The latter immediately nodded in understanding and shouted loudly:
"Notify the bottom pole, turn on the rocket's thrust acceleration, and hit the goblin battleship in front of it."
"receive!"
"Boom--Crash...Plop!"
Suddenly, the speed was accelerated to the twenty-fourth quarter. The fierce iron-clad ship Gold was like a mud truck with a full horsepower and overloaded forty tons of waste. It rushed over a small electric vehicle with a fierce and domineering posture and overturned the unavoidable goblin cruise ship in front of it. In an instant, the wooden hull, which was much weaker than steel, was hit by the wooden hull, and the cruise ship broke into two pieces from the middle of the hull. The goblin sailors on the ship shouted in horror, and they didn't even have time to jump into the survivor. In an instant, the whirlpool was lifted by the rapidly sinking hull and swept into the surging sea water. They died so flawlessly!
Because the situation on the battlefield was too chaotic, the warships of both sides of the enemy and us were entangled. Many pirate fighter jets roared over the heads of both sides of the fierce battle, and threw the bomb down as soon as they saw the opportunity.
For a moment, the atmosphere of fear was attacked by the upper and lower levels spread. Driven by panic, the goblin warships did not care about many. Countless goblin rockets launched randomly into the air. Rather than attacking, it was more like putting out holiday fireworks to boost courage.
Seeing the ironclad ship Gold from the telescope turning toward him, I knew very well what his opponent wanted to do, Zheti Baishan shouted with gritted teeth:
"Charge and eliminate Will Nidham at any cost, this is the will of my master Benn!"
Ideals are full, reality is very skinny. The strong iron armor and an amazingly destructive explosive bomb are combined together. The geometric increase in combat power generated by the superposition of the two is definitely not a thrilling scene that the natives who have never seen the world can imagine out of thin air.
If the combat power of the iron armored ship is compared with ordinary wooden warships, the combat power gap is as big as a group of mud-legged farmers holding pitchforks and wooden sticks running to fight against the knights wearing gorgeous plate armor and Damascus steel knives and spears. It is really a matter of abuse! Because of this, even though the goblin fleet has an absolute numerical advantage, it is suspected of delivering vegetables when fighting. Whenever the four 110-pound main guns on the two iron armored ships suddenly speak out after a long silence, the goblin warship, which was unfortunately hit by heavy artillery, is immediately paralyzed. The more unlucky direct ammunition explodes and disintegrates and sinks. Being hit by the Iron Armored ship, it will also set off a raging frenzy of flames and blood.
Needless to say, after witnessing such a miserable battle situation, he could tell that the battle could not be fought at all after witnessing such a miserable battle. Even laymen could see how urgent the situation was. How could it not be seen how bad the situation was like Zheti Baishan, who had been blowing sea breeze for several years?
Now the last glimmer of hope for Commander Bear Goblin is the artifact Chain Ga that he gave to him. However, no matter how powerful the Chain Ga is, its range cannot be compared with the cannon. It can show its power at hundreds of yards away. Zheti Baishan must first meet Luo Zhengdao!
"Don't dodge, just rush over. Is the main gun ready?"
At this time, the ironclad ship Gold was also charging towards the goblin flagship. When the heads of the two sides faced each other, Brando Feiyan saw the fighter plane, and he loudly ordered the loaded front main gun to fire.
"boom--"
The flames storm swept through the empty head of the ship, and the sea water below sank under the impact of a powerful airflow. A black shell shot out and plunged into the inside of the hull of the goblin warship.
After a brief pause, the delay fuse inside the shell exploded. After a series of thunderous explosions, half of the ship's bow of the Bear Goblin Commander's ship, the ship of the Haiyan, was blown away by the explosion shock wave. The affected foremast was broken into two pieces in half. It fell down and lie on the fore deck. The Haiyan was covered with wood chips with flames and burning and charred canvas pieces. The wounded Goblin soldiers were moaning miserably on the deck, next to them were broken limbs left by the dead and blood stains everywhere.
The severely damaged fourth-level goblin battleship was heading towards the right. Even though it was still advancing forward tenaciously, it was less than two hundred yards away from the Golden, no one dared to expect this ship to make a difference.
"Flamethon ready!"
Hearing the flagship captain Brando Feiyan issued an order, Luo Zhengdao remained silent and did not interfere with the decision he made. It would be the same if Luo Zhengdao was asked to arrange the attack procedures.
In an era where there is no cheap rubber and precision metal processing is extremely expensive, weapons research is in the background of a time when queuing up and shooting. In the context, trying to develop a flamethrower is no better than the fierce oil cabinets of the Northern Song Dynasty in the Old World, or the Greek fire of the Byzantine Empire. However, one of the greatest benefits of time travelers in the magic world is that as long as you can afford gold coins and smash hard currency to death with the spirit of prodigal sons who can spare no expense, any whimsical fancy thing can be made. But don't expect this masterpiece of handicrafts to be popularized, unless you have a bunch of alchemy masters or strong men who are a thousand horses, otherwise some advanced weapons are at most peerless products that cannot be copied like works of art, and the military system will still determine the outcome of the war.
At this time, a slender brass tube on the front side of the Iron Armored Ship Gold poked out of the hull, and everyone couldn't help but hold their breath and wait for the result. This was a new weapon that had never been shown. Whether it was a sharp weapon to kill enemies or a large and unreasonable garbage luxury item depends on how the actual combat performance was.
“Huhhhhhhhhhh…”
The sharp decompression whistling sound of gas like a monster's roar, and the high-pressure gas sprayed naphtha to a distance of hundreds of yards away. As a spark near the nozzle flashed instantly, the fire dragon dancing in the sky ruthlessly swallowed most of the hull of the goblin flagship.
Each goblin warship carried out strict and meticulous fire prevention measures before the war started. In the era of wooden sail warships, fire prevention is a more important consideration than bulletproof. Whether it is high-priced alchemy or cheap response methods such as mud, everything can be used. Such painstaking preparations are due to the fact that the goblins cannot keep up with the elegant spirits and elves in shipbuilding technology, and will be particularly attentive in combat readiness. However, careful preparation does not mean that they can ensure that they can pass the risk in front of the rolling fire snakes.
Just after the first round of jets, the heavy flamethrower modified from a sub-cannon on the front of the port side of the ironclad ship entered the waiting state again. After waiting for a few seconds, a fire dragon was sprayed out again through ventilation and pressurization measures. The sea was reflected with flames and fire snakes dancing wildly. This scene was extremely spectacular and shocking.
Some of the flamethrowers used the new world's alchemy enhancement, and sprayed up to 600 pounds of light oil in less than five seconds. The attack power was strong enough to make most mages who claimed to be good at fireball techniques feel ashamed. How many fireballs do they have to rub in one breath to have such a terrifying arson efficiency!
It is unknown whether it is possible to know that professional arson weapons with such powerful attack power are not ordinary times when jumping torches and turmeric grass balls. The seaguards throw away a few torches and turmeric grass balls and are comparable to those of them. After suffering from two rounds of fire attacks, the Haiyan fell into a sea of fire.
Chapter completed!