Zhu Jue's ship seemed to be sailing slowly but really quickly past the gap in the blasted pontoon bridge. The Destroyers who had fallen into the water had been scattered, the Destroyers on the shore were at a loss, and the Destroyers on the pontoon bridge were drifting away and away in the first half of the river. , all lost their threat to the giant bamboo ship fleet.
But the navy did not intend to give up. At this time, it was the turn of the artillery on both sides of the giant ship to start showing off!
The artillery on the starboard side was firing canisters and incendiary bombs at the fastest speed, causing a lot of damage to the densely packed Destroyers on the pontoon that was drifting downward.
The dense rain of shotgun blasted holes in the pontoon. Although they were quickly filled with destroyers, the price paid by the destroyers was more and more corpses and wounded soldiers drifting away.
The incendiary bombs ignited small pieces of swirling and extinguishing flames on the water surface and the pontoon, burning the destroyer's body. Zhu Jue's tentacles could clearly smell the burnt chitin and muscles floating down the wind. Burnt smell…
The port side of the giant ship aimed at a completely different target. Since the pontoon on this side had basically collapsed and was closer to the shore, they were shooting at a large number of Destroyers on the shore who had not yet crossed the river.
These Destroyers were densely packed together and originally planned to take turns crossing the river. At this time, their density made them the best targets!
A large number of Destroyers were shot by solid artillery shells. Iron bullets the size of mung beans plowed deep ravines among countless Destroyers. The ravines were filled with shattered corpses and body parts. The kinetic energy contained in one cannonball often required several It would take the bodies of ten Destroyers to exhaust it.
A new type of artillery shell, the chain shot, was also put into actual combat for the first time. It was a composite artillery shell consisting of two smaller iron projectiles connected by a long iron cable. After being launched, the two iron projectiles of the chain bullet were restricted by the iron cable and could only circle forward towards each other. They were like rotating electric fans scraping into the middle of the destroyer. The projectiles and the iron cable were like a broom sweeping over the destroyer. The formation left a bloody battlefield half a decimeter wide.
In terms of killing efficiency, the chain bullet put into use for the first time really impressed Zhu Jue. The damage caused by a chain bullet was several times that of a solid bullet. However, the shortcomings of the chain bomb are also obvious. Its range is shorter and its ability to penetrate enemy lines is slightly worse. This is still secondary. You must know that the cost of one chain bomb is enough to be worth twenty solid mung bean bombs. The difficulty of processing just one iron chain is enough to make many ant blacksmiths exhausted. Even the wealthy ant United States cannot produce chains in large quantities. bomb.
Therefore, the artillerymen only fired dozens of chain rounds experimentally, leaving half of the base ammunition, and continued to fire solid artillery shells. Anyway, with the current density of Destroyers, the killing effect of solid bullets is also very good!
After Zhu Jue's ship had sailed away, the second and third giant bamboo ships behind them sailed across the river one after another, continuing to pour out firepower. By the time the entire fleet had passed, the physical "floating bridge" of the Destroyer had completely collapsed, and corpses were floating down the river.
On the west bank of the river, the Destroyers' ground troops suffered tens of thousands of casualties, but these Destroyers still gathered on the shore, unswayed by the heavy losses, and watched the fleet sail away indifferently.
Then, they actually started trying to build a pontoon bridge across the river from scratch, and continued to cross the river eastward!
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The fleet continued to sail forward against the current. Although it had just successfully destroyed a pontoon bridge, it killed many Destroyers. But ahead, there are more than a dozen such pontoon bridges. Even the pontoon bridge that was just destroyed can be rebuilt in less than half a day. Destroyers will still cross the river in a steady stream, increasingly threatening the stability of the civilized ant alliance. Line of defense.
At this time, the armaments and supplies on the fleet, with the intensity of the battle just now, are only enough for one or two more battles. Compared with the millions of Destroyers, the strength of this fleet is really disproportionate.
Although this sounds very pessimistic, Zhu Jue did not expect that the navy's first active attack could prevent the Destroyer from crossing. The naval force is still very weak, but it can slow down the Destroyer's crossing speed and inflict considerable damage. It has already exceeded the mission!
To face hundreds of thousands of Destroyers in a ground battle and achieve tens of thousands of casualties, just relying on the Army and Air Force of the God Envoy King Corps would require at least an investment of more than 100,000 troops, one-third of the casualties, and a large amount of supplies. Do it. However, the naval force achieved this result without any injuries this time, which is rare and valuable.
Especially when it comes to exerting the power of artillery, the artillery positions on the ground are relatively fixed and need to be dispersed to take into account the entire battlefield. The firepower density is often insufficient and it is difficult to maneuver in time. Naval artillery does not have this problem. The firepower on the giant ship is dense, and it has the ability to maneuver itself. It is not afraid of counterattacks. It is an ideal artillery firepower platform!
Zhu Jue was already thinking that the local government needed to shift its resources to the navy. Even if the naval force does not necessarily have suitable fighters every time, it cannot completely reverse the situation on the frontal battlefield. But for the Ant Alliance, which is on the verge of a big river, a powerful naval force is still of great use!
While he was thinking about it, the second Destroyer "Floating Bridge" was already in sight in the distance, and the Flying Knight also issued a battle warning.
The fleet used rockets step by step to clear the way, blasted the gap in the pontoon bridge and then rushed in, then poured out firepower from the naval guns on both sides, and finally drove away without any hesitation. The sailors and artillerymen were more skilled in executing tactics this time, and their killing efficiency was also improved.
About half an hour after leaving the second battlefield, the fleet entered a wide river, and Zhu Jue ordered to return.
At this time, there are no more artillery shells on the ship, so there is not much point in continuing the battle. The fleet still needs to dock at night. There are destroyers everywhere in the area. If you are not careful and are attacked, the gain will outweigh the loss!
The three giant bamboo ships began to turn around awkwardly and slowly, took down their sails, and returned downstream by relying on the current.
When passing the second "floating bridge", the destroyers here had not yet been able to rebuild the pontoon bridge. The fleet sailed along the east coast and did not fire any guns. Both sides were in peace. The destroyers on the west bank watched the fleet leave.
At the first "floating bridge", the Destroyers almost rebuilt the pontoon bridge across the river, but the pontoon bridge was still very narrow, and more Destroyers were needed to get on the bridge to expand the bridge deck.
This time the fleet was no longer stingy with ammunition and vented all the remaining shells. Finally, it used the bow of the ship to cut through the "pontoon bridge" that stubbornly refused to break, cutting the narrow bridge into two sections.
This time, it was the turn of the Destroyers on the east bank who had crossed the river to be baptized by a large number of shells. Solid bullets and chain bullets took turns to harvest lives one after another.
The sun was setting in the west, and the faintness was like blood. The fleet that had completed the killing left the battlefield and sailed towards the anchorage!
