"Zhiyuan! It's that damn Chinese warship!"
Almost at the same time, all French battleship commanders recognized the legendary battleship that made them hate each other, a rebellious thing that completely violated the modern shipbuilding ideas.
It was this unique warship that smuggled across the British North Sea defense line, burned, killed and plundered French merchant ships in the Atlantic, and even boldly attacked Dakar, the most important colony in West Africa.
The French navy has never taken advantage of this battleship since it faced it. None of the old battleships can be his opponent.
The flame of revenge burns in the hearts of every French naval soldier, which can be seen from the naming of the flagship for this expedition!
The battleship commanded by Hough this time was named Glory, but just before the battleship was renamed, another battleship with the same name was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean.
That is the Glory, the battleship that was sacrificed in the Atlantic by the Zhiyuan!
The original name of the battleship commanded by Hough was the Avenger. It was originally intended to avenge the shame of the British Battle of Trafalgar, but the British Royal Navy could not afford to offend them. In the end, they had no choice but to choose the Chinese. Be the target of revenge.
At the beginning of this war, when they heard that the Reach was back, the entire French navy was in a sensation. Eager for revenge, they even changed the name of the Avenger to the Glorious!
They just want to avenge the Glory that was sunk before, as if the new Glory sailing on the sea means that the previous failure does not exist.
This is spiritual opium, but sometimes the people need this. France is full of firewood and fire, and a spark can spark a revolutionary fire.
The French emperor and his wife only relied on taking mental opium desperately to suppress the revolutionary impulse of the people!
Of course Hof knew the key, and he shouted, "Abandon all plans, we have only one goal, sink Zhiyuan! Revenge..."
The six battleships, even the injured Pyrenees, ignited the flames of revenge. All naval officers and soldiers shared the same hatred of the enemy and operated the battleships to start changing formations.
Just as the entire fleet was rotating clockwise, the cannons on their bow that could rotate and fire also started firing in advance!
The main artillery calibers of the French Navy in this era were between 140 and 150. Cannons of this caliber were absolutely heavy artillery compared with the army, so these French guys were very confident.
"Fire! Free fire! Blast Shen Zhiyuan!"
Boom, boom, boom... the sound of the artillery boomed, and the water jets set off by the explosion came one after another around the Zhiyuan, and Lin Zhen was soaked in water all over his body.
"Hahaha... It's so enjoyable. It's the night of murder today when the moon is dark and the wind is high!"
"Bring me a rope and tie me to the main gun! Let me have a good time today!"
The one-meter-high North Sea waves reduced the accuracy of the artillery battle between the two sides. The miracle of focusing the Pyrenees just after the first shot was difficult to repeat again.
Now if you want to improve your hit rate, you have to learn from the sailing battleships of the 16th century. You must rush to the nearest place to fight the bayonet, and try to control the range within one kilometer.
One thousand meters, this distance seems quite far on weekdays, but in naval battles, this is equivalent to hand-to-hand combat. Even the poorly trained naval gunners can greatly improve their hit rate at this distance.
"Fire! Shoot!"
"The funding for shooting ammunition allocated to us by the head of state alone in one year exceeds two million silver dollars. His grandma's, the training ammunition you have shot out so far far exceeds this amount!"
"So much silver has been smashed out, what we need is to tremble today! Use up our ammunition reserves... *Get ready!"
Xiang Ying watched coldly as Lin Zhen directed the battle in front of the main gun. He had already given the order to fire freely, so all rights to fire were given to him.
Don't let me down bro! How many enemy warships you can sink before we sink depends on your ability!
"Keep accelerating! Control the firing range within 800 meters! Use up all our ammunition!"
Crazy, all the officers and soldiers of the Zhiyuan are crazy, the four hundred dead soldiers are ready to die for their country, no one of them has thought about going back alive!
The only purpose is to kill more enemies, to show off Zhiyuan's majesty in one battle, and to completely cripple France's maritime invasion force.
The hydraulic loader began to rotate and feed the ammunition under the operation of the sailors. The bullet filled with sand in the warhead was pushed into the barrel. In order to increase the rate of fire, this ammunition was actually loaded with 1.5 times the shooting charge.
At this time, the flaming Pyrenees opposite was a burning torch in the sea, and he was the most conspicuous in the darkness!
Lin Zhen suddenly calmed down at this moment. He looked straight towards the east and clasped his hands together, "Bless me from the heroic spirits of my ancestors! May I enter the soul!"
"Fire!"
boom! boom!
The 210-caliber cannon fired a double salvo. The left and right muzzles were separated by three seconds from each other, and two rounds were fired.
This kind of cannonball is not filled with gunpowder, but is filled with fine sand, which increases the weight of the cannonball and increases its kinetic energy.
Coupled with a large dose of the medicine pack, the entire projectile forms an indestructible rigid object. It relies on its kinetic energy, sharp external shape, and its own mass to penetrate the enemy's steel plate.
This is the earliest prototype of *! During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, someone saw sand out of the shells and thought it was corruption. This was purely a lie.
The functions of high-explosive shells and guns are different. One is to kill the enemy and destroy the equipment on the ship, and the other is simply to pierce the armor. The purpose of the design is different, and the natural structure is different.
At this time, the Zhiyuan was more than 1,400 meters away from the Pyrenees. However, due to its relatively large weight, the ballistic trajectory was very straight and stable, and its accuracy was slightly higher than that of high-explosive ammunition.
I saw two white lines in the air rushing past at high speed under the pressure of water, and rushed in front of the Pyrenees in almost the blink of an eye.
With a whoosh, the shot was still four meters away from the battleship before it dived underwater, almost grazing the edge of the armor and rushing into the endless sea.
The other shot was blessed by the ancestors. Its trajectory was slightly higher than the one just now, and it was like water one meter away from the enemy ship.
Just under the water, this powerful solid cannonball hit the iron plate with a clang!
At that moment, there seemed to be a muffled thunder blast in the ears of all the officers and men of the Pyrenees ship, making a buzzing sound, and the deck under their feet also shook painfully.
"Has it been concentrated? What's the damage situation?"
"Report Captain...the coal bunker has been shot! Sea water is pouring in!"
"Damn it! Protect the boiler!"
