When the Annapolis fired its second salvo, the silver-haired girl on board the Admiral Hipper class—of course we could already call her Prinz Eugen at this time—did not pay too much attention.
The first salvo hit the water, which proved that the strange battleship on the opposite side was probably a newcomer with little actual combat experience. Since the experience was not enough and the gunnery skills were not good enough, it should use semi-volley or round fire, and constantly pay attention to the impact point to adjust. Aim where you want to, rather than just firing in a full salvo.
Eugen recalled that he had such an experience when he first joined the fleet, and the artillery hit rate was only about 15%.
However, the seniors in the fleet taught her a lot of knowledge and helped her through the most difficult period. Now she is one of the most highly trained beings in the commander's fleet, and is fully qualified to serve as the core of the fleet.
So when she looked at the strange battleship in the distance, it was as if she was seeing herself with extremely low training levels.
She believed that the opponent's second salvo would definitely not hit.
At the same time, she also felt that she wanted to persuade the commander who had the legend in his head. The so-called legends were all false and not true. The ghost ship on the sea did not exist. Even if it existed, it would not behave so unsatisfactory.
So Eugen came behind the black-haired girl who was looking back through the side porthole at the Siren battleship that was getting closer and closer.
She was about to say something, but the other party's sudden exclamation interrupted her thoughts.
"Hit!"
A glimmer of light flashed in the black-haired girl's eyes: "It was the attack by that strange battleship. This time it caused effective damage to the leading Siren battleship!"
Eugen quickly observed the Siren, and sure enough, as the black-haired girl said, obvious damage caused by the cannonball attack could be seen on the Siren battleship - and the location of the damage was biased toward the Siren's deck and upper armor.
Looking at the pattern of the scars, it seems that the cannonballs fired by the mysterious battleship can cause more damage to the Siren than his own?
Therefore, the opponent's continued volley is not due to inexperience, but confidence?
After discovering this, she couldn't help but reveal a self-deprecating smile.
"Ah, it seems that my judgment was wrong. The first round was just an accident. Maybe that strange battleship was a powerful reinforcement?"
"Eogen, keep fighting back against the sirens."
After the black-haired girl said this, she walked excitedly to the front, picked up the telescope and looked at the battleship in the distance.
As the distance between the two sides approached, there was no need to board the watchtower at this time. The battleship could be seen from the bridge.
The opponent is still facing this side - in fact, the positions of the two sides so far are probably like a "stand-alone man". Wang Yu's Annapolis is on that side, and the black-haired girl's small fleet is The same thing as the Siren Fleet.
Instead of leaving, he continued to attack. It seemed that the other party was going to fight the Siren to the end.
A glimmer of expectation arose in the girl's heart.
With the addition of such a new force, he might really be able to hold on until the main fleet arrives.
At that time, with the cooperation of the two warships in the main fleet, these sirens can be easily eliminated!
While the black-haired girl was thinking about these things, the shadow of the ship in the distance once again spewed smoke from artillery fire.
Eh? etc……
The girl realized that something was not quite right. When she raised her telescope just now, she happened to see the mysterious battleship fire a salvo. How could the other party be able to fire again so quickly?
Eugen said that the opponent has a 203mm main gun, and the average rate of fire should be more than ten seconds per round. If the warship fires while also maneuvering violently, the rate of fire will drop slightly due to various reasons, but how does it feel? There was only a short period of time between when the opponent opened fire and when they opened fire again...
Is it my own illusion?
But in the next second, the girl was sure that this was not her imagination.
Because the battleship opened fire again.
What rate of fire is this? !
She was surprised and began to count silently in her heart.
One, two, three, four, five...
Then she saw a new volley.
Twelve rounds in five seconds?
Eugen's side had to wait more than ten seconds to fire eight 203mm artillery shells. As a result, not only did the opposite side have a faster rate of fire than his side, but the projection volume was also so much higher than that of his side?
At this time, the opponent's first round of shells had not yet landed on Siren's head, but the fourth round of shells had already been fired.
This means that there are forty-eight 203mm artillery shells in the sky at this time, heading towards the Siren!
This is still the result of the opponent's continuous volleys.
The black-haired girl could imagine that if the opponent used an attack method of three rounds at a time, it would be able to achieve uninterrupted fire coverage, allowing the trajectory of the shells to form a "long bridge" in the sky.
Thinking about it this way, the Siren battleship will be overwhelmed by the cannonballs falling like raindrops.
As a commander, she naturally knows that she can sink the Siren by accumulating damage, so thinking about it this way, if she maintains this density of firepower, even a Siren battleship here will be destroyed in a few minutes. Tear it down.
God, that battleship was built to fight the Sirens.
When the opponent's new round of salvos was fired, the earliest round of shells finally fell - this time it still landed impartially on the head of the Siren battleship, and it seemed that because the distance was closer, the spread of the shells was also slower. It gets better, the number of hits is significantly higher this time.
Although a few shells still hit the water, more still caused effective damage.
Before the water column of more than 20 meters high had completely fallen, a new round of bullets arrived immediately after. In the blink of an eye, the new hit flames flashed, and the water column stirred up by the near-missing bullets rose into the sky again. , and then the next round of shells...
The opponent had no intention of adjusting the attack target, and just poured firepower towards the leading Siren battleship.
And it seems that in order to maximize the damage, the opponent seems to use both armor-piercing bombs and high-explosive bombs.
The hull of the Siren was beaten with fire, and the originally smooth and mirror-like black superstructure was riddled with holes in the blink of an eye. The deck was also burning with three blazing fires due to the adhesion of the incendiary agent in the high-explosive bombs.
This time it is really a fire (fire) Ren (fire) war (fire) ship.
Obviously, the Siren's "damage" is constantly expanding under this trend.
The black-haired girl glanced at Eugen, who was also shocked, and the latter gave her a stiff expression in return.
Who would have thought that the attack launched by that mysterious warship within fifteen kilometers could actually be as accurate as the attack launched by our side within ten kilometers. This heavy cruiser could not compare.
Perhaps with the firepower of the Helena and the two Kagero-class ships not far away, it might be able to barely keep up.
Eugen felt that his worldview was being challenged.
But at this moment, the leading Siren heavy cruiser finally couldn't hold on any longer. The damage it suffered in a short period of time exceeded the upper limit it could bear. The energy inside the pitch-black hull quickly became unbalanced, and it immediately turned into a violent explosion.
In an instant, a flaming red cloud tens of meters high rose from the Siren battleship, and shock waves swept through the surrounding sea. Even the waves were "flattened" abruptly, and the sound of the explosion echoed on the sea. There was a loud noise that even dwarfed the sound of the naval gun.
The Siren warship itself completely lost its power. It relied on inertia to slide forward for a certain distance before stagnating and began to sink into the deep sea.
Looking at this scene, the black-haired girl's eyes flashed with strange colors, and she felt a numb feeling running down her spine and rushing into her mind.
The thought in my mind became more and more certain - that statement was true, this was the legendary ghost ship!
They are the undead from the last civilization era, the legendary hunters who sailed alone in the depths of the ocean, and the legendary battleships that never stop fighting the Sirens.
I was actually saved by that legendary existence today!
