Cao Cao had already begun to take a nap, but was frightened by Liu Xie's sudden shout.
"Hmm?" Lao Cao calmed down and looked up, then asked subconsciously: "Is the fight starting?"
"The battle hasn't started yet, but the new warship has already sailed towards the target ship." Liu Xie replied while looking around.
Cao Cao put the palm of his right hand in front of his eyebrows and looked towards the center of the Yellow River with empty eyes.
I saw the three-masted warship unfurling its sails. Under the influence of the wind above the Yellow River, the warship's speed quickly increased and sailed towards the target ship ahead at high speed.
When the three-masted warship arrived 400 steps away from the target ship, the ship's speed began to slow down.
Faintly, people on the shore could still hear the people on the warship reporting the distance.
"Four hundred steps away from the enemy ship!"
"The enemy ship is three hundred steps away!"
"change!"
"Artillery ready!"
Just when the three-masted battleship was two hundred and fifty steps away from the target ship, it had already drawn an arc and pointed its side at the target ship.
The warship began to move clockwise around the treasure ship, which happened to expose the gun emplacement on one side and aimed it at the target ship.
As the baffles on the side and hull of the ship were opened, the long artillery barrel extended out of the ship. The black muzzle and the ferocious barrel finally made their official debut on the world stage for the first time!
“What is this for??”
"Why do you have to face the enemy sideways?"
Moreover, the two ships were more than 200 steps apart, so bows and arrows could not reach each other at all.
"Is there a catapult or a ballista? But I didn't see any of these things on the ship just now!"
Not only Liu Xie, but also many people had big colons popping up on their heads.
Since the warship is close to the center of the Yellow River, it is far away from the shore, more than a mile away. Therefore, except for Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and other warriors with excellent vision, others like Liu Xie, Cao Cao, and Yang Biao can only faintly
I saw the outline of a warship.
Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan approached Huang Zhong. Zhao Yun asked Huang Zhong: "Old Huang, last time you went with Mr. to the iron foundry in Dai County to inspect new weapons... Could the black iron barrel on the ship be Mr.
The new weapon you mentioned?"
Huang Zhong crossed his arms and stared at the battleship.
After hearing Zhao Yun's question, he didn't look back and answered directly: "Yes, those iron tube-like things on the ship are called 'artillery', and they are very terrifying weapons."
The surrounding military commanders keenly caught Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun's words, so they came closer one after another.
Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong saw many people gathered around him, so he kept silent and asked no more questions.
This made Dian Wei and Xu Chu anxious. They were scratching their heads and wandering around Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong. They wanted to arrest Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun and question them. Unfortunately, Dian Wei
Xu Chu seemed to be unable to defeat Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, so he could only worry about it from the side.
Xia Houyuan was shaken by Xu Chu and Dian Wei, so he said, "The attack will begin soon. Why are you anxious?"
Just as Xia Houyuan finished speaking, Taishi Ci pointed at the Yellow River and shouted: "The flag bearer has raised the flag and the attack is about to begin!"
Taishi Ci's words caused everyone to focus their attention on the center of the Yellow River.
They took a closer look,
Sure enough! A flag bearer was already standing near the side of the ship, raising the flag high!
This flag bearer was none other than the naval commander Gan Ning himself.
He snatched his subordinate's errand and was concentrating on waiting for Lu Yan's order.
"The enemy ship is two hundred steps away!!!" The soldier responsible for observing the distance was shouting at the top of his lungs; the craftsmen responsible for operating the artillery had also adjusted the angle of the artillery.
Lu Yan also felt that the distance should be about the same, so he ordered: "Let's fire."
After receiving Lu Yan's order, Gan Ning waved the flag in his hand and imitated Lu Yan and shouted: "Fire!"
After the order was given, the craftsmen responsible for controlling the artillery shouted in unison: "Fire!"
“Bah ba ba ba!!!”
The fuse began to burn, and this scene reminded Gan Ning of the scene when the gunpowder package exploded!
"Explosives?"
This thought just flashed through Gan Ning's mind, and then there were more than thirty violent roars at extremely short intervals.
"Boom boom boom!"
The cannons fired together, and the sound of the cannons shook the sky!
Even the melon-eaters watching on the shore were shocked when they were caught off guard.
"Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom!!"
There were bursts of fire and smoke filled the air.
Thirty-two iron bullets were fired from the artillery mounted on the three-masted battleship. Some of the iron bullets that did not hit the target ship fell into the surrounding water, splashing water columns several feet high.
But nearly one-third of the shells still hit the target ship two hundred steps away, and nearly ten terrifying holes appeared in the target ship instantly... The target ship seemed to have been disemboweled, and there was a loud sound.
There was a heartbreaking sound of wood splintering.
The target ship has been penetrated and started to take on water.
Judging from the situation, it will sink completely within a few minutes.
The deafening sound of the artillery and the devastating blow made everyone on the shore freeze.
However, the three-masted battleship's performance was not over yet.
After the cannon on one side was fired, Lu Yan ordered again: "Full left rudder, turn around."
Gan Ning waved his command flag at the same time and shouted: "Left full rudder, turn around!"
After receiving the order, the soldiers manning the warship began to turn the rudder desperately, and the three-masted warship began to turn around quickly and turned counterclockwise.
"fire!"
"ignition!"
"Boom boom boom!"
Another round of attack began, and the target ship, which was still struggling to stay afloat for a while, was baptized by another round of shells.
But this time, nearly half of the recalibrated cannons hit the target ship!
"Crack!!"
The target ship could no longer hold up and was broken into two pieces by two rounds of shelling!!
"boom!"
The target ship sank quickly and disappeared completely into the Yellow River. Broken planks and debris from the target ship were everywhere on the Yellow River.
The power of the artillery shocked Gan Ning, Su Fei and the navy soldiers on the ship, but the cheers of the craftsmen quickly brought them back to reality.
"The power of this weapon is too terrifying!" Su Fei had just put himself into a hostile role, and his voice was still slightly trembling when he spoke.
"Fuck you!" Gan Ning spat fiercely and said, "It's so handsome! I love these weapons to death!!"
Unlike the thundering cheers on the battleship, there was dead silence on the banks of the Yellow River.
Liu Xie's mouth opened wide, his eyes widened, and his fingers trembled slightly, "Once such a warship comes out, who else in the world can compete with it?"
Although Cao Cao knew that Lu Yan had developed a very powerful weapon, no matter how he imagined it, this new weapon that could kill the enemy "invisibly" was far beyond Cao Cao's imagination. "As expected of Lu Yan,
Sir, there are always surprises..."
The generals were silent at this moment.
Just when they were shocked by the terrifying combat power displayed by the three-masted battleship, Huang Zhong suddenly said faintly: "Sir, he said that he would build at least a hundred battleships like this..."