Kanshu had been using binoculars to observe the enemy ship that had been set on fire. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When I found that the other ships were trying to raise their sails, fight back, plug leaks, and lift anchor, that ship was really not moving. Kanshu knew that the ship was finished.

Although the opposing ship had been obscured by the smoke of the explosion of black powder, nothing was apparent from the outside, and the ship was not sunk.

However, up to now, not even a single cannon has been fired, and no one has taken care of the sails, which means that the personnel on that ship have basically been killed and wounded.

Without the crew, it doesn't matter if the ship sinks or not.

"Set fire to the next ship." Kanshu gave the order indistently. Then ask the herald to ask the lookout on the mast to confirm the results.

Sure enough, the lookout who had entered the sky confirmed that the side chord of the first ship that had been set on fire had been completely broken;

The artillery was knocked over on the deck;

On the stern of the ship, all the buildings were hit many times, and both the captain's quarters and the sailor's cabin were bloody;

One mast was directly broken, and several sails were ignited by deflagrated gunpowder, which was spreading to other places;

The whole ship is a kind of purgatory.

Kanshu completely relieved himself and began to observe the reaction of his own formation after he gave the order.

Without him saying anything, all the large-caliber guns immediately aimed at the nearest ship next to the search ship that had just been set on fire.

This time, though, the speed of shooting was a little slower.

It's not that there is anything wrong with the artillery, it's just that the black powder deflagrates and produces thick smoke.

The propellant used in the 105mm gun weighs 3 catties, and the propellant of the 88mm gun weighs 2 or 2 catties, far exceeding the amount of propellant fired by the smoothbore gun, and the smoke brought by a total of 18 large-caliber guns is extremely heavy.

A minute after launch, it began to be difficult to see what was ahead.

However, fortunately, the large-caliber guns above the Sea Shark class are equipped with gun mount retraction devices.

The gun equipped with the ejection device allows the gun to only need to aim for the first time when attacking a fixed target, and then the gun mount will return the barrel to its original position after each shot, saving a lot of time and effort in gun repositioning.

The technology of the artillery is not complicated, and it is easy to do it with the current technology of the Xuan Army, but this kind of technology needs to make the artillery mount very large and very heavy.

Therefore, it can only be used on naval warships, and if you want to use this technology on land, then the increase in the rate of fire of the artillery brought by it is not proportional to the increase in weight. With the current technical strength of the Xuan Army, there is no way to transport this kind of monolithic naval heavy artillery on land.

After the 101st formation shot the second enemy ship, the dense fog in front of them was so dense that it was completely impossible to see the situation from 2 meters away.

At this time, Kan Shu knew that it was time to move.

"How's the steam engine preheating?"

The steam engine is a cross-era invention, he allows ships to get rid of the shackles of sails and wind direction, free sailing on the vast ocean, but if you want to drive the steam engine, you must preheat, that is, boil the water, this is an indispensable process, in the future in small power units and warships to eliminate the steam engine, a big part of the reason is that the steam engine this pit pit preheating waiting, will waste valuable time.

The first mate inquired about the engine room through the copper pipes in the command room, and after receiving an affirmative reply from the chief engineer, he reported that "the warm-up has been completed and is ready to set sail." ”

"Okay, then play the following flag, order the formation, form a column formation, and move forward."

"Yes."

At this time, the lookout reported that an enemy ship had put away its anchor, slid dozens of huge oars, and rushed towards the side of the 101st formation with the half-raised sails.

The steam engine of the 101st formation was immediately activated, and the sea shark ship turned nimbly, as if heading towards the deep sea.

As soon as the ship moved, the smoke from the ship began to be slowly blown away under the surging air current.

The vision of the three sea sharks suddenly recovered, and with a right turn of the flagship where Kanshu was, the formation split into a horizontal line again, lined up in front of the ship that rushed out.

With the pursuit of this section of the road just now, under the condition that Xuanjun deliberately released the water, the enemy's ship had already approached the battle line of the 101st formation at a distance of 800 meters.

However, now the enemy's ship was facing the battle line with its bow facing the battle line, and only one gun in the bow could fire, and the other dozens of guns on the side chord of the whole ship could not use their strength.

There was no need for Kanshu to issue another order, and the gun captains of each ship, as professional technical officers, immediately seized the opportunity to let each gun position open fire, at a distance of 800 meters, using high-precision rifled guns, and how could the Xuan Army Navy, which has been conducting high-intensity shooting training all year round, shoot off.

Moreover, in order to obtain stability and large loading capacity, the length and width ratio of the ships of this era was very small, and the width of the enemy ship in front of us, which was more than 50 meters long, reached an astonishing width of about 14 meters.

Dozens of shells were squeezed by the rifling in the barrel, spun and flew out of the muzzle, steadily hitting the bow of the opponent's ship more than ten meters wide, and then raging wildly in the hull of the ship that was more than 50 meters long.

Just this round of shelling made a huge hole in the bow of the opponent's ship, and blood and water mixed with other things continued to flow out.

The oars that were still rowing hard just now drooped on the side of the boat, and there was no movement. However, Kan Shu saw through the telescope that the front half of the other party had suffered great damage, but the rear half of the tail tower was still intact, and several gorgeously dressed people like roosters were jumping in a hurry there.

Look at the Haven, where most of Peter's fleet is still busy, and he thinks for a moment, as if assessing the power of his own artillery.

"Seemingly, I'm a little too cautious." After a while, Kan Shu ordered, "Order the formation to disperse temporarily and attack the anchored enemy freely." Wait until the enemy rushes out, and then assemble. ”

"Yes."

"Let's turn our ship to the opposing flank and do another round of shooting."

"Yes."

As the order was given, the flag danced, the flag was spoken, and the following flag was lowered, and the two boats that followed scattered left and right, each rushing to the target.

For the flagship where Kanshu was, with the cooperation of the steam engine driving the propeller and the rudder, he easily rowed a turn that was impossible for a sailboat to complete, and at a distance of 500 meters from the enemy ship that had already been fired round, the rapid-fire gun once again aimed at the stern of the enemy ship.

In an instant, the sky shattered, and the explosive grenade ignited the enemy's powder magazine, and the sailboat, which had withstood two rounds of fire, broke directly into two pieces and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.