The place of this fleet duel is a sea area of 30 kilometers in length and width, and since this morning, the countless ships have sailed to that sea area with the family fleet of the Renard family in the combined fleet of the North Wind Fleet and the Ewindara Islands.
A large number of buoys have been lowered on all sides of that sea area, as the boundary of the sea, and no ship, any airship, is allowed to enter this area except for the two navies to be duel.
The North Wind Fleet sent two battleships and four heavy cruisers represented by the Snow Thorn, which accounted for half of the strength of the North Wind Fleet, and similarly, the Renard family also sent two battleships and four heavy cruisers to the battle.
Regarding the losses of the Renard family after this battle, the representatives of the wealthy families and families in the Ewendala Islands said that after the war, each family will jointly fund the strength of the Renard family's fleet to return to the pre-war level.
The ships of the North Wind Fleet and the Combined Fleet of the Ewindara Islands that did not participate in the battle cruised around the periphery of the duel area, maintaining the order of the duel, and resolutely sinking any ship that dared to intrude into the duel area.
Of course, those ships that came to watch did not dare to intrude into the sea area of the duel, and those ships all gathered two or three kilometers outside the area demarcated by those sea buoys, and the high rollers and people watching the excitement on the ship climbed the mast of the ship one by one, or stood on a high place, directly took out high-powered binoculars, cameras and other things, and began to prepare to enjoy the big show.
In the sky, the flying boat of Jinpeng Bank was suspended thousands of meters in the center of the sea, overlooking the whole field.
On the flying boat, with the exclamation of many people, a huge cabin roof slowly slid open, revealing a blue and wide sky, and the originally closed cabin space suddenly became a flight deck exposed in the air, which allowed people to watch the situation of the two fleets below directly from the downward viewing windows on both sides of the deck, in addition, on the ground of the deck, a huge optical imaging device slowly rose from the ground, that thing, five or six meters high, like a multi-edged crystal pillar, divided into several sides, It can completely display the engagement situation of the two fleets on the sea surface through the principle of optical imaging, which is very tall, and I don't know how many times more advanced than the special periscope imaging scope of the airship captain in the Fury-class command module.
At least for Zhang Tie, it was the first time he had seen such a large optical imaging device.
Around the huge optical imaging device, there are rows of seats where people can sit and watch, and on a few tables, there are some high-end drinks prepared by the Fortune Wings Bank, which are arranged like a small luxury amphitheater suspended in the air.
When the roof of the Fortune Wings Bank was opened, Gongsun Liniang, the female knight of the Fortune Wings Bank, had already flown out of the airship, and a water-green battle aura bloomed on her body, directly suspended in the sky below the flyboat, monitoring the battle between the two fleets below.
Guan Xiyi, the treasurer of Fortune Wings Bank, and a group of attachés of Fortune Wings Bank also watched here.
In the southwest and northeast corners of the sea below, the two fleets that stopped at their predetermined positions, but the boilers were not turned off, both fired a red signal flare, which was the signal that the two fleets were ready.
On the sea in the distance, two fleets were seen to send out signal flares, and everyone's breathing suddenly seemed to stop.
"Your Excellency Peter, can you start?"
Xu Tao came over and asked.
Zhang Tie nodded, and an attaché from the Fortune Wings Bank who asked for the opinion of the Ewindara Islands also nodded to Xu Tao, Xu Tao looked at Guan Xiyi's shopkeeper, and Guan Da's shopkeeper also nodded.
Zhang Tie noticed that at this moment, the Great Shepherd of the Holy Light God Cult's Scepter glanced at him, a sneer appeared on his face, and Connor nodded to him with a kind face.
Zhang Tie also laughed, he really wanted to see what hole cards they had.
A red flare was fired downwards from the ship The moment the flare fell, the two fleets began to move, and plumes of smoke came out of the chimneys of the warships of the two fleets, and the two fleets, like heavily armed knights, rode on warhorses and spears, and began to charge at each other.
In such a given situation, both fleets are in the visible range of the other side, and unless the commander of the other side is an idiot or there is a major command error, it is unlikely that the two fleets will be able to seize the T-line position in such a well-prepared situation.
So at the beginning, neither fleet made any superfluous movements, but rushed directly towards each other.
Just a few minutes later, when the distance between the two fleets was still about fifteen thousand meters, a cloud of gunsmoke rose from the muzzle of one of the main guns on the flagship of the Renard family's family fleet It was a few seconds before the same steam rose from one of the main guns of the Snowthorn, the flagship of the Northwind fleet Seconds later, two rumbling cannons were heard on the ship.
A high column of water splashed on the surface of the sea more than seventy meters away from the North Wind Fleet A few seconds later, the same column of water splashed up on the surface of the sea a hundred meters away from the Reynard family's family fleet As soon as the cannon sounded, those who were watching the battle outside exploded, and the duel between the two fleets finally began.
On the flying boat, everyone's hearts were lifted "This is the flagship main gun of the two fleets in the test firing, through the test firing, you can measure the landing point and error of the ballistics, correct the design of the elements, after the flagship determines the shooting elements, will be through the light fire control signal between the fleets, the parameters of the shooting elements will be transmitted to the warships, after the battleships complete the adjustment, you can fire a salvo" Elder Turing, who was sitting next to Zhang Tie, explained to Zhang Tie in a whisper.
"In the situation just now, it seems that the Reynard family fleet has a slight advantage, and the firing time of that fleet is four seconds ahead of the North Wind fleet, and the impact point of the first cannonball is also closer," Zhang Tie tilted his head and said.
"That's right, the overall quality of the Evendara Islands fleet is indeed higher than that of the North Wind Fleet, and we don't have an advantage in this duel" Elder Turing's face was slightly heavy.
"Don't worry, this is just the beginning" Zhang Tie smiled, calmly.
After the first shot, the representatives of the various wealthy families in the Ewindara Islands sitting opposite Zhang Tie saw the situation in the imaging device, and they were also whispering to each other, and a smile appeared on the face of Connor, the patriarch of the Renard family, and Connor also nodded to Zhang Tie very gracefully, and Zhang Tie also nodded at him.
More than ten seconds later, in a second, the first salvo began between the two fleets The huge rumble, which was more than ten times louder than the first cannon just now, began to echo across the sea, and the two fleets opened fire as they moved quickly In the first minute, both fleets completed three salvos, and the Reynard family fleet was always two seconds faster than the North Wind fleet, and in the third salvo, the two-second advantage was already six seconds.
The shells fell on the water around the route of the opposing fleet, stirring up huge water columns, looking at the distribution of those water columns, the commanders of the two fleets were very tacitly aware of their own salvo firepower, on the opponent's battleship.
At such a time, as long as one of the opponent's battleships can be killed or paralyzed first, the balance of victory will begin to tilt.
At this time, for those two fleets, in addition to strength, luck is also an extremely important factor.
The luck of the Borean fleet seemed to be good, and in the third salvo, a ball of flame rose from the bow of a heavy cruiser in the family fleet of the Renard family.
On the flying boat, everyone on this side of the Ice and Snow Wasteland cheered at once.
"Kill the Northwind Fleet," the old wild bear of the Wild Bear Tribe shouted.
A single shell will not disable a battleship unless it breaks through the ship's ammunition compartment and causes a fire, or if it happens to fall on a key part of the battleship's propeller near the battleship's propeller that falls close to the battleship's waterline.
The speed of a heavy cruiser in the family fleet of the Renard family who was shot did not seem to be affected much, and the optical imaging device suddenly pointed the camera at the battleship that was on fire, and the camera was pulled in, and everyone sitting on the flyboat could see that the sailors of the battleship were rushing quickly on the battleship, extinguishing the fire and reducing losses.
"The North Wind Fleet is a respectable opponent," Connor, the patriarch of the Reynard family, said as usual with a clear face and Zhang Tie.
"Patriarch Connor doesn't seem to be worried," Zhang Tie said with a smile.
Connor's eyes flashed, and he still smiled, "This is just the beginning, isn't it?"
"Does Patriarch Connor believe in luck?"
"Luck is important, but the most important thing is strength" "A good start is half the battle, and at the same time, luck is also part of strength, and I feel that luck is on my side today."
"We'll see."
The flying boat is arguing with each other, but the duel of the fleets below is not over.
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The fierce sound of cannon fire still resounded in the sea below.
Three minutes later, the Reynard family's family fleet showed its strength beyond the northwind fleet, in these three minutes, the northwind fleet had just completed nine salvos, while the Renard family's family fleet fired ten salvos, and in that tenth salvo, there was a cannonball that landed accurately on the battleship Snow Thorn.
This time, it was the turn of those on the other side of the Ewindalla Islands to cheer.
The first round of confrontation between the two fleets lasted fifteen minutes before each of the two fleets left out of the range of the other's fire, and in the first round, the North Wind fleet was hit by five shells, and the family fleet of the Renard family was hit by four shells, and the losses on both sides were not large, only minor injuries.
This was only the first round of the encounter, and after leaving the opponent's range, both fleets changed direction at the same time, ready for a second charge In this second encounter, the North Wind Fleet moved back one point, hitting seven shells on the other side, while it was hit by six of its own, the battleships of both fleets were shelled by the other side, the middle main gun of the Snow Thorn of the North Wind Fleet was forced to stop, and a fire broke out on one of the battleships in the family fleet of the Renard family.
After the second battle, as the two sides of the fleet slowly entered the state, the battle situation became more tragic.
The two fleets turned again and charged again, but at this moment, the speed of the two battleships of the North Wind Fleet that were rushing forward slowly slowed down, and the neat fleet battle formation was suddenly disrupted.
"What's going on" Except for Zhang Tie, everyone in the Ice and Snow Wasteland suddenly stood up from their seats nervously "Focus the camera on the two battleships of the North Wind Fleet, zoom in closer, and let everyone see clearly" Guan Xiyi, who had not spoken, spoke.
On the flying boat, the images of the battleship Snow Thorn and another battleship slowly grew larger and larger on the optical imaging device When everyone in the ice and snow wasteland saw the situation clearly, they were all like lightning strikes.
On the surface of the sea, innumerable, dense black starfish and conch with the size of a grinding disc surged up from the bottom of the sea, and began to adsorb on the two battleships of the North Wind Fleet, the number of starfish and conch was too much, it was terrifying, and they were attached to one side of the North Wind Fleet battleship one after another, so that the speed of the North Wind Fleet battleship slowed down all of a sudden, and the hull of the ship began to tilt slightly to one side: