Chapter 68: A Strange Killer Feature "Oh, that's it."
Li Daoyun looked at these boats very puzzled, but it was Cheng Chuliang, who suddenly showed a sudden look when he saw it, patted his thigh and said: "I'll just say, if Your Highness has any back, then there are only these boats." ” "What the hell is this ship?
Where did it come from?
Li Daoyun asked.
"Don't worry, listen to me tell you slowly."
Cheng Chuliang began to slowly explain the origin of these ships.
He didn't lie, he had really seen this kind of ship, this was the ship that Li Zhen specially brought, and the reason why these ships were not known to others was because the places where these ships were hidden were a little different - these ships were actually hidden in the belly of the merchant ships behind......
There is nothing abnormal about loading small boats into large ships, because the displacement of these small boats in front of them is only about 100 tons, plus the body is long and narrow, and the hull is low, I dare not say that it is no problem to install two or three large merchant ships of 3,000 tons, and there are quite a few merchant ships in my fleet, all of which follow Li Zhen's from Yuezhou.
Cheng Chuliang didn't know why Li Zhen loaded these small boats, but what he knew was that these boats were not simple, and there were not many people in the entire fleet who knew the existence of these ships, Cheng Chuliang estimated that in addition to Li Zhen, himself, and the captains of each boat, there were only those soldiers who drove these small boats - and the people who drove these boats were Li Zhen's most trusted soldiers, the elites of the Boys' Angry Wave Battalion, they would never betray Li Zhen, so the affairs of these ships were well concealed, So much so that almost no one knew about the existence of these small boats, and even Cheng Chuliang himself forgot about it.
It wasn't until Li Zhen got it out that he woke up to the fact that if Li Zhen's killer weapon was, it could only be these things, although Cheng Chuliang didn't know what these boats were - no wonder Li Zhen let himself support himself for so long, obviously it was very laborious and time-consuming to get these boats out of the belly of the ship.
"I see."
Li Daoyun nodded slowly, the doubts in his heart were finally solved, but he didn't say anything else.
"Boom Boom Boom~" Perhaps these strange boats were discovered, and although they did not understand what they were for, the enemy was clearly unwilling to hide, and the guns began to roar.
"Counterattack, suppression, and not let the enemy harm our ship, this is the key to our survival."
Cheng Chuliang reacted immediately and immediately issued a correct order.
"Boom Boom Boom~" So the warships on Datang's side also began to counterattack, although their shells were not many, but they could still be suppressed in a short time.
"Boom Boom Boom~" "Woo woo woo~" "Boom Boom Boom~" Whether it is the sound of the cannonball being fired or the sound of the cannonball breaking through the air, or the explosion of the cannonball, it is different from the sound of the previous seventy-five mm naval guns - the enemy ships saw Cheng Chuliang counterattack, and finally took out their killer weapon, a hundred mm naval guns, although the number is not much, but it is the supreme weapon of naval warfare, if it hits, it is enough to hit the destroyer and cruiser, even if the third class battleship is hit, it will cause a lot of injuries.
Fortunately, Cheng Chuliang dispersed the fleet in advance, and the enemy's shell accuracy was really not good, and the number was not much, so no ships were seriously damaged in the first round of shooting, only the side sides of two third-class battleships were hit, and two huge openings were opened, but because the injury was not below the waterline, it was not a serious injury, and only the shipwright needed to repair it.
And just in the midst of the battle between the two sides, the dozens of small boats that rushed out of the fleet array were also ready, Cheng Chuliang hurriedly looked, only to see that the sailors above didn't know where to fiddle at first, and suddenly two slender pipes stretched out from the cabin, and two more wrestlers carried a super large 'cannonball' into the tube - well, it's really a very big 'cannonball', according to Cheng Chuliang's estimate, this one' The cannonball must weigh at least two or three hundred pounds, be about five feet long, painted white, have a fuse and a tail, and look really like an elongated cannonball from the shape of it......
This made Cheng Chuliang reverie: Could it be that this is also a cannonball, and those two tubes are the barrels of the cannon?
It's just that such a heavy 'cannonball', how powerful should it be when fired?
Can this small boat, not much bigger than a small sampan, withstand such a strong recoil?
Aren't you afraid of being overturned by the huge force of the artillery when it is fired?
Also, the muzzle of this cannon is so low, and half of it is still sunk into the water, how far can the 'cannonball' fired in this way fly?
Cheng Chuliang's mind was full of fog, his experience told him that this should be a cannonball, but because of various actions that violated the rules of cannon firing, he felt very puzzled.
Fortunately, it seemed that this cannonball was about to be launched, and he would soon be able to see how this 'cannonball' was launched, otherwise he would probably not be able to suppress his curiosity and run to the Holy Emperor to ask Li Zhen.
"Wow!"
Both in Cheng Chuliang's expectation, there was something he didn't expect, this is indeed a kind of cannonball, because this kind of cannonball was indeed launched, but what made him confused was that the sound of this 'cannonball' when it was fired was not loud, both the forehead had a huge movement when the ship's gun was fired, and there was no strong recoil (of course, in fact, these ships were pushed by the recoil a little, but the distance was not large, and even the displacement caused by the fluctuations of the waves was not as good, so it was ignored by Cheng Chuliang).
With a thud, the white cannonball was pushed out, and then quickly swam towards the enemy ship.
Yes, it is indeed used to swim, because the cannonball does not fly in the air, but swims forward on the surface of the sea, as light and fast as a fish.
It's just that because it's in the water, it's far less fast than a cannonball, but it's also much better than an ordinary ship, and the sea situation is complicated, so it can cover its whereabouts better, and it's even more concealed - although this kind of concealment doesn't have any advantage over a cannonball that exceeds the speed of sound.
And the enemy also discovered the strange behavior of these small boats for the first time, but in the face of the rapid 'cannonballs', they could only avoid it without short-range firearms, anyway, what was fired from Li Zhen's ship was definitely not a good thing.
But how fast are these 'shells'?
How fast can they evade?
And now it's in the midst of a great storm......
So they couldn't avoid it, and they could only watch their ship be hit by these strange white 'cannonballs'......