Andy and Annot finished discussing and surrounded the Xia fleet.

Changsun Sheng looked at dozens of sea boats surrounding him with a telescope on the ship. He put down his glasses and said seriously to Li Bao, who was standing at the bow of the ship with his hands on his back: "General Li, the person who came is not kind."

"Haha~!" Li Bao heard this and looked at dozens of sea boats approaching, and laughed: "Since going abroad to explore, I didn't expect that there were so many people who were not afraid of death along the way?"

"Yes, especially in the nearest sea area, the more pirates you encounter, the more you go north." Changsun Sheng sighed at the number of pirates, but he did not have any sympathy in the face of the enemy.

"Since these natives are seeking death, I will help them!" Li Bao seemed to be smiling, but his tone made people feel cold.

Li Bao raised his right hand, changed his expression, and ordered seriously: "Order the fleet to fill the naval guns and prepare for shelling!"

...

The reason why Changsun Sheng was in the exploration fleet was that he volunteered to Yang Songying.

The Xia Kingdom had only a few nearby territories, among which the exchanges with the Welfare Met Kingdom were the most frequent.

However, because the Xia State had a stable and special relationship with the Fulimet State, Changsun Sheng did not have to go on missions in person, and general engaging in the work was enough to be promoted. So when Changsun Sheng learned that Yang Song had the navy formed a new exploration fleet, he volunteered to serve as a diplomat on the ship.

The newly formed exploration fleet must prepare for a long-term exploration plan. Because being outside for a long time is indispensable for contact with outsiders, the translation and diplomats on the ship are also indispensable.

Even if there are special supply ships that can provide long-term supplies to the fleet, the reason why the exploration fleet is to explore is that in addition to exploring the waterway, it also needs to find out the general information along the coast. Therefore, the docking from time to time is also within the responsibility of the exploration fleet.

So after Changsun Sheng volunteered, Yang Song agreed to Changsun Sheng's request after some thought.

...

With Li Bao's order, three warships, one big and two small, one destroyer was centered, and two frigates guarded the two wings, neatly turned the bow of the ship, and exposed the right side of the ship towards the pirates.

The muzzle of the destroyer's gun layer opened, and six black holes were exposed on the side of the ship. Seven guns were also pushed out on the open deck above.

Each side of the destroyer is equipped with six fourth-level naval guns and seven fifth-level naval guns. If you don’t observe carefully, you will not see much difference at all. Anyway, they are all a dark hole.

The caliber of the fourth-class naval gun is 120 mm, weighs 1,200 kilograms, and the effective range reaches 2,100 meters.

The caliber of the fifth-level naval gun is 100 mm, the cannon weighs 800 kilograms, and the effective range is 1,800 meters.

If the difference of twenty mm is not a person who is particularly sensitive to this size, he will not be able to tell it out for a while.

Each frigate has only four five-level naval guns on one side, which are installed on the open deck of the warship. In addition to the artillery on the side of the ship, there is also a naval gun on the bow and stern of the frigate.

So after the three warships were converted into battle lines, there were a total of twenty-one guns that faced pirates at the same time.

"fire!"

Li Bao's half-held right hand waved down with the loud call from his mouth, and the order flag was also accompanied by Li Bao's right hand, and the attack order was issued!

The captain received Li Bao's order and gave the same order to the deputy. The deputy then gave the order to fire the gunner. Finally, the gunner gave the specific order to "fire in turn" to the gunner.

A series of commands were conveyed, and in a moment, the sailors who had already loaded the cannons pulled the ropes connected to the cannon flintlock from one end.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

One after another, the artillery shells were fired with a wisp of blue smoke and crashed towards the pirate ship that was six or seven hundred meters away from the fleet.

After a round of artillery, several pirate ships that could be seen with naked eyes were blown up, and several were affected by near-missile bombs. They were falling to one side and slowly sinking.

"The artillery is ready!" After a moment, the deputy received a report from the artillery captain and repeated the story to the captain loudly.

The captain ordered the flag sailor to send feedback "prepared" to the flagship, and the feedback was finally uploaded to the fleet command center in turn.

"Report to General, the fleet artillery is loading!" The officer behind him reported to Li Bao.

Li Bao got the fleet's artillery and prepared to attack again, and immediately ordered: "Aim at the pirates, and after firing again, the warships will fire freely."

Li Bao's command was then passed back again. The whole process seemed cumbersome, but no link was redundant.

Every officer has his own responsibilities, and every sailor has his own battle position, and everything is in order and orderly manner.

The navy is different from other armies. Warships are a basic unit. Each warship is a whole and will not distinguish between large, medium and small squads like the army.

Multiple warships form fleets, and fleets with various functions will form major combat powers.

Therefore, the Navy attaches great importance to integrity, whether it is the whole inside each warship or the whole between fleet warships.

The volley order issued by Li Bao was said to be a volley, but it was not really that the artillery of a warship attacked at the same time, but that there was a brief break between the two artillery.

Because if the artillery on each side of the warship is really fired together, the huge reaction force of the artillery will destroy the structure of the warship and even damage the keel, which may cause its weapons to shake the warship itself apart.

It’s not that the warships are not reliable, but that the recoils fired together by artillery are very huge, after all, the power is mutual.

Therefore, in order to avoid such a situation, in actual combat, each artillery is fired in sequence, so as to avoid damage to the artillery warship itself.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

After a continuous sound of artillery, the pirate ship opposite had stopped approaching and turned around in panic to escape. Some pirate ships even did not worry about being around when they were turning, causing the two pirate ships to collide together.

Although the pirates were about to escape, Li Bao would not let the other party go so easily. He ordered: "Chasing forward!"

With the order to pursue, the two ships in the rear who had lowered their sails, slowed down their speed, and waited for the outcome of the battle ahead, also raised their sails and chased forward with the warships.

These escaped pirate ships were rowing with manpower and were still very fast for a while. However, the battle of the fleet was not based on speed, but on the powerful artillery.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~Boom!"

The fleet was chasing and firing at the same time. In addition, the speed of the Xia Kingdom warships was not slow, which caused these pirates to suffer heavy losses.

"Stop chasing!" Li Bao looked at the only few pirates who fled in all directions and ordered the fleet to stop chasing. The remaining ships had no longer been wasting time, and the need for shells!
Chapter completed!