Mage Joan - Chapter 3013

The three giant eagle bombing wing, under the **** of the blue sky knights, quickly approached the sky of the Feizhen navy fleet like a large black cloud.

On the bridge of Feizhen’s flagship “Eagle”, the commander of the Navy, General William Howe, saw this scene through a binoculars, and quickly ordered the navigators of each ship to cast a spell to create a smoke screen, and the secondary artillery fired into the sky, doing everything possible to stop the enemy giant eagle Dive bombing!

The navigators hurriedly boarded the deck, raised their wands high, and cast 2 rings of “pyrotechnics” to the sky, and in a flash, they enveloped their ships in a curtain of misty smoke.

Concealing warships with “pyrotechnics” is a common defensive tactic in naval battles. It has been proven countless times that it can effectively reduce the hit rate of enemy artillery and air strikes.

Under normal circumstances, the party that initiates a bombing in a naval battle will use magic to blow away the smoke and clear the field of vision-for example, the “wind-making technique” attached to the collar of the crow is mainly designed for this.

Blowing smoke also brings a disadvantage, which is to expose oneself to the field of view of shipborne anti-aircraft guns.

The Far East Air Force adopted a different approach. The giant eagle airmen carrying out bombing missions all wore magic windshields and turned on the “fog vision” enchanted by the lens, so that the enemy ship could be clearly seen under the smoke.

In this way, the “pyrotechnics” released by the enemy’s navigator provided a barrier for the giant eagles. The giant eagle bombing team swooped calmly under the protection of heavy smoke, and was less likely to be hit by ship-borne air defense artillery.

The secondary guns of the Feizhen warship are equipped for high and flat purposes. The anti-aircraft firepower is not inferior to the turrets of the Far East warships. It has no choice but to pull the hips. There is no black technology such as the “proximity fuze”. In addition to the smoke screen, the seemingly fierce anti-aircraft fire can only Give yourself courage, but more than 95% of the shells are wasted, and the efficiency is really not high.

The heroic Far East Eagles took turns to launch dive bombings, passing through the barrage of gunpowder smoke and artillery fire, and throwing drop-shaped aerial bombs equipped with tail fins and “delay fuses” at the moment they dived to the lowest point.

The “delay fuze” is different from the “proximity fuze”. The core device has nothing to do with magic, and the detonator used is also thunderstone powder, but the detonator does not directly contact the alchemical gunpowder, but is filled with a thin piece of metal. The head is connected with the bullet firing pin, and the tail is stuffed with alchemical gunpowder and blocked with bolts.

When the bomb is thrown, the center of gravity is brought forward under the influence of the rear wing and the structure, and it automatically keeps falling vertically. The warhead strikes the target, and the impact stimulates the detonator. The detonator burns along the copper tube and continuously produces gas, which continuously expands until the pressure reaches a certain level. It will burst open the cork at the tail, and the high-temperature gas will ignite the alchemical gunpowder, and then explode.

By adjusting the length of the copper tube, the amount of detonator, and the number of threads of the cork, the time to detonate the bomb can be changed, thereby creating a time-delay fuze that meets the needs of actual combat.

After the bomb test, you can find the best detonation time to ensure that the bomb detonates immediately after it penetrates the armor of the enemy ship-getting up too early will not have the effect of breaking the armor, and too late may cause the detonation after penetrating the target, then it is no different from a solid iron ball So, an expensive bomb was wasted in vain.

The 500-pound aerial bombs roared down like steel meteors falling from the sky.

A few bombs failed to hit the enemy ship and fell into the sea causing a gloomy roar, which immediately set off a monstrous wave.

Most of the remaining bombs hit the enemy ship accurately, smashed through the upper deck, fell into the abdomen of the hull to trigger the delay fuze, and blasted out hot flames with the rumbling roar.

The heat wave generated by the explosion soared into the sky, blowing the smoke that filled the air, and the blue sky knights on the horseback could catch a glimpse of the results of this round of bombing through the enchanted windshield.

There were no fewer than ten Feijin ships that suffered heavy losses in this round of bombing. The most shocking scene appeared on the battleship “Majesty” which was less than half a nautical mile away from the “Eagle”.

A bomb hit the stern secondary gun of the Majestic, penetrated the armor and penetrated into the turret, detonating the ammunition depot.

Accompanied by the roar that shook the sea and the sky for a lifetime, the fireball spewed from the turret was as huge as a two-story building.

The smashed ammunition depot almost shattered the entire stern. More than 300 Feizhen officers and soldiers working near the stern were affected by the explosion and all died in the instant the flames rose.

Under the gaze of the giant eagle and the blue sky knights, this iron-clad battleship with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons shook violently, and finally failed to stabilize the severely unbalanced center of gravity. It plunged into the sea like a pebble thrown into the lake. Soon it disappeared under the tens of thousands of miles of blue waves, without a trace.

In addition to the bombardment of naval guns on the sea, and the bombardment of eagles in the air, under the seemingly calm water, there is also a thrilling confrontation in the deep sea.

The Feizhen Navy did make the mistake of underestimating its opponents. The intelligence collected before the war was not complete, especially the new technology of “Magic Proximity Fuze” was not taken seriously. However, this does not mean that the Feizhen Navy also committed other aspects. Got the same error.

In fact, the reason why the Far East Navy was able to defeat the mighty Ashen Empire naval fleet in the Golden Horn battle three years ago was that the two new weapons of “Submersible Mecha” and “Magic Torpedo” played a key role.

The intelligence department of the Fijian military did not ignore these two factors. The report pointed out that the Far East Navy has established a submarine force. Sailing silently under the ruler, approaching the enemy ship from underwater and destroying it.

In addition to using physical means to destroy the ship’s bottom, the Far East Navy’s submarine unit also equipped a special bomb called the “1625 Magic Torpedo”. The power unit is a high-pressure gas cylinder. The tail jets high-pressure airflow to provide forward power. The built-in “depth gauge” is used to maintain the navigation depth, and it will immediately explode when it hits the area below the waterline of the enemy ship that lacks armor protection.

The warhead of the magic torpedo has a charge of no less than 1,000 pounds and a design speed of 42 knots, which is much higher than the speed of the main battleships of the Varese countries. Once bitten, it is difficult to get rid of it. If it is hit by a torpedo, even if it is not It will inevitably be hit hard if it sinks on the spot.

The only shortcoming of this new weapon seems to be the limited capacity of the compressed gas cylinders that provide power. It can only travel about 3 nautical miles under water at the design speed. After that, the air pressure drops and the speed of the torpedo will also decrease sharply.

In order to ensure that it hits the enemy ship, the heavy torpedo needs to be mounted on the back of the “Steel Cavalry”. The pilot pilots the “Steel Cavalry” carrying the torpedo in the sea, sneaking close to the enemy ship, and launching the torpedo after entering the range.