Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 649 Chapter 649
Bernard was frightened into a cold sweat. He witnessed his own battleship being hit by the enemy's shells, and burst into flames.

He could even feel his hands trembling, and he had begun to regret adjusting his course so that the East Bay No. 1 battleship was hit by an enemy ship.

"Am I wrong?" He asked himself with self-blame in his heart: "Does the God of War prefer brave commanders?"

Even he couldn't wait for the report from the East Bay No. 1 battleship, grabbed the binoculars hanging on his chest, and went to look at the black smoke from the East Bay No. 1.

"How's Dongwan No. 1? Is the damage serious?" He asked a question immediately, and his adjutant didn't know how to answer it.

Because they don't know what happened to Dongwan No. 1, they are also looking at Dongwan No. 1, wanting to see some clues.

At the same time, in the flagship bridge of Mirage Kingdom, the corners of Mirage Kazuo's mouth twitched, almost laughing out loud.

He had already begun to despair. If he failed to wipe out the enemy's fleet in this battle, it would only be the responsibility of losing more than half of the naval battleships, which would almost make him move his head.

But now, the battle situation has reversed. As long as he can keep hitting the enemy ships, sinking the three battleships of the Tang army, and regaining the command of the sea, the situation will be different.

So he clenched his fists, cheered up and shouted loudly: "Beautiful! Well done! Keep firing! Sink the enemy ships! Sink them! Sink them!"

It's a pity that the reloading speed of the main guns of the battleships produced by Cyric cannot be accelerated with his shouts, otherwise, the Mirage Navy may be able to start the next round of salvo immediately.

Although he just witnessed the miracle with his own eyes, the shells fired by his battleship hit the enemy's battleship, but the firepower was weak, and now Mirage Kazuo could only suffer and wait, waiting for his battleship to complete the next reload.

He hoped, hoped that before the next reload was completed, the enemy warship would not continue to flee, would not open the distance, making it difficult for his artillery to aim.

What Kazuo Mirage didn't know was that Bernard, who had been beaten out of his anger, had already begun to review his plan and was ready to face the challenge of the enemy.

In the command tower of the No. 3 battleship in the East Bay, Bernard revised his order again. He gave up trickery and decided to face the opponent in front of him with dignity.

So, he reissued his order: "Stop steering! Change course back to previous state! Keep firing! Sink the enemy before they stick up!"

"General!" The adjutant was slightly taken aback, he felt that Bernard seemed to be acting a little arrogant.This kind of superior behavior is actually a taboo for military strategists.

"Execute the order!" Bernard insisted on his own thoughts: "I have retreated once! The God of War punished my cowardice! Now I decide to face everything with courage! Please God of War bless me! Long live Your Majesty!"

"Long live Your Majesty!" The adjutant stood at attention and saluted, and then loudly conveyed the command of the fleet commander: "Stop steering! Change the course back to the previous state! Keep firing!"

"Stop steering! Resume course!" The helmsman turned the steering wheel and repeated Bernard's order loudly.

In the calculation cabin, the non-commissioned officers were so busy because of the continuous turning, the people above moved their lips casually, and they had to work non-stop to re-determine the shooting parameters of the artillery.

This was a complex and boring set of movements, they couldn't see the enemy, and they could only faintly hear the sound of the guns.They are sitting at their work stations, in front of them is a turntable full of numbers and a scale densely packed with scales.

On the other side, on the East Bay No. 1 battleship whose turret was hit, the damage control personnel hurriedly pulled the water hose and rushed to the place where it was hit, only to realize that it was a false alarm.

The enemy's shells did not penetrate the armor on the main gun turret, but left a very scary-looking scar on it.

It is estimated that the two 305mm caliber main guns on this turret can no longer be used, and the lifeboats stacked on the top of the turret are also finished.

However, the damage was not serious, and did not even affect the speed of the battleship.The gunners in the three turrets were seriously injured, and the shooting commander was pulled out of the turret with his face covered in blood.

Two loaders were killed in battle, and seven others were knocked out of their minds. However, compared with the loss of the ship, these losses can only be said to be very slight.

So the damage control commander immediately found a cabin with a phone nearby and reported the loss.Even, because of the small loss, his voice was full of pride.

"Yes, yes! Captain! The turret was not penetrated, 11 people were seriously injured, and 27 were slightly injured. No fire! No! It didn't even affect the drive shaft. Very lucky, yes, very lucky!" After the report, He hung up the phone and continued to direct the maintenance work.

They had to put out open flames and check all corners to make sure nothing could go wrong, especially the ammunition magazines directly under the main gun turrets.

Soon, the good news reached Bernard's ears. Battleship East Bay No. 1 was fine and could still keep up with the fleet and continue fighting.

Bernard breathed a sigh of relief. After learning the good news, he finally refocused on the approaching enemy ships.

After a round of salvo corrections, Tang Jun's main gun once again found the feeling, and in the subsequent round of salvo, it directly hit an amazing effect.

There is no way, as the distance between the two sides gets closer and closer, the ranging equipment becomes more accurate. With the continuous improvement of data accuracy, the accuracy of Tang Jun's sighting system is also crazily improving.

To be fair, at this distance, if you still can't hit the enemy ship, then the advanced equipment Tang Mo made is really just a joke.

For the Mirage Navy, this battle was both fortunate and unfortunate.Fortunately, this round of volleys did not hit the flagship of Mirage Kazuo, but unfortunately, Mirage Kazuo saw the tragedy to the end.

At least three shells hit the advancing Cyric battleship, two shells directly hit the bridge, and the other hit the main gun turret directly in front.

The battleship had an earth-shattering explosion in an instant. Tang Jun's shells not only detonated the propellant of the main gun, but also blew up the boiler power system of the battleship.

Like a sharp knife melting butter, three shells pierced the heart of the Cyric battleship, completely destroying this expensive sea giant in just a split second.

And the disintegration of this battleship seemed to be a blow to the head, and it suddenly woke up Kazuo Mirage, who had just fantasized about turning defeat into victory.

He stared dumbfounded at his own battleship that instantly turned into two pieces, and then suddenly turned into three pieces again, without saying a word for a long while.

"Fate, order, order... Order... Let, let, let the cruiser, and, and, and drive, destroyer... The fleet retreats..." Finally, he squeezed out such an order through his teeth.

He didn't order his faster small warships to retreat first, because he still had the illusion in his heart that he could turn defeat into victory.

Now that the illusion is shattered, he also knows that no matter from any angle, he should do his best to preserve more things for Mirage.

He has to do this, as a Mirage person, this is his mission!Even if only one battleship can be escaped, it will add such a negligible ray of hope to the future of Mirage Kingdom!

He couldn't stop stuttering when he spoke, because he knew his fate was sealed.He is afraid of such an ending, he is afraid of such an ending.

"General! We've finished loading! Would you like to continue firing!" The adjutant came over and broke the oppressive atmosphere.

Mirage Kazuo knew that this was their last chance.If they can hit Tang's warship, they may still have a chance at this distance.

Therefore, he couldn't wait to order: "Fire! Fire! Success or failure depends on it! For the Mirage! For His Majesty the King!"

"Boom!" The battleship of the mirage country opened fire, but to everyone's surprise, this salvo caused flames to burst out from the battleship of the mirage country, and even billowing thick smoke.

Mirage Kazuo only felt his feet tremble, he almost lost his footing, and finally struggled not to fall after shaking for two steps.

When he saw his front deck through the porthole in front of him, his whole face turned white with anger.

One of his 302mm main guns exploded!
I don't know if it was because Cyric was rushing to work during production, or because of other reasons, this artillery went on strike in the most annoying way when it was the most important.

Kazuo Mirage, who was still counting on this volley to save the Mirage Navy some face, stared at the main turret blown up by his own artillery, and even lost the strength to curse.

If one of Cyric's human advisors stood by his side at this moment, he would have pushed him off the bridge and onto the deck!
Mirage Kazuo even forgot to give the order to turn, because now the main gun in front of him seems... to be unusable.

Whether he wants to run away or continue to fight, facing the enemy at the stern of the ship is his only choice at this moment.

This sudden change also shocked Tang Jun. All the artillery positions that were about to fire were stunned for a moment, and there was even a brief silence on the battlefield.

But soon, Tang Jun's gunners remembered their duties. They fired shells, covering the flagship of the Mirage Navy's main fleet with the densest rain of bullets.

Mirage Kazuo heard the sharp sound of shells piercing the air, and he looked up to the sky, and then his bridge turned into a ball of flames.

(End of this chapter)