I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

Everyone became serious after hearing this: "We understand, General!"

Kopalak Seaport, Kingdom of Palia

The harbor terminal was extremely busy at this time. A large number of slaves and workers were unloading various goods from the ships under the scolding of foremen and supervisors. At the same time, groups of soldiers wearing mechanical suits lined up and walked out of the transport ships.

There are a large number of sailboats floating on the sea in the port, waiting in line to dock at the pier. The same scene can be seen at the other Nome naval port.

In order to balance the configuration, the Holy See divided the Invincible Fleet into two, one responsible for the protection of the two ports, while the Goddess of Light cruised near the Kopalak Sea.

Koparak is relatively close to the Federation, and many people are very afraid of their next-door neighbor. As the face of the church, the huge size of the Goddess of Light can fully inspire people's hearts.

Just as everyone was busy, a rumbling sound came from the distant horizon. An overseer swung a whip and severely whipped one of the slaves who was not nimble enough. Then he raised his head in annoyance:

"Why the hell is it raining again? Such a huge delay...Ah! What is that?!"

The supervisor's exclamation startled the people around him. Many people looked in the direction of his finger and saw dense black spots appearing on the horizon. They were slowly getting bigger as time passed, and at the same time the rumbling sound became stronger.

[Attention, we are about to enter the target area, and the flight altitude will drop by 1000. ]

【receive】

The densely packed four-engine biplane bombers lowered their altitude one by one. At the same time, the bombardier inside the cabin opened the belly of the aircraft through the hydraulic rod, revealing four horizontally placed 250kg TNT bombs.

[Everyone enters attack mode! ]

[Bombing is ready! ]

As the button was pressed, four bombs fell freely out of the belly of the plane. The planes behind the leading fuselage also completed the drop one after another, closed the hatch and began to climb rapidly.

[The delivery has been completed, please climb up quickly! ]

In order to take off with these bombs, the transport planes were not equipped with any weapons. If the enemy had any air defense means, they would be sitting ducks.

More than fifty giant steel eagles flew over the people in the harbor and dropped some small gifts. As they were puzzled, bombs fell to the ground one by one, triggering the fuses.

"Boom boom boom..."

Intense and intensive flames exploded violently near the port, and the smoke and dust rising into the sky were mixed with large patches of blood mist.

Countless soldiers and civilians ran and cried frantically in the artillery fire, avoiding the explosions that would fall anywhere.

Many warships docked at the dock had their decks penetrated by bombs dropped from the sky and exploded inside, causing severe chain reaction explosions.

A 250kg bomb can create a crater with a radius of 50 meters on the ground, and the comprehensive killing range of the fragmentation shock wave can reach 300m.

Only after the fleet of planes had gone away did the port terminal return to peace. The survivors crawled up from the ground in embarrassment and looked at the terminal that was bustling just a moment ago but was now as silent as death.

After a while, all kinds of screams and wails that were not like human voices were heard. Many of the warships that were hit were still experiencing small-scale explosions from time to time, and they slowly sank to the bottom of the sea while burning in flames.

Although this round of low-altitude bombing failed to raze the entire dock to the ground, it had lost its use value and was also a powerful deterrent to the enemy soldiers' psychology.

Another rumbling sound came from the far horizon. When the survivors heard this familiar sound, they trembled all over and ran outside frantically.

However, this group of bombers did not waste their ammunition on them, but instead rushed straight towards the group of warships on the sea level. The motionless warships docked in the port were no different from targets, so it would be a waste not to hit them.

It’s not that no ships wanted to escape, but they needed to furl the anchors and raise the canvas to set sail, and the Seris Federal Air Force would never give them this opportunity.

Many Vatican naval soldiers, out of fear, operated their cannons and fired indiscriminately, destroying many friendly ships.

The bombing effect this time was very average, or it should have been like this. When dropping bombs at high altitudes, factors such as wind speed and direction all affect the accuracy. The bombing of the Federal Air Force is still in the era of the assembler's luck~

However, the air force is not the focus. The bombing by bombers is part of the strategic plan that was approved in advance.

The high-speed naval fleet had now entered the waters of Kopalaq, and the entire army was notified by radio to enter a state of war.

A large amount of coal was put into the boiler, and the triple expansion steam engine began to work at full speed to drive the propeller at the stern. Thick black smoke came out of the chimney, leaving a slanted smoke line.

All the guns on the ships began to pre-load shells. In view of the material of the Vatican's fleet, the Federal Navy equipped a large number of grenades and high-explosive shells, with only a small number of armor-piercing shells reserved for emergencies.

The aerial reconnaissance airship and the sextant recalibrated the coordinates and directions again, and the professional soldiers on the ship-borne large optical rangefinder also began their work.

Chapter 131 Let’s get married after this battle!

After the meeting, Ma Long took a small boat back to his warship, gave the latest instructions to the officers and soldiers in the small conference room, then packed his clothes and walked towards his lounge.

I pushed open the door and walked into the room. I saw a girl in a naval officer's uniform frowning at the tea in the bowl. She closed her eyes, frowned, tilted her head back and forced the tea into her mouth.

Ma Long was both amused and annoyed when he saw this scene: "You really can't bear any hardship at all."

Tina's face was wrinkled into a bun. She didn't like bitter taste. It reminded her of bad memories from her childhood.

Sister Komitia told her that she must drink persimmon leaf tea at sea. It is very important and can supplement a large amount of vitamin C. She had no choice but to drink it.

Looking at Ma Long who was laughing at her, she glared at him fiercely with her beautiful eyes. As a result, she saw a big hand in front of her, with two candies wrapped in white wax paper lying in the palm: "Here, milk candy."

He reached out, took one, opened it and put it in his mouth, and the strange bitter taste was suppressed.

Marlon and Tina were both specially arranged by Medea to work in the Navy Department as the captain and chief petty officer of a cruiser.

Logically speaking, considering that they started an uprising in the Kingdom of Olivia and made great contributions to the subsequent recovery and peaceful integration of the kingdom by the Seris Federation, their reward should not be so small.

In fact, there are quite a few, but it’s a bit embarrassing that the current most advanced warship in the navy is the Zhiyuan class, so there’s nothing to choose from. But that doesn’t prevent them from rising rapidly in the navy system later on.

As for why he did not serve as a general in the Army Department, it was mainly to avoid suspicion.

It is undeniable that the predecessor of the army was called Tina Army, and her strong prestige is no longer suitable for her to continue serving in the army.

In order to avoid unnecessary problems in the future, it would be a better idea to place them both in another military system so that they don’t have to worry about being bullied.

As for why he kept saying two by two, Medea smelled an unusual sour smell the first time she saw them, so she sent them away early.

Otherwise, she was afraid that she would not be able to think clearly and break Ma Long's legs. There was no reason to treat a hero like this.

Ma Long hugged Tina from behind, lowered his head and said gently: "After this war, I will go back and ask for marriage from Her Majesty the Queen, what do you say?"

'not so good! ’

"Ah? Why!"

Tina's fair face flushed, she twisted Ma Long's waist and scolded in a low voice:

"Don't say things like what you're going to do after you're done waiting for something. My sister told me that this is just a way of laying out your last words!"

Ma Long: “…”

An hour later, night will fall.

The federal fleet has entered the Kopalaq Bay. At this time, the bay is full of warships with sails, all sailing at full speed.

The damage caused by the previous two rounds of sky-high attacks might not have caused any serious damage to the Vatican's invincible fleet, but the chaos, explosions, and salvaging of crew members who fell into the water wasted a lot of their time.

So, let's move on to the 36 strategies! Back in the ocean, the vast sea surface is their natural protection.

However, they wanted to leave, but the Federal Navy would not allow it. The role of the bombers, in addition to causing damage, was to force the enemy to come out.

Warships of different specifications have different speeds and will unconsciously form long lines while moving, and the federal warships blocking the door will form a T-shaped broadside facing the enemy.

The reconnaissance airship and observers successively saw the Vatican's 'Invincible Fleet' in the distance, and the rangefinders quickly calculated and gave parameters on abacus and manuscript paper based on the information reported by their teammates.

The parameters were submitted to the fire control room, and the three twin-mounted main guns on the warship had completed their turns and began loading high-explosive shells charged with magic powder.

The four side 152 rapid-fire guns are loaded with armor-piercing shells, and their function is to reduce the energy of the magic shield of the Holy See fleet.

Experiments have shown that, perhaps because armor-piercing projectiles have extremely strong kinetic penetrating power, the magic shield, as a range protection array, needs to consume a lot of energy to defend against this kind of single-point breakthrough warhead. In turn, armor-piercing projectiles have become a bit of a magic nemesis.

The flag bearer raised the signal flag on the mast and the radio station started working. With the order from Admiral Doolittle, the commander-in-chief, his flagship, the USS Zhiyuan, fired a single salvo to collect ballistic information for other warships for correction.

The shells flew straight at the Vatican fleet huddled together fifteen kilometers away.

"what sound?"

"Cannonballs! Enemies!"

With a whistling sound, shells hit the nearby sea, sending up columns of water that shot up into the sky. Seeing that no warships were hit, the panicked Vatican soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before they could adjust their posture toward the enemy, the other 29 cruisers that had obtained rough data began large-scale alternating salvos, with the two twin main guns at the bow firing first, followed by the main guns at the stern.

Amid the roar of the main guns, dense shells flew across the water towards the bay, slamming into the fleet with a whistling sound that broke through the air.

Several leading third-tier battleships and two second-tier battleships were engulfed in flames, their hulls torn apart by the deadly roar of artillery fire.

【Enemy attack!!!】

【Fight back! Fight back quickly! 】

[The distance is not enough! It’s too far! Speed ​​up and rush forward! ]

[Goddess! What's going on with the fleet on the other side? How come the attack range is so far! ]

After a round of firing, the loaders wait for the hydraulic system to reset the main gun while preparing the shells for the second round of loading.

At this time, the priests of the Vatican Army came to their senses from the panic, raised the church emblem in their hands, and shouted orders to the sailors around them to calm the soldiers' emotions.

At the same time, he ordered the sailors to return to the hold and row, hoping to increase speed and get within the range of the artillery. Many soldiers were busy transporting artillery shells and giant crossbow arrows for artillery of various specifications.

That's right, crossbows.

After the rise of the Seris Federation, war weapons such as artillery would naturally be noticed by major forces and copied along with the outflow of gunpowder technology.

What the dwarves can do, the Church can naturally do better than the people of the Dwarf Kingdom, because the Church has a wide range of believers and is not short of goblins, dwarves, and gnomes who are good at making military weapons.

However, the output of the small manual workshop is still limited, and it can only complete the full artillery replacement of level 1 battleships and Goddess battleships. A large number of early magic crossbows are still retained on level 2 and 3 battleships.

Naturally, the church was unwilling to stand there and take the beating, and they also wanted to fight back, but the artillery range and technical level of both sides were completely not on the same level.

The most embarrassing thing is that the Vatican Navy warships must hold the T-shaped crosshead in order to win, but they cannot catch up with the speed, and if they can't catch up, they can't use their own flanking firepower advantage.

Their front is not like the 360° free turret of the Federation warships, and they have very few guns available.

Even if these cannons fired, even the soldiers firing them wouldn't know where the missiles were going.

Hitting the enemy through battleship bombardment is a very complex and troublesome systematic project.

Especially when the battleship turret can rotate 360 ​​degrees, the previous shooting clock is of no use.

The current Federal Fleet's shipborne optical rangefinder can only achieve relatively accurate ranging within 15 km, but the error will increase dramatically as the distance increases.

Once you have used the rangefinder to determine the enemy's heading, speed, and distance, can you then use it in the fire control system? Not yet!

When a warship is sailing on the sea, the angle between the ship and the horizontal plane must be calculated on the bumpy sea surface, and then the influence of waves must be eliminated, which is the so-called pitch, roll and bow roll.

The old method is the horizontal plane method, which has a complex algorithm and low accuracy.

The current federal fleet uses the gyroscope method, which can easily calculate the roll angle, but because the turret can turn 360 degrees, the roll must be compensated in both the pitch and azimuth directions.

However, because the warships of both sides will continue to sail during the battle, this value is constantly changing, and people need to constantly calculate the distance, distance change rate, direction and direction change rate.