Without the aid of sails, it seemed to be sailing even faster than its own fleet with the wind at its back. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Federich would hardly have imagined that an ironclad warship could exhibit such speed.
If they were equipped with iron armor, how could they sail so fast? Could it be that the iron armor on their ships was extremely thin?
Federich couldn't understand it at all, and just then, his adjutant shouted in alarm:
"Marshal! Look at their cannons! They're completely different from ours!"
"Their warships aren't even arranged in a longitudinal battle line! What... what kind of formation is this?!"
Everyone was talking at once, but Federich was completely unable to think, because the enemy warships were charging towards them at a speed far exceeding that of his own fleet.
They are about to clash.
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Inside the Yan Kingdom fleet, which was sailing in a "T" formation.
The lead row of warships is loading shells. A few months ago, their gun turrets were mounted on both sides of the ship, requiring them to fire from the side during combat. Today, their gun turrets are arranged side by side at a certain angle in the middle of the ship. In addition, these gun turrets are rotatable, which means that they can fire in all directions, thus achieving the tactical requirement of facing the enemy bow to bow.
These central gun-house-style ironclad ships were like bunkers moved from land to sea. To protect the artillery from attacks, the gun chambers were armored. This armor had proven itself in the last battle against the Allied fleet; its hard hull made it impossible for the Federation fleet to penetrate it, let alone damage the artillery.
At this moment, the Flame Soldiers were not holding the usual round shells, but rather a new type of cone-shaped shell.
Aside from its different shape compared to past shells, the new shells are also completely different in power.
In the past, solid shot relied on its own weight and impact force to cause destruction, but now these new types of shot rely more on the destructive force of the explosion after hitting enemy ships.
This is a high-explosive shell.
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