C2744 The ship was hit! (1/2)

In just a single exchange, not even half an hour had passed, and the Pyrenees had already lost its fighting strength. The entire battle, a pure Iron-armored battleship, did not even take a single shot, and was directly crushed to death by the Zhiyuan Warship.

The last remaining power carried the battleship away from the battlefield and towards Spic Island, who was not far away. However, it was at least five kilometers away from the battlefield, who knew if it would run aground or not.

The remaining five battleships had already gone berserk, these French sailors s turned all their anger into concentrated artillery shells, and started bombarding the Zhiyuan Warship.

Although the design style of the Iron-armored battleship of this era had changed, their overall strategy and tactics were no different than those of the sail battleship of the past.

This was an era where the new and the old were alternating, this was an era where Sail battleship levelled up to the Iron-armored Ship excessively, and in this kind of difficult leveling up, the traditional power was still very strong.

Countless designers would subconsciously follow the mature designs of the past, such as lining up the cannon's side, increasing the number of cannons as much as possible, and so on.

It wasn't that no one was studying the rotating cannons, but how? What is the angle of rotation? Axis alignment or left or right? None of these issues has a uniform standard.

Because there isn't a single unified thought, countless designers have to choose the old one, because at the very least, it will ensure that there aren't any mistakes.

For example, other than the 120-mm rotating main cannon at the bow and stern of the ship, the rest of the cannons were split into two groups, with 18 150-mm cannons on the left and right.

This kind of design completely continued the design train of thought of the sail battleship. If one wanted to fully display their fighting capabilities, they would have to shine the flank of the battleship. Only by firing 18 cannons at the same time would they be able to increase the firepower and accuracy.

But it was this design that made the battleship's transformation extremely weak. The Pyrenees's tragedy happened during the entire battle formation's transformation.

It had to be known that the Zhiyuan Warship's main cannons were completely aligned along the axis, allowing them to shoot freely at a 180 degree angle. Although the battleship's main cannons were unable to be of use since the ship's head was rushing straight into the enemy's formation, the two combined 210 main cannons at the front of the ship's bow was more than enough for the enemy to take advantage of.

Taking advantage of the enemy's confusion and inability to fire, Zhiyuan Warship seized the opportunity to shoot continuously. Moreover, daring to use armor piercing bullets at such a distance, it won the victory!

However, before Lin Zhen and the others could even cheer, the rain of bullets for revenge had already rained down on them.

”Be careful...” ”Quickly squat down...” When Lin Zhen saw the flash of a line of fire in the distance, he knew something was wrong. He shouted subconsciously, and then, he pressed down on the soldiers beside him and squatted on the ground.

Almost at the same time, the cannons struck the Zhiyuan Warship's bow and the sea on both sides like hail.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Explosions happened one after another, enveloping the entire head of the Zhiyuan Warship in fiery light. Of course, even more cannonballs smashed into the ocean, causing water pillars to fly into the sky from the explosions, and the ocean waves even splashed onto Xiang Ying's body.

In that moment, Xiang Ying also squatted down, and hid his body inside the armored commander tower. There was a series of clanging sounds, and that was the sound of exploding artillery shells hitting the armor of the commander tower.

The armor on the commander tower was two inches thick, so of course he was not afraid of the bombs breaking, but Xiang Ying was worried about the fighting sailors on the ship.

After the round of explosion, Xiang Ying took the chance while the Frenchmen were filling up the hole again to look down from his armor.

”Lin Zhen! Are you f * cking dead? How are the casualties of our brothers? ”Is there anyone out of breath …”