Chapter 669 (1/2)

When the second and third rounds of salvo shells fell near the Noel fleet, the sailors of the Noel fleet realized that it was not good.

Although we have never seen or even heard of artillery firing accurately at such a long distance, the continuous falling shells still make everyone, including Noel, aware of the current situation.

I should have been shelled by those strange ships!

It's just, how is that possible?

At present, the distance between the fleets of the two sides is about 11 km. From this distance, the windsurfing battleships or steel battleships that should have looked huge are actually not much bigger than a cigarette box.

Even the sailors of noel fleet are old sea ghosts who have experienced several fierce sea battles, but they never dare to think that there are guns that can shoot at such a long distance.

Before, when they were fighting with the British main fleet in the Atlantic Ocean outside the Strait of gibraltarian, the distance between the two windsurfing battleships was as close as 200 yards. The cries of sailors on both battleships could be heard, and they could even see the appearance of British sailors with good eyes.

In that case, fighting each other with guns on the side of the warship is no different from fighting bayonets.

At the beginning of the battle with the British, these French sailors were also scared to their knees. It's really hard for you to realize how cruel and bloody that scene is without that kind of fierce shooting.

As soon as the grenade is fired, a small piece of soldiers on the deck will disappear in an instant, leaving behind only a piece of red and broken meat, and no complete person can be seen.

The French sailors who took part in the sea battle for the first time would fall into madness after a battle, but there were also some who directly went mad.

But after the second, third and more naval battles, these sailors will experience a process from the first panic to calm, then to indifference, and finally numbness. Once a sailor can survive several sea battles, he will turn from a recruit who knows nothing to an old sea ghost.

The flagship of noel's fleet, the Royal French Navy class III sail battleship ”Atlantic horn”, is such a battleship that has experienced several major naval battles, and the sailors on board have added waves after waves, but there are still more than 100 old sea ghosts on board who have survived several fierce naval battles.

These old sea devils are the best among the elite. They usually do nothing when sailing, drinking, smoking and even gambling together all day long. But Simon Noel, the supreme commander of the sub fleet, never cares about these old sea devils.

Because Noel is very clear, in case of any accident, these old sea ghosts are the backbone of the ship.

It's hard for many new sailors to understand why the captain is so indulgent to these seemingly lifeless old men. These recruits simply can't understand what these veterans from hell have experienced.

However, when Noel's fleet met the first round volley, those old sea ghosts who looked lazy and didn't care about anything immediately turned into leopards who met their prey and quickly occupied one artillery position after another.

They have never heard the sharp whistling of cannonballs. They have never seen or even thought that there are cannons that can be fired so far in this world. However, this does not prevent them from feeling the danger just by virtue of a kind of intuition trained between life and death.

It is a kind of instinct that is no different from wild animals. Only after experiencing countless lives and deaths can we develop such intuition.

Noel is also an old sea ghost. After all, this ship is his. How many fierce sea battles has this ship experienced? As a captain, Noel has also experienced how many lives and deaths.