Chapter 582
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A lot of buoys had been put down on the four sides of that sea area as the boundary. Besides the two navies, no other ship or airship was allowed to enter this region.
North Wind Fleet dispatched 2 battleships and 4 heavy cruisers represented by Snow Bramble, which accounted for half of the total strength of North Wind Fleet. Rainard Clan also dispatched 2 battleships and 4 heavy cruisers to join the battle. As for the loss of Rainard Clan after this battle, those major clans and representatives of Ewentra Archipelago expressed that they would contribute to the recovery of the fleet of Rainard Clan to its pre-war level after the battle.
Those ships of North Wind Fleet and the allied fleet of Ewentra Archipelago were patrolling in the periphery of the duel sea area and maintaining the order of this duel. Anyone who dared break into the duel sea area would be sunk.
Of course, those onlookers dared not break into the duel sea area. All the ships gathered within 2 to 3 miles of the boundary marked by the buoys. All the rich guests and onlookers climbed onto the mast of the ships or stood on high places. They took out high-powered telescopes and cameras and started to enjoy the show.
In the sky, the airboat of Golden Roc Bank was suspending thousands of meters above the center of the duel sea area and overlooking the entire battlefield.
On the airboat. With many exclamations, a huge hatch was opened.
"The overall quality of Ewentra Archipelago Fleet is indeed one level higher than that of North Wind Fleet. They are indeed more powerful than the North Wind Fleet. We don't have the upper hand in this battle! "Elder Turin's expression was a bit heavy.
"Don't worry. It's just the beginning! "Zhang Tie replied with a calm smile.
After the first salvo, the representatives of major clans of Ewentra Archipelago in front of Zhang Tie started to whisper to each other. Connar, the head of Rainard Clan had revealed a faint smile. He even nodded towards Zhang Tie in a very elegant way. Zhang Tie also nodded towards him.
More than ten seconds later, within one second, the two fleets began their first salvo …
The rumble was more than 10 times louder than that of the first salvo and reverberated over that sea area. As the two fleets advanced, they fired their cannons at the same time.
In the first minute, the two fleets completed three rounds of salvo. The fleet of Rainard Clan was always two seconds faster than that of North Wind Fleet. By the third salvo, the two-second advantage had increased to six seconds.
The cannonballs fell onto the water around the opposite fleet, arousing huge water columns. Given the distribution of the water columns, the commanders of the two fleets all aimed at the opposite battleships tacitly. At this time. As long as they could destroy or disable one of the enemy's battleships, the scales of victory would begin to tilt.
At this time. For those two fleets, apart from strength, luck was also an extremely important factor. It seemed that North Wind Fleet was lucky. In the third round, a ball of flame rose up from the bow of a heavy cruiser of Rainard Clan's fleet.
All the people on the side of Ice and Snow Wilderness cheered up at once.
"Well done, North Wind Fleet..." The old wild bear of the wild bear tribe shouted.
A cannonball could never paralyze a battleship unless it penetrated through the ammunition container of the battleship and caused a fire or fell on the key part near the propeller of the battleship below the waterline.
The speed of a heavy cruiser of Rainard Clan's fleet didn't seem to be influenced too much. The optical imaging device pointed at that burning battleship at once. After zooming in, everybody on the airboat could see that the sailors of that battleship were running fast to put out the fire and reduce the loss. At this moment, the damage management ability of a battleship was also an important part of the battle force and survivability of a fleet.
"North Wind Fleet is a respectable opponent!" Connar, the head of Rainard Clan told Zhang Tie with a calm look.
"Clan head Connar, you don't seem to worry about that!" Zhang Tie replied with a smile.
Connar's eyes flickered as he replied with a smile, "It's just a beginning, isn't it?"
"Clan head Connar, do you believe in luck?"
"Luck is very important; however, the most important thing is the battle force!"
"A good start means half of success. Meanwhile, luck is also a part of battle force. I feel that luck is on my side today."
"Let's wait and see!"
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While the airboat was arguing, the duel between the fleets below didn't come to an end.
The loud cannonballs were still reverberating in the water below.
3 minutes later, the fleet of Rainard Clan displayed its battle force which surpassed that of North Wind Fleet. In 3 minutes, North Wind Fleet had just completed 9 rounds of cannonballs; however, the fleet of Rainard Clan had completed 10 rounds of cannonballs. In the 10th round of cannonballs, a cannonball accurately fell onto the battleship Snow Bramble.
This time, it was the people on the side of Ewentra Archipelago who cheered up.
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The first round of duel lasted 15 minutes before the two fleets left the firing range of the opposite party. In the first round, North Wind Fleet was hit 5 cannonballs while Rainard Clan's fleet was hit 4. Both parties suffered a small loss.
It was just the first round. After leaving the firing range of the opposite party, the two fleets changed their direction at the same time and prepared for the second round of charge...
In the second round of duel, North Wind Fleet hit 7 cannonballs while Rainard Clan's fleet was hit 6. As a result, the middle main gun of Snow Bramble of North Wind Fleet was forced to stop while a battleship of Rainard Clan was set ablaze.
After the second round of duel, as both parties gradually entered the state, the duel became more fierce.
The two fleets changed their direction once again and charged forward. Right then, the two battleships of North Wind Fleet gradually slowed down while the tidy battle formation was disrupted at once.
"What happened?" Besides Zhang Tie, all the others in Ice and Snow Wilderness sprung up from their seats...
"Aim the camera at the two battleships of the North Wind Fleet. Zoom in so everyone can see them clearly!" Guan Xiyi, who had been silent all this while, finally spoke.
On the airboat, the images of the Snow Bramble Battleship and the other battleship were gradually enlarged on the optical imaging device...
When all the people in Ice and Snow Wilderness saw it clearly, they felt like being struck by a lightning bolt.
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