On one hand, the cutting-edge rotating turrets allowed the warships to carry larger caliber cannons with a wider firing range. The traditional multi-layered cannons could only aim at a pitiful 15 degrees. On the other hand, there were only a few small-caliber cannons at the front and rear of the ship.
On the other hand, sealing the lower deck was more beneficial to the survival of the crew. The open multi-layered cannons increased the firepower density, but at the same time, it made the warship more fragile. As long as it hit a certain area, it could easily spread the damage to the armory and cause a chain of explosions. In other words, the cannons that were filled with cannons were like a living target for the armory.
As the war continued, under Duque's special reminder, the Alliance also noticed a situation. Creating the cutting-edge cannons took a short time, but to train a qualified adult soldier, there had to be an adult, and it had to be a well-educated adult.
Illiterates could not handle cannons, especially the new cannons with a firing calibration system. Even with the help of the system to calculate the trajectory, there were many times when the system was not accurate, and the cannoneer's experience had to be used to correct it.
This time, the new flying warships were used as test subjects.
All three warships were equipped with unique cannons.
War Weary's [Sharpshooter] system had the Alliance's cutting-edge tactical auxiliary aiming system, which was inclined towards long-range precision attacks.
Hood's [Glory] system was inclined towards continuous firepower and wide area damage. The specially equipped chain reloading mechanism made the cannons more automatic.
And Ilya's [Queen's Command] system was similar to Duque's radar system before he transmigrated. She would scan the entire battlefield repeatedly and collect all kinds of information on the battlefield. She would then link it with War Weariness and Hood's fire control system, hoping to increase the firepower, accuracy, and even the dodging rate of the warships.
As for the performance of these three cutting-edge warships, it needed to be tested in actual combat.
Bringing them to the main battlefield was something that the Alliance would only do when it was on the verge of destruction. If the conditions were right, a low-intensity battle would be a very suitable experiment.
The Draenei would not use cannons to coordinate, because they had never seen it before. Obviously, Iril was an exception. As the first Draenei to follow a certain Du who went by the alias Mark, Iril could be said to have seen the world.
She was well aware of the terrifying power of modern artillery.
After looking at the sketch sketched out by the scout and carefully asking about the terrain of that place, Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.
Imriel gave an order. "Thomas, I need your best archers to take the bottles of holy water and shoot them at these points. Retreat immediately after shooting the arrows. "
The Illidari Outpost was actually built on the ruins of a Draenei palace. There were broken tiles everywhere in the ruins, and only a few houses had tiles to cover their heads.
As a sentinel to guard the Moon Shadow Valley, there were not many people stationed here.
It was purely because there was an energy node here that Illidan had ordered the demons to set up a sentry post here.
Not long after, a few arrows were shot into the open space of Ilidare's sentry post.
"Eh?" The Illidari commandos, who were actually demon guards, revealed puzzled expressions. They weren't very intelligent, so they couldn't understand why an arrow with holy light would be shot into the empty space.
Of course, this didn't stop them from reacting quickly.
"Enemy attack!"
Mournful shouts in the Abyss Devil language resounded throughout the entire sentry post. Almost all the demons rushed out with weapons in their hands.
But … there was nothing.
"Should we give chase?" A commando asked the Terror Emissary.
The Terror Emissary was a Dreadlord that wasn't strong enough, but in a small sentry post like this, the Terror Emissary was already the commander.
After spreading out his senses, he still couldn't sense any traces of the enemy. Finally, the Terror Emissary ordered, "Stay alert!"
As he hadn't directly confronted the Alliance before, he didn't know that at that moment, twelve thousand meters away, three warships hovering in the air were in an uproar.
"The coordinates have been transmitted." An aide shouted.
The Pandaren captain, Jun Muqi, waved his large claw. "Compare the terrain data, and try to stabilize the hull. Activate the auxiliary correction system."
"Wind direction: 12.3 degrees to the east, level three wind."
"Alright!"
"The calibration balloon has been released."
"Everyone, listen up. The main cannon will fire in 60 seconds."
In a small valley two kilometers away from the Illidari Outpost, Imriel was extremely nervous. She was wearing a brand new armor, which in theory could protect her body better than her previous leather armor.
However, she knew that in front of demons that were stronger than the Beastmen, her superior-grade plate armor was like paper.
The only thing they could rely on was the support of the Alliance's cannons.
Imriel was very afraid that the enemy would find them and suddenly rush out to engage them in hand-to-hand combat. If that was the case, the Alliance's warships would not be able to open fire under such circumstances.
Five minutes felt as long as five centuries.
Finally, there seemed to be thunder in the distant sky, and there was a muffled sound.
Soon, every single soldier of the Alliance Army could hear it even more clearly.
It was the scream of death that came from the sky.
The huge cannonball at high speed was like a burning meteor, whistling through the sky as it rushed towards the ground.
There was no chance for the demons at the Illidari Outpost to escape. The violent and terrifying cannonball had already exploded at the outpost. The strong flash meant that the explosion caused by the new gunpowder was ruthlessly and efficiently crushing all living beings within the range of the explosion.
It was as if the earth had been punched by the invisible fist of God, and a huge crater similar to that of a meteorite appeared on the ground.
Debris and mud splattered in all directions, and the aftermath of the explosion destroyed everything in its path.
The demons of the Burning Legion had fire attributes, so the explosion did not cause much damage to them. Originally, they would only receive damage from the impact, but the gunpowder had some Naaru's Holy Light substance, so it was a different story.
Instinctively afraid of the Holy Light, the demons that were not directly hit by the cannonball fled in all directions.
At this time, a few terrifying Illidari emissaries stood up from the crater.
They cursed in Eredar, "Calm down! Idiots! Find the enemy immediately. "
Their efforts were destined to be in vain.
An attack over twelve thousand meters away was already terrifying enough, not to mention that the Royal Kiln team was hovering on the other side of the mountain, and the cannonball flew over the top of the mountain in a parabola.
There was not a single demon that had a perception of twelve kilometers away. They could at most roughly sense which direction the cannonball was coming from.
They also did not know that the cannonball just now was just a test shot. In order to adjust the shooting parameters for the subsequent cannonball.
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