At a distance of twelve miles, half of the ten battleships' naval guns fired two rounds, using almost more than a thousand shells to destroy and sink nearly a hundred battleships. Calculated, the hit rate was almost ten percent.

'Well, in this era, it's pretty good to be able to hit this rate at this distance!'

Like everyone else, Wang Bing was quite satisfied with the effect of this bombardment.

You must know that during this period, even the Dutch, who had the best artillery technology in Europe, although their naval guns could hit about ten miles, it was only a single-finger range, which actually had no meaning.

Because when firing at this distance, only their God can really know where the shells will land.

In fact, in European naval battles of this era, if the usual firing distance were converted into the length unit of the Ming Dynasty, it would basically be between two hundred and three hundred steps, and at most it would be only four hundred steps.

Therefore, even if the hit rate of about 10%, which is impossible to hit the target, is replaced by 2% to 3% in actual combat, it can still defeat a lot of white-skinned Westerners.

Of course, the premise is to have enough ammunition reserves. But for the Royal Navy's massive ship that was improved from a treasure ship, is it difficult to bring more ammunition?

Therefore, without taking on additional transportation tasks, the Royal Navy's first-class battleships have an ammunition reserve of two hundred rounds per gun, which far exceeds the sixty or seventy rounds of ammunition for Xiyi's artillery.

"Not bad, not bad, hahahaha!"

Just when Wang Bing was secretly praising the range and hit rate of the naval gun, the little fat man finally came to his senses and couldn't help but burst into hearty laughter.

"But dear dears, this artillery only fired two rounds, which is really not satisfying! I wonder if there are other target ships?"

After laughing, the little fat man looked at Chen Lin and Deng Zilong with some unsatisfied feelings.

"Well, back to Your Majesty, the target ships I brought this time are all old warships that were really unusable before. If Your Majesty is not satisfied yet, I have no choice but to send people back to recruit private fishing boats or merchant ships..."

Seeing the little fat man's unfinished expression, the two veterans Chen Lin and Deng Zilong couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Uh, this..."

After hearing what Chen and Deng said, the little fat man couldn't help but hesitate.

You know, the recruitment of private fishing boats and merchant ships to be used as target boats must not be in vain. Otherwise, why would people use people who are eating as targets for you to play with?

"Haha, it's just a test of the artillery. Why do the two old generals bother so much? Why can't they just find an uninhabited island?"

Just when the little fat man was hesitating, Wang Bing put forward the suggestion of using an uninhabited island to test the cannon.

"That's right, third child, you think faster, haha!"

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"Haha, two old generals, let's change our tactics this time!"

Looking at the uninhabited island not far ahead, Wang Bing looked at the two veterans Chen Lin and Deng Zilong with a smile on his face.

"Oh? I wonder if Uncle Guo has any advice?"

Hearing Wang Bing's suggestion to change his approach, the two of them immediately looked at Wang Bing in confusion.

"Using this uninhabited island as the enemy warship group, all large and small warships participate in the attack in full combat form... This can be regarded as a test of the Royal Navy's actual combat capabilities to the greatest extent!"

During the questioning between the two people, Wang Bing proposed a real-arms encirclement and annihilation drill.

"Well, it's perfect to practice fighting!"

"Indeed, just shooting a ship target cannot reflect the strength of the Royal Navy..."

After hearing Wang Bing's proposal, everyone, including Chen and Deng themselves, agreed with this actual combat drill.

"You two beloved ministers, listen to the order and do as the third child says. Let's have a real-life drill, haha!"

In the end, it was Little Fatty, the emperor, who made the final decision and finalized the proposal for the actual encirclement and annihilation drill.

"Instruct the entire army to divide into four groups to surround the island, with the first and second-level warships as the vanguard, and the other warships to follow up and attack in a concentric direction. Tell the brothers that your majesty is watching, give me all the energy to feed you.

Use it!"

After receiving the order from the little fat man, the two veteran generals, who had not really found their place of use until they were old and old, also became ruthless. They really regarded this small island as an enemy and wished they could show off the full strength of the Royal Fleet.

come out.

"Woooooooo~"

"Dong dong dong dong..."

Soon, under the command of flags, accompanied by loud attack horns and thundering war drums, the Ming Dynasty Royal Navy fleet with nearly a thousand large and small warships instantly attacked the 'enemies' in the encirclement like evil wolves.

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"kill!!!"

Amidst the thunderous sound of war drums, as the largest flagship in the Royal Navy fleet, it took the lead and launched an attack on the 'enemy' in front of it.

Speaking of which, as the command flagship, Wang Bing and Little Fatty's battleship would not bear the brunt of the attack.

But now the emperor, the little fat man, is on the ship, and after all, it is just a drill, so in order for the emperor to enjoy himself, he naturally has to rush to the front and show off his skills.

"To the northeast, fire solid bullets rapidly, three rounds!"

Just like the previous target practice, when the 'enemy' was about to enter the maximum range of the naval gun, the order to fire was conveyed.

"Northeast, Twelve Miles, two basic medicine packs, solid bullets!"

Different from the previous target practice where the shells were fired directly, in this exercise, although the firing distance was also within the maximum range of twelve miles of the naval gun, the shells were replaced with solid bullets. The purpose, in addition to saving costs,

There are also reasons for using solid bullets to calibrate the impact point.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Just a few moments after the order to fire was given, accompanied by the roar of artillery, hundreds of solid bullets roared towards the 'enemy' in the distance from the warships that were attacking centripetally in a 'Z' shape.

jumped over.

"Bah, bah, bah, bah..."

In an instant, these solid bullets were like a violent storm, hitting the enemy island hard, causing countless rubble and mud to fly all over the sky.

There is no way, although it is not as powerful as the explosive bomb explosion, hundreds of thousands of solid bullets are dropped from a distance of ten miles away, and the scene caused by the huge impact is not necessarily inferior to the explosive bomb!

"Okay, okay, that's it, damn it, hahahaha!"

Seeing the small island that was bombarded by solid bullets with debris and mud flying everywhere, the excited little fat man no longer cared about maintaining the image of an emperor in front of the ministers!

"Two basic medicine packs, solid bullets, fire!"

Soon, just as the little fat man was getting excited, not long after the first round of naval gun fire was completed, before the warship turned the corner, the artillery that had previously fired one round completed the second round of loading, and again

The second round of shelling was launched fiercely at the 'enemy'.

"Hiss! So fast?"

Looking at the naval gun that quickly completed loading the second round of shells and then fired, Shi Xing, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, who had taken air-conditioning countless times today, was already turning into a range hood.

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