PNB Chapter 1089 Can't the artillery hit it?
Chapter 1089 Can't the artillery hit it?
Standing on the deck, Ouyang Yunyao saw William give the order, slapped her forehead, and quickly said, "General William, wait!"
Upon hearing this, William frowned, his deep gaze fixed on Ouyang Yunyao. A hint of impatience and confusion flashed in his eyes. What's wrong? Could it be that the people of Western Chu are afraid of their cannons?
Seeing the confusion on his face, Ouyang Yunyao continued, "General! How can you fight without targets at sea? How about this, let our Chief of Guard Chu go and place some targets for you."
"Target?" William repeated, looking bewildered, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes. He had no idea what she meant.
Ouyang Yunyao's lips curled slightly, and she explained with a faint smile, "What I mean is, place a few buoys at your attack sites. As clear attack markers."
"A buoy?" Joliv couldn't help but ask, his brow furrowed in confusion. "How do we deploy a buoy?"
Ouyang Yunyao changed the subject, her gaze sweeping over the two men, "Your Highness, General William, is the range of your cannons about two hundred meters?"
William and Joliffe exchanged a glance, then nodded simultaneously. "That's right! It's two hundred meters!"
"In that case, we will place a few buoys on the sea about 200 meters away. Your cannons can be aimed directly at the buoys and fired, so that we can see them clearly."
William was still puzzled. "What kind of buoy is that? How do you place it?"
“That’s easy, we’ll put it away.” Ouyang Yunyao said in fluent Lopa, then quickly explained to Chu Chenjing.
He said a few words.
Upon hearing this, Chu Chenjing's eyes filled with laughter, and he affectionately ruffled her hair. Then, he looked up and instructed Chu Feng below the deck:
"Chu Feng, Xiao Hu, listen to my command! Go to the sea immediately and place buoys, one at 180 meters and one at 200 meters!"
He paused, then continued, "Place one more at four hundred meters and five hundred meters!"
"Your Highness? Four hundred meters?" Chu Feng looked up at Chu Chenjing and asked in surprise. Could the Luoba people's cannons really reach four hundred meters?
"Four hundred meters, five hundred meters." Chu Chenjing looked at him sharply and repeated with emphasis.
"Yes! Your subordinate obeys!" Chu Feng didn't ask any more questions and he and Xiao Hu responded in unison. Then they turned around and ran towards the large iron bird parked on the other side of the deck.
Just as Chu Chenjing was giving instructions to Chu Feng and Xiao Hu, Ouyang Yunyao said to General William in Lopa: "General, wait until we have placed the buoys and returned before you begin your drill!"
General William looked at Ouyang Yunyao, who had a confident expression, and nodded with a bewildered look on his face.
After Ouyang Yunyao finished speaking with William, she tugged at Chu Chenjing's sleeve, "A-Jing, I'm going with them!" Before Chu Chenjing could react, she winked mischievously, "You stay here, but don't follow me!"
She knew Chu Chenjing's personality all too well and was afraid he would worry, so she gave him a special reminder.
Before Chu Chenjing could say anything, she turned around and quickly went downstairs, following Chu Feng and the other two towards the plane, not forgetting to wave her little hand at Chu Chenjing.
Chu Chenjing looked at Ouyang Yunyao waving her little hand, shook his head helplessly, and gently reminded her as she walked away, "Yaoyao! Be careful!"
Actually, he had intended to fly after her, but when he heard Ouyang Yunyao say, "Don't follow me!" he held back.
At this moment, General William hurriedly and loudly instructed his lieutenant Andrew on deck to wait for Princess Jing and her entourage to return before beginning the artillery drills.
On the deck, all the soldiers of Luoba stood there in a daze, each with a blank expression. They all stared at Chu Feng, Xiao Hu and Ouyang Yunyao as they walked towards the big iron bird. Why did they just walk away like that?
Upon seeing Ouyang Yunyao arrive, Chu Feng and Xiao Hu quickly bowed and greeted her, "Your Highness!"
When they saw the princess following them, they immediately understood that she must have something important to discuss with them on the plane, and they were right.
Ouyang Yunyao, Chu Feng, and Xiao Hu quickly boarded the plane. This time, Ouyang Yunyao let Chu Feng pilot the plane, while she sat in the co-pilot's seat, watching Chu Feng's actions.
She hadn't originally planned to go with them, but considering the helicopter took off from the ship, she was still a little worried, even though she had already set the helicopter to autopilot.
Another important point is that she only placed two buoys on the plane in advance. As for the rocket launcher that might be used later, it has not yet been taken out of the space and placed on the helicopter.
In order to ensure that Chu Feng and his group could retrieve the rocket launcher from the plane without being detected, she boarded the plane with them without a second thought.
Chu Feng skillfully maneuvered the helicopter, which slowly took off and, in the blink of an eye, reached a point on the sea 180 meters away from the Divine Eagle.
"Xiao Hu, open the launch port and drop the buoy marked 180 meters down," Ouyang Yunyao ordered in a deep voice.
Xiao Hu responded immediately, quickly opening the launch port and dropping a circular buoy into the sea. The buoy floated steadily on the surface, with a small triangular flag above it bearing the number 180 in Arabic script—the same number used by the modern Loba people.
Then they successively lowered the corresponding buoys at depths of 200 meters, 400 meters, and 500 meters. Each pennant was marked with a number.
After placing the helicopter, Chu Feng maneuvered it to turn around and fly towards the Divine Eagle.
At this moment, the Roba people on the Shenying and Shenchuan ships were all completely bewildered by this scene, and they began to whisper among themselves.
"Look, what's that the big iron bird threw into the sea?"
"There are also small triangular flags with words and numbers written on them."
"Yes! Yes! I saw 180, that was 200... and there were even more further away, but we couldn't see them clearly in the distance."
"Why did they throw those two little flags so far? Our artillery can only fire up to 200 meters!"
Andrew, the deputy general standing at the front of the formation, frowned deeply, puzzled. Why was that target placed so far away? Their artillery couldn't reach it.
Just as he was lost in thought, he saw the large iron bird had already landed back on the deck. Andrew snapped back to reality, quickly regained his composure, and swept his gaze across the line of soldiers, loudly ordering, "All soldiers, listen up! Silence!"
The once noisy deck fell silent instantly, and all the soldiers straightened their backs, their eyes fixed on Andrew.
Andrew nodded in satisfaction and continued to order, "Artillerymen, step forward!"
"Yes!" Several tall, blond soldiers in armor responded and quickly stepped out of the ranks, standing in front of Andrew a moment later, ready to receive orders.