Before entering firing range, the Barton fleet had likewise spread out its formation in advance, and its ballistae launched their attacks simultaneously.
With the firepower provided by the four large warships, the sight was truly astonishing—surpassing even White Butcher's thirteen fast ships.
This gave the Barton fleet, led by the Governor of the North Sea, even greater confidence.
Unexpectedly, in the very next second, they heard a loud boom, like muffled thunder, coming from the other side.
Before they could react, an explosive crack rang out as a ship's hull split apart! The bow of one of the Barton fleet's fast ships seemed to have suffered some terrifying impact, its structure bursting apart and scattering in all directions!
Before they could respond, the same attacks came roaring toward their position one after another!
Unlike the early-departing Exploration Fleet, the four fast ships that had set out later alongside Bolevin were not equipped with Three-bow Ballistae. Instead, they carried the latest cannons produced by Great Zhou!
The strength of the Three-bow Ballista lay in its astonishing penetrating power. Its force was highly concentrated, allowing its attacks to drive straight into city walls.
Cannons were different. Compared with the giant crossbow bolts of the Three-bow Ballista, cannonballs were blunt weapons. The instant they struck a target, their destructive power did not seep inward but rapidly spread outward in all directions!
This made cannons astonishingly effective when attacking enemy warships.
A single direct hit could blast apart a huge section of a ship!
At that very moment, the shock that the cannons' attack brought to the Barton Navy was no less than the Aerial Bombing carried out by the Wyvern Riders earlier.
After witnessing the Aerial Bombing, the Barton Navy had mistakenly believed that they had made every possible mental preparation and would