The loading of the main guns on the battleship was a slow process, and in fact, even with mechanical loading machines, it was very difficult to increase the firing rate of the main guns on a battleship.
Since they were not modern battleships and the loading system's efficiency was indeed not high, the main guns of the Dongwan-class battleships of the Tang Army fired at a rate of about one shot every few minutes.
The lengthy and irritating wait made Bernard frequently lift his binoculars to look at the enemy warships in the distance.
There was no activity from the enemy's side at that time either, as their main guns also required time to load. Bernard was silently counting to himself, trying to calculate the firing frequency of the enemy ships.
Of course, there were more professionals doing this job, where other sailors used stopwatches to calculate the enemy's firing frequency.
