The message from the soldier sent by Rosa remained deeply in Alger's mind.

However, the reconnaissance sailing ship sent by himself found nothing, except for the soldiers who had returned earlier, the rest of the reconnaissance sailing ships seemed to have disappeared and were never traced.

He led the Venetian national fleet to the Black Sea, and he could not return without even seeing the enemy, which would seriously affect the morale of the army and damage the image of the Republic of Venice in the hearts of the people.

At this moment, a little light suddenly flashed on the sea in the distance, like a ghost wandering in the night, slowly approaching Alger's fleet.

When he got closer, the lookout on the mast screamed!

"There's a fleet ahead, and the Venetian flag is flying on the mast!"

Alger's heart pounded

"It's finally here. ”

Looking into the distance, one, two, three... Eleven, twelve, a total of twelve sailing ships, lined up, surrounded by Alger's fleet.

Immediately, Alger drew the sword at his waist, "Prepare for battle in a defensive formation!"

As the herald unmistakably waved the flag, all the sailors and soldiers in the Venetian fleet reacted almost at the same time!

Suddenly, all the ships moved closer to the flagship.

The soldiers led by Alger this time are veritable personal soldiers, almost all of them are trained by Alger himself, and they are also the strongest elite in Venice, and the quality of the soldiers looks around the entire Mediterranean, at least among the top three, which can be seen in the second round of the performance of archers.

The archers quickly stood on the side of the ship, pulled the bowstring, raised the arrows high, and tried to shoot the enemy high in a parabolic trajectory, without any confusion.

However, under the influence of the wind, these arrows fell into the sea before they reached the enemy ship.

The pirates in the distance didn't seem to be in a hurry, their sails were not all open, so they controlled the speed, which showed that these pirates were well-trained.

In the center, there was a large galleon, which was the flagship of the pirates, but it was not known if Villanueva was on top of that flagship.

"My lord, there are twelve ships in total, and they have surrounded us, do you want to attack?"

Looking at the pirate ship that was slowly approaching, Alger's face was expressionless, there was a hint of self-deprecation at the corner of his lips, and the hand that clenched the hilt of the sword began to turn white because of the force.

This is a manifestation that has been suppressed for a long time and is about to explode.

Last time, because of supply problems, he barely fought a tie with the pirate fleet, and both sides had losses, and now, although the number of ships on his side is not as large as that of the other party, his soldiers are strictly trained, and in terms of combat effectiveness, he is not afraid of these pirates.

"Your Excellency, you see, that should be their flagship, we will go directly to it and forcibly board their flagship, as long as the flagship is captured, they will naturally be defeated......"

Before the adjutant could speak, a flash of fire came out of the bow of the flagship, and only a "boom" was heard, and a cannonball crossed an arc in the night sky, flying straight towards Alger's flagship, hitting the right side of Alger's flagship.

There was another explosion, and the sawdust of the ship flew away, and two unfortunate sailors were blown away by the sudden cannonball and fell into the Black Sea. Some sailors not far away were overturned by a powerful explosion.

The ship was shelled and suddenly shook.

Artillery appeared on the enemy ships, and a trace of panic began to spread in the hearts of the Venetian soldiers.

"There is artillery, how did they do it?"

"Won't their ship capsize?"

"We're going to die here, definitely. ”

"Damn, why don't we have artillery?"

Alger was also stunned by the strange shell, and he fell on the deck on his feet, but fortunately he was not too close to where the shell hit, so he was not injured.

But the sound of the cannonball exploding was like a hammer, and it slammed into Alger's heart, causing Alger to breathe very quickly.

He slowly raised his head, revealing a somewhat bitter and resolute face, his blue eyes swept over the soldiers who were already in a mess around him, gritted his teeth, and barely stood up.

"What's the panic, it's just a cannonball, they can't fire continuously, pass my order, give me an attack on the opponent's flagship, as long as we take the flagship, we can win." ”

Alger's angry roar echoed across the deck.

"Adjutant, order the rest of the ships to cover the flagship attack. ”

"Yes, sir. A slightly trembling voice came, and the adjutant went to convey the order step by step.

Looking at the adjutant's somewhat frightened expression, Alger sighed helplessly.

He can't be blamed for this, as it is understood that artillery can only be installed on the city walls. If it is installed on a sailboat, on the one hand, it will increase the weight of the sailboat and make the sailboat travel more slowly. On the other hand, it is the artillery that produces a strong recoil when firing, which causes the sailboat to be unstable, and if it encounters slightly stronger wind and waves, it is very likely to capsize and sink

Alger never imagined that Villanueva would be so bold to install artillery on top of his flagship, and he really didn't know how he managed to prevent the ship from rocking sharply.

Alger's order was accurately transmitted to the ships through the flag, and although the soldiers saw that the local artillery had hit the flagship, they knew that Alger was not injured when they saw the flag, so they regrouped and sailed towards the other flagship.

The pirate flagship, apparently aware that it had become a target, turned around and seemed to want to flee.

The other pirate ships scattered around were moving closer to their flagship, apparently to cover their withdrawal.

At this moment, another fleet appeared on the sea not far away, and from a distance, above their mast, a green flag fluttered with a crescent moon on it.

Alger's pupils suddenly contracted, it was the fleet of the Ottoman Empire, I didn't expect them to come.

The current situation, everyone fully understood, judging from the direction of movement of the Ottoman ships, it was clear that it was not to exterminate the pirates, but to target the Venetian national fleet.

"Damn, isn't Salim afraid of raising tigers?"

Now is not the time to think about this, the alliance of the Ottoman Navy and Villanueva has become a fact.

"Continue the pursuit, and be sure to capture the pirate flagship before the Ottoman navy sails over. ”

This is a last resort, and if the pirates and the Ottoman navy are allowed to make peace at sea, they will inevitably be at a greater disadvantage.

The Ottoman navy gradually surrounded it, but strangely enough, they did not seem to intend to board the ship, but roamed around the Venetian navy, constantly attacking with bows and arrows.

The range of a bow and arrow is generally about 40 meters, but due to the influence of strong winds at sea, the range of the arrow is often affected, thus reducing the hit rate. However, the Ottoman navy did not seem to care about this, and their purpose was simply to prevent the Venetian navy from approaching the pirate flagship as much as possible.

Although the bow and arrow did not do much damage to the ship itself, the rain of arrows was effective in killing the soldiers on the deck, who had to hide in the cabin in order to avoid the locust-like bows and arrows.