"Whoosh Whoosh ......"

Flying locust-like arrows suddenly filled most of the entire battlefield, and you and I were shooting back and forth like an overwhelming place, and even the moonlight was faintly obscured.

The chaotic screams reminded me of the arrows that many of the soldiers had been shot and rolled into the sea, and then they were drowned by the raging waves. But the soldiers who followed rushed to the side of the ship to take the place of the fallen soldiers. This round of offensive was all using bows and arrows, and there was no sign of boarding. Looking at the stance, the pirates were trying to besiege Alger's fleet and prevent it from docking or forcibly boarding the ship.

The number of soldiers brought out by Alger this time was not large, except for the soldiers on land and behind the palace, the remaining troops were still not many at this time, and in desperation, Alger had to order the fleet to stop attacking.

Alger was very distressed to see that the elite soldiers he had painstakingly cultivated had lost a lot in a short period of time, but now he had to stabilize the formation of his own fleet first, so he had to be ruthless, grit his teeth and persevere, and wait until the pirates couldn't bear it anymore and forcibly boarded the ship to have a chance of victory.

On the other hand, the pirate fleet is indeed unhurried, still at the edge of the range of bows and arrows, swimming back and forth, without the slightest attack. The Ottoman Navy, which appeared before, had already successfully converged with the pirate fleet.

For Alger, things have inevitably tilted in favor of the losing side. The number was not superior, and the opposing flagship also had an artillery, and at this time, the Ottoman Navy and the pirate fleet were gathered together.

"Your Excellency...... We seem to be stuck here. The adjutant had a bow and arrow stuck in his arm at some point, and a little red stained his clothes, and a faint despair appeared on his pale face.

Alger looked around, and the rest of the Venetian galleons were also suppressed by bows and arrows, and they couldn't get close at all, and if they forced their attacks, they would be overwhelmed by the enemy's bows and arrows.

In this confrontation, the Venetian navy suffered heavy casualties, and although there were casualties in the pirate direction, they were superior in numbers and did not lose much in combat effectiveness.

"My lord!" the adjutant looked back and forth at the surrounding battle situation, and said to Alger beside him: "We have suffered heavy losses in the first contact, and the enemy is outnumbered, the enemy's military strength is now more than five times that of mine, and it is encircled, the situation is too dangerous, we need to break through as soon as possible!"

"Not busy. Alger looked at the enemy coalition forces that were only besieging and not attacking, shook his head and said: "Now is the first wave of the opponent's attack, it is not clear how their forces are distributed, and the number of fleets is not clear, except for these in front of them, I don't know if there is an ambush at the mouth of the Black Sea, but they are obviously in the upper hand but are not in a hurry to attack, which is a bit unusual." ”

The lieutenant's name was Carl Woolley, who had been with Alger for more than two years, and was Alger's right-hand man. He also frowned, and said: "You are right, if I am the commander opposite, in such a situation, whether it is annihilation or capture, I will definitely command all the fleets to forcibly board the ship, instead of besieging and not attacking, not to mention that the other party also has an artillery." This is the most basic military common sense, but the other side did not take it, but instead adopted the method of encirclement and not attack, which is very puzzling, I think, there are two possibilities for Villanueva to make such a decision. ”

Alger asked, "What are the two possibilities?"

Carr said: "The first possibility is that Villanueva doesn't understand the way of fighting at sea, just blindly shooting with a bow and arrow. ”

"This can't be!" retorted a second mate next to him, "How can a pirate leader who has been leading pirates across the Mediterranean for many years not understand the battle at sea, if this is the case, how can he join forces with the Ottoman Empire to kill us? And the timing is so appropriate." I think there's something else going on. ”

Karl nodded and said, "There is also the second possibility, although the Ottoman Empire and Villanueva have reached some kind of consensus, but both sides are unwilling to send their own troops to fight us, for fear of losing their own forces, so they besiege and do not attack." This is the worst and most likely scenario. ”

The second mate, named Robin Brontë, said: "It is most likely, but we also came to the Black Sea with sufficient preparations, and all the supplies are well prepared, and there is enough fresh water and food to sustain us at sea for about twenty days, are they really willing to spend it like this?"

Karl shook his head and said: "Even if we can support even forty days, if this situation continues, we will still run out of ammunition and food in the end, the Black Sea is now their territorial waters, and fresh water, food and even reinforcements are constantly being delivered, but we have no supplies from this side." I am even more worried that our soldiers on land may now be wiped out. ”

Alger listened to their words, but suddenly shook his head with a smile, and said: "They have supplies and reinforcements, and we will have them too, wait, I believe that as long as there is another period of time, two days at most, our reinforcements will arrive here." ”

The two glanced at each other, and they both smiled bitterly, who knew that the reinforcements that Alger said were the strength of Nangong Yu. When he was on land before, he judged that the sailor who came to report the news was Nangong Yu's subordinate, and he should have been on the route back at this time.

No matter how slow the sailing ship is, two days is enough time to go back and forth. However, the two adjutants next to him just thought that Alger was stabilizing the morale of the army, and they didn't dare to say anything.

Alger looked at their expressions, knowing that they would not believe it, and continued: "I believe that he will definitely lead the fleet to support us, so, before he arrives, we must stabilize the morale of the army, since they want to consume us, then wait and see who will consume the last." ”

As soon as these words came out, the two of them were even more speechless, and Karl couldn't help but say: "But my lord, even if the reinforcements arrive, they must pass through that narrow sea area, and there must be blocked by them now, and it is still unknown whether they can reach the Black Sea smoothly." Besides, if the number of reinforcements in the fleet can exceed the number of enemies we are facing now, you know, the Ottoman Empire is already involved, and we are not just facing Villanueva. ”

Carl had never seen Nangong Yu, so he naturally didn't know how terrifying Nangong Yu's power was, but his words still caused ripples in Alger's heart.

Regarding all kinds of descriptions of Nangong Yu's strength, Alger was all through Massimo's verbal descriptions, and he had not witnessed the specifics with his own eyes, even if Nangong Yu really arrived at the Black Sea, whether he could turn the tide and rescue the naval fleet of Venice, he was not completely sure in his heart.

But right now, he can't show this kind of thought, he should believe that Massimo and Anna, that kid, will be able to create miracles.

Massimo excitedly talked to himself about the black-haired boy's amazing fighting ability again.

I can't imagine that the Venetian National Fleet will have such a day, and he will need to save it!