Chapter 146: Rushing out of the Atayal estuary

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The anxious Gaode Needham arrived at the command platform one step ahead of Luo Zhengdao, and as soon as the two sides met, he pointed to the small black dots that were constantly moving on both sides of the strait with a gloomy face, and said to Luo Zhengdao:

"It's the Goblin Grenadier Wing here, there is no information on the specific number, Your Excellency the Earl, we are in a lot of trouble!"

The New World is in an era of change when cold and hot weapons are mixed, and all kinds of strange weapons are emerging one after another, and the soldiers who are brave enough to fiddle with grenades, a first-class dangerous product, are not the most fierce and brave elite backbone elements in the entire army, and those with a little less courage or skill dare not try. Due to the multiple limitations of backward firearm manufacturing technology and poor processing conditions, the fuse performance of the stone grenade, which is currently more popular, has never been reliable, and the threat of early detonation has never been cut off. It is conceivable that if it were not for the courage and skill of a tough warrior who casually pulled someone to operate something similar to a suicide attack weapon, his own soldiers would have bombed the camp before the enemy could react.

"Knock knock ......"

The sporadic sound of cannon fire came from the shore, and the whistling stone shells stirred up thick columns of murky water on the river, which had threatened the pirate fleets sailing on the Atayal River. At this time, the Yaling Overseer approached Luo Zhengdao's ear from behind, and she whispered:

"Your Excellency, please don't worry, these are garrisons temporarily drawn from coastal towns, and they are armed with four-pounder and six-pounder guns, which are not very lethal to battleships."

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao smiled bitterly with a lot of emotion, and then he shook his head again, to be honest, the goblins don't need to defeat the pirate fleet, as long as they delay time, the pirates will die.

The cruiser at the foot of Luo Zhengdao was selected by Gao De Nidham, and most of the people on board were his subordinates, and when he encountered a crisis situation, Gao De undoubtedly took the greatest mental pressure, only to see him stare at his bloodshot eyes, and shouted:

"Gun commander, fire back immediately, what are you waiting for?"

If the navy with a huge cost of equipment is an aristocracy, then the 6th Army is undoubtedly a bunch of mud legs, and the 6th Goblin Army is no exception, the field artillery they are equipped with must first meet the transportation conditions of 6 places, which is to put it bluntly, the weapon must be light and dexterous, and it cannot be too heavy to make it difficult to carry out 6-way transportation, so the Goblin Army uses the light field guns at hand to bombard the pirates' naval guns, which is really not a good idea, and they are destined to not take advantage. You must know that the number of artillery guns carried by the battleships is far more than the number of field guns towed and mobile by the 6th Army by animal power, and the caliber is much larger.

"Don't delay, rush out and we'll win."

"Yes, Lord Baron. You rabbit cubs have made my eyes wide, let's give the green skin pit, and I'll skin you first. ”

The boatswain appointed by Gauder Needham was a veteran pirate, and his leadership style was, of course, the traditional simple and brutal line, and Zola Hegel was like a brother taught by a master. The pirates, who were only willing to believe in the authority of the strong, were willing to take this bite, and the sailors laughed in response and reloaded their ammunition, and bombarded the shore target when it was not pleasing to the eye.

During the one-day, two-night voyage, the pirate fleet of cruisers and frigates repelled eleven attacks by the goblin army, including two raids by fire attack ships. Needless to say, the Second Goblin Empire's scattered use of power has attracted the contemptuous eyes of the pirates, which is too unprofessional!

Gao De and Luo Zhengdao, who took the lead, smacked the taste, they didn't think that things would be so simple, whether the goblins were fools or not, what were the consequences of adding fuel tactics, they wouldn't know? If these innocuous raids were to be seen as a sluggish means of draining the pirate fleet's energy and ammunition, the goblins were doing their job. By the time the pirates realized that their opponents were probably selling cute, most of the ships in the fleet had already consumed more than half of their ammunition. In the event of another high-intensity naval battle near the estuary, I am afraid that the pirates who have run out of ammunition will be powerless, and the possibility of falling into the water to feed the fish is not low!

Sensing the imminent aura of danger, Luo Zhengdao paced back and forth on the deck uneasily, and he could not feel at ease, he quickly walked to Gao De's approach, and said:

"Your Excellency Gao De, how far are we from the sea?"

"Well, about fifty miles, and if you're lucky, you'll be out to sea before sunset today."

Almost at the same time, he was involved in the piracy industry, and Gao De Needham's actual combat experience was not much worse than Luo Zhengdao's, but his experience in being chased and killed by goblins with absolute superiority in troops was definitely not as rich as Luo Zhengdao's in this regard. Seeing this, Luo Zhengdao couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, and kindly reminded Gao De and said:

"Your Excellency, please tell everyone to prepare for battle, I believe that the goblins must have prepared a sumptuous dinner party waiting for us."

Hearing this, I don't know if it was because of Luo Zhengdao's humor, or to show that he was fearless, Gaude Needham laughed heartily and said:

"Hehehehe, please don't worry, Your Excellency the Earl, if they dare to come, I will chop up those green skins with my own hands and feed the fish."

The Second Goblin Empire, which dominates the Great 6, has never suffered such a great disgrace, and a group of pirates driving straight into the internal waters of the Main 6 is tantamount to a slap in the face on their green faces, and the thunderous goblin bosses have given a death order to annihilate these daring human thugs no matter what the cost.

There is a saying in the old world that the world is impermanent, and good and bad are unpredictable. Having been overtly or covertly ostracized by his colleagues, and thus narrowly escaped the man-made natural disaster that destroyed the Armada, the two commanders Modo Blackwater and Zheti Baishan unexpectedly washed away the reputation of incompetence that they had been carrying. As the saying goes, you can't see the flat ground without mountains, and although the two of them had a lackluster record against Luo Zhengdao before, compared to the Invincible Armada, which was close to total annihilation, the mistakes they made before didn't seem to be extremely heinous.

The day before yesterday, the pirates broke through the fortress of the estuary and the information about the invasion of the Atayal River was transmitted to the goblin military headquarters, and when the goblin bosses were furious, they ordered the fire to send troops from all over the country to intercept it.

The two commanders of the fleet, who were regrouping, were brought out together, and they were ordered to do everything in their power to annihilate the pirate fleet that had broken into the Atayal River, knowing on their knees that this task would not be easy, and that there was no way to shirk their responsibilities unless they were prepared to go court-martialed.

At this time, as the pirate fleet went downstream, the sailors seemed to be able to smell the salty smell of the sea breeze, and the goblin army gathered on both sides of the Atayal River, which was getting wider and wider, became more and more frenzied, and they frantically projected fire on the pirate fleet without sparing ammunition, like a group of merchants facing Golden Week discounts, fearing that their ballast goods would not be sold.

"Day-day-day-day-day-"

Thousands of goblin rockets were temporarily fired in parallel by goblin technicians, and the quantitative change finally led to a qualitative change, and the goblin rockets, which had no accuracy at all, were supported by a huge base, and the threat to the pirate ship rose to a level that people had to face squarely.

At the moment when the pressure increased, a string of green points of light rising from the sky ahead gave the pirates great spiritual encouragement, and even Gao De couldn't hide his inner excitement, and shouted:

"Look! Those green flares are here to answer us. ”

Spiritually motivated, the pirate fleet continued to suffer heavy material losses, and the crew of two cruisers and five frigates had to abandon ship and move to other warships in dinghys due to the destruction of deck facilities such as sail rope systems and masts, and the crew had to abandon ship and move to other warships in dinghys. Before the pirate fleet reached the mouth of the river, the goblin army collected a number of civilian ships, which were filled with stones in their cabins and scuttled into the river, and although the density of underwater obstacles did not have the desired effect of cutting off the shipping completely, the pirate fleet had to be doubly careful to avoid these artificial reefs when passing from here.

Sending someone to find a relatively safe narrow route, Gao De greeted loudly from the command platform and said:

"Signal, all the battleships line up in a column to get through Guò quickly, there is no time to entangle with the green skins."

Luo Zhengdao did not bring his descendants to the expedition, firstly, the host of the event was Gao De, and he did not need to be noisy, and secondly, considering that the risk of the operation was difficult to control. Assuming that the goblins really blocked the Atayal River, and the pirates had only one way to abandon the ship and go ashore, Luo Zhengdao was confident that he could fight his way out with the power of the magic card, and it became a burden to carry too many subordinates.

Traveling to the New World, before you know it, a long time has passed, and Luo Zhengdao has gradually adapted to this exciting lifestyle of immersing himself in battles, raids, rum, and wandering the sea. Bloody and brutal killings and wars were a commonplace for him, and even if he saw the severed limbs and internal organs spread out on the deck to make a curious exhibition of body art or something, he would not have the strong physiological reaction that he had earlier. Having said that, Luo Zhengdao still did not like to stay on the battlefield chosen by the enemy, and this kind of occasion would always bring him inexplicable unease, like a pedestrian returning from night walking in a secluded alley, faintly hearing the sound of footsteps behind him.

"Report, the Goblin Battleship ahead!"

The pirate fleet was approaching the mouth of the Atayal River, and there was no need to worry too much about the lack of ammunition, and when the lookout heard the news, Gauder Nidham waved his saber angrily and shouted:

"All charge, let's kill it!"

There were quite a few goblin warships that appeared on the river in front of them to kill and intercept the pirate fleet, but the average tonnage was not large, and these small boats rushed forward in the face of dense artillery fire, playing the dangerous trick of self-detonation, and the pirate fleet forced to deal with it could not help but feel a little unbearable.

According to the general standard of classification of battleships, cruisers with 36 six-pounder guns were only suitable for outposts and patrol duties, and such light battleships could not be compared with thick-skinned battleships, which could not withstand the enemy's heavy firepower. Lightweight warships such as cruisers are ideal for sailing in the Aether Sea in pursuit of resistless prey, rather than a fierce fight against a firepowered, fearless enemy fleet.

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