Rumble! Rumble!

The cannon roared, the water filled the sky, and the Golden Deer shook and brushed the water, slowly but surely carrying out its own journey to the side of the board.

The first round of shelling of the Viper posed no threat to the Golden Deer.

Although the theoretical range of the medium-range cannon can indeed reach 1500 meters, taking into account the factors of turbulence and wind and waves, the effective range of the ship-mounted long-range cannon is often only within 300 meters, and the stability of the medium cannon is weaker than that of the long gun, and the range suitable for it to exert its power is within 200 meters.

But Lorraine's face was still pale.

Caterina's reminder, and the Viper's suddenly flared wings, were enough for Lorraine to guess Amy. The true meaning of Philard's so-called special warfare.

It's Gou.

The two sides faced off on the sea, and Lorraine had an absolute advantage in firepower, but an absolute disadvantage in speed and agility.

With headwind versus downwind, the Golden Deer had a cutting speed of only about three knots, while the Viper had a speed of twelve to thirteen knots.

At the same time, the relatively wide and thick hull would have allowed the Golden Deer to be more agile in steering and evasion, which was also a weapon for navies to keep in the face of pirates and privateers, who were mainly high-speed ships.

However, the loss of the foremast of the Golden Hart affected the center of gravity of the hull, and this original advantage was lost, and from a handling point of view, the Golden Hind was no better than the speeding Viper.

"Come as you want, leave as you want?"

In three minutes, the two sides approached 500 meters, and the high bow of the Viper released a second round of shells, which landed around the Golden Deer 100 meters, and the sea water that exploded washed over the deck like a shower.

The Golden Deer also made a tentative counterattack, and the thirteen guns on the starboard side roared in turn, and after a minute, all of them were reloaded, and at a distance of 200 meters, another round.

The Viper swerved gracefully through the dense splash and brushed past the Golden Deer, its broadside guns closing in on a burst of fire, and a nine-pounder gun struck the Golden Hart's hull, splitting sporadic wood chips and blasting a charred black mass.

This is also the closest the two sides have ever come to each other.

The Viper left with one blow, Lorraine squinted at the shadow of the sail that was fading away, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Turn around, face the wind, don't let him lead the nose ......"

The Golden Deer turned its head awkwardly and slid in a massive arc, leaving a crooked waterline on the surface of the sea.

Caterina suddenly said, "Mr. Drake, you have to watch out for you. ”

"Behind you?"

"The Black Mamba is a pirate group, not just the Viper."

"How many are there?"

"Three, a Bagh, a Brigentine, and a Brig."

"It's not good if you're flanked......" Lorraine muttered to herself, covering her mouth and suddenly raising her head, "Pierce!" The condition of the surrounding seas, carefully check if there are any other boats! ”

"At ten o'clock, the Bagh-type turned around four kilometers away. At nine o'clock, a Brigentin-type ship, twelve kilometers away, did not seem to find the battle here. Six...... At six o'clock, a Brig-type ship was discovered, and it was expected to enter the battlefield in twenty minutes! ”

"Luring the enemy, ambushing, and watching the wind." Lorraine raised an eyebrow, "Is that how your ship was sunk, Lady Debo?" ”

Katerina's eyes flashed, as if recalling some painful memory: "Yes, Philard's Viper is fast. On that day, he pinned us down with the Viper, and we were broken and fled to the reef near Barbados...... If it weren't for the crew, I wouldn't have been able to escape. ”

"If you can make a group of pirates sacrifice their lives to cover you, you are a good leader, if not a qualified captain."

"You don't have to comfort me." Caterina smiled bitterly, "One-on-three, Brig will join the fight in twenty minutes, and Briganting may also participate in the encirclement, what are you going to do?" ”

"You said it was an invasion." Lorraine smiled and patted the narwhal, "I'll let them know why destroyers are called pirates' nemesis......"

……

"Fire!"

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Fierce fighting was raging off the coast of Barbados.

However, the battle was very different from the one that took place in Cantabrian that day.

Because the Black Mamba are a group of pure pirates, including their captain Amy. None of the cadres, including Filad, have a background in science and technology.

Unlike the privateer merchants in northwestern Europe, most of them had experience in the military, and their tactics were naturally whimsical and nowhere to be found.

This will probably be the template for Lorraine's opponent for a long time to come, the pirates of the Caribbean, no better than the privateer merchants of northwestern Europe.

The Vipers puffed out their sails and galloped across the vast sea like ghosts, charging like the Golden Deer with swift U-turns and their unskilled gunnery.

On the other side, the Brig had already arrived at the battlefield, slyly crashing behind its side, trying not to expose its side to the dense gun doors of the Golden Deer.

The Golden Deer's response looked particularly clumsy.

The high-speed Viper roamed on the port side, and most of the gunners were concentrated on the port side, and the eighteen-pounder flintlock gun could almost do one fire a minute, but the splashing projectiles had not yet left any mark on the Viper.

The gunners tried to catch the slippery loach of the sea, but they found nothing, and in the middle of the shelling, the Viper seized the opportunity again and tore off a long wooden fence on the aft terrace with close shelling.

The haunting Brig-type was entangled in the right rear, and the Golden Deer could only pin her back with a twelve-pounder cannon, two on the main deck and four stern.

The narrow angle of fire greatly affected the accuracy of the shots, and in more than ten rounds of shelling, only one shell grazed the bow of the Brig-type ship, smashing a crescent-like gap, which could not affect the opponent's navigation in the slightest.

Brig accelerated forward again and again, and immediately slowed down after emptying the platoon cannon, advancing and retreating, like a dexterous mouse playing with a lame old cat, again and again.

The rats became more and more emboldened, and the forward thrust of the battleship became more and more resolute and deeper.

Acharin and his squad stood behind the penultimate gun door on the starboard side, squinting and raising his hands, his thumbs up in a line with his eyes and the distant Brig, motionless.

"I didn't expect that the captain who seemed to be clean and self-conscious would be a fellow ......"

The gunners who were familiar with him immediately knew that he had begun to adjust the firing state, and hurriedly catered to him: "Commander, could it be that this tactic is related to the commander again?" ”

"It's inevitable!" "Our captain met two noble ladies at the ball, one was beautiful and energetic, and the other was ordinary-looking, born to be a friend, but the captain just liked the young lady with low self-esteem and was bent on taking away her virginity. ”

The gunner looked strange: "Is our captain blind?" ”

"You know what! The beautiful appearance is the same, and the noble soul will make people haunt their dreams! ”

"Oh!"

"But our captain can't go directly on the offensive against the young lady with low self-esteem. For people with low self-esteem are often timid, like our lady soothsayer, and a gentleman who is too enthusiastic will frighten her, so frightened that she runs away from her, and never comes any closer. ”

"So, what to do?"

"Miss in pursuit of beauty!"

The gunner's eyes sparkled: "Bluff? ”

Yacharin nodded triumphantly: "That's it, in front of Miss Low Complex, I pursued Miss Glamorous, tried my best, and fully showed my male charm while letting Miss Low Complex relax." ”

"And then?"

"When the young lady with low self-esteem relaxes her vigilance and gets used to the presence of our captain......"

Acharin slowly squatted down, picked up the drawstring on the ground, circled it in the palm of his hand a few times, and slowly stood up again.

He licked his tongue excitedly, his eyes staring at the cannon door motionlessly.

Through the small cannon door, the Brig type once again sailed up, throwing out a long series of cannonballs, making a continuous splash around the Golden Deer.

Acharin lost his vision, but he knew with certainty that the Brig was more than 400 meters away from the sea, and it would not take long for the mainsail to be lowered and slow down.

He took a deep breath: "As it is now, for half an hour, not a single shell was fired from the gun compartment on the starboard side. The young lady across from us was accustomed to us giving our full attention to her friend, and she was unsuspecting of us. At this time, we have to find out the route of her return home after the ball, cover it, and stop the carriage, which is in that romantic carriage...... Put! ”

Rumble!

The thunder roared, and the fiery serpent spat out the letter.

The red-hot chain ball shot out of the middle of the barrel, opened in the air, spun, jumped over the sea surface of more than 400 meters with precision, wrapped around the Brig-type mainmast, and with a click, twisted the thick mast from the center!

The Brig-type mainmast fell crookedly and slammed into the side with a thud.

The sailors screamed and fell into the water, and the cobweb-like sail lines were pulled across the sea, causing the whole ship to tilt and lose its ability to move.

Acharin rushed to the next gun, shouting as he ran: "Fire!" Fire! The sheriff will arrive at the scene in a moment, and a pro-Fang Ze only now, fire! ”