0094 Who's the bait
"Bombardment on the port side! Avoid! ”
Boom Boom!
Dozens of armed merchant ships gathered in the narrow sea area, the roar of artillery did not stop for a moment, and the broken planks were scattered in all directions.
Everywhere there was the wailing of sailors, and the smell of blood wafting away attracted schools of sharks, and they were startled by the roar of cannons, and they cruised and swam in anticipation of a feast that might not be long after.
Viren has launched a surprise attack on Ronsa!
Under Lorraine's operation, throughout December, the Desai Chamber of Commerce received information non-stop.
The first piece of information came from Acharin, the rebel of the Desai family and the lifelong enemy of Viren.
This information was delivered to Viren on the third day of the Yacharin Secret Meeting in Amman, and he was soon sent to the cold palace and lay in the safe for two days.
Viren instinctively scoffed at everything Acharin said.
But the crux of the matter is that, apart from skillfully concealing the new seafarer's employment contract with the Drake Chamber of Commerce, what Acharin said was true.
There are still people in the chamber of commerce who remember his conscientious past, every word and sentence he said can stand scrutiny, and even the self-redemption contract that has long been abolished is not a secret that is too deep hidden in the Haishang circle.
When the news of the release of the English spread, Acharin's information was quickly taken seriously by the Desai Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce crossed over to Veren and began to verify the authenticity of the information. And to achieve this goal, it is not too difficult.
The Desay Chamber of Commerce is a large chamber of commerce with tentacles all over Europe, and there is a special exchange in the Black Port of Elgin, which started in Lorraine.
Acharin's words were confirmed one by one, and the news spilled by the English became a contrarian corroboration, outlining a complete schematic diagram of naval battles on the charts.
The blueprint was delivered to Veren by the Guild's own hand.
The English were organizing a decisive battle, with Lorraine with half of the gunboats in front and Lonza with the other half of the fleet behind. They dismantled the Triple Alliance ahead of schedule, leaving Desai with only one ally, the Kalmar Chamber of Commerce, also France.
Profit, efficiency, campaign difficulty, loot and deterrence......
After a long conversation with Viren, the president easily decided to abandon Acharin, who had made great contributions to the family, and instead decided to attack the main force of Lonza, who carried a large amount of goods.
To this end, the Desay Chamber of Commerce has done its best.
In addition to the Third Fleet, which has long been destroyed, the elites of the First, Second, and Fourth Fleets under the Chamber of Commerce, as well as the First and Second Fleets of Kalmar, have all assembled.
Veren gathered three more French pirates who came to the door in an attempt to get a piece of the pie, and the fleet under his command reached 1 huge Galen-type destroyer and 17 Brigentine-type high-speed ships.
This number is not only not weaker than during the period of the combined fleet of the three countries, but it is even smoother in command.
His fleet remained silent off the coast of Port La Rocheli in a watchful posture, until the Caribou's high lookout saw the sails of the main fleet of Ronza, and then swooped down from the upwind and crashed into the loose formation of the English like a tiger.
He had a similar approach to Lorraine in the use of Brigentine, adhering to the principle of two points, division, and hand-to-hand combat.
This naval battle tended to reach a climax from the very beginning of the engagement.
With ten Brigentines as the lead and seven Brigentines as the periphery, Veren tore the Lonsar's fleet into three parts, and fought each other's aids.
At the heart of the battlefield were the red-haired Sultan and the Reindeer, and the two large ships shelled each other along the waves, and Ronsar was miserably suppressed.
To the northeast and southwest, the French lined up in a row diagonally between the Brigentine and Skuna types of England, fighting on both sides, each with its own advantage.
Seven Brigentine cruised the outside of the battlefield in clusters like sharks to hunt down lone or wounded British ships.
In just two hours, England had already sunk a Briganting and a Skuna by concentrated fire, and another Brigentine had its mainmast broken and floated helplessly at sea, awaiting the final fate of the captives.
Standing on the deck of the Reindeer, Viren was triumphant.
It would be the highlight of his maritime career, commanding the French fleet and destroying the main force in England's offshore business district.
After the battle, the Cantabrian route would become the property of the French merchants, and his two enemies, Lorraine and Acharin, would lose everything.
At that time, Lorraine, whom Qianfu was referring to, must thoroughly investigate the reasons for the defeat of the battle, and as long as he releases the slightest rumor, Acharin will die without a place to be buried......
It is a ...... that whoever harms his fame will lose his fame, and whoever ruins his life will have his life cut off Perfect ending.
Viren couldn't help but want to laugh, the corners of his mouth curled up, and the lookout hand above his head suddenly let out a frightened cry.
"Enemy tracks!" The lookout shouted, "Twelve o'clock, twelve kilometers away, eight knots!" There were seven Brigentine ships coming, and the flagship flew the Pansy banner! God, it's the Drake Chamber of Commerce, it's the Butterfly Flower! ”
"It can't be!" Veren blurted out, climbed the mainmast in a panic amid the sound of the cannons, and snatched the monocular from the lookout's hand.
He soon found the enemy.
The seven Brigentings, led by a brightly coloured pansy flag and a nondescript fishing cannon at the bow, are Lorraine's unique flagship symbol.
But Lorraine should have stayed in the southwest of the battlefield at this time, and sailed slowly towards Spain in a daze.
Twenty-five kilometers away, Brigentine's lookout should not be able to detect the situation here......
But after more than two hours, he went around to the upwind and gave up the burden of accompanying him......
Veron's mind spun at a rapid pace, and he figured out the joints in it.
This means...... Before the battle had even begun, Lorraine had already responded to the surprise attack on the main fleet of the English.
But how could it be!
Could it be ...... The so-called main fleet is the real bait?
Viren stared sharply at the clumsy red-haired Sultan a hundred meters away.
The Karak type is an antique, a failed design that has long been abandoned by various countries.
The overly high bow and stern made her center of gravity unstable, and she behaved like a toddler old woman, sluggish and clumsy, both in her navigation and in her maneuvers.
Therefore, the red-haired Sultan had no power to fight back in front of the Reindeer, and the single-ship artillery battle at a distance of 100 meters was already beaten into a one-sided suppression.
She was struggling to survive.
The backmast was broken, the sailors cut the sail lines, the bow tower was half destroyed, and the smoke from the aftermath of the fire still wafts to this day.
Her hull had two large holes, one in the gun deck, which caused the No. 2 and No. 3 gun doors to be muted, and one above the waterline, in which sailors could be faintly seen sealing holes and scooping water.
Veren could clearly feel the fear of the English destroyer.
They didn't have the consciousness and preparation to be bait, even the entire main fleet...... The terrible, helpless and flustered behavior of these dozen or so large ships scattered across the vast sea is not like a group of dead men who know that they will become bait and have long put life and death on the line.
These people were not decoyed by their own volition, including him, and perhaps all of them were in Lorraine's calculations......
A sudden realization rose in Vilen's heart, and he couldn't help but admire Lorraine's actuarial calculations.
"You have laid a subtle trap to catch not only me, but also your allies...... Everyone is fighting, and you can really make up for the lack of strength of the English at this time. ”
"I take back my previous words. You are a savage, but you are a wise barbarian. ”
"But you probably didn't expect that the fleet I brought this time would be so powerful...... Your bait is not enough to entangle me, and seven Brigentings will not change the fate of the English at the bottom of the sea......"
He got down from the lookout with a sneer, straightened his captain's trench coat, and ordered: "Order!" ”
"Yes!"
"Commander Kalmar led the fleet to meet the enemy. The Reindeer stepped up its firepower, and as soon as the old woman on the opposite side surrendered, the Drake Chamber of Commerce would soon flee in disgrace, and we had time to pack up the loot. ”
"Yes!"