218. To kill or not to kill
The other side is going to abandon ship! I stood on the back deck of the flagship, holding a telescope and looking at the Kuhn Chamber from afar. Although the other side has seven ships, the previous intelligence has clearly told me that the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce is known for white-knuckle combat, and the opponents who were boarded by them have almost no record of escaping, but the artillery is very average. No, it should be said, quite weak!
After being trapped by my "fruit gossip array", Simmons Kuhn didn't take it too seriously, and the order he gave was supposed to clear the river and continue the pursuit. And the boats behind – I mean the boats after the fourth didn't know what was going on in front of them, and still squeezed in, so that the other seven boats were like sardine cans, crammed into the narrow channel!
It is the so-called praying mantis catching cicadas, and yellow finches are behind. In Simmons Kuhn's mind, I'm the yellow finch, and I, Mavi, Tucker, and the navigators who pretended to have taken refuge in me are praying mantises, or cicadas!
However, what he didn't expect was that I was clearly and willingly playing the role of "cicada" in this naval battle, Simmons Kuhn himself was a praying mantis, and as for the yellow sparrow, it was Arashi who I had arranged earlier, hanging the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce ships far away!
I also had a premeditated topography here, and this is due to old Tucker, an old Italian man who was eager to avenge his beloved daughter, who gave me very reasonable advice with his full experience. Take advantage of the narrow terrain and trap the opposing fleet! Attack on both sides, close the door and fight the dog, and the enemy can be broken with one blow!
That's the conclusion we came to negotiate, and just now old Tucker showed me his mastery of artillery! A stupid cannon arrived in his hand, and it was immediately like an eye, always aiming with extreme precision near the flagship's mainmast - or some other key position! Under the guidance of his artillery, our shooting efficiency has increased by no less than 60 percent!
This is the goodbye to professional and non-professional people! I thought to myself. The Kuhn Chamber of Commerce may not have lost, he had to have a lot of strong men under him, but because of a little so-called face and so-called image, old Tucker and Mavi were forced to completely throw themselves on my side - so, Simmons Kuhn did not lose to my strength, but lost to his own corruption and decay!
Without thinking too much, I had just one order: "Destroy the other party's flagship!" ”
Suddenly, the guns of the five ships began to concentrate fire on the opposing flagship! The mainmast is broken! Stir up the dust of the sky! Then a number of small holes began to open in the hull, until there was a loud "boom"! The flagship of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce had a strong explosion * explosion! Located below deck, it looks like it was blown up!
The so-called martyrdom refers to the explosion of explosives at another place at a certain distance after the explosion of explosives. This is a very tragic thing in naval warfare, once the ship is destroyed, then the ship will be completely destroyed, even if there is no damage elsewhere!
The most famous massacre in history is none other than the "Hood" incident. During the Second World War, as the former "sun never sets" empire, the British Navy still maintained considerable combat effectiveness, and became the main force in the naval battle on the Western Front when the romantic French were about to collapse and immediately admit it.
The last battle cruiser built by the Royal Navy, the Hood, had a standard displacement of more than 41,000 tons when it entered service, making it the largest warship in the world at the time. The Hood has four twin 381 mm guns and a speed of up to 31 knots! Regarded as the pride of the Royal Navy.
During his career, he toured many countries around the world as a ceremonial ship to show the prestige of the United Kingdom, the most famous of which was the "Imperial Parade" from 1923 to 1924, where the Queen's majesty was displayed.
The tragedy occurred on May 24, 1945, when the Hood and the battleship Prince of Wales intercepted the German battleship Bismarck, and in the ensuing Battle of the Danish Strait, the Hood was pierced through the deck armor by Bismarck's 380 mm main gun shells, causing the ammunition depot to explode! In a short period of time, the hull of the Hood broke and sank rapidly, including the commander of the formation, Vice Admiral Holland, and the captain of the ship, Colonel Cole, 1,418 officers and men were killed, and only three survived......
Although the enraged British royal family sent a huge contingent of dozens of warships to pursue the battleship Bismarck, and under the fierce air attack of the Swordfish attack planes that took off from the British aircraft carrier Ark Royal on two days, they damaged the rudder of the Bismarck by relying on the torpedo * sea and then sank it with superior forces, but the tragedy of the Hood explosion became a pain that the British Navy can never forget.
Until modern times, what "Elizabeth" and "Ark Royal" were named to the new warships to "revive the soul", but the tragic name of "Hood" was forever sealed by the British Royal Navy!
Who says Westerners aren't superstitious?
The enemy flagship in front of you has exploded! It must have been a warehouse under the deck of his ship, which was concentrated by the shells fired by our ship and triggered a chain reaction! In the black smoke, the already stranded enemy flagship fell crookedly and began to burn violently! The sailors on the ship began to flee in all directions! They screamed and jumped into the sea and swam desperately towards the shore!
I ordered a team of people to shoot at the enemies who were struggling up and down the water with the mentality of beating the water dogs! After a burst of gunshots, there are many fewer enemies on the surface, but there are still a large number of enemies who have dived to the bottom of the sea and want to escape from the bottom of the water! As soon as I got to the shore, I was suddenly ambushed by the land - it was the ninja detachment I left on land! In order to annihilate the enemy, I have made many preparations for a long time, but I didn't expect to use it!
Who carries a weapon when a person runs for his life? How fast they run, how far they can swim, at this time, after landing, encountering the enemy's fierce resistance, these people only hate their father and mother for not giving birth to two more feet for themselves! As a last resort, they jumped into the sea again and swam towards the "Fruit Beach" in the center of the river!
It's a dead end, but it's better to die later than immediately!
The officers and men of the enemy's flagship, who were struggling to swim back to the "Fruit Beach," suddenly found that except for their own boat, the rest of the ships had already raised their white flags one after another!
This was also the rule of naval warfare in the Middle Ages. When the flagship is sunk, or captured, the rest of the ships will surrender – and of course, if there is ample chance of escape, the losers will also choose to escape. It's just that in this situation, they are already like caged birds and fish in the pond, and there is no longer any possibility of escape, so they can only obediently put up a white flag.
The Nine Ghosts returned to me and said in a deep voice: "Sir, there is really a problem with the few people you focused on before!" They just took advantage of the chaos to try to make trouble, but they were completely subdued by me and the scorching lead! ”
I smiled slightly, and I knew that these guys were thinking, and they really wanted to blend in and look for opportunities to make trouble! It's just that their acting skills are too clumsy, and when there is a slight movement, they have been clearly observed by us, and there is no secret at all.
All that's left is to clean up the battlefield. Old Tucker and Mavi stood beside me, silent. I know that they want to leave none of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce behind! Under the gnashing of teeth and hatred, the arms of both of them were pinched purple! His face was full of bruises, but old Tucker was more calm and a little calmer.
How do you decide?
I'm thinking that after this battle, our Blade Sea and Kuhn Chamber of Commerce will officially enter a state of war. In this way, my plan to go to the West will be delayed, and the South Ocean is so vast that if the two sides really start a protracted war, it will certainly not end in a short time.
What's more, we are at sea, not on land, and it is not too simple to want to hide and seek! After going back and forth, after a year and a half, and still can't make a name, then the gains outweigh the losses!
For these forces in Nanyang, in fact, I also have this own consideration, that is, either I don't do it, or if I want to do it, I will kill it with one blow! They must not be left with a chance to fight back!
But for now, we are not sure that the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce will win! As the second squadron of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce, Simmon Kuhn has such a powerful fleet - seven large North Sea three-masted galleons, if I hadn't trapped them here by virtue of my geographical advantages, it would have been a fool's dream to defeat them so easily!
Can you imagine how powerful the opponent's First Fleet will be? With our current strength alone, it is impossible to crush the other party! If the other party is provoked to catch fire, recklessly harassing the rear of the Blade Sea, and forming a war of attrition, then we, who are still shallow in our roots, may not be able to consume more energy than the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce that has been in this place for decades!
However, if you want to make peace with Kuhn, you can't kill Simons Kuhn. In this way, the two talents who are very rare at the moment, Mavi and Old Tucker, are afraid that it will be difficult to keep their hearts. Old Tucker, in particular, is extremely experienced and wise, and he is also a first-class artillery master! How could I let such a person go so easily?
I turned my head to look at Old Tucker and then at Mavi. Mavi is in a very bad state, he is a conspiracy that I have seen through, and he has been spared by my gift to spare him from death, standing in his force field, there is no reason to stand up and make any demands, he still understands these.
Old Tucker has made great achievements before, but this person is a man and a measured person, and he will not make other unreasonable demands before I make a decision. So he stared at me quietly.
I sighed, in fact, my attitude has become obvious, today, is not the best time to kill Simons Kuhn! Presumably, with the shrewdness of the two of them, they should understand what I mean!
At this moment, there was a commotion in the crowd of surrenderers in front - several sailors carried a man to the side of our ship and lowered the man.
It's a gray-haired middle-aged man, presumably our main enemy, the number two person in the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce - Simons Kuhn!
I nodded slightly, cleared my throat, and prepared to speak. The people below immediately pricked up their ears and listened—listening to my sentence against them!