Looking at Takeshi Watanabe, the head of the Kumano Navy who was kneeling in front of me, I had an indescribable smile on my face, and Takeshi Watanabe's heart was hairy when I saw it......

Takeshi Watanabe has 10,000 regrets in his heart! Just this morning, he was still majestic and high-spirited with the fleet to find the bad luck of the "Kuhn Chamber of Commerce", but unexpectedly when he arrived at the agreed position, this island and reef turned out to be empty, not to mention the ship, not even a piece of wood, okay?

Trick me? Watanabe Takeshin said, I made such a big ugly appearance in the big boss, and I didn't get out and die! When are you going to hide? Angry Watanabe Takeshi ordered the fleet to go deep into the island and reef to search, but still found nothing, but unfortunately, because of the low tide of the sunset, the second and third ships unfortunately got stuck on the reef and ran aground!

As a last resort, Watanabe Takeshi let the boats outside the islands and reefs anchor in the ground, pulled on thick cables, and tried to tow the stranded ship out. As a result, as soon as all the ships were tied together, the observer shouted from the top of the mast: "Enemy is found!" Due North! It's the fleet of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce! ”

Damn it! Takeshi Watanabe scolded secretly, why did he choose this time? So he shouted and asked, "How many boats?" How far is it? What is the speed? ”

The observer was in a high place, holding a telescope and observing for a while, and when he shouted again, his voice was already trembling strongly: "Five boats!" Four nautical miles away! Speed...... The speed is at twenty-six and seven knots! O God! How could it be so fast? ”

Hearing this set of numbers, Takeshi Watanabe was also stunned! Twenty-seven verses! That's nearly twice the speed of your fleet as a whole! What boat can run so fast?

He ran to the stern of the boat to the north like crazy, looking at the five shadows of the boats faintly appearing on the shoreline! It's true...... So fast!

Seeing this, Takeshi Watanabe shouted loudly, "Anchor!" Weigh! Meet the enemy! Meet the enemy! ”

The fleet was in a panic! For a while, people shouted and neighed, and prepared for war with all their might!

Looking back at the two boats that were still stuck in the reef, Takeshi Watanabe gritted his teeth, there were still nine boats left! That's enough! The combat effectiveness is still two to one, what do you have to be afraid of? Looking at the speed of the other party, he could rush to his side in half an hour, so he ordered all the staff to prepare for the battle!

Who knows, the opponent rushed to a place more than a nautical mile away from his own fleet like a lightning speed, and actually turned the whole way! They have changed from facing their own "triangular swallow formation" to a lightning-like "positive formation" with a western face and a ship facing them! ”

This is...... Is this a preparation for an artillery battle? Can they hit such a long distance? Don't they have common sense?

What responded to Watanabe's doubts was the columnar flames rising from a boat in the middle of the opposite side in the afterglow of the setting sun! Then came the boom of cannons! Sure enough, the cannon fired! This is a test launch of the second ship! Takeshi Watanabe thought to himself, could it be that the other side is a novice? How could the cannon be fired so far away?

The mocking laughter of some people sounded on the ship, and experienced sailors knew that the shelling of a nautical mile and a half away would be like a flying stone hitting a fly, and ten hits would be missed! Even if it was the Tiger Squat Cannon of the Ming Dynasty, it was just this extreme range! Who do these Kuhn Chamber guys think they are? Fifty years ago, was the Ming Dynasty sailor?

So Takeya Watanabe grinned and laughed dryly. As a result, the next moment, a heavy cannonball hit the mast next to Takeshi Watanabe, and the adult-thigh-thick mast "clicked", broke off from the middle, shook a few times, and in the screams of the observer hand on the top of the mast, "Bang" slammed on the deck!

Takeshi Watanabe felt that his legs were trembling! And with the trembling of their own hearts! Really hit! More than a nautical mile away, what kind of artillery is this? They can also shoot so accurately with the Tiger Squat Cannon on the ship? It's impossible!

As a result, before he could react, flames continued to rise from the boats opposite! This is the rhythm of firing each cannon in turn and correcting aiming!

After being stunned for a while, Takeshi Watanabe suddenly reacted and shouted, "Avoid!" Disperse! Spread out! "After a short while, nearly a hundred heavy cannonballs were like a dark cloud approaching at a rapid speed, and like a long black whip swinging out, they slammed heavily on the hull of their own ship!

The Kumano water army, including Takeshi Watanabe, was blinded for a while, and some sober people began to shout loudly such as fast walking, leaving! There are also some who have more courage, shouting slogans to rush up and take the ship!

However, the opposite fleet began to fire volleys on a ship-by-ship basis!

In artillery and naval firing, in addition to the test fire and single gun fire that were used in the previous inspection of ships, there are generally several methods of sequential firing, salvo firing, rapid firing and free firing.

Sequential firing is generally used to calibrate the firepower after a test firing, or when it is continuously suppressed. Because there is a cycle of gun reloading, sequential firing can maintain the continuity of fire, and it can also distinguish the accuracy of each gun. Therefore, after the test firing of the second ship in the center, the ships fired the guns in turn according to this scale, and the guns were calibrated again.

A salvo is usually used to destroy a target by concentrating fire, usually in the form of a combat unit, such as a battleship, an artillery battery, or a designated firing unit. In this type of shooting, all artillery guns fire together under one command, which will form the most intuitive fire suppression against the enemy!

Rapid shooting, simply put, is extremely rapid fire, all shooting units in the unit time, as much ammunition as possible, this is a way of shooting regardless of the cost, giving up accuracy, the purpose is to destroy the opponent's target as much as possible!

In the famous artillery bombardment of Kinmen in history, our artillery almost razed Kinmen to the ground by means of rapid fire!

The last free fire is generally used as fire preparation, that is, before our troops charge, the artillery is used to cover an enemy area. Since the enemy army is distributed anywhere within a certain range, the method of free fire is adopted to destroy the enemy according to the probability.

The enemy ships in Watanabe's eyes began to fire a salvo, which was to prepare to knock out their important targets first! His ears were still ringing in the ears, and he didn't care about anything else at the moment, and shouted loudly: "Charge!" Charge! Rush to the white-knuckle battle! Charge! ”

Their flotilla abandoned the stranded ships, frantically cut the cables, and began to charge in our direction! Due to the change in position, the salvo shells that were supposed to hit the hull of the ship were intensively hit the stern position!

Suddenly, the tail rudders of three ships were beaten to shreds! Start spinning on the sea! Takeshi Watanabe couldn't care about this anymore, and shouted hoarsely: "Charge!" Charge! ”

The few remaining ships of their flotilla began to gradually accelerate, to a certain extent close to our flotilla, which had formed a parallel firing of the battle line. Two boats were running fast and had even begun to shoot tentatively with their bow guns!

I ordered: "Turn the rudder to the right half, go due northwest, and the artillery will fire freely!" Our fleet soon began to turn, and the formation that had been facing due west began to turn into an oblique formation to the northwest.

In this case, there is an angle between the direction of travel of our side and the enemy, but with the speed of our ship, even the current speed in the same direction of the enemy is enough to always keep a corresponding distance from the enemy!

At this time, the superiority of our artillery can be fully manifested, the enemy only has one or two guns in the bow of the ship can firing symbolically, but we can use most of the guns in the rear of the ship to fire.

There is another trick in this - before shooting, increase the angle between our ship and the enemy ship, and increase the number of guns that can be fired; When the shot is finished and loaded, it twists back the hull to avoid the shells, and at the same time, it is equivalent to a relative increase in speed!

So our fleet writhed like a snake on the surface of the sea, and whenever the side of the ship faced or flanked the enemy ship, it poured out a pile of shells, which then twisted into the same direction as the enemy ship, and the distance that had been slightly closer was again widened...... This method is jokingly called "dragging the knife" by many people, and in fact, it is true, dragging and dragging, dragging the enemy to death......

In this way, when the enemy's fleet was left with only two armed houses still moving, the other party finally realized that something was wrong and began to accelerate the turn, preparing to flee! But how could I possibly give him this opportunity? The two pursued the other, and soon they were parallel to them, and the two salvos went down, and the enemy ships emitting black smoke began to sink one after another!

At this time, the night has slowly fallen, and the stars on the sea are burning, which is the sorrow of the Kumano water army. Many small boats were lowered, and people scrambled to climb up, trying to find a chance of survival!

In order to get on the boat, many people pulled the people who were already on the boat into the water, but they climbed up wet! The person who fell into the water was unwilling and wanted to climb up, but was driven by the people above with oars and short knives and fell into the water again!

Some people are unwilling, since you don't let me live, I won't let you live! So he took out a short knife and held his breath to dig the bottom of the boat underwater! So it didn't take much effort, and the boat, which was not very thick, was chiseled through and began to enter the water! Despite the desperate efforts of the people on the boat to plug the leak, they can't stop more and more holes!

I ordered five boats to form a line in the north where the enemy was distributed, and accurately kill the small boats in the sea. As for the person who fell into the water, it doesn't matter, I am very merciful, so I will give you a way to live!

Thinking of this, I looked at the dotted and looming dorsal fin not far away, on the sea and in the moonlight, revealing a cruel smile.

Soon, the screams came and went! The smell of blood on the surface of the sea attracted a large number of sharks, and began to brutally harvest the prey on the sea. I just watched quietly, with no sadness or joy in my heart. As a high raider, have you ever thought that you would have such a day?

The two stranded ships have also been completely destroyed, lying quietly on the reef and burning! I began to gradually shrink the encirclement, driving the people who were still struggling in the water towards the reef! They also understood my thoughts, and had no choice but to swim or paddle towards the reef as hard as they could! Only in this way can you avoid the sound of muskets and cannons behind you, and the looming sharks!

Soon, all the Kumano Navy survivors were gathered on the reef, and they stood there alone, and if I didn't let go, there was only a dead end for them. Or—of course, I mean, maybe, they may be able to wait until reinforcements arrive, but only if I don't wipe them all out and give them some fresh water and food before then.

Unfortunately I am not God, nor am I the farmer among the peasants and the serpents.

I ordered someone to shout: "Commander, come out!" Otherwise, none will be left! Commander out! Otherwise, none will be left! ”

This is already an ultimatum! Soon, Takeshi Watanabe stood up under the burning gaze of his subordinates, glaring back at his subordinates viciously.

Seeing this, I smiled slightly, and ordered the people to continue shouting: "Paddle over by yourself!" ”

Takeshi Watanabe had no choice but to get into a small boat, row as fast as he could to my flagship, grab the cable I had ordered someone to throw down, and climb to the deck as fast as the sharks around him watched.

I didn't even have to threaten him with such a reservoir dog, he stood aside in a proper and trembling manner. So I asked lightly, "Name." ”

He replied tremblingly, "Watanabe...... Takeshi Watanabe. ”

I asked again, "Position." ”

Takeshi Watanabe couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted loudly: "The old men of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce, I'm just a small water army leader!" This time I'm here to explain the misunderstanding of the previous time, and I don't know where I angered the master! I hope you can let me live! ”

As he spoke, he knelt down, leaned forward, and whispered flatteringly: "Master, I still have some money and treasures buried on an island!" As long as you let me go and spare my life, I am willing to exchange all the treasures! ”

I raised my eyebrows, let out an interesting sigh, and smiled, "Yes!" Let's talk about the situation of your Kumano water army! ”

Takeshi Watanabe immediately overjoyed and began to talk about the Kumano Naval Army. I know, there must be half-truths and half-truths, and there is definitely exaggeration, but so what? What I wanted was originally a supplement, and I didn't plan to get the Kumano Encyclopedia from him.

After he finished speaking, he began to look at me flatteringly and smiled: "Master, I'm done!" It's true! Can I go? Of course, a message of treasure will be left before leaving! There is no falsehood! There is no falsehood! ”

I nodded and smiled, "You know each other very well!" Not bad, let's go! You're free! ”

Saying that, I turned back to the Nine Ghosts and said, "Give him a boat, put two days of water and dry food, and let him go!" ”

The nine ghosts nodded yes, and went down with Takeshi Watanabe, who had a happy face.

Chen Kui asked me strangely, "Boss, do you really plan to let this guy go?"

I looked at the islands and reefs where people were standing densely, and a faint smile leaked from my face, and I said softly: "How far can a small boat with a leaky bottom go?" I'm just trying to see if they have a follow-up force. If so, he'd be paddling in that direction! ”

Chen Kui understood, smiled the same, and asked again, "Then what if not?" ”

I looked at the sea and said lightly: "Then enjoy this group of fish and have a hearty breakfast!" ”