Heavy artillery fire fell, and even ironclad ships could hardly withstand such an attack at once. The whole battleship was shaking violently www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion, but after all, this is an ironclad ship, and it is the undoubted sea hegemon after the new era, and it is still a little unrealistic to directly destroy the ironclad ship with artillery.

Judging from the power and sound of the artillery just now, it seems that it is just an old-fashioned naval gun, and it seems that it is only an old-fashioned warship that attacked them.

But if it encounters a large-scale and dense bombardment, even with iron armor protection, it can't resist it at all.

"What did you just say...... A dozen battleships? Plekhanov could not sit still at this time, and stood up abruptly, and asked in a trembling voice, wanting to confirm whether the matter was true or not. A warship of this size is no less than a small fleet.

"Yes, Captain!"

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And Cons, Dante and the others on the sailing ship naturally witnessed everything with their own eyes, and the cannonballs fell directly on the deck of the steelclad ship, bursting and causing a large number of casualties. Bercy and Constance Dante looked at each other, but they didn't expect that this was really the case, and the Nicaean navy, which had encountered a sudden attack, still had the heart to pay attention to them at this time, and the deck had already become a mess.

"It's ......," and Cons, Dante, stared dead at the approaching fleet not far away.

The fluttering star and moon flags are shocking!

"It's a Seljuk!" Berthes also said with an ugly face that this should be an ordinary sea, even if Anatolia was in the middle of a war, but they encountered not only the Nicaean but also the Seljuk fleet.

"Is it General Merrides?" Constance Dante couldn't help but say to himself, in the previous conversation, the Nicene man did not shy away from mentioning that the target of his pursuit was Merides. "Could it be that he has in his hands something that interests the Seljuks?"

"It's impossible, General Merrides and the Seljuks don't share the sky." Berhiss instinctively vetoed, knowing that when the new Roman Empire had not collapsed, the entire Turkic Empire was trembling under the Roman eagle banner, and if it were not for the threat of the Crusaders, the whole of Anatolia would have returned to the Empire. And General Merides at the beginning has always been a tough hawk on the Seljuk issue, and there can be no intersection between the two.

But Constance Dante shook his head and said, "I didn't mean that, I just said that it was possible." ”

"So what do we do now?"

"Run!" Constance Dante suddenly had a sly look on his face, like a cunning fox. Before Berchis could react, Constance Dante suddenly pulled out his subordinate saber and slashed at the mast, and the towing rope tied to it suddenly had an additional cut, but it was not broken, after all, it was a rear fiber rope dragging the sailboat forward, and the strength can be imagined.

"Tsk-it's sturdy!" Constance Dante frowned slightly, and suddenly saw a sword again, and Berchis reacted at this time.

Constance Dante is preparing to take advantage of the chaos to escape, that's right, where do the Nicaeans at this time still have the heart to care about them, and if they don't leave at this time, they will wait for a while! So, Berchis also drew his sword, looked at his subordinates behind him, and shouted:

"What are you doing in a daze, come and help!"

Although it is not clear why these Seljuk fleets appeared at sea as hostile enemies, this was the perfect time for them to escape.

The Rus' Hans, who also reacted, nodded and stepped forward, drew their sabers and rushed up to cut the tow line, at this time, the Nicaeans did not even have a guard at the stern of the ship, and let them destroy the tow line.

And looking at the empty stern behind him, Constance Dante suddenly thought of something.

"Wait a minute!"

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Walking out of the captain's room, at a glance it was a black and oppressive ship, maybe the number was too much, but the warships dispatched by the Seljuks were the largest level of dreadnought warships, which could be said to be a behemoth in the sailing ships, and such a numerical advantage made the Nicaean weapon advantage disappear. Everyone's face was full of solemnity.

"It seems that the Seljuks are serious this time!" The look on Plekhanov's face at this moment was also very ugly, he didn't expect to encounter this situation at all, although in the Levant region, the ironclad ship is almost the existence of the hegemon, and it can go backwards and no one can stop it. But encountering this kind of wolf pack tactics is also difficult. Even if it has enough heavy naval guns to sink the opponent with one shot, but in the face of the enemy's artillery fire dozens of times its own, the Santa Maria is undoubtedly unable to resist.

"Is it the Turks who are taking revenge?" First Officer John couldn't help but shudder, fear had spread to every part of his body, knowing that they had secretly fallen into the Seljuk ally before. They were constantly encroaching on cities on the mainland that had lost contact with the Seljuk court, and with the non-aggression pact they had reached with the Crusaders, it was not surprising that they would encounter retaliation.

It's just that in this case, it's terrible.

Their warships were the main force of Nicaea, and it would be bad if they were annihilated by the Seljuks.

"Prepare to retreat!" Without waiting for Plekhanov to give the order, John shouted loudly, the situation was already clear at this time, no matter how hard they tried, it would never be possible to defeat so many Seljuk navy, and now they could only quickly escape from the pursuit by virtue of their mobility advantage.

"Sir, those Poles in the back ......"

"Don't worry about it, it's the most important thing to withdraw first at this time!" Who cares about the smugglers at this time?

"Not really. Captain, first mate, look! One of the crew pointed to the stern of the ship and said, "They've escaped!" ”

At this time, Plekhanov's face seemed to be covered with a trace of frost.

"Hmph, do you want to take advantage of the chaos to escape? It's quite lightweight. So saying, he walked to the stern of the boat.

"Captain, leave them alone at this time!" John reluctantly advised his commander not to prioritize any longer, and at this time the sailboat of Constance and Dante was heading southeast, and if they pursued him, he would not be able to escape the Seljuk encirclement.

But Plekhanov quickened his pace and said: "You go and sail, I don't want to chase them—"

"Just blow them up!"

His aim was the heavy cannon at the stern, and even if Constance and Dante had fled, they had not yet left the range of the cannon, and that would have been enough for Plekhanov.

"This kind of dangerous character, it's really better to eliminate it as soon as possible!"

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"Are you really sure you're going in that direction?" Seeing that Constance Dante would only march in the direction of the Seljuk fleet with a galleon, Berhiss also frowned, although this could force the Nicaean to give up chasing them, but in this case, it was difficult for those Turks to be trusted, especially Consei's identity.

"Don't worry, it's fine." Cons, however, seemed to be confident, and although the appearance of the Seljuk fleet was unexpected, he did not panic. "Their target is just the Nicaeans, and they won't use most of their energy against us." After all, they were only on a merchant ship, and the Nicene Steelclad was undoubtedly a henchman of the Seljuk Empire, so even if they caught the attention of those people, Consda Dante was sure that they would be fine.

The only threat was the Steelclad of the Saint-Mary.

"Look, Grand Duke!" This was the Ross soldier who had been in charge of the observation all abruptly shouted.

"They seem to be reloading shells!" In the telescope, the Rus' saw at a glance that the other party was adjusting the only gun in the stern. Although the caliber was much smaller than the others, there was no doubt that if they were hit by the shells fired by that artillery, they would be killed.

"Damn it!" Only then did Berhiss remember that although they had successfully escaped, they were still within the range of the opponent's artillery, and he did not expect that a moment of carelessness would put them in such a desperate situation, at this time, even if they increased their horsepower, it was impossible to get out of the opponent's range.

At this time, Plekhanov was also peeking at the distant sailboat with cold eyes, he was not in a hurry, and the other party would never escape from the palm of his hand.

"Since you don't want to keep to yourself, then go and die obediently!"

A cannonball was loaded into the howitzer, and the sailboat in which Cons, Dante, and the others were now facing the muzzle.

"Prepare to fire!"

And at this moment, Constance Dante, who was on the sailboat, also roared at the same time.

"Left full rudder! Everyone's looking for something, hurry! The roar was like a thunderclap, but the Rus', who were absolutely obedient to his orders, were now steering the ships in the place of the Poles sent by Eileno, and they did not hesitate to strike the rudder to the bottom. In a rough way, the whole sailboat tilted to the left, and at that moment the unbalanced ship seemed to be about to capsize completely, if it hadn't been for the reminder of Constance Dante before, everyone had grasped the fixation around them, and someone would have been thrown out at that moment.

At the same time, a cannon rang out, red flames erupted from the muzzle, and deadly cannonballs struck at Cons Dante in a terrifying arc across the sky.

However, Cons, Dante's order had just been given to cause the ship to move away from its original position completely, causing the deadly cannonball to pass by the hull.

That scene was so thrilling that everyone couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat.

"Whew—it's dangerous!" Constance Dante wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, but his voice was much more relaxed.

All of them just now had been close to death, just a little deviation, otherwise, all of them would definitely die.

And up until this point, everyone on the ship was still clutching to the mast in shock.

"I didn't expect you to be such a madman!" Berchis also took a deep breath and looked at Constance Dante and said.

But Constance Dante shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "Everyone is an outlaw, and only in this way can we find a way to survive without fear of death." ”

"But I'm afraid the other side won't give us a second chance." Berthes knew that the method just now could only be used once, and this way of suddenly filling the rudder would be used a few more times, for fear that if they were not hit by a shell, their ship would disintegrate.

But Constance Dante was confident, "Don't worry, there's no second time, it's just-"

It's just a teasing!

Although he was a little shocked to see that the shell did not hit the sailboat, the coldness on Plekhanov's face became even heavier. Yes, the sailboat was also full of sails, as if to mock Plekhanov.

"If you can escape it once, do you think you can escape it a second time? Get ready to fire! ”

"Captain......" At this moment, the artilleryman next to Plekhanov suddenly looked ugly.

"What's wrong?" Plekhanov, who found something wrong, asked.

"The turret seems to have been stuck with something, and I can't aim at them!" Previously, the gunners didn't care about muzzle calibration because the sailboat was in the aiming range, but now the enemy was deflecting away from the muzzle, and if they couldn't aim, they couldn't sink the ship at all.

Damn it!

Plekhanov, who reacted at this time, finally understood why the other party was so unscrupulous, it turned out that they had already prepared before! He looked at the base of the casemate, which had been stung by Cons-Dante with iron bars, and his heart was furious, but there was nothing he could do to sit back and watch the sailing ship fade away.

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And on the Seljuk fleet not far away, on the largest battleship surrounded by many warships, a veiled woman was looking at the scene that had just happened with a telescope, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Pasha, are you looking for me?" It was a Seljuk general who came over and saluted the woman in front of him respectfully, without any disrespect. He actually called this woman Pasha, you must know that in Seljuk, Pasha's status is very high, and compared with the governor, it is often the existence of a prince, who can not only mobilize a huge army, but also sit on one side, which is often only someone who Su Dan trusts very much, and sometimes these Pasha can even compete with the central court. But now, this woman is actually Pasha! You must know that although there is no shortage of harem women interfering in the government affairs in the Crescent Empire in the East, they are not justified in the end, and serving as a high-ranking official like Pasha is unprecedented.

What's more, the men on these ships seem to be very submissive.

"Well, do you see the ship?" The woman pointed from afar, and it was the Nicean Cons Dante who had finally escaped their sailboat.

"See!"

"You personally bring a warship to beat them over!" The female Pasha ordered, and if this had been known to Constance, Dante would have only smiled bitterly. (To be continued.) )