Fog on the sea is normal, especially in the early morning and evening.

The guys who came to round up the "Ghost Regiment" chose the evening time, which is the most overlooked time to lose their vigilance.

At this time, the light is dim, and there is a dense fog to obscure it, even if a large fleet is approaching, it is not easy to be detected in advance.

It's a pity that there is Anna on the ship, a water-based devil fruit ability who is extremely sensitive to weather changes. She sensed the moisture in the air and asserted that there would be fog in the sea, but not at the level of blindness that it is now.

What's even more a pity... Raymond had already foreseen the movements of his pursuers.

It is clear that someone used the "fog of war".

This is also a common method used in naval warfare to limit the enemy's vision.

Obviously, the pursuers are also guarding against the super leap function of the "Golden Ghost", and only when the encirclement is narrowed, the more likely they will be to succeed in the roundup.

Moreover, if it is really to shorten the distance to the coverage of the magic artillery, the artillery coverage of the range line, even if you want to escape, you can't escape.

......

Anna stood on the deck and looked at the subtle ripples of the water. She whispered a spell in her mouth, and a large hand condensed by the water element reached into the sea.

After a moment's perception, she said, "Captain, judging by the movement of the waves, we should be surrounded. The number of enemy ships was large, at least more than eighty. The nearest ship is only sixty nautical miles away..."

"Hmm."

Raymond nodded, which matched exactly what he was perceiving.

"The fish in the sea are also carrying the news... The northeast seems to be the enemy's main fleet, and there is a powerful aura on that ship that terrifies even the large sea kings. ”

Raymond has the ability to [Soul Language] and can sense the "emotions" of sea creatures.

Although he can't communicate like a conversation, he can clearly sense the signals that those sea fish are communicating to each other to avoid danger.

Even though the fog obscures the view, the information exchanged between the fish has revealed the approximate location of the round-up ships.

Those guys from the [Night Emperor] regiment couldn't have imagined that their deliberate round-up had actually been exposed to Raymond's perception a long time ago.

At this time, Colin asked, "Captain, are we going to fire a few cannons to test the enemy's situation now?" This range is not a big problem for our newly developed magic artillery..."

"No, wait for them to get closer."

Raymond shook his head, since he was planning to fight a big battle, he couldn't easily scare the enemy away.

He added: "It's too far away, and the shooting is too biased, and it's easy to scare those guys away." This time, since they used the 'fog of war', it seems that they are also planning to sneak to a distance where we can't escape. We'll just wait for them to come into 'absolute range' before we fire..."

Colin nodded, "Yes, Captain!"

......

"Absolute range" is a naval combat term that refers to the range from which a ship cannot escape.

This is an activity data measured by the ship's level of technology.

For the "Sea King" class, the ultimate firing range of the Neptune gun is about 30 nautical miles, and the so-called "absolute firing range" is roughly 20 nautical miles.

This range is the coverage area of the magic energy cannon, and it will be difficult for the opponent to run.

The speed is about the same, and the two ships will bite tightly.

Even if the opponent has an advantage in speed, the time when it is out of range is enough for the magic cannon to reload a lot of ammunition.

Within the "absolute range", running away is not a good option, and the best option is artillery until one side is sunk.

This is what the pursuers of the [Night Emperor] Regiment want to see!

Because, their "Sea King-class" battleships have an absolute range advantage over the "Predator-class" battleships!

It's a pity that the opponent they met was the "Golden Ghost"!

......

For ordinary "predator-class" warships, this "absolute range" can only cover a radius of ten nautical miles, and once the "Sea King-class" battleship approaches a range of twenty nautical miles, there is almost no chance of being spared.

But for the "Golden Ghost", a special predator-class battleship...

This "absolute range" range is at least forty nautical miles, which is twice that of ordinary Sea King-class battleships!

This is absolute technological crushing!

Other people's artillery is not as good as you, but you can show off people's faces.

The identities of the hunter and the prey, because of the range of the artillery, were immediately reversed.

The two most important factors that affect the range of a magic cannon are materials and runes.

The greater the pressure of magic energy that the barrel can withstand, the greater the range and power of the cannon.

So, this leads to the fact that the size of the gun is directly proportional to the firing range, and the larger the ship, the larger the volume of the gun, the longer the range...

But now, Colin has reforged the magic cannon on the Iron Toad and forged the top magic cannon exclusive to the "Golden Ghost" - the Toad Cannon. (Don't blame the author, it's Nicole's name.) ）

The S, SS-level runes on the [Dwarf's Golden Rune Book] are too much beyond the current world rune level. Now the "Golden Ghost" shipboard artillery materials are the best, and the runes are the best...

Therefore, the small guns of the predator-class battleships are powerful to catch up with the range of the "Sea Emperor-class" guns!

And such a main gun, there are three on the iron toad.

There were also more than a dozen small guns with a slightly shorter range.

The current firepower of the "Golden Ghost" is a nightmare for any fleet below the "Sea Emperor class".

Yes, it's the fleet, not just a single ship!

......

However, no matter how accurate the magic cannon, the firing error at ultra-long distances will be very large.

Hitting a ship dozens of nautical miles away is like shooting mosquitoes with a gun.

The difference is a thousand miles.

Firing the cannon in advance might really scare those people away.

This time, Raymond intends to teach those who beat them up with the crooked idea of the "ghost group" a painful lesson, and naturally he is not willing to startle the snake.

"Everyone hit a little spirit, aim a little, and when the time comes, fight for two rounds of artillery to kill the enemy's main battleship."

Raymond said, looked at Colin again, and said: "The 'Sea King-class' battleship is not so easy to sink, and it may be necessary to snipe at a fixed point at that time, and be prepared to make up shots..."

"Captain, don't worry, you can guarantee that the first round of main artillery will kill a Sea King battleship!"

Colin nodded, and said with a confident expression: "The 'Three Rounds of Stacked Shooting Method' is enough to break through the Sea King-level rune defense armor, those guys... There must be no return this time. ”

"Hmm!"

Raymond has naturally heard the technical term "triple stack shot".

This way... It is specially used to "break the armor" of the ship's defensive steel plates.

The biggest reason why the "Golden Ghost" has three main guns is set up is to meet this shelling technology.

Three artillery salvos are fired at the same target, with an interval of one second in between, and the shock wave will form a superimposed "resonance" with the hull. The destructive power of this method on the ship's defensive armor is about twice as high as hitting it at the same time!

This is the main artillery technique used to destroy ships, but it requires high artillery accuracy.

The "Toad Cannon" is enchanted with an SS-level [Stability Rune], and its accuracy is unsurpassed in the world!

Thor, who is the only sailor of the "Ghost Regiment", is also excited, "Hehe... When they get into the range of the artillery, they won't be able to escape if they want to! ”

A cook like a fat cat, who is also a gunner when he fights, is also full of anticipation: "Tsk, there are more than eighty local warships... I don't know how many ships will be able to escape in the end..."

Nicole, one of the designers, is naturally confident in the firepower of the ships she designs, "As long as they don't escape, it's not surprising that the whole army will be wiped out." ”

After a pause, she said, "It's a pity that the technology used in the 'Magic Energy Annihilation Cannon' on ships is not yet mature, otherwise there is no need to deal with those guys, and there is no need to be so troublesome..."

......

"Captain, the wind is south-east, and the enemy is already approaching. Someone is casting a spell to interfere with the weather, and the perception signal is confused..."

Anna carefully steers the helm, always taking her perception to the extreme.

The fog on the sea surface is getting thicker and thicker, and the fog is flowing everywhere on the sea surface, and it is hazy in the eyes.

The Golden Ghost also drifted into the fog.

Even though Raymond has the extraordinary vision of the "Eye of Golgong", his vision is limited to a few nautical miles.

"It's about to be in the 'absolute range' range of twenty miles..."

Raymond sensed it slightly and determined the location of the enemy fleet.

At this moment, his thoughts were extremely clear, and all kinds of information flashed in his mind, calculating the possibilities of this naval battle again and again.

Although the ship's technology has a crushing advantage over the enemy, it cannot be blindly confident.

There are always a lot of strange abilities in the world of great navigation, and if you don't make some small mistakes, you will capsize in the gutter.

Thinking that there was nothing wrong with being careful, he shouted to everyone on the boat to confirm it for the third time.

"Are the mines arranged?"

"Done."

"What about the perception buoy?"

"It's been laid out all the way as planned, and as long as the metal hull touches, the coordinate signal will be fed back immediately."

"Anna, has the alternate submarine route been confirmed?"

"It's decided."

“...”

One problem after another, not only the offensive, but also the retreat.

Raymond took almost any point into account.

"Don't worry about the small boats, those three 'Sea King-class battleships' must be sunk!"

He added: "According to the intelligence, the most tricky person who came this time is the sixteenth captain of the [Night Emperor] regiment, [Flamingo] Rhein Carredo. He is the ability of the Phantom Beast Department [Light Feather Flamingo], the peak of Sequence 1, and the top master who has stepped into Sequence 0 with half a foot. The combat effectiveness is very strong, the beast state has wings to fly, is good at long-distance attacks, and is very fast. That guy doesn't have any obvious shortcomings, but his melee ability isn't particularly outstanding..."

Everyone nodded in response, "Yes, Captain!" ”

"The artillery battle will definitely not kill those top masters, but there will be a fierce battle at the time, everyone get ready... In addition to that Rhine, there are several notable enemies..."

Raymond told everyone about some of the data he knew about this "golden boss" in the game and the information he got from Capone.

In the previous life game, the top bosses of the pirate camp such as the "Endless Seven Emperors" (there are only seven in the game), their information is very detailed in the player forum, skills, abilities, weaknesses... Clear.

This [Night Emperor] Regiment Sixteenth Team has no secrets at all in Raymond's eyes.

The number of personnel, the firepower of the ship, the ability of several masters on board...

Before the battle began, almost all the combat power of the enemy team was calculated by him.

Although the half-step sequence 0 [Flamingo] Rhine is tricky, it is not an existence that their "ghost group" can't help but have.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Intelligence, for war, is definitely the most important factor in addition to strength!

......

At the same time, in the thick fog, a huge fleet sailed quietly like a monster.

In the cabin of the main ship, [Flamingo] Rhine, wearing a pink feather cape, was playing poker with a group of subordinates.

This round-up is not worth paying too much attention to for them.

In the eyes of these veteran pirates, no matter what the identity of the target is, no matter how high the bounty is, after all, where is the absolute difference in strength.

It's a hand-to-hand arrest.

It's like catching a grasshopper that is jumping happily, and its strength is not enough to mention, and the only thing to watch out for is not to let it jump and escape.

"Tsk, Captain Rhine, you said that we are just encircling and suppressing a small pirate group, and we need to mobilize so many people? plus those who watch the excitement, I'm afraid there are more than eighty ships..."

"Boom... If we can let the [Night Emperor] group hunt down in this formation, those newcomers who are called the 'Ghost Group', if they can survive today, it will be enough for them to brag for a lifetime." ”

"Today's newcomers, their ability is not very big, but the limelight is not small. I really thought that 'Pirate Supernova', this name is so easy to carry..."

“...”

At the poker table, everyone used a few bounty orders to pad the table.

The first one is printed with a string of tall red numbers with a bounty of 79900, which is Raymond's bounty order.

And the rest, Thor, Colin, Lulu, Anna, Fat Cat, Nicole, Gigi... All hands are there.

The minions sneered at the young faces of the "Ghost Troupe" from time to time.

Just these young people under their noses, the bounty is about to catch up with their own captain, why are they?

【Flamingo】Rhine had a mouthful of yellow teeth, a cigar in his mouth, and said angrily: "When the fight starts in a while, you can give Lao Tzu a bright spot, but the head of the regiment wants to live... Don't kill those boys. ”

Minion A: "Haha... There are so many of us going, I'm afraid that if we don't need to do anything, those guys will be scared to pee. ”

Minion B: "Boss, the head of the regiment seems to have a big interest in this 'ghost group'... What's so big about those newcomers that they still want to live? ”

"It must be useful for the head of the regiment to ask for those people, so don't ask around."

Hearing this, a glint flashed in Rhine's eyes, he obviously knew more about the inside story, but he didn't say much.

He turned his words and said: "This time the matter is done, the captain will reward a large sum of money, and when the time comes, I will take the big guy to have fun..."

"Captain, mighty!"

"Hahaha... I heard that the 'Bunny Girl Tavern' of the 'Blood Shark Collar' has recently come to a batch of good goods, all of which are white and tender high-ranking nobles... Where are we done? ”

"Hurry up, finish this job and find a territory to have fun. Damn, in order to hunt down those slippery guys, I haven't tasted meat for almost a month..."

“...”

When the minions heard this, they instantly became excited.

They whistle and do vulgar crotch-topping moves, as if they have begun to fantasize about the taste of women.

"You can go anywhere! The reward for this trip is enough for the brothers to play the best girls and drink the best wine! ”

Rhine waved his hand, and his tone was very heroic.

After a moment of conversation, he added, "But don't be careless. I heard that Raymond's swordsmanship is extraordinary, and his strength is average, and it is only at the level of Sequence 4. But he's also a high-level telekinesis in the 'Divine Journey Realm', so be careful not to capsize in the gutter..."

"Captain, you came out in person this time, a newcomer, isn't it a matter of being caught?"

"Isn't it? The 'ghost group' has not been found to be surrounded now, and it is estimated that there are no powerful horns..."

"Hey, hey... Even now it's too late to find out! The encirclement has been formed, and no matter which direction they flee from, they will not be able to escape..."

"When the time comes, just fire the cannon to scare and scare, it is estimated that when you see so many of our warships, you will immediately surrender weakly..."

"Oh, a few newcomers who don't enter the stream, what is there to care about. Come, keep playing cards..."

“...”

Hearing the attitude of his subordinates who didn't take this mission seriously at all, [Flamingo] Rhine didn't know why, and a slight sense of crisis flashed in his heart.

But he turned his face and thought about it, but he didn't take it to heart.

After all, in the current situation, no matter how you look at it, it is absolutely impossible for those "little shrimps" to escape.

But at this time, an unexpected situation happened!

Thundered...

The explosion suddenly sounded, and the entire cabin trembled.

"What's going on? Hit the rocks? Or a Sea King attack? ”

In the cabin, everyone was stunned.

At the first time, the crew in charge of the interrogation came with bad news.

"Captain! Oh no, we've got a patrol ship sunk! ”

"Sunk? Where is the enemy? ”

"I don't know... The fog is too big to see..."

Thundered!

Another explosion rang out, and a blaze exploded again not far away.

"Captain! Not good, the '36th ship' was also sunk..."

"Damn, we've been discovered! Dispel the fog and get ready for battle! ”

【Flamingo】Rhine burst into tears.

In his mind, it was probably the other party who discovered the vanguard and fired a few shots at random.

Because their fleet was dense, this was hit by two ...