Chapter 19: The Triumph of Wisdom

"First mate! Oh no! A navy is coming after you. ”

The watchman's frightened voice came from the sail. The frightened sound was like a knocking over paint, rendering into the hearts of the pirates, and the scene suddenly became noisy.

"Panic what! Isn't it the Navy! When did they catch us? We are free, murderous, proud pirates! ”

Michlin took a closer look at the crew, sifting through them to make sure they looked weak. After waiting for a few minutes, I felt that it was almost brewing, and I drank one after another!

"Tell me, are you afraid of death? Afraid, of course afraid! Not only are you afraid of death, but I am also afraid. But can the fear of death allow us to get rid of the navy and allow us to escape safely? No!

So what do we do? Just waiting for the Navy to arrest here? Cheer up, fight, fight, fight! Whoever wants us to die, we will let him die! Brothers! Get ready for battle! ”

Michlin stood on a high place, his eyes surveying the crowd, and his mouth was constantly spitting encouraging words.

"Yes, yes."

"Fight! Fight! ”

"We're going to live!"

……

Mitchlin took out his binoculars and looked at the navy, only to see three warships, one large, two small, hanging far behind.

One medium-sized warship and two small warships were personally led by the base commander of the 42nd branch of the Navy. Mitchlin, who used to be in the navy and reached the rank of second lieutenant, is extremely familiar with the navy of the West Sea Branch.

There are two ways to supply the navy's warships, one is the standard allocation according to the size and importance of the base, and the other is to ration the officers of the headquarters major and above according to their ranks.

The rank of major and lieutenant colonel in the headquarters is assigned to small warships for personal use; The rank of colonel and commodore is assigned to medium warships; The rank of rear admiral is assigned to large warships; The rank of Lieutenant General is assigned to a giant warship of the Demon Slayer Order.

The average naval rank in the four seas is three levels lower than that of the naval headquarters. The base commander of a small base like the 42nd branch is only a branch colonel, which is converted to the rank of captain of the headquarters, and there is no exclusive warship.

The small base in the four seas is allocated to two medium-sized warships, one staying behind and the other going out; Five small warships, two left behind and three out to fight. So Sidru also helped me attract a warship?

"Thank you, Sidru."

Mitchlin felt like heaven was helping him. Sighing slightly, he motioned for his henchmen to inform his team on the other ships to start planning.

……

"Captain Lurich, the remnants of the "Raging Bears" pirates changed the direction of their escape and turned to the northwest, I don't know what their intentions were. ”

When Lurich heard the messenger's report, he was also puzzled, that direction was not a good escape route.

"Pursue with all your might! When they reach range, fire their cannons, first trying to break their sails with a chain gun. ”

No matter what, you can't run without sails.

……

"Everything is in place and the plan is going well."

Mitchlin checked the aft compartment and confirmed that there were no problems with the large number of barrel bombs and hollow shells that had been prepared.

Mitchlin then looked at four of his henchmen, Leo the Sniper, Dobe the Gunner, Vance the Helmsman, and Lessier the Inventor.

"In the past, the navy didn't think you were of any use, they only believed in strong men who were full of muscles, and thought that if they wanted to suppress and eliminate pirates, they could only rely on their own powerful generals! Ignore our killing of the enemy, because what we kill is a miscellaneous fish, and we are weak.

I don't understand what we are fighting again and again. Is it a meager wage? Is it the ridiculous justice of the Navy? Is the merit not favored, and the bloodshed not praised?

Is it for the poor or even unavailable pension of the fallen sailors? Is it to watch the wives and children who sacrificed the navy being oppressed and displaced by taxes? I don't understand and don't want to. In the past, we shed enough blood for the Navy, for the so-called justice. Now we live for ourselves! Next, let the Navy see how good we are! ”

"Drop the barrel bomb as planned."

……

"Captain Lurich, the pirates have dropped a lot of floating bombs to hinder our pursuit."

"Can't you explode early?"

"No, the outer layer of the barrel seems to have been treated with special treatment."

"Then take a detour, their pirate ships are not as fast as warships, and they can catch up after a long time."

Lurich ordered with a frown.

……

"It's the place."

Mitchlin looked at the narrow strait he had just passed by, and patted the sniper on the shoulder of Lero.

"Haha. Look at me! ”

Rillo wielded Lessier's modified flintlock rifle, the scope glowing dark in the sun.

"Bang! Boom!!! ”

As the Navy warship was forced into the strait by the floating bombs that were dropped, a slight gunshot was followed by a loud roar, and large rock walls on both sides of the strait were smashed down.

……

"Arashik!"

Lurich raised his leg with all his might, and a few sharp flying slashes slashed through the large rocks.

"Little trick."

Lurich slapped the dust off his body with disdain.

"Lu, Captain Lurich, the back road, the back road is blocked. The large rock walls that had not fallen near the warship blocked the passage, and the rocks were mixed with a lot of floating bombs that had appeared before......"

The messenger ran up to Lurich, his face horrified, apparently he had guessed something was wrong.

"Panic what!"

Although Lurich said this, he had an ominous feeling in his heart. Then his feelings came true, and a number of floating bombs appeared in front of them. It can be said that he can't move back and forth.

"Inform the gunners to detonate in advance with shells!"

"It's too late, Base Chief."

"Huh?"

Lurich heard the rolling sound of artillery and the dense whizzing of shells.

"Why are you shooting so accurately?"

……

The shells of this era are spherical, and the hit rate itself is low, and with the undulating hull of the ship, whether the shells can hit or not depends mostly on luck.

"Well done! Dobbe! Tell them not to stop, shoot all the shells! ”

"Haha! The boss won the prize, but it was just a moving target, and he also tested the firing position and muzzle direction in advance. ”

Mitchlin smiled at Dobe's words, and then looked at the floating bomb expectantly. Let me see what power the time bomb you call Lessier.

"Don't die, Colonel, we still need a grand duel to make this drama come to a good end."

……

The warship is worthy of being a warship, even after the double blow of falling rocks and shells, it is only a little shaky, and it does not sink directly.

Unfortunately, this is not the end. A large number of floating bombs in front and behind suddenly detonated, and the howling waves rushed towards the warship.

……

When Lurich was found, he was lying on the wreckage of the warship.

"Oh! Look, look at how embarrassed our Colonel is. Isn't it unwilling? But it doesn't matter, you still have strong force, and I can fight you alone and let you die heroically! Haha, haha, hahaha! ”

"Heads-up! Singled out! ”

"Die in battle! Die! ”

"The captain will win! The captain wins! ”

"The Captain Will Win !!"

Hearing the high-pitched cries of the crew, Michlin smiled indescribably.

"Come on, Colonel, let's have a duel that will cost your life!"

Don't despise me, or you'll lose ugly, and I will do the Navy Six, after all, that's the reason for my defection.