Chapter 152: Broadside Battle
"All calm down! Port side, salvo ready! ”
The first to react was not Komak, but Hull, if everyone's attention is not on their posts now, I'm afraid their best attack time will be wasted!
"Port side, salvo ready!"
At last, he shouted again, but not many people moved, they still stood still, staring blankly at the flames in the sky, which were casting its energy towards the sky, rolling everything that could be ignited into flames.
What exactly is that? Can easily destroy a salvo from a cannonball?
Bang!
The sound of muskets came coldly from behind them, which startled the crowd.
"If you don't want the fire to burn on you, obey the order!"
Komak's pistol, which escaped from his arms, was fired straight into the sky, as the flint-lit smoke lingered around the gun for a long time.
After a brief moment of surprise, he found himself in a trap from which he could not escape, the speed of the warship was far from rivaling that of the pirate ships disguised as merchant ships, and if the pirate ship that could cast the wall of fire was allowed to get closer, the whole ship would have to be caught in flames!
"Hull! Keep the attack on the side side and try to deal damage to it! ”
Attracting attention, Komak hurriedly asked the adjutant to change the way he was fighting, and the latter also understood what to do now, and immediately gave the order.
"Understood, Your Majesty!
Port side, salvo ready! Starboard loading! ”
With that, Hull took over as the helmsman and operated the ship himself.
"Port ready!"
Everyone also returned to their posts, waiting for the captain to adjust the angle of the ship, after all, if one battleship adjusted, it would not turn as fast as the pirate ships, except for the one whose mast was broken, and the remaining two would have turned their bows to Komak's side.
"Quick! It takes time for the opposing warship to turn around, bite their tail! ”
On the pirate ship that unleashed the wall of fire, the man with the flames shouted so excitedly that the flames seemed to be part of his body, moving with his own will. The rugged face exuded irrepressible excitement, staring at the huge prey in front of him.
A few lit ropes sticking out of the tricorne hat slowly smoked, like a demon hidden behind the darkness, making the whole person's face a lot darker; The deliberately open chest had a huge scar caused by the beast, like a fork, and was obscured by the black chest hair.
He waved his long knife in one hand and shouted loudly:
"Give me closer, don't let them get away!"
"Understood, Captain!"
The helmsman standing next to him gripped the rudder and adjusted the direction of the pirate ship, trying to get around the port side of the opposing ship.
The speed of the pirate ship with its sails completely open was far faster than that of this massive four-story battleship, and it stands to reason that a three-masted galleon like it would not dare to provoke Komak's flagship at all. The reason is simple, the number of artillery pieces alone is enough for him to weigh his choice.
There are nearly seventy guns on one side, and it is not too easy to deal with the forty pirate warships that add up to less than a total of forty. So generally speaking, the first choice of pirates when they see a battleship is to run away, after all, one of their advantages is speed.
But... The pirate ship with unknown firepower is now an out-and-out sharp knife for the flagship of the Cormac, more than twice as fast as it, enough to allow it to "flexibly" avoid the opponent's attack range.
Meantime......
"Fire!!"
The opposing ship bit the stern of the Komak and fired a salvo at the back.
At the same time, the stern guns of the same number as the opponent's guns were fired at the same time, and the shells of both sides attacked the target at different heights.
Once again, the wall of fire blocked the flagship of the pirate fleet, turning the speeding iron ball into a useless pile of molten iron and steam, but this time, a cannonball missed, and one of the cannons shattered one of the cannons on the other side, and three pirates flew out in a row.
However, compared to Komak's flagship, it did not suffer much damage at all, and there were almost no mistakes in the attack on the stern, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten gun emplacements were paralyzed!
"One more time! Paralyze the stern! ”
He didn't look at the three people who were blown away by the shell just now, but he felt sorry for one of his own artillery pieces in his heart, and immediately gave the order.
And......
"Captain Titch! Our mast is repaired! ”
In a place where the waves were raging, the phone bug shouted at the hideous captain with a cigar in his mouth.
"Excellent! Beat it around its dead ends!
Don't break all the artillery! We can still use it! ”
In addition, the pirate ships stuck to the two abandoned merchant ships also began to move, although the speed was only 60% of the previous one, but it was enough to deal with the warship.
"Reloaded, Captain!"
"Don't fire a salvo! Call me! ”
His eyes, which were protruding from excitement, stared at the battleship in front of him.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
Compared to the first salvo, the cannon sound this time was staggered, but the damage caused was still considerable, and the stern of the ship did little to hinder.
And the pirate ships that attracted firepower on the side of the battleship did not have such good luck, or rather, they had already planned what would happen to their warship.
It had been riddled with holes by a volley, and its three masts had been beaten to slag, and one section remained on the ship, blocking the way from front to back; There are only a few complete artillery pieces left, and most of them have been turned into scrap metal; Moreover, the ship's body was creaking all the time, and some tiny debris rolled to the side.
It was clear that there was no need to repair the ship, and the crew decisively chose to jump ship and swim towards the abandoned merchant ships - those ships might be worse than pirate ships, but in terms of flexibility, they were enough to deal with it.
"Copy guys! Bump into Lao Tzu! ”
Tiqi drew his long knife, and the footsteps were so obvious in the noisy battlefield, and with the sound of his footsteps, a group of sailors had already climbed the mast, and some had rushed to the bow of the ship.
Without a left leg, he walked to the bow of the ship with a prosthetic leg made of wooden sticks, then turned around and shouted to the sailors who were holding on to everything that could fix his body.
"Kill them all!"
The pirates who heard this slogan vented their desires loudly as if they were doping
"Kill them all!!"
The long ram rammed sideways into the stern of the opposing ship, and the broken ram was broken, but instead of blocking its own advance, it fixed its own warship to the stern of the opponent's ship.
Because of the tremors, the people on both boats were staggering, and some of the people who were close to the impact site fell to the ground.
However, Titch did not move, he leaned sideways, looking at the hollow in front of him, and the sailors inside had already grabbed their weapons, ready to cut off the connected parts.
"Fire Fist!"
Suddenly, he turned his free right hand into flames, and along the place where it had been struck, flames engulfed every gap in that deck; That wasn't enough, and the flames spread out along the muzzle, turning Komak's flagship into a fire-breathing beast of the sea.
"Rush to Lao Tzu !!!"