Dawn came quickly, and although the soldiers only slept for two hours, their good combat qualities allowed them to wake up on time, get up one by one, tidy up their clothes, and then rush to their respective posts.

Major Drake arrived at Jonathan's office, and in half an hour the fleet was about to set sail to complete the patrol, and he wanted to say something again, or have the commander lead the patrol.

It's just that as soon as he entered the office, he saw Commander Jonathan wearing a full military uniform, with medals on his chest, and before he could speak, the commander directly said: "Major Drake, let's go, bring back all six hundred soldiers safely." ”

Drake was speechless and saluted with both feet, "Yes, Your Excellency, Commander." Then he turned to leave, and Jonathan smiled.

"Drake, you've underestimated me so much, it's been a long time since you've been so excited." Jonathan stepped onto the balcony, and after a short time, six warships set sail and slowly opened the gates.

Jonathan watched them leave, then returned to his desk and fiddled with the chess pieces again, "A group of down-and-out pirates, who have been so patient to wait for three months, and at the same time threaten me, then there must be a wise guy among them, they will not attack the gate first, and Nabalon is surrounded by cliffs, it is impossible to climb into the fortress from the sea." ”

"Then they will inevitably concentrate on attacking the other side of the gate first, in order to achieve the purpose of mobilizing the strength of the fortress, and then the hidden pirate ship will approach the gate and capture it in one fell swoop, but I won't let you do it during the day, and at night, hehe......"

After a night of thinking, Jonathan already had a comprehensive plan, and the number of troops in his hands was limited, only 400 regular troops, 100 people as a force, all with their own numbers, so that it was convenient to board the ship and fight, which was also the basic establishment of the navy.

In order to prevent the soldiers from being overly nervous, Jonathan did not sound the battle alarm, which made Luo Yi directly oversleep, and he was a miscellaneous soldier, so naturally no one would expect anything from him.

"Blu ......," the phone cried out, and Jonathan picked up the microphone. ”

"Report to Your Excellency, Commander, that a fleet of ships has been spotted due south and is approaching the fortress."

"Well, continue to observe, and when you get closer, report to me the number of the opponent's warships, and inform the gate to pay attention to the surrounding waters." Jonathan commanded.

"Yes."

Putting down the phone, Jonathan continued to wait for the follow-up report, and the report was also passed on many times in a row, the south was in the opposite direction of the gate, and three pirate ships appeared in the sea near the gate, and finally a fleet of thirty-five pirate ships in the south was approaching.

Jonathan then got up and came to the southern fort area of the fortress, picked up a pair of binoculars and observed, the warships of the pirate fleet are of different sizes, and the various pirate flags are also different, it seems that this time it is indeed a planned operation, and the front one is the warship of the Bigfoot Pirates.

"Report to the commander, the enemy fleet immediately enters the shelling zone of the upper batteries." A captain came running over and would report.

"Well, when they enter the upper battery to shell the farthest distance, they will immediately open fire, they don't need to aim, they only need to divide their formation." Jonathan said directly.

"Yes."

In this way, the offensive and defensive battle of Nabalon officially began, and the top layer of artillery in the southern battery area directly began to bombard when the enemy entered the farthest area, and Luo Yi was awakened by the sound of artillery.

Outside the arsenal, the miscellaneous soldiers were carrying weapons, Corporal Snow had a knife hanging from his waist and two short-barreled muskets stuck in his waist, "Hurry up, the pirates are here, send gunpowder to the southern battery area as soon as possible." ”

"Report to the chief, Luo Yi is here to report." Luo Yi hurriedly stepped forward.

"Huh? Overslept? It seems that you are very relaxed, go get the musket, and take as much as you want! Snow didn't mean to blame, Luo Yi was the only miscellaneous soldier who applied to join the war.

Luo Yi hurriedly got a cart, he knew that he couldn't take much, but the number of muskets fired was limited, so he simply got a cart, and then put the whole box of muskets on it, each box had ten muskets, and four boxes were put in a row, and then he headed towards the southern fort area.

He didn't go to the top, it was not yet time for melee, but he was waiting in the passage in the southern battery area, it was an artillery battle, and the enemy ships had not yet approached the fortress.

Luo Yi looked at the sea in the distance through the small window of the corridor, and there was the sound of shelling in his ears, the round cannonball flew out, crossed the air and made a piercing 'boom' sound, and finally fell into the sea in the distance, and it had been ten minutes since the shelling began, and it still didn't hit a pirate ship.

The upper turrets had the farthest firing distance because of the height, and the hit rate of these fortress guns was not high, but the pirates were suddenly chaotic and the formation became loose.

Luo Yi doesn't know naval warfare, but as an earthling in the 21st century, he still knows everything about the combat mode of sail warships. The frontal part of the sail battleship did not have much attack power, and the battle mainly relied on the number of guns on the flanks. In the world of One Piece, there is only one row of cannons on the side, and this is because the area of the sea here is too vast.

Luo Yi also came to the fortress to understand that in the world of One Piece, both the navy and pirates need to sail far, and the position occupied by artillery is too large, and it can only be deployed on the lower deck, and the rest of the position is either occupied by people or stored in supplies, which is very important.

Especially on the great route, it is not known what kind of weather and sea conditions will be encountered, everything must be well prepared, so that the role of artillery is much reduced, and broadside combat is the mainstream.

The size of the pirates' fleet is not small, but the specifications are not uniform, the speed of the voyage is naturally not guaranteed, and at the same time, the experience of joint operations is insufficient, and they disperse directly when they encounter artillery bombardment. As a result, even if they were close to the fortress, they could only fight on their own, unable to form a battle line, and use the side for artillery bombardment.

And the disadvantage of the fortress is that it is fixed in one position and cannot be dodged, and the pirates are also because of the bumpy waves, aiming is also laborious, and Luo Yi has no confidence in his heart about how this battle is.

Jonathan saw that the opposing fleet was scattered, and then did not try to gather again, and pondered for a moment, "It seems that their main force is no longer here!" At least the guy with some brains isn't here. ”

The pirates were sailing at full speed, they were in a hurry to get close to the fortress, otherwise they would only be targets, and now even the range of the forward guns was not enough to attack the fortress, and their task was to constantly bombard the southern batteries of the fortress.

"Speed up, the little ones rush me." Bigfoot Binny stood at the bow of the boat brandishing a sword, and kept shouting loudly, his expression unusually excited.