Chapter 9 Territory in Hand

The Sea Lion and the Pirate Brig exchanged artillery fire. As Liang Hong said, in this kind of close-range artillery battle, his intermediate ballistics does not have much advantage in the accuracy of artillery fire, because at this distance, everyone can see the crew of the opposing battleship, and the speed of the ship is very slow, so that the artillery is very accurate, and at this time, Gangzi's encouraging advantage is reflected.

The pirate brig fired four cannons, the Sea Lion could fire five cannons, and the advantage in rate of fire allowed the Sea Lion to rain more shells around the pirate battleship, and the two sides circled around the harbor, and the pirate brig was hit by more than ten shots. However, the defense of the battleship was much stronger than that of the armed merchant ships, and the sailors on the high, heavy side protection deck would not be easily hit by shells, and the important parts of the hull were equipped with iron armor plates, and the shells fired by the iron smoothbore guns could only smash a pit on it. Therefore, the pirate's brig did not need to rest after taking a few shots like an armed merchant ship, and still fought against the Sea Lion.

After a few rounds of recuperation, the pirate's brigs were almost cleared and the damaged guns were replaced. So the pirate brig slightly accelerated and revealed the armed merchant ship again, and the artillery battle brig just now suffered a loss in the rate of fire, and wanted to make up for it with the number of guns.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The Sea Lion was also shot in many places, but the good defense kept it from suffering unbearable losses, and Gangzi also became more and more accustomed to the roaring naval battle, and saw the pirate's brig armed merchant ship revealed, and immediately ordered the Sea Lion to concentrate on the attack.

After a round of cannons, the brig merchant ship has not yet put on a posture, and the Sea Lion is another round of salvo, Gangzi has launched another salvo regardless of his physical strength, and the two rows of cannonballs on the ship have reached eight, and Gangzi vaguely feels that the hit rate of his own skills to launch additional attacks seems to increase, but looking at the little physical strength left, it is impossible to verify it at the moment.

The shell easily tore through the thin hull of the brig, and this time the brig was even more seriously injured, one shell hit the stern of the ship, causing the rudder to fail, and the other pierced the wall of the waterline.

The surging sea water shot into the hold of the brig merchant ship from the breach, and the pressure from the sea made it impossible for the pirates trying to plug the gap to get close, and several attempts were fruitless, and the water in the cabin reached waist-high, and all the pirates in the cabin fled to the deck in a hurry. As the hull of the brig began to sink slowly, the pirate captain ordered all the heavy objects on board to be thrown away, trying to raise the waterline of the hull to expose the damage. A cannon was thrown into the sea, and the sinking speed of the armed merchant ship slowed down, but the rudder malfunctioned and the armed merchant ship could not turn, and the out-of-control pirate ship crashed into the cliff on the shore.

The Sea Lion finally eliminated the opposing brig merchant ship in one fell swoop despite the two shelling of the pirate brigs, losing seven guns to participate in the battle, and the pirate rate of fire was at a disadvantage, and the balance of victory began to deflect in favor of the Sea Lion. Of course, the Sea Lion also paid the price, the two salvos without interference raised the accuracy of the pirate battleship to another level, a cannonball that hit the stern almost killed the bridge of the Sea Lion, fortunately the navy produced excellent quality, and there are iron armor plates around the bridge to defend, otherwise Gangzi and Liang Hong on the bridge hung up, and this battle would not have to be fought.

The fierce artillery battle continued, and the well-trained sailors of the Sea Lion showed the qualities of the elite, and the whistling shells could not distract them in the slightest, and the ten gun crews were uniformly aligned, and each round of shelling was a salvo. The pirate brigs were still fighting well at first, but as the number of shots on both sides increased, the pirate brigs became more and more unable to keep up with the rhythm of the Sea Lion. Especially after seeing the brig merchant ship crash into the cliff wall and sink, the declining morale made their artillery bombardment messy, and the hit effect was greatly reduced.

The pirate's brig was already in a state of decay, and the scars all over the hull affected the firing angle of some of the guns, only six of the ten guns could still shoot at the Sea Lion, and only one of the Sea Lion could not shoot, although the scars were all over the body, victory was in sight, and Gangzi's command became more and more relaxed.

However, just then, a sailing ship in the harbor quickly sailed in and launched a bombardment of the Sea Lion.

It was a dhow that came, and it was supposed to be a patrol ship of the pirate southern front that rushed over when it heard the cannon fire from the stronghold.

Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the pirate's brig broke away from the battle and headed out of the harbor, its port side was no longer powerful, and the harbor was cramped, so it needed to turn around outside the port and use its intact starboard side to deal with the Sea Lion, while the arriving pirate sloop covered the leaking tail of the brig.

Liang Hong immediately chased after him with a full rudder, and at the same time said to Gangzi: "Immediately attack the enemy's brig battleship with all your might, you can't tell him to leave the port, once you tell them to turn the starboard side, we will be finished." ”

At this time, the pirate's brig had already exposed its stern, and the sloop was still close to reaching the cover position, and the Sea Lion only had one chance to attack.

Two rows of shells hit the pirate brig almost in no particular order, Gangzi saw it this time, and the hit rate of the increased shelling with the encouragement really increased, ten shells actually hit six, plus two hits from the first row of guns, eight solid iron balls shot from the stern of the weakly defended ship, smashing the stern of the pirate brig to pieces.

The design of the ship focuses on the protection of the hull on both sides, and the bow and stern of the ship due to the need to take care of the line of sight and speed, generally do not raise the ship's side and install armor plates, so when the naval battle breaks out, every captain should bear in mind that the bow and stern should not be facing the enemy ship as a last resort, the longitudinal hull is called the deck is more likely to be hit, and once the shells are hit on the deck, it will cause the loss of sailors and the damage of the artillery, without sailors and artillery, no matter how powerful the battleship will eventually be sunk.

A small mistake by the pirates caused them to lose what could have been a salvage of the battle.

The pirate's brig sailed out of the harbor, the stern was heavily flooded and sunk, the bow was raised above the water, and the ship's speed dropped sharply, and if it was not repaired in time, it would only sink to die.

The dhow finally stopped the Sea Lion's firing angle and covered the brig from the battlefield, and whether the brig could persist in finding a suitable place to run aground was not something it should consider, it would now face a warm-up brig alone, and the sinking was almost certain to be its end.

The Sea Lion did not chase the departing pirate brig, the pirate dhow was already in a combat posture, and if it went to catch up, it would have to leak its bow under the opponent's artillery. Anyway, the most threatening enemy can no longer influence the outcome of this naval battle, and honestly dealing with the enemy in front of you is the best choice for the Sea Lion.

Firepower, defense, all indicators of the dhow battleship is not in the same level as the brig, although the Sea Lion has been quite embarrassed after the war, but it is not weak enough that the sloop can bully, and the nine guns that the Sea Lion can fire can hit the pirate dhow as soon as it comes up can't raise its head.

The ensuing naval battle left no more suspense, and with the sinking of the pirate dhow, the pirate stronghold port battle ended with the victory of the Sea Lion.

The sound of the cannons ceased, the battle songs ceased, and the sea was calm again, and no one could have known what kind of battle had just broken out here if it weren't for the pungent smoke in the air and the debris floating on the water. Looking at the pitch-black deep sea outside the port and the pirate stronghold with the firelight shaking, Gangzi asked Liang Hong, "Are we going to chase that brig battleship, or do we occupy the pirate stronghold first." ”

Liang Hong replied decisively: "That brig battleship has been seriously flooded, and the rudder seems to be a little ineffective, it must be repaired at the shore or it will sink, only this island can dock nearby, and the state of that ship can't run far." At present, it is important to occupy the stronghold and establish a territory, and the Sea Lion also needs to go ashore for overhaul. ”

The remaining pirates in the pirate colony did not cause much trouble for Gangzi, and the sailors on the Sea Lion wiped out the remaining pirates in a single charge.

"Ding! You capture a pirate stronghold. You gain 1000 gold, 100 wood, 100 iron ingots, and 100 stone. ”

"Ding! You belong to the Qingzhou Donglai Fleet, whether you will belong to the Donglai Navy. ”

Belonging to the Donglai Navy? Are you kidding! Gangzi did not hesitate to say no.

"Ding! Since you are not a liege, this stronghold will disappear in three days, so hurry up and resupply it. ”

Disappear? Hehe......, my brother is in a hurry and fighting, and the boiled duck can still run.

Gangzi took out the "territory certificate" to use.

"Ding! You get the territory, currently your territory is at the village level, please go to the village hall for specific functions, you can also operate the territory through the lord interface, please name your territory. ”

Black sails, in the future, my brother's fleet will use black sails, and when there are more ships in the future, they will spread out on this sea, so that people can see that my brother is mixed with black, haha, I will scare you to death, and the protection fees will be paid.

"Ding! Your realm is officially named Black Sail Village. ”

"Ding! You are the first player in the world to gain a territory and receive a 'Peerless Treasure Map'. ”

"Ding! You are the first player in the Han Dynasty to gain a territory, a standard dhow and a standard sloop merchant ship. ”

No. 1 in the world! …… Did you hear it wrong? Brother became the number one in the world! Brother's heart can't bear it. Brother has become the world's No. 1 at this level, do you still have any playability in this game? In order to make the players still pinch their noses and play your game, my brother decided to keep a low profile and hide his merit and fame. Yes! When the sea breeze hits, there is really a feeling of being cold in the heights. Alas...... It's a gossy bag.

To appease the excited mood, Gangzi took Liang Hong with trembling steps into the newly appeared conference hall.

Since Gangzi occupied a pirate stronghold and already had a lot of construction facilities, the village was not poor.

1 small dock, 1 ship repair yard (which can repair a ship), junior carpenter's workshop, gunpowder shop, blacksmith shop (army).

Just when Gangzi was counting the gold coins and thinking about what to make first, Liang Hong was surprised behind him: "This blacksmith shop is actually military. ”

Blacksmith (Army): can produce willow nails, solid cannonballs, grapeshits, saws, scimitars......

Nothing strange about it? We're playing with a battleship, and it's impossible for a blacksmith to only produce axes and hoes.

Liang Hong explained: "Blacksmith shops are divided into civilian and military two, of course, civilian is to produce some iron tools, and with the permission of the government, you can also produce some weapons and armor. However, the military blacksmith shop is not trivial, and only the county town can have a military blacksmith shop. This group of pirates, with their three-masted warships and military blacksmiths, would have been a great scourge in the Yellow Sea if it had not been for the fact that we had annihilated them. ”

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