Chapter VII: The First Naval Battle

In the distance, the sea was pitch black, and only the nearby microwaves reflected the moonlight and shimmered with flat phosphorescence. Except for the sound of the sea crashing against the walls of the ship, there was silence all around. If you don't know in advance, no one knows that the sea ahead is actually a beast with an open mouth, ready to devour everything that intrudes at any time.

The Sea Lion anchored on the periphery of the reef area, with the northern entrance to the reef area ahead. Liang Hong accompanied Gangzi to stand on the bridge of the ship, waiting for Gangzi to give an order.

Gangzi thought for a while and said: "As you said, every time you delay for a while, the pirates inside are stronger, we don't have time to wait until dawn, there is a reef area in front, but we have detailed charts, we will be safer under the cover of the night, Brother Liang seems to have to work hard for you to steer the sea lion, your advanced navigation skills are the most important guarantee for us to sail safely." ”

Liang Hong said solemnly: "Listen to you, captain!" ”

The Sea Lion has Liang Hong back at the helm, the anchor is retracted, the sails are half-raised, and the sea breeze slowly starts to move into the reef area.

After careful testing at the beginning, I slowly followed the route pointed out by the pirate chart, and sure enough, the road was smooth and I did not encounter any reefs. After confirming the authenticity of the chart, Gangzi immediately ordered the Sea Lion to raise all the sails and move forward at full speed.

Brigs: Gross deadweight: 150

Weapons: 20

Steering force: 90

Propulsion ratio: 75

Standard sailor: 50

Necessary sailors: 10

Maximum sailor: 70

After an hour's voyage, the Sea Lion approached the pirate stronghold.

"Captain! A dhow was spotted 15 degrees east-south. "The lookout in the mainmast basket was the first to spot the enemy.

Gangzi opened the binoculars and looked, sure enough, a dhow was slowly moving in the sea ahead, probably the lookout on the pirate ship did not have lookout skills, or the pirate believed too much in the reef under the sea surface and did not arrange a lookout, in short, looking at the other party's marching state, the sea lion had not been found.

Dhow battleship: total deadweight: 60

Max Weapons: 10

Steering force: 95

Propulsion ratio: 85

Standard sailor: 20

Necessary sailors: 5

Maximum sailors: 35

Gangzi asked Liang Hongdao, who was carefully operating the steering wheel beside him: "Do you follow the other party, or sink it?" If the cannon is fired, will it be heard by the pirates in the stronghold? ”

Liang Hong replied: "The propulsion ratio of the opponent's ships is a little higher than ours, even if we have the bonus of navigation, we may not be able to take much advantage, there is no shelter on the sea, and it is difficult to fight an attack battle without speed advantage." There is no point in following behind, it is only a matter of time before they find out about us, this is already very close to the pirate stronghold, rather than being caught chasing them at sea and telling them to run back to the stronghold, it is better to rush over and sink them at full speed before they can increase their speed, so that we will have one less opponent. ”

Gangzi nodded yes, and then ordered: "Raise the battle flag, everyone moves, the cannon door opens, the artillery pushes out, the shells are loaded and ready to fight!" The sailman adjusted the sail for me to see if the speed could be increased. ”

With Captain Gangzi's order, the entire Sea Lion boiled, and the sailors on leave ran out of their respective cabins. The brig was a double-decked battleship with five guns on each side of the ship, for a total of twenty iron smoothbore guns, capable of firing 9-pound solid and grapefruit. The armor was removed, the chamber was cleared, the charge was charged, and the shell was filled in one go, and the black muzzle of the cannon poked out of the cannon door, and the Sea Lion had already opened his fangs and pounced on the prey.

Just now Liang Hong said that there are no obstacles at sea, and it is difficult to fight an attack battle, unless you encounter a rookie captain and a rookie crew who will not be sent by an observer, but everyone is mixed in the dangerous sea, this probability is really not large. The Sea Lion didn't chase for long, and the opposing sloop began to accelerate when the opposing sloop raised the pirate flag (battle flag), apparently they spotted the approach of the enemy ship.

The sailboat sails on the strength of the wind and accelerates slowly. Although the Sea Lion has a slight disadvantage in the basic propulsion ratio, the crew skills on it are very strong, and the maximum speed of the ship is better than that of the opponent. One accelerates slowly, the other moves at full speed, and the distance between the two sides is rapidly closer.

Eventually, realizing that it could not escape back to its stronghold, the pirate dhow simply turned and placed its hull across the sea, leaving one side of the ship's gun door open, revealing the five guns on deck.

In the first artillery battle in his life, remembering that he had also experienced the rain of shelling of the sea lion, Gangzi felt trembling all over. Today, I will let you also taste my brother's power: "Reach over at full speed, even a dhow will dare to resist, I don't treat my brother as a plate of garlic, rush up and crush him, and sink him." ”

Gangzi shouted, but the Sea Lion began to slow down, the bow tilted, and the whole ship made an arc on the surface of the sea.

Knowing that this should be done by Liang Hong, Gangzi looked at him suspiciously.

Liang Hong replied: "It is about to enter the range of the ship's guns, and the ships should slow down to ensure the ship's mobility to avoid shelling, and at the same time increase the stability of their own artillery fire." In the past, everyone became accustomed to naval battles, and they started to operate unconsciously, so please forgive me for violating the captain's orders. ”

Gangzi's naval battle is two hundred and five, in his mind that the gap between the ships of the two sides is too big, the Sea Lion is a brig warship can resist and fight than a sloop, and it can completely rely on the advantage of the ship's tall and rough skin and thick flesh, as long as it rushes forward against the opponent's artillery fire and bombards the opponent's belly.

Unexpectedly, Liang Hong showed his formation and prepared to fight an artillery battle with the small boat in a decent manner.

But then I thought about it, this "Country" is not a traditional online game, as long as there is a blood bar, you can keep playing, take a break, knock ** and return blood. He has seen it on the three-masted battleship, a shot is really a hole, and the projectile hitting the deck is a few lives, if the Sea Lion really rushes up against the opponent's shells, even if it can win, the ship will be scrapped, the stronghold is not to think about it, and it is lucky to be able to drive back to Donglai.

Fortunately, the crew on the Sea Lion can still be relied on, and Gangzi was afraid of breaking out in a cold sweat after a while. At a loss, he asked Liang Hongdao, "What should I do next?"

Liang Honghao said angrily: "The captain has experienced a naval battle for the first time, although he is assured to command, a dhow is not yet in the eyes of our shipmates. ”

The meaning is very obvious: know that you are a rookie, give you a chance to practice, and if anything goes wrong, there will be this ship's elite sailor to wipe your butt.

It was really lucky to have such a group of elite sailors in the first naval battle, and people had already spoken out not to put the dhow in their eyes, and of course my brother couldn't admit it.

At this time, the enemy ship was heading due south and showed the port side, and the Sea Lion had also turned successfully, showing the starboard hull smoothly diagonally approaching the enemy ship, and the gunners below constantly adjusted the angle of the guns to face the enemy ship.

Gangzi carefully observed the movements of the enemy ships with a telescope and estimated that the distance between the two sides would only reach the range of the artillery. However, I saw five clouds of fire and black smoke coming out of the enemy ship, and then a low cannon roar came from my ears.

Damn! actually told the other party to fire first, since he was within the range of the other party, then the other party must also be within his own range, so Gangzi lay on the bridge and yelled at the gunners below: "Fire!" Fire! Don't stop! Sink them for me. ”

The two sides fired their cannons one after another, and the level was clearly visible, the pirate's shells were very scattered, except for one that fell far on the wake of the Sea Lion, the other shells did not know where they went, but the ten shells of the Sea Lion were very concentrated, although they did not hit the pirate ship, they all landed near him.

"Reload! Reload! ”

Gangzi's captain skills are inspiring, so that the crew always maintains high morale, affecting the work efficiency and speeding up a few points, and the ship is an elite sailor, and the action is already fast. After a quick reload, the artillery was launched again, this time with both sides firing at the same time.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The roar of artillery fire once again broke the quiet night, the gray sky could not see the rules of projectiles at all, and the helmsmen relied on experience and ear power to determine the landing point of the shells and control the battleship to evade.

Under Liang Hong's control, the Sea Lion took a serpentine shape on the sea, skillfully dodging a nearby cannonball, and the other cannonballs landed in the distance without any threat.

However, the Sea Lion hit the opponent's battleship with two shots, and a dense rain of bullets fell around the enemy ship, and if the opponent's battleship was larger, it was estimated that it could hit four.

Two shells penetrated the bow of the enemy ship and pierced the wall of the ship, neither of which was a vital point, and the enemy ship did little damage.

In the third round of shelling, the Sea Lion shot first, but none of the ten made a difference.

Gangzi yelled angrily: "Aim a little and then fight...... Reload! ”

Liang Hong comforted: "It's already very lucky to be able to hit the enemy ship in the second round, after all, the captain is a junior gunner, and he has no artillery skills, and the gunner's skill bonus is still small." ”

After making trouble for a long time, it turned out that my brother was dragging his feet, Liang Hong is intermediate artillery skills and intermediate ballistics, and his brother is too non-existent, and his brother still needs to catch up.

The third round of shelling was unsuccessful on both sides.

In the fourth round of shelling, ten projectiles of the Sea Lion were fired, and the Gang Zi was inspired to launch, and the physical strength was consumed to add an additional shelling, and the Sea Lion fired another salvo, the first row of projectiles was still in the air, and the second row of projectiles had followed, and twenty solid projectiles fell around the pirate ship like dumplings, and the splashing waves directly covered the vision, and it was impossible to see how many shells hit.

The captain's skill is really powerful.,But look at the loss of one-third of your physical strength to know that this skill is not used casually.,It seems that you have to pile up a bunch of physical strength to upgrade in the future.,You have to find more equipment and drugs to supplement physical strength.,In case you get carried away with the fight.,It's a joke to use the skill to consume yourself.,Fortunately, improving morale is a passive attribute that doesn't require physical strength to start.。

As the waves fell, the pirate ship was visibly badly damaged, and the speed of the ship slowed down, and even the shelling was delayed for a while.

The pirate shelling only had three guns fired, but the Sea Lion was firing at full power, and the fifth round of shelling pressed the fourth round of pirate shelling. Now that the two ships are close to each other, the accuracy of the guns has been greatly improved, and the Sea Lion has once again been put on board with two guns.

After seven rounds of shelling, only the Sea Lion was left at sea to continue pouring artillery fire on the many smaller pirate ships, and finally sent it to the bottom of the sea.

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