Chapter Seventy-Seven: Hunting and Killing

After hearing the report of his subordinates, Hugh Hobert immediately ran to the bridge of the ship, checked the situation on the surface of the water through the periscope installed, and in the direction given by his subordinates, he saw a black battleship moving slowly on the sea.

That's right, it's Black Pearl!

As the only warship in the Pacific that could rival the "Flying Dutchman", Hugh Hobert thought he would not lose his eyes with that unique appearance.

But why is the Black Pearl here?

Needless to say! The role of the Black Pearl is also to provide status for the Hangzhou fleet, and its own combat effectiveness is not of much use to the entire battlefield, so it is the best choice to put it on the periphery of the battlefield to protect itself first.

As for why the "Black Pearl" ran out of the sea where the "Flying Dutchman" was lurking in such a large perimeter of the theater of operations, Hugh Hobert attributed it to the coincidence that "the hero saw the same." And after so many days of fighting, it is not worth raising too many suspicions that the flagships of both sides are on the same sea.

Anyway, Hugh Hobert didn't have the slightest idea of being discovered by the other party, and the most important proof was that there were no other ships on the surrounding sea except the "Black Pearl".

In the battle at sea, the "Black Pearl", as a two-masted class, was no match for the "Flying Dutchman" no matter how it broke out, and it can be seen from the final of the last "One Piece" that under the sneak attack of the "Flying Dutchman", the "Black Pearl" did not have any strength to fight back.

Now all Hugh Hobert had to do was drive quietly past and then burst out of the water with lightning speed, knocking the Black Pearl in half before it could sped off. In the end, Admiral Ben smashed the war song of the whole sea area and played a "funeral song" to the Hangzhou fleet.

The submersible blood shark was quietly approaching, and the "Black Pearl" was still cruising at a low speed, as if completely unaware of the approach of great danger.

On the bridge of the "Black Pearl", Liang Hong, who was entrusted with the important task by Gangzi, carefully commanded the battleship and received Gangzi's information.

"The Flying Dutchman is approaching you from coordinates ***:***. At its current speed, it will reach the location of the 'Black Pearl' in 20 minutes, and there are no enemy warships within 10 nautical miles of it, so the 'Black Pearl' will maintain its current speed and course, and do not keep looking in that direction to prevent the other party from noticing. ”

Liang Hong couldn't resist the thought of looking at the coordinates given by Gangzi: "My lord, how do you know the precise location of the 'Flying Dutchman'?" You know, it's under the water, I can't see it at all, and you're ten nautical miles away. ”

Gangzi did not hide it, he said: "My 'Flying Henan People' has been successfully promoted to the legendary level, and its soul characteristic is 'perception': within 20 nautical miles centered on the 'Flying Henan People', everything will be presented on my chart. ”

In the captain's room of the "Flying Henan People". Gangzi presents a three-dimensional nautical chart in front of him, the center is the "Flying Henan Man", and then spreads outward within 20 nautical miles, all the sea features are shown on this nautical chart, the birds in the sky, the fish on the bottom of the sea, and the "Flying Dutchman" who thought that no one had found it but was clearly seen and secretly dived.

At this time, Hugh Hobert was extremely excited, the first sunken legendary-class battleship in the "Rise of Nations" was about to be produced in his hands, thinking about this huge sense of achievement, the muscles of his body trembled unrecognizably. And without the support of the "Black Pearl". Without a speed advantage, the Hangzhou fleet will soon be caught in a melee with the Seattle fleet, and under the influence of the flagship skills of the "Flying Dutchman", the one-to-many Hangzhou fleet will soon be defeated by the Seattle fleet.

Then concentrating forces to destroy the defenses of Albatross Island, the fleet marched westward. Revisit the voyage of the Pacific Mi Army Fleet in World War II, advance the war to the Asia-Pacific Ocean, liberate the Philippines, and bombard Tokyo Bay. Wha...... It looks like the Fuso player was shot while lying down. Why don't Fuso players have any news yet, they missed this opportunity to hug my thigh, I really bombarded Tokyo Bay and hit Hangzhou City again.

As Hugh Hobert fantasizes about dominating the Pacific Ocean. In the imagination of the ruins of the fleet, the "Flying Dutchman" had reached a distance of 100 meters outside the side of the "Black Pearl".

"Lord Admiral, we have entered the attack position, the battleship is really doing a circular movement to maintain speed, whether it is to launch a ramming attack on the 'Black Pearl', my duty requires me to remind you that if you launch an attack on the 'Black Pearl', the 'Flying Dutchman' will rush to the surface, if you want to dive, it will take 30 seconds to dive according to our current speed."

The first mate's reminder pulled Hugh Hobert out of his fantasy: "Got it, let's observe if there are any enemy warships around on one side." ”

"Report to the Admiral, no ships have been found within three nautical miles around, only us and the 'Black Pearl'."

Hugh Hobert looked at the "Black Pearl", which was still sailing slowly, and he had grown up immersed in intrigue and intriguery, and he had already developed an instinctive sense of crisis, and his heart beat suddenly, making him realize that this might be a trap for himself. The other party should know that the "Flying Dutchman" has the ability to dive, and the normal captain decided not to call such an important "Black Pearl", and casually kept the same direction at sea and sailed at a constant speed. ”

"That's right, the Hangzhou fleet must have found the general location of the 'Flying Dutchman' through the method of counting the center of the circle at three points, but they have no way to attack the 'Flying Dutchman' under the water, if they want to defeat the 'Flying Dutchman', they must lure him to the sea, and ordinary warships, including three-masted warships, cannot make me tempted to use the 'Flying Dutchman' to get into danger, but' The Black Pearl' is different, this is a legendary battleship, it is a great honor to sink it, and it can quickly achieve victory in this war, can I resist this temptation? ”

Hugh Hobert hesitated.

When Gangzi saw the dot representing the "Flying Dutchman" start to circle a hundred meters to the side of the "Black Pearl", his expectant and nervous heart immediately realized that Hugh Hobert had discovered a trap against the "Flying Dutchman". "Sure enough, the 'Black Pearl' sailed at a constant speed so that he saw the flaw, did he ask Liang Hong to start changing direction and changing speed to avoid the movement? No, if Hugh Hobert had really seen something, if the Black Pearl had stopped to avoid him, it would only let him know that we had a way to know his precise position, and the evasive maneuver would have made it harder for the Flying Dutchman to hit, and thus make Hugh Houbert give up the attack. ”

At this time, Liang Hong, who was waiting for Gangzi to tell him the distance of the enemy warship, came to communicate: "What's the matter, my lord?" Where is the Flying Dutchman? ”

"Do a circular speed movement at a distance of 100 meters on the port side of the 'Black Pearl'."

"Did he find something?"

"I reckon the Black Pearl's unusual voyage made him realize that it was a trap for the Flying Dutchman."

"So what are we going to do?"

Gangzi thought for a moment and said, "Continue to keep the course and speed unchanged." Hugh Hobert didn't know where we were, he hadn't left yet, he was sure he wouldn't give up, and now the 'Black Pearl' was centered on the position of the original 'Flying Dutchman', changing direction every half an hour, pretending that we were blindly 'fishing', and when entering the headwind, you deliberately slowed down the ship and then increased it, Hugh Hobert would be impatient. ”

Since the conspiracy was discovered, Gangzi simply used Yang Mou, and a fragrant bait was floating on the sea. Even if you know that there is a hook hanging from the bottom of the bait, the fish that can't resist the temptation will still eat it.

So Gangzi began to compete with Hugh Hobert for patience.

Hugh Hobert was indeed reluctant to take such a good chance to sink the "Black Pearl", "Anyone who has fished knows that the bait is eaten, and it is very normal that the fish is not caught, since you dare to use the Legendary-class battleship as bait, Admiral Ben will compare with you whether Admiral Ben eats bait faster or you lift the rod faster." ”

"Follow the Black Pearl and find its movements, since they're here to catch us. You won't drive too far, and there will be flaws when you go around in circles; Continuing to observe the water, the Hangzhou fleet must have sent warships nearby to wait for us to come out of the water to attack us, calculating how long it would take for their fastest warship to reach the attack position from three nautical miles away with the blessing of the 'Black Pearl'. ”

Staring at the Black Pearl overhead. Hugh Hobert still decided to attack it, of course, now the "Black Pearl" must be in full swing, if it attacks at this time, it is likely to be accelerated by the "Black Pearl" to escape. Now that you've decided to eat bait, make sure you hit it and dive back into the sea before the opponent's ambush fleet arrives.

A battle that affected the entire naval battle of Albatross Island unfolded in a deserted sea area outside the main battlefield. This is a contest between hunting and counter-hunting, and it is a contest of patience between the two sides.

"When the devil tempts a mortal, he will first give him an apple."

Hugh Hobert watched the data about the Black Pearl immediately sent by his subordinates in his captain's room, and after two hours of patient waiting, the Black Pearl circled around the sea area and returned to its original position to resume its cruise.

And Hugh Hobert finally found what he was looking for in a large amount of feedback data.

"That's it, the speed of the 'Black Pearl' will drop suddenly when it enters the headwind, but it will quickly return to the normal cruising speed, the 'Black Pearl' does not reveal the flying wings when the soul skill is activated, it should be the opponent's captain who used his own captain skills, and the opponent's captain will relax his observation of the sea surface when using the skill, and at this time, the speed of the 'Black Pearl' drops under the headwind, which is the best time to attack."

Then the plan for hunting and killing the "Black Pearl" was as follows: When the "Black Pearl" entered the turn and sailed against the wind, the "Flying Dutchman" entered the collision route in advance, rushed out of the water to attack the "Black Pearl" when the speed of the "Black Pearl" was at its lowest, and then quickly and completely sank it with naval guns, so as not to give the opponent's warship the possibility of salvage and towing it back for repair, and finally the "Flying Dutchman" dived under the sea before the arrival of the opponent's ambush fleet. As long as the plan is smooth and the action is fast, the opposing ambush fleet will not even be able to see the mast of the "Flying Dutchman".

The bait plan was formulated, and the "Flying Dutchman" no longer blindly followed, but distanced itself from the "Black Pearl" and entered the ambush area in advance to accelerate under the sea, and there was only one chance, Hugh Hobert wanted to drive the "Flying Dutchman" to the fastest and destroy all the combat power of the "Black Pearl" with one blow.

Ten nautical miles away, the "Flying Henan" saw the "Flying Dutchman" leave the "Black Pearl", and thought that Hugh Hobert had given up the attack, but when he saw the direction of the "Flying Dutchman". Surprise came back to my heart.

"Liang Hong, the 'Flying Dutchman' will attack the 'Black Pearl' next time it enters the headwind course, keep the current navigation rules unchanged, and I will report the movements of the 'Flying Dutchman' to you in time."

"Attention all crews, the attack will be carried out in an hour, and the various departments will check the equipment again, and our attack will be short, so we must deal heavy damage to the Flying Dutchman in the shortest possible time."

After giving the order, Gangzi connected to the combat support department of the Lingxiao fleet again: "Now change the coordinates, and the original launch coordinates remain unchanged." The target coordinates are ***:***, the wind direction and wind force remain unchanged, the weight and volume of the shell remain unchanged, the launch angle can be adjusted from 30 degrees to 90 degrees, the maximum muzzle velocity of the launch is 420 m / s, I need to perform an angle dive attack of 60 degrees to 90 degrees on the target, you send me the shooting parameters I need as soon as possible. ”

The personnel of the auxiliary department asked strangely, "Wow! The muzzle velocity of 420 m/s attacks a target ten kilometers away, and the firing angle is so large, the gang is the boss. I haven't seen you get a mortar for two months! This is not scientific! ”

Listening to a sweet voice on the other side, Gangzi Niu said: "When did your brother Gangzi be scientific, help your brother Gangzi to fight this attack well, and Brother Hui transferred you to the Jimo fleet to serve my brother's baby." In the future, it will be up to you to fight. ”

"Ah......h

Gangzi couldn't help but flirt with the sweet MM, thinking of the wordless and shy appearance of the MM on the other side, it was really cool!

"Hahaha...... Don't think crookedly, brother is a serious person. The data was sent quickly. ”

"Oh...... Okay, the data is being transferred, Gangzi Boss. Can you hit it this far? ”

In the periscope of the "Flying Dutchman", Hugh Hobert stared at the "Black Pearl" coming from a distance: "The 'Black Pearl' came over, the speed did not change, the 'Flying Dutchman' entered the attack course and accelerated, and the helmsman kept our direction. Attention all ship's personnel! When the Black Pearl turns to a headwind course, the Flying Dutchman will immediately rise to the surface and attack it, and then the left rudder will attack with our starboard guns, and the starboard gun position will prepare the charge, taking out your usual level of training to deal with a brig that has no resistance, I hope you will send it completely to the bottom of the sea with five salvos, and the first sunken Legend-class battleship will appear in our hands. ”

The sailors of the "Flying Dutchman" immediately went into action, and the battleship continued to accelerate under the water. The Black Pearl is getting closer and closer, and as expected, the Legendary-class battleship is making a circular lure voyage, it will not leave the sea too far, and the hull of the Black Pearl is beginning to tilt and turn like the last turn.

"Float! Floating! Floating! Hugh Hobert shouted, controlling the hull of the Flying Dutchman rising in the water, the speed of the ship picking up.

Ten kilometers away, the "Flying Henan" was quietly parked on the sea, and Gangzi also shouted loudly: "The 'Flying Dutchman' is rising, and the front and rear batteries are beginning to prepare for shelling. ”

The order from the bridge was delivered, and Joey and Mark in the front and rear turrets rolled up a cannonball and began to spin it to accelerate, this time their five rattans were wrapped together to hold only one cannonball, and the powerful force shook the cannonball quickly above their heads. The elven members of the artillery crew all gathered around the trunk of the tree man to channel their natural power to them, stimulating the explosive power of the tree man; There was also a group of Black Sail pirate sailors who were constantly watering and fertilizing the tree pits in the gun emplacements.

Rattan cannonballs whistling in the air above the fort, Gangzi reminded Liang Hong of the location of the "Flying Dutchman", and at the same time kept exchanging timely data with the combat assistant Tian MM.

When the "Flying Dutchman" rushed out of the water and hit the "Black Pearl" with 20 seconds left, Gangzi shouted: "Launch!" Launch! Preparation for the second shelling, you don't have to wait for my orders, the gun commander takes over the firing command, I don't ask you to pursue the speed of fire, I only ask you to hit the shells above their heads. ”

"Whew! Call! ”

Two shells were thrown from the "Flying Henan", and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the air.

On the "Flying Dutchman", Hugh Hobert did not know that two shells were already flying in the sky towards this side, and he stared closely at the "Black Pearl", fine-tuning the course of the "Flying Dutchman" according to the speed of the "Black Pearl" turning. "If you can hit the belly of the Black Pearl at a right angle from the side, you can cut it off at once, and the time for shelling can be saved. However, this is only an ideal result, the captain who can fly the 'Black Pearl' is not a fool, he still has a certain amount of reaction time when the 'Flying Dutchman' rushes out of the water, but it is absolutely inevitable that the 'Flying Dutchman' will be hit. ”

"50 meters!"

"40 meters!"

"30 meters!"

"20 meters!"

"Fly up at full speed!"

"Flying wings! Plough the waves! Right full rudder! ”

"Two shells are already approaching the skies over the 'Flying Dutchman', and the 'Black Pearl' is taking over!" (To be continued......)