Time can reveal what is hidden, and it can also eclipse what is brilliant and dazzling.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

Originally, Edward Blackbeard and Calico Jack were not cowardly people, but they were facing the navy of the Augustus family! Actually, this is not to say that there is anything remarkable about the navy of the House of Augustus; It's just that the two of them still remember the devil's fire used by the Augustan family last time!

Even the two ruthless and insensitive pirate leaders were so afraid of the devil's fire, one can imagine how frightened the pirates in the fleet who had faced the devil's fire; Thankfully, not all of Blackbeard's pirate fleets under Edward and Calico Jack were left over from that war, and at least half of the ships and pirates were expanded later, which they didn't understand.

It was not so easy for the Blackbeard and Calico fleets, which had absolute superiority, to escape, and the indomitable Kidd fleet and Roberts' fleet were still pestering them, so that they could not escape. Kidd and Roberts didn't know that the sudden appearance of the Augustan fleet had an enmity with Edward, and they were just desperate to die together.

However, in many cases, the same end is also based on considerable strength; Blackbeard originally just wanted to minimize his losses and play slowly with Kidd. Now that the situation has changed, Blackbeard, who has initiated a lot, is not something that Kidd and Roberts can parry!

Blackbeard, after discovering that he could not get rid of the entanglement, directly ordered an all-out attack on the two flagships of the combined fleet of Kidd and Roberts; With the exception of his own ship, the Vengeance Woman, and Calico Jack's, seven of the remaining nine twin ships all rushed towards Kidd's flagship, the Quedaf Merchant, and Roberts's flagship, the Royal Happiness.

The four twin ships of Kidd's and Roberts' fleets were entangled in the other two twin ships under Blackbeard's direct orders; The Merchant of Quedav and the Royal Happiness were both triremes, though. But it couldn't withstand the siege of seven twin battleships in all directions. Kidd and Roberts were left to retreat on their respective ships. The casualties rose suddenly.

Blackbeard's lifeless style of play. It not only repelled the entanglement of Kidd and Roberts, but also greatly boosted the morale of the pirates under his command; The reason why they chose to follow Blackbeard is to live this hearty and adventurous life. As for the question of life and death, the pirates have long since put it aside!

At this time, Shi Xiu's fleet was already less than a kilometer away from Blackbeard's fleet; If Blackbeard didn't run for his life, he would be surrounded by ten twin ships and ten triple ships. However, it is not so easy to escape; Although the combat effectiveness of the five columns of battleships is strong, the time to row is also very long. The speed was not necessarily able to surpass that of the three columns.

Blackbeard, of course, would not willingly give up hope of life, and Kidd and Roberts' fleets had been completely defeated anyway; Although Kidd and Roberts' flagships are still there, the pirates on the flagships are basically deadly, is it rare that Kidd and Roberts can still operate two trilinear battleships with just the two of them?

Everyone is a pirate, and who knows who will attack first by the army of House Augustus; It is better to let go of the victorious pursuit of Kidd and Roberts first, and concentrate all your strength to deal with the main fleet of the Augustus family. Whether or not the Augustans attacked Kidd and Roberts' fleets, at least they could no longer afford to fight; It is also impossible to launch a sneak attack from behind, and that is enough.

Blackbeard told Calico Jack about his desire to fight with the Augustus family and find a chance to get out of the fight through the flag; Calico Jack also knew that he couldn't escape if he wanted to in the current situation, so he agreed with Blackbeard's idea. and handed over all four twin battleships belonging to him to Blackbeard's command.

Although Calico Jack is usually one of the more indecisive pirate leaders, he is also quite bold when it comes to life and death; The four twin battleships are all worth of Calico Jack except for his own flagship. In this way, he handed it to Blackbeard without even blinking his eyes, which shocked Blackbeard.

But now is not the time for distraction; Blackbeard continued to use the flag to order the seven twin ships besieging the Merchant of Quedav and the Royal Happiness to immediately spare the two already heavily damaged triems and turn around and attack the approaching fleet from the flanks! At the same time, Blackbeard also accelerated from the front with his own Vengeful Queen and Calico and two battleships.

As for the four twin battleships belonging to Kidd and Roberts, which had previously engaged the two twin battleships, they were also deliberately put under the water by Blackbeard, and hastily withdrew to the Quidav Merchant and the Royal Happiness; Seeing Blackbeard defeat Kidd and Roberts' combined fleet with lightning speed, and fearlessly facing his own fleet from both sides, Shi Xiu also began to issue new battle orders.

Shi Xiu himself personally led four trilinear battleships and four double-lined battleships to continue to meet Blackbeard's Vengeance Queen and Calico Jack's Calico and two other double-lined battleships; The remaining six triremes and six twins separated from the flanks with an overwhelming superiority of forces and headed towards the seven twins.

When the fleets of the two sides were still nearly two hundred meters away, the people on each other's warships could already see the weapons held by their opponents; It was also at this time that the warriors on the Augustus family battleship shot the first round of arrows! In the perception of pirates, the bow and arrow are not a weapon of attack during naval warfare.

Because the shooting of the bow and arrow needs to be stable, it is almost impossible to shoot the bow and arrow on a bumpy battleship; Coupled with the limitations of the range of bows and arrows, the main force of naval warfare was often warriors with weapons in hand. The classic mode of naval engagement, in addition to the most simple and crude direct collision, is the hand-to-hand combat after the two sides engage in broadboard.

However, this is just a normal pirate engagement mode; In regular national naval fleet engagements, the use of bows and arrows is still relatively frequent. On the one hand, because the size of the national naval fleet is relatively large, the number of archers is also relatively large, and the rain of arrows fired is naturally far from being comparable to that of pirates; On the other hand, it is because the archers on the national warships use better quality bows and arrows.

This is just an ordinary national fleet, and the fleet belonging to the House of Augustus is even better in this regard; This is thanks to the archers who were born in Crete. A large number of Cretan archers were placed in the Augustan legions, and the immediate benefit was that the art of making bows and arrows by the Augustan family developed by leaps and bounds.

Therefore, the officers and men of the Augustus navy also used high-quality bows and arrows with a long enough range; Coupled with the absolute superiority in the number of archers, there were countless pirates caught off guard by arrows in just one round of arrow rain and planted arrows in the vast sea. Blackbeard was not one to fight back after receiving a blow, and after closing the distance to a hundred meters, the pirate archers began to fight back.

However, the number of archers of the pirates was scarce after all, and the admirals of the Augustan family wore standard leather armor, armed with standard round shields and weapons; These sparse arrows didn't hurt them at all! The distance of 100 meters is very close for a battleship, and in just three rounds of arrow rain, the two fleets collided together!

Shi Xiu personally led four triremes to deliberately ram towards the relatively weak Calico Calico, and the remaining four twin battleships also rushed towards the other two twin battleships in pairs; In Shi Xiu's opinion, Blackbeard's Queen of Vengeance is, after all, a battleship with strong combat effectiveness, and it is basically unrealistic to want to defeat the five-column battleship by ramming.

Therefore, Shi Xiu's strategy was to use the superior number of warships and troops to sink the Calico and the other two double-lined warships; The Queen of Vengeance is a bulky ship that does not turn easily, and it will not be easy to support the Calico. After sinking these three ships, you can use your superior ships to besiege the Revenge Queen, which is difficult to escape!

Shi Xiu's idea was naturally good, and the situation on the battlefield was developing exactly according to Shi Xiu's expectations; Six trirees and six twins easily surrounded the seven pirate duplexes on their flanks, and rained them down with the same rain of arrows, all of which were rockets that would cause devastating damage to the ships!

The same was true of the frontal battle, where Shi Xiu easily led the entire fleet to avoid the Vengeance Queen, which Blackbeard personally commanded, and then attacked Calico Jack's Calico and two other double ships from multiple directions; However, will Blackbeard, a legendary pirate who has been fighting naval battles for more than ten years, be wiped out by Shi Xiu so easily?

The truth is far from being as simple as Shi Xiu thinks! In fact, at the beginning, when Blackbeard discovered the Augustus fleet, his first thought was to escape; However, escaping is also a matter of strategy, and how to escape better and safer is the king. Blackbeard quietly continued his assault on Kidd and Roberts, and then persuaded Calico Jack to concentrate his forces on a decisive battle.

Blackbeard predicts that the Augustusian fleets will not go toe-to-toe with their Vengeful Queen, and that they will most likely choose to destroy the other ships first; Finally, besiege your own Vengeful Queen. Therefore, Blackbeard also pretended to fight with all his might, and ordered the Queen of Vengeance to keep speeding forward.

It wasn't until Shi Xiu led the warships past the Queen of Vengeance that Blackbeard showed a smug look; Immediately afterward, Blackbeard did not rush to support the friendly forces as Shi Xiu imagined, but continued to accelerate towards the depths of the vast sea desperately! At this moment, Shi Xiu reacted; This Blackbeard sacrificed his subordinates and allies to give himself a chance to survive!

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