Episode 204 Interception
The sea breeze blew through the sea, ruffling up a slightly long black hair, and he was standing on the lookout of the Sky, holding a telescope to take a closer look. At this time, on the sea, there was only one ship, the Cangtian. Like a cold sculpture, Donk remained motionless in place for a while, until the corners of his mouth curled up with a sharp turn of color when the target appeared.
"Saliva Dog, you've finally delivered to the door!"
Tang Ke's mood was agitated, he was here to ask for the debt today, and according to the situation, ninety percent of them would fight at sea. But the enemy's fleet was full of twenty ships, and Donk only piloted the Sky. Although there was a huge disparity in numbers, he was completely sure of the battle, and bringing other ships would cause a drag.
In the distance, a fleet of ships pierced through the faint mist, like a group of ghostly black shadows, and the size was exactly about twenty ships. The fleet of the Poison Fang Pirates passed through this place and was heading in the direction of the Greenland Empire.
Donk observed with a telescope for a while, and after estimating that the distance was enough, he used the investigation technique and learned that there were more than 3,000 people in the Poison Fang Pirate Regiment, of which several small fast ships carried 50 people, and two large ships carried 300 people each, compared to these, the most important thing was the magic ship as the flagship.
The Magic Ship owned by the Saliva Dogs is called the Pudding, a small first-order magic ship with several magic cannons with higher firepower than the cannon, and the firepower is inferior to that of the Sky, but it is not slow, and it has a strange ability.
【Special Features】
Rebound (does not consume magic stones, uses the special pudding wood of the hull and the help of the elastic magic array to bounce back the shell such as solid bullets) Magic power propulsion (uses the duck paw type oar at the stern to flap forward, consumes 0.1t magic stones per hour, and the maximum time limit is 150 hours) Donk carefully checked the information of the Pudding, only the rebound ability needs to be paid attention to, and other aspects are similar to ordinary sailboats. Although it is only a first-order magic ship, it cannot be taken lightly, and the Pudding, with its rebound ability, is equivalent to an ineffective cannonball hit, and can only be killed with scattered bullets, or use fire to attack. Thinking of the flames, he naturally thought of the Purgatory, the Purgatory's powerful fire-breathing ability was simply the pudding's nemesis. It's a pity that the Purgatory is not there, so I can only find another way.
"Little ones, control the sails, let's stop their flagship!" Donk gave the order.
The Celestial Furnace roared eagerly, and the hull raised its half-sail, adjusting its position at an accurate angle and at a slow pace, always maintaining a T-shaped angle to the fang's fleet.
The "T" shape is the most commonly used and most practical position in naval warfare, because such a formation can use the side of the hull to bombard the enemy indiscriminately, while the enemy ship can only counterattack with the bow gun, or even be beaten passively. The benefits of this style of play are obvious, as it can weaken the enemy with minimal losses and make the enemy deflated at sea. Of course, if the enemy ship turns around, the two sides will form a "two" shape, and this will become a fair and reasonable confrontation, and it will all rely on hard power to win, and whoever has the biggest fist will win. In order to avoid the formation of a fair "two" shape, it is necessary to keep moving forward, always stop in front of the enemy ship, and ensure the advantage of the "T" shape.
If you don't want to fight hard with battle line tactics, running the "T" position is the key to winning a naval battle, and this is also the most test time for a commander or tactician, because you have to calculate the wind direction and the enemy's next changes, and if you are not careful, you will be injured by the position advantage, and even the enemy will seize the "T" position in turn.
Like a roadblock, the Cangtian stopped in the middle of the sea with obvious malice, but it did not attack in advance, but played a negotiation flag. The fang-fang fleet paused for a moment at sea, probably for some discussion, before the whole fleet formed a line and sailed closer, stopping at a distance of about eight hundred yards.
"Donk, what do you mean by that?" Peel's gruff voice came over the sea, clearly using an amplified snail.
Donk had already returned to the bridge, and replied lightly, also holding the snail, "I'm just here to collect debts." ”
"Debt collection?"
"Tut, Captain Peel, your last name is too bad. I deposited 10,000 gold coins with you two days ago, and you said you would return 20,000 gold coins to me, what, you must have forgotten it, right? Donk sneered. He has always blackmailed others, how can he tolerate others blackmailing him in turn, so he must find a place back today!
Peel was silent for a moment, like a brewing storm, and he roared angrily, "Donk, have you heard of a word? Don't pull teeth out of the tiger's mouth! ”
"Sorry, I haven't heard of it. And I'm not here to study proverbs with you, I'm here to collect debts! ”
"Between us, what kind of bullshit debt?"
"Good! I wish you could answer like this, since you are in debt, I can only use my fists to collect the debt. The blue tendons on Tang Ke's forehead appeared, and he shouted violently, "The gunners on the first and second floors of the port side team listen to the order and fire!" ”
The pirates on board are waiting for this! They shouted excitedly, and the pirates on the deck chose to shoot or raise their swords, while the gunners on the gun deck pressed their red-hot soldering irons into the gun doors, igniting the flames of war with passion, and ten ordinary cannons and sixteen magic cannons attacked together, and the cannonballs roared over the sea like black meteors.
Due to the distance, when the cannonball hit the Pudding, it had already exhausted its strength, and it slammed into the hull weakly, and was bounced away. Although the shells did not have a lethal effect, the purpose of this artillery fire was to declare war, not to strike the enemy.
"Donk, do you dare to fight our entire fleet with just one ship? You think you can bluff me with a golden beard? Peel snorted coldly on the Pudding, his squinted eyes a little cold, and he waved his claws, "At ten o'clock, the fleet turns, full speed ahead!" ”
Peel was provoked, and his heart was naturally furious, but in addition, he was also a little surprised, he didn't expect that Donk would have such great courage to dare to declare war with twenty ships with one ship! He knew that Donk was protected by the Golden Beard, but he disdained it, and he only needed to sink the Sky and win the broadside battle.
The Pudding, the leader, turned around in an attempt to get rid of the T-shaped disadvantage, but due to the slower speed of the ordinary ships behind it, the Pudding could not drive too fast. Eight hundred yards was a matter of sliding forward for a sailboat, and a moment later the Sky bit the bow of the Pudding and threw another round of shelling. This time the two sides were already close at hand, and the shelling of the Sky was all hit. Donk already knew that the Pudding had the ability to rebound, and of course he wouldn't look for himself, and the cannonballs he ordered to shoot were all explosive shells newly invented by the goblin Norman. The shell is a thin layer of iron with gunpowder and small iron bullets on the outside, and a fuse sticks out from the outside, which can explode after being fired.
The explosive bombs are still only a prototype, the accuracy is not very high, the time of the explosion is uneven, some explode in mid-air, and only a few explode at the right time, giving the Pudding a powerful blow. The pudding's hull was so strong that it could bounce off all the iron bullets that had spread out, but the people on board were hit with it. The jujube-sized iron bullets, even with shields or helmets as defenses, could not completely offset the damage, and two pirates in the bow of the ship were killed on the spot, bleeding all over the ground.
The Pudding, which had only one small cannon in the bow, made several sparse counterattacks that had no real effect at all. The pirates aboard the Pudding screamed in anger and struggled to steer the ship to side with the Sky.
Under Tang Ke's accurate command, the Sky has always maintained its positional advantage, and rounds of shelling are like raindrops, fiercely venting the past.
"Damn, if you go on like this, you won't be able to get rid of the interception at all!" Peel hastily dodged the bombardment, angrily thinking about what to do, he had heard a little about the Sky and knew that the ship could fly, so the most effective outflanking tactics would not be used, so there were only two options left. One is to fight a war of attrition, with the ammunition of twenty ships, which in any case is more than one; The second is to fight the broadside battle, use the broadside battle to disrupt the deck of the Cangtian, especially to capture the console, so that the Cangtian can not fly, and then use outflanking tactics to take the Cangtian in one fell swoop!
Peel has been a pirate leader for so many years, and naturally it is not for nothing, and both solutions can crack the advantages of the Sky. After a little thought, he decided to choose the second option, and ordered the whole ship to adjust to the downwind direction, move slowly, and then rush over when the time came, as for the nineteen ships behind, in order not to scare away the Sky, they did not move for the time being.
The pirates were thrilled with the joyful firing of the Sky, and the Pudding stopped moving and kept grinding in a straight line, so that they could concentrate on firing their guns, and the shell hit rate was greatly improved.
Donk didn't take the enemy for a fool, after he sensed the Pudding's motives, he sneered, the advantage of the Sky is to fly, how can it fight with the enemy ship? If you don't fight a broadside battle, you naturally can't let the enemy ship get close! He immediately pulled up the rudder and let the Sky flutter its wings.
The Sky quickly made a sail closing motion, and the Pudding, seeing that something was wrong, rushed up, and the Sky flew proudly in front of the Pudding, the huge propeller buzzing, and the wind stirring, setting up a mist on the sea.
"Damn! Cunning cowards! Peel's impact plan was aborted, and he was so angry that he cursed.
When the Sky reached the sky, it appeared to have an advantage, able to resist the disadvantages of the wind direction, and advance over the fang's fleet. Due to the high level, all the straight-pipe cannons of the fangs fleet were scrapped, and they couldn't hit the Cangtian at all, and only a few mortars could shoot into the sky at an elevation angle, but the chances of hitting were really pitiful. The magic cannons on board the Sky are all purpose-built for flying, and the muzzles can be adjusted downward to shoot at enemy ships in the lower left or right at a sharp angle.
It highly contributed to the opportunity for the Cangtian to attack unilaterally, and without any scruples, it violently beat the fanged fleet crawling below, and the fanged fleet had no chance to fight back except for being beaten!
In order to avoid the shelling, the fangs could only escape with the wind. The Sky chased after it viciously, but unfortunately it couldn't catch up with the flagship, so it could only take it when it was good, and dropped several huge powder kegs on a ship in the middle of the fang's fleet, the power of this thing was very terrifying, and it directly sank the poor ship. The powder keg was made by Norman, and the goblins danced excitedly when they saw the explosion.
The fangs flotilla was stopped and slashed in the waist, and the flotilla was forced to split into two teams, but continued to move in the same direction. When the enemy ship was delaying the time, the Cangtian took aim at another ship and dropped several barrels of explosives, which were also reduced to a half-broken state in the skyrocketing fire.
Seeing this, Donk laughed heartily, this feeling of one-sided beating is really good, and the sight of the enemy ship sinking in the explosion is really pleasing to the eye. What made him mind a little was that in the ranking of the pirate group made by the system, the Poison Fang Pirate Group was ranked ahead of the Evil Dragon Pirate Group, but when it really fought, Tang Ke played the Poison Fang fleet with a ship. Could it be that the ranking of the system does not count? He thought about it and made a guess.
After all, the system is a dead thing, and when making judgments, the number of ships, the number of people, prestige, and level should be used as the standard, and these are combined, the Poison Fang Pirate Group is higher than the Evil Dragon Pirate Group, but if you compete with the magic ship alone, the Pudding is not the opponent of the Sky at all!
Relying on the sharp weapon of the powder keg, the Cangtian sank two ships in a row, and the results were reaping. But Donk is still not satisfied, and he still doesn't understand his hatred! Under his cold command, the Sky was like a ruthless beast, with bright red eyes, aiming at the third prey, and rushed over with bared teeth.
Several more powder kegs were dropped from the air, two into the water and two in the stern, blowing the ship to pieces, and the stern was in billowing smoke, losing the ability to turn and drifting with the wind.
It was only then that Peel was desperate to find out that he had miscalculated before, and he had made a big mistake! He originally thought that on the sea, the advantage was on his side, after all, he had twenty ships! Twenty ships! But what about the real fight? One ship chases twenty boats and makes them as embarrassed as dogs! Shame on you! He gritted his teeth and calculated, the current loss alone has exceeded 20,000 gold coins, which is really more than worth the loss. He regretted and hated that he shouldn't have been obsessed with money and treated Tang Ke as a soft persimmon. Thinking about it this way, Tang Ke is not only not a soft persimmon, but also a smelly and hard stone, and it is impossible to bite it without two bloody teeth!
The Sky was staring at the third ship in hot pursuit, and it was only a matter of time before it succeeded.
Discouraged, Peel could only admit it, he didn't dare to do anything to the Sky, but people had no scruples, the situation was too bad. The flotilla led by the Fangs turned back, all the ships flying white flags of shame.
"Donk, you've won! I consider myself unlucky, the debt of 20,000 gold coins, I will pay you back! Peel roared.
"I'm sorry, due to the interest relationship, now the 20,000 gold coins have risen to 30,000, and not a single cent is missing, otherwise I will continue to collect debts!" Tang Ke replied unreasonably, in the current situation, whoever has the biggest fist is the truth!
"You don't have to take an inch!"
Donkeso did not answer, and continued the attack in his boat, which was in a precarious situation under a round of shells.
"That's it! 30,000 gold coins, I promised you! Peel agreed with hatred, he was really at a loss for what to do, there were a few slow ships in the fleet, and it would not work to escape, and the ships and personnel were more important than the gold coins.
In order to collect the money smoothly, Donk ordered Peel to send a small boat to bring the money, and when the money was paid, the boats on both sides kept a certain distance and could not move. Peel did it one by one, without any tricks. Donk was also very careful, investigating the people and finances in the small boat in turn, and only let the boat approach when it was safe. During this time, the Poison Fang Pirates rescued all their comrades who had fallen into the water, sinking a total of two ships, and only one wrecked ship was recovered.
Tang Ke opened the treasure chest sent by Peel, and a burst of golden light was dazzling, and it was full of yellow gold coins, which only looked like more than 10,000 gold coins, but on the surface of the gold coins was a deposit slip of 20,000 gold coins, which was worth exactly 30,000 gold coins. He smiled contentedly and closed the chest.
The small boat of the Fangs pirates rowed away, and the two sides parted ways at sea.
Peel lost 20,000 gold coins, of course, he was not convinced, and roared viciously: "Tang Ke, I have written down the account of these 30,000 gold coins!" ”
"Saliva dog, this is your own doing, if you dare to play this game, you must be prepared to be a loser." Donk replied with a cold snort.
Peel's broken teeth could only be swallowed in his stomach, and his face twitched in anger, and he gritted his teeth in a low voice: "Donk, this game will not be finished like this." ”
The fleet of the Poison Fang Pirates gradually faded away, and Peel stopped talking, and it would be a loss of face to say anything more.
Tonk contrasted sharply with Peel's mood, with a crescent-shaped arc on his lips and fluttering black hair like an unrestrained pirate flag. After watching the fanged fleet leave, he turned and announced that he would return to the Little Pirate City today to celebrate and share the spoils.
Naturally, the pirates were so happy that they cheered and shot at the sky. Every time they make a successful deal, it means that they have money in their pockets to squander. And defeating the Poison Fang Pirates is still a good talking point, which can be used to brag with the girls.
Donk looked at the rough smiling faces around him, and maliciously ordered: "When you arrive at the Little Pirate City, spread the news for me, saying that Peel took the initiative to attack the Sky and proclaimed that he didn't care about Goldbeard's revenge. Remember to exaggerate, add oil and vinegar to it, and say that Peel is too big to say that he doesn't take the golden beard in his eyes. What do I mean, do you understand? ”
The pirates looked at each other, stunned for a moment, and the smarter ones soon came to their senses.
"Haha, Captain, you're really bad!"
A wicked smile rippled across Donk's face, yes, his move was indeed indestructive. If the news of Peel's contempt for Goldbeard spreads around the harbor, it is likely to cause Goldbeard's anger, and if this old guy is angry, the whole sea will have no place for the Poison Fang Pirates! To put it bluntly, he is also borrowing a knife to kill people.