Chapter 0171: Encounter on the Sea (2)

Hum! They came to provoke themselves first, but she didn't take the initiative to trouble the other party! Therefore, little Anne can be ready to start bombarding each other without any scruples.

"Quick! It's now, hang the flag, let them surrender right away! Otherwise, we're going to shoot! ”

As the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, Anne excitedly asked the sailors to raise a flag that meant to persuade each other to surrender, as long as the other party did not surrender, then she was ready to start firing freely and playing, hanging the flag was just a meaning, in her opinion, the other party would definitely not surrender in this situation.

"Huh? Be! ”

The boatswain thought this order was outrageous, look, the other side now has three warships, and they are still attacking on their own initiative, and there is only one dreadnought on his side, no matter what, these Spaniards will definitely not surrender until there is a battle or the situation is clear, right?

However, he did not dare to say more, and since the little witch had given the order, he obediently asked the sailors to raise a banner to persuade the enemy to surrender.

Now in this period of great exploration, the flag language has just begun to develop, and many specific contents cannot be expressed. However, there are generally some simple universal flags: for example, the white flag hoisted during unconditional surrender, which can be used on land and sea; There are also pirate skeleton flags raised in preparation for robbery, indicating that they want to rob things or kill people and set fires; Or maybe the flag they're hanging up now to force each other down, and so on.

How can they run so fast against the wind?

Hilton put away the binoculars, his face was a little solemn, he couldn't understand the other party's battleship, it was obviously a headwind, and it was obviously just starting Yang Fan, why did it suddenly want to become very fast? This is very unreasonable!

Hilton, as commander of the small Spanish fleet, which currently has only three warships, has just finished escorting more than a dozen of his country's most important commercial transports, and is now on his way back to the Caribbean.

Since the beginning of the dispute with Britain for maritime supremacy in recent years, their Spanish interests have begun to suffer more and more serious damage, not only the damage to the fleet has weakened the sea power, but also the stupid bureaucracy has ceded the island of Jamaica as a very important strategic point a few years ago...... Whenever I think about it, it always makes Hilton grit his teeth and want to kill those idiots!

Over the years, they Spain has also been hit by the British fleet, watching the once powerful Spanish Empire weaken day by day, as a small person, he can only do the simple work of escorting the ship with humiliation, and never dare to go to trouble the British fleet without his own strength.

But who would have thought that on the way back this time, he actually ran into a lone British dreadnought-class battleship on a remote route?

When Hilton was in the telescope, looking behind the other party's huge and bloated ship, he dared to swear to God that he was absolutely not mistaken, it was definitely an Englishman battleship!

Those stupid Britons, who thought that if they didn't fly the British flag, he wouldn't be able to see it? Scold! This is really ridiculous, it is obviously a battleship, but they dare not fly the national flag, they must be weak-minded, right? Want to get under your nose?

"Everyone prepare, cut it downwind, surround it, and sink it!"

Now that he finally caught a lone fat sheep, Hilton decided to make a big deal! Anyway, there are few ships on this route, and if you sink them, you won't be able to survive, so no one must know that they Spaniards did it, right? After many years, I finally had the opportunity to show the British how good their Spaniards were!

In any case, he has now made up his mind, today, taking advantage of this God-given opportunity, he must take it and sink it!

"Your Excellency, Commander, the other side is hoisting the flag and wants us to surrender immediately......"

A sailor looking out from the mast gondola shouted loudly to the commander standing in the bow below.

This sailor even himself was a little puzzled, in this one-on-three situation, the other party still dared to force down? He thought that he was dazzled and misunderstood, but when he looked again and again to make sure that the information was correct, he had to report the latest situation to the commander below.

"What? Forced to surrender? Are they stupid? ”

After arranging for the sailors to prepare for battle, as the distance between the two sides gradually approached, the Commander of Hilton, who was standing at the bow of the ship, also saw through the telescope the flag of persuasion on the top of the opponent's mast.

This made him feel incredible, and he even wondered if the other party had hung the wrong flag? At this time, people with a normal brain should want to hoist the white flag representing surrender, right?

"These bastards!"

After picking up the binoculars and taking a closer look, confirming that the other party had also opened the gun door and preparing for the battle, Hilton finally determined that the other party was not joking, and did not fly the wrong flag, and they were indeed planning to persuade their side to surrender.

At this moment, Hilton felt that he had been greatly insulted! That flag, as if it was a naked mockery of them Spaniards!

These stupid and arrogant Britons, it seems, they still can't figure out the situation...... Now, it's all up to this, and they still naively think that they can defeat their three warships?

It's a big joke!

"Speed up! Everyone, get ready to fight! ”

Hilton issued an order with a black face, this time, he wanted to sink the opponent's ship directly!

And, God testifies, and he swears that he will never take in and salvage a single captive this time! He wants to let these arrogant Brits soak in the sea, so that their brains like a lump of pulp can be completely sobered?

……

"Aha! They're finally here! ”

After seeing the other party getting closer, and almost with the naked eye could see the figures on the other deck, little Anne began to run excitedly to the side of a cannon and urged the gunner.

"Quick! Hurry up! Give me the tongs, let me shoot! ”

After getting the red-hot tongs, she didn't think about it, she just clicked the tongs on the medicine door of the cannon's lead.

"Not yet! Dear Witches! We are still far from reaching the effective distance of shelling! ”

The artillery commander who was following him was about to collapse, so he could only patiently explain without tears.

Now that the situation is so grim, the difference in strength between the two sides is obvious, and he is about to cry when he speaks!

Look at it, it's a 1V3 situation now, their situation is already very bad, if a little girl commands it indiscriminately, I'm afraid, everyone today will have to die here, right? If the shelling starts at this distance, I am afraid that we will not even be able to hit the shadow of the enemy's ships, and those shells will fall into the sea halfway.

This little broken kid just wants to waste a precious round of shots! If you really let her fire indiscriminately, before she finishes reloading, I'm afraid that the other party's three battleships have already arrived and started the first salvo, right?

"Huh? So close is not enough distance? What kind of broken cannon is yours? ”

Now it's obviously very close, how can you say that the distance is not enough? Is this a cannon or not?

Well, in that case, then she had to think of something.

Magic: Range Boost!

Anne thought hard for a moment, then suddenly cast a spell on the cannon in front of her, which seemed to glow with a little blue light, and then the blue light quickly spread to all the guns, and finally disappeared.

"That's it! The attack range should be enough now! Everyone, listen to my orders and fire right now! ”

When the spell was finished, little Anne raised the red-hot tongs in her hand and prepared to slash over the fire rope above the medicine door.

"Huh? Is this really okay? ”

The artillery commander looked at the little witch in a daze, he was not sure what the blue light just now meant, and then he looked at the cannon that seemed to have not changed, gritted his teeth, and finally gave the order to open fire.

"Everyone, fire!"

He doesn't want to care about it now, just how these little witches toss! If you can't beat it, let these witches go into battle and throw fireballs on their own, anyway, their magic is very powerful, I hope they don't have to!

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! ……

Nearly forty guns on the side of the Intrepid began to roar one after another after hearing the order!

Accompanied by puffs of smoke and muzzle flames, solid shells whizzed towards the battle line of the three Spanish battleships.

"Haha! Sure enough, a bunch of stupid Britons! They actually fired at this distance? ”

Hilton put away his binoculars, he had just seen the guns on the British battleships begin to spew fire and smoke in turn, even he didn't expect that the other party launched an artillery bombardment of their three Spanish battleships at this distance, the commander of the other side must be a fool, right?

He can already foresee the end of the other party's defeat! At this distance, the other side has no possibility of firing again, and as for the artillery on the other side, there is definitely no chance to fire, and they will definitely not give the other side time to turn.

"Shelling! Cannonballs are flying! ”

Just as Hilton was about to taunt one of the lieutenants, the first mate of his flagship suddenly shouted loudly, and then he stepped forward and threw Hilton to the deck.

In the next moment, countless solid shells smashed down into the fleet, although most of them smashed directly into the sea, but there were about ten shots that hit the hulls or sails of the three warships.

The most unfortunate of all was the battleship that followed behind, which was hit directly into a powder keg on the deck, and the hot shells broke through the barrel and detonated the gunpowder filled with particles.

So, after a violent explosion, the stern of the ship was directly blown into a pile of rags, and a lot of sailors and soldiers were blown away, and the stern was directly burned, although the open fire was quickly extinguished by the sailors with buckets, but the whole ship still looked like thick smoke billowing and unusually embarrassed.

"How is this possible? How could their artillery go so far? ”

When Hilton stood up, he pushed his lieutenant away and stood on the fence with an incredulous face looking at the smoke-emitting third ship behind his flagship.

At such a distance, the other party actually hit it? Even his flagship was smashed into two holes, and the hull suffered a small skin wound.

What kind of artillery is on the opposing ship? Could it be the new shipborne cannon of the British? This is almost the distance of the heavy artillery on the shore, right? Is this where the other party's confidence lies?

"Quick! Command the fleet and go full speed! Get close to it in the shortest possible time! ”

Hilton was quick to give what he thought was the right order, and this time it might have been really his own carelessness! Where would he have thought that the opponent's artillery could still hit so far?

It's just that now the opponent has already fired a volley, as long as his side quickly approaches it and bites the other party fiercely, he believes that the final victory will eventually belong to Spain!

Then, after sinking the opponent, maybe you can salvage a few of the opponent's artillery pieces for research? If you can get the latest naval guns from the British, you will at least be considered to have made a great contribution to the Spanish Empire, right? Medals and awards are indispensable! Maybe even add a few more warships to your own small fleet?

"Did you really hit it?"

The artillery commander standing next to Anne looked at the enemy ship in the distance with fire and smoke, he never expected that their shelling would really hit such a long distance, and hit a lot?

This witch, what exactly did she just do with the artillery? Is it their strange magic again? Like a strong wind on a ship's sails?

"Yay! We hit! ”

Seeing the sudden flames and smoke of the ship at the back of the enemy fleet, little Anne began to cheer with joy with her two twin sisters, and then she hurried to urge the gunners to reload, she couldn't wait for another salvo to sink them!

"Ahh Master, no! They're speeding up! ”

On the side, Cecilia, who was more attentive, quickly reminded after seeing the enemy's actions.

If the other party is allowed to pass the test, his ship will definitely be shelled by the enemy, right? Moreover, the other side has three warships, and when the time comes, if that dense and terrifying shells roar and bombard, it will be terrible to think about!

"Huh? That's right! We must not let them come close, we must keep our distance! ”

Although Anne was not afraid of the other party's approach, she still wanted to play slowly for a while. This time, this platoon of guns on the deck, she had to aim and fire one by one!

"Quick! Helmsman! Veer! Keep your distance and don't give them a chance to get close! ”

"Steer, full left rudder, keep your distance!"

This time, the boatswain did not hesitate and repeated the little witch's command.

After Anne's spell just now, their artillery actually hit several times the usual distance, which made him very convinced! This kind of order to keep the distance between the two sides, so that he can hit the other party, but the other party can't hit his own order, is obviously extremely correct, and of course he must resolutely support it!

"Ahh I'm kind of in love with this boat now! ”

Jack? Sparrow had just seen the effect of the shelling, and the shelling at this distance was something he had never imagined before!

This dreadnought was originally just an ordinary battleship, big, slow, clumsy and slow, but now, after the witch's repeated attempts to enchant, it has become fast and sensitive, and the gun range has been increased several times out of thin air, which can be invincible in the Caribbean, right?

"Hey! Norrington, how about we have a discussion? This ship is mine, and how about the Black Pearl in Port Royal to you? ”

Jack Sparrow couldn't help but feel a little excited at the thought of commanding the fastest and longest-range battleship Dreadnought in the Caribbean Sea, kiting a horde of enemies to bombard.

Now, he can't look down on the original black pearl, the original black pearl is just the fastest, but not much faster, how can it run a full thirty knots of super speed like the current dreadnought? This is simply beyond the imagination of human beings in this world.

"Bastard Jack! The Black Pearl is my ship! You even want to trade with it? ”

When he was secretly shocked by the power of the Dreadnought, and even more shocked by the terrible spells of the little witch, Barbossa actually heard that someone was going to trade his Black Pearl, and instantly became furious, and really wanted to draw his musket and give this damn Jack Sparrow a buckshot!