Chapter 0172: Encounter on the Sea (3)
"Excellent! That's it, raise the muzzle a little higher, pay attention, I'm going to get ready for ignition! ”
Soon, after the helmsman had made a turn, little Anne ran to the other side of the deck, commanded the gunners to raise the muzzles a little too high, and after aiming at the three enemy ships that had caught up, she jerked on the arquebus, and then trotted to the next gun, and then the next one......
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
……
The guns on the other deck of the Dreadnought roared again, and then a barrage of hot shells whistled again, smashing down on the three Spanish ships in the direction of the side of the Intrepid.
"Attention! Shelling!!! ”
Amid the heart-wrenching and tragic shouts of the boatswain or the first mate, the soldiers and sailors began to take refuge in what seemed to be safety.
As soon as the words fell, before the sailors and soldiers had time to find cover and take refuge, another round of shells fell on their heads, this time their luck was better, only three or five shells hit the entire fleet, destroying a little bit of the hull, and most of the other shells missed, they just smashed high columns of water on the sea around the fleet in vain.
The speed of their ship ...... So fast? How is this possible?
Hilton didn't care about the whistling shells, it was useless to dodge, this kind of solid shell, as long as it hit the target, even if it was hiding behind the bulkhead, it would be the same death, if it didn't hit, it would be fine if it was standing.
He looked at the other party's battleship in a daze, although it was bloated, but it was extremely agile, and he even saw the English on the other party's hull, which seemed to be the dreadnought that haunted near Port Royal?
How could it run so fast? This is completely contrary to the laws of nature! Could it be that they British have made some deal with the devil? That's why this ship is so fast?
Now, after the other side has finished firing the shells on this side, the artillery on the other side is probably also loaded, right? Now, are they going to start accelerating and turning again, and the other deck is facing their side?
"Hurry up! The helmsman turns, keep his distance, I'm going to use the artillery on this side again! ”
On board the Dreadnought, little Anne, after having ordered all the guns and seeing that the shelling was not very effective, staggered to the other side of the deck, and then gave a loud command to the helmsman.
Sure enough, it turned again......
Commander Hilton saw that the other party suddenly began to accelerate, and quickly turned the other deck to this side of his fleet, their guns were already aimed at their three ships, and after a burst of sparks and gunsmoke, countless shells smashed down again.
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"Raise the white flag, we ...... Surrender ......"
I don't know how many times the other side shelled it, but the Spanish fleet finally couldn't bear it.
Soon, on the orders of the flagship commander, on their already battered hull, they raised the white flag, a symbol of unconditional surrender.
"This ...... I must be dreaming, right? ”
His own small fleet, inexplicably, in three against one, in the case of smooth sailing, finally lost......
They didn't even have a single shell to touch each other......
Hilton stood on the bridge of his flagship ship with a dull face, and was speechless for a long time as he watched the Dreadnought, which was approaching at high speed after making a circle sensitively.
Today, this encounter is the most humiliating battle in his more than ten years of naval career since Hilton became a captain, and there is no one! He never imagined that one day, one of his fleets would be controlled by an enemy warship in a circle, and he would be beaten to the point that he had no power to fight back, and he would have to surrender?
In the previous battle, they had been stuck in the distance by the Dreadnought, kites, and all kinds of fierce blows in circles, no matter what, they couldn't catch up with each other, and finally, in desperation, they were sunk alive by someone!
The remaining two warships, after seeing that there was no hope of victory, could only hang the white flag and announce their surrender under the orders of Hilton. Now that they had lowered their anchor and lowered their skiffs, they were going to rescue the crew of the battleship that had been ordered to abandon ship.
"Gentlemen, we did our best, but unfortunately, God seems to have abandoned us......"
Hilton glanced at the officers behind him with a sad look on their faces, and sighed helplessly.
In Hilton's opinion, what the other party did was like cheating! Even if the range is several times higher than that of ordinary artillery, he can blame it on the latest weapons of the British, new weapons, it is always understandable to fight farther!
But what is it about the bloated and fat body of the battleship Intrepid that can still run at such a high speed? No matter how skilled their helmsmen are, no matter how full of their helmsman talents, they can't run so fast, right? Their battleship even ran out of the feeling of an ordinary light reconnaissance battleship drifting, what the hell is going on?
Also, who can tell him: why the sails of the Dreadnought can still bulge backwards and rush towards them at high speed in the face of a headwind? The other party's speed is even faster than his own downwind? It's simply against the rules of nature, okay? What is this not cheating? And it's just crazy cheating!
Don't set up a new style of sail, no matter how good the sail is, it is impossible to run so fast against the wind!
Looking at the whole world, there is a ship like the other party? Even the rumored magic battleship of Redbeard can't be like this, right? Is it a devil's ship that came out of hell? Is this world still unreasonable?
Alas......
However, defeat is defeat, and no matter how much you say, it is useless to complain.
Looking at the abandoned battleship in the distance, its hull still floating on the sea, Hilton closed his eyes in pain.
Hopefully, the other party can give their people a decent ending, right?
The great Spanish Royal Fleet was once again defeated at the hands of the shameless British, and with only one ship on the other side, Hilton could already imagine that when the news came back to Spain, he would become the sinner of the entire empire!
......
After the two battleships came to a stop side by side and put the pedals on them, the commander of the Hilton fleet led the two lieutenants to step silently on the deck of the Dreadnought, and when he saw that the other party was already waiting for him on the bridge for a long time, he could only reluctantly go up, and soon, he walked up to the other and stood in front of a man who looked like the captain from the costume.
"I am Fleet Commander Hilton, and on behalf of our Spanish fleet, I surrender to you! We hope that you will give us fair treatment in accordance with our status! ”
After exhaling deeply, Hilton, in his footed English, bowed his head and handed Norrington his Commander's Sabre.
"I'm sorry! I don't think I can accept your surrender! ”
Norrington shrugged his shoulders helplessly, how similar was this situation to when he surrendered to the witch in the Governor's Mansion in Port Royal?
It's just that now he accepts the surrender of others, and he has a little comfort in his heart, just a little bit, the same end of the world has fallen into people, the two of them can now be said to be difficult brothers, and the senior generals of the two empires have become captives of a group of witches.
"Why not accept our surrender? What else do you want? We've thrown in the towel! ”
Hilton's eyes widened in surprise, they have now admitted defeat and surrendered, and their two warships have been anchored and surrendered waiting to be disposed of, what do these Brits want? Do you really want to kill them all?
"I'm sorry, because it's not me who has the final say, it's the powerful witch who has the final say!"
Norrington shook his head with a wry smile, he didn't think about how to embarrass the other party, so he quickly lured the hapless Spanish general to the sorceress Anne.
Because, he also felt the same way about such a situation! Just the day before yesterday, their seemingly powerful more than a thousand elite royal soldiers had not been disarmed and surrendered by witches? The despair and shame of that situation, he Norrington would never have been lighter than this Spaniard.
"This ......"
Under the introduction of the British captain, Hilton looked at Anne who was standing aside in surprise, this little girl about eight years old turned out to be the person who was talking? Are they witches? No way?
After turning his head to look at Norrington who closed his eyes and stopped talking, he could only grit his teeth, walked in front of the little girl stubbornly, and then solemnly bowed.
"Please accept our surrender, Your Excellency the Witch!"
With that, Hilton solemnly handed over his sword with both hands again.
"It's boring! You threw in the towel so quickly? I haven't had enough of it! ”
Anne pouted her lips in anger, just now, she was having a good time, these people actually surrendered, didn't they want to fight three to one in the first place?
After frowning and taking Hilton's saber and playing with it twice, little Anne felt that the weapon was nothing fun, just a broken sword, so she threw it back casually.
"Forget it, follow us when you're done! From now on, you are my captives, and I'm going back to sleep now, goodbye! ”
After a whole day of fishing and shelling, she felt a little tired and wanted to go back to her captain's room to rest.
After yawning, Anne took the twin sisters and jumped down the spiral ladder on both sides of the helm platform, and before going down the last step, she seemed to remember something, and turned back to warn:
"Your ship will follow us to carry some treasure, and when we come back, we will let you go, don't even think about escaping, or I will set fire to your ship."
After saying that, little Anne ran directly to her captain's room, leaving behind, and then the two twin sisters who followed her in closed the door to the captain's room.
"This ...... What is this? ”
Hilton looked at the little girl who had already walked into the captain's room below, and then looked at the saber that had been thrown back in his hand, but for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
They came here on the Intrepid this time, but they came to surrender...... Now, that's the end of it? That's a bit too hasty, isn't it? Isn't there anyone to take over their two ships and watch them as they work? Or would it be better to just imprison them, the vanquished? This is in line with the normal process!
"Alright, Hilton Fleet Commander, right? In the future, I'm sure you'll get used to it. ”
Norrington smiled and patted the Spaniard fleet commander on the shoulder, and comforted him softly:
"You better go back to the ship and repair the ship, and then, you just need to follow our ship, and the rest, you will act as if nothing happened."
Originally, Norrington, who had been in a bad mood after losing Port Royal and Bebo going to sea, suddenly felt that life was a lot smoother.
Sure enough, when I was unlucky, I suddenly felt that there was one more person to accompany me to be unlucky, which was really good! So, he decided to go to the sailors' room below, get a good bottle of wine, and have a few good drinks.
"Actually, you didn't lose unjustly, maybe you still don't believe it, they are witches, real witches! Isn't it amazing? ”
Jack? Sparrow walked to Hilton's side step by step, turned around, looked at the Spanish admiral, and then suddenly pulled out a short-barreled musket with beautiful craftsmanship from the other man's waist, the handle on which was inlaid with gold and ivory, and also carved with exquisite patterns, which looked very precious and must be worth a lot of money.
"Aha! This shot is very good! So, I'll take it. In return, I can remind you: if you want to live, don't even think about running away! Otherwise, something horrible will happen! Don't forget! ”
With that, Sparrow slipped the gun back into the holster on his waist, and then walked below deck, not knowing what cabin he had run to. Today he was in a good mood and made another profit, so he also decided to go down there and find Norrington for a drink or two.
"Oh! Come on! What do you look at me like that? I'm still like you, but I'm a prisoner! I'm desperate for those witches......"
Seeing the Spanish officer looking at him helplessly, Barsabo hurriedly waved his hand impatiently and said.
He, Captain Barbossa, is still a prisoner, where is he in the mood to care about this Spaniard? In the coming days, he will lead these witches to loot the treasures he has hidden for many years.
In his opinion, he was much more desperate and helpless than this Spanish officer! Not only is he cursed, and he doesn't know when he will be able to unlock it, but he is also forced by a group of greedy witches to find the treasure he has saved for many years, which is all his money!