Seeing the two pirate ships rushing towards the Tempest, one left and one right, like bread, Ye Feng, who had experienced many naval battles, was already very clear about the intentions of the two pirate ships.

There is no doubt that the two pirate ships must be preparing to flank the Tempest on the left and right, which would make the Tempest face a salvo of cannons from both pirate ships at the same time.

In this regard, he couldn't help but feel that the captain of the other party was really decisive, and the two sides were able to immediately put aside their disputes and attack him.

In fact, this is the credit of the pirate code, no matter how much hatred there is between pirates, it is an internal dispute, once faced with non-pirates, then it is necessary to let go of the battle of will, and wait until the enemy is solved to resolve the internal conflict.

However, this was undoubtedly bad news for Nightfeng, and the best scenario in his expectation was undoubtedly that the two sides fought out of ammunition, and then he easily settled the battle.

It seems that this time the god of luck did not favor him, but let him encounter the worst situation, the enemy was able to temporarily put aside his hatred and unite with the outside world.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng couldn't help but have a headache, but despite the worst-case scenario, he didn't intend to give up.

He then immediately ordered the helmsman to turn around at once, turning the side of the Tempest straight ahead.

As the helmsman changed direction dramatically, the pirates had to hold on to the fixed object to prevent themselves from being thrown out of the way due to centrifugal force.

The more timid pirates even tied themselves to the mast with ropes!

After a few minutes, the Tempest managed to point its hull at the two oncoming pirate ships in front of it, and then the gun windows below deck were propped up one by one, and the muzzles of a cannon with a metallic glow sticking out.

For a moment, the Tempest resembled a hedgehog covered in thorns on one side, and the Nightfront immediately caused the pirates except the gunner who was wielding the cannon to move in the opposite direction of the cannon.

Because once the cannon is fired, the huge reaction force will cause the hull to tilt badly, so there is a high chance that the battleship will roll over and sink. 35xs

Therefore, at this time, it is necessary to increase the weight of the gun in the other direction so that the hull is balanced to the left and right, so that even if the gun fires, the angle of inclination of the hull will not be too large.

At this time, the shortcomings of the small number of people were suddenly exposed, and after removing a dozen gunners, the total number of pirates left was less than 20 people, and it was obviously impossible for such a weight to be equal to the weight of dozens of guns plus gunners and huge force.

In desperation, Nightfeng could only immediately send the Forest Troll Spearman back to the Otherworld, and then immediately recast the Troll Summoning Skill, only this time he summoned the previous Mountain Troll!

And the reason why he chose to use the mountain troll in the naval battle can basically only be used for defensive purposes is also very clear, that is, he mainly wants to rely on the heavy size of the mountain troll weighing several tons to keep the two sides of the battleship parallel!

I have to say that his choice is still very correct, the battleship that was originally a little heavily tilted was immediately alleviated after the appearance of the mountain troll, and the tilted battleship immediately changed back to balance.

In such a state, even if the artillery fired, it would be impossible for the force to turn the battleship over and sink.

As one side of the Tempest's deck faced the enemy head-on, the two pirate ships sailing in front saw the posture of the Tempest, and they certainly knew what was going on with years of experience in naval warfare!

Soon, too, they began to turn their gun positions on one side of the Wind!

It's just that before they could turn around, Nightfeng's Tempest had already completed the turnaround, and then in the next second, with the roar of the gunners, the thunderous cannon instantly resounded at the sea level.

A dozen five-pound solid projectiles whistled towards the two pirate ships.

"Poof" "Poof"

In an instant, more than a dozen columns of water several meters high rose above the sea!

"Alas!"

Seeing these dozen or so rising columns of water, Ye Feng couldn't help but sigh, because through the binoculars, he found that none of the salvos this time could successfully hit the enemy ship. 35xs

However, his gunners could not be blamed, after all, the distance between the two sides was 2 nautical miles, and the optimal range of artillery at that time should have been within 500 meters.

In fact, in the era when there was no fire control system, even at the optimal range of 500 meters, the hit rate of firing solid shells was very low!

And the gunners under his command are not very experienced, after all, each firing costs several gold pounds, and a salvo is tens of gold pounds.

Only a navy that relies on the state can have such resources for live-fire training, and as for the pirates, they are so poor that they can't even shoot live ammunition in real combat, so let alone in ordinary training time.

However, in addition to the lack of experience in firing guns, there is also one most important reason, that is, they are in the sea at this time, and with the ups and downs of the waves, the battleship will also swing with it.

In the case of shaking, it increases the difficulty of shooting.

In fact, even in later generations, the degree of development of science and technology has reached the point of building 10,000-ton steel warships, but such a problem is still impossible to be fundamentally solved, otherwise, there will not be so many accidents that sank due to strong winds and waves in future generations!

Then, when the gunners of the Tempest fired a second round of shells, the two opposing corsairs finally turned the battle around, turning the sides of their ships towards the Tempest!

And this time, I don't know if it was the luck of the night front or the bad luck of the enemy, but the shell that was just passing by was lucky enough to hit the deck on the enemy's side because of the turn of the enemy ship.

"Boom" with a loud bang!

The five-pound solid bullet smashed into the deck, instantly smashing open a huge gap, and scattered sawdust ejected like sharp thorns.

Instantly, the pirates on the deck began to wail, and although this shell did not kill a single pirate, the damage it caused caused caused nearly ten pirates to suffer injuries of varying sizes, and at least half of them were unlikely to participate in the rest of the battle.

After all, pirates are notoriously weak-willed.

However, what really made Ye Feng feel regretful was why this shell didn't hit the hull of the opponent's ship below the waterline, because once the enemy's hull below the waterline suffered a wound, even if it was just a small wound the size of a fist, the huge water pressure of the surging sea water would instantly expand this tiny wound to the point that it could threaten the battleship to sink!

And the damage done by a five-pound solid bullet, if hit, is at least a wound the size of a car window.

The battleship was bombarded, which seriously affected the morale of the enemy, but under the captain's angry reprimand, the gunners of the enemy ship also launched a counterattack!

"Boom!" "Boom!"

Dozens of projectiles rained down, but it was obvious that the enemy's artillery experience was much worse than that of the gunners under the command of Yefeng.

Because although the gunners under his command did not hit a single shell for the first shot, they all landed in the sea area within a dozen meters of the enemy ship.

And this time the enemy shot, although the number of shells was twice as large as that of the Night Front, the location of its landing point was still a few dozen meters away from the Tempest, and at such a distance, it was impossible for the water column from the shells to even splash on the Tempest.

At this time, the Viking berserker Huska stepped forward and suddenly said, "No! The two pirate ships on the other side are definitely not small characters, and the ability to fire such a number of cannonballs from one side of the gun position is absolutely impossible for ordinary pirate forces to have! ”

"Look at the hands! Immediately find a way to see the pirate flag flying on the enemy battleship, right now! ”

Hearing the hasswain boatswain's hurried tone, the lookout knew that he had encountered a hard fork, so he immediately looked over with his eyes wide again.

After a while, because both sides were approaching their opponents, the distance between the two sides was also unconsciously much closer, which made the lookout finally able to see the appearance of the pirate flag hanging above the opponent this time.

After seeing the appearance of the pirate flag, the lookout immediately shouted to the deck below, "Report to the boatswain, one of the pirate flags is a pattern painted with a red skeleton style, as for the other one, it is blocked because of the position, and it is not clear to see!" ”

"Red Skullman Pattern!" Huska couldn't help but mutter, and then he hurriedly said to Yefeng as if he had thought of something, "Oh no, Captain, if I'm not mistaken, then one of the enemy ships we face this time must be the Spanish Captain Vilnueava, the Adriatic Pirate King!" ”

"Because only the pirates under his command will fly the pirate flag of the red skeleton man, if he knows that there are other pirates who dare to impersonate the pirate flag with such a pattern, then he doesn't have to think about continuing to mix in the pirate force!"

"As for the other pirate ship, if I'm not mistaken, then it should be a force under the command of another pirate king, and that pirate king is none other than the French captain Cheval, the pirate king of the Mediterranean."

"Oh?" In this regard, Ye Feng couldn't help but feel a little curious and asked, "Why are you so sure that the other pirate force is a pirate under the command of the Pirate King of the Mediterranean, can't it be a pirate of another force?" ”

"Hey, hey!" Husk sneered sully and said, "How can a pirate of ordinary forces dare to start a war with the Pirate King!" Only these pirates, who are also part of the Pirate King's power, would dare to do this. ”

"It's just that because the overall strength of each pirate king is not much different, under normal circumstances, even if they encounter it, they will not recklessly go to war."

"However, among these pirate kings, there are only two pirate kings whose forces will go to war as soon as they meet: Captain Vilnueava of Spain, the Pirate King of the Adriatic, and Captain Cheval of France, the Pirate King of the Mediterranean."