Chapter 126: Fighting Downwind

The White Tulip's three mainsails and fourth mast sails were all full of wind, and the speed of the ship was very fast, in this case, the rudder repair was also a huge test for Takenaka's level, which was like a large truck racing against a small car, and at the same high speed, the steering of the large truck must be much more troublesome than that of a small car.

The strength of the little guy is 6, just 1 point higher than the adult man, in order to control the rudder, at this time has all the weight of the whole body hung on the rudder, not that Lao Wang and others do not help, but at this time he never dared to give the rudder to others, the sailboat steering is very hand-felt work, especially in this kind of knots, the most can not be the hands of the shopkeeper, the rudder feedback back every subtle force feeling, is crucial.

Boss Tan was also nailed to his post, he gritted his teeth and led the deck sailors to pull the sail cable, so as not to let the slightest wind flow due to the natural rolling of the sail, and the palms of several sailors had been blurred by the flesh and blood of the cable friction.

The whole ship was concentric, and the White Tulip increased speed and changed direction, and little by little it approached the Skugull, reaching a firing distance of 220 yards.

Don't underestimate the 30 yards of the hard push, for the White Tulip's 4-pounder gun, it's a matter of doubling the hit rate.

The Skua certainly wouldn't let its opponent crack its artillery routine so easily, and the high reloading speed of the 3-pounder gun worked again, and the Skua once again finished the Grange ahead of the White Tulip, and the 3-pounder roared at a range closer than 250 yards.

Lao Wang was unlucky this time, the ship was actually hit by 6 bullets, one of the cannon pellets was adjusted to a higher angle of fire, and it directly skipped the deck, grazing Tan Liang's low body and flying over, and another three inches away from half of Boss Tan's flesh and blood.

Not to mention the gunwales and hulls, which were splashed out of the wood, which made the sailors scream again and again, and the gun emplacements on the side were lost again, and now only 14 guns were left that could fire.

The Skugull's naval superiority was slowly accumulating, which was not good news for the White Tulip.

"When you get to the position, don't worry, use a medium-sized spacer to adjust the elevation angle for me. Mary walked back and forth on the side of the gun, suppressing the emotions of each gun position sailor, they have never been pressed and beaten by people like today since they followed Lao Wang to the sea, at this time there is resentment, the cannon will not be calm, if it is left unchecked, it will inevitably trigger a chain reaction, then it is really no longer accurate, the so-called gun commander, not only to have excellent gunnery skills, but also to control the shooting emotions of all gunners, Mary is doing this now.

The beautiful reporter was stable for about 10 seconds, and the sailors in his gun position felt that their hearts were beating into a line, and the target was aimed and aimed in the eyes, and every link was done, and no sound could arouse their hearing, except for one!

"Fire!"

The gunners, like mechanical and swift dolls, reflexively pushed the fire rope forward when they heard the command, until they heard a loud bang in their ears, and then they came back to their senses, and began to shout and start preparing for the next round of shooting.

14 shots and 4 hits!

The White Tulip achieved good results in this round of shooting, and the old king observed with his own eyes in the telescope that the cannon pellet crashed into the enemy's hull with terrifying force, and the three-masted Galen hull was easily smashed, and the solid lead pellet tore the hole in the oak plank, which was not much more difficult than the big man tearing the girl's dress.

Lao Wang couldn't help but feel a little sure in his heart, although his side of the hit is few, but the victory is as long as the result is big, this and the opponent's small fast play, completely two shelling styles, it seems that the key to the victory of this naval battle is still in the rudder and sail, in addition, it depends on the pickers' respective tricks.

The Skua can play such artillery skills, and the selectors above are naturally not weak in combat strength, and their combat wisdom is also very good.

Just now, the white tulip increased the speed and cut the inner corner to turn, the purpose was to shorten the distance and cause the difference in the speed of the ship, which made the artillery battle at close range and according to the rhythm of the 4-pounder gun, and the Skua coping strategy was also very simple, what the enemy wanted to do, try not to let him do it.

So the Skua also added sails and began to pick up speed, but this time they were not satisfied with just catching up with the White Tulip, and their speed continued to climb until the sails were full and the Skua began to catch the wind, and the Skua had surpassed the White Tulip.

"It's not good, she's so fast, don't pursue relative uniform speed? Is it possible that she wants to make a fuss about the distance?" Lao Wang controls the overall battle situation, and he knows best about the changes in various situations, and it is actually very good for the Skua to continue her previous artillery battle plan, just like just now, her advantages will gradually accumulate, and she is the best choice for a safe victory.

On the other hand, on his own side, because he is bulky, he can only passively see the moves, and if he wants to win, he also depends on the opponent's mistakes and his own luck, and he must cause as many hits as possible.

But in such a situation, the other party is unwilling to adhere to effective tactics, which can only show one problem, that is, the other party has a better way to clean up itself.

Lao Wang hasn't forgotten the Hakan of the Scarface squad in the last naval battle, that guy didn't move at first, but he held his breath and made a big move, directly controlling the Xiulan with the Freezing Technique.

At that time, fortunately, the two sides were in the stage of artillery firing, and the speed was not high, not as fast as it is now, if it was the same as today, if it braked sharply at full speed, then it was possible that the wooden hull of the three-masted Galen ship would be directly scattered.

Lao Wang was thinking that the course of the Ska in the telescope had changed, and their helmsman really chose to cut inward, so that the distance of the enemy ship was closer to the White Tulip, which was a sign that there was a backhand!

"Be vigilant, the other party may have some tricks. Lao Wang shouted orders to the whole boat, and at the same time reminded his team members to be careful.

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the rudder position of the Skua changed again, and in the high-speed approach, it barely managed to repair an angle to expose the broadside gun position, what is this going to do?

The white smoke answered Lao Wang's doubts, and the roar of the naval cannon followed, and at this time, the other party actually opened fire!

"Enemy shelling!" Boss Tan shouted loudly, he is a key member of the deck, and he must make appropriate warnings and responses in various situations, Lao Wang doesn't talk much on the deck, but he shouts more, but it's Boss Tan, if there is no breath of a Peking Opera actor, the voices of ordinary people would have been abandoned after a naval battle.

"Shelling? Even if it is loaded, how can you choose to fire at this time, the enemy ship is so fast, and the angle is not good enough, can it hit 3 rounds or 5 rounds? When the distance is close, we will return fire, and they will be finished!" Mary's voice sounded in the team channel, there must be a demon when things go wrong, this kind of operation is no longer a demon, even people who don't understand naval warfare will not fight like this.

"Mental fluctuations!" Takenaka followed Mary and reminded everyone loudly, making the team channel completely lively.

The little guy sensed the mental power detection launched by the other party before, and pulled it back, because this time he formed an attribute value suppression of the enemy's high spirit selector, so the opponent's mental power fluctuations, there is nothing to hide from him, and now the other party has mental fluctuations, it seems that the selector is going to release spiritual skills.

Skill after shooting, isn't this about adding any attributes to the gunball?

"I fucking know there's no good bread to eat!" thought to the old king, and hurried to the side with a loud shout, just in time to see the enemy rapidly approaching the gunball.

The appearance of the cannon pill is very irregular, it looks soft and collapsed, as if it has a little dark red color, he chuckled in his heart, and instantly remembered the horse blacksmith in the village in the real world, the old guy's furnace is often smelted with steel billets, and this is the virtue when it is about to be burned through!

Sure enough, it's an attribute bomb!

"It's not good! The enemy is playing with fire, and the cannonballs coming from the opposite side have high temperatures!" Lao Wang suddenly turned around and shouted!

And this "reluctant shelling" of the Skua has already borne fruit.

This time, she hit the White Tulip 4 cannon pellets, the strange thing is that these 4 cannon pellets did not hit the hull seriously, their performance is a bit similar to plasticine, they can't break the ship's board, but under the strong kinetic energy, they are "snapped" into a puddle of sticky metal soft mud, attached to the hull.

The melting point of the lead gunball is 327 degrees, and the ignition point of oak is about 240 degrees, on the oxygen-rich sea, what good thing can this be, soon, the four pools of lead mud have become four ignition points, and their temperature has a tendency to continue to rise, gradually flowing down the hull, as long as the hull is covered with metal mud, there are traces of charring, and the flames are fluctuating, and they begin to grow with the help of the sea breeze.

"Grandma's! It turned out to be such a plan, Boss Tan, take someone to control the ignition point, and when the fire is big, it will be fucking over!"

This depression in Lao Wang's heart, haven't you burned incense in the space recently, why are these guys with high spiritual power attributes who have met him all play nature.

Just now, the enemy was obviously playing tricks when firing, and I don't know how to use some means to heat the gun pellet at high temperature, not only to ensure that the cannon pellet is complete in the chamber, easy to accelerate, but also to bring high temperature, it seems that after countless adaptive training, this can hit the almost liquefied lead lump on the ship, the lead liquid is sticky, hot, and located on the outer board of the ship that is the worst for them to extinguish the fire, if you really light the ship into a lamp on the sea, it is really better than slowly going around in circles and artillery battles.

Like cloudy teardrops, the lead slowly slid down the cheeks of the White Tulip, leaving only a path of carbonized flame in its path.

Boss Tan was about to send sailors to hang down directly and water the fire point at close range, but the White Tulip suddenly made a big turn, the whole ship turned around, and sold the stern to the Skuak, only to see Takenaka quickly turning the steering wheel on the helm, obviously, this time it was he who greatly changed the course of the White Tulip.

"Bamboo, what are you doing!?" Lao Wang was anxious with his mouth full of bubbles, and was suddenly shaken by the boat, so that he could not stand firmly, holding the cable in his hand, and asked anxiously.

"Uncle, if you care, it's chaotic, don't put out the fire anymore. The calm voice of the little guy came from the team channel: " Uncle, the lead shot only reached the melting point, and it is not the metal lead itself that burns, this molten metal has an extremely high temperature, but its own area is limited, if this is their means of setting fire to the ship, I don't believe it, not to mention much, just the splashing waves, can slowly consume the heat, it just looks scary, and in the end, the molten metal flows into the sea, don't worry about it at all, uncle and Mr. Tan don't let the ship mess up now, so that the enemy can take advantage of more opportunities. ”

"Bear child, you can't just talk about it, what are you doing with this demon?" Lao Wang was anxious, and the country voice came out again.

"Uncle, don't worry about the fire, you have to take care of the structural damage!" Takenaka played the helm, and his voice sounded very difficult.

"Lao Wang, hurry up and listen to Takenaka, let the deck restore order first. At this time, Mary commanded the artillery position to complete the preparation for firing, and said for Takenaka: "Have you eaten soda biscuits, why can those biscuits be broken into two?"

"What the hell soda crackers, you still have time to talk about eating... Oh Mom! I understand!" Lao Wang was still about to grab a few words, but his brain instinctively thought of the thin slit on the soda biscuit, and instantly understood what Mary meant.

The place where the lead liquid flowed was carbonized with high temperatures, which was like a weak gap on a soda biscuit, at this time, if it was subjected to such a strong external force as shelling, the ship's board would fall down in whole pieces, and the enemy's purpose was not to burn the ship, but to cause structural damage and panic, good intentions!

"Boss Tan, control the deck, sail cable with bamboo steering, Mary is ready to shell, adjust the angle, and when we get through here with our feet, we can have a chance to counterattack at close range, and then we will try to hurt the calves on the opposite side!" Once Wang Mancang figured it out, he was still the excellent battlefield commander, and with a series of orders, the order of the White Tulip was restored again.

The Skua was not blind, they could see the big loop in Takenaka, and they were also surprised that the opposite ship could see through their tricks at a glance, and even sold the stern to themselves in order to escape.

However, the Skua bit on it and delivered a round of accurate broadside fire to the White Tulip's buttocks from 160 yards.

The family on the White Tulip only felt a violent vibration under their feet, and the entire stern was beaten to pieces, at least 6 or 7 bullets were hit to have such a big movement, Tan Liang didn't say a word and went over with the damage tube, and after a careful investigation, he reported the injury in the team channel, fortunately, the rudder was not broken, and the tall stern of the Spanish Galen ship also took part of the attack very well, and in general, it was not broken.

Takenaka controlled the ship to complete the turn at this time, and the White Tulip was like a tenacious boxer, silently withstanding the continuous attacks of the enemy, and finally began to fight back.

Seizing the opportunity to make a round of play, the Skua did not rush forward, and immediately cut away from the White Tulip, and by the time the two ships were back on the side of the ship, the distance was again 220 yards away.

Mary had already arrived at the command gun position on the other side of the ship, and the intact 16 4-pounder guns were like the fangs of a beast, coldly pointing at the sail shadow in the distance.

"Boom, boom!" As Mary gave the command to fire, the White Tulip erupted with flames of vengeance.