Chapter 64: Decapitation Tactics
Boom –
As soon as the sailors on the "Silver Wing" were ready to meet the battle, a dense rumbling of artillery fire sounded in the fog, and countless solid shells had already fallen like a torrential rain.
The two pirate ships cut in one after the other from the downwind direction of the "Silver Wing", directly cutting off the "Silver Wing" further escape route. The side facing the Silver Wing opened all the gun ports, and all the shells were dumped in one wave.
After discovering that there was a problem with the fog, Aven took over the control of the sails as soon as possible, and cooperated with the helmsman to spare the "Silver Wing" a big circle, avoiding the battleship from falling into the treacherous situation of being directly caught between the two pirate ships.
Otherwise, when the "Silver Wing" is made into a sandwich and attacked from both sides, there will hardly be any suspense in this naval battle.
After the pirate offensive began.
The fog gradually dissipated, and it was clear that although the pirates had the means to control the fog, they could not let every pirate have the ability to see through the fog.
But even so, the "Silver Wing" has lost the opportunity to escape and is completely at a disadvantage ...
Boom –
Boom –
Under the command of the gunner, the artillerymen opened fire and fought back, but they could not change the huge gap between the 20 guns on one side of the ship and the opponent's total of nearly 40 guns.
"Close the distance and get ready for gang jumping!"
Gehr's order was like thunder, clearly transmitted to the ears of every sailor on the ship. After the official start of the naval battle, even though Vice Admiral Snaith had the highest rank on board, the command still belonged to the captain.
Gehr's tall body as tall as a sea cliff and reef stood quietly in his command position in the stern building, and his firm and confident voice gave great encouragement to the crew.
Let them calm down from the panic of the sudden attack.
In the case of a huge disparity in firepower and the inability to escape, the use of gang jumping to directly deal with the pirates on the opposing ship is already the only chance for the "Silver Wing".
If it is in a world without extraordinary power, in this case, the "Silver Wing" has almost no room for a turnaround. But in this world, the individual power of the transcendent creates a glimmer of possibility for them.
"Pounding... Pounding..."
Aven's heart was pounding in the dense cannonballs. Because from time to time, solid shells carry huge kinetic energy and fall on the hull of the ship, and it is easy to break the wooden planks and tear the human body, and at this time, no one can guarantee that the next shell will never fall on their heads...
Although Ai Wen is already an official transcendent, in this kind of battlefield where cannonballs are flying, if a stray bullet hits his vital point, he will be punished on the spot without any suspense!
At this time, as the fog dissipated, the pattern on the sails of the opposite pirate ship was already clearly visible.
"It's them? Didn't the intelligence say that they were attacking the shipping routes of the New World, how could they come here to ambush us?!" Milan was worthy of being a self-proclaimed intelligence expert, and he couldn't help but be shocked after just looking at the two pirate ships that had already confirmed their identities.
However, without thinking about why they should be raiding shipping routes in a frenzy, they would come here without knowing the world, Milan quickly shared information with the combat crew of the Silver Wing.
"Listen to me..."
"Sharktooth Pirates?!"
Although Evan was the first to see the full picture of the enemy, he didn't know who the enemy really was until now. I have to say that although Evan has a good knight talent, he still lacks experience and accumulation as a qualified navy, which is worth learning from Milan.
After Milan's intelligence sharing, Aven and the others learned that it was the flagship of the Sharktooth Pirate Regiment "Sharktooth" and the main battleship "Barracuda" under his command, which were supposed to be raging on the New World route.
The pirate leader is the "White Shark" Skuk, who has a bounty of 2,000 golden lions in the kingdom of Pharytis alone. The cumulative bounty for each country may also be multiplied by ten on top of this number!
This is a great pirate who has been famous for many years, and is already a powerful presence at least the peak of official knighthood in his own right. At its peak, the pirate group under his command had at least seven main battle pirate ships, and even in a place like the New World, he was no longer a small player.
Legend has it that the "White Shark" was cursed by a dark wizard a few years ago, and since then it has been like a shark and can no longer sleep. But sharks in nature can rely on their left and right brains to take turns resting and swimming in the sea, although the so-called "white shark" Cooke obviously does not have this ability, even if he is at the peak of the extraordinary.
Because of the lack of sleep for a long time, his personality has become extremely irritable, cruel and murderous, and the merchant ships he targets often end up very miserably, and the cargo and crew are often washed in blood, even to the point that the majority of seafarers change color when they hear it.
According to intelligence within the Navy, the "White Shark" is so violent that it has gradually lost its mind, and even within the pirate group, it often kills people at every turn, which has long caused the dissatisfaction of most of the crew.
It was only because of the fear of his strong force and ferocious means of punishment that no one dared to run away casually.
However, the signs of unrest have also begun to appear, and the "One-Eyed Becky", who was killed by wandering offshore some time ago, may have the idea of self-reliance, but it did not succeed.
However, the curse did not come without benefits to Skuk. Under the influence of the curse, his body has produced a shark-like alienation phenomenon, with many physical characteristics found in sharks, and has the ability to breathe underwater and enter a state of madness at any time.
Especially when he is emotionally out of control, he is simply a bloodthirsty beast without reason, powerful, dangerous, and irresistible.
Knowledgeable people know that this guy doesn't need to be killed by others at all, and he himself can't survive two or three years in this extreme state. So during this period, it was like facing a rabid dog with rabies, and no one wanted to provoke this crazy guy.
Everyone on the "Silver Wing" didn't bother with why Skuk was eyeing him, it was not unusual for such a madman-like guy to do anything amazing, and it was only right to find a way to deal with this crisis now.
The three strongest men on the battleship have been gathered, namely Captain Gehr, who is at the peak of the official knight's strength, Captain Aven, a junior full knight, and Lieutenant Colonel Lesini, an adjutant and bodyguard officer of Vice Admiral Snaitter.
Goal: Gather forces to decapitate "White Shark" Skuk!
"We are absolutely underwhelmed in firepower, and since the Sharktooth Pirate Regiment had at least six transcendents at its peak and the one-eyed Becky who had already been killed, we don't know how many of these two pirate ships are on board.
But as long as we can directly behead Skuk, the remaining pirates will not choose to fight us to the death as long as they are still sane. Our crisis will be resolved!"
Gehr makes a final summary of his actions.