Chapter 59: Cannon Range

The so-called enemy is talking about Gordon's state at this time, he almost died at the hands of this group of pirates, and his friends are nowhere to be found, he simply turned his anger when he saw this familiar ship again: "You all deserve to die!"

Gordon stepped directly onto the top of the ship, the rudder, and took over the control of the ship from Allen.

"All the sailors go to the combat posts, load the shells, take out your muskets, and shoot the pirates to the bottom of the sea!"

When Gordon's order was over, almost everyone was stunned for a moment, and these sailors who had just sailed were instinctively afraid.

"The captain ordered, everyone went to combat duty!"

Alan shouted from the sidelines, after the Black Pearl incident, he trusted Gordon 100%, and also implemented the theory, in the face of pirates, cowardice is useless, only blood and death can scare those outlaws.

His shouts completely woke up the dazed sailors, and then they began to run quickly, moving a large number of guns, gunpowder, shells from the cabin.

As a boatswain, Mitch urged and reminded every crew member: "Prepare five shells for each cannon, then take a chain bullet, and obey the captain's orders to fire when fighting, believe in him, and we will win!"

"Roar! Kill those pirates!"

One sailor shouted, provoking an even more response: "Kill those pirates!"

These are about twenty years old, full of blood and justice in their hearts, their minds are not complicated, and inspired by Gordon's high fame and glorious achievements, all blood is ignited in an instant.

Kuric looked at Gordon, and although he didn't know what made the young captain make such an aggressive decision, they were no longer weak Pearl, they had strong firepower, and they were no longer afraid of ordinary pirates.

Looking at the resolute-eyed man above, Kulić knew that this time there might be another lot of casualties, but he still resolutely supported his decision, because this was their captain, the most powerful person on this ship.

Kulić drew his musket and began to watch the enemy ships getting closer and closer.

"900 meters!"

The lookout estimated the distance and shouted.

"Bow gun, fire!"

The sailor lit the gun on the bow, and a loud roar was heard, and the flames propelled the twelve-pound cannonball through the air before slamming into the pirate ship's building.

Splashing stubble and detonating flames caused a cheer among the sailors.

The rapid approach of the Jackdaw caused panic among the pirates, and most of them had already jumped over the ships for broadside engagement, and the presence of the enemy was a big deal for them.

For the first time, a merchant ship dared to take the initiative to attack a pirate ship, without hesitation or cowardice.

At this time, on the pirate ship Flinken, the pirate captain looked at the rapidly approaching Jackdaw.

"Everybody's back! Someone's coming to smash the field, let me see who is so bold. ”

The Flinken had already beaten the Dutch merchant ships with its large hull, and in twenty minutes at most the enemy would surrender, and they would plunder the ship and sail away.

Countless pirates pushed back the sailors they faced, and then re-routed back to the Flinken with the help of ropes, and of course those who didn't have time to retreat were surrounded by the sailors and chopped into meat sauce.

"It's our reinforcements!"

The morale of the Dutch merchant ships began to shake, and the captain with the two mustaches shouted: "Cut the ropes of the enemy, the gunners are back in position, and give them a shot!"

But the imagination was good, the sailors finally re-entered the gun position, and before they had time to reload the shells, they directly ushered in a round of shelling from the Flinken.

Rumble!!!

The whole ship was pierced.

"Captain, let's run away, for in another round our ship will sink completely, and the sailors are already dead and wounded, and there is no way to fight again. ”

The first mate rushed to the side of Captain Mustache and pleaded, there really could be no more fighting, they had less than twenty-five sailors.

Running away at such a time is simply the act of a coward, but looking at the broken foremast, the deck full of flames, and the corpses of sailors and pirates lying on the ground, tell them a little, hurry away.

He took one last look at the British flag, remembered the ship, and gave the order to flee: "Re-set sail, let's go!"

The pirates had already given up on this small merchant ship, because they were also a little panicked, and when the captain of the Flinken saw that there was a navy warship with full sails on the other side, he already had the intention of escaping, the Jackdaw belonged to the class of cruisers, except that the ship was not blue and white, it was exactly the same as a naval warship.

They voluntarily cut the rope, then turned the rudder to the left and began to flee.

But the Jackdaw, which was already sailing at full sail and possessing great speed, was not something that the fledgling pirate ship could escape.

The Jackdaw rushed up from the left side of the corsair, four hundred meters away, and aimed at the side of the ship.

"Fire!" Gordon yelled, drawing his cutlass as he drew his cutlass.

"Fire!" the sailors, full of blood, loudly repeated the captain's order, igniting the fuse of the artillery.

Boom Boom Boom !!

The new ship of the Jackdaw, with excellent quality guns, high range and accuracy, and in the fierce smoke of gunpowder, the Flinken ushered in the first round of artillery baptism.

"Ah......h

The pirate was covered in flames and fell into the sea screaming.

At this time, the corsair finally completed its artillery preparations.

"Fire! Fire!"

Originally, the five cannons were missing from the first artillery baptism of the Jackdaw, and because of the lack of accuracy and range, almost none of them hit, and all of them fell into the sea, and the 10-pound inferior guns they used could not withstand the fierce burning of more gunpowder at all, and the range could not even reach 400 meters.

The pirate captain's heart was a little cold, and the naval warships were not so easy to fight at all.

"Captain, the other side is out of range of our artillery!"

"Captain?"

Their only advantage over merchant ships was that when they were in close combat, pirates were not afraid to die, while ordinary sailors were prone to will-wrenching, and the captain made a quick decision.

"The left rudder is full, close to the opposite ship, the striking area is reduced, the sailors look for evasive positions, we lean up and fight in close combat. ”

But at this time, the Jackdaw was not relentless at all, and the sailors, who did not suffer any damage, were demoralized and filled in an orderly manner, and they moved quickly, completing the reloading in less than thirty seconds.

"Keep firing!"

Mitch ordered, then rushed to the deck to find Gordon: "Captain, the enemy is ready to engage in broadside, we ......"

Sailors have never experienced this at all, and it is easy to be afraid to retreat, and broadside combat is not a good option.

"Tell the sailor that the door is loaded with chain bombs, and it's not so easy to get closer. ”

Gordon sneered as he looked at the pirate flag fluttering in the distance.