"It's on fire, it's on fire!" The Viking sailors on the deck of the Vasa shouted excitedly.

The battle for the exit of the Strait of Gibraltar channel began, as everyone expected, at a very short moment before dawn. Seriously, before dawn came, the battle was only a long-distance contest between the gunners of both sides.

Xu Mo's original intention was to use artillery to weaken the mobility of the large Nordic dhows through an ambush, and then sink the pirate ship at a medium distance at dawn to avoid leaking the whereabouts of the Vasa.

However, something unexpected happened. Perhaps after killing the king squid, the favor of the sea god really came to the Vasa, and one of the Vasa's shells actually seemed to detonate the ** barrel on the opponent's artillery deck after penetrating the opponent's hull.

In the midst of a violent explosion, flames rose from the large Nordic dhow, quickly igniting the sails on board. Despite the best efforts of the pirates on board, the fire continued to grow and eventually forced the pirates to jump into the sea to escape. The whole battle ended directly within ten minutes.

"Camille, I've counted for you, you've hit the pirate ship twice more than the artillery deck commanded by the dwarf melon!" Seeing the Dutch youth and Hong Jian coming up from the artillery deck covered in gunsmoke, Emilio glared at Hong Jian and deliberately shouted loudly.

However, what made him strange was that this time Hong Jian heard him call him dwarf winter melon, not only did he not get angry, but he smiled a little proudly. On the contrary, his companion's expression was a little resentful, and he was sulking with his head down.

"What are you laughing at, your shell is just lucky!" Camille looked at the stinky expression on Hong Jian's face, and suddenly became angry.

The Dutch youth had obviously hit the pirate ship more often and landed better, but he was defeated by Hong Jian's luck. The cannonball that ignited the ** barrel was fired by Hong Jian himself.

"Luck is also part of strength!" Humpty Dumpty Hong Jian said confidently, patting the void beside him. There stood Mary, who was invisible to Camille and the others, a little girl with a brain who was originally whirring in the daytime, and now she was finally happy, eating happily with a lollipop in her mouth.

Although Hong Jian won the unofficial artillery competition, Humpty Dumpty knew in his heart that they had actually lost the artillery competition. Camille's talent for artillery is indeed superb, even in the dark of night, the Dutch youth can still subconsciously calculate the direction of travel of the opponent's battleship based on the hazy shadow of the ship, so as to succeed in the shelling.

This large Nordic dhower steers with nimble steering and a great helmsman on board. Whenever the Vasa cannon sounded, it was possible to determine the location of the shells and avoid most shells.

This time, not only Mary, but also Lookout Wood is secretly providing them with the location of the enemy ship through the Reincarnation channel. With Wood's help, Mary's ballistic calculations are accurate, but the other side is always able to avoid the shells, leaving the trio in vain. If it weren't for that God-ordained cannonball, they wouldn't have won this competition.

In fact, their competition with Camille was also encapsulated by space as an interesting plot task. After the victory in the competition, except for Mary, the other two received a few honor points, which increased the reputation of some of the Vasa's plot, and the personal prestige of Hong Jian and Camille also reached reverence.

"Boom!" Just as the naval battle was coming to an end, a dull thunder was heard on the sea.

"Hey, it looks like it's raining!" Tie Lilie raised his hand in surprise and caught a few scattered drops of rain.

The Mediterranean climate in spring is changeable, and this thunderstorm comes and goes quickly. In less than ten minutes, the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed, and with the end of this thunderstorm, the pirate ship that had been burned into a torch was also extinguished by the thunderstorm.

The long night had finally passed, and the sky was showing a soft morning light, and the sun was about to rise over the sea. Xu Mo, who had planned to leave like this, changed his mind and asked the battleship to send a small boat to board the wreckage of the pirate ship that was still floating on the surface of the sea to see if there was any additional gain.

At this time, there were no pirates left in the pirate ship, and most of the pirates who jumped into the sea to escape were basically scattered by this thunderstorm. Luckily, the sea is close to the mainland, and if these pirates can find the right direction, they may be able to be saved off the coast of Spain or North Africa.

"Admiral, the assault boat has captured the pirate captain who remained on board!" Just as Xu Mo yawned and wanted to go back to the captain's room, Tie Lilie stepped onto the bridge from the deck and reported with a smile.

"Oh, and anyone else left on that ship?" Xu Mo raised his eyebrows.

No one could have predicted this thunderstorm, and the captain of the pirate ship chose to stay on the pirate ship when the rebels left, apparently wanting to bury his ship. As a captain, even a pirate captain, this is an act that deserves the respect of all seafarers.

"Yes, there are seven other people left on board besides the captain." Speaking of this, Tie Lilie's expression suddenly became a little strange, "One of them has been clamoring to see you since they learned that we are Swedish warships and that the admiral is you, saying that they are your old acquaintances!" ”

"My old acquaintance?" Xu Mo was stunned for a while, he didn't remember any pirates he knew, even the last time he entered the era of sea power, he hadn't dealt with any pirates.

Reincarnation, perhaps, on a pirate ship? Do you want to learn from Lilu's gang and play a game of catching thieves and catching the king first? Considering the injuries on his body, Xu Mo only pondered for a moment, then yawned and waved his hand, "Leave them to the sea to feed the sharks, I have never known any pirates!" ”

"Captain, Captain Alfred, it's me, it's me!" Suddenly, there was a familiar roar from the deck.

"Iron Rite, wait!" Xu Mo stopped the first mate who was about to go to the deck to give an order, slowly widened his eyes, stood up from the chair, and looked at the deck in surprise, "Frieza!" ”

……

In the infirmary of the Vasa, Li Ze and several medical sailors on the ship were nervously healing the wounds of a female pirate. This female pirate was the captain of the pirate ship, Agisha Nulenahar. Azisa is a plump, tall, and athletic Arabian female pirate whose ship originally belonged to her father.

After her father's death, a power struggle broke out on the pirate ship, and Azsha subdued the opposing pirates with her superb swordsmanship, but also lost an eye during the fight. However, due to the low status of Arab women in the minds of men, the undercurrents on the pirate ship never stopped.

In fact, Azisha's wounds were not caused by the shelling just now, but before entering Gibraltar, a rebellion broke out on the pirate ship again, and he was wounded by the joint wounding of his three pirate leaders. Luckily, there were also Frieza and several of her henchmen on board, who were able to save their lives despite temporarily losing control of the pirate ship.

The pursuit of the Vasa in the dark was actually the idea of the three pirate commanders, who abandoned the pirate ship after the ship caught fire. Frieza and the others, on the other hand, chose to do their best to put out the fire because Azhisha was seriously injured and could not jump into the sea to escape. As a result, before hope was lost, the thunderstorm came. Finally, in exhaustion, he was captured by the sailors of the Vasa.

"How is she?" Xu Mo asked Li Ze.

"Her wound is suppurating, and the situation is not very optimistic!" Li Ze frowned, glanced at Xu Mo, and said in the team channel, "BOSS, if we want to save her life, I'm afraid we have to use the precious medicine on that king squid-neurons, at least two people are needed!" ”

"For two!" Xu Mo froze slightly, a little hesitant in his heart.

Don't look at the size of the king squid, its neurons are not very large. Coupled with being pierced by Xu Mo's demonic fangs, it was only seven people when it was full. Giving two servings to an unrelated plot character at once, no wonder Li Ze wanted to hint at Xu Mo and give up the treatment of Azhisha.

"Captain, how is Akisha?" Seeing Xu Mo come out of the infirmary, Forlie Sha stepped forward with a concerned face.

"What does that pirate have to do with you?" Xu Mo glanced at this old subordinate with a meaty face.

"I ...... When I was in Stockholm, I owed her a favor! Frieza rubbed her large, calloused hands in embarrassment.

"That's it?" Xu Mo dragged out his voice.

"Huh?" Frieza was slightly stunned, and suddenly smiled, "Captain, I'm afraid you misunderstood my relationship with Azisha. When I used to be a pirate, I was good friends with Azisha's father. ”

Xu Mo pursed his lips and looked at Frieza noncommittally, his face full of "I don't believe it!" "Four big words.

"When you see someone, you'll trust me!" Frieza shook her head with a wry smile and beckoned to a short, lanky pirate behind her, motioning for him to come over, "Captain, I would like to introduce you, my wife, Irene Sykes......"

“…… Sykes! Xu Mo's expression froze on his face, revealing a trace of confusion, and a slightly shy young sailor appeared in his mind, "Raxiu ......"