Chapter 68: The Iron King
The Caribbean, since the bloody development of the New World, has become a trading hub for the Old and New Worlds. Naturally, there were more pirates.
Among the pirates, there are many born villains, bankrupt peasants who come to beg for a living, adventurers eager for wealth, and even degenerate navies.
Their lives are chaotic, looting, and then spending all their harvest in taverns or brothels, and then looting, and spending it again, until one day they lose their lives at sea, or are caught by the navies of the countries that fight piracy, and be a real scarecrow on the flagpole of the harbor to recruit crows.
Thorpe is the son of a farmer who has just joined the ranks of pirates.
Like other sons of peasants who became pirates, the sixteen-year-old Thorpe was tired of the so-called farming lifestyle of his ancestors. He longs for wealth, but he doesn't want to do business in a down-to-earth way. So, under the influence of the pirates' dazzling stories, mysterious magic, barbarian treasures, goddesses, and heavenly kingdoms in distant lands, he ran to a small pirate regiment and became a trainee sailor.
"Brother John, when will we meet the Goddess?" Thorpe asked the old sailor beside him with a curious expression.
The old sailor had dark red curly hair, messy, and had not been washed for some apparent time. He had a long scar on his face that almost split his face in two, making it look terrifying. He has seen too much of Thorpe's naïve and stupid parents who despise their own parents but have no ability of their own.
This kind of person has always been just cannon fodder on the ship, and few have survived two raids. So he did not answer Thorpe's interest at all.
However, he was not interested, but the second officer who recruited Thorpe on board was very interested in Thorpe.
"Little Thorpe, as a sailor, can't make small talk while working. If you're interested in those legends, come to my room tonight and I'll be fine...... Told you. The second mate said.
"Really, thank you Big Brother Charlie!" Thorpe looked excited. A big man like the second mate would value him and tell him stories, Thorpe thought that this was an endorsement of him, and he might soon be able to become a small boss.
Old John looked at this scene coldly. For this second officer Charlie, he knows very well the anomalies under that kind face.
Poor child, you never know what will happen to you. He glanced at Thorpe with pity. But he didn't say anything. Compared to offending a second mate, pity for a child is of no value at all. It's just a child, and he's killed several of them himself.
"Enemy attack!" At this moment, the frightened cries of the sailors on the watchtower were heard.
"It's just an enemy attack, what are you panicking about!" The second mate, named Charlie, was furious. He had just determined the time to enjoy a new prey, and someone would dare to disturb him with such a clumsy reason. Hmph, I'll be sure to give that lookout a good look in a minute.
However, when he saw the identity of the attacker, he was even more frightened than the lookout, and even desperate.
"The Iron King!"
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"Lord, there are pirates ahead." Chen Jing listened to the voice coming from the loudspeaker and nodded.
He was now sitting in a huge steel battleship. This battleship was much larger and more stable than the giant ship of the Dongming faction back then.
The ship was built with reference to the Dreadnought-class battleships of World War I, and no ship in the Caribbean could oppose it. With the artillery technology of this era, there is absolutely no way to face such a steel battleship.
For this battleship, he hibernate for three years. It took him two years to build a factory on a secret island capable of building such a battleship. Then the factory here and the factory in the Datang World worked together, and it took a year to build this dreadnought warship with a displacement of 18,000 tons.
Then he went out to sea and made a name for himself as an Iron King on the sea.
Of course, being famous was not his goal. His purpose is the Fountain of Youth and Calypso, the god of the sea.
In Datang, it took him more than ten years to complete the conquest. This made him worry about his lifespan.
The fountain of youth in this world can be regarded as an extremely easy method of immortality. It doesn't even have a decent Guardian.
And as a world where there is a god like the god of the sea, the grade of this fountain of youth will not be low. Even if there is something wrong with the battle flag that cannot be used, Chen Jing can also use it to reward his subordinates.
Chen Jing was also interested. This Calypso, known as the god of the sea, is not the same person as the Calypso who once had a relationship with Odysseus. If so, is this world a world under the rule of Olympus?
This makes the grade of this world even more interesting.
Chen Jing was not worried that an irresistible god would jump out against him. If there were gods who could kill mortals at will, Calypso in this world would not be so aggrieved. She couldn't even take out her enemies on her own terms when she was angry.
For this kind of weak chicken, Chen Jing would of course be confident in the strength of the dreadnought battleship on his side, which has surpassed two hundred years.
The gods of the sea are all weak chickens, and those pirates who believe in the gods of the sea are of course also weak chickens. Such a weak chicken dares to block his way, and he simply doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.
"Crush them." Chen Jing gave the order.
10 305-mm guns roared like thunder.
Although the accuracy of the naval guns was very poor, and Chen Jing only brought the most powerful iron ball bullets filled with sand, the kind of pirate ship made of broken wood on the opposite side, as long as one hit was enough for them to see God.
And Chen Jing hit the opponent with a full 9 volleys this time. Because the opponent couldn't penetrate at all, he was too close. Bombardment against the face, of course, hit accurately.
In an instant, the wooden pirate ship was torn to shreds!
John the old sailor, Thorpe, the second mate who had an evil heart for Thorpe, and all the other pirates were all turned into new garbage on the sea.
Chen Jing's heart did not fluctuate in this regard.
He'd seen this happen too much since the dreadnought-class battleship set sail.
At first, he was curious about how the battleships of the early 20th century were dealing with these 18th-century wooden ships, but he soon lost interest.
The reason is very simple, a 10-level giant ship beating a 0.5-level small broken ship is simply the collapse of the room distribution system. The attack stats are completely overflowing, and the damage is ten times the opponent's HP.
Not to mention these broken ships, they are the three legendary pirate ships of this era, what flying Dutchman, Black Pearl, Queen Anne's revenge, against the dreadnought-class battleships, there is only one result of being hanged. Perhaps the flying Dutchman, with the help of a self-repairing hull, could continue to make waves in a few years, but it was only to be driven to the bottom of the sea one more time.
This time it's much cooler than when I was in Datang. Chen Jing thought.
When he was in the Tang Dynasty, he was trembling, walking on thin ice, and he did everything possible to get ahead. Here, it's good to hang and beat.