Chapter 96: Navy Sortie
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"Sending troops to exterminate pirates?"
Lin Xiao looked at the letter he had just gotten with a serious face.
The pirates near Kinoshita Castle are plagued, and he knows it.
I didn't expect the other party to be so bold, and he actually started the idea of the official ship of the Tianhan Kingdom, and he simply didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
The decree of the Heavenly Han Kingdom soon went down, appointing the First Naval Regiment of Kinoshita Castle to suppress the pirates who had been harassing during the crusade.
This not only made Kinoshita's navy happy, but even the civilians responded positively, and the pirates had been very serious to Kinoshita Castle in recent years, and they hated pirates to the core.
The decision of the Heavenly Han Kingdom to exterminate the pirates was great news for them.
Many fishermen spontaneously reported the clues of the pirates' nests to the Tianhan Navy, hoping to exterminate them.
A lot of information was gathered, and the lair of the most powerful Nanwan pirate was quickly marked, on an island not far from Kinoshita Castle.
The island is relatively hidden, and it would have taken a lot of effort without the help of fishermen.
After identifying the pirate's lair, the fleet of the Heavenly Han Kingdom rose up and set out.
The fleet consisted of 1 Tier 3 battleship, 5 Tier 4 battleships, and several Search-5 battleships, which was not the largest size.
But for the ships of the pirates, it is still very large, you must know that these pirates are basically the kind of transport ships of level 6, and the level 5 ones are only available to some of the more powerful pirates.
Of course, the Pirate 5-level ships cannot be compared with the 5-level battleships of the Tianhan Kingdom, the two are only about the same size, but the latter's technology is more advanced.
This time the Navy dispatched not much of the 5-level battleship, after all, it was not used as the main force.
At present, the main force of the fleet is the five 4th class battleships, which have two gun decks, 50 guns, and a crew of about 350 people.
As far as the Navy knows, there are only 30 guns on the largest Tier 5 ship of the Storm Pirates, so you can imagine the difference in strength between the two sides.
However, this is the first time that the Navy has been fighting, so you need to be careful, but basically the big picture is decided.
The current navy is not like the army, which needs to consider various factors to fight a war, and the doctrine of big ships and huge guns is not in vain.
Having a battleship of greater tonnage than the opponent, carrying more guns, and having a larger caliber than the opponent is enough as long as the gunner plays properly.
All the way to the south, the fleet loomed in the fog of the sea, and the captain Huang Hai stood on the deck and soon spotted a ship.
Because of the fog, the two sides found each other when they were less than a few hundred meters apart.
Judging from the sail sign of the other party, there is no doubt that the other party is a pirate ship.
"I was about to go to look for you, but I didn't expect to send it to the door myself."
Huang Hai directly ordered to chase after him, but because the opponent's ship was small and fast, he couldn't catch up for a while.
Huang Hai was not in a hurry, he found that the direction of the other party's escape seemed to be the Jingnan Bay that he was going to go to.
If you think about it, the logo of this pirate ship should be owned by the pirates of the South Bay.
Although the Yellow Sea knows the location of Jingnan Bay, it is still good for someone to lead the way, after all, they are not familiar with this sea area, who knows if there will be a reef under the water.
Chasing it all the way, the ship pirates also noticed that something was wrong, and the fleet behind them had many opportunities to chase them and give them a shot, but they didn't.
The pirates simply gave up running towards the lair and shifted their direction.
Huang Hai naturally saw that something was wrong, and he directly ordered, and several tier 5 battleships suddenly accelerated, caught up with the pirate ship, and launched a bombardment of it.
This corsair is only level 6 in size, and it is not equipped with several cannons on it, so it is not an opponent at all.
After disposing of the pirate ship, head south and you'll see an island.
With binoculars in hand, the Yellow Sea can see from a distance that the island is full of houses, and there is a pier below, where many pirate ships are docked.
It seems that the pirates don't know about the preparation of the Tianhan Kingdom to send troops, otherwise they would not be able to dock safely on the dock.
After all, Kinoshita Castle's secrecy measures were well done, and the decision to send troops was very fast, even if Kinoshita Castle had pirates' internal response, they didn't have time to notify them at all.
Seeing this, Huang Hai would not give the pirates a chance to react, and commanded the fleet to sail towards the dock.
The pirates on the docks also quickly noticed the fleet approaching in the distance, and they were a little frightened, this fleet had never seen before.
Even if they haven't seen each other, they understand that the other party is not a good stubble, maybe they are enemies.
"Sail, hurry up and sail!"
In the pirate leader's hurried tone, the pirate minions sprang into action, lowered the sails from the treacherous pole, put away the anchor, and sailed away from the docks.
Ships are the capital of pirates, they will not be stupid on the dock, they will only be beaten passively, and they will not even have a chance to escape.
However, the speed of the pirates was not fast, and under the watchful eyes of the pirates, the fleet commanded by the Yellow Sea had already surrounded it.
With a larger caliber gun loaded, the guns on the side of the largest Tier 3 battleship began to fire a salvo, and the full recoil of the guns pushed the Tier 3 battleship back several meters.
Explosive bombs flew towards the pirate ship.
It's just that the accuracy is not good......
The navy of the fleet did not train for long, and since the warships were built, they began to train, and it was only a few months.
At the beginning, they were trained with artillery on land, and the situation on land was different from that at sea, first of all, the hull was shaking, and it was possible to hit 8 or 9 rings on land, and it was very possible to miss the target at sea.
As a result, not a single shell hit, and all of them fell into the sea near the pirate ship, splashing layers of waves.
The scene is also very shocking, and if you are hit, the consequences are unimaginable.
Naturally, the pirates could not sit idly by, and while the fleet was being loaded, they launched a counterattack, trying to tear a hole and escape.
These pirate gunners had been on board for many years and were very experienced, and almost all of them hit with a single round of solid shells.
Except for some losses on the 5th class battleships, such as the 4th and 3rd class battleships, even the defenses were not broken.
Of course, if they were bombarded all the time, even the highest-level battleships would not be able to stand it.
Although the fleet under the command of the Yellow Sea had no actual combat experience, it was not a vegetarian either, and under the cover of blasting shells, a pirate ship finally took a shot.
Just a blasting bomb also caused the pirate ship to bleed profusely, and the huge explosion directly ignited the pirate ship.
The pirates above were obviously panicking, but the pirate captain was very experienced, and directly suppressed these pirate minions, directing them to put out the fire and avoid the bombardment in an orderly manner.
The two sides went back and forth, and as time went on, the gunners on the fleet gradually got used to it, and the accuracy became higher and higher......