Chapter Twenty-Six: The Battle of the Sideboard

"Boom!"

In the night, when one of the pirates on board the Satisfaction stood by the side of the ship to pee, a cannon shot made every pirate on the ship, who had been attracted by the fighting in the port of Marseille, instantly sober up a little.

The guns on the Satisfaction had long since stopped after the pirates who had come ashore had captured the city defenses on the port, on the one hand, for fear of accidentally injuring friendly troops, and on the other hand, the ship's gun barrels were indeed a little overheated, and there was a danger of exploding at any time.

Therefore, the ten-pounder gun, which had been suppressing the city's defenses, was stopped by Roger, the gunner on the Satisfaction.

In the eyes of those on board, it was only a matter of time before the port of Marseille was captured.

"Roger!"

Captain Henry, who was on the helmsman's platform, stood up, and shouted loudly, calling out the name of the new member to whom he had entrusted him.

"Boom! Prosperous! Prosperous! ”

But in response to him were a few bursts of fire and loud noises suddenly erupted in the darkness in the distance.

The opponent's artillery was no worse than the one on his own ship.

Henry Morgan stepped off the helm platform, and the steering wheel was handed to a strong white man standing behind him.

Enemy attack!

It was a flash of thought on the minds of everyone on board, along with the lights on the dark sea opposite. If it weren't for the use of artillery warnings by the third of their officers, who would have known that such a huge war beast was so close to them.

"Captain, Roger Third Officer said there is an unknown ship......"

Before a young man running up from the gun bay below finished speaking, he was also stunned by the huge ship in front of him that was so close, and there was no follow-up. He didn't even say that the cannon on the seventh platform below was completely unusable because of that moment.

Henry Morgan, the owner of the ship, was clearly in no mood to listen to these things.

Of course, this British pirate, who climbed up from the bottom little by little, like Bartholomew, certainly did not fail to recognize the enemy in front of him who almost succeeded in sneaking up on them.

His face was angry, but his tone was much more accommodating than usual. Only those who are truly familiar with him know that Henry Morgan, the notorious pirate of the Seven Seas, is truly angry.

"Black Baron."

Walking up to the stage again, several cannons fired by the enemy ships not far away hit the sea next to the Satisfaction, and only one shot flew out with the wooden carved beast head on the bow of the Satisfaction, which made the 600-ton draft ship shake and stabilize again.

In fact, this is already very good, especially in this era when artillery is all blind. An artillery guy like Captain Roger, who has an accuracy of up to 50%, is simply a gem of a ship.

"Turn the rudder left!"

Taking over the helm again, Henry shouted, now the ship is full of his cronies, and when they hear his order, they all subconsciously take action.

The war machine turned its gears again and set it in motion.

"We're going to have a broadside battle with them!"

As the captain of the ship, he certainly knows better than anyone else what the pros and cons of his ship are.

The ship's artillery overheated and became unusable due to the siege of the city. In order to avoid a situation where he was left to fight, he had to use the pirates' tactic of having the highest casualty rate, approaching the ship and engaging in a broadside battle.

It is not difficult for those who have watched the movie to understand what a broadside battle is, and the offensive means carried out by the crew of one side to reach the other ship by means such as swinging ropes and erecting wooden planks are called broadside battles.

"Turn the rudder!"

On the other side, Bartholomew on the Black Baron is clearly not stupid either.

Zhao Qian stood on the bow deck and watched the pirate captain command his sailors in an orderly manner. The idea was simple, at least one more round to hit them before the Satisfaction caught up with them.

These two figures, who have been famous in the Seven Seas for a long time, obviously know very well where each other's advantages are.

Leon on the helm platform did not hesitate to turn the direction after hearing the order, and the big ship made a 180-degree turn. If it is an ordinary ship, it is estimated that there is already a risk of capsizing.

The third officer on the deck was still standing steadily, unlike the sailors who leaned forward with the hull, and his feet seemed to have taken root on the deck. He's pretty much got the hang of walking on a boat.

"Fire!"

Looking at the Satisfaction, which was also turning the rudder, Bartholomew apparently calculated Morgan again, and only made a ninety-degree turn before another docking. Artillery rang out, sawdust flew.

Zhao Qian looked indifferently at the other boat, there were a few more bloody corpses on the opposite boat, and the big black hole on it that had been hit by the cannonballs. Dead man, he has long been used to it. It's just that he didn't expect the other party's boat to drive so fast, much faster than he imagined.

Subconsciously wanted to use the identification technique again, and a hint came from my ears.

"Since you have identified the Black Baron with identification, you have the right to view simple information about other ships in this world for free."

"Satisfaction"

"Ship Class: Legend Class"

"70 meters long, 8 meters wide"

"600 tons of draft."

"Legendary Ability: Wind Run (Active): Gives the current ship the ability to change wind direction for a short period of time without any factors affecting its speed."

"Legendary Ability: Smash Artillery (Passive): Increases gun damage by 20% at the cost of sacrificing 10% durability of guns on ships. ― In the treasure trove of the Satisfaction raiding a harbor city, his captain found the dark alchemy he wanted. It was also the key to his master's daring to attack the harbor city. ”

"The rest of the information is unknown"

Sure enough, otherwise, it would not be possible to be faster than the quasi-legendary Black Baron under his feet.

Zhao Qian glanced at the information of the ship, and the increasingly noisy shouts in his ears made him sober up.

The sound of muskets, artillery, the handover of cold weapons, and the sound of people falling into the water. Not far away, Leon had a long-handled axe in his hand, and Bartholomew had a musket in one hand and a sailor's scimitar in the other.

"You--raised!"

"It's all-!"

Swing the rope.

He glanced at the pirates swinging across the boat, who seemed to have a dagger in his mouth.

He pulled out his long sword very directly, and the other party was cut by his sword in mid-air and fell into the sea between the two boats.

Stretching out his left hand, he subconsciously took the cable that was still in the air from the opposite ship, and then looked at the many pirates on his side of the ship going up there.

He grabbed the rope firmly and swung straight over.

Wealth and danger are sought.

A musket sounded, instinctively made him block with the sword in his hand, and made his hand holding the sword shook.

Block!

Standing on the deck of the Satisfaction, watching the vicious sailors coming around.

Zhao Qian's long sword pulled the sword flower, and the light in his eyes became colder and colder.