Chapter Seventy-Nine: A Premonition Comes True
"Your Excellency Roland, there are no such people on the ship as you mentioned. However, the Lord Humpty Dumpty said that after they had engaged the Swedes, four deserters had taken advantage of the chaos to take a small boat from the Venetian armored ship, and now they don't know where to go? An English sailor with a black and gray face came forward to report.
"Got it!" Roland nodded, stepped onto the bridge of the Venetian gunboat, and looked back.
The deck of the gunboat was littered with corpses, and there were honeycomb-shaped holes everywhere that had been shot by shotguns. The strips of canvas hanging from the mast hunted in the sea breeze, and the battleship still filled with gunsmoke was like a ghost land.
In fact, when the old K regiment was informed, the artillery battle between Roland and Pasha, the son of Hayreddin, had almost reached a climax. The strait between Paros and Naxos was so narrow that Flemish galleons took advantage of the barrier on both sides of the strait to linger at the exit and shell.
The Flemish galleons were able to dodge the shells of the giant Arab warships unscathed, while the Arab warships had to brave the fire. Fortunately, the Flemish galleons had less than twenty 12-pounder guns, otherwise the giant battleship commanded by Pasha would have been sunk.
Even so, the tall bow and stern of the giant battleship was bombarded by English gunners. The 12-pounder cannon could not deliver a fatal blow to the behemoth, and as time went on, Pasha finally approached the exit of the channel.
At this time, the officers on the Flemish galleons were divided, and the English officers, led by the original captain of the battleship, demanded that Roland continue to deal with the Ottomans and buy Henry Morgan more time.
However, Roland and Joseph, who received the report from the old K regiment, wanted to leave the strait immediately and attack the Venetian gunboat where Anon was located. In the end, Roland and Joseph had to use forceful measures to confine the opposing officers on the Flemish galleons and forcibly let the armed clippers leave the exit of the Strait.
Although the English sailors on board were dissatisfied, they remained disciplined. In fact, this is the advantage of following the trend according to the space guide mission, whether it is the Temple of the Gods or Anon, they can get a battleship with the brute strength of some reincarnations, but in the end, they can't make the plot characters really serve them, resulting in the inability to let the battleship act according to their own will at critical moments.
Roland is different, although he was parachuted into the Flemish sailing ship by Henry and has no personal connections, but his status as an officer is enough to suppress the plot sailors and make them have to act in accordance with orders.
In fact, when the Flemish galleons met the Venetian gunboats on the surface of the sea a little more than twenty minutes later, the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the English sailors vanished. This ship was also behind Henry Morgan, and looked a little more threatening than the Arab warships. Roland also released the detained officers in due time, so that they could be convicted and make meritorious contributions, after all, he also needed the help of these people.
At this time, the Venetian battleship was busy fighting some of the ship's fires and repairing the sails. There was nothing to say about what happened next, although the Venetian gunboat had a thick skin, but without its sails, it would be a living target if it was only paddled by manpower.
Roland cautiously cleared the decks of the enemy ships several times with his shotguns, and his Flemish galleons were medium-sized warships with fewer than two hundred sailors on board, and the odds of winning a quick overboard battle were not high. By the time he landed with the LinkedIn Gran sailors, the deck of the Venetian gunboat was empty.
Except for the corpses scattered all over the place, the remaining survivors have mostly taken refuge in the cabins. It has to be said that the Venetians are good at business, but when it comes to war, the will to fight is really far from that of the English sailors, and they surrendered under the leadership of the big fat Hogan.
"Damn, it's still a step too late!" Roland thumped the guardrail on the bridge in frustration.
"It's still too late, if you only use a boat, those traitors can't escape far, this is the sea!" Joseph said with a sneer.
"Joseph, you're saying they fled to some island." Roland's eyes lit up, and he suddenly looked up at the sea, "But there are many islands around here where you can see the coastline......
"There are a lot of islands here, but when people are shipwrecked at sea, they always subconsciously look for help from others. I think the best way for them to escape is to go towards the largest island they can see. Joseph shook his head and sarcastically said, "No matter how cunning he is, he is just a young man who has not dried up." ”
"Naxos ......" Roland looked at the looming coastline of Naxos in the distance, his eyes cold.
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"BOSS, let's get on the battleship?" Max raised his head in surprise and looked at Shen Mo.
"Well, Blakeney has already anchored, and it will take more than ten minutes for the armed clipper to reach the fishing village!" Shen Mo frowned and said.
"What are you doing with Old Master K, Henry Morgan and Hayredding are still at war, and it is ...... to go to sea at this time" Qinglan, a non-mainstream beautiful girl from the Ink Wind Troupe, picked up a green olive and threw it into her mouth, and said vaguely.
"The boss's judgment is never wrong, let's go!" Max stood up decisively, "Hong Jian, you go and greet Barron, let's leave the village immediately!" ”
"Hey, Barron, they're coming, and it seems that they've caught a couple of sailors who have fallen into the water......" Hong Jian looked out of the window in surprise.
"These people ......" Shen Mo's eyes widened and widened, "It's not good, they're members of the Temple of the Gods!" ”
"What?" Max glanced out the window and asked in shock, "We haven't met the members of the Temple of the Gods yet, can you be sure?" ”
"Yes, although their appearances have been modified by the space, the Athena of the Temple of the Gods is very outstanding, and the reincarnation whose temperament has been seen once is difficult to forget!" Shen Mo said in a deep voice, "We walked through the back door, since they were deliberately caught by Barron, then they should already know that we are here!" ”
"Now we know what the adults have been worried about...... Li Ze said with a wry smile, "We forgot that there are many islands in this sea, and after they lose the naval battle, they will inevitably go ashore......"
"Lord Barron, are your commanders sure they're in this house?" The trench asked with his hands raised in the air, smiling nonchalantly.
"Yes, if you do have information about the Sea Sovereign, Lord Max will give you the reward you deserve!" A hint of vigilance flashed in Barron's eyes, "If you want to play tricks, you'd better think about the consequences first!" ”
"We've thought it through!" Odin, who had been silent all along, nodded towards the trench and said in a deep voice.
"That's the best ......" Barron had just turned his head to look at Odin, when he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and the scene in front of him rolled and swirled, and his body seemed to be powerless.
"What ...... is that?" In the tumbling scene, Barron suddenly saw a familiar headless corpse spurting blood into the sky, and then sank into the dark abyss.
"Bang!" The door was torn apart, and shards of wood swept towards the furnishings like machine-gun bullets.
"Odin, there's no one in there!" The trench glanced across the room and shouted.
"They haven't gone far, Athena ......" Odin crouched down and picked up a wet olive pit on the ground.
Athena closed her eyes slightly, whispering an ancient divine script, and a majestic face of a goddess slowly appeared in the sky above the fishing village. The goddess slowly opened her huge eyes, and the image of the entire fishing village was reflected in her pupils.
"There is a small team in the southwest direction, looking at the costume is not fishermen, several of them have appeared in the video of the pyramid, it should be them!" Athena snapped open her eyes, and the golden light in her eyes flickered.
"I've finally found you!" The trench rattled, and a canine tooth was crushed, and his face was a hideous color.