Xu Mo flipped his hand and put away the video crystal that recorded the naval battle, and looked at the Vasa in the sea in the distance in distraction. There was no winner in the morning battle, in which the Ottoman fleet lost seven ships and the English suffered huge losses.

The Ottoman fleet, four slow-moving galleons and three Arab armed clippers, were sunk by the artillery of the English, two of which were sunk. The other five ships not only lost their masts and sails, but their hulls were so badly flooded that they could basically only rely on buoyancy to float on the sea. If you don't help, you will soon sink.

With the English still not far from this sea, Highreddin did not care about rescuing the five ships at all, at most rescuing the Ottoman sailors who had fallen overboard. Among the five remaining battleships, there was also a giant Arab galleys that broke the mainmast, and one side of the hull was severely damaged, not only the hull was tilted, but also the water leaked badly. Although it did not capsize, it was no longer able to participate in the battle.

However, Highredding was not without success, and after surviving the first two raids by the English, the King of the Mediterranean began to demonstrate his superior fleet organization. Even though the entire battle formation was shattered by Henry Morgan, Hayreddin remained in danger, struggling to support the battle with a series of tight and reasonable arrangements to prevent the fleet from completely crumbling.

Redbeard's efforts eventually paid off, and the Ottoman fleet cooperated tacitly to catch a mistake by the English in the assault.

This mistake actually had nothing to do with Henry Morgan, after all, they were outnumbered, and after many assaults, the column of the four battleships was a little loose. The three Flemish clippers that followed behind the Sea Sovereign were slowly unable to keep up with the fighting rhythm of the "Sea Sovereign". In the last assault, they were cut off by the well-coordinated Ottoman fleet, and the last two Flemish clippers were encircled.

Henry Morgan rescued them at one point, but at this point, a giant Arab galleys stepped forward and stopped in front of the Sea Sovereign. In a long-range artillery battle, the Sea Sovereign severely damaged the Arab giant ship at a negligible cost, but the rescue operation also failed. A large number of Arab sailors boarded the two Flemish warships that were surrounded and captured them in a terrible broadside battle.

At this point, the first confrontation between the two pirate kings was over, and Henry Morgan's Sea Sovereign and the last Flemish galleon quickly left the battlefield. The 1st Ottoman privateer fleet lost seven of its own ships and captured two of its opponents' ships, leaving the total number still seven.

However, of the seven remaining ships of the Ottoman fleet, one giant Arab warship was heavily damaged, and the other two captured Flanders clippers, although still operable, were also badly damaged and needed to be returned to port for repairs. There are only two giant ships and two clippers left that are really still powerful.

The gap between the two pirate kings in terms of combat power was narrowed, and due to the strong fighting power of the Sea Sovereign, the tide of battle began to tilt in favor of the English. Overall, Henry Morgan had the advantage in the first battle between the two pirate kings. And Hayreddin lost not only the battleships, but most importantly, all the material supply ships in the fleet were destroyed.

The Giant Arabian Galley is an excellent seafaring warship with a smooth hull, a large carrying capacity, and a relatively fast burst speed over short distances. However, its design idea was still stuck in close combat, although there were dozens of guns on board, but these guns were basically small-caliber curved guns, which were extremely inaccurate at high speeds, and it was difficult to pose a threat to the battleship.

The Arabian giants were so vast that they carried more than 800 deck sailors, and once they were approached by it, no ship in the world could defeat it in a broadside battle. However, with so many armed sailors, the warship itself could not meet the daily attrition, and in battle, it was necessary to bring one or two wide-body merchant ships as supply ships, and even so, its voyage was very short, and it had to return to port to rest after more than 20 days at sea.

The Ottoman Empire had no maritime interests in other seas of the world and did not need such warships to sail in the open oceans, a weakness that would be difficult for the enemy to exploit. This time, however, due to a combination of factors, Hayreddin and his sailors suddenly found that their supply had become a huge problem.

The main purpose of the English, during the assault, was to sink the enemy ships, and the shells used were all solid shells, which caused great damage to the hull, but there were not many sailors who actually died in the shelling. The ships were gone, there were still so many people, and there was even a group of captured English, and the whole fleet lacked food and fresh water.

Hayreddin's disadvantage in the duel with Henry Morgan is not that Hayreddin's personal ability is inferior to Henry Morgan, but because of the difference in ideology and combat environment between the two imperial navies.

England is an island nation with a limited domestic market and extreme dependence on ocean trade and overseas raw material imports, and the sea is the cradle of life for England. In this circumstantial environment, the English navy was often forced to fight independently on the seas far from its home ports. Their battleships needed to be agile and high-speed, and they needed to save themselves as much as possible while destroying the enemy, and the birth of the battleship was the most concentrated expression of this combat idea.

Unlike the Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I was an eloquent emperor, and under his rule, the Ottoman Empire was almost on par with the Byzantine Empire at its peak.

The current Ottoman Empire spanned three continents, Asia, Africa and Europe, with the European part occupying Belgrade in Hungary up to the border of the Duchy of Romania; The Asian part occupied the entire west coast of the Arabian Peninsula and approached Tehran in the Kingdom of Iran to the east; All of North Africa, with the exception of Spain-controlled Morocco, was under its rule.

The Ottoman Empire was a vast territory, and overseas colonies were dispensable for them, and the rulers only needed the navy to control the hegemony of the Mediterranean and the trade port gates for the Ottomans. And half of the ports of the Mediterranean were under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, and their fleet did not need to risk fighting alone.

In war, they can often rely on large formations to surround the enemy, and even if they suffer some losses, they can also get timely rest in nearby ports. Giant Arab warships with strong explosive power and a large number of people are the essence of this combat routine.

These two very different naval warships were born in their own circumstances, and when they collided, it was clear that the English battleships were superior in battle. Of course, it would be another story to let Hareddin return to Istanbul or some Greek seaport with those battered warships.

If it were peacetime, Hareddin would not have given up the battered battleships at all. As long as he releases the carrier pigeons on the flagship, he can take the enemy around the Aegean Sea for a few days, even if he lands on a certain island and builds a few batteries with artillery condescendingly like Xu Mo, he can hold out until the arrival of reinforcements.

But not now, the 2nd Ottoman privateer fleet was sunk by Henry Morgan's entire fleet in Tripoli. The giant warships of the Third Fleet in Istanbul have long been drawn by him, and now in his fleet, the remaining armed clippers are estimated to be sunk by Henry Morgan as soon as they appear in this area, and the Pirate King of the Caribbean will not let them join up with Hayreddin.

Is the invincible pirate king of the Mediterranean about to fall in the Aegean Sea? For some reason, Xu Mo felt his heart beating violently, and streams of blood rushed to his brain.

Set sail and fight a decisive battle against a powerful enemy in the ocean! Presumably, Henry Morgan must be in a very good mood and contented right now. Although he also lost half of his strength in the morning naval battle, now the victorious scales have leaned towards the Pirate King of the Caribbean.

"Admiral, Admiral......" Just as Xu Mo was in a trance, the call of everyone came from his ears.

Xu Mo calmed down and found that the officers around the bonfire had gathered around him, looking at him eagerly. From their eyes, the young admiral spied the high fighting spirit and the desire to make meritorious contributions.

"Admiral, Henry Morgan will definitely return to the battlefield, but if he wants to achieve complete victory, the Sea Sovereign will never be intact, and we have great hopes to get the final result of this naval battle!" Christina exclaimed with some excitement.

"Admiral, those are two pirate kings, defeat them, we are the strongest in the Mediterranean!" Azisa said with a flushed face.

"Lord Alfred, has Raleigh given you the crystal?" Just when Xu Mo was in a surging mood, Blakeney's voice came from the team channel.

"Well, little one, where are you now? What about the Maritime Sovereign? Xu Mo was stunned for a moment and asked Blakeney.

"I don't call me the little one, I call me Lord Blakeney!" The Iron Boy defended weakly, muttering, "I just wanted to warn you that the Vasa can't come back yet, and the two Pirate Kings seem to be acting strangely!" ”

Yes, they're pirate kings! There seemed to be a basin of cold water splashed on Xu Mo's head. The two pirate kings are experienced in a hundred battles, how can their peaches be so easy to pick, not to mention that even the worse situation of Hyredin also has four warships.

Their goal is nothing more than the Temple of the Gods, when will the decisive battle between the two pirate kings be, desire is the devil! As soon as he thought of this, Xu Mo was drenched in cold sweat on his back.

"No matter who wins or loses the two pirate kings, we won't be involved in this battle!" Xu Mo solemnly rejected the advice of the officers, and at the same time instructed in the team channel, "Little guy, don't follow the Sea Sovereign, go to the original sea area to wait for the Temple of the Gods, our goal is only the Temple of the Gods!" ”

"Well, as you wish, Lord Alfred!" Seeing that Xu Mo had regained consciousness, Blakeney happily agreed.

At this time, a huge warship from Marseille sailed right past Sicily and into the Ionian Sea. At the same time, to the north of them, there was also a Calessay gunboat that entered the Ionian Sea from the Adriatic......