Chapter 159: Wealth touches people's hearts
Four wing-class sail frigates were lining up in a battle line, blocking the Flying on the side close to the Devil's Sea.
Cannons rumble and dragons roar.
Wood debris floats on the surface of the sea, and terrifying sea beasts and sharks are gnawing at the white-soaked corpses.
As soon as Green landed, he saw Miss Sarah, the temporary commander of the Dragonwings fleet, frowning and walking around the deck with leather boots on.
The members of the Flying Wing and the dragons were all gathered on the deck in full gear, but most of them looked agitated and aggrieved.
"What's going on?" asked Green, hurrying up.
"Lord Chief!"
When they saw Greenhu coming, the people on the deck immediately gathered around.
Sarah glanced at the crown on Mary's head before she snorted coldly and said, "Not those damn pirates yet!"
"They found out that Douglas had come out of the Devil's Sea, and thought we had found a treasure, and then they gathered more and more. I thought they were an eyesore, and I was going to teach them a lesson first, but who knew they were prepared. ”
"What preparation?"
Green turned his head to look, and the shelling of the four frigates had stopped by this time.
"The pirates invented a small-caliber cannon with a high angle of fire that could explode like a shotshot, and there were some casualties when the Chewy Dragons attacked their pirate ship. ”
I see!
Green had foreseen that no matter what kind of weapons and tactics were used, there would be a gradual response, and the same was true for aerial bombardment. Not to mention the bombing method of chewing the stone dragon, in order to ensure the hit rate, it is just a relatively static horizontal bombing at a safe altitude.
As long as the opponent thinks of a weapon similar to an anti-aircraft cannon and reaches the range, then the chewing stone dragon in the air is no different from the target.
It was just to his surprise that the first air defense counterattack they suffered was from pirates who only knew how to kill and plunder.
"What about the casualties?"
"Two minor injuries, one serious injury, and four stone chewing dragons were shot down. Luckily, we were able to rescue in time and were not captured by the pirates. ”
At this, Sarah paused and gritted her teeth.
"Later, some pirates saw that the anti-aircraft weapons were working, and they boldly approached, but now they have been repelled by us. ”
Although the main mode of combat of the Dragon Wing fleet is aerial bombardment, the weapons equipped with the four wing-class frigates are also not bad.
Because of the improvement of the production process, the range and caliber of the newly equipped guns of the frigate are obviously much stronger than that of the corsair, so as long as the number of warships is not too different, no one is the opponent of the wing-class frigate in ordinary naval battles.
"These pirates are just like hyenas, disgusting. ”
Douglas pushed through the crowd and walked in angrily.
Slow-flying Stonechewing Dragons are easily hit by enemies, but for other dragons, this is not too much of a problem.
Dragons with excellent flying ability can dive bomb with their superb flying ability, and although the hit rate of this mobile bomb dropping method is not high, it is still possible to deal with several pirate ships.
Douglas had just banished the approaching pirate ship with some dragon knights far away, but that was the maximum they could do.
The pirates weren't stupid either, and when they spotted a dragon flying towards them, they immediately turned around and left.
Because the Devil's Sea is located in the central bay of the New World, there are many islands in this area, so once the view is blocked, even the dragon knights are not easy to track.
Then, when the dragoons return, the pirates will reappear on the horizon.
"They're watching! We have to teach them a hard lesson, or they'll all pounce on us when we leave......"
After giving their opinions, everyone looked at Green.
Green had no intention of teaching these pirates a lesson for the time being, so he thought about it for a moment and said, "Although the anti-aircraft cannon is a trouble, it is not a concern now, so let's deal with the treasure matter first!"
Speaking of this, the eyes of the people around him were sparkling.
"Dear Commander, how many treasures have you found?" said Sarah, who couldn't wait to post it.
Seeing that the goblin wanted to do something again, Green hurriedly coughed and gave her the sword at his waist.
"Hehe, no more, no more...... If you don't count those precious jewelry, there are more than 20 tons of gold. ”
As soon as Green finished speaking, he noticed that the people around him suddenly fell silent, and then they all cheered like crazy.
Now the entire kingdom of Navia has uniformly used the new weights and measures, although they don't use the unit of ton much, but they can still understand how heavy it is when they think about it.
One ton is equal to 1,000 kilograms, and twenty tons is 20,000 kilograms of gold.
Twenty thousand kilograms of gold, it would take at least forty stone chewing dragons to bring them all back, not counting the miscellaneous treasures and jewelry.
"Lord, when are we going to leave to bring the treasure back?"
The people around cheered, and some of the dragon knights couldn't help but ask for their lives.
"Let me take a break, and we'll leave later. But you go get your tools ready, we're going to have to mine something this time. ”
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The moon is dark and the wind is high, but the sound of the waves is still the same.
Even though it's time to fall asleep, Blackbeard Island is still full of jubilation.
Open-chested pirates laugh and sing at the wine table, and unclothed warblers sell their skin and meat business among the crowd.
Occasionally, one or two screams of rejection could be heard, but they quickly disappeared into a burst of laughter.
Ever since Blackbeard and his fleet fell to the dragons of the Viking barbarians, the Pirate Kings of the New World, large and small, have fought countless battles to take over Blackbeard's legacy of territory.
Even the captains of privateers from the kingdoms with official backgrounds were involved.
But in the end, the fat was swallowed by the Red Devil Eric.
Blackbeard Island is located in the middle of the New World, east of the Devil's Sea, and is the largest of the many islands off the coast of the Stormy Sea.
This sea area is not only connected to the north and south of the land, but also close to the route of the southern colonies to the Demon Continent, so the geographical location is very advantageous, and it has always been a paradise for pirates and smugglers.
Immediately after the Red Devil Eric took Blackbeard Island, he announced a new pirate oath: passing merchant ships would pay a certain toll to protect them from attack and protect them from navigating the seas.
This shocked the pirate kings of other forces, and at the same time hated the root of their teeth.
It's okay if you don't get rich yourself, and you don't let others get rich! Doesn't you think of yourself as a master or something? When did the Sea of Gold become your Red Devil Eric's swimming pool? Even Blackbeard, who had never been able to do it in the past.
The enraged pirate kings were eager to teach the red-haired bastard a lesson, but no one dared to be a thorn.
Because now none of them are an opponent for Eric.
Just as they had endured a month and finally planned to unite, the Red Devil Eric suddenly issued a summons order to them.
A fleet of Vikings had arrived at the Devil's Sea, and they had sent people in and came out unharmed.
The news immediately disrupted all their previous thoughts.
Because everyone understands what this means - Blackbeard's treasure should have been obtained by the Vikings.