Chapter 90: The Power of Mines
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Lukka looked to the east as Crete pointed, and faintly saw the silhouettes of five warships.
"So close?" Ollie was a little surprised.
"It's not near," Crete said, holding up the binoculars, "it's big." ”
"Well, these ships are so big, so they look a lot closer. Daniel helped explain.
It is rare to see a ship that can make him feel big in this Sunset Islands.
The speed of those ships was not slow, and the silhouette could be clearly seen in no time.
"Three-tier artillery decks, iron armor on the casings, ships ranging in length from 80 to 100 meters, at least 140 large-caliber guns on each ship, and no less than 600 men per ship. Crete reported the data unhurriedly.
"What the hell is that? how can there be such a big ship?" asked Nora, a little uneasy, as if she had forgotten that the ship under her feet was a lap bigger than the other party.
"This is probably the battleship that the Imperial Shipyards have been working on. Ollie said.
Battleships are no secret, and Imperial shipyards have spent a lot of money and manpower on them years ago. It's just that it is said that their progress is not going well, although Lukka had heard that Black Sails was planning to order a few ships, but it was a bit surprising that there were more than one ready to fight so quickly.
If you talk about one alone, the Silent Death will not fall behind at all, but the other side is a whole five battleships!
In this case, it is better to avoid its edge. Lukka is not a coward, but he is by no means reckless. In this kind of strength comparison, if you still want the other party to be wiped out, it is purely water in your head.
But how can he get out of it?
On the largest of the five battleships that still smelled of fresh tung oil, Edward Hugh's expression finally softened a little.
A few minutes ago, he had just witnessed his former flagship being crushed in two in a telescope, and it didn't seem to bother him too much. Now this huge battleship has a new name: the Megalodon.
The Imperial Shipyard had just dragged the ship into the water, and before it could get any decorations, it was incorporated into its ranks by the eager pirate lords, and the price of course was not the nine hundred thousand that Lukka had fooled before, but the whole three million. Even at this price, it seemed to be a great value for money at Edward Hugh, especially if it could catch such a big fight.
At this time, in his eyes, Lukka and the Silent Death were already crabs in a cage. This time, not only is the sea tightly encircled, but even the underwater is covered with a dense net.
The situation of the Silent Reaper is indeed dangerous.
On the western side of the sea, more than a hundred warships besieged the city in a semicircle from south to north, and to the east, five battleships were approaching at full speed.
Daniel didn't have to breathe, but Lukka still had to gasp!
"I couldn't go underwater, I was surrounded by explosives. ”
"What explosives?" Lukka asked.
"A bomb that is suspended in the water by a heavy object, the kind that explodes at the touch of it. Crete replied.
"Isn't that a mine?" Luca scratched his head, there were no submarines in this era, who had enough to invent such a thing as a mine?
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, he grabbed Crete and asked, "How far are these mines, and where are they located?"
Crete looked carefully and replied: "Mainly in the west, it is very densely distributed, about six nautical miles, and the specific location is below the five fleets. ”
Lukka pulled out the Amethyst Staff from his back, held it in his hand, and said with a sigh of relief, "Leave it to me, but this spell may take a long time, and before my spell is over, the ship will depend on you! Don't let the Silent Death take too much damage!"
With that, he closed his eyes, gestured and recited the incantation.
Closing your eyes isn't a must, but this time, Lukka needs to sort out specific targets. Even when using scrolls, it was quite energy-consuming and time-consuming, not to mention that this time, he had to cast spells for a full six nautical miles.
The Black Sail Pirate is not a fool, and of course he will not wait for him obediently. Although the battleships in the east still had some voyage, the five fleets in the west were already within the distance of the exchange.
As a heavy bomb flew in, the first exchange of fire began in the literal sense of the word.
Crete and Nora had already fired back from the artillery deck, Daniel maneuvered the sails and steering wheel to nimbly dodge the shells, while Ollie stayed by Lukka's side and used his heavy sword to knock away all the heavy chain bullets that flew in.
However, there were too many opponents after all, and after hundreds of heavy attacks, the diamond skin attached to the Silent Death was finally overwhelmed, and the first crack with a magical glimmer appeared!
At the same time, not far from the seabed, the heavy objects attached to the mines gradually lost their weight, shook slightly a few times, and then got rid of the entanglement of the seabed sediment and slowly floated up.
The captain of the heavy cruiser that blasted out that rift laughed as if it were his sole work. Amid his laughter and the roar of artillery, a few slight "clicks" were completely ignored, and it was something that hit the bottom of the ship.
It was impossible for him to ignore the ensuing sound, and a loud explosion burst out at the bottom of his ship louder than the cannon fired. And then, he never had a chance to ignore anything.
A 50-meter-long heavy frigate with 106 guns was thrown into the sky by a huge explosion, and after half a circle in the air, it fell back into the sea with its bottom facing up, splashing huge waves.
On the bottom of the boat, which rarely had the opportunity to bask in the sun, six or seven huge holes were hideously faced, arranged in not very neat rows.
Before the pirates on the ship next to them had time to take a good look at the holes, the sound of explosions was heard again. This time, the entire ship scattered like fireworks, and shards of wood and metal flew everywhere.
By the time the pirates woke up from the aftermath of the explosion, all that remained was a large pile of shattered wreckage in illegible shapes.
Then came the second, the third......
Where is there any safe area when the mines in the entire area lose their weight under the influence of the weight loss technique and quickly rise to the surface?
To the west of the Silent Death, the flames and the roar of the Silent Death were echoed together, and the wreckage of the ship was constantly thrown into the air, and then it exploded into the water like a huge meteorite, causing more and more violent explosions again.
Lukka was also so shocked that he couldn't speak, although he knew that the power of "nitroglycerin" was much stronger than black powder, but when he actually detonated these mines, the effect was far beyond his imagination.
In just ten minutes, most of those extremely sensitive mines had exploded, and the five fleets of Black Sails and more than a hundred warships were now only left with countless layers of wreckage.