Chapter 44: Death Canyon I
"Captain, they gave us a flag!"
As Lookout Bill entered the gun bay, the lookout was replaced by an old sailor in his thirties, pointing ahead and shouting.
Tang Jie asked loudly, "What did they say?"
"They say, let's lower the sails, and the sailors assemble on deck and surrender to them!" the lookout shouted.
Tang Jie frowned, even if he didn't know naval warfare, he knew that if these two ships wanted to challenge these ten ships, it would be a suicidal act.
Not to mention that the hull of the two-masted Exocet-class Hell is very small, and the firepower itself is not strong, let's just say that the ten battleships of the other side are all three-masted vulture-class battleships with the smallest level, and the permanent firepower is equipped with 25 cannons!
No matter how powerful the warship under Tang Jie is, it is invincible to two fists and four hands!
How should this battle be fought?
The sailors on deck all stared nervously at their captain, waiting for his orders.
Tang Jie pondered for a while, then looked at Nia on the side: "What do you think?"
Nia's face was very ugly, although she had experienced many battles, she had never been as dangerous as in front of her, and the difference in strength was so great as in front of her!
She took a breath, gritted her teeth, and said like iron: "Two ways, one is to turn around immediately and escape! The other is to break through!"
"Turn around? No! Bisselius is right behind us," Tang Jie raised his eyebrows, and categorically denied, "Of course we have to break through!" But the question is, how?"
Nia said in a deep voice, "No matter how we run, we must pass through their battle line, and we will definitely pass through the two ships of theirs. This kind of situation of being flanked by a battleship on the left and right, on one side, absolutely cannot occur! Once it is flanked by the left and right, the battleship will be sunk, and no matter how strong the ship is, it will not be able to withstand the fierce attack of the cannons on both sides at the same time!"
"I remember that Old Barr once told me this......" Tang Jie suddenly remembered some of the basic essentials of naval warfare that Old Barr had taught him, "This kind of situation of flanking left and right is described by you as 'Death Canyon', right?"
"That's right!" Nia nodded, "They have ten ships, and if we decide to break through, they can hold us down with three or four ships at once, and then another ship will come back from the left and right to wrap us up." We can only watch them make dumplings, and there is no way to do it! This is the difference in strength......
Tang Jie clenched his fists: "You mean, as long as we are caught between them, we will definitely lose?"
Nia's face was heavy: "Yes, so, we must not fall into their trap......!
"But what?" Tang Jie asked.
"But even if they don't flank us, our chances of victory are almost zero......" Nia's clenched fists trembled slightly, her eyes fixed on the growing Sisis warship on the sea.
Tang Jie's face gradually sank, and his eyebrows tightened.
Since he came to this world, he has gone from one desperate situation to another, and in this desperate situation, he has relied on his fearlessness and calmness to overcome difficulties again and again, creating one impossible miracle after another.
And this time, Tang Jie knew very well in his heart that this battle had nothing to do with his bravery, nothing to do with his strength, this was a real naval battle, and the only thing he could do was to pray that the other party's commander would be relaxed for a moment because of this disparity in strength.
Because, Tang Jie quickly thought of a bold and amazing idea in his heart!
"Pass my order!" Tang Jie raised his head, his eyes flashing with a strange light, "Lower the mainsail, the sailman and other sailors assemble on the deck, and the gunners stay in place in the gun cabin, waiting for my order at any time!"
Nia's eyes widened: "Lower the mainsail, are you crazy, we will be targeted by them and beaten to death!"
As soon as she said this, Nia quickly reacted, she opened her mouth and seemed to be shocked by Tang Jie's idea!
"Ah, you, you mean, we surrendered?" said Nia, eating.
Tang Jie nodded heavily, punched it in his palm, and said categorically: "Since everyone thinks that Death Valley is a place where they must die, then I want to drill into it!
Nia knew that Tang Jie was referring to the fact that when the captain of the opposing fleet lowered his vigilance because of their fraudulent surrender, he got under their flanking attack and suddenly opened fire!
She said hurriedly: "However, once we stop, we will easily be caught by our opponents and unable to move! Moreover, we will easily fall into the dangerous situation of being shelled from both the left and right sides at the same time!"
Tang Jie's face remained unchanged, and his eyes stared at the front: "Of course I know what you said!" But this kind of blow is short-lived, and we must endure it!"
"In this short period of time, whether we can escape from the Death Valley depends on whether we move fast enough!" Tang Jie's voice was like iron, and the light in his eyes flashed like the craziest gambler!
Nia opened her mouth, but didn't say anything more, she was shocked by Tang Jie's gambler-like madness.
And she also understands that they have no other option than this way.
They can only bet and bet that their reactions and movements will be faster than each other!
Bet on the captains of enemy ships, who are arrogant and underestimate the enemy because of this huge difference in strength!
Nia was persuaded by Tang Jie, once she was persuaded and made up her mind in her heart, she would be desperate to help Tang Jie do everything she could!
Nia meticulously and violently transmitted Tang Jie's order to every corner of the ship, and all the sailors who heard this order were shocked!
An old sailor with a full beard looked at Tang Jie on the helmsman in shock, and stammered: "I have been sailing for eight years, and I have never seen such a crazy madman......"
The pirates quickly raised their flags, and the sails on the mainmast lowered little by little, and the speed of the ships gradually decreased.
Old Barr of the Hell stared at Tang Jie's warship in front of him with wide eyes, and he slowly exhaled a long breath: "He is crazier than I imagined, more like a real gambler!"
The battleship of the First Coastal Defense Force of Sisis was already less than fifty meters away from Tang Jie and them, and the pirates could even clearly see the Sisis Coastal Defense Army wearing blue and white stripes on the deck.
"I hope that Tira, the god of the sea, will be on our side this time......" Nia took a deep look at Tang Jie's figure and prayed silently in her heart.
Seeing the flags unfurled on Tang Jie's ship and the mainsails they lowered, Sisis's coastal guards were visibly relieved.
Captain Smith withdrew his binoculars, smiled and turned back to his lieutenant and said, "Pirates are pirates, a bunch of timid guys, I thought they would resist with this three-masted griffon-class battleship!"
The adjutant smiled and followed his words and said, "This is because the difference in strength is too far, and they themselves know that it is impossible to defeat us!"
Smith chuckled, "Tell them: Slowly sail between the Victory and the Azure and surrender to us!"
As the distance was so close, the sailors at the bow of the ship no longer waved flags, but shouted loudly at the pirates.
Tang Jie left the helm station and stood closest to the sail line of the main mast, and the position of the helm station was not the most important in the sneak attack that suddenly unfolded next.
The most important thing is that as soon as the shelling begins, they must raise the mainsail at the first moment and rush out of their encirclement before the other ships come to their senses and surround them!
Tang Jie watched his warship enter the death canyon formed between the Victory and the Azure little by little, he unconsciously clenched his fists, and found that his palms were full of fine sweat.
The lives of this boatload are in the palm of my hand!
Can I bet right?
When he saw the two three-masted griffon-class battleships of the Azure and the Victory, like a cliff on both sides of a canyon sandwiching him left and right, the blue sky around him seemed to disappear, and the majestic battleships and cold cannons on both sides stood like a forest, and a suffocating sense of oppression came over his face, almost making his heart stop beating with tension!
But when he saw the arrogant and contemptuous expression on the face of the captain of the Victory of the First Guards of the Sisis Coastal Defense, Tang Jie's heart suddenly perked!
He was half right!
His opponent really took it lightly in this situation of disparity in strength!
Tang Jie raised his hand and touched his nose.
It was his code to all the pirates, and Nia saw it, and she stepped out of sight near the cabin and gestured to the sailors inside.
One by one, the orders were passed to the gun bay, and Bill was so nervous that his back was covered with cold sweat, but he himself didn't realize it.
He turned around, looked at the other sailors who were so nervous, and whispered, "Ready!"
With a "whoosh", the sailors poured the gunpowder one after another in a neat manner, and then sent the shells into the gun chamber, and then two sailors waited behind the cannon, and once they heard the order, they pushed the cannon out of the gun compartment!
Reno's large and spacious gun bay was crowded and hot at this time, and there were shirtless sailors everywhere, some of them watching the situation outside through the gap between the gun bay shields, and some of them staring at Bill, waiting for him to convey the captain's orders to the cabin!
These muscular sailors were sweating profusely, and they couldn't tell whether they were busy or sweating because of nervousness!
It's so hot that it seems like if a spark pops out of it, and there's going to be a violent explosion here!
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