Chapter Forty-Six: The Scarlet Sun
The sea breeze blows slowly, the blue sea is sparkling, and the slanting sun floats on the sea level, drenching the distant sky into a fiery red. [Ran^Text^Library] []
A broken three-masted griffon-class ship staggered on the sea, its hull was riddled with holes, the front and rear masts were all broken, only the mainmast was still standing, under the blowing of the wind, the bulging sails were full of gunsmoke, broken like a hunting flying flag!
The ship's guns were full of craters, and the deck, which had been waxed and polished brightly, was now black, and everywhere was a black and yellow color scorched by fire.
If a sailor sees this ship, he will be stunned and sigh in amazement: how many shells this ship has suffered!
Behind it was an even more bleak Brig-class ship.
The main mast of the Inferno was broken by artillery fire, and only the foremast remained, and the sails were burned into a large hole, and the ship could not be kept up to speed. What's even more terrifying is that the bottom of the hell's cabin was damaged in many places, and with the desperate rescue of the crew, it was finally not allowed to sink.
However, the draft of the Hell is already so bad that it looks like it will sink to the bottom of the ocean in the next second.
These two ships, one after the other, walked slowly, in this sea level illuminated by the slanting sun, like two warriors who survived on the battlefield, their broken bodies exuded a majesty and momentum that could not be taken lightly!
This is the kind of bearing that only a warrior who has experienced a truly bloody battle can have!
Behind them, three battleships hung in the distance, which, judging by the flags flying high, were the battleships of the 1st Coastal Guard of the Sicis.
Two days have passed, and Tang Jie has been fighting and entangled with these ghostly guys for two days.
After two days of fighting, the pirates were exhausted, the hull was extremely damaged, and the sailors were reduced by nearly half!
Even veteran sailors like Nia, William, and Bill had never experienced such a level of attrition. They, who had been tested in battle for a long time, were a little overwhelmed, leaning on the side of the surviving ship one by one, staring at the blue sky with empty eyes.
These two days have been like a nightmare for them.
They fought desperately with the First Coastal Guard of Sisis at sea, outnumbered the crowd, and forced out as many as seven warships of the other side with two sea ships, and although they themselves were heavily damaged, after all, not a single sea ship was sunk.
If this kind of record is known to the orthodox officers of the navy, one by one they will die of shame.
Tang Jie was still standing on the helmsman, he seemed to be the only man on this ship who would not be knocked down, the only man who would not be crushed.
In the naval battles that dragged on all the way, no matter how fierce the battle was and how tragic the battle was, there would be a few sailors who would be rested in turn, and Nia and William were no exception.
But Tang Jie was the only one who didn't!
Because he's the captain!
On his shoulders is the life and safety of everyone on this boat, and everyone else can rest, but he can't!
Tang Jie knew that the sailors of this ship were all hired with money, and the reason why they had been able to carry him to the death until now was because of the deterrence of Nia, William, Bill and others, but the most important thing was that he, the captain, had always been at the forefront of the artillery fire!
Even when the artillery fire was at its most ferocious, the cannonballs fell beside Tang Jie, and he didn't blink his eyes or move his footsteps!
Tang Jie's ship did not fly any flags, but when he stood on the helmsman's platform, all the sailors on this ship had a cold flag in their eyes!
After two days of life and death fighting, Tang Jie's cheeks were thin, and his eye sockets were deeply sunken, but his gaze became more and more fierce, he was still like a piece of black iron to be carved and tempered, but at this time, his whole portrait was reborn, his back was straight like a sharp sword out of the sheath, his thin cheeks seemed to be carved with a knife and an axe, and the extremely hard steel lines outlined his cheeks with sharp edges and corners!
Nia stood beside Tang Jie, she held her monoclot to look at the enemy ship behind her for a while, then turned her head and shook her head at Tang Jie.
"These cowards, fight and don't fight, go and don't go, what the hell!" Tang Jie gritted his teeth, and a few green tendons burst out in his temples.
The 1st Coastal Defense Force of Sisius was scrapped by Tang Jie in this naval battle, the flagship was sunk, the captain of the fleet was killed, as many as two-thirds of the battleships were sunk, and most of the remaining three battleships were also injured!
Under Tang Jie's almost madman-like running tactics, the Sisis coastal defense army that pursued at the tail of the tail suffered heavy losses in the first carbine-like artillery bombardment!
The Starry Morning at the head was hit by intensive artillery fire and hit the ammunition depot and exploded on the spot!
The explosion even affected the two ships that were nearby, and the flying planks slashed the mainmasts of both ships like a sickle!
In the face of a live target that was almost paralyzed, Tang Jie certainly would not show mercy to his subordinates, and his gunners bombed these two battleships into slag with his roaring orders!
Just when the frightened and angry Thin Sea Navy fought back, trying to sink Tang Jie's sea ship with fierce artillery fire, Tang Jie quickly turned the bow of the ship again, and quickly escaped from the range of their artillery fire despite the artillery fire.
The red-eyed Thin Sea immediately turned around and chased!
Tang Jie repeated his old tricks, once again unleashed his rifle, and with another round of fierce and accurate artillery bombardment, he once again sank a three-masted vulture-class battleship!
This time, the remaining Sisis were shocked!
The pirate ship in front of them was wounded by artillery fire and seemed to sink at any moment, but this dying enemy could always find the opponent's weak point in the constant pulling movement, and then suddenly burst out and bite an enemy to death!
Such an opponent is terrible!!
In this naval battle, the pirates were almost dragged down, but the Sisis coastal defense army had been broken by Tang Jie.
The officers and soldiers did not know how much strength this group of pirates had left, and they did not know whether they would be able to defeat them.
Thinking of the situation when they first left the port, the ten warships flaunted their might on the sea, and then looked at the tragic situation of their lonely sails and distant shadows, and the captains of the remaining three warships couldn't help but fight a cold war!
The Admiral was ordered to drag these pirates out, not necessarily to catch and sink them, so why should we fight these madmen?
In fact, the Sisis coastal defense army only needed to be bold and come forward with a round of artillery bombardment to completely sink their sea ships, but they Tang Jie's group of pirates were frightened by the fierce momentum displayed in the naval battle.
They only dared to hang far behind, and did not dare to rush up and fight with Tang Jie and them again.
When Nia heard Tang Jie's words, she sighed slightly, this was the most tragic naval battle she had encountered in twelve years.
"Captain Tang Jie, what should we do now?Where are we going?"
Tang Jie was silent for a while, and said in a slow voice: "To be honest, I can sleep to death as soon as I close my eyes now." I felt like I was about to fall apart, and it was like someone was smashing me with a hammer in my head. I, I don't know what we're going to do now...... Nia!"
Nia looked at the man in front of her with pity, it was extremely incredible that he could do all this now!
For a rookie in naval warfare, with two against ten, this is already an almost miraculous record! This is the limit of what Tang Jie can do, and it is impossible to ask him to do more!
Nia's heart hurt as if she had been pinched, and she couldn't help but reach out and gently stroke the wound on his cheek: "Does it hurt?"
Tang Jie looked at Nia, and his sharp eyes gradually became gentle: "It hurt a lot just now, but after you touched it, it didn't hurt much." ”
Nia forced a smile: "Then how many more touches shall I make?"
Tang Jie grabbed Nia's hand stroking his cheek in the palm of his hand, and smiled lightly: "Don't, keep it and touch it slowly later, are you still afraid that I will run away?"
Seeing that the man in front of her was going through a battle to the death, and in this desperate situation, she could still smile and say some soft words with her, and her heart was moved and admired, she smiled stupidly: "Tang Jie, do you regret it?"
"Regret what?" Tang Jie was stunned for a moment.
"Regret getting on our pirate ship, regret becoming a pirate who is constantly being chased by the coastal guards?"
Tang Jie was stunned, but then he smiled slightly: "Regret? Of course I regret it!"
Listening to what Tang Jie said so categorically, without hesitation, Nia felt like falling into an ice cave, trembling all over, she laughed miserably, tears rolling in her eyes: "You really will regret it......"
Tang Jie laughed out loud, put his mouth to Nia's ear, and said softly, "I regret why I didn't eat you earlier...... It's too late to eat now, and when I see the old man of the sea god Tira, I ask, I'm still a fucking glorious virgin in this world!
Nia was beaten to hell by Tang Jie in one sentence, and was held to heaven by Tang Jie in another sentence, between this surprise and joy, the difference in mood is so big that outsiders can't imagine.
Nia smiled and opened her mouth to say something, but found that her throat was choked and she couldn't say a word.
She used to think that Tang Jie was good at everything, but sometimes she liked to play cheap and make some lewd jokes, but now it seems that Nia finally understands that this is a man with a true temperament, he came to the sea and released himself without reservation.
If he likes a person, he will express it nakedly, no matter what her identity is, no matter what the occasion is, he hates a person, he will beat him down with his fists, no matter what background he has, no matter whether he is better than himself.
He cries, he laughs, he is happy, he is angry, all of them are naked on his face, and he will never hide it!
He is extremely talented, brave and good at fighting, and there is a delicate and gentle thoughtfulness hidden in his open lion heart.
How can I not love such a man?
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