Chapter 569: Orc Pirates
The flotilla turned the rudder and approached the pirate ship.
Ye Yunyang had an excited expression on his face, and there was only one thought left in his heart, that is, a mountain is higher than a mountain, and there are capable people behind capable people!
I originally thought that the sea was already the world of monsters, but I didn't expect that there would be a group of pirates to survive, how did they overcome the harsh living conditions?
Not just him, everyone wanted to know the answer.
He also ordered the flag soldiers to signal to the pirate ship, meaning that we have no ill intentions, don't be afraid, meeting at sea is fate, it is better to stop and chat together.
The pirate ship ignored it and headed in the same direction.
Ye Yunyang frowned, and guessed: "Maybe I was scared by us before, so when I saw the warship with the flag of the Han Navy, I would choose to flee." ”
Dai Jingwei looked suspicious, picked up the binoculars and took a closer look, and said, "Something is wrong, why do I think the other party's ship looks a little familiar...... Your Royal Highness King Pingnan, take a good look, it seems to be somewhat similar to our warship!"
"Really?" Ye Yunyang didn't believe it and picked up the binoculars.
Upon closer inspection, he found that the appearance of the pirate ship was very similar to that of the Great Han warship, but with some additions and modifications, plus black paint, it seemed to be no different at first glance.
"It's really similar, could it be that they imitated our warship, and because they didn't know the essence, they made four dissimilarities?" he guessed.
Dai Jingwei shook his head: "No! I think that's our warship, which has been transformed into a pirate ship by them, it's strange! Why do they make so many square openings on the foredeck and side sides of the ship, and what is the use?"
In the binoculars, you can clearly see that there are many square hatches directly in front of and on both sides of the pirate ship, and at this moment the hatches are closed, and I don't know what is hidden inside.
As you can imagine, there are secrets behind these hatches.
At this time, Liu Yuying exclaimed: "No! It's not a pirate, it's an orc...... Look, there's a guy on the side deck that looks like a crab!"
Everyone hurriedly looked, in addition to the crab general, Ye Yunyang also saw a shrimp soldier, who was pulling the cable and controlling the direction of the sail.
Orcs!
Orc pirates, to be exact!
It turns out that this is the case, no wonder they can survive on the sea, it turns out that they are in the same group as the monsters.
"King Pingnan, what should I do?" Dai Jingwei had an obvious nervous expression on his face.
Ye Yun raised his eyebrows and frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Catch up and destroy it!"
"Let's figure out the situation first, in case the other party has a master, just like the giant whale before, we rush over it is tantamount to taking the initiative to find death. Liu Yuying said cautiously.
"It's different, we have three ships, the other side only has one, and we have the advantage in terms of troops. He analyzed: "And we also have flying wings, stone throwers and bed crossbows, if the situation is not good, we can completely turn around and escape, and use long-range weapons to continue to hit the enemy, they can only be beaten." ”
Zheng Zhiyuan was the first to say: "I agree with Uncle Xiao's point of view, besides, our strength is not necessarily worse than that of orcs!"
One Saint Dao Realm martial artist, eight Yao Sky Realm, plus several Golden Body Realm and Tongyuan Realm martial artists, such a team is indeed not weak.
"Okay, then attack!" Dai Jingwei knew in his heart.
Ye Yunyang said to Zheng Zhiyuan: "Senior nephew, I bother you to take the plane to reconnoiter and find out the enemy's situation. ”
Zheng Zhiyuan was a little excited, nodded and said, "No problem, I'll set off." ”
A minute later, he lifted off in a solo wing and pounced on the pirate ship.
......
In Nanban Province, the market has returned to its former prosperity.
Yin Falcon, who re-led the troops to live in the city, was full of emotion, he poured a lot of effort here, when the demon beast attacked the city for the second time, he had to lead the army and civilians to abandon the city and flee, and then transferred to the task of fighting the orcs, I thought that there would be no chance to return here in this life.
After several major battles, coupled with the successive successes of the encirclement and suppression of monsters and orcs in various places, he was able to regain military and political power in the city of Nanbanfu.
Riding into the city lord's mansion, he climbed directly to the highest building, standing in front of the window and overlooking the entire city.
Although you can still see all kinds of traces left by the orcs, these are not problems, and the most important thing is that this place still belongs to the Terran rule!
A general in charge of the intelligence of the military division came over and said in a deep voice behind him: "General Qiyu, I just got the news that a large group of orcs are entrenched on Nantian Island in the South China Sea, waiting for an opportunity to launch an attack on the mainland. ”
"What?" Yin Falcon turned his head and asked, "Is the news reliable?"
"I can't say for sure, but it doesn't feel like it's groundless. "The ministry will be colored.
Yin Falcon frowned and asked again, "Source?"
"It was a few fishermen who spread it, and now it's spread in the bazaar!"
"Control these people and interrogate them severely!"
"Yes!"
If the news is true, Yin Falcon must immediately report to the imperial court and seize the time to react to avoid allowing the enemy to take the lead; if it is false, he must severely punish those who spread the rumors to avoid creating a panicked situation and affecting the restoration work of the Nanban Mansion City.
After some torture, several fishermen confessed to learning the news from another person.
According to their description, the man was dressed in a dark cloak, with the brim of his hat pressed so low that his face was barely visible, but it was certain that he was a man, about thirty years of age, with a hoarse voice, and a pair of hands that were withered, to the point of skin and bones, and very white, without a trace of blood.
The general stood in front of Yin Falcon with his fists folded and said, "The descriptions of several people are the same, and I believe that they are not lying." The last general has ordered the arrest of this man throughout the city, but so far, no trace of this person has been found. ”
At this moment, a lieutenant came over and whispered a few words in his ear.
The general's face changed, and after the captain left, he said, "General, that man has already left the city, and the defenders of the West Gate saw it with their own eyes an hour ago. ”
Yin Falcon frowned: "An hour ago, when Ben General ordered the arrest of a few fishermen, he must have gotten the news, so he chose to leave." ”
The general was a lot more relaxed: "Since he chose to leave, it means that the news is fake, and we can breathe a sigh of relief." ”
Yin Falcon shook his head: "This kind of thing, it is better to believe it than not to believe it, we must deal with it carefully! You immediately send two individual wings and let them go to Nantian Island to have a look, and be sure to bring back accurate information." ”
"Yes!"
After the general left, Yin Falcon walked to the wall where the map was hung.
On the map, he found Nantian Island in the depths of the South China Sea, which is tens of thousands of miles away and is one of the largest islands in the South China Sea.
"Could it really be that there is a large number of orcs hiding on the sea?" Yin Falcon muttered to himself, if the situation is true, the Holy Heaven Continent will face a catastrophe again.
He remembered the previous Kraken incident and the monster siege, there were countless soldiers that could be hidden on the vast sea, and the demonic qi began to leak from the sea, once it became a fact, the consequences would be unimaginable.
......
The flying wing landed smoothly on the rear deck of the flagship, and Zheng Zhiyuan jumped down from it and walked quickly to the foredeck.
"Uncle Junior, the situation has been clarified. He reported the situation: "There are hundreds of orcs on the pirate ship, most of them are shrimp soldiers and crab generals, the level is between the Tongyuan Realm and the Golden Body Realm, and there are higher-level orcs hidden in the cabin, and they have the strength above the Bright Sky Realm, because they have not shown up, so they can't get more information." ”
Ye Yunyang smiled: "It seems that we have to fight this battle, and order all the officers and men of the ships to prepare for battle." ”
"Yes!"
The horn sounded, and the three warships accelerated at the same time, breaking the waves.
The pirate ship began to turn, aiming its right side at the Han fleet.
Ye Yunyang frowned, what does this mean?
He suddenly thought that in the period when the earthlings were in the Great Voyage, the most respected tactic in naval warfare was the "T" shaped tactic, which was simply to use the hull of one's own ship to the bow of the enemy, so that he could give full play to the advantage of the hull with more guns and sink the enemy's indiscriminate cannons.
Compared to the hull with superior length, the bow can be equipped with a maximum of one or two guns, which cannot compete with dozens of gunwales.
Could it be that the orcs want to use the "T" word method of warfare to meet the Han fleet?
But do they have artillery?
In the Shengtian Continent, because of the existence of martial artists, gunpowder was not taken seriously, because its explosive power was too limited, and it was not as good as a stone thrower.
So why do they do it?
Ye Yunyang's gaze was directed at the side of the pirate ship, and there was nothing else on the side of the ship except for the closed square hatches.
Now he can be sure that there are mechanisms behind these hatches.
"Ordered the battleship to slow down its charge, and when it came into range, it would first make a tentative attack with a trebuchet. Medium wings are loaded with incendiary bombs and ready for takeoff. He changed the order.
The three warships did as they were told, gradually closing the distance between them and the pirate ship.
The stone thrower attacked first, and the stone projectiles landed on the water near the pirate ship one after another, smashing out white water columns several meters high.
The eighth stone projectile hit the rear side of the ship, smashing the four-inch-thick plank to pieces, and smashing open a hatch to reveal a spike-like object inside.
"It's a demonized sea urchin!" Ye Yunyang saw clearly, there was a spacious space behind the hatch, which could accommodate dozens of sea urchins.
These sea urchins were a little smaller than they had seen before, about five feet in diameter, equivalent to the height of an adult.
The orc pirates are really chicken thieves, and if the Han warship rushes over without slowing down, it will definitely suffer a big loss under the attack of the sea urchin.
Although the level of sea urchins is not high, they are superior to their large numbers and unguardable flying needle attacks.
"The flying wings take off, use incendiary bombs, and carry out the first round of attacks. Ye Yunyang ordered again.
Three flying wings take to the skies and fly over the pirate ship to drop bombs.
Rumble......
The flames rose on the deck of the pirate ship, and the shrimp soldiers and crabs scooped the seawater with buckets to extinguish the fire, but because of the particularity of the incendiary agent, the water poured on it not only failed to extinguish the flames, but instead added fuel to the fire.
An orc with an octopus tentacle on his face rushed out of the cabin and shouted hysterically: "Sea urchin attack, kill all the enemies!"
The square hatches on the side opened at the same time, and thousands of large and small sea urchins fell into the water one after another, rushing towards the Han warship at a very fast speed.
The pirate ship began to turn rapidly, trying to switch to the other side of the ship to face the enemy.
Ye Yunyang transformed into the eight gods, and they jumped into the water at the same time, attacking and killing the sea urchins.
There were too many sea urchins for the eight gods to resist, and they flew out of the sea close to the hull of the ship and fired flying needles at the people on board.
The war officially began.