Chapter 333: Broadside Battle

As the ship moved along, Gervais finally got a good view of the island, which was surrounded by rock walls and dense deep forests, with flocks of seabirds flying and frolicking among the trees.

This pirate is not small, Gervais and the others have been sticking to the island for more than twenty minutes, roughly estimating that the diameter of the island is at least seven or eight kilometers, and the ships have already circled around the island for half a circle, and Gervais has not found any trace of the pirate ship, nor has he found a place where the ship can be docked, because the eye is still a steep cliff.

"Lille, have you ever landed this pirate before!"

Even if the remaining pirate ships are not on this island, in fact, Gervais wants to board and take a look, this island is not far from the storm collar, and the distance in a straight line is less than twenty nautical miles.

If there is fresh water or other valuable supplies on it, Gervais can completely take it for himself, after all, these pirates are borderlands, and there is no need to worry about any disputes.

Now they have all gone around the island for half a circle, but they have not found a suitable place to land, which makes Gervais a little disappointed, if there is no suitable place to moor, then it will definitely be inconvenient to land on this island in the future.

"My lord, we haven't landed, and it's the first time we've come to this sea, and there is no trading port here, and merchant ships won't pass through here, so Wright is taking us to the waterways off the coast of Lakinling."

Hearing Lille's answer, Gervais did not continue to exit, but looked ahead, in front of him was a protruding cliff, at least more than ten meters high, and the waves hitting the cliff looked spectacular.

Just as the ship sailed past this corner cliff, the scenery ahead suddenly opened up.

There was no longer a towering rock wall ahead, but instead a concave island gap, within which there was a white sand beach four or five hundred meters long.

"There's a ship ahead! There's a ship ahead! ”

This urgent shout came from the mast, but in fact, he didn't need to shout, Gervais and the others also saw the stunned scene ahead.

More than 100 meters away from the beach, more than 10 pirate ships are tightly parked in the harbor, and not far from the pirate ship, there are more than a dozen small wooden boats that are desperately rowing towards the pirate ship from the beach.

"Quick! Straight to the pirate ship! ”

At this moment, Gervais was extremely excited, judging from the more than ten small wooden ships, the number of these pirates was not large, no more than a hundred, and the most important thing was that they did not stay on the boats, but camped on the beach, which was the best chance for Gervais to take down all the pirate ships.

Shouting, Gervais ran towards the stern of the ship and came to Lille's side, where Gervais's sword was unsheathed.

"Yes...... Yes, my lord! ”

Seeing that Gervais had drawn his sword, Lille did not dare to slack off, and quickly turned the rudder and quickly approached the pirate ships that had anchored in the sea.

"Tell the boats behind you that everyone is ready to board! If a wooden boat tries to board it, shoot the pirates on the boat with a bow and arrow! ”

Seeing that Lille was not playing tricks, and that his ship was approaching the nearest pirate ship with the help of the wind, Gervais shouted at the observer on the mast.

He only had five ships in total, and if he didn't control those ten pirate ships quickly, it wouldn't be so easy to catch up with the pirates on the small wooden boats when they boarded the ships.

The pirate ship is not comparable to the merchant ship, the merchant ship is easy to be caught up by the pirates because it is full of goods and the draft is slow, and the pirate ship has no goods at all except for living supplies, the ship is light and fast, and it runs into the sea, so they have no way at all.

There is no such thing as a cannon in this world, and the only way to do it is to rely on a longbow at a long distance, so don't expect to be able to sink it at a long distance.

"Everyone, get ready to fight! After getting close to the pirate ship later, leave ten people on the ship, and all the others jump onto the pirate ship opposite! Quickly take control of the pirate ship, and if anyone resists, shoot them directly! ”

"Be fast!"

As Gervais's words fell, Gervais's ship finally approached the nearest pirate ship.

At this moment, there are three pirates on the pirate ship, turning the winch in horror, trying to retract the anchor in the sea.

Boom~

Finally, with the hull of the ship, the sides of the two ships collided slightly, the gear swing stopped, Ike and the others stabilized their figures, and then lifted the gangway that had been prepared long ago and added it.

This is the world naval war is basically a broadside war, and the pirate ship exists specifically for plundering merchant ships, so the gangway on the ship is not only, this gangway is actually the appearance of a single-plank bridge, but two iron curved hooks are installed at one end of the single-plank bridge, and the hook can be firmly fixed on the enemy's side when the gangside is connected, and there is no need to worry about moving or being pushed off the ship by the other party.

After Ike and the others set up five wooden ladders one after another, everyone drew their long swords and quickly jumped onto the pirate ship through the wooden ladders.

"Surrender or kill!"

In order to save as much time as possible, Gervais directly shouted the slogan of persuasion to surrender, and now saving an extra minute, maybe he can capture one more sea ship.

"We surrender! We surrender! Don't kill us! ”

The three pirates of the pirate ship were still turning the winch just now, and after Ike and the others set up the gangway to board the ship, they reluctantly gave up retracting the anchor, and cowered in horror with their weapons on the other side of the ship.

Still holding weapons in a circle, when Ike and the others all jumped onto the pirate ship, the pirates still woke up from a dream, threw their weapons on the deck with a bang, and then knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

When the three of them heard Gervais's words of persuasion, they immediately felt like they had been pardoned, and without thinking about it, they threw away the weapons in their hands without hesitation, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy loudly.

The next thing was much simpler, Ike and the others quickly stepped forward to find a rope to tie the three of them to the mast, and the first pirate ship was easily captured by Gervais.

"Leave five people to watch the ship! The others returned to the ship and we moved on to the next one! ”

Seeing that this pirate ship had fallen into his hands, Gervais became even more excited, and quickly gave orders to Ike and the others.

The pirate ship was closest to Degvais's ship, but it was also the farthest from the coast, so the small wooden boats that the pirates were riding on did not row this way from the beginning, but quickly rowed towards several ships on the other end.

"Lille, quick, don't worry about the middle ones, it's good to go straight to the one where those pirates are landing, you can't let them run!"

At this time, a small ship in front of him had already docked the pirate ship, and those pirates had already begun to board the pirate ship, and Gervais hurriedly came down to Lille, if the pirate ship set sail, it would definitely take a lot of effort to catch it again.

These pirate ships were now his spoils of war in Gervais's eyes, and he was willing to let them escape.

"Yes, sir!"

Lille saw Gervais's urgency, and when Ike had retracted the gangway, the sailor adjusted the sails, and immediately rushed towards the pirate ship on the other side.

Whoosh!

With Lille at the helm, Gervais's ship directly skipped the pirate ship docked in the middle and came to the other end, where at least twenty pirates had been registered on the pirate ship.

When the two ships were dozens of meters apart, the pirates on the pirate ship also noticed Gervais's actions and immediately began to attack Gervais's ship with their longbows!

"Fight back! Shoot the pirates who raise the sails first, then the longbowmen! ”

There weren't many longbowmen on the opposing pirate ship, only four or five longbowmen, and although most of the arrows were shot on the deck, they couldn't hurt Gervais at all.

Gervais's ship had 10 slave longbowmen, plus seven of Ik's guards.

Whoosh!

Bang bang bang!

After receiving Gervais's order, the slave longbowman and Ike and others quickly returned fire, and in an instant, more than a dozen arrows and lead pellets fired from arquebuses shot towards the pirate ship dozens of meters away.

"Ahh

Although the ship was a little bumpy, such a close distance was nothing for the slave longbowmen, and a single round of arrows took away more than a dozen pirates on the pirate ship.

However, most of the lead shots shot by Ike and the others missed, and they all hit the side of the pirate ship, stirring up a large amount of wood chips.

"The longbowmen continue to suppress, Ike, you are ready to take on the broadside!"

"Lelle, lean in!"

The pirate ship, which was originally less than thirty people, was shot down by more than a dozen people in an instant, and the pirates on board could no longer calm down, and began to replace the pirates who fell to the ground, and continued to want to raise the sails.

Boom~

It's a pity that all this was in vain, a distance of tens of meters, under the blowing of the sea breeze, and in just a few seconds, Gervais's ship leaned fiercely against the pirate ship.

"Kill!"

Ike and the others quickly set up the gangway and rushed up.

"Surrender or kill! Surrender or kill! ”