Chapter 118 Battle to the Death 1
Due to the existence of telescopes, the navy's patrol ships discovered the opponent's existence earlier than the pirates.
The sailors immediately rowed the ship to the base with all their strength, and before entering the port, they notified the officers and soldiers on duty of the enemy's situation through the newly practiced flag language.
"This is not a drill!" "This is not a drill!" "This is not a drill!", the signal corps typed this sentence three times in a row at the end.
The alarm bell in the base rang again, and all the officers and soldiers gathered again.
"The pirates are really playing a trick of attacking in the east and attacking in the west. It seems that the 3rd Infantry Battalion's trip will be in vain."
After learning that the pirates were approaching Fulan Port, the officers were very grateful for Commander Austin's previous decision. , the great success of annihilating the Loach Pirate Group will finally fall into the hands of the Navy itself.
Austin ordered all personnel on board to fight the pirates. At the same time, he did not forget to send someone to notify the city hall to summon militia to defend the coast to prevent pirates from sneaking onto the shore.
He chose the Hope as his flagship and led the other six galleys to rush towards the pirates.
This is the first actual combat of the sailing battleship. The officers and soldiers on the ship are very nervous up and down. Captain Quick walks back and forth on the deck, constantly motivating his men: "Our ship is the most powerful ship in the Northwest Gulf. A powerful battleship, if you show 10% of your usual training performance, you can feed the fools on the opposite side.”
Quick was very excited to finally catch the loach. Now there is only one pirate force in the Northwest Bay that can gather so many ships.
"Haha, Garden, Garden, you must not run away again, just use your blood to baptize my new life."
When he was a pirate, he was very I can't stand this timid villain, let alone when the two agreed to attack Huxin Town together, this guy even played along with me.
The sailors equipped with swords watched the direction of the pirate ship, preparing for possible gang-hopping battles. The sailors equipped with muskets carefully inspected their weapons. They lit the match and kept blowing on it to keep it burning.
Especially the gun crew members, they are about to face their first real naval artillery battle. The hard training on weekdays worked. Under the orders of their respective gunners, the gunners prepared for firing in an orderly manner.
"Loosen the gun body!"
The gunners untied the pulley chain tied to the gun body and cut the rope that was tied tightly to the breech. The wheels of the gun wheel creaked, indicating that the gun had been released, and a gunner was responsible for holding on to the pulleys on both sides of the gun body, otherwise when the ship tilted, the gun would move toward the center of the ship before a new order was given.
“Level the gun body!”
The aiming hand rotated the screw rod under the breech of the gun hard and adjusted the gun body to a horizontal and straight-firing position.
“Pull out the cannon!”
They quickly moved the gun into position. When the muzzle moved a foot toward the center of the ship, they used the retreat rope to stop the gun from sliding toward the center of the ship. Then a gunner pulled out the gun plug stuck in the muzzle. .
“Load the ammunition!”
The loader stuffed the propellant wrapped in flannel and a 6-pound shell into the gun barrel one after another. The other gunner held the loading rod and penetrated into the gun barrel and pounded it hard. Pound, compact the ammunition.
“Extend the muzzle!”
They immediately grasped the pulley chain, pulled the pulley chain hand-in-hand, and pressed the gun frame only against the side, with the gun barrel sticking out of the porthole. Once outside, the pulley chain fell from their hands and became neatly coiled.
The gunner began to load the gunpowder. He picked up the fire door needle, inserted it into the gun barrel from the fire door above the tail, pierced the velvet wrapping the gunpowder in the gun barrel, and then poured fine powder into the gunpowder pool and the fire door through a conical barrel. He carefully compacted the powdered gunpowder with a curved cone.
At the same time, a gunner protected his side with his palm to prevent the sea breeze from blowing away the gunpowder. After loading the gunpowder, the gunner hung the conical barrel behind his back.
The gunner in charge of ignition lit the slow-burning match on the ignition rod, and blew carefully from time to time to prevent it from extinguishing. The loading hand held the gunpowder package for the next shot, standing next to the gun body and waiting. . Getting closer and closer to the pirate ship, the seven warships headed by the Hope seemed to be wound up, waiting for the moment to meet the enemy.
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While the navy officers and soldiers were nervously preparing for war, their opponent's pirate fleet was in bad shape. They thought that the main force of the navy was no longer in the port, but they didn't expect that their intelligence was wrong and they hit the tip of a knife.
Garden grabbed the deputy commander in charge of liaison with the informant by the collar and shouted at him with red eyes: "What the hell is going on? Tell me what is going on. What's going on?"
"I...I...I don't know either! Boss, the news brought by Yu Falcon clearly stated that the navy has left Fulan Port."
The deputy leader defended himself with a sad face.
"Pa!" Garden slapped him hard, making the deputy captain dizzy and fell to the deck, moaning continuously.
One of his subordinates asked: "Chief, are you still the same as before? Feed the slaves some medicine, speed up and turn around and leave here?"
The Loach Pirates Group was almost captured by the Arda Navy several times in the past. This mysterious drug gave the slaves a sudden burst of endurance and strength, and they rowed desperately to escape.
After many experiments, they can control the dosage very accurately, so that although the slaves are strong, they are not strong enough to break free from the shackles.
The words of the little boss made Garden wake up. Should he fight or flee now?
He frowned and thought for a few seconds before making a decision, and ordered loudly:
"Everyone takes the secret medicine, let us fight to the death with the blue-striped dogs!"
Yes, he will stay and fight with the Arda Navy. The current Loach Pirate Group is no longer the former one with just over a hundred people. , a small gang that was driven out by the navy and roamed around the world.
To truly unify the Northwest Gulf, he must establish his own reputation. To become the second Edward, he must overcome a hurdle in the Navy of Arda.
If you continue to hide from the navy, you will become a joke in the mouths of others and weaken your authority in the hearts of your subordinates.
The little boss shook his fist in the air and shouted: "Boss, be happy! We will follow you!"
The pirate group is full of brave and ruthless people. After annexing several groups of their peers with the help of the mysterious medicine obtained by the leader, they all have a strong confidence in their own abilities. They have always been loyal to the leader for a long time. It is very objectionable to adopt an avoidance strategy against blue-striped dogs.
“Kill all the blue-striped dogs and loot Fulan Port!”
“I will tear them alive!”
Through the pirates’ own messaging method, Garden's order was quickly passed on to other ships, and the pirates' crazy shouts continued to sound on the decks of each ship.
The pirates took out the pills distributed to them in advance and swallowed them in one gulp.
Soon, the clamor on the deck became more and more crazy and loud. The pirate responsible for supervising the rowing slaves walked back and forth in the cabin while whipping the rowers who seemed to him to be ineffective.
The fleets of both sides are rapidly approaching...
(End of this chapter)