Chapter 128 Surrender
In a room in the pirate stronghold, the remaining leaders of the Garden Gang gathered here to discuss countermeasures.
The room was filled with gloom and gloom, and everyone frowned and remained silent.
Finally, the oldest Donahue, Sr., broke the dead silence, "Everyone, please tell me any good opinions you have. If you don't say them, you may not have the chance to say them in the future."
Finally someone whispered: "I guess they have heard about our stronghold from the captured brothers."
"You're so stupid! Is that boat outside for sightseeing?"
"So...otherwise...we'd better surrender!"
"Coward!" A The leader slammed the table and retorted loudly: "Is it easy for us to earn such a big fortune by following Leader Garden? If you ask me, we still have four or five ships and some medicine left. When the blue-striped dog comes, we will fight with him. They fought to the death."
"Four or five boats? Four or five sampans?" Someone immediately poured cold water on him.
“You coward!”
"You are the reckless man who doesn't use your brain!"
Seeing that the two parties in the quarrel were about to use the knife, suddenly a thunderous sound came from the distance. Although the sound was not loud when it reached here, it was It also frightened the pirates who were already frightened.
This is the sound of shelling from the Hope.
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"Adjust the angle! Give me the right shot for the next shot!"
Captain Quirk and the gunnery officer were holding telescopes to observe the impact point of the first shot. The shell did not hit the target. It crossed the pirate ship and landed in the water not far away.
After the Hope sailed into the harbor, the pirate ship responsible for guarding the dock immediately discovered them and came to check. The naval officers responded to the host's hospitality with red-hot cannonballs.
There was a burning stove on the deck, using coal as fuel, and inside it were several red-hot cannonballs.
The loader clamped a red-hot shell with a special large iron tong and came to the side of the artillery. The companion on the side had already stuffed a piece of wood into the barrel in advance. Its function is to prevent the red-hot shell. Ignite the propellant pack inside.
After the loader loaded the cannon shell into the barrel, the gunners worked together to reset the cannon, adjust the angle, and aim at the pirate ship that was moving away from them.
The pirate ship responsible for guarding was about ten meters long, and there were only about ten people on board. Compared to this ship, the Hope was already considered a giant.
The sudden shelling scared the courage of the pirates on the ship. At that moment, everyone on the ship felt something flying past their scalp at an extremely fast speed. , and then large waves splashed on the sea in the distance.
It’s so scary. At such a high speed, what if it hits your own boat or your own body?
"It's the terrible weapon of the Arda people!" People on the ship exclaimed. It has been spread among the pirates that the Arda army has a powerful weapon that can be projected from a distance.
They immediately rowed hard towards the dock. Facing the unknown force from the sea, it was better to stay down-to-earth.
Most of the pirates who stayed in the stronghold were old, weak, sick, and disabled. It was indeed a bit embarrassing for them to fight against the powerful enemies who carelessly broke into their homes.
Compared with the impact point of the first shot, the gunners quickly adjusted the artillery, and then fired all four side guns and officially opened fire.
This time, three cannonballs hit the pirate guard ship firmly. Three big holes were opened in this unlucky ship, and 2 people were killed. The remaining pirates were horrified. He rowed towards the pier with all his might.
Everyone on the Hope laughed. It felt great to play with the enemy.
They did not continue the bombardment, but turned the ship's bow and sailed toward the interior of the harbor, and finally slowly approached the dock of the pirate stronghold.
The pirates on the previous guard ship had already run to the land and were anxiously telling their companions about the terrible encounter they had just experienced.
"They also have five small galleys. Let's practice target shooting here."
Quick is determined to destroy the remaining ships of the pirates so that they have no chance to escape. None. Next, the Hope opened fire continuously, constantly shooting at the pirate ships at the dock.
The pirates on the shore were trembling, and no one dared to sail a boat to resist.
With the current solid ammunition, it is quite difficult to sink a wooden ship if it does not happen to hit near the waterline. The Hope fired several rounds of shells and completely destroyed two pirate ships. One of them sank due to flooding. On one ship, searing bombs ignited the canvas on the deck, and the fire eventually spread to the entire ship.
However, the remaining three ships are also riddled with holes and cannot be used for any purpose.
In the end, because the gun barrel overheated, the Hope had to stop shelling and wait for the gun barrel to cool down.
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“Hey! Did you hear that?”
Alan, who was braiding cables, asked his companions who were working together.
“I heard it, what was that sound?”
Tom and Pine were also very surprised.
"The wrath of thunder! The wrath of thunder of the people of Arda!"
Alan suddenly became excited and danced and said: "Have you heard of it? Paul, Lord of Arda ·Count Grayman used a powerful weapon to destroy the pirates who invaded the territory. It made a huge noise, which was ten times more powerful than the ballista. It could even break the city gate because of the loud noise. Call this weapon the Fury of Thunder.”
"Oh, oh! I've heard about this too."
"So the Arda people are really coming?"
The news that the Arda people have arrived here quickly spread among the slaves When word spread, everyone had mixed reactions, some crying, some laughing, and there was chaos for a while.
As soon as the pirate supervisor at the door heard that there was chaos inside, he rushed in immediately. He was about to curse, but suddenly remembered something and walked away in frustration.
Seeing that the overseer came in and left without doing anything, Allen became bolder. He stood up and said, "I can't wait, I'm going to the dock now to see it!"
"Hey, wait a minute. We're not 100% sure that it's the Arda people who are coming. What if they are another group of pirates? Didn't they just leave the wolf's den and enter the tiger's mouth again?"
But the persuasion of his companions did not dissuade Allen, and he quickly ran out of the door.
"Wait for me, I'll go with you!"
A large group of people ran out after him.
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"In my opinion, let's surrender! The other party ran to the door of the house and refused to leave. There must be strong backup behind them. They should be waiting for the reinforcements to come and take us down in one fell swoop."
Old The pirate Donahue expressed his opinion and judgment, and the others remained silent. This time, no one stood up to refute, which was regarded as acquiescence in the decision to surrender.
Just now, a gangster hurried over to report what happened on the dock. After learning that the other party was just a ship, he used that legendary terrifying weapon to destroy their remaining five ships. After being defeated, the faces of the leaders present were all ashen.
Seeing that there was no objection, Donahue ordered the minions who came to report: "Raise a white flag on the dock to tell the other party that we are surrendering."
"Yes!" The minions listened. After receiving the order, he seemed relieved, turned around, left the house and ran towards the dock.
"Everyone!" Donahue smiled bitterly and said to the leaders present: "Follow me to the dock."
(End of this chapter)