Chapter 352 Queuing up to be shot at sea 2
The goblins emerging from the city streets are not just like the popular impression - individually timid and fearful of death, but as a whole, they are like trained soldiers. We have a well-founded approach to advance and retreat, and we don’t just give up when faced with an invincible enemy. Although their level is still poor in Harrison's eyes, they have greatly subverted the traditional image of goblins.
The Goblin army—let’s call it the “army”—isn’t holding junk metal, but serious swords, and some are even equipped with leather armor.
Obviously, this wave of goblins is cannon fodder released by the pirates, deliberately used to disgust and consume the kingdom's army. The real main force of the pirates must still be lying in the dark, waiting for the kingdom's army to relax. A fatal blow. Even if you kill Harrison, you won't believe that a group of Goblins can land in Aldo across the sea, annihilate the Kingdom's navy in one fell swoop, and occupy the West Point. Furthermore, the intelligence collected before did not mention the presence of Goblins. , the pirates are all normal humans.
Hmph! If you want to ambush us in secret, it's a good idea, but we also have our own back-up plan.
Thinking of this, Harrison ordered the officers around him: "Two more smoke pillars will rise! Let our friendly forces begin to attack the port."
The officers quickly left after receiving the order.
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In the dock area, one by one the galley warships have untied their cables, and the decks are filled with pirates holding swords, ready to go.
After listening to a report from one of his minions, the pirate leader Zod, a capable general under Edward, smiled and said to Nathan standing next to him: "Master Mage, the kingdom's army has already Now that we have received our little gift, it’s time for us to deal with those fellow northwest guys. The brothers who went out on patrol said they were waiting outside.”
They have detected that there is a fleet outside the port monitoring the West Port. From the shape of the ship, it can be judged that it is the northwest fleet that came recently.
"Of course, Captain Zod." Nathan smiled and nodded: "You are in command here."
He turned back and looked at the city where the sound of fighting came from, " Sir Harrison, our gift doesn’t stop there. The shadow of the gift will be with you for a long time in the days to come.”
The pirate leader Zod waved his hand: “Go to sea! Meet the hometown people from the Northwest Bay! "
The rumble of war drums sounded, and the oarsmen rowed their long oars vigorously to the sound of the drums, urging the warships to sail towards the sea.
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“Two more smoke pillars are rising!”
“The Kingdom’s army is requesting our support!”
On the towering mast of the Unicorn , the lookout shouted to the deck at the top of his lungs.
Tirpitz raised his telescope and looked in the direction of Westport for a while.
Before he could make a decision, the lookout shouted again from above: "A fleet has come out of the West Port! The skull and crossbones flag is hanging on it!"
"Inform the entire fleet that the target is the pirate fleet in the southeast. !" Tirpitz also noticed something strange in the telescope. He stopped thinking about it and quickly issued the order.
A series of small flags of different colors and shapes are hung on the mast. This is a new semaphore communication method improved to cooperate with linear tactics. Tirpitz's orders were quickly conveyed to each battleship via semaphore.
At this time, the fleet was located northwest of the port, and Tirpitz ordered the fleet to move toward the west port. ……
The pirates have a total of 18 ships. They are arranged in an inverted V shape tacitly, which is easy to spread out into a horizontal line or a two-way column. The flagship of Zod and Nathan is located in the middle of the V shape, so that To control the overall situation, they also have a simple set of flag signals for command.
The spire of the V-shaped formation points to the northwest fleet in the distance. Although the wind direction is unfavorable, the fleet is still slowly approaching the opponent with the advancement of the human engine.
At this time, at the bow of the pirate flagship, Nathan's eyes were wide open and he was looking straight to the northwest. He seemed to be in a daze, but if you look closely at his eyes, you will find his pupils. There was a slight glint of light everywhere.
Pirate leader Zod was rubbing his hands beside him and asked cautiously: "Master Mage, how is the enemy's situation?"
Nathan closed his eyes and panted slightly, as if he had just been Trotted for a while.
After his breath stabilized, he opened his eyes and said: "Six sailing ships in front and six paddle boats in the back. They are lined up in a line and are heading towards Westport."
"Horizontal formation?"
"The kind connected end to end...should be a column, right?"
There are basically two types of naval warfare tactics in this era: one is collision, using the huge collision angle installed in front of the battleship to attack the enemy with Targeting the fragile side waterline of a square ship, destroying the hull and keel through collision, causing it to sink with water or lose its sailing ability. The flexibility brought by the use of oars allows the warship to carry out precise impacts, and can quickly recover after the collision. Retreat to avoid being dragged down by the damaged enemy ship; the second is boarding battle, using the side of one's own ship to approach the side of the enemy ship, hooking the enemy ship with a hook rope before contact, and then setting up a gangplank, and the sailors pass through the gangplank Engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
Naval battles at this time usually started in the form of ramming battles and ended in the form of boarding battles. When the boats of both sides are close to each other but cannot hit each other, or one side takes action at the last moment to avoid being hit, or the other side is not damaged despite a collision, due to the close distance between the two sides, they must fight side by side to fight. Decide the winner.
In order to expand their forces and make more of their own ships collide with enemy ships, fleets usually line up in one or more horizontal lines, and rush toward the enemy side by side during combat. This tests the skills of sailors or oarsmen. Yes, if two adjacent ships get too close, their pulps will collide with each other. If they get too far apart, the enemy ship will break into the gap between the two ships.
As for the long snake-shaped column, it is generally used during long-distance voyages.
"Haha! These idiots!" Pirate leader Zod laughed.
"Are they waiting to be cut into two by us in this formation? They probably thought we were still hiding in the port."
"Oh, that's right!" Zod slapped his forehead, "They don't have the magical ability to see thousands of miles like you and Lord Edward. This kind of powerful power is really useful on the endless sea."
Nathan smiled and asked: "So, Captain Zod, have you already thought of a strategy against the enemy?"
"Of course!" Zod said contemptuously, "I will go around to their side, Then attack their middle part, cut their fleet into two parts, sink the oars first, and then deal with the slow sailing ships. The maneuverability of ships without rowers must be very poor."
"I don't mind those 6 galleys, but I will present the 6 sailboats to Lord Edward as trophies."
(End of this chapter)