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Chapter 257 Night Battle
The sea is vast, but the track of sea-going ships is not without traces. From the perspective of safe navigation, the route of a fleet can be deduced through wind direction, ocean currents, reefs and other conditions.

When the Kirov-[-] airship released by the Lexington did not find the enemy fleet on the southern coastal route, it meant that the enemy chose to fight and take the extremely risky outer sea route.

For a long time there was a southerly wind, not strong at present, but strong enough for a fleet of ready ships to pass through what was known as the Dark Sea to the east of the Inner Sea.

So the Kirov-[-] airship took off from the Saratoga to search the eastern sea area, and the Kirov-[-] began to move eastward to search the southeast.

At this time, it was not Lilu who was in charge of commanding, but her adjutant Alfred.

Alfred met Frederick once in the cafeteria when he was in the Sailor Academy, and later graduated with all excellent grades. After graduation, he went to fight pirates with Baron Adiken, and soon became famous in the North Sea area.

After the Flying Tulip was launched, Lilu paid a lot of money to hire him as an adjutant.

Lilu knew very well that her strength was in trade, and commanding naval battles was only a pass, so she found an assistant who was proficient in naval warfare.

She let go of this battle to Alfred's command, and went to the top of the bridge to see how the ship was refitted.

At this time, the ship was very noisy, and there were ding-ding-dong-dong sounds everywhere, and the carpenters were installing weapon launchers on the side and bow of the ship.

Although the ship was equipped with six jet mortars, the number of enemies that followed far exceeded our own, so we temporarily transferred a batch of pea Gatling and iron fist launchers from the army defending Majiabao City, and specially Soldiers who are not seasick are selected to operate.

A double-mounted Pea Gatling is installed at each of the four corners on the top of the bridge to defend against enemies approaching by small boats, and there are Iron Fist individual rocket launchers next to them to deal with large ships about 100 meters away.

These were originally weapons for defending the city wall, and Helmut asked the fleet to install as much as they could.

Now it's not just the Flying Tulip, but the flattops Lexington and Saratoga are assembled to the teeth.

After lunch, Kirov's No. 100 spotted a fleet of more than 100 three-masted ships in the sea more than [-] kilometers to the east, sailing north in two columns, flying the pirate flag of Hayreddin .

After Alfred received the news, he immediately asked Hayreddin for confirmation, and then Hayreddin scolded his old rival Hedem of the Ghazi Empire for 10 minutes on the radio with [勥Kush Kingdom swearing].

Obviously, the fleet of the Ghazi Empire wanted to circle counterclockwise from the east, pretending to be the fleet of Hayreddin heading south from the mouth of the Danube.

The battle siren sounded on the Flying Tulip, and everyone, including Lilu, put on their helmets and life jackets.

The water wheel began to spin faster, making a sound of splashes, and the boat began to sail northeast.

Not long after, the voice of Hayreddin greeting Alfred's family was heard on the radio: "[Pirate greeting the whole family]! How did you rush up?"

Alfred said excitedly: "I have calculated that we will catch up with the Ghazi Empire's fleet in the early morning!"

"And then?" Hayreddin asked angrily, "You only have three boats, how dare you rush up and single out more than 100 boats on the opposite side?"

Alfred answered naturally, "Yes."

Lilu covered her mouth and snickered. Alfred's actions were always bold but well-calculated. It seemed that the decision to escape from death was actually not as dangerous as it seemed.

Hai Leiding was silent for a long time before continuing to curse: "[桃花石 swearing]! Don't forget that Wesson's woman is on board. If something happens to her, believe it or not, Wesson will dig up your family's grave!"

"It's okay." Alfred said calmly, "No one knows my surname until now, and the boss can't find where my family's ancestral grave is."

"Well... if it is found, at worst, I will pay him my sister. My sister's figure is a hundred miles away... Ouch! Captain, please spare me!"

Now Hayreddin was completely speechless, Alfred used the trick of getting Lilu to interrupt the call, and it was useless to say anything.

Hayreddin told Helmut about this matter to Helmut who stayed behind in Majiapu City, but he just reported it and went through a process.

"Are all of you people in Wessen State crazy?" Hayreddin shook his head and sighed, "Wesson dares to break into the formation of thousands of people alone, dare to attack 800 people with 10 people, and dare to attack 100 people with three boats under his command." Going to rush more than [-] boats and want to fight night battles, is his woman as crazy as him?"

Helmut just smiled and said nothing.

Alfred's calculations were a little off. The fleet of the Ghazi Empire did not turn counterclockwise directly at sea, but went all the way north and docked at the Kryum Peninsula in the north of the Dark Sea in the middle of the night.

The beach is brightly lit, and a camp of thousands of people has already been established.

All the boats lined up along the coast, and the small boats kept shuttling between the coast and the boats, allowing people on the shore to board.

Obviously, their goal is not only to destroy the fleet outside Majiabao, but also to attack the city.

The flat-tops Lexington and Saratoga recovered the Kirovs and were now incendiarying them.

At three o'clock in the morning, when the fleet of the Ghazi Empire was about to load all the mercenaries on the shore, someone saw two monsters flying from the sky with their bloody mouths wide open.

These two monsters were about 100 meters away from the sea surface, and they were not flying very fast one after the other.

On the Kirov-[-] airship, the bombardier yelled: "We have entered the bombing route, maintain a high speed!"

The captain repeated to the pilot: "Keep altitude speed!"

A moment later the bombardier yelled: "10 seconds countdown!"

The captain suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, music!"

Then she flipped a switch.

People on the ground and at sea watched in amazement these two unprecedented "monsters" flying by, and when everyone was discussing, a loud music sound suddenly came out.

In the symphony version of "Over the Moon", the Kirov-[-] airship dropped a bomb on the first ship.

I saw this big black lump hit the deck of the inner bow heavily, making a loud noise, a black hole was smashed in the deck, and the sound even smashed through the second deck.

The captain of the Kirov-[-] airship shouted in surprise: "Why didn't it explode?"

The bombardier immediately replied: "It should be that there is something wrong with the touch fuze again!"

The captain complained: "What happened to the maintenance squad, don't date their squad leader next time."

They complained about it, but they didn't stop working. They threw a 50kg incendiary bomb every three boats.

Because the airship is not flying too low, and the speed is not fast, the direct hit rate reaches half, and the distance between the target and the target is mostly less than the killing radius if there is no direct hit.

It's just that there is a problem with the fuze of this batch of incendiary bombs. Did it work? It made a hole in the deck of the ship or caused a splash of water.

Fortunately, there is a timing fuze inside the incendiary bomb. The principle is like the pull ring of a wooden handle grenade. It will detonate the incendiary bomb about 15 seconds after leaving the bombing bay.

At first, people thought that this monster could only throw stones and the like, just like an eagle would take the tortoise up into the sky and throw stones to smash the shell of the turtle, and the sound was deafening.

Someone tried to shoot an arrow with a bow, but was spotted by the machine gunners on both sides of the pod, and the greeting of the twin-mounted pea Gatling was quickly called.

The timing fuze started to work, and the first ship instantly turned into an erupting volcano. Hot flames shot out from the holes, hatches, and portholes, and even the sails were ignited.

A few people on the deck of the whole ship jumped into the sea in time and survived. The people in the cabin and the whole ship burned for three days and three nights.

The second incendiary bomb exploded on the mainmast, and the whole ship was bathed in fire from nose to tail.There was no one alive on the deck, and the people in the cabin were scrambling to jump out of the ship through the portholes.

Seeing this, the people on the other ships jumped ship and fled. The Kirov airship ignored them, and what they wanted was to drive the crew away and prepare for the next step.

The Flying Tulip, the Lexington, and the Saratoga arrived, and the three ships lined up in a straight line, passing by less than 100 meters away from the Ghazi Imperial Fleet.

The two Kirov airships carried only 32 incendiary bombs, and more ships were not attacked.

Alfred assigned tasks to each ship. The Flying Tulip at the forefront was responsible for opening the enemy's hull, and the two ships behind put all flammable weapons into the opening.

The beach seems to be wearing a string of fiery red necklaces, and the bright beads are burning sea ships.

Someone on the shore wanted to put out the fire. Alfred had already ordered the fleet to turn around. If you kill me on the shore, the sea will burn more violently.

The monsters from the sea and the air left. The survivors of the Ghazi Empire and their hired mercenaries sat on the beach illuminated by the fire.

On the two flat-topped boats, after the airship landed, it was checked that there was no serious problem, and it was reloaded immediately. This time, it was loaded with 5kg anti-personnel bombs, which were specially used to eliminate dense unprotected crowds.

The people on the beach were a little sparsely seated. This time the airship rose to a height of 1000, and whoever got hit by the bombs was left to chance.

The enemies on the ground collapsed in the sound of explosions, and everyone who could run ran away from the sea without looking back.

After receiving the report from the airship, Alfred ordered to return, and the people of the Ghazi Empire lost their boats, so they had the ability to swim to Majiapu City.

Many years later, a new custom appeared in the surrounding area. People who live at sea will make a flying fat shark with cloth and paper and hang it on the highest point of the mast around the day of the summer solstice.

This is to tell the flying shark in the sky that we already have your little baby here, so don't use this boat to lay eggs.

(End of this chapter)