Infinity through different life

Chapter 481 The War of Cat and Mouse (Two in One)

It was noon.

There was a sun hanging high in the cloudless sky, which made the wet and cold weather a bit warmer.

On the high city wall near the sea in Port Royal, soldiers are patrolling back and forth earnestly.

Since Brigadier General Norrington resigned and disappeared, they have all been incorporated by Beckett and have become members of the other party's subordinates.

But in today's Port Royal, many people know that the ambitious Beckett is not satisfied with his current power, he even swore in public that he would wipe out all the pirates in the world.

In addition, a well-known incident happened some time ago. Governor Swan secretly released Elizabeth who was locked in the cell, and wanted to send her to London to ensure safety.

But that operation was seen through long ago. Beckett's deputy, Mather, killed the captain who was about to send Elizabeth back to London, and intercepted the governor on the way.

However, it is said that Elizabeth still escaped, but because of this, the entire Port Royal was under full martial law. At this time, even Governor Swan was always under Beckett's surveillance, like a puppet.

War may soon begin.

The soldiers looked at the pier from time to time. Many warships had been mobilized during this period, and one of them, which was no worse than the Intrepid, had just arrived in the past few days.

"I heard it's called the Endeavor, and it's the Lord's ship."

"I know that. It's really spectacular. Did you know that when this battleship came, it happened to encounter the notorious Cheval in France?"

"The Mediterranean pirate king who offered a reward of [-] gold coins?"

"That's right, but he is now a prisoner, and the lord has sentenced him to hang, and he will be executed in public in the next few days."

"These pirate kings are usually elusive, so how could they hit the muzzle?"

"I don't know either, but it is said that the pirate kings from all over the world are about to gather."

"From this point of view, the Lord will never let go of the opportunity to wipe out the Pirate Kings."

"Indeed, hey, look there, it seems that another ship is coming."

"No, the pirate flag they are flying is a pirate, go and inform the lord, the pirate is coming!"

Immediately, a sharp warning whistle sounded on the city wall, spreading throughout the entire pier, attracting everyone's attention.

Not long after, Beckett arrived with Mather and other adjutants, as well as a large number of soldiers, and quickly boarded the battleship, and then waved the flag, and the warships docked at the pier started to move, heading towards the The approaching pirate ship greeted him.

"It seems to be the Intrepid, the Interceptor and the Black Pearl." On the Endeavor, Mather handed the monocular to Beckett, "What do they want to do? They don't think they can fight us with just three ships, do they?"

At this time, they had more than 30 warships, and all of them were battleships.

"Did you forget about Wiltner?" Beckett raised his binoculars and saw the acquaintance, the corner of his mouth slightly raised. "It seems that he has completed his mission and is now on board the Intrepid."

"Then are they going to surrender?"

Mercer frowned, always feeling that something was wrong.

"Besides surrender, do they have any other options?" Beckett put down his binoculars with a confident face, "There are fewer and fewer blank spaces on the map, the pirates will become history sooner or later, order the flag bearer to send them a signal to let them slow down .”

"Yes, sir."

Mather was a soldier, so of course he would not disobey orders, so he quickly arranged.

On the other side of the Intrepid, the watchman on the mast immediately discovered the semaphore sent from the opposite side, and reported loudly.

"Don't worry, keep going." Xu Jing walked out of the room and spoke softly, but his voice went straight into everyone's ears, "You can have fun and don't worry about being attacked."

Maria immediately became excited when she heard it, and ordered loudly: "Full sail, speed up!"

At the same time, Jack and Barbossa on both sides also issued the same order, and all the pirates were gearing up and excited.

"Sir, something is wrong."

Mather discovered the problem immediately. Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and they had already entered the range of the artillery, the other party showed no intention of slowing down.

What made him even more frightened and angry was that the three ships on the opposite side drifted sideways suddenly, drawing a beautiful arc, and the waves swirled, and in the blink of an eye, the whole ships were turned sideways and lined up in a row.

At the same time, the gun cabins of the three ships opposite were all opened, the artillery stretched out from the cabin, and the black muzzles were aimed at them.

"It's not surrender, they're going to attack!" Mather's face changed suddenly, "Sir, give an order!"

The confident smile on Beckett's face froze, and his brain didn't turn around.

And at this moment, the sound of roaring artillery firing rang in everyone's ears, and the black shells visible to the naked eye pierced the air, screaming and crushing towards them.

Especially the Intrepid, with a total of 56 cannons on three floors on one side of the ship, and with the cooperation of the other two warships, the blow at this moment was equivalent to two extra warships.

"Lie down!"

Mather saw the overwhelming shells coming, and his first reaction was to throw Beckett down to avoid the attack.

Boom boom~!

An indescribable explosion sounded in their ears, and the entire Endeavor shook violently in the explosion. Big holes were blasted out of the cabin, sawdust flew across, and the deck was a mess, with flames everywhere, and even the mast was broken. one.

The sailors cried and shouted, and some simply jumped out of the ship to escape, which was extremely chaotic.

Boom~!

At this time, there was another deafening explosion next to it, but it was one of the bombed battleships that was hit by the gunpowder magazine, triggering the explosion of the entire battleship.

After Mather escaped the attack, he hurriedly got up in embarrassment, and shouted in Beckett's ear desperately: "Sir!"

Beckett's ears were buzzing, and it wasn't until Mercer pushed him hard that he finally woke up like a dream, and shouted with a livid face, "Fight back, destroy them!"

But as soon as the order was issued, the second round of attacks came instantly.

Boom~!

The two battleships not far from them were directly swallowed by the extremely violent explosion and sank into the sea.

Indescribable anger surged in Beckett's heart, and he ordered again: "Attack!"

Mather had already acted and issued orders to the other warships. One after another, the warships quickly turned and caught the opposite bread. At the same time, the gun bay was opened and the artillery was out of the cabin.

Boom boom~!

In an instant, countless shells covered the three ships including the Intrepid in a half-moon shape.

"go to hell!"

A look of ferocity flashed across Beckett's face. He had never suffered such a big loss. At this moment, the only way to wash away the anger and humiliation in his heart was to crush the enemy to pieces.

However, just when he and everyone thought that the pirates would die in this round of attacks, with the three ships including the Intrepid at the center, the sea water in front of them seemed to be boiling instantly, turbulent and tumbling, Immediately afterwards, a fan-shaped wall of water rose into the sky and blocked the ship before the shells hit.

puff puff~!

All the shells crashed into the water wall, as if they had been drilled into a thick paste, their speed was instantly reduced to the lowest level, and before they could pass through the water wall, they fell powerlessly and sank into the sea , There was a muffled sound, and bursts of water splashed.

"This... what is this!"

Beckett was completely stunned, opened his mouth wide, and felt that his mind was blank.

"Oh, God!"

"How could this be?"

"How can they control the sea?"

Others were equally shocked, and all the British soldiers looked at the wall of water in the distance in disbelief, feeling that their worldview had been completely subverted.

Boom~!

At this time, the condensed water wall collapsed, setting off a huge wave.

The three unscathed pirate warships finished reloading again, adjusted their course slightly, and appeared in everyone's sight.

"not good!"

Mather reacted immediately, and his face changed drastically.

But he can't change anything at all.

The artillery fire raged all over the sky, and the huge roar suppressed the sound of the sea's tidal waves rolling down.

The whole world seemed to stand still for a few seconds. A series of explosions sounded in the battleship group around the Endeavor. Several battleships were completely destroyed, and the flames shot up into the sky. Sea escape.

"Attack! Keep attacking!" Beckett came back to his senses, his face very ugly. He took a deep breath, "Drive over and engage in a battle. We may not lose."

Although he didn't know why the pirates didn't continue to attack the Endeavor after the first round of attack, but this could not extinguish his anger in the slightest.

All he wanted to do now was to completely destroy the three ships on the opposite side, and let every pirate pay the heaviest price.

Mather also thought of the key point. After two rounds of attacks, their losses are still affordable. As long as they get close and surround the opponent, the outcome will be even more uncertain.

He quickly issued an order, and the fleet moved at full speed, and in the process, launched another attack.

Boom boom~!

Countless shells blasted past, and the wall of water that resisted the shells rose again, making their attack return in vain again.

But this did not make Beckett give up at all. What he wanted was to use attacks to gain time and opportunities to get closer.

The result was as he had expected. The pirates on the opposite side did not distance themselves, but adjusted their firing positions slightly. Without wasting any time, they directly used the ship as a fixed turret and launched the third round of attack.

No accident, they were directly sunk two battleships, and another battleship was disabled on the spot, so they could only drift on the sea.

"Continue to attack and advance at full speed!"

Just one more time!
Beckett's eyes were firm, and he was unmoved by the current loss. They had more than 30 warships. Even if they were attacked for three rounds without any power to fight back, they still had more than 20 ships.

And as long as there is one more time, they will be able to complete the double-teaming of the pirates and shorten the distance, and then they will be able to launch the most direct boarding battle against them.

"My lord, they want to fight us on board."

On the Intrepid, Maria hadn't been dazzled by the consecutive brilliant achievements, and reported to Xu Jing as soon as she discovered the problem.

"When people are not in despair, they will not give up."

Xu Jing chuckled a few times, raised the trident in his hand and pointed at the approaching fleet.

In an instant, more than 20 huge vortexes the size of battleships appeared on the sea, appearing directly under each of the opponent's battleships.

Boom~!

The sudden appearance of the vortex caused the high-speed Endeavor to shake violently, and then the ship turned in circles involuntarily.

And the same situation appeared on every battleship.

"what happened?"

Just as Beckett lost his footing and fell hard to the ground, the first time he got up in a panic, he asked about the situation in a panic.

"Vortex, there is a vortex under every ship!"

Some soldiers near the side of the ship pointed at other ships in fear and shouted to report.

"Left full rudder, drive out!"

Mather sensed the direction of rotation and immediately made a judgment.

Hearing this, the helmsman turned the wheel desperately, however, he soon failed.

The vortex under the ship seems to be alive, it will change the speed and direction of rotation with the movement of the ship, and the force is just right, it will not directly pull the ship into the bottom of the sea, but it can hold them tightly so that they cannot move.

Boom boom~!

After a while, three more warships were blasted to pieces.

"It's over!"

Beckett grabbed the mast and closed his eyes in pain. He had never been so helpless in his life.

In the current situation, not to mention counterattack, they don't even have the strength to protect themselves.

This is a war with no chance of winning.

His oath to destroy all pirates, and all his ambitions, seemed so ridiculous at the moment, and to enter into it all was the hardest blow for him.

"How could this be?"

Beckett couldn't figure it out at all, so he couldn't help looking at the Intrepid with the telescope again.

But this time, he finally found out.

He fixed his gaze on a man in black robe standing on the bow of the Intrepid, to be exact, on the huge harpoon-like weapon in the opponent's hand.

"Sea Emperor Trident?!"

Beckett vaguely guessed the origin of the weapon, and his face turned pale.

Some time ago, on his way to Port Royal, he met a witch at sea. He paid a heavy price and caught her after many people died.

At first, he was planning to execute the witch named Tia Doma, but the other party used several important pieces of information that needed to be confirmed to make him give up his original idea.

Among these intelligences, there happened to be information about the birth of the Trident.

Beckett didn't quite believe the news at first, and he also doubted the legends in the past, but what he saw with his own eyes at this moment confirmed that the information was correct.

He couldn't help but feel despair in his heart. The Trident was born, but it was in the hands of pirates. This was undoubtedly the worst news for the British Royal Navy, which aspired to dominate the sea, and the East India Trading Company to which he was loyal.

Xu Jing stood on the bow of the Intrepid, feeling the moment he was peeped at, and looked at Endeavor.

"Play slowly." He moved his lips slightly, and said to everyone through voice transmission, "I'll go back as soon as I go."

As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped out from the bow of the ship. At this moment, the waves under the sea surface were surging, and a big wave rose up instantly, caught him, and rolled towards Endeavor.

(End of this chapter)