The long fairy road is wonderful

Chapter 1281 Emergency Set Sail
The speed of sailing ships is not fast, mainly depends on the wind direction and wind force, so it is far inferior to using gas turbines, even later ships with steam engines.

After all, in today's era, people have not yet developed a reliable and usable magic device to power ships. Clean wind energy is the only option other than manpower.

The three ships of Miranda were not big in size, and their firepower was weak. Compared with the authentic warships, they were at the patrol ship level at best.

In fact, this is indeed the case. After all, the tasks of the army are handed over to the wave guards, and all countries only have force at the level of law and order. These warships are originally used to patrol the sea.

However, because they belonged to the patrol ship class, Miranda's three sailboats were all very fast and flexible. If they were large battleships, they would definitely not be able to set sail so quickly.

Although their large battleships are likely to directly fire and blow up the entire dock to pieces, let alone...

Seeing that the boat was getting farther and farther away from the pier and the jumping guards on the pier, Lin Tianci also heaved a sigh of relief.

It was just to buy supplies, but I didn't expect to be hunted down directly, and it was very likely that I would be involved in some troublesome conspiracy.

Lin Tianci felt that he might need to find some grapefruit leaves to get rid of the mold.

The boat had already left the port, and the cannon was pinched by Lin Tianci and thrown into the water. No matter how hard the guards on the pier jumped, they would definitely not be able to swim directly to chase it.

Miranda, who was also looking at the pier, pointed at the guard and said:
"It's Victor."

The guards on the pier were separated left and right. With a big shiny bald head and a fat body, Victor looked uneasy, watching the three boats drive further and further away with gloomy eyes.

Miranda was still standing at the stern, and gave a court salute to Victor from a long distance away, which felt more like a mockery.

The three fast boats bypassed two breakwaters that looked like underwater city walls, and after crossing here, they really left the range of the Lighthouse Fort.

"Report, ship shadows appear on the left and right sides, like battleships!"

Lin Tianci, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, became nervous again at the words of the watchman on the mast, and Miranda immediately took over the telescope to check.

A total of eight ships on the left and right sides, as if they had ambushed in advance, came out from the flanks of the lighthouse castle. Although they did not fly any flags, they were definitely not good people.

The square muzzle baffles on both sides of the hull were removed one by one, and the matte black gun barrels were exposed from the cabin. It looked like it was ready for battle.

There are not many cannons, only one layer is arranged. There are about ten cannons on one side of a ship, and the same arrangement on the other side, that is, a total of twenty cannons on a ship.

But the three ships on Miranda's side only have a symbolic cannon at the bow. Its main function is not to fire solid shells to kill people, but to signal flares and the like to remind passing merchant ships.

After all, they are just patrol boats, so we can't count on how capable they are.

"It should be Victor's last card. This cunning old dog is still hiding the fleet."

In this plane, all military responsibilities are assigned to the wave guards, and all countries only have security-level armed forces.According to the rules, a businessman like Victor is not allowed to own so many warships.

It can be seen that he is really in a hurry, and even took out the hidden trump card to show off. If Miranda can't be dealt with, once the private possession of the warship is exposed, even if he has a good hand and eye, he will never be able to bear it. Let's go, countries will definitely put pressure on the wave guards to ban such violations.

Miranda didn't believe Lin Tianci's claim that he could deal with several ships alone, it sounded a bit too nonsense after all.

With the three ships at hand, it is definitely impossible to fight. For the current plan, I can only use my advantage of fast speed to run away.

"Correct the course and throw them away with the maximum ship speed!"

The advantage of having fewer light cannons is that the speed is fast. Miranda stared nervously at the approaching warship, silently calculating the route and speed. Judging from the current situation, they could just run before the encirclement of a total of eight ships on the left and right closed. go out.

As I said just now, the speed of a sailing warship is not stable and mainly depends on the wind.

But now, the tide has changed.

The moodiness of the sea once again showed its ugly side. Originally, when they left the port, it was smooth sailing, and they almost ran at the maximum speed.

But when he was about to leave the encirclement, the wind direction changed, and the speed of the ship immediately dropped like a stock market crash.

This kind of huge sail lock has the ability to adjust the direction to correspond to different wind directions, even if the wind is not smooth, it can run, of course, the speed must be one knot behind.

He was able to escape just in time, but the change in wind direction caused the speed to drop, but now he just couldn't escape.

Lin Tianci was also staring at the attacking warships on both sides. He had already touched Qingyun's sword hilt with one hand.

At this time, the watchman on the mast shouted again:
"A shadow of a ship appeared right in front, and the flag is... It's Alceid! It's Arceid's battleship!"

Valeria's fleet came to rendezvous. They were originally docked in the sea not far from the Lighthouse Fort. They may have seen a battleship sailing from the Lighthouse Fort and realized that something was wrong.

Anyway, for Valeria, the people in Lighthouse Castle had already had a grudge against Alcide, and taking advantage of the opportunity to beat up the dog in the water would definitely not let go of such a good thing.

As long as there is no lighthouse, any fleet can only go to the nearest Yarside for supplies, which is a big deal.

From a long distance, you can see Valeria's fleet quickly changing its formation, from a loose marching formation to a long snake formation.

The artillery of this era is not enough to cause fatal damage to a single battleship, so wooden battleships are arranged in large numbers on both sides of the hull, and the tactics are also battle lines.

That is to line up in a long line and face the enemy sideways. When passing local ships, the artillery fires in turn, outputting as much firepower as possible.

When Valeria's fleet appeared, Victor's battleship was also taken aback.

What they originally had to deal with were three light ships with one gun each, but now they were directly confronting the regular army, and they quickly changed their formation.

In terms of the number of artillery pieces, Victor's fleet has an absolute disadvantage. The firepower of a single salvo from Valeria's flagship might be able to send them directly into the sea to feed the fish.

Therefore, the ships that were closer to the fleet immediately changed their formation, planning to circle around and return to the lighthouse.The warships that surrounded them on the other side simply turned around. They were far away from Valeria's fleet, so they didn't have to worry about being directly hit.

The warships that were chasing aggressively were immediately cowed when they saw the more fierce warships, but Valeria obviously did not intend to let them go.

The battle line lined up in a column quickly circled Miranda's three ships and surrounded the four Victor's warships that were about to retreat from the side.

Almost at the same time, the artillery opened fire.

Valeria's flagship has a total of four layers of gun emplacements, each with 20 cannons. When firing in unison, the huge battleship seemed to tilt slightly, and the smoke that rose up covered the sky and the sun. It was like a white cloud suddenly floating on the sea.

The first ship of Victor's fleet also tried to fight back, but the wood on Valeria's ship was at most broken. Only then did they realize that Valeria's ship was made of wood on the outside, and a layer of enchanted armor on the inside. board, which is not only extra strong but even lighter.

In view of the scarcity of metal raw materials in this plane and the cost of even enchanting, this method of shipbuilding can be said to be very prodigal.

The other types of ships following the flagship also opened fire one after another, and the deafening sound of the cannons was like rolling thunder in the sky.

When the beaten ship was exposed, they could no longer see the mast and the like. The superstructure had already received a devastating blow, and the ship was full of large and small potholes, some of which could be seen from one side. the other side.

The Valeria fleet, which had set up a long snake array, was not satisfied with the results of this battle. They immediately turned full rudder to the left, like a big snake twisting and advancing on the sea, and spared half a circle to fire again from the other side.

This made the four warships that were still floating in front of them even more miserable. One of the ships was pierced through its keel, broke from the middle and sank to the bottom of the sea. Many sailors jumped into the water like dumplings.

Even if he couldn't see where Valeria was, Lin Tianci could still imagine the muscular lady Gui laughing, and her fleet turned around and left satisfied. Before leaving, she fired a salvo at the lighthouse castle , but it should be an empty shell without a shell, and the lighthouse itself is not damaged, the purpose is to scare Victor.

After all, it is against the principle to fire at the place of residence, but there is no such restriction for empty ammunition.

After a lot of bragging rights, Valeria's fleet caught up with Miranda's three ships. The two sides joined together and headed towards the direction where the sea and the sky meet in the distance...

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He just wanted to go to the city to buy some supplies, but he was chased and killed. Before he left, he watched the naval confrontation in old movies. In a sense, it was an eye-opener.

Speaking of supplies, there was still no time to load all the cargo boxes and barrels onto the ship. The sailors said that shortly after Lin Tianci and Miranda left, the guards of the lighthouse castle were wandering around the pier.

The sailors didn't care at first, but it didn't take long for the number of guards to increase, and then they felt something was wrong, so they made preparations for sailing early.

It is also because of this that they were able to leave the port immediately after Miranda and Lin Tianci arrived, but this also delayed the work of moving the goods. About two-thirds of the supplies that were originally planned to be full were filled, and the other third remained in the port. I didn't have time to load the ship on the pier.

This also made Lin Tianci feel that he was at a loss. After all, the money was spent, but the things were not fully brought up.

However, Miranda expressed optimism. Although one-third of the supplies did not board the ship, this also greatly eased the shortage of supplies on the ship. The supplies on the ship were enough to be used in the next port. The itinerary has almost no impact.

Having said that, why did Victor attack Miranda...

As a businessman who opened a supply station at sea, Victor must have a good network of contacts, and he can talk to him wherever he goes.And this kind of person actually listens to some big man who claims to be untouchable to deal with Miranda.

A very simple and clear act of tracking pirates, what untouchable interests have been touched?
(End of this chapter)