Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 1460 93. It's like catching Blake in the urn, and it's coming!

  Time passed quickly, and soon came three days later.

   The entire frozen sea was turbulent for three days, and the calm of the first two days turned out to be an elaborate illusion in the early morning of the third day.

  The commander-in-chief of the Alliance Navy, Marshal Barry Westwin, played a very cunning "Darkness Chencang" under the noses of the North Sea pirates.

   He arranged elf illusionists on every ship under his command, and completely concealed the swift traces of his fleet on the sea with long-term camouflage and concealment.

It was not until the two fleets of Lordaeron appeared on the waters of Howling Bay, one east and one west, that all the forces in Northrend knew that the alliance military had completed the assembly and raid without disturbing anyone. .

  When they formed a formation on the sea near Rogue Harbor in the southwest waters of Howling Fjord, even the reconnaissance ships of the North Sea pirates cruising nearby were frightened.

   has assembled tens of thousands of pirates, and the entire rogue port, which was preparing to "do something big", was also panicked by the sudden arrival of the alliance fleet.

  Some small groups of pirates felt that disaster was imminent, and hurriedly drove their ships to sea to try to escape, but they were easily destroyed by the precise artillery bombardment of the Lordaeron fleet on the sea outside the rogue port.

   This is like a terrible signal, making the North Sea pirates more panic.

Speaking of which, this action of the Alliance Navy is audacious. They may have been inspired by several famous ghost ships in the endless sea. It is a luxury to use spellcasters to create concealment, but with such a large-scale spellcaster together. The operation also benefited from the Alliance Navy's simultaneous support from Dalaran and Quel'Thalas.

   If another force came here, it would not be able to play such a large-scale "magic tactics".

   In short, the alliance's decisive battle strategy was successful.

After they dispatched reconnaissance griffins to repeatedly fly over Rogue Harbor and the surrounding islands, and confirmed that the main force of the North Sea pirates had not set sail in Rogue Harbor, even the old Marshal Barry Westwin, who was sitting on the flagship, couldn't help clenching his fists violently. Hit the command table.

Lordaeron's two fleets have set up an unbreakable sea blockade around the rogue port, and there are elves' magic warships cruising on the outside. Make it impossible for pirates to escape by teleporting or the like.

   A net has been cast against North Sea pirates, trapped to death in their lair.

Either get out of the lair and fight the Alliance Navy to the death, or wait for the long-term siege to run out of ammunition and food. After cutting off all the supply lines to Rogue Harbor, the barren island is completely unable to provide tens of thousands of pirates with food, clothing and shelter. .

   With the old marshal's understanding of the character of pirates, it may not be long before the navy does not even need to take the initiative to attack.

   As an old navy who has worked hard with Dai Lin all the way, there is probably no other naval commander in the Eastern Continent who is better at dealing with pirates than Barry Westwin.

   He knew that what he had to do now was not to attack immediately.

   Rather, it is to take advantage of the chaotic nature of pirates, and continue to expand the fear that has arisen in the hearts of pirates with visible oppression.

   used force and intimidation to suppress their confidence and desire to fight, and finally sent messengers to verbally divide the precarious unity and alliance between the various pirate factions.

   As long as a faction shows signs of mutiny, this rogue port will be self-defeating.

This is the most perfect tactics used by the Kul Tiras Navy to deal with large groups of pirates after years of wars against pirates. Nearly a hundred years ago, Dai Lin's grandfather expelled the entrants in Torba in this way. Ladd's North Sea Pirates.

   This set of well-established methods will also apply a hundred years later.

   "Tell the warships to follow the plan! All second-class and above warships prepare side-string fire! Thirty minutes later, calibrate the fire on the waters near Rogue Harbor.

  The dwarf minelaying boat was dispatched immediately, and I demanded that the deep-water mines be spread all over the seabed in two hours! "

Standing on the **** of his flagship, the old marshal looked at the pirate island in front of him among the ice floes with a telescope. A hunting spider that only lies on its own webs.

  Adjusted the deployment with the attitude of controlling the overall situation, and he wanted to push the trapped pirates in front of him into a corner bit by bit.

   But the old marshal scanned the sea several times back and forth.

   He saw the mast of the Queen Anne, the slender hull of the Jotunheim Power, and the monstrous, hedgehog-like gunboat hull of the Sister Mercy.

   There are other pirate ships that have left their names on the frozen sea, but the only one that has not been seen is the legendary ghost ship Nagfar.

  If the flagship of the world-renowned great pirate Blake Shaw is not here, does that mean that Blake himself is also not here?

   The old marshal pursed his lips, then shook his head again.

   A ghost ship cannot control today's large-scale naval battle. Even if Dai Lin drives his Sea King to enter this sea area, it is still unable to break through the siege of the rogue harbor by the alliance fleet.

  The naval battle has never been a stage for individual heroism, even a brave admiral and king like Dai Lin must admit this.

   Well, old Marshal Barry felt that perhaps he should teach that sly little fellow of the Proudmoore family a good lesson on the sea in front of him?

   After all, because of his personal friendship with Dalene, Blake or Drake had always called him "uncle" during the first nineteen years of his life.

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   "What a cunning bastard! He's going to scare all the cowards on our side to death with their countless guns!"

   On the observation deck of the Rogue Harbor Pier, the Queen of the North Sea Pirates, Anne Bonn, grasped the ghost telescope and scanned the sea in front of her.

   When he saw that the Lordaeron fleet began to form an artillery formation in the open sea to prepare for calibrated shooting, the luxuriously dressed pirate queen pouted with a toothache.

   She complained to the "tattooed girl" Marcy, who was wearing a first mate's battle uniform, but cut off her sleeves to reveal her arms full of tattoos of sea monsters, and wrapped her short-haired "tattooed girl" with a dashing red head:

   "It's not the **** Navy under old Barry that we should be worried about now, I think we should be more worried about the **** behind us.

   I'm sure there are at least ten betrayal plots being planned against us in the taverns on the island right now.

   And before **** old Barry takes his navy lads to the real attack, we're going to get fired up and killed by those nasty junkies. "

   "Don't worry, Captain."

  As the first mate of the Pirate Queen, the tattooed girl Marcy has grown up and calmed down a lot over the past year. She will carry a bottle of rum, wipe her mouth and whisper to Annie:

   "I have arranged the people.

Silver Moon Harry and his wife led people to guard in the town. There was a group of people from the Golden Tooth Gang watching over the tavern. We all know who said what after getting drunk. One by one they went to the door.

  There are uncrowned and warlocks on every ship in the port. If they dare to jump back, we dare to send them to 'swing'.

It doesn't matter if the supplies are cut off. The walrus people on the nearby Kamagu Island have a good relationship with us. Although the dried fish and seal milk they provide are so disgusting that even the vrykul can't eat them, they can still be eaten at critical moments. Help us out for a while.

Moreover, the commanders of Conrad and Match Legdan are all the loyal heirs of our North Sea pirates. If they hold down the entire island, the most troubles will occur. As long as your charm is not diminished, Captain, Match Legdan will continue to bow down to your pirate skirt. Come on, those navies don't want to rush in in a short time! "

   "You're talking about the best case scenario, Marci, but we can't bet our fate on **** luck."

The Pirate Queen saw through the telescope the Alliance Fleet's calibrated shooting towards the waters of Rogue Harbor. The broadside salvo of dozens of ships was amazing, and the water column splashed on the sea by a wave of artillery shells was almost connected, and the landing point appeared. The distribution of a line fully proves the super strength of the Lordaeron navy in the field of artillery.

  Those water jets rising into the air and the sound of explosions came from afar, causing bursts of exclamations from the wharf of Rogue Harbor, and Anne Bonn had a headache watching it.

   The dignified and handsomely dressed pirate king of the North Sea rubbed his forehead, supported his pirate command knife decorated with fossilized sea beast eyes, and whispered to his first mate:

   "Old Barry is a formidable foe, he figured out that the archipelago around Rogue Harbor would help us defend against an all-out naval attack, but it would also trap our ships here.

   He's going to trap us in our base camp.

   But the outcome of this battle is not the most important thing, my first mate.

  伱To understand that at this moment, time is the most important thing.

  Once we are under siege for more than half a month, we will completely lose the sea power that we took more than two years to establish in the North Sea.

  Once the other races on this continent think we have failed, even if we finally survive, we can only swallow the bitter fruit of losing the North Sea.

The old **** opposite    is a master at war.

   He understands that any battle itself serves a purpose.

   If the Alliance's **** of the North Sea can be accomplished without the need for war, he will definitely not risk fleet damage to start a decisive battle with us. "

   Having said this, Pirate King Anne Bonn shook his head, put his red captain's hat on his head, clenched his fists and said:

   "The Pirates of the North Sea cannot lose. We only need to lose once and we will lose all the prestige we have worked so hard to accumulate before. The Alliance fleet only needs to win once, and their forces will enter the frozen sea, and no one can drive them out.

   His Excellency Blake Shaw will leave the frozen sea to us to take care of. If this North Sea is lost in our hands, what will happen to us? "

  Annie's explanation made Marcy the "tattooed girl" who was drinking frown. The first officer threw the bottle out of his hand and looked back at Annie, who she regarded as her mother. She said:

"Then, since you know that our fleet is likely to be surrounded by the alliance navy, and you can understand the strategic thinking of the opposing commander, then why must we assemble a large army and make a fight with the alliance fleet? What about posture?

I know Kul Tiras' actions in the South Seas have cut off our ships, but Gaboa's Cursed Pirates also have several shipyards on the east coast of Kalimdor, and we can pay a premium from that old troll if necessary. buy a boat there.

  The temporary closure of the South China Sea trade route will not put us in a desperate situation.

   I thought this rally was a bait. "

   "This is indeed a bait, Marci."

  The Pirate Queen of the North Sea looked left and right, and said to her first mate in a voice that only two people could hear:

   "But it's not my idea, no matter how crazy I can be, I can't bet on the lives of all North Sea pirates and our future.

I was going to leave Match Legdan and Conrad in the North Sea to get the attention of Barry Westwyn, and then I took a fleet around the Broken Isles and headed straight into the shores of Lordaeron to see if I could find a chance Raid on Lordaeron.

  I'm going to come up with a strategy of changing homes.

   But Lord Black blocked my plan, he said he had a better and easier target, and that the North Sea pirates assembled at Rogue Harbor were all at his behest.

  I don’t know how our assembled fleet should rush out of the rogue port with complicated sea conditions when the Alliance Navy is blocking all sea routes.

   But I choose to trust my chief. "

  Captain Anne snorted, took out a lady's pipe from her pocket and put it in her hand to play with. She squinted at the Alliance fleet in the distance on the coast in front of her, and said:

   "Let them run wild for now. As long as Lord Black attacks, everything will be fine. Hmm? What are you looking at?"

The Pirate King soon found that he had said a lot, but his first mate seemed to be wandering around the world. "Tattooed Girl" Marcy would be turning her head to look at the other side of the pier, and there seemed to be a faint voice over there. Cheers sounded.

  Under Annie's questioning, Marcy raised her finger, pointed to the front and shouted:

"Look! Captain, there. Beyond the dock, isn't that the Nagfar? How did it get past the siege of the Alliance fleet. Well, I'm stupid, it's a diving ship, and the sea blockade alone can stop it don't live with it."

  The wild female chief mate flexibly climbed up to the height of the observation deck like a monkey. She took off her red head cloth and waved frantically towards the position where the ghost ship was floating, while waving and shouting:

   "It is indeed the ship of Lord Black Shaw. It is really a ship of freedom! There is no place in this world that it cannot go to. It is like its owner, and they can go wherever they want."

   "Well, don't get so excited, little girl, don't climb so high and get down quickly."

Just when Marcy cheered, Blake's figure suddenly appeared beside Anne Bonn very strangely. The smelly pirate leaned on the buzzing Sargeras scepter, and he shouted to the female pirate above his head with a pipe in his mouth. a sentence.

   Then he looked back at the leader of his subordinate faction with a surprised expression. Blake breathed out a smoke ring and glanced at the pirate town inside Rogue Harbor. He whispered:

   "The atmosphere here doesn't seem to be very good, it looks gloomy and gloomy, once it's not lively.

   But we've got a guest coming up soon, so I'll give you twenty minutes to clean up our town before those **** sleazy drinkers embarrass me in front of my guest. "

   "Yes, Captain!"

  After Blake appeared, Annie, a mature female pirate, had a visible improvement in her spirit.

   She responded imposingly that she was going to rectify the town, but before leaving, Captain Anne worriedly told Black about the unstable situation within the fleet.

   She suggested:

   "Captain, do you want to clean up a bunch of people before the action? I mean, maybe hanging a bunch of scumbags on the docks can improve the morale of the brothers who are now very bad."

"Need not."

  Blake waved his hand and said casually:

   "You just need to pick out the leaders and their ships of the small group of pirates who are fearful and intend to defect. Everyone, there is no need to kill them all. If you can't be a fellow traveler, it's better to get together.

   In fact, I am about to introduce a new 'job' to these brothers who are unwilling to follow me to conquer the sea. "

  Smelly Pirate grinned and said:

   "The employer over there is in great need of experienced marine fighters, he said the more the better, and the lord has made a lot of money and has already paid a large deposit in advance.

  I'm still worried about where to find so many old fur seals who are not afraid of death and don't want to live to recharge, but now it seems that many of us here are eligible.

  Tsk tsk, Anne, Anne, I have to say, your North Sea Fleet really always brings surprises.

   what.

   Clean up all the street light poles on this pier, and find some ropes by the way. The more the better, it will be used later. "

   (end of this chapter)