Azeroth Shadow Trail

  Chapter 490 43. The Gilneas who need to be beaten

   Early the next morning, on a Gilneas third-class battleship that was responsible for blocking the outskirts of the Tol Barad waters, the sailors welcomed two peculiar "commanders".

   They wore the uniforms of Captain Gilneas, dressed very dignifiedly, with coquettish white gloves, holding a command knife around their waists, pretending to wear wigs, and a pair of high-class style.

   But the veterans saw through the details of these two dog-like bad guys.

   These are two old pirates!

   You can tell by their skillful monkey-like climb from the traffic boat to the boat, and the vigilant attitude of holding their weapons as soon as they get on the boat.

   This is the reaction of the pirates when they fight the jumping gang.

  If that wasn't obvious enough, the wooden left leg of the limping guy is a more perfect proof of where they came from.

  Under the contemptuous eyes of the old sailors, Gilneas Navy Reserve Colonel Matchlegdan, and his old friend Conrad naturally understood what these guys were thinking.

   But they don't care.

  Haha, feel free to despise us, we are indeed pirates, but now your rank is higher than yours, you have to salute if you see us in a bad mood, or you will be whipped.

  Ha, this feeling is really cool.

  The two old pirates who were recruited by the Gilneas fleet walked across the deck so grandly, came to the young captain of the battleship, and gave him a military salute.

   But in addition to the actions, there are obviously some pirate habits that have not been hidden, and he is also ruffian when he speaks.

   "Well, your boat is not bad."

   Colonel Dan laughed, not paying attention to the alienation in the captain's eyes.

   He slapped the side of the ship beside him, and looked back at the clean deck that was wiped by the sailors, and the sailors who performed their duties and walked back and forth.

   A trace of disdain appeared in the eyes of the old pirate.

   He spat rudely towards the sea water, turned back and said to the captain:

   "But it looks good. There are too many new recruits on this ship, and there are only a few veterans. If you encounter an emergency, you can't even do the most basic effective resistance.

   The cable was a mess.

   If one of the recruits made a mistake, the ship wouldn't even be able to hoist the mainsail. "

   "Yes, look at the location of the deck artillery, and look at the storage position of your powder keg. It makes me laugh out loud."

   Colonel Conrad, next to Colonel Dan, also crossed his hips and laughed:

   "Put the gunpowder so far, it's beautiful to look good. But I ask you, how long does it take your sailors to get ready for the second salvo after the first round of shelling?

   Gunpowder is stored at the junction of the deck and the cabin, as you can imagine.

   Waiting for the enemy to come over, just need a torch to blow up the entire deck.

  I heard that during the Orc War, you also followed the Kul Tiras people to see the world, how come you didn't learn it, and you learned all these things? "

   Captain Gilneas, who was originally dismissive of the two pirate-born reserve officers, was humiliated by the two pirates in turn, and within a few minutes, his face flushed.

   But I couldn't refute it, I was really **** off.

   "Hey, don't think that we're here today just to go through the motions."

   Match Leg Dan arrogantly tapped the deck with his wooden legs, and he said to the captain in front of him:

   "The two of us were personally sent by your northern lord to inspect the situation of the Gilneas fleet. After a while, the two of us will also be delegated the command of your five ships.

   At that time, you will call us sir.

   But I can say yes in advance, man. "

   He looked left and right, approached the captain, and said in a low voice:

   "I won't report the bad situation of your ship. We are all Paoze, and we always have to save some face for you. I have eaten with Baron Shivalain before, and I know you are his nephew.

   Of course I will take care of you.

   But when we are officially transferred to command you, if this ship is still like this, then don't blame us for not giving face.

   Okay, let's not go to the cabin.

  The deck is like this, and the cabin must be a mess. "

   The tall Colonel Conrad also folded his arms. After Dan finished speaking, he also said indifferently:

   "If you don't have the strength of the Kul Tirans, don't learn the stinky faults of the Kurdish Navy! People are qualified to show off, but you don't. Be low-key and simple.

  How to fight a naval battle, the captain you turned from the army probably doesn’t know as much as the old sailors on the ship.

   Don't stay in the captain's room all the time, come out and talk to them more. Otherwise, when you encounter a cannonball flying towards you, you will know that face is not a thing at sea. "

   Knowing that the other party has a relationship with his uncle, the captain's face became better.

   But when the captain was about to invite the two old fur seals to sit in the captain's room, the sailors on the lookout above the main mast suddenly sounded the alarm bell.

  There is an enemy situation!

   The sailors on the entire deck were obviously stunned.

   Then they started running around in a panic, some were going to get their weapons, some had their cannon jackets lifted, and some were about to ignite the igniter, but were slapped by the old sailor next to them.

   "Look, am I right?"

   Looking at the panicked deck, Match Leg Dan covered his face and said something, he nodded to Conrad, who immediately jumped to the deck with a vigorous movement, kicking over a panicked sailor.

   he shouted:

   "Now, the deck is under my command! Veterans who have fought naval battles are here! Recruits are ready at the gun emplacement, don't rush to set fire, you bastards!"

   Under his scolding, some old sailors on the deck quickly gathered.

The young captain above    is also a little numb.

   But Matchleg Dan whispered a few words in his ear, and the captain calmed down, holding the command knife in his trembling hand, and tried to shout in a majestic voice:

   "This battle will redefine the positions of the first mate, second mate, third mate, gunmaster and boatswain. The old sailors will lead the new recruits to fight, and those with superior records will be promoted immediately after the war!"

   As soon as he said this, the old sailors who were still dawdling suddenly became excited. Without Conrad's command, they roared one by one to prepare the surrounding recruits for battle.

   And during this gap, Match Legdan took the monocular from his squire and looked at the position where the enemy's situation came from.

   From the perspective of the telescope, he saw that the sea water nearly five nautical miles away from the ship he was on was rolling back abnormally, like an expanding maelstrom.

  There is some kind of force under the sea that drives the seawater to rotate.

   Trapped a third-class warship and two fourth-class warships in that sea area.

   You can clearly see that the three ships are trying hard to stabilize their positions, and even one ship has anchored in a hurry, but even so, the two small ships are still spinning along the chaotic current.

  The big boat is also a little unsupportable.

   What's worse, the scope of the chaotic vortex is still expanding under the gaze of Match Legdan.

   "We have to go and help them!"

   The young captain also found the problem.

   He put down the telescope and was about to order support, but was grabbed by the wrist of Match Legdan. The old seal said to the young boy with a serious expression:

   "What help? Are you blind? No matter what's under the sea, that thing can manipulate the ocean currents, which is not something a toy boat like yours can handle.

  Withdraw!

   Retreat immediately.

   If those three ships have as many recruits as yours, then it is really hopeless.

   Semaphore, and let the fool ship beside you evacuate with you! "

   Although the young captain was from a noble family and had never fought a naval battle, he still had some idealism and **** courage.

   This will hear the old pirate asking him to retreat, and he will immediately refute.

   But in the next moment, with the irritable sound of the giant beast swallowing water, a shadow jumped out from the tumbling sea under the stunned gaze of the boat crew.

   is like a whale shark on the bottom of the sea hunting birds in the air.

  The strange black giant charged straight up from the water in an oblique attack.

   The fourth-class battleship targeted by it was less than two-thirds of its volume, and the moment it was hit by the sharp keel horn, there was a loud bombardment like bombardment.

  The poor boat was like a toy in the hands of a child, and it "jumped" up after being hit by a giant beast under the sea.

   Match Leg Dan, the old fur seal, was shaking all over his body.

  The vigilance of pirates developed in the deadly battle at sea for many years is a crazy alarm at this moment.

   In his gaze, the moment the fourth-class battleship that was attacked from the underwater broke out of the sea, the bilge below it seemed to be gnawed by a big shark.

  The hull of hard oak was cracking.

   And its entire hull is flipping to the outside. The impact and rollover from this terrifying angle have already doomed the ship to be unable to sway and return to the sea.

   The old fur seal's telescopic sight clearly saw that the desperate sailors were either knocked off by the shock, or desperately jumped into the water to try to survive before the ship completely rolled over.

   "Kakaka"

  In the piercing sound like a giant beast chewing, the "monster" that jumped out of the water was like a big rhino on a rampage.

   used his terrifying ram to tear the opponent's hull, and after the latter rolled over, he pushed the poor ship upside down into the water in the rolling waves.

   It arrogantly "pressed" the boat from the broken bilge keel.

   is like a dark knight who has completed a perfect charge, trampling on the bones of the loser with his hoofs.

  It wasn't until this moment that a group of bystanders really saw the attacker's appearance.

   A black boat.

   The size of a standard 2nd class warship.

  The three masts are in a retracted state, but this **** definitely doesn't need masts to provide power. On its towering bow, there is a gray-white dragon's head skeleton as the head of the ship.

  There are the same giant dragon heads spraying water on both sides, and there are no cannons on the deck and no cannon windows on the hull, which looks bare.

   But just above the dragon head lookout on its main mast, a black pirate flag fluttered in the wind.

   It was a pirate flag made of daggers, crows and bones. On the edge of the pirate flag, there was a broken trident pattern, which represented the North Sea pirates who had just been conquered by it.

   When he saw the flag, Match Legdan took a step back in fright.

   The telescope in his hand also fell on the deck, and Gulu Gulu turned and fell into the water from the undulating deck.

   He knew who it was.

  The terrifying pirates who destroyed the North Sea fanatics are here, and Tol Barad is their home port! There are no weak and unknown pirates occupying there at all!

  All the mysteries suddenly opened up in the heart of the old pirate.

   He vaguely saw the top of the **** of the ghost ship, a man in black raised his hand, and then he saw the mist.

Those gray, icy, viscous mists originate from the terrifying black ghost ship, on the sea where the tide is tumbling, like a curtain, to make the remaining two ships that are still struggling in the ocean currents." devour" in.

   There is something in that fog!

   Matchlegdan swore that he saw the vrykul undead looming in the fog.

   "They are finished, there is no help."

  The old pirate whose clothes were soaked in cold sweat looked back at the pale, shaky young captain, and said:

   "You saw the monster with your own eyes. Now, are you going to continue to die? Or retreat?"

   After a few minutes, the ship outside the fog dropped its mainsail, and in the dead silence, following the still chaotic current, it changed course on the sea and turned towards the distance.

   Well, it's actually okay to call it running away.

  The young captain covered his ears, afraid to listen to the constant shelling in the mist behind him. His compatriots were still fighting to the death in the mist, but he abandoned them.

   His conscience suffered terrible condemnation.

   The sailors on the ship looked at each other, and although everyone was simmering in a fire, no one proposed to return to rescue the victims.

   They all saw the scene just now with their own eyes.

   The ghost ship's gesture of destroying a fourth-class battleship with a neat blow from the sea in a destructive way has deeply imprinted the word fear into the hearts of these recruits.

   That's not something they can deal with.

   "Take a sip."

  Match Legdan pulled out his jug and took a gulp of wine. Only then did he calm down his flustered mind. He handed the jug in his hand to the young man who was leaning on the railing and covered his face and wept bitterly, saying:

   "Use alcohol to numb the fear, or the other way around, whatever you want. It's the first time it's hard to do, and I can't even forget the seven-day nightmare the first time I abandoned my brothers.

   But you get used to it.

   Now that you have stepped into this sea, you must be prepared to face these ghosts. Let your fleet retreat, there is no point in blocking Tol Barad.

   Only you ships can't deal with them.

   Maybe the tidesage of the Kul Tirans can, but you can't. "

  The young captain took the jug, raised his head and took a few mouthfuls. He looked back at the mist behind him, gritted his teeth and said:

   "We don't have a tide sage, but we have a forest witch, so we are not afraid of it. Today's hatred will definitely be repaid to that monster!"

   Fear, shame, and fullness of heart is full of anger.

   But the young captain didn't realize that behind him, two old pirates who had just been recruited were using their eyes to communicate something inconvenient to say.

  The Gilneas Navy's shiny, broken ship looks like a pill. It's too late to jump ship now?

   (end of this chapter)