Extraordinary Voyage

2020-11-02

Chapter 172 Looking out for the wind?

Suddenly William the Iron looked up at the sky.

The sky was dark today, but now there are wisps of clouds accumulating, gradually pressing down to the sea, and the sky is getting darker and darker.

At the same time, a few black lightning-like needle-tailed swifts flashed past the pirate ship as if brushing against the bottom of the cloud.

“It’s going to rain! But it shouldn’t be raining heavily. Lower the sails and anchor, pay attention to reconnaissance, we’ll just wait here.

There’s no need to go around in circles with the navy to act in a play.”

“As you order, Captain!” Sturdy youth led the way, and after a while he heard the sound of the pirates pulling the rigging on the ship. .

The “Twintail”, which was running alongside the “Ironbone” soon, also received the semaphore signal, and the pirates who controlled the merchant ship did the same.

At this time, they couldn’t imagine it.

My every move has fallen into someone’s eyes, and the navy warship that was unexpected in the plan came so quickly!

clang clang clang —

The alarm bell is ringing.

“Your Excellency Captain, the target is found!”

The lookout on the mast put away the brass telescope, slipped down the mast like a monkey, and ran to Alwin to report.

Alwin, who was “closing his eyes and resting,” opened his eyes. In fact, the seabirds had already sent back the information of each other’s ships.

Although a lookout with good eyesight can see dozens of kilometers away on the sea in fine weather, they can only see it, and the details cannot be distinguished at all.

With the improvement of their own abilities, the detection range of the seabirds has expanded, and a three-dimensional detection network has been built. In the eyes of Alwin, the scenery that is dozens of kilometers away is like a pattern in the palm of every hand. delicate hair was completely shown.

My own “Conch” departed from the Sea Territory where the “Twin-tailed Fish” had an accident, and could catch up with the pirate ship in just one day without the “black hand” providing intelligence , not by luck.

However, these words cannot be said to the crew for the time being, Alwin nods and encourages the lookout: “Good job!”

Shaking the cloak on his body, Alwin takes the command position Cry out the command:

“Level 1 readiness! Cut to the upper hand, open the muzzle, and let’s give the pirates a warm starter!”

Get the upper hand in naval battles There are advantages and disadvantages to the direction or the downwind direction.

At least for the “Conch”, there is only one artillery deck, so there is no need to worry about not being able to open the lower muzzle due to water ingress, and the artillery has a longer range and greater advantages when the wind is up!

pēng pēng pēng

The left side baffle is open.

The sailors dragged the 5,000-pound carrier-mounted artillery with pulleys to load gunpowder and solid iron shells out of the firing port, ready to fire.

The “Conch” slowly adjusted its fighting stance, and pointed the broadside at the distant sea, and also found the “Conch” pirate ship that had re-raised its sails.

Alwin looked at the dark clouds in the sky and the raindrops that were gradually dripping, and released his hand from the ocean treasure “Silver Fog” in his arms. It would be unreasonable for white fog to appear in heavy rain. .

My mission is very simple, just recapture the “Twin-tailed Fish”, there is no need to fight the pirates desperately according to the Viscount’s vision. After all, as long as the physical evidence is lost and the officials are not directly stolen by others, the viscount’s crisis will be lifted.

After today, who would believe what pirates say?

even more how, there is a very interesting guy on this mission target.

In the last information sent back by the “Twin-tailed Fish”, there was no information on the specific identity of the pirate ship, and Alwin originally only had the idea of training troops.

Now that I saw the pirate ship with my own eyes, I realized that the hijacker of the “Twintail” would be such a famous guy!

“William ‘Ironbone’?”

There was no cover in the sea, especially when Alwin didn’t use the “Misty Silver Lamp” to evoke the fog, “Ironbone” “Have already discovered the navy warships that showed their breaches!

“Captain, are we going to fire?”

It is difficult to sneak attack on the sea, and before the two sides can enter the range of the artillery, sturdy youth standing behind Captain William asked softly. .

“The price of the fat pig in Wescoll City is not enough for us to give his life to him, so let’s just throw the ‘Twintail’ to the Navy, our mission has been completed.

However, this warship is a little different from what I said? It’s a bit too fast, isn’t it?”

He said that he would follow the plan, but William relied on his many years of pirates. Experience is keenly aware that things seem to be not right.

The complete plan should be to capture all the crew members of the “Twin-tailed Fish” carrying contraband. Then “accidentally” encountered the Royal Navy patrolling here, leaving the “Twin-tailed Fish” for the navy to “take the stolen goods”.

The plan goes well without even having to meet the Navy at all.

The fat pig achieved his goal, and he was able to take back the chief mate who was caught by accident when he went ashore to replenish supplies some time ago, and then left the east coast of the Black Sea at the fastest speed. This is about to change. A vortex of “rights and wrongs”!

But now it seems that something unexpected happened that I didn’t understand.

Although the “Iron Bone” has been lingering in the established Sea Territory, it is convenient for subsequent navies to find it, but it will take time.

The Royal Navy is not privately owned.

The fat pig found a relationship and tipped off, and then the navy dispatched a number of cruise ships that had enough weight and would not favor Viscount Andrea. The scheduled time in their plan should be delayed at least later. One to two days.

The warship that appeared alone in front of him now had a different plan than the fat pig said!

“Call back all the brothers of the ‘Twin-tailed Fish’, you guys go back first, and I’ll go and say hello to our naval friends.

No sign at all, not an appearance Is our ‘Ironbone’ too weak?”

Since it is different from the planned strength ratio between the navy and our side, although William is still not ready to engage in fire with the navy, he is boldness of execution stems From superb skill, I feel that it is nothing difficult to test this strange warship a little.

So in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the “Conch”, they saw such a bizarre scene. Facing their constant approach, the pirates were not prepared to fight. Instead, they directly abandoned the merchant ship and “Twin-tailed Fish” quickly concentrated on the pirate ship, raised the sails and “looked out for the wind” across a great distance?

“Are all pirates so considerate now?” The officers and soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, although the credit for “snatching back” the merchant ship has been in their hands, but they really don’t understand Which pirates did they sing.

Only Alwin, who knows the inside story, understands that the pirates have finished their roles and are ready to leave.

If according to the script, as a cruise ship of the Royal Navy, someone should be sent on board for inspection, and the crew members witnessed the “contraband” loaded on the ship in full view, and cooperated with everyone’s testimony, it can be solidly confirmed. Put the hat of lawlessness on Viscount Andrea’s head.

At this critical moment, the old Viscount could lose his seat in Wake County because of the scandal, and even peel off his skin.

“But I’m going to let you down!”

To be cautious, Alwin confirmed that the “Iron Bone” pirate ship has indeed gone far, and it will take at least half a day to come back to sneak attack. When I was a child, I ordered:

“Let’s go over a little bit, keep a distance, put down the boat and send a few people up to see if the pirates have left any traps.”

Let While the sailors were operating normally, the seabirds had already entered the internal reconnaissance of the “Twin-tailed Fish”.

He was very curious about the “contraband” that the Viscount had kept secret from him.

Soon, a few petite pintail swifts had already conveyed what they saw to the bottom of Alwin’s heart.

In the cabin, although it was wrapped in black denim, the silly, black and thick ones made Alwin recognize what it was at a glance.

“Is this a bit too big?!”

It turned out to be a total of twenty ship-borne artillery pieces without other supporting parts!

A few of them have had their flannel removed, for fear of being invisible to others, exposing the cast-iron artillery directly.

Of course, the impossible is a brand-new forged kingdom armor, and the viscount also impossible has the courage. Judging from the wear and tear and the markings on it, it should be a second-hand item that belonged to the navy of Thessaly Kingdom.

It is probably prepared to remove the mark for repair, transport it to a dock where it is hidden somewhere for the modification of the armed merchant ship, or simply re-sell it.

However, in any case, even the obsolete ordnance is much better than the privately forged artillery.

In this era of great seafaring, scholars once measured a country’s naval strength by the number of artillery pieces it possessed. Whoever has more artillery will have stronger firepower, and whose navy will be stronger!

Which one will not dislike the large number of artillery pieces, even more how are high-quality ordnance?

Even if it wasn’t the goods resold by the military of the country, it is already a proper contraband. This is a big business that only a few powerful nobles can afford!

As Viscount Andrea dares to intervene in this kind of business, even if there is a title guard, it is a crime that is enough to eat in prison.

No wonder the old fox is so afraid of it!

Thanks to the book friend Fengqi, for the great reward! Thanks to the book friend VC34 for the six hundred rewards! Thanks to the book friend Shizaki Kuanglang for the five-eighth reward! Thank you for your monthly and recommended tickets! The first major event of the protagonist after returning to the sea has already begun to emerge, continue to ask for support!

(end of this chapter)