Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 26

2021-03-10

Chapter 26 Jumping Gang
Captain Gold, holding the scimitar at his waist, was at the bow of the boat Look at the three-masted clipper in the distance.

The fat captain of the Skua said that "a merchant ship is a pirate if it thinks badly, and a pirate who runs a ship honestly is a merchant ship", but this time he was wrong. Because robbery wasn't Captain Gold's amateur hobby, "Good Luck" Gold was a full-time pirate on the Inner Seas, specializing in the promising profession of sea robbery.

"Good Luck" Gold got this nickname because Lucky Goddess always smiled at him

Many pirate ships would always miss and get captured by the Alliance Navy, but he Run away every time. When encountering hard-bone prey, all pirates who survived a bloody battle were injured, but he was the only one who was unscathed every time.

Sailors say: Bullets go around Lucky Gold. There are also rumors spreading quietly in the cabin: Good luck Gold made a deal with the devil, and evil black magic protects him.

However, Gold has always had such good luck that he even named his ship "Good Luck".

Like this time, if it weren't for the wind, a galley like Fortune would never have caught up with the three-masted clipper ahead. But the wind just stopped, so no matter how many sails the ship has, it can only let the good luck fish.

Gold saw that after raising the black and red flag, the boat in front had lowered the naval flag and raised the white flag.

The cannon on the bow of the Good Luck was a big part of being able to frighten the opponent into surrender so easily. This large-caliber stone-shooting gun was Captain Gold's treasure, and it was a coincidence and a lot of money to get this gun.

Simply no one will use this gun on the Good Luck, but fortunately, this gun is not used in actual combat at all. As long as it is loaded with gunpowder, loaded with stone bullets and fired, and the sound of the cannon is heard, the hard-bone prey will surrender obediently.

A large-caliber stone-shooting cannon can dispel any merchant ship's illusions of landing.

The Merchant ship on the opposite side raised the Veneta naval flag. Isn't the knee softened when he was scared by the artillery? As for the navy flag, Gold didn't care.

He knows the details of the navies of the alliance countries, and there are many merchant ships in the navy. The weaker the merchant ship, the more incapable of self-protection, the more like to file with the navies of various countries, pay some protection fees, and change a naval flag.

A navy flag might scare off an armed merchant ship with bad intentions, but not good luck Gold.

On the inland sea, ships come and go, how can I not dare to rob you if you hang a Veneta flag? Besides, in this vast sea, if Lao Tzu robbed you, will the Veneta Navy know? Even if the Veneta Navy knows, what can I do?
Besides, this time, Good Luck Gold came for the Navy flag. Three masts, light ships, Veneta Navy name, this time appeared here, all kinds of information confirmed. That's right, this is the ship!
Seeing that the other party had raised the white flag, lowered the sails and surrendered, Captain Gold's mouth was almost split to the root of his ear, he was overwhelmed by emotions: "Send! This time!".

Gold couldn't wait to get on the ship in front of him. The Fortune's speed seemed to him like a turtle crawling. He called to his first mate: "The paddlers want to die? No effort? Row so slowly? Let them row hard!"

The first mate heard Gold's words, picked up the whip and left Going down to the open deck, started whipping the hard-working paddlers on the lower deck.

Like the Skua, the Lucky has two decks, but both decks on the Lucky are above the waterline.

In fact, instead of saying that the flat-bottomed tub boat like the Good Luck has two decks, it is better to say that the Good Luck is based on a single-deck flat-bottomed boat, and has illegally built a layer that runs through the front and rear. The boathouse acts as an open deck.

The oarsmen of the Good Luck are arranged on the second layer deck. One of their feet is fastened to the oar by an iron chain, and there is no room to turn around, so they can only paddle.

A rower is not a pirate aboard the Luck, and no free man would want to be a rower. The paddlers are the sailors on the merchant ships robbed by the lucky gold.

The cargo is robbed, the boat is sold, the sailor sells a part, and a part is left to paddle on the Good Luck.

The paddlers are held in place by iron, and eat, drink, shit and piss all sleep beside the paddle. Even if the pirates go ashore to rest, the paddlers will not be let go.

I don't eat well, sleep well, and work under pressure. In this kind of environment, a brawny man can't survive for long.

Fortunately, there are always new victims. The paddlers are the replaceable parts on the Good Luck that need to be replaced every once in a while.

For the paddlers, there are only two options: die by the paddle, or find a way to become a pirate.

There are ten rows of oars aboard the Good Luck, each with two oarsmen, for a total of forty oarsmen. Forty oarsmen, plus more than fifty pirates, made up the entire crew of the Good Luck.

The crew of the Small 100 is obviously too bloated for a small ship like the Good Luck. Therefore, the self-sustaining power of the Good Luck is very poor, and every time it goes out to sea for a day or two, it has to re-shore for replenishment and rest.

Ordinary galley, sailor serving as rower. But on the Good Luck, there are human-shaped animals that don't need money, and the pirates are naturally reluctant to serve as paddlers. They should save their strength on possible hand-to-hand combat.

The Good Luck was only a few hulls away from the Skua, and Captain Gold commanded the Good Luck to circle the Skua in a demonstrative circle.

Not only to deter the enemy, but also Captain Gold cautiously to take a closer look at the boat:
The fattest guy must be the captain, the sailor has so much meat, and the clothes he wears Also the best. This guy was standing at the bow of the boat at a loss, wiping away sweat.

Captain Gold laughed heartily, this fatty can't be sold and must be left to paddle to death on the Good Luck.

The remaining seven or eight people on the deck were typical sailors, with shabby clothes and sun-tanned and chapped skin. Two years ago, Lucky Gold was such a hard-working sailor, but now he's a hunter.

There should be more than a few sailors on this ship. There must be sailors hiding in the dark corners of the ship and praying that they can escape. Don't worry, you can find them all slowly. In the vast sea, no one can escape.

The Good Luck put away the oars on the side of the Skua, and the pirates threw the iron hook with the rope at the Skua, while wantonly screaming to intimidate the skuas on the Skua. sailor.

The hook caught the Skua's side, and the distance between the two ships was pulled in little by little. Four gangplanks with iron hooks reached out to the Skua and were firmly attached to the hull.

It's done! This springboard has iron hooks on both sides. Once hooked, it is extremely difficult to release. The Skua is now firmly connected to the Good Luck by this gangway, and now even the fat captain can't escape with regret.

Good Luck Gold was extremely annoyed when a dozen or so impatient pirates rushed onto the Skua's deck without waiting for Gold's orders.

The system of pirates in the inland sea is very democratic to a certain extent, and the captain has no privileges except for a small single room.

The rules of robbery are that all captures must be divided equally, but the pirates who rush to the prey ship first will definitely grab more scattered Silver Coins.

So every time the springboard was hit, the pirates would rush up in a hurry, and Gold couldn't restrain him. If he had used harsh means, he would have been "thrown off the ship" by the pirates who had his throat slit that night.

"The people are too scattered, and the team is not easy to lead." Gold shook his head and sighed, and moved towards the Skua.

The Skull greeted Good Luck Gold with a piercing whistle. The Skua tore off the sheepskin camouflage, and the fat sheep in the eyes of the pirates showed sharp claw, and a large group of youngsters with sharp weapons and military uniforms rushed out of the Skua's forecastle, poop, and cabin.

——————Separation line——————

Major General Layton Fiercely threw his whistle, fulfilling his "first jump gang" promise .

The major general roared angrily: "Follow me!" Then he jumped directly from the poop and smashed on the open deck of the Good Luck. The brawny man even let the Good Luck tumble when he landed. The ship shook a little.

The warrant officers mostly use a one-handed weapon with a small shield made of a temporary wooden board, but the major general has his own saber in his left hand and a sailor's machete in his right hand.

After landing, he slashed directly on the neck of the pirate in front of him with a heavy slash. This brutal slash cut off half of the neck at an angle, and the curved front end of the machete was cut again. Inflicted secondary damage while pulling back.

The major general who had withdrawn his machete no longer cared about the pitiful person whose half of his neck had been cut off. He continued to slash ferociously with the blood that had just been splattered all over his body, and the rest had not came back to him. Pirates of the senses

Andre and several warrant officers were infected by the Major General's ferocious imposing manner, and also shouted and jumped on the deck of the Good Luck with the Major General.

Major Moritz sighed helplessly and jumped from the forecastle with his saber in hand.

The original plan made by the major was to first ambush the pirates who had boarded the ship, then use the revolving guns and muskets to weaken the pirates left on the enemy ship, and finally jump in to destroy the remaining enemies.

But the big leader jumped to the gang directly, and he could only follow the gang.

——————Separation line——————

And on the top floor of the poop, Winters and two artillery lieutenants worked together to mount the revolving gun. the side of the ship. Their three people had been lying on the board, hiding their bodies with barrels and sack pieces.

The reason why the revolving gun is called the revolving gun is because it is mounted on a bracket and can rotate the shooting angle up and down, left and right.

Under the iron frame is an iron rod. There is a hole on the side of the ship that was drilled when the ship was built. Insert the iron rod into the hole to mount the revolving gun on the side of the ship.

The Skua has a lower freeboard than Lucky, which is a disadvantage. But don't forget, the Skua also has a boathouse.

In the water battle, whoever has the higher building has the advantage. Like the top of the poop of the Skua, you can look down on the open deck of the Good Luck and have a sweeping view.

As the so-called "high, low, and stupid X", the position of the Skua's long-range firepower is high, and it can shoot at the Fortune.

The iron cannon was erected, and an artillery warrant officer held the breech of the gun and controlled the gun to aim at the enemy. Another artillery warrant officer quickly grabbed a gun and stuffed it into the rear compartment of the revolving gun. , and scored a wooden wedge to seal the gun. Then pour gunpowder into the ignition port.

While the two artillery warrant officers were busy, Winters was only responsible for one thing: making sure the matchlock didn't go out.

There is no matchlock that has actually been soaked in salt on the boat, and the hemp rope can only be broken up and used as a matchlock. The problem is that hemp rope is this thing. It burns quickly when you stand upside down, and it burns out when you stand upright.

Winters is now like Prometheus the fire thief, blowing and adjusting the angle, taking care of the little flame in his hand.

"Okay! Fire it up!" the loader warrant officer urged.

Without a fire rod, Winters just grabs the matchlock and fires the gunpowder. He didn't know when to take his hands off, the gas pushing the lead and the gunpowder splattering from the ignition port, and a few more burns on his hand, but Winters gritted his teeth and said nothing.

"dong!" Along with the irritating smoke and a loud noise, six or seven lead bullets shot out from the revolving muzzle and slammed into the pirates on the Good Luck. The battle was so chaotic that it was hard to see how many pirates were shot, but some people were crying.

The two artillery warrant officers seemed to be dissatisfied with the effects of the artillery fire.

The artillery of this era didn't have a depression angle, this thing, because the shell was smaller than the diameter of the barrel, and the shell rolled out as soon as the gun lowered its head.

I couldn't find the matching shells in a hurry, and the warrant officers used the shells as shells. Wrap it in a sack to prevent the lead from falling out when the muzzle is down.

But the problem is that the lead is smaller than the cannonball after all, and the air retention is poor, and the gunpowder gas will be ejected from the lead gap. Because of this, the artillery must add wooden supports when using shotguns.

But where to find Muto in a hurry? It was too late to cut wood on the spot, so I could only use the bracket oneself, the formidable power of the rotary gun was naturally greatly reduced, and there was no effect of blowing it out with one shot and sweeping it down.

"Go on! Don't stop." The gunner warrant officer called off the ongoing damage assessment. Something is better than nothing, even if it can only be heard, it is a great deterrent to the enemy.

After cleaning the barrel, a new sub-gun was replaced, Winters lit it again, and sparks burned into the sub-gun, but only a puff of smoke came out.

The revolving gun didn't roar, it sounded like a sullen fart.

Dumb?

The loader warrant officer remained unmoved, immediately knocked off the wedge, and replaced it with a new sub-gun.

I turned the ignition on again, still no response.

"(Expletive)! This old captain must have left the gunpowder for too long and it's useless!" The Warrant Officer, the loader, greeted the Fat Captain's family cordially, but his hands kept moving, and he continued. Replaced with a gun.

Light it again, this time it rang.

Twelve guns were fired very quickly, only five were fired, and the remaining seven were all Squibs.

The loader warrant officer was furious at this amazing squib rate, but the gunner warrant officer didn't say anything, he picked up the matchlock gun on the side and handed it to Winters and the loader warrant officer.

Winters stood up high, apparent at a glance at the situation. The screams of killing have stopped, and now there are only dull slaps into the flesh and screams. The pirates who jumped on the deck of the Skua have all been dealt with, and the dirty hair of the pirates can no longer be seen on the deck of the Skua, which is crowded with people, only the clean heads of the warrant officers.

The combined land and sea armed forces on the Skua are attacking the deck of the Good Luck, and even three of the four passengers who had a negative attitude beforehand are fighting the pirates on the front line with weapons. . But the space is small, only a few people in the front row are working hard on both sides, and the rest can only push and shove in the back.

And at the hatch of Fortune's bow, pirates are continuously pouring out, and the first ambush battle on the deck has turned into a bloody tug of war.

Winters watched as Andre dashed into the cabin from the hatch at the stern of the Good Luck, following the fierce Major General.

He was nervous. According to this posture, there were obviously a large number of pirates in the cabin. It must have been a bode ill rather than well for the two of the Major General and Andre to enter.

Winters and Andre were just unfamiliar countrymen, but in the past few days he was injured on the boat, and Andre took care of him. No matter what Andre thinks, at least Winters has made the loud guy a friend.

Seeing that Andre entered the dangerous area, Winters really had no way to stay in a safe place to support with matchlock guns.

He threw the gun, followed by the cry of the artillery warrant officer, "Hey? What are you doing?", and jumped down on the stern deck of the Good Luck, clenched the teeth following Andrei The route rushed into the cabin of the Good Luck.

(end of this chapter)