Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 75

2021-01-25

Chapter 75 Porting
The pirates on the inland sea spread word of mouth that there are three things on the sea The most terrifying things:
Sea fortresses with heavy artillery, wind blowing from the bow, and galleys when there is no wind.

There is a subtext in this statement, although galleys are scary when there is no wind, but galleys are only scary when there is no wind.

Because there is no wind or weak wind, the galleon will lie down.

But if the wind is good, the galley is not at worst.

On the poop of the Vengeance, Drake, brandishing his machete, shouted and ordered: "Lower the full sail! Go with the wind!"

At least 1/4/The 2022's cannons hit their targets, and the sailors aboard the Vengeance even vaguely saw a blood mist spewing from enemy ships.

But the approaching galley was as unresponsive as a painless monster, not even changing the rhythm of the drums, only beating louder.

The drumsticks are not only hitting the drum face, but also hitting the fragile nerves of the pirates.

The Golden Lion launched the final sprint.

The helmsman on the Vengeance used all one's strength to push the rudder stock, and the sailor climbed up the mast and cut it with a machete before he could untie the rope.

With all the sails down on the three masts, the sails were full of wind, and the Vengeance began to speed up.

Speyer, who wanted to intercept the Vengeance, threw himself in the air, and the two ships narrowly passed by. The Golden Lion almost hit the broadside of the Vengeance at full speed. Three or four meter away.

The Vengeance now turns to the right of the Golden Lion, where the Golden Lion is weakest.

And the Golden Lion fell to the rear of the Vengeance, where the Vengeance's heaviest guns were located.

Drake dashed to the poop, where he gathered all his gunners.

At the sharp urging of the rigging master, the pirates aboard the Revenge scrambled to reload the stern guns.

The situation has reversed, and the prey has become the hunter. It is wise to maintain the speed of the boat and keep a distance from the opponent.

But the already red-eyed Speyer refused to give up. Under his command, the rower on the right side of the Golden Lion rowed forward, and the rower on the left rowed back. The galley turned in a small radius on the water and continued to pursue it.

The sailors shouted and pulled up the jibs. A galley has not only oars, but sails as well. With two extra sails, the Golden Lion's speed also began to increase.

"Captain! We can't chase anymore!" Seeing that the situation was out of control, the first officer of the Golden Lion, who was supposed to be at the stern, left his post in a hurry and rushed into the bow of the Golden Lion: " The wind is so strong that even with sails, we can't catch up with the full-rigged galleons..."

He was interrupted by the roar of heavy artillery from the Vengeance before he could finish his words.

A shell swept low across the forecastle and into the rower's seat. Thirty-two pound shells pierced halfway through and knocked out a row of rowers, and then smashed a hole in the planks of the hull.

In an instant, screams resounded through the Golden Lion.

"Okay! Well done! Hurry up and reload!" Drake took out a gold coin and rewarded each gunner with two coins on the gun position. .

Drake was full of energy now. He raised the gold coin in his hand and asked the surrounding sailors: "Want it?"

The surrounding sailors stared greedily Gold in Drake's hands, hard nodded.

Drake raised his hand and threw all the gold coins in his hand into the sea from the gun port.

The sailors exclaimed, but Drake said fiercely: "You bastards! What is this gold? A good bottle of wine, two girls will be spent, and then you I have to go back to the boat to clean the deck! Have you ever seen the best kiln in Jingang? Big Naoko, big ass, but a face like Holy Mother! Have you played this group of trash?! Can you afford it?"

There was absolute silence in the cabin, only the heavy breathing of the sailors could be heard.

"I don't want you to earn this little money, but big money! Big money you can't imagine!" Drake shouted hysterically: "Let you make enough money for a lifetime! Let you think Find a few kilns. Sister, find a few kilns. Sister's big money! Win this battle, snatch the ships of the Veneta people and sell them, and I will buy you all the wine in Jingang! Now, shoot Laozi to death This group of Veneta!"

The pirates ran back to the guns with a strange cry, and with red eyes took out twelve points of effort to clear the barrels and reload the ammunition.

"Captain, don't chase anymore! There's a fire ship ahead! This ship has been driven out of the battlefield by us, and we have to go around a big bend to come back again. Let's change the target!" The lieutenant racked his brains to find the steps for Speyer, trying to convince the stubborn captain to give up the prey in front of him.

The sound of heavy artillery from one after another sounded again, and the cannonball nearly missed, causing a splash of water several meters high.

Everyone on the Golden Lion heard a thud from the hull below the surface, as if it had been hit hard with a heavy hammer.

A cannonball hit the hull below the waterline, and the sailors listened to the sound under the deck with trembling in fear, but nothing happened, the cannonball failed to penetrate and was bounced off by the hull .

If the shells had been faster or at a smaller angle, the Golden Lion would have had an extra hole under the waterline, and everyone would have to abandon ship to escape.

Good luck this time, but can you have such good luck next time?
Speyer punched the bow gun: "Retract, turn right, let's go back!"

The first officer got the order and ran to the stern immediately.

Speyer stared at the flagship of the Taniria fleet, his eyes full of unwillingness.

The chief mate who returned to the stern was about to turn the rudder when he heard the captain at the bow shout: "Don't turn! moved towards the enemy ship!"

Big The deputy raised his eyes and looked forward, and saw a terrifying warship sailing out of the fire sea and thick smoke.

Her sails were hung with fiery snakes, and her bow was in flames, like a warship returning from hell, moving towards the Vengeance.

Nareshaw stood on the bow, face looks sinister and roared: "Raise the flag of death! The whole ship is ready to jump!"

On the mast of this fiery warship, A huge red pennant was hoisted.

This is the red flag that was raised when the former Veneta "sea beggar" broke the supply ship of the Empire.

This is the red flag raised by the nascent Veneta navy as it rushes towards Mad Richard's fleet blocking Jade City.

This experienced, dilapidated red flag riddled with bullet holes and charred marks is the sacred relic of the Veneta Navy, and only the flagships of the Offshore Fleet are qualified to keep.

When this red flag is raised on the flagship, it means that the fleet commander believes that the final moment has come, the fleet's survival is at stake, and the Veneta will not retreat until the last drop of blood is shed.

Even the weakest sailor will be inspired to see this flag.

This is not only a flag, but also the spirit, hope and backbone of the Navy.

The first mate hammered the drum head hard, and the Golden Lion pressed forward, flanking the flagship of the Tanirian fleet along with the Glory.

The shrill whistle sounded on the deck of the Glory, and the vicious bosun of the Glory, while distributing weapons to the sailors, shouted: "Get ready to jump! Hold your weapons! Wait for the captain's order. !"

In addition to the boarding fleet that also serves as the military police on board, other sailors are normally not allowed to carry weapons during the voyage, and will only issue knives before the battle.

Antonio found his subordinate: "The officer from the artillery department, take someone to the artillery deck! There are no gunners on the ship now."

Several officers saluted, Turn around and get off the cabin.

Antonio called another person by name: "Captain Wilson!"

The commander of the first Hundred Men Squad, the chief battallion, immediately stood up and saluted.

"What Hundred Men Squad are your men?"

"Report to General, Lance!"

"Bring your men into short blades and bring Your Hundred Men Squad!"

"Yes!"

"Other officers stay on the Glory and suppress enemy ship decks with matchlock guns!"

"Yes!"

The battle situation was urgent, Lieutenant General Nareshaw ordered the Glory to take the enemy's flagship directly, but he forgot that the current Glory is not the usual Glory, and this ship has been temporarily transformed became a command ship.

The Glory, which was originally full of more than 530 sailors, currently has less than 200 sailors. In order to make more space, the Glory did not even bring gunners and boarding fleets, but only kept the maintenance ships. Deck sailor in action.

Fortunately, there are more than 150 army soldiers from the third Legion chief battallion, the first Hundred Men Squad,
Winters, Bud and Andre assisted Captain Wilson to start the assembly. The first Hundred Men Squad soldiers, the army's super long spear needs to form a phalanx, and it can't be used on a small ship.

The distance between the Vengeance and the Vengeance is getting closer, and the silhouettes of the pirates on the Vengeance deck are clearly visible.

The sailors and soldiers aboard the Glory ran aimlessly on the deck like headless flies, shouting. They feel like they have to do something, but they don't know what they should do.

The three warrant officers, each holding a large bundle of sailor knives, sent a saber to anyone who was unarmed on the chaotic deck.

"I don't care if I'm an officer or a soldier, as long as I have a matchlock gun, I will go to the mast table!" Antonio calmly assigned tasks to his subordinates: "Wilson! Let your soldiers be in Assemble on deck! Others roll to the artillery deck to load the shells!"

The Vengeance is now approached from both directions by the Glory and the Golden Lion, and Drake didn't expect Nareshaw Will forcibly wade a way out of the arson boat.

"Right full rudder! Turn to south!"

Thinking that the helmsman was too slow, Drake grabbed the rudder.

He wanted to turn right to the south and leave the two Veneta ships behind, but how could it be that easy?
The Vengeance was too fast at the moment, the turning radius was very large, and the hull was heavily banked with full rudder to the right. High-speed turning is extremely risky, especially for such a warship with a high center of gravity, which will capsize if it is not careful.

The Vengeance creaked and began to bank to the left in a quick right turn.

"Everyone stand to starboard!"

The sailors who heard the order all stood on the starboard side, and the hull slowly began to regain its balance.

Drake steered the Vengeance with all his strength, but the ship's windward side was too large, and the strong winds and waves kept the Vengeance moving in the south-east direction.

The distance between the two ships was less than twenty meters, and they were getting closer.

At this moment, the soldiers and sailors aboard the Glory all clenched their weapons and waited stiffly.

The knuckles of Captain Wilson's right hand have turned white because of the tight grip on the handle. Andre looked at Winters and Bud with a faint smile, and pointed to Captain Wilson's right hand with his chin.

For the three warrant officers who had already experienced a gang fight, although the heartbeat and breathing still accelerated involuntarily, they were not as nervous as they were in the first gang fight.

The ferocious-looking sailor, with a machete under his left arm and a barrel, was foul-mouthed with something sprinkling on the deck. For any sailor who doesn't have eyes to block him, he just lifts his leg with one foot.

It wasn't until he sprinkled himself that Winters could see that the barrel was filled with sawdust and sand. He thought about it and figured out the role of these two distinct things.

Sawdust sucks blood, sand adds friction, and these two distinct things are sprinkled on decks to keep people from slipping on too much blood.

It seems that on the deck at the moment, only this bad-tempered boatswain knows what to do.

The distance between the two ships narrowed and gradually kept pace with each other. The helmsman pushed the rudder, and the Glory moved towards the Vengeance and bumped into it.

The hook rope is thrown, and the scream of killing sounds.

An engagement battle begins between the flagships of the two fleets.

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