Chapter 116

Boom! Boom!

The gunfire roared and the water column was all over the sky. The golden deer swayed and wiped the water column, and slowly and firmly carried out its freeboard trip.

The serpent's first round of shelling posed no threat to the golden deer.

Although the theoretical range of medium range cannon can indeed reach 1500 meters, considering the factors of turbulence and wind and waves, the effective range of ship mounted long-range cannon is often only within 300 meters. The stability of medium range cannon is weaker than that of long-range cannon, and the range within 200 meters is suitable for its power.

But Lorraine's face was still blue.

Katrina's warning and the sudden opening of the viper's wing sail were enough for Lorraine to guess the true meaning of Amy fillard's so-called special tactics.

Just Gou.

When the two sides face off on the sea, Lorraine has an absolute advantage in firepower, but an absolute disadvantage in speed and flexibility.

Against the downwind, the golden deer's wind cutting speed is only about three knots, while the viper's speed reaches 12 to 13 knots.

At the same time, the relatively wide and thick hull could have made the golden deer more flexible in turning and avoiding, which is also a magic weapon for the navies of various countries to face pirates and privateers dominated by high-speed ships.

However, the golden deer lost its foremast and affected the center of gravity of the hull. This original advantage disappeared. From the perspective of control, the golden deer can not be better controlled than the fast-moving viper.

"Come whenever you want, and leave whenever you want?"

In three minutes, the two sides approached 500 meters. The high bow of the Viper sent out a second round of shells and landed 100 meters around the golden deer. The blasted sea water washed the deck like a shower.

The golden deer also made a tentative counterattack. Thirteen guns on the starboard side roared in turn. One minute later, they all finished loading, and there was another round at a distance of 200 meters.

The Viper turned gracefully in the dense spray and passed the golden deer. The side gun approached and fired a series of bursts. A nine pound gun hit the golden deer's hull, chopping out sporadic sawdust and exploding into a mass of scorched black.

This is also the closest between the two sides.

The Viper left with one blow. Lorraine squinted at the drifting sail shadow, clenched his teeth and ordered: "turn around, face the wind, don't let him lead by the nose..."

The golden deer awkwardly turned its head and slid out of a huge arc, leaving a crooked waterline on the sea.

Katrina suddenly said, "Mr. Drake, you have to guard behind you."

"Behind you?"

"The Black Mamba is a pirate regiment, not just the viper."

"How many?"

"Three, a barg, a brigantin, and a brig."

"It's not good if you're caught..." Lorraine mumbled with his mouth covered and suddenly raised his head. "Pierce! The surrounding sea conditions, carefully check whether there are other ship shadows!"

"At ten o'clock, the barg turned around four kilometers away. At nine o'clock, one brigantin, twelve kilometers away, didn't seem to find the battle here. At six o'clock... One brig was found at six o'clock, advancing rapidly with the wind, and is expected to enter the battlefield in twenty minutes!"

"Luring the enemy, ambushing, and watching the wind." Lorraine raised his eyebrows. "Is that how your ship was sunk, Ms. dipo?"

Katrina's eyes flashed and seemed to recall some painful memories: "yes, filad's viper was very fast. That day, he just used the Viper to contain us. We were damaged by the rudder and fled to the reef belt near Barbados... If it wasn't for the protection of the crew, I couldn't escape."

"If you can let a group of Pirates give up their lives to cover you, you are an excellent leader even if you are not a qualified captain."

"You don't have to comfort me." Katrina smiled bitterly. "One on three, brig will join the battle in 20 minutes, and brigantin may also participate in the encirclement and suppression. What are you going to do?"

"You said it was an invasion." Lorraine smiled and patted the narwhal. "I'll let them know why destroyers are called the nemesis of pirates..."

……

"Fire!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

With the continuous sound of guns, there was a fierce battle off Barbados.

However, this battle was very different from the battle that took place in Cantabrian that day.

Because black mamba is a group of pure pirates, including their leader Amy filad, all cadres have no background of Coban.

Unlike the privateers in northwest Europe, most of them have had military experience. Naturally, they have no trace when designing war methods.

This will probably be the template of the opponent Lorraine will face for a long time in the future. Pirates in the Caribbean are no better than privateers in northwest Europe.

With its sails bulging, the Viper galloped like a ghost on the vast sea. With rapid turns and their unskilled artillery skills, it continued to charge like the golden deer, close and far.

On the other side, the Briggs had already arrived at the battlefield, and they fell cunningly behind the side, trying to keep their side from being exposed under the dense guns of the golden deer.

The golden deer's response looked particularly clumsy.

The high-speed Viper wandered on the port side, and most of the Gunners were concentrated on the port side. The 18 pound flint gun can almost fire every minute, but the sky high projectile has not left any mark on the Viper so far.

The Gunners tried to catch the slippery sea loach, but they got nothing. In the interval of shelling, the poisonous snake seized the opportunity again and lifted off a long wooden guardrail on the stern terrace with close shelling.

The haunting Briggs entangled in the rear right. The golden deer could only contain her with twelve pound guns, two on the main deck and four on the stern.

The narrow firing angle greatly affected the shooting hit rate. After more than ten rounds of shelling, only one shell hit the brig bow and hit a crescent like gap, which could not affect the other party's navigation at all.

Brigg accelerated forward again and again, slowed down immediately after emptying the firecrackers, advanced and retreated, just like a clever Mouse playing with a lame old cat, again and again.

The mouse became bolder and bolder, and the forward protrusion of the warship became more and more determined and deeper.

Acharin and his gun squad stood behind the penultimate gun gate on the starboard side, squinting and raising their hands. Their thumbs and eyes were tilted, and the Briggs in the distance were connected in a line, motionless.

"Unexpectedly, it seems that the clean captain will be a fellow citizen..."

The Gunners who were familiar with him immediately knew that he began to adjust the launch state, and quickly catered: "chief of the artillery, is this tactic related to picking up girls?"

"It's inevitable!" acharin looked pious. "Our captain met two noble ladies at the ball. One was beautiful and moving, full of vitality, and the other looked ordinary. He was born with himself because of his friends, but the captain liked the girl with low self-esteem and wanted to take away her virgin."

The gunner looked strange: "is our captain blind?"

"What do you know? The beautiful appearance is the same, and the noble soul will haunt people!"

"Oh!"

"But our captain can't directly launch an attack on the young lady with low self-esteem. Because people with low self-esteem are often timid, just like our young lady diviner, too enthusiastic gentlemen will frighten her, frighten her away and dare not get close to her any more."

"Well, what should I do?"

"Miss in pursuit of beauty!"

The gunner's eyes glittered: "bluff?"

Acharin nodded triumphantly: "that's it. Pursue Miss Meiyan in front of Miss inferiority complex, try your best to relax Miss inferiority complex and fully show your male charm."

"And then?"

"When the self abased lady relaxed her vigilance and got used to the existence of our captain..."

Acharin squatted down slowly, picked up the pull rope on the ground, circled it in the palm of his hand, and stood up slowly.

He licked his tongue excitedly and stared at the gun door.

Through the small gun door, the Briggs sailed up again, threw out a long string of shells, and blew up a series of spray around the golden deer.

Acharin lost his sight, but he was sure that the brig was on the sea more than 400 meters away. It didn't take long to lower the main sail and slow down.

He took a deep breath: "Just like now, for half an hour, the gun cabin on the starboard side didn't fire a shell. The lady opposite was used to us focusing all our attention on her friends, and she was not wary of us. At this time, we should find out the way home after the dance, cover it, stop the carriage, and put it in the romantic carriage..."

Boom!

The thunder burst and the fire snake spit out a message.

The flaming hammer shot from the middle of the gun barrel, opened in the air, rotated, accurately jumped over the sea of more than 400 meters, wound on the brig type main mast, and twisted the thick mast from the middle with a click!

The brig main mast tilted down and crashed on the side.

The sailors screamed and fell into the water. The cobweb like sail rope was pulled across the sea, driving the whole ship to tilt, and suddenly lost its ability to move.

Acharin flew to the next gun and shouted, "fire! Fire! The sheriff will arrive at the scene in a moment. Only now, fire!"