Chapter 466

After a precious minute of peace, valkiri and Queen Anne's Revenge turned left and right tacitly, reopening the distance between each other on the vast sea.

Edley's damage statistics have finally been sent.

In several main crew gathering areas, two people were seriously injured on the deck, three fell into the water, one in the restaurant and two in the bilge.

The vast majority of casualties were concentrated on the port side in standby.

Considering that the recoil force of heavy guns is too strong and the wooden deck can not bear it for a long time, shipborne guns with more than 24 pounds are equipped with relevant decentralized recoil force design.

Valkiri's gun truck is British. It uses gun truck rails and wheels to give consideration to rapid loading and recoil control. When entering standby, most of the fixed parts will be removed to avoid interference with ship navigation during gun unloading.

The evasion accident happened to occur in the port saturation standby stage.

Everything is out of order.

The third, fourth, seventh, tenth, twelfth and fourteenth guns in the main gun bay were derailed, and the first, third, fourth and seventh auxiliary guns in the upper layer were derailed, resulting in 23 deaths and 37 serious injuries.

The result greatly exceeded Lorraine's expectations.

He stood there frowning and asked edley, "did chief officer Scott get off the cabin?"

"Yes."

"What did he say?"

"The chief officer said that now there are ten gun barrels and I don't know how many shells rolling around on our port side, completely destroying the center of gravity of the ship."

"Valkiri's speed should be reduced by at least 40%. Turning more than 10 degrees will become a dangerous action. The combat capability of the port side will be completely lost, and..."

"How to deal with it?"

"The chief officer and the gunner organized the boatman and gunner to clean up the messy port side together. Everything that can be collected will be collected. If it can't be collected, it will be reinforced in situ according to the chief officer's calculation."

"How long does he need?"

"60 to 80 minutes. During this period, not only the port side can not fight back, but also the starboard side will be transferred a large number of personnel to ensure that only three guns can disperse the enemy."

"Only three doors?" lolin's face was depressed. "That is to say, I broke my left hand when I rolled. The chief officer is going to tie up my right hand in order to keep me quiet?"

"The chief mate said that this is to restore valkiri's ability to run as soon as possible. We are now outnumbered. He believes that speed and stability are more important than firepower."

"20 minutes."

"Ah?"

Lorraine stretched out two fingers: "go and tell the chief officer that I agree with him, but he doesn't have an hour, only 20 minutes."

"In addition to the deck, the whole ship's manpower should be transferred by him, even if one gun is not left. But in 20 minutes, I must see valkiri recover his health. Even if there is only one gun, the port side should recover its attack ability."

"Yes!"

Edley was sent to the gun chamber again. As soon as he left, Lorraine rubbed up his temples.

Haina changed her shift. She handed the steering wheel to the substitute helmsman and walked behind Lorraine as usual.

"Don't you look for Noah?"

Lorraine shook his head: "there is no substitute for me on the ship. I need to stay nervous until the battle is over."

"Really..." Haina whispered, "I didn't expect that an emergency avoidance would have such a great impact on valkiri. If I had expected it earlier, I would try to leave a little buffer."

"It can't be left." Lorraine sighed. "The problem with valkiri is that the sail surface is too large and the aspect ratio is too narrow. These high-speed designs are natural enemies of ship stability."

"On the other hand, her displacement is 2500 tons, more than most class II ships and close to baimen class I ships. If we give up these designs, we can't let her maintain her current high speed and flexibility."

"I chose the former between fast and stable, and the current situation is also expected."

"But what should I say? Actual combat is indeed the best place to test the ship. Although we thought of her weakness when discussing valkiri, we didn't think that the opponent could find a way to deal with it so soon."

"This is valkiri's first battle in the Caribbean..."

Haina came up and gently held Lorraine's hand: "you think of the problem. Is there no solution?"

"The defects in the design cannot be made up by operating skills. If you take the helm, bell takes the helm or I take the helm, the results will not be different."

Lorraine held Haina back with her backhand and squeezed it gently to show comfort.

"We have prepared special two ship tactics for valkiri. The project of the lady was first approved for the two ship tactics."

"Unfortunately, people are not as good as heaven. Something in Africa must be done by someone. Pierce is the most suitable candidate, and the lady is his most suitable flagship and the choice to maximize interests."

"Varkiri's demand for Liao ships can only be realized after a year. Before that, we have to pass the level of Blackbeard."

"The more he loses, the more peaceful we will be this year. It would be better if we could kill him here. After all, only dead pirates are really good pirates."

"Go and have a rest." Lorraine patted Haina on the arm. "It's a long battle. I promise you won't miss it."

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This array.

The skua and the sea parrot were desperately chasing an oily brigantine.

More than half an hour has passed since they received the departure order, and the alvette not far away is scarred in the dense artillery fire, especially in the dead battle.

However, they failed to live up to arvit's death. Since the war began, the results have been zero.

No one knows how long arvit can persist under the obscene power of the Erikson. Maybe he will sink in the next second, or he will be successfully connected to the ship by the fierce Viking pirates and fall into the most tragic side to side battle.

We must finish the pruning task as soon as possible!

The two young captains were anxious, and the busier they were, the more chaotic they became.

Brigantin, who was targeted by them, ran fast. The skua pursued from the port side and the sea parrot slashed from the right side. Not only could they not find a suitable angle of shelling, but also blocked the skua, forcing his teammates to give up the wind belt and turn around quickly to avoid.

The skua stalled and the brigantine disappeared.

The captain of the skua looked at his old friend bowing across the sea sadly and said in a voice that only he could hear.

"I knew I should choose the brigantin that hurt the bow... The price of greed?"

The captain waved to his old friend.

"Let's go back and give priority to cutting the wounded ship around Eriksson and weakening one family."

The old friend nodded in agreement.

The two ships turned their bow on the vast sea and were about to launch an assault on the wounded ship. The alarm came suddenly!

"Report, the enemy ship brigantin I is approaching at a high speed of 1.2km from northeast to North! Brigantin II (wounded ship), 5.3km from southwest to west! Brigantin III, 800 bar from southeast to South..."

The lookout stared: "I found the Bagh type, 3.3 kilometers northeast, and other battle groups missed the ship!"

"And... Eriksson successfully connected to alvette. The connection battle has begun..."