Chapter 121： fight to the death three

With the help of the ship's tilt caused by the undulating waves, the second round of shelling from the Hope hit the pirate ship near the waterline, causing its bilge to start flooding.

"Long live!" Cheered aboard the Hope, and continued to prepare for the third round of shelling.

The pirate ship at the head was mournful, and the captain shouted: "Block the loophole!"

The people in the bottom cabin tried every means to plug the hole in the cabin, but with the sound of the third round of the Arda Navy's guns, it was obvious that this work could not be completed.

With the surge of seawater pouring in, the opening of the waterline is getting bigger and bigger, and the water in the bilge is also getting more and more.

The captain went down to check the situation himself, and the situation was irreversible. Hope was full of luck, and the third round of shelling hit near the waterline again.

The pirate captain looked unwilling, glared at the Hope, and gave an order helplessly: Signal to the nearby ships, we must abandon this ship.

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The encounter with the pirate ship at the front caused confusion among the ships behind. Garden looked in disbelief, "What's going on?"

Before touching the enemy's fleet, a ship on his side was finished.

He held up a large megaphone and yelled, "Speed ​​it up, speed it up! Stick it up and jump on top of their boat!"

The pirate leader believes that no matter what weird long-range attack methods the Arda Navy has, as long as they start a boarding battle, his warriors will be able to slaughter each other in a very short time, and the battle will be like annexing other pirate groups. easy.

The second pirate ship approached the leading ship that was about to sink, and the pirates on the first ship jumped aboard.

The Hope immediately opened fire on the pirate ship who came to rescue, but unfortunately only one shot hit the upper deck this time.

Although only one shell hit, it still caused great results. The shell took the lives of several pirates, and the not-so-thick mast was also planned.

Hope's outstanding performance successfully drew a lot of hatred, and the following three pirate ships rushed towards him.

Naval Commander Austin, who personally commanded the operation, put down his binoculars and issued an order to the messenger: "Notify all ships to support the Hope, but try not to affect the performance of the artillery on the Hope."

Under this order, other naval warships speeded up and outflanked the pirate ships.

"Replace the grape bombs!" "Get ready for the swivel gun! Cough cough!"

Seeing the enemy ship approaching, the gunnery officer on the Hope issued orders again and again. The deck was filled with thick smoke and the pungent smell of burning gunpowder, which made him cough repeatedly.

"Ah!" Just as the gunnery officer was trying to observe the form of the enemy ship through the smoke, there was a heart-piercing scream from beside him. A new pack of powder was inserted, and the embers in the barrel ignited the newly loaded powder, spraying it in the face of the loader.

It was the first time that everyone, including the gunnery officer, encountered such an accident. They hurriedly dragged the injured loader aside to check his injury.

"What are you doing? Go back to the artillery position and prepare to fire!"

Captain Quick noticed the situation here, and he immediately asked someone to drag the wounded to the cabin, ordered the gunners to return to their posts immediately, and sternly told them: "Strictly follow the artillery firing steps."

The gunners quickly took their positions. At this time, the nearest pirate ship had approached a little more than 10 meters, and the gunnery officer shouted: "Fire!"

Four 6-pound guns and two swivel guns fired deadly grapeshots, and a storm of metal hit the pirate ship.

The pirates who were preparing for the boarding battle only saw a black thing flying towards them quickly, and then a large number of people on the deck fell down in an instant.

A scene of tragedy was staged on the deck. The crew of the pirate ship was turned upside down, and even many holes were punched in the hull. The screams and groans filled the entire deck.

"My arm! My arm!" A pirate looked at his right arm with horror on his face. This arm was directly pierced by a bullet just now, and now it has no other sensations except pain.

Because of the effect of the mysterious drug he just took, his heart beat faster than usual, and the blood flow in his body was also faster than usual, which caused the wound on his arm to ooze blood, almost like he was spraying .

"No...no...don't do this..." The fear of death suppressed the severe pain in his right arm, the pirate was talking nonsense in a panic while tightly covering the wound with his trembling left hand, but it was useless, no matter how hard he tried He covered it tightly, but the blood still couldn't stop gushing out from between his fingers.

Soon, his brain began to dizzy, his eyes began to darken, and his body could not stand still. A wave swayed the ship slightly, and the pirate fell to the deck with a plop and never got up again.

There were still many people on the deck who had encountered the same situation as him, but all those with serious injuries were bleeding profusely. In the end, their groans and howls gradually died down, and they lost their breath.

"Get down! Get down!" Among the remaining lucky ones who were not injured, they cleverly reminded their companions to lie down on the deck to avoid the shelling of the Arda navy.

Seeing the tragic situation of their companions in front, the remaining two pirate ships pounced on Hope, and suddenly slowed down, as if they were afraid that they would suffer the same fate.

The brain, which was extremely frenzied due to the effects of drugs, was suddenly poured with a basin of cold water called reality. The captains of the two ships quickly became calm, and carefully considered whether to take the risk to provoke that strange ship.

"What are they doing?" Gardenen judged the hesitation of the two ships in front, and his face became extremely hideous.

"Don't they know? The opponent has a powerful long-range attack method, and they can only be beaten passively if they stop!"

He stomped his feet on the deck resentfully, probably due to the drugs he had taken. He lost his usual calmness, and felt irritable all over when he encountered a sudden situation that did not meet his expectations and was not conducive to him.

One of the leaders next to him suggested with red eyes: "Boss Garden, these new recruits are just unreliable. Let's go up by ourselves, kill the blue-striped dogs, and then slowly clean up the gang."

The first four ships came from the three small gangs that the Loach Gang had recently annexed or came to join themselves. In order to test their loyalty and combat power, this operation was arranged at the forefront. After all, even if the main force of the navy is gone, It is estimated that some troops will be left to guard the old nest, and some miscellaneous soldiers are still needed to fight forward.

Unexpectedly, it ran into the main force of the navy.

Garden clenched his fists hard and hit the mast fiercely, shaking the galley's not-so-thick mast.

"That's all! Let's attack those paddle boats while that strange ship is attracted by the waste in front."

The six pirate ships adjusted their direction slightly and rushed towards the other ships of the navy.