Chapter 127： surrender

In a room in the pirate stronghold, the remaining leaders of the Garden Gang gathered here to discuss countermeasures.

The room was gloomy and gloomy, and everyone frowned tightly and remained silent.

Finally, the oldest old Donoghue broke the dead silence, "Everyone, please speak up if you have any good opinions. If you don't say anything else, you probably won't have a chance to say it in the future."

Finally someone whispered: "It is estimated that they have already found out about our stronghold from the captured brothers."

"I still need you to be blind! Could it be that the boat outside is here for sightseeing?"

"So...how about...let's surrender!"

"Coward!" A leader slammed the table and retorted loudly: "Is it easy for us to earn such a large family fortune with the leader of Garden? If you want me to say, we still have four or five boats, and some medicines left, blue-striped dogs come! Now, let's fight them to the death."

"Four or five boats? Four or five sampans, right?" Someone immediately poured cold water on him.

"You coward!"

"You are the foolish fool!"

Seeing that the two parties in the quarrel were about to move their knives, suddenly there was a muffled thunder-like sound from a distance. Although the sound was not loud when it came here, it also shocked the pirates who were already frightened.

This is the sound of shelling from the Hope.

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"Adjust the angle! Give me the next shot!"

Captain Quick and the gunnery officer were holding up binoculars to observe the impact point of the first shot. The shell missed the target, and it passed the pirate ship and landed in the water not far away.

After the Hope sailed into the harbor, the pirate ship in charge of guarding the pier immediately spotted them and came to check. The naval officers and soldiers responded to the host's hospitality with red-hot cannonballs.

There is a burning stove on the deck, which uses coal as fuel, and there are several red-hot cannonballs inside.

The loader clamped a red-hot shell with a special large iron tongs and came to the cannon. The companion on the side had already stuffed a cork into the waiting room in advance. Its function was to prevent the red-hot shell from igniting the propellant inside. Bag.

After the loader put the shells into the barrel, the gunners worked together to reset the artillery, adjust the angle, and aim at the pirate ship that was moving away from them.

The pirate ship responsible for vigilance was about ten meters long, and there were only a dozen people on board. Compared with this ship, the Hope was already considered a giant.

The sudden bombardment frightened the pirates on the ship. At that moment, everyone on the ship felt that something flew past their scalps at a very fast speed, and then the sea surface in the distance There were big waves splashing on it.

It's too scary, what if you hit your own boat or your own body at such a high speed?

"It's the terrible weapon of the people of Arda!" The people on the ship exclaimed. The Arda army has a powerful weapon that can be projected from a long distance, and it has been spread among the pirates.

They immediately rowed towards the pier with all their strength. In the face of the unknown force from the sea, it was better to feel down-to-earth.

Most of the pirates who stayed in the stronghold were old, weak, sick and disabled. It was indeed a bit embarrassing for them to fight desperately against the powerful enemies who rushed to the door.

Comparing with the impact point of the first shot, the gunners quickly adjusted the artillery, and then the four side guns fired at once, officially firing.

This time, three shells hit the pirate's security ship solidly. At that moment, this unlucky ship opened three big holes, killing 2 people by the way. The rest of the pirates were terrified and tried their best. paddle to the pier.

Everyone on the Hope laughed, it was a great feeling to play with the enemy.

They did not continue the shelling, but turned the bow and sailed towards the interior of the harbor, and finally slowly approached the pier of the pirate stronghold.

The pirates on the previous guard ship had already run to land, and they anxiously told their horrific experience with their companions who had come to meet them.

"They still have five small galleys, let's practice shooting here."

Quick was determined to destroy the pirates' remaining ship so that they would have no chance of escaping.

Next, the Hope fired again and again, shooting at the pirate ships at the pier where they were moored.

The pirates on the shore trembled, and no one dared to resist by boat.

With the current solid ammunition, if it doesn't just hit near the waterline, it is still very difficult to sink a wooden ship. The Hope fired several rounds of shells and completely destroyed two pirate ships. One was flooded and sank Yes, a sear bomb ignited the canvas on the deck, and the fire eventually spread to the entire ship.

However, the remaining three ships are also riddled with holes and are unusable.

In the end, because the gun barrel was overheated, the Hope had to stop shelling and wait for the gun barrel to cool down.

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"Hey! Did you hear that?"

Allen, who was weaving the rope, asked his companions who were working together.

"I heard it, what is that sound?"

Tom and Pine were also very surprised.

"Thunderfury! Thunderfury of the Ardaans!"

Allen suddenly became excited, and said with dancing: "Have you heard of it? The lord of Arda, Earl Paul Greiman, used a powerful weapon to wipe out the pirates who invaded the territory. It can make a loud noise, which is louder than The ballista is ten times more powerful, and can smash even the gates of the city. Because of the sound, people call this weapon the wrath of the thunder."

"Oh, oh! I've heard of that too."

"So the Ardaeans have indeed come?"

The news that the Arda people came here quickly spread among the slaves Everyone's reactions were mixed, some were crying, some were laughing, and it was a mess for a while.

The pirate overseeing the gate immediately rushed in when he heard that there was a commotion inside, and was about to yell and curse, but suddenly remembered something, and walked away disgruntled.

Seeing that the supervisor came in and left without doing anything, Allen became bolder. He stood up and said, "I can't wait, I'm going to the pier now!"

"Hey, wait a minute. It's still not 100% sure that the Ardas are here. What if the other party is another group of pirates? Didn't they just leave the wolf's den and enter the tiger's mouth again?"

But the persuasion of his companions did not dissuade Allen, and he quickly ran out of the door.

"Wait for me, I'll go with you!"

A large group of people ran out after him.

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"According to my point of view, let's surrender! The opponent ran to the door of the house and refused to leave. There must be a strong backup behind him. He should be waiting for the reinforcements to come and take us down in one fell swoop."

The old pirate Donoghue expressed his opinion and judgment, while the rest of the people remained silent. This time, no one stood up to refute, and it was regarded as a tacit consent to the decision to surrender.

Just now, a minion hastily rushed over to report what happened on the pier. After learning that the other party was just a ship and that they had destroyed their only five remaining ships with that frightening legendary weapon, everyone present The leader's face was covered in ashes.

Seeing that no one objected, Donoghue ordered the men who came to report: "Raise a white flag at the pier and tell them that we are about to surrender."

"Yes!" Minion seemed relieved after hearing the order, turned around and ran out of the house towards the pier.

"Everyone!" Donoghue said to the leaders present with a wry smile, "Follow me to the pier."