Extraordinary Sailing

However, nautical charts can be further subdivided: general nautical charts, ocean charts, offshore charts, coastal charts, bay charts, etc.

Each nautical chart has a different purpose and a different value. For example, the one in Adrian's hand is just an offshore nautical chart, and the scope of the marking is also extremely limited. It only includes the usual patrol routes of the "Conch" and some offshore cities.

Even so, it was cherished by Adrian like a treasure. This is the guy who used to eat as a navigator.

To be honest, judging from the nautical chart, the fishing town of Leopold and Gabrad, the residence of the Third Fleet, are not too far away. When Aiwen set off from there to join the army, the total voyage on the "Huang Hu" only took two days.

But from joining the army until now, a year later, Aiwen took the opportunity of overlapping missions to have time to return to his old place.

Recalling all the experiences of this year, reuniting with Uncle Geer, fighting sea monsters and killing pirates, surviving several times and even facing evil gods, it is more exciting than many people's lifetime experiences!

For a while, Ivan was quite embarrassed.

"Is this the usual cruising route of our Conch?"

After all, this is Ivan's first cruise mission. If you have any doubts, you can directly ask Adrian, the navigator. As a commander, pretending to understand is the scariest thing.

"Your Excellency, Captain, this is not always the case. Our cruising route will also change according to seasons, wind direction, and commercial routes.

But most of the time it was just going through the motions, and it was not many times a year that there were really pirates swimming in this offshore area.

As long as we appear, generally small pirates with only a broken fishing boat will take the initiative to escape, and there are very few cases where there is a real need for fighting. "

"Okay, I know"

Crackling crackling crackling

But before Aiwen finished speaking, he was interrupted by a series of weird sounds outside the captain's room.

"What's going on?" The two people in the captain's cabin turned their heads to look out the porthole at the same time.

At this time, some of the sailors on the deck were already shouting:

"It's a school of flying fish! So many fish!"

Get out of the captain's cabin.

Aiwen saw that the sea outside was already covered with silver light, making it difficult to tell whether it was a tide or a fish tide on the sea. There are countless flying fish jumping out of the water, gliding tens or even hundreds of meters on the water surface, and falling back into the water.

The flying fish were connected into pieces, and the "Conch" seemed to be sailing in a silver sea at this time.

There were even many flying fish that couldn't dodge and hit the ship directly or just fell on the deck, and were taken advantage of by the sailors.

Flying fish that are at least as long as an adult's palm have carp-like bodies, dark blue backs, and wide pelvic fins spread out like translucent wings. Even on the deck it is full of life, the tail bouncing vigorously to get back into the water.

Aiwen squinted slightly, and in the vision of another seabird, the scale of this wave of fish looked down from the sky was indeed not small, at least stretching for several kilometers. It even attracted many seabirds flying nearby to scout, regardless of their scouting duties, and also joined the ranks of predation.

It’s just that I have been concentrating on the nautical chart and not being connected to the perspective of seabirds. Probably, Bess didn’t think that this “feast” for seabirds needs to remind himself, and only let himself notice when the flying fish is close at hand.

"Your Excellency, Captain! It's unusual for flying fish to come out of the water on a large scale." Seeing that Aiwen was silent, Adrian, the navigator behind Aiwen, couldn't help but reminded.

"Level 3 combat readiness!"

Before he could continue speaking, Aiwen had already breathed out and issued an order for combat readiness.

clang clang clang

The alarm bell on the ship was sounded, and all the crew members immediately ran up and returned to their respective jobs. Even if a flying fish fell to their feet, no one picked it up.

Aiwen nodded with satisfaction. Although it is only a Tier 6 ship, after all, it has been drifting on the sea for a long time, facing various dangers all the time, and the military quality of the crew is still guaranteed.

He himself shook the cloak on his body, turned around and boarded the command position with the best view on the poop.

Flying fish coming out of the water means that there may be some kind of predator underwater. Look at the size and fierce reaction of this group of flying fish. There is either a big guy or a large group of predators under the water. In either case, you need to be careful with your own "Conch".

After all, last time the "Silver Wing" was even attacked by a sea monster on its offshore route. Obviously, it is not only in dangerous sea areas that it will encounter danger.

Now that his identity has changed, as the captain of a battleship, he must bear the lives of more than a hundred people on the ship and must not lose his vigilance.

It felt like a long time to finish all this, but in fact it only took half a minute.

Underwater predators have appeared in the sight of the "Conch" following the fleeing school of flying fish.

"Is this a spearfish?"

The seabirds who originally lived in the sea had sharp eyes that could see through the sea, and through their vision, Ivan discovered these hideous-looking monsters earlier than anyone else.

It was a large fish with an average body length of more than twelve meters, bigger than a ferocious killer whale!

The spear-spined toothfish, also known as the spear-branched toothfish, is a unique magical creature in the Black Sea.

It has a dark gray long body like a snake, a pointed head and a big mouth. The edges of the gills extend backwards and turn into four or five spear-like spikes. The fangs are protruding from the mouth. You can tell that this is a very vicious creature just by looking at it. guy.

They are ferocious and aggressive by nature, and their diet is very wide, ranging from huge whales to small fish like flying fish. Even the "sea monster", the ruler of the deep sea, dares to go up and take a bite when it is so hungry.

If Ivan were to describe it with a more well-known animal, it would probably be the honey badger.

And they like to hunt in groups like wolves. The group that appeared in Aiwen's field of vision consisted of five spearfishes, three big and two small.

It is really difficult to predict the behavior of demonized creatures when hunting, and the "Conch" is on their way, and Aiwen can't judge whether there will be a conflict.

Be prepared.

"Level 2 combat readiness! Gunner, port side artillery is ready! Load grape shells!"

"Follow Your Excellency!"

The order was given, and the gunners on the left side of the main deck quickly filled small bags containing small projectiles into the muzzle.

Grape bombs are one of many types of shells. After firing, they will spread out to form a barrage, causing damage to enemies in a large area. Although the range is very short, it is the best way to deal with this slender and flexible sea beast.

huh huh——

I didn't feel it through the bird's-eye view from a high altitude, but when I saw them with my own eyes, Ivan was also shocked by the majestic momentum of these big fish.

They rushed close to the water surface at high speed, their blade-like dorsal fins stood up high, cutting through the sea surface and pulling out five snow-white water lines. The distance is still far away, and it seems that the extremely sharp cutting sound can be heard in the ear.

呲味味

Because of the arrival of several "overlords" in this sea area, marine creatures large and small for miles around either hid or ran away, but they never jumped out of the water like flying fish and were not discovered by the sailors.

Because of the powerful strength and ferocious temperament of the demonized creatures, they treat all sea creatures as nothing, and they make no secret of their contempt, and naturally they don't put a mere sea ship in their eyes.

There was no intention of changing the direction of advance, and under the leadership of the leader and the largest fish monster, it slammed straight into it.

It is impossible for Aiwen to gamble whether the hull of the "Conch" is harder or the head of the speared toothfish is stronger, so he decisively ordered to fire:

"The target is directly in front of the sea, 70 meters away! Prepare to fire!"

boom! boom! boom!

The ten shipboard artillery on the left side of the ship fired at the same time, and the orange-red flames illuminated the sea, and the dense grape shells turned into a large black barrage that instantly enveloped all the space on the side.

whoosh whoosh

A few wild demonized creatures bumped into them head-on, like primitive people holding spears and leather shields who had never seen modern firearms.

Although weakened by the sea water, they rushed in close to the sea surface after all. The grape bullets penetrated the sea water under the propulsion of the huge kinetic energy of the gunpowder and fell on them, piercing through the scales and penetrating into the flesh.

grunt grunt

The extremely overbearing sea monsters, who rarely encountered this kind of encounter, were beaten head-on, and they swung their long tails and dived into the water to escape. In an instant, only foam and bright red were left in place.

"It worked!"

"Don't be careless, pay attention to underwater!"

After the baptism of knowledge in the "Shadow Library", the current Aiwen can be said to be well-read and memorized. After he truly understands the characteristics of the spearfish, he also has a headache for this creature with a personality similar to that of Pingtou.

Moreover, as the lowest level of the sixth-tier warship sequence, the weapon ratio is not much higher than that of a transport ship, especially the alchemy bombs that are specially used to deal with underwater targets.

If these big guys hide underwater and keep attacking, it will really make people scratch their heads.

Bang——

Bang——

Sure enough, recklessness does not mean stupidity, and soon there were two low and muffled sounds from the bottom of the water, and the hull shook twice.

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