Extraordinary Sailing

Suddenly "Iron Bone William" looked up at the sky.

The sky was already gloomy today, but now wisps of clouds are piling up, gradually pressing down towards the sea surface, and the sky is getting darker and darker.

At the same time, several black lightning-like needle-tailed swifts flashed past the pirate ship as if brushing against the bottom of the clouds.

"It's going to rain! But the rain shouldn't be too heavy. Lower the sails and anchor, pay attention to scouting, let's wait here.

It was originally for acting in a play, there is no need to go around in circles with the navy. "

"Obey, captain!" The burly young man took the order and left, and after a while, he heard the chant of the pirates on the ship pulling the rigging.

Soon the "Twin Tail", which was running side by side with the "Iron Bone", also received the semaphore signal, and the pirates who controlled the merchant ship on it also made the same action.

At this time, they couldn't imagine it.

My every move has fallen into someone's eyes, and the unexpected naval warship that was planned and expected has arrived so soon!

clang clang clang——

Alarm bells are ringing.

"Your Excellency, the target has been found!"

The lookout on the mast put away the brass binoculars, slipped down the mast like a monkey, and ran to Aiwen to report.

Aiwen, who was "closing his eyes and resting his mind", opened his eyes. In fact, the seabirds had already sent back the information of the opponent's ship.

Although lookouts with good eyesight can see dozens of kilometers away on a clear sea, they can only see, and the details cannot be distinguished at all.

With the improvement of their own capabilities, the seabirds' detection range has expanded, and a three-dimensional detection network has been built. In Aiwen's eyes, the scenery tens of kilometers away is like the palm of his hand.

It was not luck that his own "Conch" set off from the sea area where the "Twin Tail" was involved in the accident, and was able to catch up with the pirate ship in just one day without the information provided by the "black hand".

However, these words cannot be said to the crew for the time being, Ivan nodded and encouraged the lookout: "Good job!"

Shaking the cloak on his body, Aiwen stepped up to the command position and issued an order loudly:

"Level 1 combat readiness! Cut to the upper hand, open the muzzle, let's give the pirates a warm first dish!"

In naval battles, there are advantages and disadvantages in seizing the windward direction or the downwind direction.

At least for the "Conch", there is only one artillery deck, so there is no need to worry about being unable to open the lower muzzle due to water ingress, and when the wind is upwind, the artillery has a longer range and a greater advantage!

bang bang bang

The port side siding is opened.

The sailors dragged the five thousand-pound shipboard artillery with pulleys to fill it with gunpowder, solid iron shells, and push them out of the firing port, ready to fire.

The "Conch" slowly adjusted its fighting posture, and pointed its side at the pirate ship on the distant sea, which also found that the "Conch" had re-raised its sails.

Aiwen looked at the dark clouds in the sky and the raindrops that were gradually falling, and let go of the secret ocean treasure "Mist Silver Lantern" in his arms. It was too unreasonable for white fog to appear in heavy rain.

My task is very simple, just recapture the "Twin Tail Fish", there is no need to follow the Viscount's vision and fight the pirates desperately. After all, as long as the physical evidence is lost and not directly stolen by the officials, the Viscount's crisis will be resolved.

After today, who would believe what the pirates said?

What's more, there is a very interesting guy on the mission target this time.

In the information sent back by the "Double-tailed Fish" before, there was no information on the specific identity of the pirate ship, and Ivan originally only wanted to train troops.

Now that I saw the pirate ship with my own eyes, I realized that the person who hijacked the "Twin Tail" would be such a famous guy!

"William Ironbone?"

There is no cover in the sea, especially when Aiwen didn't use the "fog silver lamp" to evoke the fog, the "Iron Bones" had already discovered the menacing naval warship that showed its breach!

"Captain, shall we fire?"

It is difficult to sneak attack on the sea. Before the two sides entered the artillery range, the burly young man standing behind Captain William asked softly.

"The price paid by that fat pig in Wisker City is not enough for us to give his life to him, just throw the 'Twin Tail' to the Navy, our mission has been completed.

However, this warship is a little different from what was said, right? It's coming a little too soon, isn't it? "

He said that it would be carried out according to the plan, but William was keenly aware that something was wrong with his years of pirate experience.

The complete plan should be that one's own side captures the "Twintail" carrying contraband and all the crew members on it. Then "accidentally" encountered the Royal Navy that was patrolling here, and left the "Twin Tail" to let the navy "take all the stolen goods."

If the plan goes well, you don't even need to meet the navy at all.

The fat pig achieved his goal, and he was able to take back the first officer who was accidentally captured when he went ashore to replenish supplies some time ago, and then left the east coast of the Black Sea as quickly as possible, which was about to become a whirlpool. "!"

But now it seems that something happened that I don't understand.

Although the "Iron Bone" has been wandering in the established sea area, it is convenient for the follow-up navy to find it, but it will take time.

The Royal Navy is not privately run.

The fat pig found a relationship to inform, and then the navy dispatched a plurality of cruise ships that had enough weight and would not favor Viscount Andrea. The scheduled time in their plan should be delayed by at least one to two days.

Now the warship that appeared in front of him alone was obviously different from the fat pig's plan!

"Call back the brothers of the 'Twin Tail Fish', you retreat first, and I will go say hello to our naval friends.

No sign at all, doesn't it seem that our "Iron Bone" is too weak? "

Since the comparison between the navy and his own forces in the plan is different, although William still does not plan to exchange fire with the navy, he is a bold man with high skills, and he feels that it is not a problem to test this strange warship a little bit.

So in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the "Conch", they saw such a bizarre scene. Faced with their constant approach, the pirates were not ready to fight. Instead, he directly abandoned the merchant ship "Twintail" and quickly gathered on the pirate ship, raising the sails and "fleeing away" from a distance?

"Are all the pirates so considerate?" The officers and soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay. Although the credit for "recapturing" the merchant ship had been taken to them for nothing, they really couldn't figure out what these pirates were singing about.

Only Aiwen, who knew the inside story, understood that the pirates had finished their roles and were about to leave.

If according to the script, as a cruise ship of the Royal Navy, he should send people on board to inspect, and the crew members witnessed the "contraband" on board under the eyes of everyone, and with the testimony of everyone, they can firmly put the hat of breaking the law and discipline To the head of Viscount Andrea.

At this critical moment, it was enough for the old Viscount to lose his seat in Wake County because of the scandal, and even peel off his skin.

"But I'm going to disappoint you!"

For the sake of caution, Aiwen confirmed that the "Iron Bone" pirate ship had indeed gone far away, and it would take at least half an hour to come back and attack him, before ordering:

"Come closer, keep a distance, put down the boat and send a few people up to see if the pirates have left any traps."

While allowing the sailors to operate normally, the seabirds have already entered the interior of the "Twin Tail Fish" for investigation.

He was very curious about the "contraband" that the viscount kept secret about himself.

Soon, several petite needle-tailed swifts had already conveyed what they saw to the bottom of Ivan's heart.

In the cabin, although it was wrapped in black velvet cloth, the stupid big black and thick ones made Ivan recognize what they were at a glance.

"Isn't this a little too big?!"

It turned out to be a total of 20 ship-mounted artillery without other supporting parts!

A few of them had been removed with flannelette, for fear that others would not see them, so the cast iron cannons were directly exposed.

Of course, it couldn't be a brand new forged kingdom weapon, nor could the viscount have the guts to do so. Judging from the wear and tear and the marks on it, it should be second-hand goods eliminated by the Navy of the Kingdom of Thessaly.

It is probably planned to remove the mark for repair, and then transport it to a dock where it is hidden somewhere for the transformation of an armed merchant ship, or simply resell it.

However, in any case, even the eliminated ordnance is much better than the privately forged artillery.

In this era of great voyages, scholars once measured the naval strength of a country by the number of artillery it possessed. Whoever has more cannons will have stronger firepower and stronger navy!

No one would dislike the large number of artillery pieces, let alone high-quality ordnance?

Even if it is not resold by the military of the country, it is already a proper contraband. This is a big deal that only a few powerful nobles can afford!

Dare to intervene in this kind of business with the status of Viscount Andrea, even with the protection of the title, it is a crime that is enough to eat in prison in the end.

No wonder the old fox was afraid of being like this!

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