Extraordinary Voyage Chapter 165: Flying fish

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

The purpose of each nautical chart is different, and the value is also different. For example, this one in Adrian's hand is just an offshore nautical chart, and the scope of the labeling is also extremely limited. It only includes the routes that the "Conch" usually patrols and a part of the offshore cities.

Nevertheless, it was cherished by Adrian like a treasure, and it was a fellow who used to eat as a navigator.

To tell the truth, judging from the nautical chart, the fishing town of Leopold and Gabriel, the station of the Third Fleet, are not far away. When Aiwen set out from there to join the army, the total voyage on the "Yellow Hu" took only two days.

But from the beginning of joining the army until now, a year later, Ivan took the opportunity of the overlap of tasks to have time to return to his hometown.

Recalling the various experiences during the year, reuniting with Uncle Geer, fighting sea monsters, killing pirates, surviving several times, and even the Cthulhu once faced directly, which is even more exciting than many people’s lifetime experiences. !

For a while, Ivan was rather embarrassed.

"Is the usual cruise route of the "Conch" like this?"

After all, this is Aiwen's first cruise mission. If you don't know anything, just ask Adrian, the captain of the navigation, directly. As a commander, it is the most terrifying if you don't know how to pretend to understand.

"Your Captain, this is not always the case. According to the adjustment of seasons, wind directions, and trade routes, our cruise routes will also change.

However, most of the time, I just walked through the scene, and I did not encounter pirates swimming in this offshore area many times a year.

As long as we have little pirates who usually have only one broken fishing boat, they will take the initiative to escape, and there are very few cases where we really need to fight with each other. "

"Okay, I know..."

Cracking...Cracking...

However, before I finished speaking, he was interrupted by a continuous strange noise outside the captain.

"What's the matter?" The two people in the captain's cabin turned their heads and looked out the porthole at the same time.

At this time, someone on the deck was already chanting:

"It's a school of flying fish! A lot of fish!"

Get out of the captain's room.

Ivan saw that the sea outside was already shining silver, making it difficult to distinguish whether the sea was a wave or a wave of fish. There are so many flying fish that there are too many to jump up from the water, glide tens or even hundreds of meters on the surface, and then fall back into the water.

Flying fish are connected into pieces, and "Conch" at this time seems to be driving in a silver sea.

There were even many flying fish that couldn't dodge, hit the ship directly or fell on the deck, and were picked up by the sailors for a bargain.

A flying fish that is at least as long as an adult's palm has a carp-like body, a dark blue back, and wide ventral fins spread out like translucent wings. Even if it fell on the deck, it was full of vitality, and the tail bounced vigorously to return to the water. #b......

br# Aiwen squinted slightly, and in the field of vision of another heavy seabird, the scale of this wave of fish looking down from the sky is indeed not small, at least it stretches for several kilometers. Even the seabirds who flew nearby for investigation did not pay attention to their investigative duties, and they also joined the ranks of predation.

It’s just that I’ve just been focusing on the nautical chart without access to the seabirds’ perspective. Perhaps Beth didn’t feel that this "feast" of seabirds needed to remind himself that he only noticed when the flying fish was close at hand. arrive.

"Your Captain! Flying fish out of the water on a large scale is unusual." Seeing Ivan's silence, Adrian, the navigator behind Ivan, couldn't help but reminded him.

"Level 3 combat readiness!"

Without waiting for him to continue, Ivan exhaled and gave the order to prepare for battle.

Clang clang...

The alarm bell on the ship was sounded, and all crew members immediately ran up and returned to their jobs.

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

He shakes the cloak himself, and reflexes to board the command position with the best view on the stern tower.

Flying fish out of the water means that there is probably some kind of predator underwater, depending on the size and fierce response of this group of flying fish. There is either a big guy or a large group of hunters under the water. In either case, you need your own "Conch" to treat it with caution.

After all, the last time the "Silver Wing" was even attacked by sea monsters on the offshore route, it is obvious that it is not only in dangerous seas that it will encounter danger.

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

It feels like a long time to finish all of this, but in fact only half a minute has passed.

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

"This is... the spearfish?"

The seabirds who originally lived in the sea had sharp eyes to see through the water. With their vision, Ivan discovered this group of hideous monsters earlier than everyone else.

At that time, a big fish with an average body length of more than 12 meters was bigger than the ferocious killer whale!

Gearspiercefish, also known as spearfish, is a magical creature unique to the Black Sea.

Dark gray with a long torso like a snake, a pointed head and a big mouth. The edges of the two gills extend back into four or five spear-like spikes. The fangs in the mouth are snarling. You can tell from the outside that this is a Very vicious guy.

They are fierce and aggressive by nature, and they have a wide range of diets, ranging from large whales to small fish such as flying fish. Even the "sea monster", the ruler of the deep sea, dared to go up and take a bite when he was so hungry.

If I were to use a more familiar animal to describe it, it would probably be non-honey...

It's the badger.

Moreover, like wolves, they like to hunt in groups in groups. The group that appeared in Aiwen’s field of vision consisted of three large two small five speartooth fish.

The law of action of the enchanted creatures when hunting is really difficult to predict, and the "Conch" is on their way forward, and Ivan can't judge whether there will be a conflict.

Be prepared.

"Second-level combat readiness! Gunner, port gun ready! Load grape shells!"

"Your Excellency!"

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

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

Wow, wow--

I don’t think it was from the perspective of seabirds overlooking from a high altitude, but when I saw them with my own eyes, Ivan was also shocked by the momentum of these big fishes.

They rushed into the water at high speed, the blade-like dorsal fin was raised high, cutting through the sea surface and pulling out five snow-white water lines. The distance is still far away, and I seem to have heard the extremely sharp cutting sound in my ears.

Hey.

Because of the arrival of several "overlords" in this sea area, the large and small marine creatures within a radius of a radius 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 tyrannical strength and ferocious temperament of the demonized creatures, they treat all marine creatures as nothing, and they do not conceal their gaze, and naturally they will not put a mere sea ship in their eyes.

There is no intention to change the direction at all. Under the leadership of the largest fish monster, he slammed into it~IndoMTL.com~Ivan can’t bet on whether the ship’s hull is harder or the spear is cracked. The fish's head is more iron, and decisively ordered the fire:

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

Boom! boom! boom! ...

Ten ship-borne artillery on the left side of the ship fired at the same time, and the orange-red flame illuminates the sea, and the dense grape bombs turned into a large black barrage instantly covering all the space on the side.

Swish.swish..

Several wild demonized creatures are like primitive people who have never seen modern firearms with powerful spears and shields before they hit their heads.

Although they are weakened by the seawater, they are rushing against the sea surface after all. After the grape bombs penetrated the seawater under the propulsion of the huge kinetic energy of the gunpowder, they still fell on their bodies, piercing the scales and digging into the flesh.

Grumbling...

The extremely arrogant ocean monsters who have encountered this kind of encounter have been beaten head-on, shaking their long tails and diving into the water to avoid them. In an instant, only surging bubbles and traces of bright red were left in place.

"It worked!"

"Don't be careless, watch out for underwater!"

After the baptism of "shadow library" knowledge, now Ai...

Wen is well-known. After he truly understands the characteristics of the spearfish, he also has a headache for this kind of creature with a similar personality and flathead.

Besides, as the lowest tier in the six-tier battleship sequence, the ration of weapons is not much higher than that of a transport ship, especially the alchemy bomb designed to deal with underwater targets.

If these big guys hid underwater and kept attacking, it would really make people scratch their heads.

Boom——

Sure enough, recklessness does not mean stupidity. Soon there were two low muffled noises under the water, and the hull also shook twice.