Extraordinary Voyage Chapter 172: Looking for the wind and fleeing?
Suddenly "Iron William" looked up at the sky.
The sky is a bit gloomy today, but now there are wisps of clouds accumulating, gradually pressing down on the sea, and the sky is getting darker and darker.
At the same time, several black lightning-like needle-tailed Swifts flashed from the sky above the pirate ship as if wiping the bottom of a cloud.
"It's going to rain! But the rain shouldn't be very heavy. Lower the sails and anchor, pay attention to detection. Let's wait here.
It was originally for acting a scene, there is no need to go in circles with the navy anymore. "
"Yes, Captain!" The sturdy young man walked away, and soon heard the pirates on the ship pulling the rigging chants.
Soon, the Twintail, which was side by side with the Ironbone, also received the semaphore signal, and the pirates who controlled the merchant ship on it did the same.
At this time, they couldn't imagine it.
My every move has fallen into someone's eyes, and the navy ship that was unexpected in the plan came so fast!
Clang clang--
The alarm bell rang.
"Your Captain, found the target!"
The observer on the mast put away the brass telescope, slipped down the mast like a monkey, and ran to Ivan to report.
Ivan, who was "closing his eyes and restoring his mind", opened his eyes. In fact, the seabirds had already sent back information from the other ship.
Although the sighted observers can see dozens of kilometers away on the sea in fine weather, they are only able to see, and the details cannot be distinguished at all.
With the improvement of their own abilities, the seabirds' detection range has expanded, and a three-dimensional detection network has been constructed. In Aiwen's eyes, the scenes tens of kilometers away also appear to be in the palm of the hand.
His own "Conch" set off from the sea area where the "Two-tailed Fish" was involved, and could catch up with the pirate ship in just one day without the information provided by the "black hand". luck.
However, these words cannot be said to the crew for the time being, Ivan nodded and encouraged the watchman: "Good job!"
Shaking the cloak on his body, Ivan stepped up to the command position and issued a loud command:
"First level combat readiness! Cut to the upper hand, open the muzzle, let us give the pirates a warm first dish to taste!"
There are advantages and disadvantages to seizing the upper wind direction or the lower wind direction in a naval battle.
For "Conch" at least, there is only one gun deck. There is no need to worry about the lower muzzle being unable to open due to water ingress, and the gun has a longer range when it is upwind, and the advantage is greater!
Boom.
The left side baffle is opened.
The sailors dragged the ship-borne artillery, which weighed 5,000 pounds and was equipped with pulleys, with gunpowder and solid iron shells, and then pushed them out of the firing port, ready to launch.
"The Conch...
"Slowly adjusted the combat stance, pointed the sideboard at the distant sea and also found the pirate ship "Conch" that had re-lifted its sails.
Ivan looked at the dark clouds in the sky and the raindrops that had been dripping gradually, and released his hand from the ocean treasure "Misty Silver Lamp" in his arms. White fog in heavy rain is too unreasonable.
My mission is very simple, just take back the "Two Tail Fish", there is no need to fight the pirates according to the vision of the Viscount. After all, as long as the physical evidence is lost and the official is not directly stolen and obtained, the crisis of the Viscount will be lifted.
After today, who would believe what the pirates said?
What's more, there is a very interesting guy on the mission objective this time.
In the last intelligence sent back by the "Two Tails", there was no information about the specific identity of the pirate ship, and Aiwen was originally only with the idea of training soldiers.
Now that I saw the pirate ship with my own eyes, I realized that the man who hijacked the "Two Tails" would be such a famous guy!
"William'Iron Bone'?"
There is no concealment on the sea, especially when Ivan did not use the "Fog Silver Lamp" to evoke the fog, the "Iron Bones" had already spotted the menacing naval ship that showed a breach!
"Captain, shall we shoot?"
It is difficult to sneak attacks on the sea. Before the two sides entered the artillery range, the sturdy young man standing behind the captain William asked softly.
"The price of the fat pig in Westcore City is not enough for us to sell his life, so we can just throw the "Bitail" to the navy. Our mission has been completed.
However, this warship is a bit different from the promised one? It's a bit too fast, right? "
Talking about executing according to the plan, William, with his years of pirate experience, keenly perceives that things seem to be something wrong.
The complete plan should be that one's own side captures the "Bitail" carrying contraband and all the crew on it. Then "accidentally" encountered the Royal Navy patrolling here, leaving the "Bitail" to let the navy "get the loot."
If the plan goes well, you don’t even have to meet with the Navy at all.
The fat pig achieved his goal, and he can also pick up the first mate who was accidentally captured when he went ashore some time ago to replenish supplies, and then leave the east coast of the Black Sea as quickly as possible, which is about to become a whirlpool." The land of right and wrong"!
But now it seems that something unexpected happened to me that I didn't understand.
Although the "Iron Bones" has been wandering in the established waters to facilitate the subsequent navy to find, it will take time.
The Royal Navy is not privately operated.
The fat pig found a relationship to inform, and then the navy sent multiple cruisers with enough weight and would not favor Viscount Andrea, which was scheduled in their plan...
The time should be delayed by at least one to two days.
The warship that appeared alone in front of him now had a different plan than the fat pig!
"Call back all the brothers of the'Two-Tailed Fish'. You must withdraw first. I will go and say hello to our navy friends.
It doesn't mean it at all, doesn't it seem that our "Iron Bone" is too weak? "
Since it is different from the planned balance of forces between the navy and his own side, although William is still not ready to fight the navy, he is a master of art and courage, and feels that it is not a problem to test this strange warship a little bit.
So in the eyes of the "Conch" officers and soldiers, they saw such a bizarre scene. In the face of their constant approach, the pirates were not prepared to fight. Instead, he directly abandoned the merchant ship "Two Tail Fish" and quickly gathered on the pirate ship, raising the sails and "fleeing from the wind" across a very long distance?
"Are the pirates so empathetic nowadays?" The officers and soldiers looked at each other. Although the merits of "snatching back" the merchant ship were in their hands, they really didn't understand which one of these pirates were singing.
Only Ivan, who knows the inside story, understands that this is the pirates who have finished their part and are ready to leave.
According to the script, the cruise ship of the Royal Navy should send people on board for inspection. The crew members witnessed the "prohibited items" on board and cooperated with the testimony of the people, and they would be able to firmly control the violation of laws and regulations. The hat of Viscount Andrea was buttoned on the head of Viscount Andrea.
At this critical moment, it was enough to make the old Viscount lose his seat in Wake County because of the scandal, and even peel off his skin.
"But I will let you down!"
For the sake of caution, Ivan confirmed that the "Iron Bones" pirate ship had indeed gone far, and it would take at least half an hour to come back and attack him before ordering:
"Keep a little closer, keep your distance, put down the boat and send a few people up to see if the pirates have left traps."
While allowing the sailors to operate normally, the seabirds have already entered the internal investigation of the "Bitail" first.
He was very curious about the "prohibited items" that the Viscount said about him. IndoMTL.com~ Soon, a few petite pintail Swifts have passed the pictures they saw to the bottom of Aiwen's heart.
In the cabin, even though it was wrapped in black coarse flannel, it was stupid and thick, and Ivan recognized what it was at a glance.
"This...it’s a bit too big, right?!"
It turned out to be a total of twenty shipborne artillery pieces with other supporting parts removed!
Some of the flannels have been removed, for fear that others will not be able to see them, exposing the cast iron artillery directly.
Of course it cannot be a newly-forged Kingdom Armament, and the Viscount cannot have the guts. Look at the wear and tear and the mark above, it should belong to...
Used goods eliminated by the Navy of Thessaly Kingdom.
Presumably, after the mark is removed for restoration, it is transported to a dock where it is not hidden for the transformation of an armed merchant ship, or it is simply re-selling.
However, even the obsolete ordnance is much better than the privately-forged artillery.
In this era of great voyages, scholars once used the number of artillery a country possessed to measure its naval power. Whoever has more artillery will have the stronger firepower, and the stronger the navy will be!
Nobody will dislike the large number of artillery, let alone high-quality ordnance?
Even if it is not the goods sold 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 if there is a knight protection body, it is the kind of crime that is enough to eat prison.
No wonder that old fox is afraid of being like this!