Captain Jack of Azeroth

Chapter 12 Red Dragon Attacks
The sky in the east was turning white and people could be vaguely seen.

Captain Harindor came out of the cabin and said loudly: "Wake up everyone. We will set sail in half an hour."

A sailor rang the bell, and the other night watchmen hurried into the cabin and called people from each cabin.

Jack quickly assembled the dwarven pistol and stood up from the deck.

Captain Harindor looked at Jack in surprise, "Aren't you a night watchman?"

"I woke up because I had to pee, and after I finished, I couldn't fall asleep."

The captain looked at the pistol that Jack had put back on his waist and nodded with satisfaction. "Yes, being familiar with your weapon is the most basic quality of a soldier."

Jack smiled, not at all pleased by the compliment.

The captain didn't care. He stepped onto the bridge, took out a telescope and looked towards the eastern sea. After everyone was in position, he reached out to hold the rudder and said, "Weigh the anchor!"

Everyone started to move, each doing their own job, and soon pushed the Wave Goddess out of the harbor. With the sails raised, the Wave Goddess sailed eastward into the bay with the help of the sea breeze.

Jack got together with the sailors he was familiar with again to discuss yesterday's battle.

"It's a pity that you didn't go to support us yesterday. We had such a great time fighting that battle."

The soldier who showed off was nicknamed Loudmouth. He was very talkative and showed off. "I went up and killed an orc with one shot. Then we blocked the orcs at the gate. Three or five of us surrounded one and killed him. The orcs were really strong. We stabbed one orc more than 20 times before we killed him."

The other sailors also often heard the loud-voiced man showing off, so they didn't really believe what he said.

"Don't lie to us. No matter how strong the orcs are, how strong can they be? They are nothing but a head and two arms."

"I really didn't lie to you this time. The orcs are indeed very strong. If you don't believe me, just ask Jack. Jack was there at the time and he killed two of them!"

"Hahaha, Jack can kill two orcs, orcs can't be that strong!"

Jack was not angry. Even if there were ten orcs in a head-on fight, he could not beat one.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, the lookout suddenly leaned his head over the mast and shouted down, "Orcs!"

Captain Harindor immediately took out his telescope to investigate and saw an orc army on land, heading towards Paladin Port. He immediately ordered: "Move north, turn the ship sideways, and prepare the artillery."

The Spray Goddess slowly approached the land, and when the narrow path was within the range of the artillery, the ship slowly turned sideways. The sailors immediately fixed the artillery on the deck, loaded ammunition, and then fired it.

boom--

More than ten shells landed near the narrow path, some of which were far away and hit the swamp, while others fell into the sea, but 30% of the shells still caused damage to the orcs. One shell in particular hit the middle of the orc team directly, blowing more than a dozen orcs away at once.

The gun operator who was hit immediately shouted, "Mark 5."

It was just a test firing just now. All the artillery readjusted their sights, reloaded shells, and launched an attack on the orcs.

The orcs' ranks became chaotic, some rushed forward, while others retreated desperately. The Wave Goddess could only attack part of the enemy, and Captain Harindor immediately ordered, "Chase the advancing orcs, fire flares, and ask other warships to come to support."

The Spray Goddess moved forward, keeping up with the pace of the advancing orcs, and after synchronizing, the artillery fired again. The number of orcs had decreased, and their positions were much more sparse, so the casualties of this round of artillery shells were much reduced.

However, soon, other warships saw the signal flare and rushed over. Most of the warships went to attack the retreating orcs, and three warships followed the Wave Goddess and attacked the advancing orcs.

The orcs could not fight back and could only flee desperately.

Amid the sound of gunfire, there was suddenly a strange noise, as if something was flapping rapidly.

Jack looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of red dragons rushing out from between the mountains. On the backs of the red dragons were orcs, who were attacking the warships that were chasing the retreating orcs.

Fizmos yelled, "Dragon—"

Everyone looked over and saw that the hulls of more than ten warships had been set on fire by the dragon's breath, and many sailors jumped into the sea with flames. The sailors wanted to fight back, but unfortunately the cannons did not have enough elevation, so they could only use short guns to attack. Unfortunately, the dwarf short guns that could easily kill orcs could not even penetrate the scales of the red dragon, let alone the thick dragon skin.

More than a dozen ships suddenly entered a hell on earth, and it was impossible to evacuate the battlefield quickly. The sails on the masts had been burned, and the only way was to rely on the sailors to row. However, the sailors were basically on the deck, and it was difficult to cross the flames and return to the cabin.

With the help of three red dragons, the orcs successfully destroyed most of the warships of the Third Fleet.

Captain Harindor made a prompt decision, "Lower the sails, and the sailors return to the cabin to row."

"Combat units, assemble on the deck. No matter what method you use, as long as you can hit the dragon and dismantle the Wave Goddess, it will be fine."

"Notify the other three ships to return to Paladin Port. If we fail to defeat the dragon, have them take the dwarves and retreat."

Orders were passed down one after another, and everyone started moving.

Jack stood on the deck, pulled out the dwarf musket, and stared at the red dragon in the sky. He knew that it was almost impossible to survive this battle, but he still didn't want to escape.

Just like he told Sam not to worry about him, he faced his own death calmly.

Life is what I want. Righteousness is what I want. If I cannot have both, I will choose righteness over life.

The Wave Goddess separated from the other three warships and approached the burning warship. Most of the sailors gathered at the bow, because this was the first place where they could attack the red dragon.

Jack frowned. Although he admired the sailors' courage, it was really stupid to do this.

He took a quick look on the ship and found that the only thing that could harm the red dragon was the cannon. However, the red dragon's wisdom far exceeded that of humans, and it was basically impossible to outwit them.

"Click——"

With a crisp sound, the mast of the burning battleship in front was burned and cracked, and fell down, hitting the escort battleship next to it. The escort battleship was originally smaller than the main battleship. After suffering this heavy damage, the hull disintegrated at the time, and the surviving sailors also fell into the water.

Some sailors had already swam to both sides of the Wave Goddess, and the sailors on the ship immediately launched a rescue operation and pulled them up with ropes. The sailors who had consumed a lot of energy in the water were driven into the cabin by Fizmos to rest, "Find food for yourself, replenish your energy, and then come back to join the battle."

In such a combat situation, the sailors on the deck will not be able to hold on for too long, and they will then need the reinforcements.

The Spray Goddess approached the battlefield, and the sailors raised their dwarf short guns and attacked the red dragons.

(End of this chapter)