Transcendent Journey

Suddenly “Iron William” looked up at the sky.

Today, there is already a dark sky, and 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 it shouldn’t be a lot of rain, lower the sails and anchor, pay attention to detection, let’s just wait here.

In a scene, there is no need to go around with the navy.”

“Yes, captain!” Sturdy youth took the order and soon heard the pirates on the ship pulling the rigging chants. .

Quickly the “Bitail”, which was next to the “Iron Bones”, also received the semaphore signal, and the pirate 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 watchman 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 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 can only see them, 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. Ivan’s sights from dozens of kilometers away also look like palm patterns in the eyes of Ivan. delicate hair was completely shown.

His own “Conch” set off from the sea area where the “Bitail” was involved, and could catch up with the pirate ship in just one day without the information provided by the “black hand”. It’s not luck.

However, these words cannot be said to the crew for the time being. Ivan nodded encouraged the watchman: “Good job!”

With a shake of the cloak, Ivan took the command position. Command loudly:

“Level 1 combat readiness! Cut to the upper hand, open the muzzle, let us give the pirates a warm appetizer to taste!”

Seize the upper hand in the naval battle There are advantages and disadvantages to the direction or the leeward direction.

At least for the “Conch”, there is only one artillery deck. There is no need to worry that the lower muzzle cannot be opened due to water ingress, and the artillery has a longer range when it is upwind, and the advantage is greater!

Boom..Boom..Boom..

The left side baffle is opened.

The sailors dragged the shipborne artillery weighing 5,000 pounds with pulleys to load the gunpowder, and the solid iron shells were pushed out of the firing port to prepare for launch.

“Conch” slowly adjusted its combat stance, pointed its sideboard at the distant sea and also found the “Conch” pirate ship whose sails had been re-lifted.

Ivan looked at the dense dark clouds in the sky and the raindrops that were gradually dripping, 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 “Bitail”, 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?

even more how, there is a very interesting guy on the mission objective this time.

In the previous intelligence sent back by the “Two Tails”, there was no information on the specific identity of the pirate ship. Ivan was originally only with the idea of ​​training soldiers.

Now that I saw the pirate ship with my own eyes, I realized that the hijacker of the “Two Tail Fish” would be such a famous guy!

“William’Iron Bone’?”

There is no concealment on the sea, especially when Ivan did not use the “Misty Silver Lamp” to evoke the fog, “Iron Bone” “A navy warship with a menacing breach has already been discovered!

“Captain, do we want to fire the cannon?”

It is difficult to sneak attack on the sea. Before the two sides enter the artillery range, the sturdy youth 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 “Two Tails” to the Navy. Our mission has been completed.

However, this warship is a bit different from the promised one? It came a bit too soon, right?”

While he said that he would execute according to the plan, William relied on his many years of pirates. The experience is keenly aware that things seem to be something wrong.

The complete plan should be that one’s own party 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 need to meet with the Navy at all.

The fat pig achieved his goal, and he can also pick up his first mate who accidentally missed and 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. This is about to change. A whirlpool of “land of right and wrong”!

But now it seems that there is something unexpected that I don’t understand.

Although the “Iron Bone” 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 a number of cruise ships with enough weight and would not favor Viscount Andrea. The scheduled time in their plan should at least be delayed. One to two days.

The warship that appeared alone in front of him now and the fat pig said that the plan was obviously different!

“Call back all the brothers of the Twintail, you first withdraw, and I will go and say hello to our navy friends.

There is no sign at all, it’s not that it appears Is our “Iron Bones” too weak?”

Since it is different from the planned balance of forces between the navy and ours, although William is still not ready to engage the navy, he is boldness of execution stems From superb skill, I think it’s nothing difficult 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, they directly abandoned the merchant ship. The “Two Tails” quickly gathered on the pirate ship, raised the sails and “fleeed from the wind” across a very long distance?

“Are the pirates now so considerate?” The officers and soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay. Although the merits of “recovering” the merchant ship have been in their hands, they really don’t understand. Which one are these pirates singing?

Only Ivan, who knows the inside story, understands that this is because the pirates 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 in full view, and cooperated with the testimony of the people, it would be solid. Put the hat of lawlessness on the head of Viscount Andrea.

At this critical moment, it is 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!”

Be cautious, Ivan confirmed that the “Iron Bones” pirate ship has indeed gone far, and it would take at least half a fee to come back for a sneak attack. When I was young, I ordered:

“Let’s move a little closer, keep your distance, put down the boat and send a few people up to see if the pirates have left traps.”

Let While the sailors were operating normally, the seabirds had already entered the “Two-Tail” internal reconnaissance first.

He was very curious about the “prohibited items” that the Viscount said about himself.

Soon, several petite pin-tailed Swifts have passed the images they saw to the bottom of Ivan’s heart.

In the cabin, although it was wrapped in black terry cloth, the silly and thick looks made Ivan recognize 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 with other supporting parts removed!

A few of them have been removed from the flannel, for fear that others will not be able to see them, directly exposing the cast iron artillery.

Of course, Impossible is a newly-forged Kingdom Armament, and the Viscount also Impossible has that guts. Looking at the wear and tear and the markings on it, it should be a second-hand item that was eliminated by the Navy of Thessaly Kingdom.

Presumably, after removing the mark and repairing it, it will be transported to a dock where it is not hidden for the transformation of the armed merchant ship, or it may simply be resold again.

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

In this era of great seafaring, scholars once used the number of guns owned by a country to measure its naval power. Whoever has more artillery will have the stronger firepower, and the stronger the navy will be!

Who will not dislike the number of artillery in his home, even more how is it a 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!