Chapter 639 .
By the 18th century, musket firing tactics commonly known as "queuing and shooting" gradually became popular. The original knight war in full armor was completely thrown into the garbage dump by Europa military strategists. Generals and military scholars all deteriorated into third-rate accountants who calculated the number of casualties. The large number of soldiers' deaths were just the bases in the war damage report. The result was the complete elimination of armor, including cavalry, infantry, and sailors, and there was no one in leather armor except military uniforms.
However, the musket volley and hand-to-blade assault tactics that were once extremely useful to Indians, Indians, and blacks became a complete joke when they came to these fish monsters.
The muskets fired, and they could not disperse these fierce aliens who were fearless, while the fish monsters covered in scales could easily tear apart these British soldiers in military uniforms!
If the 1730 Dog-locked Flintlock rifle of the Guards was replaced by the Barret heavy machine gun, which was once famous in the post-classical era, even if it had experienced World War I, the Li Enfield rifle of World War II would not have been so miserable. However, in front of the flintlock rifle of the 18th century, the fish monsters could be said to have gained the upper hand.
At this chaos, when the guards retreated step by step, a shadow of sail suddenly appeared between the sea and the sky.
The white sail was like a peak of clouds rising from the wind, and even shone with a faint glow in the sun, sailing towards the Lion. The ship was slender and long, with a bow like a sword, and the white sails on the four high masts were several times wider than the Lion!
If anyone who is proficient in the history of ship development sees it, he will understand that this wooden-shelled sailboat with a long hull, high mast and wide sail is the most famous fly-shelling ship in the history of sailing. Its slender and sharp bow can split the waves like scissors, and its sailing speed can reach more than fourteen knots. Before the steam paddle wheel completely replaced the sailing ship, the fly-shelling ship was undoubtedly the marine scull.
Although this sailing ship that appeared in the mid-to-late 19th century was replaced by ocean ships for less than fifty years. However, its speed was enough to outlook the wooden warships and armed cargo ships of the 18th century. As for the common lucky ships and sand ships in the southeast coast, freight ships such as sand ships that seek stability but not speed, they must fall behind them to eat dust. There is no dust on the sea surface, but there is no problem with eating waves on the face.
On the highest mast of this flying scissor, a blue flag fluttered in the wind. On the surface of the flag, the flintlock spear and the magic sword intertwined, and the ears of grain symbolizing "Jiahe" were held below.
What this flag represents? Captain Gower, who had already retreated to the cabin with his subordinates, didn't understand, but at least this was not the pirates' skeleton flag!
Unlike the Dutch merchant ships who were eager to escape from this dangerous sea, the sails rose like clouds and approached the Lion and Hindustan like arrows.
The speed is simply doubtful. It is a white cloud in the sky, falling on the sea
The fish monsters who had already boarded the deck of the Lion, the big eyes of the cold-blooded creatures paused for a while when they discovered Bai Fan, and then jumped off the decks of the Lion and Hindustan with more rapid actions!
Such uniform movements remind people of the salmon swim desperately during the spawning season.
Underwater, only the fishmen who have reached the extreme of vision and perception can feel a natural enemy aura that makes them tremble in their minds, and suddenly spreads, causing all the mermaids to froze!
And right in front of them, a dragon with short horns, transparent whole body, emitting a cold air, making the surrounding waters begin to freeze, staring at them coldly with a smile that is about to be full of flesh and blood...
The people on the deck of the Lion did not know what the story happened under the water. From Captain Gower to Earl Macartney who heard the sound of fighting outside and calmed out of the cabin, they only saw another scene.
In front of them, waves of water kept surging, like a pot of boiled soup. In this pot of boiling soup, a large group of fishmen made silent terror, rushing towards the water, and then being dragged into the water by invisible things.
The trash limbs and corpses of the fishman that were bitten open by something kept floating out of the water, gradually dyeing the blue-black water into a deep red color.
Chapter completed!