Chapter 27 Ship artillery! First experience of naval warfare!
On the sea not far from the naval warship, two sailing ships were sailing one after another.
The one in front is a relatively rare sloop in the Great Line.
Under the figure of the jet-black devil's sheep-headed ship, there is a main gun of the ship that shines with cold metallic luster. There are also six other cannons arranged on both sides of the ship. On the sail of the central mast, there is a combination of red hearts and skulls engraved on it. Pirate logo.
It is not difficult to deduce that this is probably a group of rookie pirates who have just entered the Grand Line.
The one at the back is a relatively conventional ketch in the paradise stage.
But the unique shape is far better than the former!
From the appearance of the ship, the ketch looked like a giant pink flamingo floating on the sea.
The bow of the ship is like a slender and long flamingo head, and there is even a pair of huge sunglasses of the same style as Doflamingo's on the beak. On both sides of the ship are two very wide side panels, carefully polished by skilled craftsmen. Shape of flamingo wings.
It is worth mentioning that the flamingo ship does not have any gun ports on its hull, and the canvas tied to the mast is also very clean.
It is the exclusive ship of the Don Quixote family: the Numantia!
"Good people?"
Zefa stared at Doflamingo with blazing eyes.
"Don't tarnish kindness! Don't tarnish the people!"
Zefa has never been afraid to project the worst possible ill will on the Celestial Dragons.
He very much suspected that the group of rookie pirates on the sea were driven by the blond kid in front of him, so they took the initiative to head towards the naval battleship!
Don't ask why.
Just ask the Celestial Dragon!
Unfortunately, Zefa has no evidence and no way to directly arrest Doflamingo.
In Beihai, the Don Quixote family is the undoubted king of the underworld.
But in the paradise, the Don Quixote family is just a young newcomer who has not even received the bounty.
The Navy is responsible for many business areas.
But it does not include arresting gangsters, nor does it include arresting other people for whom there is no reward.
Clearly feeling Zefa's unabashed disgust, a cold light flashed through Doflamingo's eyes under his sunglasses. His fingers shook slightly, and a few undetectable transparent threads sprang out from his fingertips.
In fact.
Just as Zefa speculated, today's "sea encounter" was planned by Doflamingo!
His target was originally this navy elite training ship!
The reason is simple.
In the turbulent era of great pirates, Doflamingo longs to gain the prestige and glory that belongs to the Don Quixote family!
Now the Don Quixote family has completely unified Beihai.
With no worries left, Doflamingo is determined to lead his family members to officially embark on the great route and seize fame, status, power, and wealth!
The navy's elite training ship is Doflamingo's carefully selected target!
For the navy's elite training ship, Doflamingo prepared a lot of plans in advance.
Zefa is on board, the first plan;
Zefa was not on board, it was another plan;
Zefa is on board but seriously injured, another plan...
Each plan will have different courses of action.
The ultimate goal of all plans is to "sink the elite navy training ship, massacre an entire class of elite navy recruits, and announce the arrival of the Don Quixote family to the Grand Line"!
But now it seems.
Zefa was on the ship and was not negatively affected by the previous battle with Kaido, and his strength remained at its peak.
Even if Doflamingo is full of confidence in himself.
He is not proud enough to be able to easily kill the Black Wrist Zefa.
Therefore, what he implemented at this time was Plan B of the first plan.
Use the new pirates in the North Sea to ram into the navy's elite training ship, and take the senior family cadre on the ship undercover to accumulate military merit!
anyway,
Thieves never leave empty-handed.
The transparent silk thread cut through layers of invisible air waves in mid-air. Doflamingo suppressed his thoughts of challenging the admiral for the time being and sneered.
"Fufufufu... Black-armed Zefa, you'd better take care of those new recruits! After all, guns and cannons don't have eyesight!"
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Onboard a naval battleship.
After a brief commotion, everyone discovered that instructor Zefa had gone to deal with the strange figure who unleashed his domineering aura wantonly.
Out of trust in Teacher Zefa, everyone quickly turned their attention to the pirate ship that kept approaching.
"Maintain military discipline!"
"Distribute weapons and guns!"
"Gunner ready!"
The experienced training camp instructors immediately transformed into the temporary commanders of this naval battle, issuing orders in an orderly manner, and the elite sailors followed suit.
Cui Ze received a long flintlock gun and a box of ammunition from the weapons distribution officer.
Before he had time to experience the peculiar atmosphere of a naval battle on a sailboat, he saw an artilleryman heading in the direction of the pirate ship...
thumbs up?
Cui Ze nodded secretly.
"Learned, learned.
"People who give you a thumbs up are not necessarily complimenting you, they may be aiming at you!"
boom!
Accompanied by a deafening roar, the round cannonballs flew out of the rifling, carrying an overwhelming momentum, and bombarded directly in the direction of the pirate ship.
Unfortunately, just when the cannonball was about to hit the pirate ship accurately, a very powerful wave of sword energy rushed out from the pirate ship, easily splitting the cannonball in two like cutting tofu.
On the other side, the cannonballs bombarded by the pirate ships were also shot down into the sea water by the elite sailors using their own unique skills.
"Artillery tactics are indeed unreliable... It seems that it will eventually evolve into a boarding battle or even a ramming battle!"
Cui Ze tightened the long flintlock gun in his hand. This was his first time participating in an artillery naval battle!
Time continued to pass, and the bombardment tactics of both the navy and the pirates failed to achieve any results. Most of the cannonballs flying in the air were shot down manually.
The distance between naval warships and pirate sailing ships has also been getting closer as time goes by.
"Closer... closer..."
Cui Ze's tone was as calm as water. He raised his flintlock gun and pointed it in the direction of the pirate sailboat.
"200 meters, 100 meters, 80 meters!"
Cui Ze held his breath and concentrated, and when the distance between the two parties reached a certain range, he suddenly pulled the trigger.
Fire and gunpowder smoke burst out from the muzzle, and the black, round bullet flew out of the muzzle, flew dozens of meters away in the blink of an eye, and accurately hit the forehead of a pirate who was wielding a long knife and had a ferocious look on his face.
The blood exploded, and the bullet penetrated the pirate's head effortlessly, causing the divine light in his eyes to instantly fade.
Don't wait for the other pirates to react.
Cui Ze pulled the trigger repeatedly, exhausted all the bullets in the flintlock gun, and killed four pirates again.
[You killed a pirate with an overall rating of F!] X5
Cui Ze threw the prompts that flashed out like a stream of light into his mind.
He calmly took a step back, took out the magazine, and planned to refill the flintlock gun.
At this moment, a flintlock gun was suddenly handed over from the side.
While Cui Ze was loading ammunition, he turned around and saw that the person handing him the gun was a strange sailor.
"I just saw your marksmanship, it's very accurate! Don't waste time reloading bullets."
The strange sailor gave Cui Ze a sincere smile.
Cui Ze nodded and said nothing nonsense. He directly took the flintlock gun and continued shooting in the direction of the pirate ship.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
A burst of lightning struck five times in a row, and five pirates on the opposite boat fell to the ground.
As soon as Cui Zegang put down the flintlock gun that had run out of ammunition, a new gun was handed over.
Very soon.
Another five bursts of lightning!
Five more pirates were killed by gunfire.
As the number of casualties continued to increase, the pirate ship also noticed that there was a shooter with excellent marksmanship on the naval warship, and he was planning to cover it with firepower.
However, Cui Ze's marksmanship accuracy and reaction speed far surpassed the group of pirates who just came from the North Sea.
With his firepower alone, he easily suppressed most of the gunmen on the opposite ship!
Until the moment when the pirate ship collided with the navy warship.
Cui Ze has harvested the lives of more than thirty pirates, and he is like a ruthless god of death on the battlefield!
Boom!
The devil's sheep-headed bow of the pirate sailboat slammed into the hull of the naval battleship, making a very heavy collision sound.
Under the influence of this collision force, the ships on both sides shook several times, and then the most exciting boarding battle began!
The pirates, who had been suppressed by Cui Ze's firepower for a long time and could not raise their heads, rushed here almost in one unit, hoping to bury the sailor who shot many of their brothers to death in the sea.
But the navy elites around Cui Ze were not vegetarians, and they picked up the pirates who rushed over one by one.
Cui Ze even took the trouble to steal the heads of a few pirates. At such a close range, [Precision Shooting] can hit wherever you point.
"Sea soldier! Don't think that just because you have bullet weapons, you can do whatever you want!"
An aging voice came from the pirate camp, followed by an extremely fast figure heading straight for Cui Ze.
This is a wizened old man with a gray beard, wearing a double-pointed hat on his head, a dark blue tights with a thunder pattern on his upper body, bright red tights on his lower body, and a white belt with a big "G"
Shape logo.
Cui Ze raised his flintlock gun, and Bang Bang fired five shots at him.
"Sorry, if you have a gun, you can do whatever you want!"