It's really not easy, and now these pirates are filled with regret. They are a large group of pirates from a far away place, because the captain is a former naval commander, so he knows maritime tactics very well.
This allowed them to gain a lot of huge profits from plundering, and they were rarely blocked by the army's warships. They accumulated a lot of gold coins over time.
It stands to reason that this old navy commander can be considered a thoughtful person. He did not squander all the money he received. Instead, he accumulated part of it and purchased a decommissioned armed merchant ship that was unwanted by other countries about a year ago.
He also followed the same path he had left behind and managed to keep two of the artillery pieces originally equipped on this armed merchant ship.
As a result, his pirate ship became a rare pirate ship with artillery in the nearby waters. Its robbery efficiency was greatly increased, and because it was a new ship, it sailed very fast.
After some modifications, the ship also installed a water tank where the cargo was originally loaded. It can also carry a lot more food, so it has high self-sustainability and can carry out long-distance plunder.
But what they never expected was that during their rampant journey, they encountered a formidable opponent in the waters near Bunas. In other words, it was not a formidable opponent, but a life-threatening King of Hell!
The opponent's gunnery skills were quite impressive, even beyond the pirate captain's knowledge. In this world, it is rare for a navy to be able to hit the target with such a few rounds of shells.
What's more, he had already turned around and fled, and even fired a shot. According to normal principles, the opponent should not press too hard anymore.
After all, the opponent is a regular army, and the commander has to take responsibility. It was because he was afraid of taking responsibility that he was on tenterhooks every day, and finally left the navy.
Under normal circumstances, naval commanders will not risk their lives with pirates in order to avoid damage to warships and loss of personnel.
Therefore, when naval battleship commanders find that the opponent also has cannons, they usually do not pursue them, but only scare the opponent to retreat.
But today's naval commander saw that he had fired artillery here, and turned around to show weakness, but he still cut into the battlefield like this crazily, and launched a pursuit regardless of anything.
What made him even more desperate was that just now, the opponent's salvo hit his precious battleship again, leaving irreparable damage on the battleship.
For pirates like them, this is all money! But it is a loss that cannot be recovered!
His eyes widened in anger, and he pulled out his command knife, as if he was risking his life with the opponent, but what he shouted was: "Quick! Speed up! Get them away! Get them away!"
There is no way, his men are all a group of pirates, pirates who bully the weak and fear the strong... If you let them rob merchant ships, they will be like wolves and tigers, but if you let them fight with the officers and soldiers, then they will be like timid mice.
Moreover, he did not want to fight a warship here. His ship was an armed merchant ship with much weakened firepower. It only had two cannons and could not be a match for a warship.
What's more, from the perspective of artillery skills, the opponent is obviously the elite among the elites. They are the absolute main force in a country and cannot be defeated at all!
How could such a murderous god appear in the waters near Bunas? He was full of questions, but he had no place to ask.
Because just when he was thinking wildly here, his men sent two pieces of news that made him completely desperate.
"Ship, Captain! Our mast, our mast is broken, we must slow down!" A subordinate pointed to a mast in front and shouted to the captain.
Another subordinate also had a face full of frustration, and reported an even more devastating news: "Captain, my, our water tank has been penetrated!"
Suddenly, the old captain who had rebelled and turned into a gangster felt dizzy. When he was a navy, he was restrained and did not dare to fight pirates. As a result, when he became a pirate, he encountered a group of perverted navy who fought hard to fight pirates! This is life.
Are you kidding him?
The mast was broken and the load-bearing structure was damaged, which meant that he had to lower some sails to save the mast that could no longer bear its strength.
Without the sail, he would have no way to maintain speed, and it would be impossible to get rid of warships that may be faster in speed.
And the water tank is broken, which makes people even more desperate. They are on the vast sea, even if they escape the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, a boat of people still need to drink fresh water.
Without fresh water, drifting on the ocean is actually the same as trekking in the desert. Both of them will die of thirst because there is no drinking water.
Therefore, the recent losses have plunged this group of pirates into a completely desperate situation.
"These damn bastards!" Looking at the approaching warships in the distance again, the old pirate captain finally burst out with ferocity in his eyes.
He knew that it was impossible not to be ruthless at this time. If these officers and soldiers were repelled, he and his men could survive for a while, but if they could not destroy this damn warship, they would all be finished now!
"Is the cannon loaded? Fire for me! Fire for me!" He pointed at the target in the distance while holding the command knife and yelled crazily.
Following his shout, the warship in the distance opened fire again!
This time, the opponent's artillery was more accurate, and 4 of the 8 shells directly hit it, causing sawdust to fly everywhere on the pirate ship that was turning around.
The flying wood chips killed and injured many pirates, and two shells directly hit the stern watchtower of the turning pirate ship.
Glass shattered by cannonballs and sawdust were flying everywhere in the captain's cabin and chart room. A cannonball directly broke the stairs, and the flying debris caused several pirates who were hiding in the chart room to scream and fall to the ground.
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Although it is not that easy for the solid bullets of this era to sink a ship, the shells that penetrate the hull can still cause some damage to the hull structure.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although this round of salvo did not further expand the results and did not cause any substantial fatal damage to the pirate ship itself, it did destroy the newly arrogant pirate ship.
The pirates have completely returned to their original form.
The pirates, who had finally mustered up the courage and were ready to fight to the death, ran away again, crying for their fathers and mothers.
"Help! Someone help me! I'm injured! I'm injured!" A pirate who fell to the ground cried loudly as he looked at a sharp piece of wood stuck in his leg.
It's a pity that this place was originally a pirate ship, and there were no doctors in the first place, so naturally no one would care about this unlucky guy.
In fact, I couldn't control it even if I wanted to. The only pirate on the ship who knew a little bit about bandaging was usually hidden in the watchtower like a treasure and did not participate in the battle. However, this time, just now, he had been wiped out by a cannonball.
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Just when the pirate captain looked around and saw a sea of vast seas all over the place, and he didn't know what to do, the warship in the distance had already closed the distance to about 300 meters.
"Fire... fire!" The desperate pirate captain held the command knife and shouted hysterically. At this time, the pirates, who had just barely loaded the cannon, fired towards the warship in the distance. In this naval battle
The most impressive shot.
This shot... still didn't hit.
Because the distance was very close and the pirates had been aiming for a long time this time, they finally had a little bit of accuracy.
The shell they fired flew over a distance of more than 300 meters and landed directly on the stern of the battleship commanded by Bernard. It was only about 15 meters away from the battleship's hull on the sea.
From the beginning of the battle until now, the pirates finally fired a threatening shot, which can be regarded as a shot to defend their dignity.
And then...then they had to work hard to clear the barrel of the gun, load the shells, and then continue to aim.
It was a pity that Bernard obviously would not give them such a chance. After reloading the shells, Bernard gave the order again and fired the third round of salvo.
It’s no wonder that Bernard was so extravagant. In fact, the Tang Dynasty’s navy was too wealthy. The amount of gunpowder and cannonballs this maritime force had was shocking.
There was no other way. Tang Mo went into steel smelting and smelted more than half of the navy's cannons into rails, so that the Elf capital ship, which was originally equipped with more than 30 cannons, was reduced to having only 8 cannons on one side.
patrol boat...
The armed merchant ships that John left behind were even more embarrassing. These ships were originally equipped with about 8 cannons, but now they only have 4 cannons left to show off their appearance.
As a result, the remaining gunpowder and shells made him obviously richer - anyway, Tang Mo now produces large quantities of smokeless gunpowder. These naval gunpowders, which are mainly black powder, and the excess spherical solid bullets, are just
It can be reserved for navy training.
Because of this, Bernard's naval training was very generous, and he had many opportunities to fire cannons on weekdays, let alone actual combat such as fighting pirates.
We can only blame this group of pirates for their unlucky encounter with a group of perverts like Bernard - they do not spare cannonballs and are deliberately training gunnery in order to cultivate cutting-edge talents suitable for future naval battles.
As for the boarding battle? Bernard had never thought about it. Following Tang Mo's orders, he had almost completely given up on this tactic, especially after leading the naval officers and soldiers to visit the steel battleships in the Datang dock...
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By the gods, if the future is full of steel battleships equipped with such dense and accurate artillery, then who will be stupid enough to engage in bullshit battles?
"End this training as soon as possible! The opponent seems to have no power to fight back." A somewhat bored Bernard said before firing the third round of volley.