"Hmm." The lieutenant colonel only responded without giving an order, and the major was not surprised. At this distance, using a 24-pounder gun to hit a sloop with a speed of 11 knots was nothing like using a cannonball to hit mosquitoes.

The difference must be at least 500 meters, but the Lieutenant Colonel clearly exceeded his expectations. The first sloop had even rushed to 2,000 feet away and cut the course of the Sea Pearl. The Lieutenant Colonel

Still no order!

"Lieutenant Colonel, the second sloop is about to cut off." the adjutant reminded.

"Yeah." The lieutenant colonel still didn't pay attention, just staring at the three-masted sail in the distance. The adjutant thought about it, the largest single-masted sail was only a 12-pounder, and it really had no sense of existence at 2,000 feet...

"Order the sloop to approach and take down the opponent's sail." Christopher Menings gritted his teeth and ordered. This distance is too dangerous. The nearest three-masted sail is more than 0.5 nautical miles away from the Sea Pearl, and the Seagull

However, the No. 1 had already taken the lead to catch up with the big sail and fired the first bow cannon!

The first mate looked at Christopher Meinings with a bit of a toothache. Even if he jumped up the sloop, he would not be able to hit the knees of the Sea Pearl, let alone hit its sails... But if he did not get close,

I could only watch the opponent run away, so I still gave the order helplessly to the sloop. But the three sloops were obviously not so obedient. They did get closer, but they were still 1,800 feet away, firing chain bombs.

, seemingly showing off its teeth and claws, but it can't even reach the target...

"They are ordered to slow down the opponent's speed. We will immediately enter within 0.5 nautical miles and prepare to fire!" Even if there is no hit rate within 0.5 nautical miles, Christopher Meinings has to do this.

Soon, the first three-masted sail opened fire, and the 18-pounder shells fell into the sea 600 feet away. Even the water splash could not touch the Sea Pearl, but the lieutenant colonel began to give orders: "Slow down to evade, reduce the speed of the ship."

To section 5."

"Eh? Yes." The adjutant was already numb, but he still followed the instructions. Sure enough, although the speed was slower, the opponent stopped firing. The specific reason why it was because he felt it was still too far or the goal had been achieved was beyond the adjutant's understanding.

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"The opponent has slowed down." The first mate whispered: "Maybe he wants to take the initiative to fight."

"Well, no matter what, the three-masted sail is speeding up to surround the opponent, and the sloop must be close to contain the opponent." Christopher Meinings frowned and ordered the three-masted sail to start circling forward.

Surrounding the Sea Pearl, sure enough, the Sea Pearl also began to cut into the wind and set up a battle line bombardment!

"Tell the sloop that if you don't want to die, you must get within two hundred meters of the opponent, otherwise the 24-pounder can sink the ship with one shot." Christopher Menings ordered again. At this moment, the Sea Pearl

The first time he fired, the target was the closest to him, a three-masted sail less than 1,800 feet long!

"Saturation attack, be careful to evade!" The Brigantine that was trying to cut off the line happened to be hit head-on by the port side of the Sea Pearl, which cut the wind. Almost without hesitation, the Sea Pearl's seven 24-pound guns (14 on the port side)

, the rotation is an odd and even number) and 6 18-pound guns (12 on the port side, the rotation is an odd and even number) took the lead in firing saturation!

"Damn it, chain bombs!" 13 chain bombs were fired at them all at once. The captain of the three-masted sailboat that was targeted was also dumbfounded. The next second, a 24-pound near-miss bomb hit the bow of the ship directly.

The entire corner was cut off, and what was even more frightening was that an 18-pound chain bomb sliced ​​the stern of the ship head-on!

"Bang!" The entire stern of the ship flew into the sky, and three sailors were cut in half on the spot! A large number of debris scattered and stabbed several sailors to death, and directly scratched two sails!

"The first round of saturation shots, one three-masted sail was damaged." The adjutant replied expressionlessly.

"Additional shooting, sink it." The lieutenant colonel said with the same expressionless face.

"Additional fire!" the adjutant ordered loudly, which made the already paralyzed three-masted sail even worse: another 13 shells hit it, and a 24-pound shell hit the three-masted sail 3 meters beside the waterline, causing a near miss.

The bomb, the water pressure alone tore a big hole in the waterline, seawater poured in, and the three-masted sail tilted several degrees!

"Turn to the 3 o'clock direction and regain distance from the pirates." Seeing that he still couldn't sink the opponent this time, the lieutenant colonel also knew that with a hit rate of less than 2%, it was impossible to sink the opponent in one round; but

The opponent has been greatly defeated and will be unable to play any role in the subsequent battle.

"Catch up! The other side has fired saturation fire. They can't fire any more!" Christopher Meinings saw that all the ships were stunned by the two rounds of saturation fire from the Sea Pearl. He couldn't help but scream angrily. He naturally knew

The current hit rate of the Sea Pearl is ridiculously high, with three hits out of 26, but full-side exposure and saturation firing of chain bombs are all related. If the three-masted sail had not underestimated the enemy and made a grand horizontal tangent, how could it have been hit?

Beaten like this? Besides, this large sailing ship is the size of a Tier 2 battleship and has the firepower of a Tier 3 battleship. Two salvos like this can't sink a three-masted sail with a displacement of 300 tons. What's so scary about it?

The four three-masted sails followed again, because the Sea Pearl changed its course to due east, and its speed dropped from 5 knots to 3.5 knots. Although the sails were immediately raised to cut the wind, it only reached 4 knots, so soon the four three-masted sails were

The square sail and three sloops soon entered within 1,800 feet of the Sea Pearl, and soon launched an attack on the Sea Pearl with the bow gun!

"Be careful to evade!" the adjutant shouted loudly, but the lieutenant colonel ordered: "No need to evade, turn to starboard to face the enemy, lower the sails, and prepare for two salvos!"

"This...is, turn to starboard to face the enemy, lower the sails, and prepare for two salvos!" the adjutant ordered loudly.

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"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, the Sea Pearl is just a merchant ship. It cannot withstand the power of an 18-pounder gun!" Alejandro shouted loudly.

"I know better than you, Mr. Alejandro, I am also on the ship." The lieutenant colonel's face was expressionless. Four shells fired by four ships wanted to hit a ship 1,800 feet away? Besides, even if

Crisp, it is also a 50-meter big boat. Even if all four shots are fired, it may not be able to sink, because it is only 18 pounds...

"Approach at full speed! We can't engage in an artillery battle with it, we are bringing small cannons!" Christopher Meinings's face suddenly changed. In order to facilitate the smooth battle, each three-masted sail only has one bow.

The 18-pound guns and the 20 18-pound guns on the second deck, and other gun positions have been replaced by rapid-fire guns. Now there are only 10 18-pound guns on one side, and the salvo can only be 5 guns. The four ships add up to only 20 guns.

It's less than twice as strong as the opponent, and the Sea Pearl is at least five times as strong as them. Although the opponent is not a battleship, I am neither...

"Pay attention to avoidance!" People on other ships naturally understood this truth. They could only grit their teeth and raise the full sail to the nearly stationary Sea Pearl, and launched a desperate charge against the volley of chain bombs!

Sure enough, all four shells fired by the armed merchant ship missed, but 25 of the 26 chain shells fired by the Sea Pearl also missed. Only one shot hit the port side of a three-masted sail, cutting an incision, killing and wounding

Five or six sailors.

"Continue to turn." The lieutenant colonel said expressionlessly: "Close the gun windows and prepare to pick up the ship."

"Yes!" He knew that all the chain ammunition on the ship had been used up, and the adjutant also knew that sooner or later he would have to fire the gun.

"The sloop is approaching, we must not let them turn and continue firing!" Seeing that the Sea Pearl turned without emotion and prepared to continue firing with port firepower, Christopher Meinings also looked anxiously: "The sloop is approaching.

The sail was ready to shoot at the opponent's gun window to cause a fatal explosion, and other ships began to surround it!"

Almost as soon as the dhow approached, the lieutenant colonel gave the order to activate the rapid-fire cannon and start strafing the pirate ship! For a pirate ship, 1,500 feet is only a 2-minute journey, and with the plan to pick up the ship, there is no distance to keep.

Meaning, when the Sea Pearl started to shoot three single-masted clippers with its rapid-fire cannon, the furthest three-masted sail was also within the 300-meter range of the rapid-fire cannon!

"You Frenchman who deserves to go to the eighteenth level of hell! I curse you to be baked in the fire of hell forever after your death!" Christopher Meinings was shocked. A single-masted sailboat was only equipped with four rapid-fire guns, and now at sea

The single-side firepower of the Pearl has reached 20 rapid-fire guns! What's even more terrifying is that each of the Pearl's rapid-fire guns is equipped with twice as many sub-cannons, which can fire 8 rounds of grapeshot at a time! And even more terrifying

What made him vomit blood was that as soon as the 20 artillery pieces in front stopped firing, the other 20 rapid-fire cannons had already opened fire on the two nearby Brigantines!

"Counterattack! Counterattack!" Christopher Menings ordered with red eyes: "Turn to the broadside, aim at the Sea Pearl, and sink it!"

"It's too close. If it explodes, none of us can escape!" the first mate said with a sad face. This is less than two hundred meters away. The Sea Pearl that exploded can at least bring everything within the nearest 300 meters with it.

Go to the sea!

"Retreat! We failed." Although he was unwilling to give up, Christopher Menings gritted his teeth and gave up the idea of ​​dying with the opponent. After all, he did not come all the way to give up his life.

"Bring me the port rapid-fire cannons that don't need to be fired immediately!" Seeing that the other party still wanted to run, the lieutenant colonel immediately ordered: "Fire all the rapid-fire cannons for me. You can only fire eight rounds in a row. It's impossible."

Exploded!"

"Da da da..." Christopher Meinings took a three-masted sail as the flagship and watched from a distance as the Sea Pearl poured out firepower, directly destroying the other three three-masted sails and the three sloops.

I was beaten until I was paralyzed, and I knew even with my eyes closed that there was probably no one alive...

"Set all the ships on fire and chase!" After all the rapid-fire cannons ceased firing, the lieutenant colonel ordered again. But it was obvious that it was impossible to catch up with a Spanish galleon that was sailing at only four knots in the wind.

The three-masted sail with a speed of up to 6 knots, and after venting his anger and sinking the paralyzed three-masted sail, the lieutenant colonel gave the order: "Pass the flag, the Sea Pearl is out of danger, and the Seagull is

Taking over the command of the flagship, the Sea Pearl will leave the queue and return to Spain first."

"Yes." The adjutant quickly went to make arrangements. After the Seagull raised the flagship flag and replied that the Sea Pearl would leave the queue and return to Spain first, the Sea Pearl turned to the northeast and continued to head to Spain according to the established route...

"What kind of artillery are these? Mr. Major, they are too powerful." After the war, Mr. Alejandro grabbed the major's adjutant and started asking.

"The kingdom has placed a large order for the nine-pound rapid-fire cannon produced by the French. As long as it is willing, every Spanish ship can be equipped with such weapons, so that in the future, no pirate ships can rob Spain's wealth in the Caribbean!
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