Scene 276 The melee at sea (5)
"Hurry! Hurry up! Ghost ship... Ghost ship is about to catch up!"
The pirate captain who was commanding a pirate ship to escape wildly, looked at the two ships "Storm" and "Black Thorn" behind him in horror, and shouted at the minions on the deck in his greatest voice.
"Take off the crossbow! There are crossbow arrows, throw away all the heavy things for me! Throw them away!"
Frightened by the terrifying firepower of modern warships, terrified as a group of hysterical mice, pirates finally knew what to do.
They found the axe as fast as possible, cut off all the mortise and tenon of the fixed crossbow, and then worked together to push the heavy crossbow into the sea.
Then came the same heavy crossbow arrows and various debris on the ship.
However, although the pirates have begun to abandon Tamsui, the most precious material for sailing on the sea, the two monster warships chasing them behind show no sign of getting farther away, but instead chase them closer and closer!
The first mate lay on the stern of the boat, and his whole body was as limp as mud, and he kept wailing with a sad face.
"No... we can't escape... we can't escape... we will be burned into black charcoal by the demon fire!"
The pirate captain rushed up and kicked the first mate in the face, and said angrily: "Go to work quickly! Let's turn!"
"Steer?" The first mate who was kicked was still a little confused. He didn't know what the captain meant, "But the current direction is the most fully utilized and the fastest speed!"
"Idiot! We are just a ship after we leave the team, and there is a large fleet next to it. Where do you think the ghost ship will chase??"
The first mate was suddenly scolded and woke up. Although the other party might divide his troops, at least they still have a certain chance of escaping!?
If you keep going like this, you will definitely be caught up. If you gamble, you will still have the possibility of escaping. So why not gamble?
The energetic first mate jumped up suddenly, waved his whip and whipped the minions who were crying with their heads beside him.
"Everything is done for me, you bed bugs! If anyone dares to be lazy, I will cut off his legs!"
Soon, the pirates' escape fleet split, and a ship broke out from the formation and began to turn.
The other pirates on the ship cursed at the behavior of these guys. Of course, the reason they did this was not because the other party escaped from the formation, but because they actually took the lead!
However, before the pirate captain and the first mate were proud for a few minutes, a water column suddenly rose in front of the pirate ship!
"Why does this water column feel a little familiar..."
The pirate captain suddenly remembered in shock that the water column was the one I saw around the pirate ship besieging the "Yunsong" before!
But...the two ghost ships are obviously far away from me, how could they launch an attack at such a long distance!?
Well, even if it is their attack, there must be no accuracy at this distance. Their shot just now must be confused!
"That's right! It must be fooled!"
The pirate captain shouted loudly to give himself courage, but the moment he opened his mouth, a shell exploded on the sea less than five meters away from the pirate ship!
The splashed sea water poured the pirate captain through, and even a small fish happened to penetrate into his mouth...
If it is luck to hit the sea surface not far from the bow of the ship, then hitting the same area one after another is definitely a proof of strength.
The explosions that rang out on the sea in front of the bow forced the pirates to recognize the reality - the two ghost ships obviously had the ability to destroy them from a long distance, and this attack that only hits the front and does not hit the boat clearly warned them to give up the idea of escaping.
The pirate captain sighed dejectedly: "Change, lower the sails, raise the cloth bags, we surrender..."
There was a dead silence on the pirate ship, no one spoke, everyone was just silently executing the captain's orders, which was an option that everyone was unwilling to choose, because when they did this, it was equivalent to handing over their lives to the enemy.
It would be fine if they were private soldiers of the nobles. They could pay for themselves and they could usually find a job with the enemy even if they had no money.
But pirates...hehe...
No one cares about the fate of a group of pirates. Living and dying is only in the thoughts of the winner.
If there is still a choice, the pirates will never be willing to surrender, but now there is really no choice!
The pirate ship, which had completely given up and had lowered most of the sails and only retained basic control capabilities, floated quietly on the sea, watching the two ships "Storm" and "Black Thorn" quickly sailed over a hundred meters away from him.
Before, the pirates only saw the battle between the Storm and the Black Thorn from afar, and did not really see these two terrifying warships that were beyond their imagination.
And now, they finally saw what ship defeated them.
That is the steel warship that only appears in dreams!
The whole ship was covered with ferocious steel, and it kept spitting out smoke when it was driving, and the mysterious weapon roared like thunder when it opened fire... If it weren't for seeing living people walking around on it, it would be a veritable ghost ship!
Who would have thought that steel could float on the water!? This can be said to be a miracle!
But if it is really possible, which captain doesn't want to own one? Which sailor doesn't want to be one of the above?
A thick layer of steel armor is enough to turn the heavy weapon crossbows, the main naval battle, into waste!
However, the monster warships in front of them are not just wearing a layer of steel armor, they are also very fast!
There were no sails, not even paddlings, and the hull was made of deadly steel, but God knew how these ghost ships could run so fast! They were faster than their own small fast sailboat that was almost empty! Even after they threw things like crossbows into the sea, they were still quickly chased by the other party!
Super strong defense and desperate speed. Any ship can run rampant on the sea with these two items, but those two ghost ships actually have unparalleled attack power!
Being able to accurately hit at a distance of four or five times beyond the range of the crossbow cannon will not only hit, but the power of each attack is comparable to the power of a mid-level fire magician, which makes the opponent unable to survive!
The three most important indicators of a warship are all crushing advantages, so strong that people can't even have the slightest idea of resistance!
Looking at the dragon-ring flag flying on the ghost ship not far away, the pirate captain suddenly remembered the news that someone had heard in the bar a while ago as a joke.
Chapter completed!