Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 215 Deathwing, Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road

There are only a few dozen people on this island, including the organizers of the bloody ceremony and young natives who have just reached adulthood, who still have some fighting power.

Faced with the sudden disaster, I was already at a loss as to what to do.

They all subconsciously gathered near the temple, wanting to hold out until the ceremony was over and wait for the tribesmen from other islands to rescue them.

It was just right for the pirates to easily take over.

Compared with normal Taino people, this group of headhunters living on the edge of the "celestial circulation" are short in stature, probably only as tall as teenagers.

Moreover, her skin was dark, her hair was slightly curly, and her face was painted with strange white oil paint.

The inherited witchcraft system is also somewhat different from the mainstream beast spirit warriors in the Bantaan Islands.

In other words, the Bantaan Islands mainly use various animal spirits, and they are human ghosts of various identities.

[Head reduction] is one of the most common carriers.

At this time, each of these survivors of the plague who had not yet died had a string of shriveled human heads shrunk to the size of a fist hanging around their necks.

After entering combat state, all the heads opened their eyes, flashing ghost lights, and adding their own strength to their masters.

"The spirit told me that these outsiders brought the disease. They are white-skinned devils!"

"Kill them!"

"Ow Oo"

The headhunting natives roared intimidatingly and rushed towards the pirates marching in formation, each holding a blowpipe made of human bones.

clang!
Alfred, who was standing at the front of the musketeers, chopped off a poisoned dart that was shot at him with a knife.

Looking at these headhunters who had obviously never seen the power of muskets and who were rushing towards him foolishly without dodging, a bloodthirsty grin appeared on his face.

"Three shots, fire!"

boom!boom!boom!boom!
Smoke billowed and blazing fire instantly covered the entire battlefield.

Even though the accuracy of these muzzle-loading smoothbore rifles is very impressive, the volley fire is enough to increase the hit rate to 100%.

In an instant, blood and brain matter splattered everywhere, and screams and wails were everywhere.

But most of the surviving headhunters are extraordinary people who master black magic.

In particular, there is no shortage of skilled second-level warriors among the tribal leaders who are responsible for organizing the ceremony.

He also has extraordinary skills such as "human head substitute", "skull shield", and witchcraft props.

After two rounds of three-stage shooting, there were still two or three people who rushed to the front of the team.

"Put on the bayonets and stab them to death!"

The pirates immediately pulled out sharp bayonets from their leather holsters and put them on the muzzles of their guns.

In fact, the bayonet had just appeared in the Old World and had not yet become popular in the Bantaan Islands thousands of kilometers away.

Moreover, the original version directly put the bayonet into the muzzle of the gun, which prevented the gun from being fired, so its practicality was limited.

The version used by this group of Byron's pirates was an improved version pioneered by him, with the bayonet installed outside the muzzle so that it could be used at both long and short distances.

He named it: sleeve bayonet.

A modified bayonet with a blade length of 32 cm is powerful enough to pierce the chest of two adult men.

"Brothers, His Excellency Sea Hunter is currently forming his own guard, the Deathwing.

Whether you can be selected and receive the best treatment in the company depends on your performance. "

"Give it to me, stab—!"

"Roar! Stab!"

Aren’t they training hard just for today?
Their mission this time is not only to seize the crystal skull, but also to test the training results of the new combat tactics.

One by one, they stabbed the incoming enemies with their muskets.

[Blood Red Whiskey] had no intention of taking any action, and just watched the musketeers perform quietly.

"Captain is truly a military genius."

The transition from matchlock to flintlock was only a few years old, and the bayonet was even earlier.

Many people who are now in the tide of the times have not yet realized that the combination of flintlocks and bayonets will soon trigger a drastic change in military tactics.

What triggered this round of military changes was not only the relatively sophisticated-looking flintlock bolt, but also the inconspicuous bayonet that seemed to have little technical content.

Even though it was so insignificant that Byron was not even rewarded with a [Holy Relic].

Today, the privateering fleet is well-trained. Every pirate officer has received personal training from Byron and is well aware of the five major advantages of the flintlock musket team equipped with a bayonet.

Byron's speech once again rang in Alfred's ears:

“First, the muskets all carry open flames. If you are too close, you are likely to get burned, or even cause the gunpowder on your comrades to explode.

There must be at least one person between them, and they cannot form a dense formation.

Flintlock rifles have no open flames, which greatly improves safety. They can be fired at very close range, forming a steel wall of bullets and rain of gunfire."

“Secondly, the matchlock gun has no power in hand-to-hand combat, and it is necessary to deploy additional spearmen on both sides for protection, which wastes most of the combat power.

A legion of a thousand men only has five hundred men in long-range combat and five hundred men in close combat.

The flintlock rifle is equipped with a bayonet, so one person can be both a musketeer and a pikeman. When shooting from a distance, he can be a legion of a thousand men; when fighting in close combat, he can still be a legion of a thousand men.

One person has two purposes, and the combat power is greatly increased! "

"Third, the distance between the musket formations was too large. If they were faced with a fierce enemy force, they would often be dispersed and unable to hold their positions.

The flintlock rifle is equipped with a bayonet, which can be used for volley fire at a distance or for forming a gun formation at close range. The formation is tight and there is no fear even in close combat.

There is no room for soldiers to be afraid and run away.”

"The fourth point is that the matchlock musket is used in conjunction with melee arms, and the system is complex, requiring a wide range of tactics. The flintlock musket and bayonet are used in the same arms, and the tactics are much simpler, and the quality requirements for musketeers will be greatly reduced.

Moreover, after the command system is unified, even if the soldiers and generals are separated, it will not affect the combat effectiveness of the musketeers.

Ensure that the top leaders firmly hold the military power. "

Last but not least.

“In the matchlock era, musketeers worked with melee soldiers, which made training extremely difficult.

It is normal to spend two or three years to build a qualified team.

However, the flintlock rifle was equipped with a bayonet, so there were not many tactics and variations. Even a peasant who could not read a single word only needed to spend a few months practicing the formation and could go directly to the battlefield.

It is possible to achieve military growth in the shortest possible time, allowing a country's human resources to be continuously transformed into war potential.

As long as the war starts, we can send a million more troops at any time!"

This new method of warfare can be described using the military tactics that Byron had read in his previous life:
"The brave cannot go first, and the cowardly cannot go behind. Spears are thrusting at us, spears are thrusting back, knives are slashing at us, and we are killing them all at once. They are just rushing in together, and it is difficult to even turn around. How can we move left or right?"

In his previous life, he always saw foreign movies and TV shows where large armies were fighting.

There wasn't even any formation, they just mixed together and fought against each other in a mess. Whoever killed the other side first would be the winner?
Is that a war or a gang fight?

Without the corresponding advanced organizational capabilities, how could we fight the wars involving millions of people as recorded in your history books?

In a legion battle in a low-magic world, where is the space for so-called experts to display their talents?

Only when personnel, equipment and tactics are matched with each other can the ruling power of "the way of gathering the people" be truly exerted.

It's like following this training model pioneered by Byron, you can easily form an army by just grabbing some criminals, bankrupts, and vagrants, and it doesn't affect the combat effectiveness at all.

If such a guard army, which is essentially a musketeer corps, is equipped with Azik's skeleton gold coins, it will be the real [Deathwing]!

So what if we are lined up for execution?
Come on, come on, let us die first as a sign of respect, and you can do as you please.

"kill--!"

At this moment, the exploding human heads thrown by the headhunters at close range were suddenly blown away by the strong wind created by the Eagle Spirit Warriors.

Then the natives ran headlong into what was not an adjective, a hail of bullets.

Wave after wave, witchcraft can block one shot, but it can't block ten or a hundred shots.

Almost in the blink of an eye, he was stabbed into a sieve.

The one with the most gorgeous headdress, probably the leader, looked at [Blood Red Whiskey] Alfred who was strolling towards him.

There was not much fear of death on his face, he just pleaded with difficulty:
"Outsiders, when you eat me, I hope you can follow our tradition and eat my internal organs raw.

Let my soul ascend to heaven."

The language used on the island belongs to the same language family as the Tanya language, and the native pirates from the Tanya city-state can barely understand it.

Immediately stepped forward to act as an interpreter.

Just like what the intelligence said, the headhunters here not only hunt heads, but also have the tradition of cannibalism.

There was no cemetery at all on the nearby islands, because they would eat not only their enemies but also their dead relatives.

Enemies give you strength, but your loved ones are with you!
Upon hearing his request, the Eagle Warrior from Taya City-State, who was acting as an interpreter, waved his hand quickly:
“No, no, no, we are at war, you understand?

The last time the two overlords fought in the Bantaan Islands, thousands of people were killed in the battle between the two sides. "

The headhunter leader obviously didn't understand what he said:
"Can you feed so many people in one meal? Or are you picky eaters who only eat offal?"

[Eagle Warrior] couldn't help but continue to correct him:
"We are not like you barbarians. We only fight and at most offer sacrifices, but we do not eat humans."

Hearing this, the headhunter leader widened his eyes and said with anger:

“Not eating?!
Do you kill people just for fun? You are too barbaric! Hehehe"

When he found out that his death was totally worthless, he was so angry that he couldn't catch his breath and died on the spot.

Alfred waved his hand:
"Don't waste any bodies on the ground. Collect all those that have been dead for less than an hour."

Others don't eat it, but we in the Bloodthirsty Order do.

"Yes, Captain."

The pirate officers behind him with green light in their eyes took a step forward and spread out their left hands. In their palms was the mark of the [Blood Holy Grail].

Blood light bloomed, transforming all the fresh corpses on the ground into high-quality [Transmutation Blood].

Now that Alfred had found the Pioneer Colonial Trading Company as his backer, and had become the Knight in the right hand of King Byron, he had the capital to make a living.

There was even hope of defeating the "Giant Insect Book Sect" and taking back the Bloodthirsty Cult.

Naturally, he reabsorbed those losers of the "Bloody Mary Faction" into his own team, and quickly became a pirate officer by relying on Captain 721's fission mode.

"Captain, we found the skull."

Soon, the assassins found the crystal skull No. 12 [North Star God] that Byron specifically requested from the temple filled with shriveled human heads.

Delivered to Alfred.

Thanks to the proper use of tactics and the overwhelming advantage of the musket formation training method, there were basically no casualties in their team.

Returned successfully with a full load.

However, their good luck ended there.

When the group arrived at the seaside with their spoils, they suddenly discovered that another foreign warship had also arrived in the sea area.

And it was heading towards them at high speed.

The exaggerated red, yellow and white paint makes it easy to identify the other party's identity even from more than ten nautical miles away.

It was the Circus, the fourth-class ship that was the flagship of the Bone-Eating Clown Koraskin, who had come to the vicinity in pursuit of the treasure of the "Treasure Island"!
(End of this chapter)