Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 469 Black Sail Pirates, Extras Enter the Water

The sound of horse hooves echoed on the sea.

Everyone on the Golden Deer saw clearly that the Numa Nan Dan had turned its ship around and charged towards them, and that many horse legs had grown under the belly of the ship.

Breaking through the waves and running like the wind, in the blink of an eye it reached an astonishing speed of 13 knots.

This is the speed achieved under headwind conditions. It is hard to imagine how fast it can run under the most suitable "backwind" conditions.

As it rushed forward at a rapid speed, it followed the general rules of warship combat to seize the upper hand, preparing to create the greatest combat advantage for itself.

Byron had already read a small part of the information about the female captain through divine vision and the logbook:
“Don Quixote?
He was actually a big shot from the central part of Castile.

If Princess Isabella can be successfully crowned king in the future, this contemporary Don Quixote will definitely be one of the new king's right hands.

Unfortunately, you are still not fast enough in front of the Golden Deer!
Order: Head to the wind! Let's practice with this ship, the Numantan.

Later, each of you will submit a combat experience report to me, which will serve as a reference for formulating tactics for looting treasure warships."

Regardless of the pirate officers' grief, he gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, activated the [Ride] spiritual glow, and instantly merged with the entire warship.

At the same time, he changed his breathing rhythm, and the dragon taming skills he had practiced on his sister resonated with the entire battleship.

The sea breeze roared in, and [Storm Halo], [Storm Wings], and [Command Storm Spirits] were added layer by layer to the Golden Deer.

Due to the special effect of "seeing the faster ship", the Golden Deer was originally faster than the opponent. After obtaining various benefits, it seemed to have become an elf in the wind.

Even though it couldn't return the battleship's gravity to zero like the Son of Storm and fly directly into the sky, it helped it reach a speed of 20 knots, or 37 kilometers per hour.

It is so light that it doesn't look like a battleship, but rather like a small boat.

"So fast!"

"That ship that looks like it's made of pure gold is unique. I can't be wrong. It's the Golden Deer, the flagship of the Sea Hunter Saint Byron!"

"It's him? Hastings and Castile are fighting. This is going to be exciting."

Under the gaze of countless Castilians, pirates and privateers who were watching the fun, the Golden Hind seized the upper hand with the ease of a matador playing with a bull.

Although because the main power source of the [Numa Nan Dan Hao] is not wind, the tactical action of seizing the "T" prefix was not realized.

Instead, the situation entered into a stalemate, with broadsides facing broadsides, in complete tit-for-tat mode.

The Golden Deer is not afraid at all.

Then, the two warships moved towards each other, like two knights charging at each other, approaching each other quickly.

"Gunner, double fire, artillery range extension, fire!"

Byron waved his hand, and the carronade, which had a maximum range of only one kilometer and an effective range of only one hundred meters, opened fire first.

On the open deck, the gunnery officer Wyandotte, who was assisting with the calibration, shouted in unison: "Fire!"

boom! boom! boom! boom!
The orange-red flames surged, 20 18-pound caron shells and two 32-pound caron shells drew a blazing line of fire in the air and accurately hit the enemy ship 200 meters away.

[Don Quixote] The huge figure riding on the boat waved the lance in his hand, rolling up the sea water to form a water curtain to block the incoming 18-pound cannonball.

But it failed to stop the 32-pound shells enchanted by the storm weapon.

A gun port on the side was hit by bullets one after another. Countless fragments swept across the entire gun position, and the six gunners in the entire gun crew were instantly shot into sieves.

Although this distance was still not within the effective range of the Romaines, Jeanna Don Quixote could not help but give the order:

"Fight back, fire!"

As the artillery fire roared, she also launched her strongest trump card: "Ridiculous, ridiculous."

The surging white waves in the first circulation zone immediately formed a formation, followed the shells, and pounced on the Golden Deer on the opposite side.

A ladder attack is obviously necessary.

The shells outside the effective range of the first round were scattered all over the place, and the few shells that landed on the warships were easily blown away by a gust of wind, and did not cause much damage to the Golden Deer at all.

The real drama is the waves.

A huge wave suddenly rose up, and the white waves on the crest turned into countless wave knights riding white horses and holding lances in front of Byron and his party.

Then they galloped on their horses, riding the several-meter-high waves and launching a charge of the Knights towards the Golden Hind.

Rumble.
When thousands of horses gallop, even the sea is shaking.

"Oh, it's so fancy."

Just like the strategy for dealing with a tsunami at sea, when facing big waves you must aim the bow at the crest of the wave and rush through it in one breath.

If the broadside was used to withstand the large waves, the center of gravity would inevitably shift, causing the ship to capsize, repeating the tragedy of the King Edward.

This is what Byron thought and did.

"Everyone hold on to the cables!"

He commanded the strong wind to assist him, and used the Golden Hind's hard teak bottom to crush those weak wave knights in one breath.

After passing the crest of the wave, the second big wave had already rolled up and the [Numa Nandan] followed closely. The large number of Marines on the ship were ready to cast hooks, while others held on to the ropes.

Jeanne Don Quixote's new order was issued: "Everyone is ready to board the ship!"

Byron and his crew had already fought with Castilian adventure ships many times. The May Wind, the Black Coffin, and the Thirteen Warriors had all sunk into the sea.

This was their first time to fight against the regular army.

But Byron was a graduate of the Royal Naval College, Hattings, and had knowledge of the navies of various countries.

The sailing ship shapes, armaments, and tactics of the navies of many maritime powers are all different.

The most typical example of the Kingdom of Castile is the "Invincible Armada".

It is never the fleet that is invincible, but the Marine Corps!
Because the large galleons with tall towers of the Kingdom of Castile had relatively poor maneuverability and its industrial strength was mediocre, the range and stability of its artillery were not particularly outstanding.

However, relying on the spices accumulated over nearly a hundred years, they have built the world's best marine corps and the largest number of extraordinary people.

They are best at fighting boarding battles using the style of naval siege warfare, and they are always victorious in their tactics.

Instead, the "battle line tactics" that was very popular in the Kingdom of Hastings was abandoned by them.

This time, [Numa Nan Dan Hao] is obviously also preparing to rely on [Ridiculous Ridiculous]'s ability to control the situation and fight the boarding battle that they are best at.

The two sides were getting closer and closer.

However, Byron discovered that the puppet strings on the bow of his ship and the bow of the flagship of the Treasure Fleet suddenly stopped vibrating.

This means that the power to interfere with fate has stopped. "Huh? What's going on? The puppet king's interference with fate ends here?"

Byron thought that the Puppet King's goal was to create a conflict between him and the Treasure Fleet, but he didn't know that the 6 points of influence shaken by the [Probability Dice] had actually been exhausted.

Shrugging nonchalantly:

"It just so happens that I didn't want to fight the Castilians to the death for no reason. I just wanted to test their fighting style and collect intelligence.

Gunner, teach them a lesson, knock out the foreshortening, and we'll retreat."

Wyandotte, who had become the descendant of Byron [Midnight Demon], immediately responded:

"Yes, Captain."

He took out the holy relic [First Matchlock] that Violet had eliminated and aimed at the opponent's bowsprit.

Effect: "Only one projectile can be fired at a time, but the fired projectile can bend and dodge in the air at will according to the shooter's will.

Only after at least ten attacks, or after striking ten targets, will the power gradually decrease and eventually run out of energy."

Every warship has a "bow spline" extending diagonally upward and forward from the bow of the ship.

Use multiple cables to make an "8" shape back and forth between the bowsprit and the openings on the waveboard, and then tie them together at the waist of the "8" to secure all the cables.

These are called "foreshortens", the most important part of the sail structure supporting the entire sail of a warship, and also the most important part when operating a sailboat.

Because all the front stays of a warship actually transfer all the tension to the bowsprit.

If the bowsprit or its supporting cables can be broken during the battle, there is a certain chance that the enemy ship's mast will collapse, and the ship's maneuverability will be completely or mostly lost.

In a normal artillery battle, it is extremely difficult to hit the target, but for Wyandotte, an artillery expert holding the "first matchlock gun", it is not a difficult task.

boom!
A bullet flew out, and the ammonite snail that had been lurking underwater for a long time fired dozens of water guns at the same time to cause interference.

Before Jeanna Don Quixote could react, ten consecutive attacks easily broke the fixed knot of the front support rope, and the mast on the ship immediately began to shake violently.

The officers on the ship who were preparing to board the ship immediately became furious:
"Oh no! Quick, tighten the ropes, riggers, repair the sails."

After a panic, when they looked up again, the Golden Deer had already sailed away.

And no one noticed that a raven flapped its wings and quietly landed on the mast of the "Rumatan".

Then it crouched there like a gargoyle, not moving at all.

“No matter what the Puppet King wants me to do, it will not prevent me from carrying out my established plan.

The raven, who can freely travel through the three worlds and see through everything, can crack the [key to the treasure ship] with a high probability by combining the entry [I don’t eat beef].

Since we have encountered the Treasure Fleet in advance under the arrangement of the Puppet King, we certainly cannot miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"Hit the eye! You must hit the eye hard!"

When Byron was driving Xiaowo to start the next vortex transmission, [Divine Vision] inadvertently sent the images of other ships in the nearby sea to his eyes.

There are two pirate ships that are obviously from the pirate city of Black Sail Port, and their captains are particularly eye-catching.

The first one is [Captain Goat] Alex.

Legend has it that this was an unconventional person who kept a boatload of goats as pets.

He also treasured a holy relic called the Golden Fleece. Wearing the Golden Fleece would keep one young forever, but it would also turn one into a sheep and one would be able to live only as a sheep.

However, once you take off the wool and live as a human, you will lose the effect of eternal youth and slowly age.

If he didn't have the powerful strength of the fourth level, just a rumor would have attracted the interest of many big shots.

The other is [One-eyed Owl] Pierce.

He is extremely decisive and eccentric, extremely arrogant, and equally cruel to himself and others.

How cruel can this person be?
It is said that before he left his hometown to make a living, his mother told him: "Money is hard to earn, and feces is hard to eat."

The one-eyed owl drank the whole bowl without saying a word, proving that he had the courage to make a lot of money and do great things!
Therefore, in addition to the "One-eyed Owl", there is another title of "Dung Eater".

Both of them are fourth-level pirate warlords, and both of them own a large pirate fleet.

The "First Gyre" has always been the traditional hunting ground for the pirate town of Black Sail Harbor in the Bahamas.

Although there has not been a second fifth-level pirate king since the departure of the Whale Hunter, it is difficult to integrate into a unified force.

But there are five or six fourth-level pirate warlords.

As extraordinary beings of the Lighthouse Sequence, many of them had previously followed the first echelon to explore the Broken Islands.

With the opening of new sea routes to the southern continent, the Old Continent increased its investment in pirates, and there were more and more merchant ships and whaling ships. The pirates' sources of wealth also increased significantly, and some pirate warlords naturally began to return.

These two are two of them.

Seeing them, Byron's eyes flickered:
“Speaking of which, can we drag these guys down with us when we plunder the treasure fleet this time?

Although the requirement for promotion to the fourth rank is to win a large-scale fleet battle, there is no requirement to fight head-on.

I will pull Black Sail Port into the water, wait for them to fight to a draw, then I will jump out and give them a thief-on-thief advantage.

Maybe, after the promotion, she could swallow up Black Sail Port together with Violet, the Taiwanese princess.

Treasure Fleet, wealth, promotion ceremony, Black Sail Port, I want them all!"

He raised his hand and another raven flew towards them.

Byron's understanding of fate was obviously too superficial.

He felt that the actions of the Puppet King were somewhat anticlimactic.

It’s simply because his purpose is the same as that of the Puppet King. As long as he appears at the key time and in the key place, things will naturally go according to the predetermined script.

The fate of all beings is like a big net.

Don't panic if you're just a little bit caught, you still have a chance to escape slowly. If you struggle hard, the prey will become tighter and tighter, and the hunter and the prey will attract each other.

Through the accumulation of events and twists of fate, more than two months is enough time for the "Puppet King" to lead Plan No. 2 into the set script.

However, in this [Secret: Crisis of the Treasure Fleet, Historical Influence 28], Byron himself is one of the creators of the crisis.

It is still unknown who will win in the end.

(End of this chapter)