Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 481 Black Sail: You have the Great Wall on the Sea, I will burn your camps (6300)

"Oh no, it's pirates--!!!"

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

"How could pirates appear here?
[The treasure ship's key] has never been broken by anyone. All the unexpected losses in the past few decades were caused by natural disasters. How could three dignified fifth-level secret keepers leak the secret?"

But no matter how unbelievable the sailors were, the pirate fleet that was getting closer and closer made it impossible for them to deceive themselves anymore.

Standing on the deck and looking towards the windward position, all I can see is.
Black sails! Black sails!
There were endless black sails and black pirate flags, densely packed to the end of the field of vision, and together they were much more numerous than the Treasure Fleet.

Although most of them were sloops that did not even have the ability to sail on the ocean, they were just "third-class disabled" dwarfs in front of their large galleons.

But even a large number of ants can kill an elephant, let alone a group of vicious pirates?
clang!clang!clang!
The alarm bells on major ships rang loudly with unprecedented intensity, spreading far across the entire sea area.

What is more turbulent than the alarm bells is the hearts of the Castilian people.

Perhaps the sailors and marines who can serve in the Treasure Fleet are all carefully selected elites.

However, they are protected by the special effects of the title that can help them avoid fighting to the greatest extent. God knows how long it has been since they last dealt with pirates with real weapons, and how much strength they have left.

Forgetting about war will lead to danger. Use it and then lose it. This is the law of nature and it cannot be changed by human will.

In fact, [Beast Killer] Wycliffe was also extremely shocked and angry about the failure of the "key".

I have no idea why the situation of such an ordinary routine mission suddenly took a turn for the worse and eventually turned out like this.

His sister Katarina beside him also had an unpleasant expression on her face, and couldn't help but wonder if something had gone wrong among the kingdom's top leaders.

"Those pirates were clearly well prepared. They probably set up a siege here a few days in advance, just waiting for us to get in.

There is a high probability that the [information black box] was leaked during transportation.

There may be some conspiracy here that we don't know about.

Others may not know, but we know best that there is not only His Majesty's [Right Hand of the King] hiding in the fleet, but also the 'Poverty Knights' that the princess found. Now that something unexpected has happened, then they..."

But Wycliffe raised his hand to interrupt:

“We’ll determine what the problem is once we get back safely.

With my father as the guardian of the kingdom, even His Majesty must give an explanation to the Dibo family. Let's kill these pirates first."

Catalina regained her composure and said angrily, somewhat unwillingly:

"I understand. The unbroken record of the Treasure Fleet must not end in our hands."

Soon, the voice of Fleet Commander [Giant Beast Killer] Wycliffe Dibo resounded throughout the fleet, giving everyone a backbone:

“Don’t panic, even if the lock and key fail unexpectedly, the swords and guns in our hands will not fail!

As long as the Great Wall of the Sea deployed by the [Niucheng] is there, our Kingdom of Castile will always be number one in the world in any naval siege.

Order: Everyone take up combat positions, all guns load up ammunition, and if the pirate ship gets close, hit it hard!
If anyone dares to desert the battlefield, I guarantee that he will not even have the chance to be court-martialed."

The captains of the ships responded one after another:

"As you command, Commander."

There are no absolutely civilian ships among ocean-going merchant ships. At least they have to be at the level of "armed merchant ships" to be qualified to set foot in the first circulation belt.

This is even more true of the Treasure Fleet, where even the most common cargo ships are large galleons with a displacement of nearly one thousand tons.

After installing the artillery, the firepower will not be much inferior to that of the conventional level 5 ship, and the equipment is enough to crush the pirate ship.

Each of these armed merchant ships, equipped with artillery and marines, is equivalent to a sea fortress.

In addition, it is connected together by the "Great Wall of the Sea". If they can't even win the battle to defend the city, they might as well just kill themselves.

The most fortunate thing is that in order to withstand the attack of the sunfish just now, the escort warships, which have the strongest combat effectiveness, are facing the pirate fleet directly.

After recovering from the panic of the "key" failing, I finally regained some confidence.

Therefore, the Castilians did not even make any extra tactical moves to gain the upper hand, and just remained unchanged in the face of change, waiting for the pirate fleet to crash into the "city wall" on their own.

“Tsk, the Treasure Fleet is probably a typical example of a fleet that has been fighting low-intensity security battles, or even not fighting for many years.

The elite front-line troops were turned into second-rate troops that were afraid to fight pirates in the field.

Let me teach you how to fight today."

Byron had already collected the most detailed intelligence on the treasure fleet in the world through a large number of intelligence, mercenary and killer platforms he opened on the online financial street, such as "Tao Intelligence", "Bing Duoduo" and "Sha Sha Me".

It is known that the first galleon, Niucheng, is the strongest and weakest point of the entire Great Wall on the Sea.

The more galleons he has under his command, the stronger he can be.

To a certain extent, the [Niucheng] is comparable to the "Dominant Pirate Ship" of the legendary battleship [Dragon Head Ship Valhalla].

However, success or failure depends on the fleet. If the large fleet is dismembered and their formation is broken up, the Niucheng will be reduced to a commander without troops.

We can immediately successfully break the "sea siege" that the Castilians are best at, and return to the wolf pack tactics that the pirates are best at!
Thinking of this, Byron waved his hand to signal:

"Miss, Salant, the first wave of attack is left to you."

"clear."

The next moment, the main body of the dark pirate fleet collectively slowed down outside the shooting range of the treasure fleet.

However, there were more than a hundred small single-sail boats, not much bigger than rowing boats, that continued to accelerate forward.

There was no one on board except a bulging sail and a pile of oak barrels, but the speed was getting faster and faster.

However, it was the [Sea Mage] Salant who had used the power of the [Trident of Neptune] to control the nearby schools of fish, and was desperately pushing these incendiary ships underwater!
You have the Great Wall on the sea, and I have the Burning Camps.

Fire attack is a natural counter to iron chain attacks!
The sailors on the Treasure Fleet immediately understood the pirates' tactical intentions and immediately came up with targeted combat plans.

They are best at fighting naval sieges and are of course well aware of their own weaknesses.

The captains of each ship immediately ordered:

"Gun crews, load your cannons, sink them!"

boom! boom! boom! boom!
The cannon flames flickered, the smoke billowed, and countless hot projectiles rushed towards the fire ship with the momentum of a storm.

There is no shortage of [Gunnery Experts] in the fleet. Their accuracy is greatly improved when they operate the guns independently. Even when using muzzle-loading smoothbore guns, it is not difficult to hit a moving target within a hundred meters.

But under Salant's control, the school of fish immediately began to move irregularly and at high speed, leaving winding white water marks on the sea surface.

Most of the shotgun shells fired by the extraordinary gunners missed the target, and only a few of the best ones hit the incendiary ship opposite them.

If the boat was manned, it would probably be paralyzed by now.

However, the shotgun shells, which are extremely lethal to humans, have a very destructive effect on the wooden boat itself.

There are records in the naval history of various countries that ship remained unsunk despite being hit by hundreds of solid shells. It is almost impossible to accurately sink these "unmanned suicide bombers" within a limited number of shots.

Some ships dropped [Dragon Dung Potion] to scare away the fish, but unfortunately this was already the edge of the ocean current, and the potion spread extremely slowly, which was not enough to deter marine life.

Of course, in this "Great Wall of the Sea" that is more than ten kilometers long, not all warships are helpless against the "unmanned arson ships".

Among them, several captains were from the third-order Lighthouse Sequence [Navigator]. They spread their palms toward the sea and activated their third-order core professional ability [Tide Catcher].

Wow.
Ripples spread out from under the boat, and the waves were controlled by them, forming a high-speed rapids that pushed backwards.

Some strong ones could even raise huge hands from the sea and overturn schooners into the sea.

The only problem is that their numbers are too few to influence the outcome of the battle.

In the end, about one-fifth of the fish that escaped the net still managed to rush to the warship.

Under Violet's remote control, there was an explosion with a bang, and the blazing blue-white flames shot up into the sky like a savage fire dragon, instantly illuminating the entire naval battlefield under the dark clouds.

The barrels on the ship were filled with high-energy whale oil from the Leviathan whale, which would be difficult to extinguish in a short period of time.

Even though the sailors had cranked the water pumps until they started smoking, they still couldn't withstand the heat.

They could only watch as the light barrier held up by the "Great Wall of the Sea" crackled and burned. The scorching heat soon singed some of the sailors' hair, causing them to scream and retreat.

However, because they had to maintain the formation of the Great Wall on the Sea, they did not dare to escape and leave the team to sail on their own.

In that case, the captain would really be brought to a military court, and unless he was a noble, it was not entirely impossible that he would eventually be shot.

"They're all trash!"

Fleet Commander [Monster Buster] Wycliffe also discovered the problems faced by the Treasure Fleet and was determined to resume actual combat when he returned to the kingdom.

But now he had no choice but to save the situation and reached out to hit the steering wheel in front of him.

The iron-colored aura of the [Great Wall of the Sea] lit up again, and all of it was concentrated on the ships that were attacked.

After an entire fleet is connected into a whole, the spiritual power and defensive power of other warships can be mobilized to concentrate on one point to generate a force field to suppress the attacking side in the opposite direction.

Just when it seemed that the flames were about to be suppressed little by little.

Violet, who had been on standby on the Flaming Rose, suddenly curled her lips slightly and snapped her fingers.

Snapped!
A dozen frigatebirds suddenly flew down from the low clouds overhead, and swooped down on two warships whose defenses had been temporarily withdrawn, resulting in a brief power vacuum!
Countless forces have produced countless research materials over the past few decades in order to seize the Treasure Fleet, but the Treasure Fleet knows nothing about its opponents.

The Castilians were caught off guard by the flying dragon [Blood and Fire] before they could even cast [No Fly].

boom! boom! boom! boom!
Even though a few were hit by the Fortress Sequence [Musketeers] whose shots were never missed, more of them fell on the light barrier outside the ship that was too dim.

The fourth-order [Panacea]-level flesh and blood combined with [Kiss of Flame] were like a dozen high-explosive bombs of incredible power. The blazing shock wave tore through the defense barrier that had been cut twice in a row in just a moment.

The two warships selected as targets were immediately thrown into chaos, and the entire mast, sail and cable system, and superstructure were all swept away.

"Ahhh. Save me."

Only a few sailors on the lower deck had the strength to call for help, but most of them were bleeding from all seven orifices and were about to die. What was worse was that as the explosion spread, the flames rose and the fire began to spread from the two wooden sailboats to other nearby ships.

One of the ships even suffered a tragic explosion when its gunpowder magazine was ignited, and flames spread everywhere.

"Disconnect and evade immediately!"

At this point, the ships finally stopped caring about the military court and began to turn around to avoid friendly forces.

The advantage of this "Great Wall of the Sea" over the chain of iron chains is that it is not physically connected and can be dismantled at any time.

And that's exactly what Byron wanted.

They had never intended to burn down the entire fleet in one go. The treasure fleet contained cargo ships of inestimable value, and each ship was equivalent to dozens of small targets.

If it all burns out, wouldn’t it be a waste of time?

When the Treasure Fleet was in chaos and passively re-separated into its component fleet mode.

"The whole army attacks!"

Byron immediately issued the next combat order.

The treasure-hunting fleet consisting of hundreds of pirate ships was immediately divided into two parts.

One was the windward column led by the Dreadnaught, the Flaming Rose and the Bloody Hand, and the other was the leeward column led by the Golden Fleece, the Church of Dolores and the Candy House.

The two columns went straight to the fire points where the other side had no troops.

The "T" head that was supposed to be occupied by the "Great Wall of the Sea" was soon captured by the pirate fleet and split into a "卄" character.

"Fire on both sides!"

At the moment when the windward column cut across the formation and passed by the Treasure Fleet, the ghost ship [Dreadnought], which served as the flagship and lead ship, immediately opened fire at the ships on both sides.

Some of the hot shells fell into the water, while others penetrated into the bow or stern of the enemy ship from the bow or stern, causing tragic bloody accidents.

Even if the hit rate is not high when passing at high speed, it doesn't matter at all, because the [Flaming Rose], [Bloody Hand] and many pirate ships behind will also fire along.

After Byron led the "Dreadnought" to break through the enemy's formation, he did not pay any attention to the main force in the center, and immediately turned back and forward to encircle the vanguard troops.

Then, together with the [Flaming Rose] and [Bloody Hand], they hunted down the flagship of the Vanguard Fleet, the [Numadan].

After each fired a round of shotgun shells across the enemy ship's deck.

"Boarding, boarding!"

The most brutal boarding battle began as soon as the order was given.

Salant transformed himself into a "cannonball manta ray" that looked like a cannonball and drilled himself into a large-caliber short-barreled mortar on the rear deck.

Boom——!
There was a loud bang.

The next moment, accompanied by fire and smoke, he was like a real cannonball, crashing into the side gun port of the "Numa Nan Dan".

Start with a [Flash].

With unparalleled impact force, he danced into a whirlwind with the mace in his hand, crushing all the sailors along the way.

He killed his way from the right side of the ship to the left side, then rushed out from the opposite gun muzzle and jumped onto the deck in two steps.

Someone happened to ignite his anger by saying something reckless:
"Quick, kill that berserker with the mace!"

Salant immediately lifted the seal of "morality" on himself, and the heavy moral integrity fell to the ground, almost smashing through the deck.

He immediately transformed into the "Hidden Fish" that specifically attacked Chrysanthemum, and with a mace in his hand, he stirred up the endless water vapor on the sea, turning it into a high-speed rotating electric drill.

Then a series of tragic cries such as "No, no, no, ah——!" were heard on the deck.

Both the enemy and our side nearby shuddered violently.

It can be said that this move causes 100% physical trauma, and anyone hit by it will die, but it also has a splash effect, and the psychological trauma to others is as high as 1000%.

It can be considered a kind of alternative "magic damage", right?
Although Salant only knows one real witchcraft trick, [Flash], he has upgraded "melee spells" such as staff skills and physical fitness to the maximum level.

Even though it was eventually shot away by the heroic spirit of Don Quixote summoned by Captain Jeanne of the Romaines, it took the opportunity to destroy the steering wheel, causing it to lose most of its maneuverability.

Then Byron and his men immediately took the opportunity to surround them.

The fight was fierce on this end.

The same was true for the leeward column on the other side. After firing a round of artillery fire, it immediately turned back and headed downward, intent on destroying the rear guard fleet led by the deputy commander.

"Be careful not to blow up the ammunition depot."

"Kill, kill, kill. Board the ship and seize it. If we can capture just one treasure ship, it will be enough for us, our sons, and our grandsons to live on for the rest of their lives."

"Today we are going to dethrone the Castilians.

It is time for us to be the masters of the sea."

The pirates don't need to cooperate with each other. If the prey is big enough, how much they can eat depends on their own abilities.

Even the invincible Marines of Castile could not make those red-eyed pirates retreat even a single step. When someone in front fell, someone else would immediately follow from behind.

Moreover, this was a large-scale looting campaign that was unprecedented in both personnel and wealth.

I don’t know how many pirates have awakened their spirituality by practicing the motto “brute force is better than hard work” and thus became members of the Lighthouse Sequence of Extraordinary People.

At this time, on the flagship of the Treasure Fleet [Niucheng], because the fleet was divided in two directions, the Burgundy Cross flag that symbolized the Kingdom’s Navy appeared particularly dim.

Having been caught in a loophole and tricked, [Giant Beast Killer] Wycliffe was furious:

"Dirty pirates and a poor prince from a second-rate country dare to rob my treasure fleet?!

I'm going to kill you!"

These emerging maritime nobles who rose along with the Kingdom of Castile have interests deeply tied to the ocean and today's Castile colonial system.

Any challenger who dares to threaten this system will be their mortal enemy.

Both public interest and personal vengeance fueled his rage.

The catchphrase of this group of people represented by the Dibo family has always been:

"As long as we have the money, let the Kingdom of Hattings produce those fibers as it pleases, and let the Netherlands produce coins and striped cloth.

Let Florence produce cloth and works of art, let the natives of the Bantaan Islands supply beaver skins and vicuña wool, let the Holy Silver Empire produce linen fabrics and brocade.

We are the kings of the world, the world serves us, but we serve no one!"

At least in the first seventy years of the Age of Discovery, they relied on this system and used large amounts of gold, silver and spices to build the world's most powerful invincible fleet and marines.

Their invincible military force also allowed them to further acquire more gold, silver, spices and rapidly rising international status, eventually making them the world's number one maritime power.

But at the same time, the Castilians also spent decades turning this huge aristocratic interest group, which had grown up enjoying the dividends of the times, into a blood-sucking parasite that the kingdom could not get rid of.

Interest groups never consider the domestic handicrafts and manufacturing industries, which have been reduced to thieves and beggars due to the inflation and soaring prices caused by the flood of silver.

Domestic zero-yuan shopping is booming.

Especially after the economy moved away from the real economy and toward the virtual economy, the level of manufacturing has not only failed to develop due to the wealth looted from the colonies, but has been shrinking year after year.

It even led to the formation of the "Idago spirit" that advocates luxury and despises labor.

Even though Byron Lancaster, the Wild Hunt who led the pirate fleet, was the former crown prince of Hastings, this group still despised him as a bumpkin.

[Giant Beast Killer] Whenever Wycliffe opened his mouth, he was filled with the old-fashioned sense of superiority of the "Genuine Burgundy Cross Flag", and it was definitely a taste that only the flag owner's family could have.

One word: "Enough!"

Of course, the Dibo family is also the original major shareholder of the Kingdom of Castile, and is indeed qualified to say such things, and because of their own class interests, they will never look back and reflect.

Even if one day in the future we realize that we can no longer contain those manufacturing countries, we can just say:
"You guys have overcapacity!"

History seems to be a cycle. The old king throws away his crown, which is picked up by the new king and put on his head. It has never changed for hundreds or thousands of years.

With a loud shout from Wycliffe:
"Come out, Silver Knife! Destroy them!"

Stab it--!
A ray of extremely brilliant silver-white cold light shot out from the deep sea, cutting through the ocean currents and gunpowder smoke, and in an instant it split the sea in half.

Before anyone could see clearly what it was, the silver light had already shot towards the rear guard, easily splitting the two pirate ships blocking its way in half.

It was not until then that the others could see clearly that it was a giant oarfish that was over 60 meters long, shining silver and as thin as a knife!
There is no flesh to be found in the whole body, just like a sharp sword light that stings the eyes.

"hiss--!"

The giant beast let out an ear-piercing scream and sank into the water again, rushing towards the deputy commander of the fleet who was surrounded and in danger by three people of the same level.

[Giant Beast Killer] Wycliffe led his main fleet against the wind with difficulty, preparing to join forces with his sister to strangle Byron, the "chief culprit".

This fourth-tier heroic transcendent is a wilderness-sequence [Monster Hunter]. In addition to his powerful animal companions, his own strength should not be underestimated.

Byron naturally would not ignore this famous fleet commander.

Perhaps Mr. Wycliffe DeBoer would be a son that his parents were proud of, a brother who loved his sister very much, and a hero that the people talked about with relish.

However, if the second in command, who has been suppressed for decades, wants to succeed in getting to the top and live the same good life as the eldest in command, he must bring down the greedy eldest in command.

Nothing more to say, fuck him!
In an instant, he personally helped the [Fiddler Crabs] that were deployed in advance at the end of the "first circulation zone" to complete precise positioning.

Wow.
A giant whirlpool appeared from the side and rear of the main fleet.

The next moment, a brilliant sun jumped out of the sea.

The strongest "Gallen" representing the old era and the strongest "Heavy Cruiser" representing the new era finally meet here!
(End of this chapter)