East China Sea, Glen Islands.

This is the home base of the Creek Pirates, and basically everyone in the navy in the East China Sea knows about it.

but...

After all these years, no branch has dared to go here.

Unlike other pirate groups, the scale of the Creek Pirates is so large that its number can even be compared to the total strength of the 20 branches of the East China Sea. Moreover, compared with the strength of the sailors in the East China Sea branch, it is obvious that the Kerry

Ke's men are much stronger.

In addition, Creek also has a super battleship armed to the teeth, as well as a large fleet composed of a large number of other medium and large battleships, which makes all the East China Sea navy dare not act rashly.

Although Smoker is stronger than Creek, it is only on a personal level. The navy under his command still cannot be the opponent of the more than 3,000 fierce pirates.

You can't kill Creek by yourself, but at the same time, the Creek Pirates also killed all the navy under their command, right?

Therefore, even though Smoker once had this idea, he never took action because of such concerns.

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now.

A large warship has approached less than thirty nautical miles away from the Glen Islands.

"Colonel, the Creek Pirates' ships were spotted at one o'clock, three in number, about ten nautical miles away!"

On the watchtower, a sailor shouted loudly toward the bow deck of the ship, holding a telescope.

"Notify all gunners to prepare!"

With his eyes focused, Smoker immediately ordered.

I still remember what Li Yan said to me before going to sea.

"Brother Smoker, with your current strength and the elite navy soldiers I assigned to you, it won't be difficult to defeat the Creek Pirates, but..."

"Your mission is not just that. In addition to Nokigao, I will also ask Larnas to take 20 sailors to accompany you. Their mission is to test new naval guns, and your mission is

It’s about making sure they complete the test successfully!”

"After all, they are the pirate group with the most warships in the East China Sea, aren't they?"

Well, Smoker finally understood why he was asked to deal with the Creek Pirates. The real reason was...

Because they have a large number of people on board, they are just suitable for testing new naval guns?

New naval gun...

Standing on the deck, he looked at the sailors who were busy because of his orders, as well as those naval guns that were completely in line with the naval standard, with longer barrels, so-called rifled guns...

Smoker was also extremely curious.

If nothing else, those shells alone were completely different from what he was familiar with.

After all, the cannon technology in the pirate world has only developed to the smoothbore cannon, and it is still the early stage of the smoothbore cannon.

Spherical shells, front-loaded shells, poor range, slow rate of fire and poor accuracy are all hallmarks of early smoothbore cannons. Didn’t you see that in the original novel, the shells were always fired in the sea?

Well, although the performance in the original work is a bit exaggerated, it is undeniable...

Unless you are in a close situation, the hit rate of early smoothbore cannons is so ridiculous. Generally speaking, if you can still hit accurately from a few hundred meters away, then you can go back and buy lottery tickets.

At the same time that the warship discovered the pirate ship, the three pirate ships actually also discovered the warship.

Although it was a large warship, Creek's men did not panic at all.

After all, the Creek Pirates have a large and fully armed fleet, including many large warships, not to mention Creek's flagship, which is comparable in size to a navy super warship.

Battleship.

Of course, they did not use their three medium-sized warships to carry it out, but immediately contacted Creek who was on the island.

Although he was a little surprised that the Navy dispatched a large warship, Creek did not take it seriously at all. He just asked his deputy Akin to command a few warships to sink the Navy warship to the bottom of the sea.

So, Ah Jin directly took one large battleship and five medium-sized battleships and set off.

"Colonel, the Creek Pirates' reinforcement fleet has arrived, numbering 6, including one large battleship, and the remaining five are medium-sized battleships!"

"knew!"

After hearing the lookout's report, Smoker nodded, and then picked up the telescope and started looking.

"A total of one large warship and eight medium-sized warships?"

"Larnas, can you do it?"

While observing with the telescope, Smoker asked Larnus beside him.

"No problem, Colonel Smoker!"

"Okay, then I will leave all the shelling battles at sea to you. If there is no danger, I will just observe!"

"Yes, Colonel!"

After saluting, Larnus went to take command.

Looking at the departing figure, Smoker was speechless for a while.

This guy was still a third-class soldier a few months ago, right?

Is this a lieutenant colonel?

And myself...

Well, after all these years, I have never experienced what it feels like to be promoted!

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer. One side has nine warships, while the other side only has one. This is an absolute crushing situation no matter how you look at it.

After the distance was reduced to less than 3 kilometers, all the pirates were confused.

Boom boom boom boom...

The navy warship in the distance actually fired?

There is still nearly 3000 meters to go...

Well, although the distance is too far to hear the sound of gunfire, the flashes of fire on the navy warships all prove that the navy has indeed fired!

In this era of early smoothbore cannons, a 3,000-meter shelling was originally a fantasy. Let alone hitting the target, even the maximum range could not reach this distance.

However, they didn't know that the warships on the opposite side were not using smoothbore cannons, but rifled cannons...

The high-speed rotating cannonballs flew through the air as if they were piercing the air, even causing a huge whistling sound.

Although they were surprised for a second or two, after reacting, the pirates did not panic at all. Instead, they all had playful smiles on their faces.

If I could fight this, I would just strip naked and jump into the sea to feed the fish!

On one of the medium-sized warships, a pirate laughed and raised a flag in his heart.

However, in the next second, a feeling of weightlessness suddenly hit him, and by the time he reacted, his whole body had already flown into the sky.

Boom boom...

Two shells directly hit the battleship he was on, and one of them hit the upper cabin, blowing away the entire superstructure.

Another shell hit the middle of its side spin, instantly blasting the battleship into two pieces.

Although the remaining ten shells did not hit, their impact points were basically within 50 meters. Their explosions set off waves more than ten meters high, shaking other warships around them, and those on board

Many of the pirates were even thrown directly into the sea.

Looking at the two pieces of slowly sinking wreckage in the water and the countless pirates who fell into the water, Ah Jin also realized that something was wrong!

He finally knew why the navy only came with one warship, and why it still didn't run away after seeing nine warships on its side!

Three kilometers away, 2 out of 12 hits, plus such ridiculously powerful shells.

This is obviously a new weapon of the Navy. Could it be...
Chapter completed!