Luo held Li Yan's right hand with a strange expression.

After all, in this kind of situation, everyone would normally say welcome to join the navy, right?

However, what Li Yan said was...

Welcome to join the East China Sea Navy.

Although there is nothing wrong with it at first glance, if you think about it more, you will find that there is a big problem with this statement.

In Li Yan's mind, the East China Sea Navy and the Navy are not one?

Luo couldn't help but think of this in his heart.

Seeing Luo's expression, Li Yan also raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"General, we expect to arrive in one hour!"

"Where are the pirates?"

"Some have left, but most are still on the island!"

"You are so courageous. After seeing Nuo Qigao's fighting power, you still don't run away?"

Hearing this, Li Yan was also slightly surprised.

It stands to reason that after seeing Nozhiko's unrivaled fighting power, the pirate alliance should have broken up.

However, according to Violet's report, this did not happen.

Although some escaped, it was only a small part. Most of the pirates were still gathered on the island.

Or, what trump cards do they have?

"General, what should we do next?"

"Release eight frigates, with Violet providing guidance, to pursue all the escaping pirate groups!"

"At the same time, the two destroyers followed the flagship and continued to move forward, directly clearing the ground with their naval guns!"

If it leaves the fleet and acts alone, the frigate's speed can reach level 22.

Although this speed was nothing to Li Yan's previous life.

However, in this era of sailing ships, the speed is extremely terrifying.

No pirate ship can escape at this speed, let alone...

There is also Violet, a naval battle cheating device, who provides them with target guidance.

As for the pirates on the island, Li Yan is not planning to send naval troops to land and fight. This is unnecessary.

Most of these pirates in the East China Sea are very weak, so just clearing the ground with artillery fire will be enough.

Hearing this, Ain and Violet nodded one after another and immediately went to carry out the order.

On the other hand, Luo on the side had some questions and couldn't help but ask.

"General, there are dozens of pirate groups on the island. Once they find a warship approaching, I am afraid they will not wait on the island, but will engage in a naval battle with us in the form of a pirate fleet."

"Even if a single pirate ship is not as powerful as a warship, there are at least fifty or sixty pirate ships, I'm afraid..."

Well, if you think about it normally, Luo's worries are correct.

After all, the mainstream of this world is still in the era of front-loaded smoothbore cannons and the use of round shells. Not to mention the short range, even hundreds of meters away, the accuracy is completely lost.

Therefore, once it enters the artillery battle stage, at least fifty or sixty pirate ships will probably have more than two hundred cannons.

This overwhelming artillery shells are coming at me. Even if the hit rate is low, even if there are no warships with strong combat power, only three warships may not be able to withstand it.

"You still don't know the combat power of our East China Sea Navy's warships, right?"

"Well... I just read it in the newspaper. It is said to be very powerful, but the specific performance was not mentioned in the newspaper."

"Well, it doesn't matter. You'll know after you read it!"

Seeing Li Yan's unconcerned expression, Luo couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

Is this arrogance?

Or are you saying that there is something about these warships in the East China Sea that you don’t know, so you are not afraid at all?

Well, in short, we will know when the battle starts.

Soon, nearly a month and hours had passed.

Just as Luo guessed, when the three warships in the East China Sea were discovered on the horizon, there were still sixty-three pirate groups left after excluding the pirate groups that had left and were destroyed by Luo and Nokigao.

At this moment, all these pirates have boarded the ship and are still on the ship. Some of the crew members are even wealthy and have even sailed out the pirate ships that were no longer owned.

In addition, some pirate groups with large numbers of people have more than one pirate ship.

Therefore, the number of ships in the pirate fleet finally reached an astonishing 97.

Of course, the combat capabilities of these pirate ships are not uniform.

Some have only one cannon, and some even have more than ten cannons.

After all, the situation of each pirate group is different.

However, the number of artillery pieces alone exceeds 300.

"Usopp, the bombardment command is left to you!"

"Ain, order the two destroyers to leave the flagship and quickly blockade both sides of the battlefield!"

"Force those pirates back to the island!"

With a wave of his hand, Li Yan gave a direct order.

That's right, since you have already said that you will cleanse the ground with artillery fire, how can you break your promise?

Regarding this point, Li Yan was surprisingly persistent.

"Yes, General!"

After receiving the order, the two men immediately carried it out.

Soon, the two destroyers separated from the flagship and sailed to both sides.

Their mission is to seal off both flanks of the battlefield.

Even though it is just a destroyer, the artillery on it can also shoot 2 or 3 kilometers away.

Coupled with a speed of 20 knots, it is really possible to block the entire flank of the battlefield with a single ship.

Once the pirates are suppressed by the Goa Kingdom from the front, they cannot escape from both sides.

Then, the last way left for them is to retreat to the island, hide in the woods or other terrain, and wait for the navy to land before engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

And this is also Li Yan's own purpose.

If you insist on clearing the ground with artillery fire, that's just a joke.

To him, these pirate ships are all Baileys.

Not to mention the property on board, whether it was damaged by gunfire or sank to the bottom of the sea, it was a huge loss and trouble.

Even the ships themselves, if not destroyed, can still be sold for a good price.

You know, Li Yan has several big plans for Donghai in the next year.

Whether it is a sea train that connects all islands, the formation of a large-scale air force, or the establishment of an adventurer's guild, etc., they all require the support of massive Baileys.

Therefore, all these pirate ships in front of us cannot really be sunk.

"General, all gun positions are ready!"

"Start attacking!"

"Yes, fire!"

After receiving Li Yan's final order and holding the ship's internal communication microphone in his hand, Usopp also shouted loudly.

Immediately, he picked up the telescope with his left hand and prepared to observe the impact point of the artillery shell so that he could make adjustments as quickly as possible and conduct the second round of shelling.

Boom boom boom boom...

After a volley of fire on the giant steel ship that had been pushed horizontally, the huge recoil even pushed the entire warship horizontally for several meters.

If this was a wooden warship, unless it was made of Adam's wood, the whole ship would probably fall apart.

Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo...

next moment.

After crossing a distance of three kilometers, the shells suddenly hit with a harsh sound.

Boom boom...

A pirate ship was directly hit, and countless wreckage was immediately blown up into the sky.

Although the rest of the shells failed to hit the corresponding targets, two of them were near-misses, causing considerable damage to the other two pirate ships.

In the bridge of the Kingdom of Goa, Usopp held a telescope in his left hand and a microphone for intra-ship communications in his right hand.

While observing, he kept calculating in his mind, and passed the calculated adjustment plan to each gun position one by one through the microphone.

"Fire!"

When all gun positions were adjusted, Usopp issued the order again.

The second round of shelling began immediately!

Boom boom boom boom...
Chapter completed!