Hua Hua Hua

The naval battle in the rain has completely begun.

At this time, the privateer fleet is full of cruisers. When the opponent is a large fleet, it is certainly not suitable to use the battle line tactic of lining up battleships for bombardment.

At the same time, the artillery within the shooting angle collectively sprayed angry flames.

The fleet gave full play to its own speed advantage, and the entire fleet quickly made breakthroughs.

The four warships, led by the "Morning Star", lined up in a line, like a sharp knife, slashing towards the slave fleet from a 45-degree angle.

[Specifications] Displacement is 2340 tons, length is meters, breadth is meters, sail area is 3213 square meters, crew capacity is 450 people, speed is 12 knots (Monsoon Goddess and Ocean Current Horn are not activated).

[Armament] Double-layered artillery deck: pounder gun, pounder gun, two 24-pound bow and stern guns.

Among the warring parties, "Venus" holds absolute dominance regardless of the data.

The speed of other fifth-level ships that have been specifically modified by Ivan is faster than the speed of a fully loaded ketch.

When the fleet charged, it was like a group of fast cavalry with the elephant knight as the vanguard!

What's more, Ivan also activated the effect of [Ocean Treasure·Ocean Current Horn] at the same time, creating a high-speed ocean current under the assault fleet, allowing the fleet to accelerate again.

Huhu

At this time, it seemed that the entire sky and the entire sea had become their support.

"The pirate who knows no life or death!

Command: Adjust three compass points to the right.

The gunner is ready, open the muzzle and shoot parallel with them!"

On the "Santa Cruz Merchant" as the flagship and lead ship.

Captain Hobien saw this group of pirates appearing out of nowhere and actually dared to attack him, who was affiliated with the Santababia Company.

Like a noble who was offended by a beggar, he roared out his orders in disbelief and sullenness.

For a battleship, this is the most correct tactic, which can give full play to its firepower advantage.

"How could it be so fast?!"

However, not long after his order was issued, he discovered that the four warships on the opposite side had rushed towards him like flying and inserted themselves directly into his array.

The speed was even faster than that of my own fourth-level ship, which did not even complete the tactical action of turning to fight.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Orange-yellow gun flames shine in the rain.

During the close-range blind-angle shooting that blocked the slave ship, the three fifth-level ships mainly used chain bombs and grapeshot to kill the crew members on the slave ship's deck, destroying the mast and limiting their maneuverability.

Robbery is not a war. If you sink all the other party's ships, wouldn't you also lose your own ammunition money?

As the main force of the fleet, the "Morning Star" aimed its guns at the bloated butt of the fourth-class ship "Santa Cruz Merchant".

A moment that passes by.

"fire!"

The heavy-pound cannon shells carried by the heavily armed cruiser roared out one after another in the eyes of the opponent's crew in disbelief.

"impossible!"

32-pound heavy guns can only be equipped by battleships of level three or above. The hulls of ordinary battleships cannot withstand their rebound shock. This is almost a common sense.

It was clearly a cruiser but it carried so many 32-pound guns. The crew of the battleship stared wide-eyed, as if they had seen a ghost.

The artillerymen of the "Venus" didn't care what they thought, and followed the training tactical procedures step by step to fire the artillery.

At this time, the cruise ship had only two continuous decks, and the uppermost deck was still open-air design.

After predicting the weather, Ivan had already ordered the pirates to set up rain covers in advance to ensure that the cannons on all battleship decks could fire normally.

Maybe it won't work in heavy rain, but at present, it's no problem in moderate rain where the wind is not too strong.

After a few minutes, the two parties completely separated.

The results of the three cruisers were impressive. Just one raid cut the slave fleet into pieces.

Two more slave ships had their foremasts with horizontal sails cut off and were almost completely disabled.

However.

"How did you do it?!"

In contrast, the "Venus", whose main target was the battleship, was actually a little embarrassed.

Although the passage time was extremely short, especially since the pirate gunners had undergone emergency training and could not reach the speed of the elite navy, the pounder guns only had time to fire once on average.

but

Until it left the shooting range, the "Santa Cruz Merchant" was almost unscathed!

You must know that the heavily armed cruiser is equipped with a 32-pound heavy gun that can break the keel of an enemy ship at close range!

The gunnery commander of the twenty-four-man Navy crew on the "Venus" was so ashamed that he felt that he had completely betrayed the trust of the captain.

If it hadn't been for the war, he might have just pulled out his gun and drank the bullets to commit suicide.

However, during this period, Ivan also discovered anomalies on the other side's ship from another angle.

Every time a cannonball should land on the opponent's warship, the brightness of the layer of solidified magic aura covering the warship will change.

Each flash will cause various accidents, causing the shells to miss directly, especially when the target is a relatively small poop.

"The bow portrait on the fourth-level ship is indeed weird!"

He came to a conclusion silently in his mind, and after the two fleets passed by each other, Ivan issued a new order.

The three cruisers turned back with full starboard rudder and continued to attack the slave fleet. The "Morning Star" left the group and sailed on its own, rushing towards the "Santa Cruz Merchant" again.

"Gunner, get ready! Do it again!"

The moment the fourth-level ship passed behind it, the cannons on the ship fired one after another.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The result of the battle this time was slightly better. A 24-pounder cannon shell finally hit the opponent's poop, but it still failed to give it a break as expected.

It only penetrated a few cabins before falling sideways into the sea, not even killing a few people.

At the same time, the heavy cruiser was hit on the side by the 6-pounder gun placed on the poop of the battleship. Although the thick hull of the heavy cruiser was not painful at all, this contrast was too abnormal.

It cannot be explained by the inexperience of artillery operators.

On the "Santa Cruz Merchant", Captain Hobien and Alvin, who had been standing at the command position on the poop all the time, looked at each other from afar and saw that the heavy artillery fired by the "Venture Star" returned without success again.

Even though he was shocked by the fierce firepower of this cruiser, he still cheered up and laughed seemingly unconcerned:

"Hahaha, no warship can sink the lucky 'Santa Cruz Merchant' in a naval battle, not even a first-class ship!"

On the surface, it was a mockery of the pirates on the opposite side, but in fact it was a reassurance for the crew members who were almost weak in the legs from the firepower of the "Venue Star".

And his confidence is that the [Prow Statue Lucky Gold Coin] has just been installed on the battleship not long ago.

It looks like a little wooden angel with a bare butt, holding a shiny gold coin in both hands.

Effect: Solidify the "Chain Accident Technique", giving the warship a certain probability to be immune to attacks (missing a hit).

Of course, although this immunity ability is powerful, it is not omnipotent. Shooting at close range is one of the most effective methods.

By minimizing the probability of accidental factors occurring, the effect of that ship's bow statue can be greatly weakened.

After two trials and a reminder from Milan who was an expert in this field next to him, Ivan quickly discovered this.

Looking back, I looked back at the three cruisers behind me that had beaten the slave ship to pieces. Even the "Ironbone", which was slightly slower than the other two ships, had already started a fierce engagement with the enemy's fifth-level ship "Oar".

Side battle.

The sound of killing shook the sky and frightened the enemy!

"Ouch"

"kill!"

Especially one of the wolf howls makes people look at them with suspicion.

Since the navy and pirates under his command were separated, Ivan quickly found a new material that was very suitable for making "activated animal skins", and then finally extended his claws to land creatures.

That was the continental gray wolf that was everywhere in the northern forests of the New World during this period!

This is a large canine that lives in the northern forests of the New World. It may even be the largest wolf within the range of human exploration.

The fur on the body is gray and white, the average weight can reach 90 kilograms, the shoulder height is 90 centimeters, the body length is 250 centimeters, and the bite force is 700 pounds.

And unlike most large sharks that can be used to make "animated hides" but prefer to live alone, wolves travel in groups and form a large group once caught.

Moreover, wolf packs are generally composed of family members of the same origin. Although limited to a strict hierarchy and territorial scope, the number of members in a wolf pack cannot expand infinitely, but the largest group has close to forty animals.

It is completely sufficient for the production of Aiwen's "activated animal skin", and it also greatly improves the production efficiency of "activated animal skin".

Especially now that the second disciple Calvin has become a wizard apprentice of the Activation Sect, he can help Ivan do some simple auxiliary work, greatly increasing the production capacity of activated hides.

The pirate officers of the "Iron Bone" were the first users of this kind of animal skin. At this time, they had transformed into humanoid wolves and pounced on the opponent's warship, causing a bloody storm.

The escort team members, whose courage has been sapped by the comfortable life, are no match for them at all.

Aiwen has decided to slowly expand the equipment range of "activated animal skin" in the future and establish a series of assessment systems.

In addition to pirate cadres, as long as you perform enough meritorious service, you can also obtain this kind of powerful equipment with immediate effects!

His subordinates are making rapid progress, and he cannot lag behind.

It's just a slave transport fleet. Even if there are some tricks, the final outcome will never change.

"Seize the upper hand, get close and shoot at the same time!"

Even though it has been converted into a cruiser, the hull of the "Venus", which was originally a third-level ship, is not much shorter than a fourth-level ship.

Ivan had enough confidence to defeat the opponent's resistance before the ten 9-pound cannons, which were also exposed to the wind and rain, exerted their power.

call

Under the dual effects of the "Monsoon Goddess" and the "Ocean Current Horn", the "Venus Star" drew a large arc on the water surface.

The billowing black sails and the streamlined hull look like an elegant black swan crossing the sea, approaching the "Santa Cruz Merchant" again.

Compared to a cruiser, the fourth-level ship was almost clumsy and had no time to adjust its engagement posture.

This time the cruiser's target was no longer the narrow poop, but the starboard side of the battleship.

"Attention all artillery crews, solid rounds, fire!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

When the "Venus" entered the parallel posture, the distance between the two was only fifty meters. If it could be shot in this way without committing suicide, Ivan would sink these wastes into the sea.

With this adjustment in tactics, they finally experienced the pleasure of crushing Tongji with heavy patrols!

Even with the protection of "Prow Statue·Lucky Gold Coin", it cannot change the fate of the battleship.

Boom!!!

With just one salvo, the heavy artillery shells carried irresistible kinetic energy and easily penetrated the hull of the "Santa Cruz Merchant", knocking the lower deck and gun crew to pieces as they continued to bounce.

The large chain rounds fired by the twenty-four-pounder cannon on the open deck even swept across the deck of the fourth-class ship, easily cutting off its foremast.

"Report to the captain, it's bad, the waterline was shot in two places, and the bottom compartment has been seriously flooded!"

Hobien's face changed drastically. He had realized the limitations of the ship's bow image, which could no longer serve as a barrier for his own side. He quickly turned around and shouted to his side:

"Wizard Rice!"

Hearing this, the thin old man in black robe did not speak, and cast a cold glance at the "Venus" which was still pouring out firepower fifty meters away.

He took out a gourd-shaped flute from his robe and put it to his lips, and placed a dark, wide-mouthed clay pot at his feet.

Woo woo

In the low and dull sound of the flute.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

The sudden neighing of snakes that echoed through the ship made people's hair stand on end.

At the same time, a line of blue-purple fishy smoke suddenly burst out from the clay pot at his feet!
Chapter completed!