Hum! This was because they came to provoke her first, not because she took the initiative to find trouble for them! Therefore, little Annie can prepare to start bombarding the opponent without any scruples.
"Quick! Now, hang up the flag and ask them to surrender immediately! Otherwise, we will fire!"
As the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, Anne excitedly asked the sailors to raise a flag to persuade the other side to surrender. As long as the other side did not surrender, then she was ready to start having fun firing cannons. Hanging the flag was just a meaning. In her opinion, the other party would definitely not surrender in this situation.
"Ah? Yes!"
The boatswain felt that this order was outrageous. Look, the opponent now had three warships, and they were actively attacking, while his side only had one Dreadnought. No matter how you think about it, until there is no fighting or the situation is clear, these Spaniards You will definitely not surrender, right?
However, he did not dare to say more. Since the little witch issued the order, he obediently let the sailors raise a flag to persuade the enemy to surrender.
In this era of great navigation, semaphores have just begun to develop, and many specific contents cannot be expressed. However, there are generally some simple universal flags: such as the white flag hoisted when unconditionally surrendering, which is common to both sea and land; and the pirate skull and crossbones flag raised in preparation for robbery, indicating that they want to rob things or kill people and set fire; or now they The flags hung up to force the opponent to surrender and so on.
How could they run so fast against the wind?
Hilton put away the binoculars, his face a little solemn. He couldn't understand the other side's battleship. It was clearly against the wind and it had just started to sail. Why did it suddenly want to become very fast? This is unreasonable!
Hilton, as the commander of this small Spanish Royal Squadron, currently has only three warships. It has just finished escorting more than ten important commercial transport ships from the country. Now, they are on their way back to the Caribbean. .
Since the start of the dispute with Britain for maritime hegemony in recent years, Spain's interests have been hit more and more seriously. Not only has the fleet been damaged, which has led to the continuous weakening of maritime power, but just a few years ago, those stupid bureaucrats also destroyed Jamaica. The very important strategic location of the island was ceded... Every time he thinks about this, Hilton can grit his teeth and want to kill those idiots!
Over the years, Spain has also been hit by the British fleet. Watching the once powerful Spanish Empire weaken day by day, as a small person, he can only do the simple task of escort and never dare not to do so. He took it upon himself to find trouble for the British fleet.
But who would have thought that on his way back this time, he would encounter a lone British Dreadnought-class battleship on a remote route?
When Hilton looked at the opponent's huge and bloated ship through the telescope, he dared to swear to God that he was definitely not wrong. It was definitely a British battleship!
Those stupid British people, they think he can't see it if they don't fly the British flag? Ah! This is really ridiculous. It is obviously a battleship, but they dare not fly the national flag. They must be feeling guilty, right? Want to sneak it under your nose?
"Everyone is ready, go up with the wind, surround and flank it, and be sure to sink it!"
Now that he finally caught a lone fat sheep, Hilton decided to do something big! Anyway, there are very few ships on this route, so if they were sunk and no one would be left alive, no one would know that it was the Spaniards who did it, right? After so many years, I finally have the opportunity to show the British how powerful the Spaniards are!
In any case, he has now made up his mind. Today, taking advantage of this God-given opportunity, he must capture it and sink it!
"Your Excellency, Commander, the other side has hoisted a flag and wants us to surrender immediately..."
A sailor on the mast basket shouted loudly to the commander standing on the bow below.
The sailor was a bit puzzled even to himself. In this one-on-three situation, how dare the opponent force them to surrender? For a time, he thought that his eyesight was wrong, but after he checked again and again to confirm that the information was correct, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and report the latest situation to the commander below.
"What? Force surrender? Are they idiots?"
After arranging the sailors to prepare for battle, as the distance between the two sides gradually approached, Commander Hilton, standing on the bow of the ship, also saw through the telescope the flag hanging from the top of the opponent's mast, which meant persuading surrender.
This simply made him feel incredible. He even wondered if the other party had hung the wrong flag? At this time, people with a normal mind would probably want to fly the white flag that represents surrender, right?
"These bastards!"
After picking up the telescope and observing carefully, Hilton finally confirmed that the other party had opened the gun doors and prepared for battle. He was finally sure that the other party was not joking or flying the wrong flag. They were indeed planning to persuade his side to surrender.
At this moment, Hilton felt that he had been greatly insulted! That flag seemed to be nakedly mocking the Spaniards!
It seems that these stupid and arrogant British people still haven't figured out the situation yet... Now that they have reached this point, they still naively think that they can defeat their three warships?
This is simply a big joke!
"Speed up! Everyone, prepare to fight!"
Hilton issued the order with a dark face. This time, he was going to sink the opponent's ship directly!
Moreover, as God testifies, he swore that he would not take in any prisoners this time! He wants these arrogant British guys to take a good dip in the sea so that their mushy brains can completely wake up?
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"Aha! They're finally here!"
After seeing the opponent gradually approaching, and almost able to see the figures on the opponent's deck with the naked eye, little Annie excitedly ran to an artillery gun and urged the gunner.
"Hurry! Hurry! Give me the tongs and let me fire!"
After getting the red-hot tongs, without thinking, she just put the tongs on the cannon's fuse door.
"Not yet! Dear witch! We are still far from the effective range of the artillery attack!"
The artillery commander who was following him was about to collapse, so he could only explain patiently without tears.
The situation is so severe now, and the strength gap between the two sides is obvious. He almost cried with a hint of tears when he spoke!
Look, it's a 1V3 situation now, and their situation is already very bad. If a little girl continues to command randomly, I'm afraid everyone will die here today, right? If we start shelling at this distance, I'm afraid we won't even be able to hit the shadow of the opponent's ship, and the shells will fall into the sea midway.
This little kid just wants to waste a precious shot! If she were really allowed to fire randomly, I'm afraid the opponent's three warships would have already approached and started the first salvo before reloading, right?
"Ah? It's so close and the distance isn't enough? What kind of crappy cannon is this of yours?"
Now it's obviously very close, why do you still say it's not far enough? Is this thing of theirs a cannon?
Well, in this case, she had to think of something.
Magic: Increased range!
Anne thought seriously for a while, then murmured, reaching out and suddenly casting a spell on the cannon in front of her. The cannon seemed to emit a little blue light, and then the blue light quickly spread to all the people. on the cannon, and eventually disappeared.
"Okay! The attack distance should be enough now! Everyone, listen to my order and fire immediately!"
After the spell was cast, little Annie raised the red-hot poker in her hand and prepared to draw the match rope above the medicine door.
"Huh? Is this really okay?"
The artillery commander looked at the little witch blankly. He was not sure what the blue light just meant. Then he looked at the artillery that seemed to have no change, gritted his teeth, and finally gave the order to fire.
"Everyone, fire!"
He doesn't want to worry about it now, just let these little witches do whatever they want! If you can't beat them, let these witches go into battle and throw fireballs. Anyway, their magic is very powerful. I hope they don't do it then!
boom! boom! boom! …
The nearly forty artillery pieces on the side of the Dauntless began to roar one after another after hearing the order!
Accompanied by bursts of thick smoke and muzzle flames, solid shells roared towards the battle line composed of three Spanish battleships.
"Haha! They are indeed a group of stupid British people! They actually opened fire at this distance?"
Hilton put away his telescope. He had just seen the cannons on the British warships begin to spit out fire and thick smoke. Even he did not expect that the other party launched a bombardment on their three Spanish warships from this distance. The other party's command The officer must be an idiot, right?
He could already foresee the other party's failure! At this distance, there is no possibility for the opponent to fire again. As for the artillery of Xiang Xuan on the other side, there is definitely no chance to fire. They will never give the opponent time to turn.
"Shells! Shells are flying over!"
Just when Hilton was about to laugh at each other with one of the adjutants, the first mate of his flagship suddenly shouted loudly, and then he stepped forward and threw Hilton down on the deck.
The next moment, countless solid artillery shells rained down on the fleet. Although most of them hit the sea directly, about a dozen of them hit the hulls or sails of the three warships. .
The most unlucky thing was the warship following at the end. It was hit directly by a gunpowder barrel on the deck. While the hot shells broke the barrel, they also detonated the granular gunpowder inside.
So, after a violent explosion, the stern of the ship was directly blown into a pile of rags, flying many sailors and soldiers, and the stern of the ship burned directly, although the open flames were quickly burned by the sailors. It was extinguished with water buckets, but the whole ship still looked filled with smoke and looked extremely embarrassed.
"How is this possible? Their artillery can hit so far?"
After Hilton stood up, he pushed away the adjutant and stood at the fence with a look of disbelief on his face, looking at the No. 3 ship behind his flagship, which was emitting thick smoke.
At such a long distance, the opponent actually hit him? Even his flagship had two holes smashed in, and the hull suffered minor skin injuries.
What kind of artillery is on the other side's ship? Is it the British's new ship-borne cannon? This is almost within the distance of shore defense heavy artillery, right? Is this where the opponent’s confidence lies?
"Quick! Order the fleet to move forward at full speed! Get close to it in the shortest possible time!"
Hilton quickly issued what he thought was the right order. This time he might have been careless! How could he have imagined that the opponent's artillery could hit so far?
However, now that the opponent has fired a round of volleys, as long as his side quickly approaches it and bites the opponent hard, he believes that the final victory will eventually belong to Spain!
Then, after sinking the opponent, maybe we can salvage a few of the opponent's artillery pieces for study? If he could harvest the latest naval guns from the British, he would at least have made a great contribution to the Spanish Empire, right? Medals and awards are definitely indispensable! Maybe you can even add a few more warships to your small fleet?
"Did you really hit it?"
The gunnery commander standing next to Anne looked at the enemy ship with fire and smoke in the distance, a little dull and speechless. He never expected that their bombardment actually hit such a long distance. , and also hit a lot?
This witch, what did she just do to the cannon? Is it their strange magic and witchcraft again? Like a strong wind on a ship's sail?
"Yeah! We got a hit!"
After seeing the fire and smoke suddenly rising from the ship behind the enemy fleet, little Annie began to cheer happily with her two twin sisters. Then, she quickly urged the gunners to reload. She couldn't wait. It's time for another volley, we must sink them!
"Ah! Master, it's bad! They are accelerating and approaching!"
On the side, the more attentive Cecilia saw the enemy's actions and quickly reminded her.
If you let the other party pass the test, your ship will definitely be bombarded by the enemy, right? Moreover, the opponent has three battleships. When the time comes, the dense and terrifying shells will roar and bombard them. It will be very scary to think about it!
"Huh? That's right! We must not let them come close, we must keep our distance!"
Although Annie is not afraid of the other party's approach, she still wants to play slowly for a while. This time, she had to personally aim and fire the rows of artillery pieces on the deck one by one!
"Quick! Helmsman! Steer! Keep a good distance and don't give them a chance to get closer!"
"Turn, full left rudder, keep your distance!"
This time, the boatswain didn’t hesitate and simply repeated the little witch’s order.
After Annie's spellcasting just now, their artillery actually hit several times the distance as usual, which made him very convinced! This order to keep the distance between the two parties so that you can hit the other party but the other party cannot hit you is obviously extremely correct. Of course he must firmly support it!
"Ah! I really like this ship now!"
Jack Sparrow also saw the effect of shelling just now. Shelling from such a distance was something he could not even imagine in the past!
This Dreadnaught was originally just an ordinary battleship, big, slow, clumsy and slow. But now, after the witch's continuous efforts to enchant it, it has become fast and agile, with a range of artillery. It has also improved several times out of thin air. This is almost invincible in the Caribbean, right?
"Hey! Norrington, how about we discuss it? Let me own this ship, and you can own the Black Pearl in Port Royal?"
Jack Sparrow couldn't help but feel a little excited when he thought that he was commanding the Dreadnought battleship, which was the fastest and had the longest range of artillery, on the Caribbean Sea, bombarding a large group of enemies.
Now, he no longer looks down on the original Black Pearl. The original Black Pearl was only the fastest, but it was not much faster. How could it run away like the current Dreadnought? A full thirty knots of super speed? This is simply beyond the imagination of humans in this world.
"Asshole Jack! The Black Pearl is my ship! You actually want to trade with it?"
While he was secretly shocked by the power of the Dreadnought, and even more shocked by the terrifying spell of the little witch, Barbossa actually heard that someone was trying to trade his Black Pearl, and he instantly became furious. I really want to pull out my musket and give this damn Jack Sparrow a buckshot!
