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"Sea Wolf" brig (brig:
The brig was a common cargo ship in the early days of commerce. [Read the latest chapter] Although it is not as good as a schooner in sailing against the wind, as a square-rigged sailing ship, under the command of an experienced captain, it can be controlled "elegantly and freely". The ketch can even turn around on the spot. Because of its fast speed and easy maneuverability, the brig has also become a common type of ship for pirates.
Super four-star, legendary battleship!
Captain: Edward Lowe
Hull durability: 2433/2744, sail durability: 95/100, sailing speed: 15.09 knots, steering maneuverability: 49.01, wind efficiency: 4.75, load capacity: 75/110 tons, crew: 124/170 people, firepower configuration: 32-pounder guns/24 guns!
Attributes:? ?
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"Identification Technique" is not just a golden finger provided to contractors. Aboriginal people also have ways to obtain detailed information about ship attributes.
"Boarding, Captain, boarding is our only chance." August suggested in a low voice.
Despite his passionate performance just now, August is actually a very thoughtful person, which does not match his rough appearance. He sighed secretly, thinking about his share of up to 25,000 pesos, it was worth it even if he worked hard for it! Although his truest thought is - we'd better turn around and run now, because there is no comparability between the performance of the ships on both sides!
Auguste is the owner of the Kraken, a boat that performs well. He knows better than anyone.
The opponent is a super four-star legendary battleship. Both its speed and steering ability are much higher than the normal Brigg brig! And as a battleship promoted to legend, it must have magical special "attributes" - that thing may be a useless "night lighting", or it may be a "diving course" that defies the sky! No one will know without coming out.
Of course, not counting that special "attribute", the performance can also throw the intact "Siren" seven or eight blocks away! What's more, the "Siren" is now injured? What's more, the opponent is also equipped with twenty-four 32-pound cannons! The projectile weight of that kind of gun is twice that of the Kraken! As long as it takes five or six shots, the "Siren" can turn into a pile of garbage at sea.
The 16-pound long-barreled gun on the Kraken may not even be able to penetrate the opponent's hull. August really doesn't know how to win.
Just don't know why. The manpower brought by the other party is not too many. With only 70% of the full crew, this became the only weakness that the "Sea Wolf" could see. There are more than a hundred sailors on this ship. If they can jump, they can drag the "Sea Wolf" into hand-to-hand combat. There may still be a glimmer of hope for the Kraken.
"Listen to my command." Lu Yuan looked at the "Sea Wolf" which was about to enter the 100-meter circle. Patting August on the back, "Go and take your people and hide under the upper deck. Tell everyone to hide, we will be advancing under gunfire later."
August smiled, saluted, and prepared to leave. Over the past month, he has become more and more convinced of this young noble captain, and has even begun to plan to give up the opportunity to become a captain and remain his first mate. Although he was worried just now, once Lu Yuan assigned him a job that he couldn't understand, he felt surprisingly at ease. Every time at this time, Lu Yuan is about to use his magic.
"Wait a minute," Lu Yuan called him again, pointing helplessly at the three ladies on the deck who were busy messing around with the sailors, "I can't hand them over to them. Take them with you and protect them! If necessary , they can be tied up directly and locked up in the bottom warehouse! If they suffer even a little bit of damage... Dear August, think about your share!"
"Haha, isn't this making things difficult for me! They are all your treasures, Captain, how dare I touch those little girls!" August looked around at a loss, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he saw Jacques squatting next to him! In order to recuperate from his injuries, Jacques kept drinking a bottle of rum in his hand, and he was already drunk.
Augustus pulled him, deliberately avoiding Lu Yuan, and went to the side to discuss.
Sure enough, after a while, the three women were tied up with ropes by Jacques, the drunken man, and pulled into the cabin! Who said Auguste was an idiot? That idiot Jacques was completely tricked by Auguste! When the three women take revenge in the future, he will suffer the consequences! Lu Yuan secretly muttered to himself, "I absolutely never gave that order! Absolutely!"
He shook his head and switched his thoughts to the situation in front of him. "Port side, prepare for shelling!" Then he said in a voice that no one else could hear, "I don't believe you can carry a computer!"
(The Jackdaw is equipped with a computer, which is a joke on the precise missile-like bombardment in the game. In the novel, the "Jackdaw" is still set to be a legendary ship, and her special attribute is "precision strike" .
It is difficult for the 16-pounder gun to cause damage to the "Sea Wolf" at this distance. Lu Yuan raised the shooting angle and adjusted the target to the opponent's sail. After a salvo, eight shells accurately flew over the enemy ship. The third mast of the "Sea Wolf" located at the stern of the ship reluctantly broke and then tipped over.
After the Kraken fired, the Sea Wolf's hull was also adjusted, and their eleven 32-pound cannons on the starboard side also fired an earth-shattering salvo!
Unfortunately, at a distance of a hundred meters, the Sea Wolf was not as accurate as the Jackdaw and Lu Yuan.
The shells fell messily into the seawater around the Kraken, and all were missed.
But the whining sound of the cannonballs and the towering water jets splashed up when they hit the water still made the sailors on the Siren look pale! The power of this kind of artillery shell is far beyond the 16-pound projectile. Both the range and power are beyond imagination.
Lu Yuan turned the sail slightly, allowing the "Siren" to hide behind the smoke of the broadside gunfire again.
Just when the crew thought that Lu Yuan would repeat his old tricks and hide in the smoke of gunpowder and launch another bombardment in a very obscene way. Lu Yuan slowly adjusted the direction of the "Siren". Sail away from the "Sea Wolf"... and escape? ! Is this an escape? Actually ran away!
The crew looked at the captain with some confusion. Maybe the captain would turn the ship around next moment and kill someone with a carbine? !
But Lu Yuan didn't explain at all, and the "Siren" was also moving firmly towards the direction outside the battlefield.
And when Lu Yuan frowned and felt the speed of the ship, he actually said, "Our speed is too slow! Throw away all the water!" He paused for a moment, then shouted, "Gunners, I need you to do this The following things!" Lu Yuan looked at the artillery crews waiting for his orders, "Push all the cannons into the sea!"
"No!!! Captain..." The gunners couldn't believe what they heard, they were in an uproar!
"Do it!" Lu Yuan glared fiercely and yelled. Suppressed everyone's voices. "Remember your oath?! Obey orders!"
Afterwards, there was a brief silence on the deck.
Immediately, the first and second group of gunners were the first to take action. They were the ones who had followed Lu Yuan the longest. The gunner walked silently to his cannon. Start untying the upper cable. Pull out the latch…
Because the "Siren" does not have a fully enclosed gun deck. The artillery is arranged on the open deck, and it is actually very easy to push it into the sea.
When two heavy "thump" and "thump" sounds of falling into the sea were heard, the rest of the artillery crew had to take action. Gunners of the first and second groups. Didn't do anything else. After they pushed the cannon into the sea, they stood blankly on the side of the ship, watching the waves splashing when the cannon fell into the sea, and cried bitterly.
The gunners and the artillery eat and live together, and live and die together. There is a very deep relationship between the two.
He pushed his fighting partner into the sea with his own hands, and in the blink of an eye, there were choking sounds on the deck.
"There are still shells!" Lu Yuan continued to give orders coldly, as if he did not see the state of the gunners, urging the gunners to execute them.
As twenty artillery pieces of nearly three tons each were pushed off the deck, as well as 16-pound cannon shells of nearly ten tons, the ship's speed suddenly increased, slightly throwing away the pursuing "Sea Wolf"...
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"They want to escape?" Edward Luo said mockingly.
Seeing that the other party even dropped many artillery pieces in order to escape! The pirates on the ship here cheered heartily, and even the depression of being hit in the head was relieved a lot.
Edward had just been caught off guard and had a broadside sniped, which made Edward furious. The accuracy of the opponent's artillery was simply beyond the elite, and it also awakened Edward's underestimation of the enemy!
Edward is an ambitious man! He was once the captain of a patrol boat in the British Navy. When he felt the pressure of seniority within the navy, he resolutely left the navy and joined Pirate Morgan. He was quickly appreciated by Morgan and became the youngest captain under his command. Captain, in charge of the legendary battleship "Sea Wolf"!
It can be said that this kind of respect is simply unique. Morgan has never been so easy on his own son.
But when the British government revealed concerns about Morgan's power, Edward once again left Morgan without hesitation and returned to the embrace of the British Navy. Not only did he accept a new official position and title, he also single-handedly carried the banner of splitting Morgan's forces.
Now that he is a knight specially awarded by the British royal family, Morgan will never dare to touch him directly as long as he is loyal to the United Kingdom and wants to end well.
As for this mission, Edward clearly understood Morgan's intention to harm both him and the Siren! This also made him happy to discover that this legendary pirate king was politically naive.
Edward has already thought up a plan to press on Morgan step by step!
As the most cunning captain, Edward never thought of directly confronting the "Siren". He first used the power of the United Kingdom to publicize Lu Yuan's actions against all pirates as actions against Nassau Pirate Port, thus easily provoking Nassau to fight back.
After that, after both the Naozuo ship and the Kraken were damaged, he calmly drove into the battlefield, preparing to reap the fruits of victory.
When he led the "Sea Wolf" to appear, Nassau's ship seized the opportunity to escape from the battlefield. He hesitated, but finally because of some news, he chose to destroy the "Sea Wolf" first, otherwise he would Both ships will be destroyed together.
The unexpected bombardment made Edward completely pay attention. He is a very experienced captain, and he can instantly judge the Kraken's offensive intentions! So he used the thick smoke to make several predictions and evades, but he didn't wait for the expected bombardment... When he left the smoke, what he saw was... running away? !
Simply, so ridiculous! In his eyes, he could clearly distinguish the performance gap between the two ships! That can't be leveled by just throwing down the cannon! Moreover, the ship hurriedly chose the direction facing away from the Sea Wolf, and actually escaped against the headwind... Now it is as slow as a snail! What a fool!
"Chase! Tear her into pieces!" Edward ordered loudly.
"She has at least half a million pesos!" Edward did not say this. This was the reason why he chose the "Siren".
Morgan always likes to reap the fruits of other people's victory in the end, because this is the so-called "Morgan's tax". (To be continued...)
