"The enemy! They are still the fleet of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce!" The lookout on the mast finally saw the flag of the opposite fleet clearly, but the distance was less than 200 meters at this time.
"Two large three-masted schooners, six medium-sized two-masted fast-sail merchants, and eight medium-sized two-masted square-sail armed merchant ships. Uh, my lord, what the hell have you done to the Chickard Chamber of Commerce?" , Their fleet has four more ships than the fleet just now, it seems that we must be left behind." El said jokingly.
At this time, everyone on the berth had already clearly identified the types of ships that were gradually spreading out to form a fan-shaped containment formation on the opposite side. Lorist smiled wryly and shrugged his shoulders, spreading his hands: "How do I know? It bit us like a mad dog, and organized fleets to intercept wave after wave. Is there no end to the paralysis? I think their purpose is nothing more than to catch me and coerce me to transfer Hilovas Island to them... "
"They're dreaming!" Josk said briefly, Schwader, El and others nodded in agreement.
Captain Wilson asked: "My lord, what should we do? Do we want to do a giant turn to avoid it and go around from the outside? There is still distance and time..."
Lorist shook his head: "No, if the fleet protruded by us is still chasing after us, we have to go back for a while in order to increase the distance from the opposite fleet. Just throw yourself into the trap. Once the two fleets surround you, it will be a big trouble. Let's rush over like we did just now. Joe, do you still have strength?"
Josk kept his face tense and said nothing, but raised the green longbow in his hand, which meant that it was all right, everything was left to him, as long as the longbow was in hand, nothing could block everyone's way.
Josk was ready at the bow of the ship, and when the two ships approached, the distance soon reached about 100 meters, and the watchman on the mast yelled in horror: "Be careful! Pull between the enemy ship and the ship. The iron chains! We can't rush out... "
Lorist staggered and almost hit the railing of the slipway. Oh my god, what kind of eyes are you looking at? Only now do you realize that the enemy's ship is connected with an iron chain. This is simply terrible! Now Chenxi's Flying Fish is sprinting, and there is no way to avoid it. Even if Josker shoots down the masts of the two opposite ships, Chenxi's Flying Fish will not be able to rush through, and will be entangled by the iron chain between the two ships , and then as soon as the enemy's fleet encircled, Chen Xi's Flying Fish would be finished and could no longer run away.
I will definitely get the telescope out this time when I go back this time, and the monocular is also fine. Now that I have Mancini technicians, it is not a problem to make glass. Transparent oil glass can be ground into concave-convex lenses, and then connected with copper tubes. Can be made into a monocular telescope.
Lorist felt ruthless in his heart, it would be too much of a disadvantage to be at sea without a telescope. Even if the watchman has a good eye, but at a distance of 400 to 500 meters, there are boats, and the enemy and friend cannot be distinguished one by one like small black dots. It is not until about 200 meters that the opponent's flag and mark can be seen clearly. Too little time to deal with it. Just like the iron chains were connected between the enemy's ships just now, and the watchman just discovered that the distance at this time is only a hundred and eighty meters.
"My lord, what should we do?" Captain Wilson asked anxiously. No one expected this situation.
"Cold salad..." Lorist's eyes showed a terrifying murderous look: "Rush over to the boat on the right! Since they want to die, I'll let them die. I went to the bow, and El ordered the steel crossbow to approach and launch. Suppress the opponent's long-range attack against people and not against the ship. Schwarder, go back to the cabin and lock the door, and Professor Bob and Mr. Mancheni's family will be handed over to you. Wilson, order all sailors to prepare for melee combat. If you don’t go, then we’ll kill it!”
Now the distance between the two ships on the opposite side is less than 50 meters. It may be that the other party wants to capture Dawn's Flying Fish in its entirety, and instead of using fireballs to attack, what they fire is longbows and crossbow arrows aimed at the deck personnel, and these long-range Most of the attacks failed one after another, and the few who were somewhat accurate were easily blocked by Lorist and the others.
Lorist finally had a very clear understanding of what El said about the uselessness of the steel crossbow on a ship. He stood beside a steel crossbow and watched as the steel crossbow fired five or six rounds in a row, except for one bolt. Fortunately, the two unlucky men on the opposite ship were strung together into gourds on the deck, and the remaining five crossbow bolts were either high or low.
With such a low hit rate of 50 to 60 meters, Lorist couldn't help shaking his head and smiling wryly. After all, not everyone has the best archery talent like Josk. The ship fluctuates on the sea. Even if you aim and shoot, the arrow will go nowhere as soon as the ship shakes. Unless there are enough steel crossbows to form a covering shooting, two or three steel crossbows on this side alone will not pose much threat at all.
Obviously, the sailors and crew on the two opposite ships also thought the same way. Even if they lost two people, their morale remained undiminished. They waved their weapons and shouted at the same time. Jump over for a gang fight.
"Joe, leave the boat on the left to you, and I'll be in charge of the boat on the right." Lorist said, turning around and gesturing to Captain Wilson on the berth.
Jost nodded.
At this time, Chen Xi's Flying Fish suddenly veered to the right, leaving the most middle route, and rammed directly towards the medium-sized two-masted fast sailing merchant ship on the right. Originally, Chenxi's Flying Fish would hit the iron chain between the two opposite ships, but at this moment the direction changed, and what was about to hit the rib of the ship on the right.
For the driver of the boat on the right, letting Chenxi's Flying Fish's knife-sharp prow hit the middle of his own boat obviously wouldn't have any good results, and it might even cut him off. Now that Chenxi's Flying Fish has fallen into the trap, he is unwilling to allow his ship to be buried with Chenxi's Flying Fish before it is dying, otherwise it will be bad luck for him, and he will have no future in the Chamber of Commerce Bright.
A series of shouts sounded from the berth of the ship on the opposite right, turning the rudder, lowering the sail, and changing direction. The sailors and crew on that ship became busy in an instant, and they no longer cared about demonstrating and shooting arrows here. And the speed of this ship was greatly reduced, and the bow was moving towards this side, gradually aligning with the bow of Chen Xi's Flying Fish, so that the two ships would just pass by the side of the ship when they met, instead of colliding with each other.
"Turn the sail..." Captain Wilson shouted, and several sailors on the deck pulled the cable and turned the slanted sail to the front.
Chenxi's Flying Fish turned out to be against the wind, but now that the sails were turned to the front, the ship seemed to be dragged, and the speed was greatly reduced, like a running strong man suddenly turned into a hobbled old lady. This happened to the surprise of the two boats on the opposite side. A large wave of arrows fired by the boat on the left at a distance of 30 to 40 meters all fell into the sea ahead.
The green longbow in Josk's hand made continuous thunderclaps again, and there was a miserable howl on the opposite left ship. Nothing to worry about on the left, Lorist stared at the boat that was approaching on the opposite right, ten meters, nine meters, eight meters, seven meters... At this moment, Lorist really felt that the Flying Fish against the wind was really like a ship. The turtle is crawling, too slowly.
A medium-sized two-masted fast sailing merchant ship, thirty-five meters long, narrow at the front and wide at the rear, with a one-meter-wide bow and a long ram. The boat is seven meters wide from mid to stern, with two masts, four square sails, and four triangle sails. When the wind is downwind, the fastest speed can reach 10 knots. The full crew is 88, and the minimum crew is 34. The draft is 2.7 meters deep, the water surface is 3.5 meters high, and the double-deck cabin structure at the bottom has a full load of 48,000 kilograms. It has always been known as the medium-sized sea ship with the best performance in Galintia, and it is the best choice for long-distance sea travel. .
In fact, although Chenxi's Flying Fish was full of sails and against the wind, with the remaining strength of the previous sprint and the approaching speed of the opposite ship, it was not too slow, and the medium-sized two-masted ship that he had seen before flashed in Lorist's mind. When reading the data of the fast sailing merchant ship, the two ships were already close at hand, and the distance between them was only three or four meters.
Lorist shouted loudly, jumped up, and threw himself on the opposite ship. People were in mid-air, and the sailors and crew members on the opposite ship had already reacted, throwing axes and throwing guns directly at Lorist to greet him.
The long sword fluttered in his hand, blocking two waves of thrown weapons one after another, and Lorist landed on the deck in some embarrassment. With a tightening of his left foot, a strong force surged in. Lorist didn't expect it at all. He fell on his back and fell directly on his back. The sailors and crew members on the deck swarmed up with their swords...
The sword light exploded, the rain of blood splashed, and the broken limbs and arms flew around. More than 20 sailors and crew members were almost torn apart, and there was no time to let out a scream.
Lorist held his nose and stood up. The fall just now was terrible, and his nose hit the deck firmly, bleeding out, and he was robbed by someone, who wanted to kill him by surprise with a large number of people.
Just now when Lorist landed on the ground, his left foot was stepping in the middle of a coiled cable, and the other end of the rope was in the hands of a sailor. Be careful of your feet, you will be tossed to the ground immediately, if you are not skilled, you may really capsize in the gutter.
What Wilson said is right, the most important thing to do in sea battles is to pay attention to your feet. This is not on land. Your feet should be neither false nor solid, and you must always pay attention to the messy things on the deck. In melee combat, the terrain is narrow, and when there are many people in the melee, swordsmen of the silver and gold ranks may be plotted against and knocked down by the black iron ranks...
With a bang, Chenxi's Flying Fish rubbed against the side of the boat Lorist was on, and was stopped by the thick iron chain. Now both boats paused abruptly, and then stuck tightly together. together. People who didn't pay attention suddenly rolled into a ball on the deck...
With uneven feet, Lorist stood on the deck in a horse stance, and pointed his long sword at the slipway: "Abandon your weapons and surrender, and I will spare your lives if you go to the bottom cabin..."
In the tradition of naval warfare in Galintia, the most important thing is to occupy the deck. As long as the deck is in hand, the enemy is finished. Because all the important things are on the deck, the berth, the rudder, the mast... The person who surrendered went down to the bilge, which is equivalent to handing over his life to the victor, as long as the front and rear deck entrances of the upper and lower bilges are locked , the people below can only resign themselves to fate, otherwise a fire will turn the people below into roast pigs.
On the berth, a bearded man grabbed the railing and stood up. He drew out his sword and flashed a white light: "Don't be ashamed, let's go up together..."
This time it was Throwing Ax Throwing Hidden Weapons that came together, and some even wanted to use a lasso to trap Lorist. Since you want to die, then you will be fulfilled. Lorist killed the ship from bow to stern, covered in blood all over his body, like a killing madman rushing out of a sea of blood. The bearded man yelled in despair, "Devil, devil..." and was decapitated by Lorist.
Blood and corpses were everywhere on the deck. Lorist didn't know how many people had been killed. Anyway, there were no moving figures on this ship. Lorist walked towards the port side of the ship, where there were two thick wooden stakes, and the iron chain of the Flying Fish that blocked the dawn was tied to the wooden stakes.
The sword light flashed, and the two big wooden stakes broke at the waist. But at this time, the two boats were sticking together, even if the big wooden stake wrapped with iron chains was broken, the two boats still did not separate.
Lorist was about to jump back to Dawn's Flying Fish, when suddenly the hull shook violently, Lorist slipped on a pool of blood, half kneeling on the deck to stabilize his forward body. A scream came from next to his ear, and Lorist looked up, his eyes cracked.
But the medium-sized two-masted fast-sailing merchant ship suppressed by Josk's arrow on the left and a large three-masted merchant ship 40 to 50 meters away from it had already stuck to it at some point, pushing the medium-sized two-masted merchant ship At the same time as the hull of the fast-masted merchant ship collided with Dawn's Flying Fish, countless human heads appeared on the side of the large three-masted merchant ship, and clusters of feathered arrows were shot from a condescending manner, and the deck of Dawn's Flying Fish More than a dozen sailors on board fell down at once, and the worst was the watchman on the mast, who directly became a hedgehog...
Immediately afterwards, dozens of people jumped off the large three-masted schooner, landed on the medium-sized two-masted fast sailing merchant ship, and headed straight for the Flying Fish in the morning light.
Jost's long bow vibrated repeatedly, and the green long arrows shot out like bolts of lightning, but after the two people in front fell down, all the long arrows were easily caught by an old man in brown who rushed up behind him wielding a long sword. down.
"Great Swordsman?" Lorist's eyes were fixed, he didn't expect that there was a Great Swordsman on board the intercepting fleet of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce. Immediately, he jumped up and landed beside Josk: "You deal with the ones behind, and leave the old man to me."
Jump onto the medium-sized two-masted fast sailing merchant ship on the left again, and stop in front of the old man in brown.
"You still don't vote..." The old man in brown held a sword in front of his face, majestic, and shouted loudly, his arrogance was unparalleled for a while.
"Fuck you, go to hell!" Lorist ignored his nonsense and rushed forward with his sword.
"Clank clang clang..." The sound of the sword blared violently, the old man in brown clothes lost his chance, and was forced back again and again by Lorist's continuous rush attack, he blocked with left and right, and was extremely embarrassed to parry and dodge...
"Come up and help me..." The old man in brown finally couldn't resist, and begged for help regardless of his face as a great swordsman.
Two crew members who didn't know what to do rushed forward, blocking Lorist's flashing sword light.
With a few "swish" and "dang", the two crew members were chopped diagonally from the left shoulder to the right waist, and cut into four pieces. Even the long sword and big ax in their hands were cut into two pieces by Lorist's sword.
But the brown-clothed old man was free, turned around and fled.
"Paralyzed, I'll see where you're going on the sea." Lorist had already lost his temper. Since the Chicod Chamber of Commerce spent such a high price to intercept and capture him, the loss of a great swordsman would make them feel even worse. feel heartache. No matter what he said, he wanted to kill the old man in brown clothes, Lorist rushed after him.
All those standing in front of him were swept away by Lorist's sword like chopping melons and vegetables. The old man in brown climbed onto the large three-masted schooner. Chu Er boarded the merchant ship, and countless swords and guns came oncoming. There was a sound of shouting and killing, and countless figures flew towards Lorist.
At this moment, Lorist suddenly felt blood red before his eyes. He seemed to have entered an extremely mysterious and unspeakable world. Everything on the entire large three-masted schooner seemed to be in his induction. No matter what the movement is, he can clearly feel it in his mind.
The appearance of these red figures rushing towards him in front of him became extremely slow and ridiculous. The weapons that attacked him seemed to be in slow motion. The throats of these figures pierced their chests, and one after another red figures kept falling on the deck...
I don't know how long it took, the red figures on the deck became rarer, they no longer pounced on them, but sprinted to avoid him, but none of them escaped his own killing, until the last old man in brown.
But the brown-clothed old man looked at him tremblingly as if he had lost his soul, talking about the sword master and domain, did he think he could scare himself by lifting the sword master? With a slash of Lorist's sword, the brown-clothed old man's head flew up. He reached out and grabbed the long hair on his head, and lifted his head high. Lorist laughed wildly, and the laughter was full of killing and blood Biting cold spread across the sea...
"My lord! My lord! My lord! Wake up..."
Lorist, who was laughing wildly, heard a burst of anxious shouts, and finally slowly woke up, the blood red in his eyes gradually receded, and returned to deep black again.
Uh, that seems like a good thing for me to do? On the deck of a large three-masted schooner, corpses piled up like mountains, and blood flowed like rivers...
"Why are you standing so far away calling me?"
El stood on the berth of a medium-sized two-masted fast sailing merchant ship and shouted at Lorist. Hearing Lorist's question, El trembled: "My lord, do I dare to go up? See for yourself, it's less than half When you were young, you killed the entire ship like a madman, no fewer than three hundred people..."
"Ah, am I really that powerful?" Lorist looked at the head he was holding in his hand, hey, what am I doing with this thing, he threw it away casually.
"My lord, the boat is separated, and everyone is waiting for you to get on board." El shouted.
"Okay, I'll be right here..." Lorist was about to leave when suddenly his world turned and he lost all strength, his eyes went dark, and he passed out on the ground...
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