Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 79: Going Down with the Ship, Revenge

Valhalla second floor, atrium.

Woo woo woo.
The bitter cold wind howled in and out, and the wind speed gradually increased to a level 25 wind of 6 knots. White foam broke through the peaks and formed swirling white strips like snow.

The sea conditions here are actually the same as those in the North Sea outside, which enters winter in November.

Many pirate ships from various historical periods, which were in tatters and should have sunk long ago, were cruising in the water like sharks.

There are rowing boats, dragon-headed boats (paddle boats), sloops, caravels, galleons, etc., as long as they have existed in history, they are all available.

Apparently they are all "collective ship coffins"!
An entire pirate team of dozens or even hundreds of people was buried on one ship.

Piracy has always been a high-risk profession.

If they were defeated at sea, they would usually face the tragic end of having their entire ship destroyed, so they would often fight to the death and be exceptionally brave.

It is not uncommon for real ships to become ship coffins after a brutal battle.

A very small number of them became the ghost ships that everyone on the sea feared, while most of the remaining spirits came here and fought endlessly on the sea surface of the "Atrium" all day long.

"The second level of the Great Treasure Trial. Defeat a 'collective ship coffin' and seize the pilot's [whale oil lantern]. You can follow its guidance and enter the third level 'the kingdom of night'."

This treasure hunt competition is obviously a comprehensive test that integrates other pirate professional skills.

But who doesn’t know that the only one who could pass the level in history was the high-sequence fifth-order legendary pirate king [Whale Hunter]?
As soon as the pirate ship captained by the non-Wanmin captain came in, it immediately encountered a tough battle. No one had the ambition to seize the great treasure and only wanted to save his life.

The most intense naval battle of all the atriums was when two large pirate ships flying skull and crossbones flags were chasing and fighting each other.

On the front ship, there stood a figurehead of a girl holding a bright red rose.

The shape is a standard fourth-class ship with fifty guns, and it is also a "nominal battleship" between a cruiser and a battleship.

The displacement is 1000 tons and the capacity is 350 people.

A total of eighteen 24-pound guns, twenty 12-pound guns, and ten 9-pound guns were installed on the two through gun decks and the open main deck, and two 6-pound small guns were installed on the poop.

Behind it was a level 3 battleship that was obviously a whole circle larger.

There is also a female statue standing on the bow, with bloodshot eyes, a torch in one hand and a dagger in the other, exuding a crazy and brutal aura.

It was a large ship with 74 shipboard guns, including 32 24-pound guns, 9 -pound guns, and -pound guns.

With a crew of 680 and a displacement of 1500 tons, it is also the main battleship among the current naval battleships of the Kingdom of Hastings.

It can be said to be the most perfect combination of firepower, speed and cost in this era.

Unlike the compromise-type battleships such as the Tier 4 ships, the Tier 3 ships are real weapons for suppressing sea power.

Even though there are first-class and second-class ships on it, it is undoubtedly the most equipped model among the battleships, so many that one can be given to Red Beard as his flagship.

These are the [Flaming Rose] and [Goddess of Vengeance] that passed the first level faster than Byron and arrived at the second-floor atrium.

Obviously, there is no perfect plan in the world, and there is no enemy that will just take a beating without fighting back.

There was a small incident that was not planned.

Red Beard used the special effects of the figurehead to attack them in advance, resulting in both sides landing at the same point when they entered the vast second floor.

A level 4 ship was nearly run over by a level 3 ship, a flying dragon.

"Fire! You're lucky. I, Red Beard, can't solve the secret in a short time. Only the North Sea Pirate King [Whale Hunter] has solved it in history.

But I can take care of the competition.

Main guns and secondary guns fire freely, kill them for me."

Red Beard put down the brass telescope in his hand and gave orders to the first mate behind him.

boom! boom! boom!
During the pursuit, the artillery on the third-level ship in the rear, which was within the firing range, also continued to fire at the Flaming Rose.

However, the Flaming Rose was intimidated by the internal information provided by Byron and did not dare to open fire until it was sure that it could defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Figurehead·Goddess of Vengeance:
"Effect: Revenge for every slight.

1. Hate mark, actively release the mark, and there will be an invisible anchor connecting each other, continuously tracking, and never falling behind.

Every time it is about to get rid of it, it will passively increase its speed and pull the marked person back into the main gun's range.

It was with this ability that Red Beard secretly locked onto the Flaming Rose before the fighting began.

2. If the ship is hit by the enemy's artillery fire, the passive effect will be triggered, and the torch in the hand of the goddess of vengeance will shoot out a ray of light to lock onto her enemy.

The dagger in his hand will emit a cold light, covering all the artillery on his own warship, giving them a temporary boost of revenge.

If you fire at this time, you will get a 20% trajectory correction, which will effectively increase your hit rate by 20%. "

And don’t forget that the main gun of the third-level ship is a 32-pounder, while the main gun of the fourth-level ship is only a 24-pounder.

One is a heavyweight, the other a lightweight. If they had a slapping match, the one who would fall would undoubtedly be the latter.

On the rear deck of the Flaming Rose, Violet hung up the Whale Song communication.

Although he was still full of doubts, he chose to trust the judgment of Byron, a professional.

Moreover, what he had just said was a disguised acknowledgement of his identity. Violet could not think of any reason why he would harm her.

As soon as she made up her mind, she decisively gave orders to the crew around her:
"We should seize the upper hand, delay time, and wait for the other councillors to come and join us, and then defeat him in one fell swoop."

The helmsman, the mast chief, and a group of pirate officers were all stunned as she was just now, and subconsciously reminded her: "Captain, it is common sense to seize the upper hand in a warship duel. If we go to the leeward and accidentally fall into the opponent's wake, we will lose all maneuverability."

Violet naturally had no idea why he did this, but as a captain she couldn’t show her weakness, so she asked back:

“Have you ever engaged a battleship?
Do as ordered! "

"As you command, Captain!"

Objections were just a subconscious reaction. Everyone knew that in wartime, the Ten Commandments of Pirates and the captain's orders must be strictly enforced without compromise.

Seeing her companions busy at work, Violet couldn’t help but sigh.

Including herself, this generation of Taiwanese pirates is indeed lacking in talent.

Her father, the North Sea Pirate King [Whale Hunter], disappeared at sea, taking away a group of the most elite Bay People crew members.

[Child Guardian] Dennis, the third-level Berserker, has long been old, and his crew members naturally retired earlier than him.

In addition, in recent years, many of the Bay Pirates on the East Coast and the Barbary Pirates on the West Coast have left their homeland.

Most of the elite pirates who were capable, ambitious and still in their prime turned to the new southern routes.

Most of those who remain on the coast of the Old World, except for the young people who have not yet grown up, are mediocre people.

Not even one of them survived a head-on collision with a naval battleship.

Of course, this is a hell of a joke no matter where it happens.

Not to mention a pirate ship, even a well-class cruiser can survive a fight with a battleship.

Even if this deed happened in a large maritime power, it would make a person a hero overnight, be officially recorded in the history of navigation, and even give him a [title].

"Helmsman, full starboard, cut to leeward.

The sail rope is long, and the windward angle is adjusted, with the left rear side facing the wind.

In the chase between the two warships from northwest to southeast.

The [Flaming Rose], which is equivalent to a fourth-level ship, gradually and actively moved to the leeward direction of the [Goddess of Vengeance].

However, thanks to its superior maneuverability, it always remained near the maximum range of the opponent's main gun and did not fall into the 300-meter wake created by the opponent.

Moreover, when they adjusted from the enemy's port side to the starboard side, the deafening sound of the 32-pound main gun suddenly stopped.

The 24-pound secondary guns, which had a slightly shorter range, had no other effect except splashing water all over them.

It has clearly reached the limit of its range.

This means that the seemingly majestic and domineering third-level ships can't hit them? !
"What's going on? Why aren't they firing?"

The pirate officers, who had been pessimistic about Violet’s order, suddenly widened their eyes and leaned over the bulwarks to look across.

The navigator holding a telescope was the first to solve the mystery:
"That is... the Nemesis has closed the gun ports of its main guns?
I understand! It's because the draft of battleships above level 3 is too deep, and the main gun ports are too close to the water surface.

When the sea is rough and the waves are high, in order to prevent the warship from taking in water on the leeward side that is tilted into the water, the gun ports must be closed and only the secondary guns must be retained.

So that’s how it is. So that’s how it is.”

They are just inexperienced, not stupid.

I immediately realized how brilliant this "take advantage of the situation" order was when facing the current sea conditions and the current enemy!

The 32-pound heavy gun at the bottom of the third-class ship is located in the middle of the hull. The lower frame of the gun port is only about meters away from the sea surface. If the sea conditions are slightly higher, waves will come up from the gun port.

It's not that the Nemesis doesn't want to attack, but that it can't.

And when both sides fell into an extremely awkward stalemate.

The coffin ships cruising nearby followed behind the Nemesis like sharks smelling blood.

The longer the time drags on, the more coffins will gather, and the less pressure the Flaming Rose will be under.

"Captain, you are wise!"

“I believe that there is no such thing as someone who is born with knowledge.

I didn't expect that the captain, who had never fought in a few naval battles, could see through the mystery at a glance and find the opponent's weakness.

God, it’s amazing! "

"Perhaps the God's prophecy of revival will be fulfilled on the captain."

"Captain, please teach us."

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The crew members gradually became more and more exaggerated, making Violet's cheeks slightly red.

But he also felt a bit elated after finally getting recognition from others, and said with a smug look on his face.

“Although the credit mainly goes to the good citizens, Captain Ben also has some credit.

Yes, the greatest achievement is listening to advice!

So, how about asking him to be the first mate on the Flaming Rose after this is over?"

(End of this chapter)