Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 82: Stirring Up the Storm and the Greatest Art

The hot shells emitted a shrill scream and, carrying enormous kinetic energy, slammed into the Red Beard Fleet, whose formation was in disarray.

Their decks, gun ports, and hulls all exploded in an instant, leaving countless holes of all sizes.

The heavy cast iron shells bounced violently on the ship, brutally crushing anyone who dared to stand in their way, whether mortal or extraordinary, into a bloody mist.

The 24-pound guns equipped on this team of fourth-level ships have a range of up to 4 meters when the firing angle is 1350 degrees; when the firing angle is raised to 8 degrees, it can reach 2250 meters.

At an ultra-close distance of 100 meters, the solid shells fired by the 24-pound gun could easily penetrate a one-meter-thick oak hull.

The defense of both the third-level and second-level ships is useless.

Especially the [Goddess of Vengeance] was trapped in its own web and originally wanted to hold on to the [Flaming Rose] tightly.

However, due to the latter's sudden change of formation and passive advance, they were forcibly pulled out of formation and bore the brunt of the strongest wave of concentrated fire.

"Fight back, fight back!"

However, the counterattack of the privateering fleet was obviously much more scattered, and there was even a low-level accident where the firing range was blocked by friendly ships.

This is the excellence of the "line of battle tactics".

Due to the layout of sailing warships, most of the guns are installed on both sides of the ship.

When a fleet is organized into a group of several warships, arranged in a column battle formation, and engages in broadside battles by firing in turns, it can fully exert its firepower.

Enter the artillery range and move parallel to the enemy ship.

Each ship bombards the designated enemy ship until the winner is decided or one side retreats.

The battle line is an enlarged version of the firing line tactic at sea. It is also a comprehensive showdown of today's command, tactics, equipment, courage, and perseverance!
After a wave of salvos, Violet's [Flaming Rose] achieved the most fruitful results.

[Ship Bow Image - Rose Girl] has made great contributions.

"Unique Effect: Double Bullet Shooting

In order to ensure that the enemy ship's hull could be penetrated, the crew often loaded two shells at a time and filled them with sufficient gunpowder. This was called double-bullet shooting.

But the artillery blessed by the Rose Girl does not need it.

They only need to load one shell, and what they fire is a double shell.

One is a normal cast iron shell, and the other is a high-temperature fireball shell equivalent to a scorching shell."

Just like Violet’s personality, this is a battleship that has increased its attack power to the limit.

The two shells, one in front and one behind, turned the thick hull and even thicker ribs of the third-class ship into decorations that were not much stronger than paper.

Eighteen 24-pound guns could be used as thirty-six guns, and even had an advantage in firepower over the thirty 24-pound secondary guns on the leeward side of the Nemesis.

"Reload, and shoot at me again, and hit me in the head!"

Unlike the high-spirited Flaming Rose, the Nemesis was in a state of mourning.

"Save me, save me!"

On the upper gun deck, a gunner held his legs that were cut off by a shell and called for help from his companions.

The other pirates, who had managed to control the runaway bronze cannons and were now covered in dust, shook their heads when they saw his appearance.

It was very heartwarming to draw the gun and give him a quick kill.

In order to prevent the corpse from getting in the way during the battle, the pirates didn't even bother to give their companion a decent pirate funeral. They just threw him and his two hairy legs out of the gun port.

Then they immediately re-entered the battle and fired back at the opposing Wanmin battle line.

They have been blessed by the figurehead, which increases their hit rate by 20%. The higher the firing frequency, the more shells will hit the enemy ship.

"Reload, fire!"

The pirates on the open main deck were not having a good time either.

A fireball landed right next to a 9-pound cannon and ignited the gunpowder barrel placed there.

In an instant, the entire five-man artillery crew and the sailors who supplied them with gunpowder were sent into the sky.

The surrounding cast iron shells, crowbars, rods, wooden corks, swords, etc. were also blown away, turning everything around into a sieve.

The sailor who was squeezed on the mizzen mast with Byron was very unfortunate and was stabbed to death by a rod used to load cannonballs.

He fell headfirst and turned into a pool of flesh on the deck.

Byron, on the other hand, was unharmed and didn't even blink.

A true warrior!

A loyal minister who devoted his life to the cause!
Even the most harsh pirate officer could not help but break out in a cold sweat as he gave such a comment to him.

But no one noticed.

Captain Red Beard was clearly dozens of meters away from the explosion site, yet he was tragically affected.

One of his eyes was blinded by a dagger that fell from some gunner.

Perhaps today they have become accustomed to the captain's bad luck, and no matter how tragic it is, it is difficult to surprise them anymore.

This is the reason why Byron dared to board the enemy ship Nemesis and even shouted to Violet: "Fire at me."

"If they could really aim every shot at me, maybe this matter would have been resolved a long time ago."

Byron sighed with regret, and did not forget to help the signal officer standing on the poop to hang up a new signal flag.

But before hoisting the flag, he had already received the order from Red Beard before other combat units.

To this ship: "Cancel the hatred mark to prevent it from passively leaving the team and sailing on its own again." To the fleet: "Move closer to me, in a line formation."

Byron notified Violet immediately and gave some advice to the Taiwanese princess who would have to stand on her own sooner or later:
"Remember, don't be like Red Beard who desperately tried every possible means to cure his illness.

Fleet command is not a game. It is not possible to guarantee the implementation of predetermined tactics simply by smoothly conveying orders.

The most difficult part of anything is execution. If the captains are not talented enough to change formations quickly, it would be useless and dangerous.

When captains do not fully understand the attack pattern chosen by their commanders, a last-minute change of formation can turn into an unmitigated disaster."

"Orders, the battle line stabilizes, stays in sync, and continues firing.

Our opponents are all large warships, and it is unrealistic to sink the enemy ships in a short period of time.

The gunpowder magazine located below the waterline also has sufficient safety measures to make it difficult for it to cause a secondary explosion.

The primary goal now is to break their will and use bloody and heavy losses to break through the psychological defenses of other big pirates.

Let this gang that was united by interests also fall apart because of interests!
The impetuous atmosphere in the fleet tells me that we won’t have to wait too long for this time point.”

At this moment, Byron was like a giant spider monster that had woven a large web and was waiting eagerly above the battlefield.

All the naval warfare tactics he learned in the past became his hunting skills.

It was a difficult battle to operate in this battlefield composed of wind, sails and artillery fire, but it was also progressing rapidly over time.

A [Storm Knight] was in the center of the "storm", but he chose to hide in the safest eye of the storm, commanding the storm in front of him to devour everything.

The spirituality became more and more lively, and seemed to gradually blend into every turbulence of this "storm", turning its hands to make rain and stirring up the wind and clouds.

No one except Violet knew that both fleets were now at the fingertips of the same hands.

"All ships are free to fire. Don't just target Red Beard. Pay attention to the other big pirates as well. Hit them hard."

Thick smoke rose up like clouds, and lines of fire intertwined and burst out.

Violet strictly implemented Byron's steady and cautious tactics, responding to ever-changing circumstances with the same strategy.

The battle line consisting of six warships in a row slanted forward and charged towards the Red Beard fleet, whose formation was scattered and barely in a line, in the biting sea breeze.

The two fleets were sailing in the same direction with the wind.

The deafening explosions never stopped from the beginning, and crew members on both sides' warships died miserably every moment.

But the longer the battle lasted, the more frightened the pirates on Red Beard's side became.

The miserable cries of their companions quickly destroyed their already limited fighting spirit.

"Fight back, fight back!"

"Aren't we seven against six? With a third-level ship, why can't we defeat this?!"

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The only response they received was even more fierce bombardment.

The big pirates of the Bay were well prepared. Even if the displacement of some pirate ships was inferior to that of the fourth-level ships, they emptied the inventory in Iron Anchor Bay and increased the caliber of the installed artillery to the limit.

The one-time instantaneous projectile mass reached an astonishing 2322 pounds.

You have to know that even for a first-class battleship with 110 guns, the projection mass of a single broadside gun is only 1236 pounds.

The wills of both sides cannot be compared.

A mob that comes together for profit may collapse if there are 10% or even 5% casualties.

But some powerful armies can fight to the last man, creating perverted records that are even more outrageous than novels.

Among the Bay Pirates and the free pirates who support them, many members or their relatives are traditionalists of Anchor Bay who are not afraid of life or death for their parents, wives and children.

When the battle came to the end of the first hour, which was also the fourth hour after the fighting phase began, the restlessness within the Red Beard Fleet finally reached a climax.

All it takes is a spark to set it off.

Byron, who was always watching everything, caught this at the first moment, his eyes sharpened, and he gave a decisive order:

"Let's have another round of volleys. Bring out all your best skills and try to defeat them in one round!"

Violet, who had been acting as a mouthpiece and receiving countless admiring looks, immediately perked up when she heard this, her face beaming with joy:
"I can't wait any longer, good citizen, please enjoy my grand finale.

You must not die."

He turned his head and shouted to the gunner on the ship:

"Load me with double bullets!"

"Fire!"

The naval guns fired a salvo.

With the effect of [Rose Girl], "Double Bullet Shooting" plus "Double Bullet Shooting", just one boat can almost fill the entire screen with a fierce momentum.

However, due to the limited bearing capacity of the bronze barrel, this attack can only be launched once a day.

The other five warships coordinated their efforts, and the overwhelming artillery shells poured towards the enemy ships like hot iron rain.

This is just the beginning.

Violet then pulled a white whalebone whistle from the traveler’s bag at her waist and blew it hard, but it produced no sound audible to human ears.

Suddenly, a red color emerged from beneath the water.

The dense red scales were like arrows shot from a bow, dragging white lines as they rushed towards the opposite side.

That was the massive school of fish fed with [Gunpowder Formula: Kiss of Flame], which she had kept as her trump card until now.

In fact, this is Violet's graduation project at the Vienna Academy of Arts.

Although she herself called it "the greatest art", the real essence is actually just one word.

--fry!!!

(End of this chapter)