Realm of Power

On April 21st, along the northwest coast of Oubaluo continent,

After more than a month of long-distance sailing, the Frye fleet, which was ordered to explore the sea, arrived in the distant and unfamiliar sea. With the help of the Salander charts, although the voyage was far away, it was quite lucky. Several things along the way were It was the season when fruits were abundant on this small island. While examining the chart in his hand, Fry bit into an unknown fruit.

The fruits are sweet and your mouth is full of water. These fruits were picked by sailors from the island. In Salander's chart, the Salanders recorded two passages to other continents, not just one.

One is the traditional sea route, which starts from the southern seaport of Salander and extends to the southern sea along the half-moon-shaped island chain of the Ikadiva continent. You can follow the island chain to reach the Obarro continent, but now those island chains are still in Normandy. under human control,

The other one seems more dangerous. Because it is just some legends, the Salanders only drew another mysterious sea route based on the information provided by some lost sailors. This passage is directly connected to the Ikadiva continent. The northern coast is connected. There is no need to set off from the southern seaport of Salander. Instead, it enters the deep sea area from the northeast protrusion of Nord and follows the ocean currents to blow to the wind direction of the foreign continent. If everything goes well, it will take three to four months. Arrive at Oubaluo Continent

In order to open up the sea route to Oparo as quickly as possible, Fatty handed over the chart of the new sea route to the Imperial Navy. After receiving Fatty's order to open up the sea route, Navy Minister Dustelenko had a problem. Whether there is a way or not is another matter.

"Sir, what do you think? Can you get up and move around?" After conveying the order, Alonso returned to the bedside of Frederansk uneasily and said with concern and anxiety.

Alonso graduated from the Naval Academy in the South last November and has been in the Navy for less than a year, although for the Falcon Navy. Alonso was still just a newbie on the battlefield, but few people noticed the three shining anchor marks on the shoulders of his navy uniform. This meant that Alonso was actually a man who sank three ships. Senior gunner of an enemy ship,

"Why are you here? Didn't you receive the order from the flagship? A battle may break out at any time. You should go back to the deck quickly." Frederansk opened his eyes and saw Alonso in his bedroom, and he couldn't help but feel excited. Some shouted anxiously, their hoarse voices like a broken bellows.

"Captain, I'm just a gunner. I've never learned how to operate a battleship."

Alonso responded with an ugly face. The captain fell, and all the pressure was on his shoulders as the first officer. In this strange sea, with strange enemies, the huge pressure was on him who had never commanded a battleship. The first mate cannot afford it yet.

Various dangerous situations may come at any time, but the most experienced person on the ship is lying down. Alonso subconsciously feels unprecedented nervousness. He sincerely hopes that Friedransk will get better quickly.

After discovering the waves caused by the swirling offshore currents, the entire fleet slowed down, raised the alert level, and was ready for battle at any time. Frye's rich marine experience shows that near the swirling offshore currents, there are often Where large tracts of land appear, because only a large enough coastline can block the impact of ocean currents and form backflows

While the warmth of spring still envelopes the continent of Ikadiva, the weather here appears to be very dry and cold. The cold sunshine reflects layers of golden light on the water surface, and the constant surging of the sea water reflects the messy light. .

A fleet of 8 Dragon Teeth battleships from the Imperial Navy's Fry Squadron and 12 Salander's five-masted battleships. Forming a line and advancing slowly, the battleship's heavy front chord split a long water mark on the sea, looking very powerful.

In the second row of Frye's squadron, twenty transport ships followed closely. They were about one mile away from the battleships that opened the way. From a distance on the sea, they looked like a row of turbulent dots.

Time passed nervously. In order to discover the situation as quickly as possible, the flagship ordered the observation posts of every Dragon Tooth warship in the fleet to stay on the high mast. Using their lookouts, they carefully searched the calm sea around them.

"Did you see anything?" This is what the captains of each ship are asking. Some captains of the Dragon Tooth Battleship even climbed to the top of the mast to search for the target. Sailed for a month. We just have to wait and see at the last moment, whether the distant continent is really at the top of this ocean current as it is in the legend.

If it weren't for physical reasons, Frederansk would definitely be at the top of the mast at this time.

After a month of sailing, everyone is full of longing and hope for the final goal. This will be a huge discovery that shakes the entire Ikadiva continent, and may even affect the strategic deployment of the Imperial Navy.

The fleet finally found the first target at 4:12 in the afternoon. The entire fleet began to get excited. It was a small transport ship with two sails. When it saw the group of battleships appearing on the distant sea, the small transport ship was obviously frightened. It immediately turned around and wanted to escape, but the double sails provided The driving force makes it escape like a fat duck that waddles and turns around.

"Catch it now"

Seeing that the target that was about to be reached was about to run, Frye on the flagship gave the order decisively, and the two fastest Dragon Tooth ships stretched out their long propellers and quickly accelerated their speed. Two white graceful arcs were drawn on the wings of this isolated small transport ship, which just sandwiched the transport ship. Soon, a middle-aged man wearing linen clothes was brought to Frye's flagship by naval soldiers.

He looked at the middle-aged man who was kneeling in front of him, his face turned pale with fear, and he was screaming indiscriminately. Frye, the former pirate leader, was also stupid. Forget about the inability to communicate with each other, after sailing for a month, the fleet is now very overwhelmed and exhausted, both the sailors and the warships, and urgently need a port to rest and rest, but how to tell this middle-aged man? Very difficult question,

"Here, bring me a bag of gold coins." Fry is indeed a pirate leader. He understands the nature of these businessmen very well. As long as he has money, he will do anything.

He asked someone to fetch a bag of gold coins, and then poured them all in front of the middle-aged businessman with a bang. As expected, the businessman who had just been full of fear now had a look of greed in his eyes, and the luster of gold shone. It almost filled the pupils of his eyes, but the serious sailors around him and the ferocious pirate leader in front of him made him full of hesitation.

"Sue...sue...me, there is a...port"

Frye asked with his poor continental common language while making laborious gestures with both hands. This was what he learned when he was a pirate. It was just a few words, port. Stay alive. Money is concise and concise, but the order is different and the meaning is different. For example, what the Obaro man understands now is to take them to the port. The fleet needs to replenish water. He can survive and get these gold coins. Of course, under normal circumstances, Frye’s slogan was “Money, Lives, Ports.”

"Wow..." The middle-aged man suddenly became excited when he saw the gold coins. He raised his hand and gestured towards the west. Sure enough, the offensive of money was invincible.

"Very good, how far is it approximately?" Frye looked at the middle-aged man's gesture and continued to ask lamely in excitement, but this time the middle-aged businessman didn't seem to understand, and just used the five fingers of his right hand to move. Frye was shaking in front of him as if he was taking credit, which dazzled Frye for a while.

"Five hours? Or five days?" Frye's face was full of confusion. He knew that there would be no results if he continued to ask. At this time, he heard the sound of an alarm coming from the mast above his head. It was Dragon No. 17 at the head of the fleet. The lookout post of the Japanese battleship also sent out a signal that the target was found, and then. The 18th Dragon Tooth battleship next to it also sent the same signal.

"2 medium-sized warships, 3 small warships." The lookout reported the information in a semaphore, which made Frye's nerves immediately tense. Those five wagging fingers would not refer to these five warships of unknown origin.

He asked people to escort the middle-aged man down first, and then said to his subordinates like the flag above, "Know the opponent's flag. Order each fleet to prepare for battle." The opponent's flag was a black skull and crossbones. "It should be a pirate" soon. The news from the lookout post made Frye feel ecstatic, but he was worried that he couldn't find a guide. On the ocean, is there a guide who is more familiar with the sea than a pirate?

"It's an order for the fleet to attack." Frederansk's face changed as he was lying on the hospital bed. He wanted to stand up from the hospital bed, but failed several times because he was too weak.

"I think it's better for me to go. I don't know why. I'm not so nervous now. Becoming a captain has always been my dream. Thank you for letting me complete it ahead of schedule." Alonso looked solemnly and held down his hand with a thick hand. his shoulders. Reincarnated ran up to the second deck. As he ran, he shouted, "Everyone is in position, raise the battle flag."

On both sides of the Dragon Tooth Ship No. 15. The tops of several Dragon Tooth ships are hoisted with battle flags flying with their own characteristics. The most famous among them is naturally the pink pig flag on the flagship Frye. Others are flying mermaid, hunting shark, hyacinth, and purple roland. The battle flags are also flying around it

"Advance, leave no one behind, sink them all"

Frye stood with one foot on the front corner of the flagship, held his sword high in his hand, and shouted unscrupulously. The sea breeze roared, causing his disheveled hair to float like wheat straw. The whole person was like this war-torn elite fleet, moving forward indomitably.

One guide is enough. This is the ocean. Too many captives will only consume limited food and fresh water. Now I can only hope that among these pirates, there are people who are as proficient in the languages ​​​​of the two continents as myself.

Of course, Frye would not admit that his total words in Obaro were less than ten words. So he decided to throw all the pirates into the sea, and then shout in broken common language, whoever can answer the question can live. It is a very simple method and very practical. As for humanity, is it necessary for pirates?

"Open a position"

As the battle order is issued. The eight Dragon Tooth ships were like tigers coming out of their boxes, rushing towards the panicked pirate ship on the opposite side. The sailors on the battleships began to get excited. They ran hard and used their thick hands to pull the lowered sails as fast as possible. In the sea breeze, the sails on the Dragon Tooth Battleship were quickly blown up.

"Papa papa" The sails and long sliders on the warship were stretched out at the same time. On both wings of the warship, a wooden baffle blocking the cannon port was also neatly opened outwards, and the dark cryogenic cannon muzzles emerged from The man behind the baffle was pushed out by the sailors in the cabin.

"Target 322 meters, port side 43 degrees, altitude 13, lead time"

The sound from the rangefinder caused the black holes exposed on the belly of the hull to turn quickly and neatly in the same direction. The pirate ship on the opposite side seemed to have a premonition of something. The five warships with pirate marks turned around in unison, but they had already Too late, their exposed flanks immediately came under salvo fire from the Falcon fleet.

"Rumble"

As a whole row of thick white smoke spewed out on the sea in the distance after a burst of thunder, countless cannonballs with long black tails also drew beautiful arcs on the sea, carrying with them A violent whistling sound came towards me,

"Papa" A medium-sized warship flying a black pirate flag was the first to fly. Because it was closest to the outside when turning, it also encountered the strongest attack. Countless shells concentrated on the heavy and fat starboard side of the warship almost at the same time. Then it penetrated through the middle of the wooden deck, and the broken wood flew everywhere. Almost instantly, hundreds of holes were printed on the hull of this small ship.

Rumble... Continuous and huge explosions came from the inside of the ship. The huge fire almost turned half the sky red. The red flames ignited the entire warship, like a huge red torch rolling on the sea. , you can see a lot of black spots jumping into the sea on it, they should be the unlucky pirates.

Two minutes later, another medium-sized pirate ship was also attacked by the Falcon Navy. Under the special care of the two rapidly approaching Dragon Tooth Ships No. 17 and No. 19, the rocking hull was penetrated by more than thirty rounds of Thor bombs. , the entire hull tilted greatly, and its side strings were almost completely torn apart. Seawater poured in. After a few minutes, the huge hull was filled with seawater and began to sink slowly.

Its iconic bow angle first sank into the rough sea, and then the stern was raised high, but the bruised hull could not support the weight of the stern.

When the stern of the ship rose to a faster and more vertical position, the hull of the ship burst from the middle with a roar, and it was extremely tragic.

The tall stern of the boat was smashed down hard, creating countless splashes, and then it was deeply inserted into the sea water and could no longer be seen. On the sea surface, there were only floating debris and two huge whirlpools.

Witnessing the sinking of two medium-sized warships, the other four small warships were completely frightened. One of them stopped on the sea. It was hit by two cannons at the stern rudder, and the main mast above it also collapsed. , the whole ship is shaky and may sink at any time,

One ship collided with another ship while turning, and half of the entire ship's side collapsed. The hull tilted, and the sailors on top jumped into the sea in panic. Only one ship barely escaped the battlefield, but it was still swaying and could sink at any time. , in order to save time, Frye did not order a pursuit, giving the pirate ship a chance to escape.