Reborn As a Pirate

May 13, Le Robert Bay.

Third Channel Discovery Vessel, one of the Schooner type!

Order the Badger to attack, and the Horseshoe to respond.

Yes! Order the Badger to attack the Horseshoe to support it, and the second ship's reply has been received!

Listening to the chaotic combat orders, Lorraine raised his binoculars to look for the Badger on the vast sea.

This is not difficult. Although the battleships of the Halloween are far apart, the general location has never been concealed from Lorraine.

He found his target in no time.

In the looking glass, the Badger was fully sailed, drawing a straight waterline on the sea, and aggressively rushed towards the sneaky Schooner more than ten kilometers away.

The ending was doomed from this moment.

Battleships against non-warships, soldiers against non-soldiers, the Badger has an absolute advantage in terms of firepower and combat skills, and the Horseshoe commanded by Bell is supporting it.

No matter from which point of view, that poor Schooner has no chance of turning over.

Lorraine put down the looking glass boredly, leaned against the mainmast, and glanced at Nelson who was looking solemn in the observation deck.

Mr. Admiral, this kind of battle does not require your attention. The major and Bell will sink Skuner soon.

The lion and the rabbit must go all out, Drake. Nelson touched the smooth hoop of the observation deck, Speaking of which, I still haven't thanked you for lending me the command of the Golden Deer.

It's high anyway. Compared with the Badger, you can see farther on the Golden Deer.

It was a great help.

This conversation took place on the tip of the mainmast of the Golden Hart. Nelson and his messengers occupied the highest mainmast observation deck of the ship. Out of politeness and boredom, Lorraine chose to accompany him and sat on the observation deck bored On the extended yard, high above.

Lorraine calculated silently in her heart.

Admiral, is it appropriate to bombard the coast?

Properly bombarded? Intimidated?

Roughly the same.

Lorraine stretched his waist, Since yesterday afternoon, when we started hunting indiscriminately inside the bay, all the boats in the bay have hid in the pier, and the scouts reported that there were 13 ships. Also since then, we have had nothing to do except the limited number of ships entering the bay.

Nelson clutched his chin depressedly: I thought they would at least organize a counterattack with more ships, but now it seems that I overestimated the bloodiness of the French...

The general thinking of businessmen is rational. In the face of the Golden Deer, I don't think the impulsive faction can dominate the dock. We have to help them make up their minds to save themselves.

Bombardment?

Take those two old forts away and let them know that the docks can't protect them.

I need to think again.

On May 13th, the second day after the Halloween fleet entered Le Robert Bay, Bell and the replenished Lucky Horseshoe officially returned to the fleet and participated in the fleet's hunting operation for the first time.

The Bay of Le Robert is a sheltered bay outside the coastal town of Le Robert in Martinique. It is adjacent to the Gulf of Garion off La Trinite to the north and Le François, the station of the French Defense Fleet, to the south.

This is a high-quality harbor second only to Fort Franken Bay on Martinique, but it has not received corresponding attention and development.

Le Robert is not prosperous.

Compared with Sainte-Marie, the core commercial port on the Atlantic coast, and Le François, a military center, this town looks mediocre from any angle, even if it is located in the center of the two. Take the opportunity to combine the functions of the two into one.

The chief culprit for this situation is the island and reef belt at the entrance of the bay.

The arc-shaped island and reef belt stretches across the entrance of the bay like a threshold, and there are a large number of messy bright and dark reefs and islands along the line, resulting in narrow and tortuous channels in and out of the bay, which cannot accommodate battleships of tier three or above. Even small boats can sail in this area You must also be careful, like walking on eggshells.

But it is precisely this geographical and hydrological environment that made Nelson choose it as the place for the decisive battle with the French Defense Fleet.

There are five entrances and exits in the island and reef belt. The narrowest No. 2 and No. 3 can only be used by single-masted and non-standard small two-masted ships. The wider No. 1 and No. 5 channels can be used by ships under 45 meters Class V and VI ships sail.

The conditions of the No. 4 channel are the best, and it can barely pass through the fourth-tier frigate with a length of about 50 meters and a draft of more than 6 meters.

After losing the Lucky Horseshoe, the defense fleet's existing combat strength still includes the fourth-tier ship Andes, the fifth-tier ship Jupiter, and three sixth-tier ships, both of which are stronger than the Halloween fleet.

Only by staying within this sieve-like bay can the Halloween Fleet divide its opponents to the greatest extent, make up for the objective gap in combat power between the two sides as much as possible, and leave enough tactical space for the commander.

But Martinique is the home court of the French after all, and it is impossible to hide the situation in Le Robert Bay from the defense fleet. How to let the opponent take the initiative to enter the battle knowing it has become a problem that Nelson must solve.

His answer was provocation.

The aborted battle plan to destroy Leloran was the first provocation originally planned. Nelson originally planned to start from Leloran, constantly expose his whereabouts and destroy the large and small piers along the coast, so as to convey the strength gap between the two sides. Taunting the incompetence and cowardice of the defense fleet, forcing them to fight the Halloween fleet on the battlefield chosen by Nelson.

As a result, that plan didn't go well.

Leloran's turret made Nelson's original plan aborted, and the arsonist operation became a substitute for destroying Leloran. The Lucky Horseshoe and Zirned became new tools to tease the defense fleet.

This tool is the human wind chime of the gate of hell.

The insult of the wind chime is self-evident, but compared to the ports that are caught in fire and water, the weight is insufficient.

In order to continue the planned grand strategy, Nelson had no choice but to take the risk and changed the planned bombardment of Le Robert to a blockade of Le Robert.

From a geographical point of view, this is tantamount to pasting the word incompetent on the face of the admiral of the defense fleet.

The other party must respond to Nelson's ultimate provocation. The British have already driven their ships into the pockets of the French. The only thing left for the official is to retire.

Nelson felt that the bait he laid was heavy enough, and whether the bombardment of Le Robert would not have an impact on the decisive battle situation, why did Lorraine tirelessly propose bombardment of the land?

Attacking land, even if only facing two old forts, the risk the fleet has to bear is huge.

Could it be the plundering nature of pirates?

Nelson shook his head vigorously.

Lorraine just suggested bombardment, and did not force landing, which means that his fundamental purpose is not the wealth of Le Robert, those refuge ships in the dock...

vessel!

Nelson woke up suddenly.

These days he is so focused on the powerful defense fleet that he ignores the hidden threats that are close at hand.

The refuge ships in the pier are weak, like immature children, who are only qualified to tremble in front of the adults of the Halloween fleet.

But no matter how weak the ship is, they still have cannons on their decks, and no matter how young the children are, they still have knives in their hands.

In case... In the event of the decisive battle between the two major fleets, these merchant ships will participate regardless of the cost, and the Halloween fleet, which is not in the upper hand, will fall into a desperate situation, which is fatal!

Nelson broke out in a cold sweat.

Drake, the defense fleet will arrive at the battlefield at some point, I can't turn all the guns on Le Robert.

Only the golden deer and the lucky horseshoe, and only half a day. Are you sure you can send all the boats on the dock to the bottom of the sea before dawn tomorrow?

I'm definitely not sure. Lorraine scratched her hair and said awkwardly, But this kind of self-saving thing has to be done anyway, isn't it?

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