Woo~woo~
Under the setting sun, on the sea, a deck sailor on the passenger sailboat Wang Zhifan was riding hurriedly blew the horn to warn all crew members to take action, because the sailboat they were driving was suddenly attacked.
The attackers were still some distance away from them, and they could only see that they were a warship of considerable tonnage. The warship had fired artillery at them without explanation. The powerful shells hit the seawater around the passenger ship, causing a violent roar, causing the nearby seawater to splash onto the deck, and the ship's hull began to shake continuously.
"Fight back! Fight back hard! It's not our Sea Parrot style to not fight back after being beaten!"
A white-skinned middle-aged man wearing a triangular captain's hat quickly rushed to the deck and issued strong orders to the sailors and gunners on the deck. He was the captain of the current passenger sailing ship. It was obvious that he was the kind of person with a relatively hot temper. Otherwise, he would not have installed four cannons on his sailing ship just to confront the enemy at this time.
"Yes! Captain!"
After receiving the captain's instructions, the deck sailors immediately began to take action. Many of them were all-rounders, capable of pulling sails and steering, and even mastered the art of launching artillery to attack the enemy. Some began to rotate the steering wheel to avoid the direction of the enemy's bombardment, and some began to control the sail surface to cooperate with the actions of the helmsman. Many others got into work such as adjusting the angle of the artillery, loading ammunition, ignition and launching.
At this time, Wang Zhifan ordered Chen Ming and Chen Can, two guys who were seriously seasick, to stay in the cabin and rest, while he came to the deck to check the situation. It must be said that he chose to do this not only to confirm the safety of the passenger ship, but also to experience this kind of maritime battle that he had never been exposed to.
"It's dangerous here! Get back to the cabin quickly!"
When Wang Zhifan had just climbed onto the deck from the ladder, the captain who was standing nearby to observe and take charge of the overall situation discovered him. This white-skinned middle-aged man was currently in a mixture of serious and angry emotions, and looked quite intimidating. As soon as he saw the passenger Wang Zhifan coming uninvited, he immediately yelled and wanted him to return to the cabin.
"Don't worry, I won't interfere with your work, and maybe I can be of some help."
Wang Zhifan immediately shook his head and refused, walked to an empty spot on the deck and looked at the enemy ships at sea in the distance.
At this time, due to the attack on the sailboat and the emergency adjustments of the sailors, the deck inevitably began to shift and shake. Even the captain near Wang Zhifan couldn't help but tilt his body continuously to prevent falling. However, he saw that the young man next to him who had just climbed onto the deck seemed to have roots on his feet, and his body barely swayed while standing on the constantly shaking deck.
When the captain saw this scene, the words he was about to continue to scold him were immediately suppressed back in his throat. Instead of paying attention to him, he took out a classic-looking monocular and began to closely observe the enemy ships in the distance to issue his next order in a targeted manner.
And Wang Zhifan, as he said just now, did not interfere with anyone who was busy on the deck. He walked alone to a deserted place, and his eyes were equally stable on the enemy ship on the sea in the distance, which was preparing the next artillery fire.
"The artillery attack is too dangerous, and the landing point is a bit random. I can't just sit idly by."
Unlike everyone on the deck who thought Wang Zhifan was just a passenger watching the fun, he actually had his own plan from the beginning. At this time, he just determined the target position while observing, and then used some method unknowingly to put the enemies on the distant sea into a certain unfavorable situation.
However, no one on the Sea Parrot knew about this. The captain and deck sailors just felt that the enemy suddenly stopped the artillery attack and did not project subsequent artillery shells. Instead, their counterattack shells were the first to hit the opposite side, and they fired several rounds in a row without the enemy ship fighting back.
"Hahaha! Those bastard artillery pieces must have exploded! You all give me a blast! Hurry and sink their ship into the sea!"
The captain of Sea Parrot couldn't help laughing when he saw this unexpected favorable situation. He loudly greeted his sailors to seize the opportunity to chase and attack the enemy ships in the distance. From this aspect, it can be seen that he may have had some other occupation in the past, and he was not the kind of passenger ship captain who always made stable money.
However, it is not that easy to sink an enemy ship in a sea artillery battle. Even if their enemies seem to have encountered some problems in launching artillery shells, they will not really stay where they are and let them conduct artillery fire unilaterally. Instead, they will react like they did to the attack, rotating the rudder to control the canvas and constantly controlling the hull to avoid the shells fired from their side. In this process, their ships even showed greater maneuverability than Sea Parrot! boom! boom! boom! In the artillery attack fired by Sea Parrot, most of the shells fell into the sea water. Occasionally, one shot hit the enemy ship, but it only hit the opponent's hull and left a shallow dent. It failed to cause decisive damage. Instead, the enemy ship gradually increased its speed somewhat strangely in the process and slowly approached Sea Parrot.
Wang Zhifan, who observed all this on the deck, immediately raised his eyebrows. He originally thought that his secret action just now was enough to help the passenger ship repel the enemy, but now it seems that his assistance was not enough.
"Do I have to increase my power to completely freeze the ship? It's a bit of a loss to do this. Where is this copy..."
It turns out that the reason why the ship that just attacked Sea Parrot couldn't fire cannons was that he secretly activated Ice Source Power to freeze the opponent's artillery across a long distance, making it impossible for the enemy to complete the ignition. This level of operation does not cost much for him now, but it would be different if he could freeze the entire ship at the same distance. Although he could still do it, the power consumed would skyrocket, which would not be conducive to his subsequent copy strategy.
"Let's see what this ship is going to do. If they plan to do that, one of my matters can be ended here."
Wang Zhifan quickly gave up the idea of further increasing the intensity of the ice, and instead waited to see what happened. No matter where things went, he would have further responses.
At the same moment, while Wang Zhifan was thinking in his mind, the people on Sea Parrot also discovered something was wrong with the enemy ship and felt that the enemy ship was approaching despite their artillery attack, and the speed of approach was getting faster and faster.
"Captain! That ship is too strong! Our cannonballs can't sink it!"
"It's approaching us! It probably wants to engage in a boarding battle!"
The gunners and sailors on the deck realized that something was wrong and reported to their captain one after another. Naturally, their captain had already discovered this situation that even they could see. The white-skinned middle-aged man wearing a triangular captain's hat thought for a moment and loudly ordered:
"Stop attacking! Start retreating with all your might! Don't let them catch up!"
This man with a somewhat fiery temper actually gave in decisively and chose to retreat with all his strength while his own side still had the advantage in attack. This showed that he had always kept a clear mind and did not fall into impulsiveness because of the temporary advantage. He knew that in this case, the disadvantages of continuing to fight with the opponent far outweighed the advantages.
Immediately, the crew of the Sea Parrot took action intensively in accordance with the instructions of their leader. All the cannons stopped loading and firing. The sails were quickly pulled to the highest level. The sail surface formed an angle of thirty or forty degrees with the wind direction. The rudder was continuously rotated to control the entire passenger ship to travel at maximum speed in a direction away from the enemy ships.
However, all these efforts were not enough to get rid of the savage charging enemy ship. The enemy ship seemed to have extra power. It was traveling faster and faster on the sea, and a flag suddenly rose on the mast of the ship.
It was a flag with a red background and blue stripes. On the blood-like background, sea-blue lines were used to outline a huge shark with its mouth open and biting forward. There was a sharp and thick horn on the top of the shark's head, like a spear used by a knight to charge!
"That's the flag of Big Horn Shark Pirates! The people on that ship turned out to be Great Horned Shark pirates!"
"My God! How could there be Big Horn Shark Pirates people in this sea area!"
"It's over! Big Horn Shark Pirates is said to have mastered the strange power of Sea God. We just can't defeat them!"
In the blink of an eye, the raising of a flag that did not seem so strange to Wang Zhifan made the sailors on the Sea Parrot passenger ship react greatly. It would be an exaggeration to say that they were scared to death.
Even Captain Sea Parrot, who had always been very calm and decisive, saw the shark flag raised on the enemy ship, his face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Obviously, he also knew the meaning of the pirate flag.
"Evacuate quickly! Evacuate quickly! Throw all the goods overboard! Evacuate at full speed!"
Captain Sea Parrot then gritted his teeth and began to give orders sternly. He suddenly made up his mind to abandon all the load on the ship in order to reduce the weight of the ship to the greatest extent and increase the speed of the ship.
The sailors on the deck immediately took action after hearing this, throwing piles of wooden boxes on the deck into the sea one after another. Some sailors even saw Wang Zhifan standing on the deck and immediately shouted to him to come over and help, saying that if you slow down, everyone will be dead.
"It's too late, they've already rushed over."
Wang Zhifan responded calmly to the invitation immediately, and did not choose to do this meaningless favor, because his eyes were always fixed on the enemy ship, and he had already discovered that the enemy ship's current speed had increased to a rather terrifying level, and it was rapidly shortening the distance between the two ships! "Captain! We can't escape! Their speed is too terrifying! They really have the power of Sea God!"
"What should we do now! Captain! I don't want to go to God yet!"
"Captain, let's... surrender... I heard that Big Horn Shark Pirates will not kill prisoners indiscriminately..."
"But if you surrender, they will sell you as a slave! Do you want to be a slave?"
When the enemy ship approached unstoppably at a terrifying speed, the crew of the Sea Parrot almost exploded. Not one of them thought about defeating the enemy. They all planned to meet their end or simply surrender. This was enough to show how powerful the pirate flag that had just been raised on the enemy ship was.
At this moment, the captain of Sea Parrot can be said to be the most desperate person. This passenger ship is almost everything to him, and these crew members are basically the people he trusts most. But in this situation, it seems that the end is coming. Their situation depends entirely on how the enemy will deal with them next, because they have no possibility of defeating the enemy. After all, that is the famous Big Horn Shark Pirates! "Everyone, listen! If you are willing to fight with me, then fight together! If you are not willing, just retreat to the cabin and wait for your fate!"
The captain finally decided to respect the choice of each crew member. He personally did not want to give up his beloved ship and was prepared to fight a strong enemy. However, he did not force those who were unwilling to fight to face the enemy, as long as they stayed out of the way.
When he made these final declarations, the enemy ship approaching at an overwhelming speed on the sea had already reached within thirty meters of them. They could clearly see the ferocious group of pirates on the opposite deck armed with various swords and guns, as well as the threatening words uttered by a guy with a particularly loud voice among them.
"Listen to the other side! We are Big Horn Shark Pirates! Hand over your ship to us obediently! We will keep the lives of those who obey! Those who don't obey will be thrown into the sea to feed the fish!"
Before the man finished speaking, several long wooden boards were put down on the sides of the two approaching ships. At the same time, multiple pirates holding muskets raised their muzzles, preparing to fire bullets to cover the battle between their own gangs. Sea Parrot The captain of also took out his musket and dagger, and all the crew members who stayed on the deck prepared to stop the enemy. They spread out and hid behind various cargo boxes, obviously very afraid of the enemy's long-range firepower output.
At this time, Wang Zhifan behaved very differently from the Sea Parrot crew members who were facing the enemy. Not only did he not hide behind any cargo box, he instead stepped forward and walked towards the wooden planks that had been set up on the side of the ship. He faced the row of pirates on the opposite deck who had raised their musket muzzles, as well as the ferocious enemies who jumped on the planks with scimitars and were about to rush over.
As he walked quickly towards the enemy, he tightened his grip on a 70-centimeter-long black-handled machete with a crescent-shaped blade in his hand. He stepped onto the wooden board with a slight leap. At the same time, his eyes scanned the enemy on the opposite deck, and he murmured in his heart:
"The number of enemies is far more than 30, which is just enough to fill up the BUFF."