Boom—
The seamen aboard the Silver Wing had just prepared to meet the enemy when a dense barrage of cannon fire thundered from within the fog. Countless solid cannonballs came crashing down like a rainstorm.
The two pirate ships cut in one after the other from the Silver Wing's leeward side, directly cutting off the warship's route of escape. Every gunport along the sides facing the Silver Wing opened, as though they wished to unleash every cannonball in a single volley.
Fortunately, after Evan noticed something wrong with the fog, he immediately took control of the sails. Working with the helmsman, he guided the Silver Wing in a wide circle, preventing the warship from falling directly into the perilous situation of being pincered by the two pirate ships.
Otherwise, once the Silver Wing was turned into a sandwich and attacked from both sides, there would have been almost no suspense left in this naval battle.
Once the pirates launched their attack,
the dense fog gradually began to disperse. Clearly, although the pirates had a means of controlling the fog, they could not grant every pirate the ability to see through it.
But even so, the Silver Wing had already lost its chance to flee and was completely at a disadvantage...
Boom—
Boom—
Under the gun captain's command, the artillerymen fired back with all their might, but they could not overcome the vast disparity between their twenty cannons on one side and the enemy's nearly forty in total.
"Close the distance! Prepare for a boarding battle!"
Gell's command rang out like thunder, reaching every sailor aboard with perfect clarity. Once the naval battle had officially begun, although Vice Admiral Snyder held the highest rank aboard, command still belonged to the captain.
Gell's towering body, as solid as a sea-cliff reef, stood