Three Hundred and Six Near the Abutting Side

The sound of Western artillery completely broke the balance of the battle at the mouth of the bay.

Asaros stared blankly at the gunpowder smoke rising from the sky, his face as iron as iron.

His most trusted first officer slid down from the observation deck swinging the cable, and trotted to him in a few steps.

"Deputy head, see clearly!"

"How about it?"

"Two fifth-level Galen ships, both with the pirate flag of colorful pupils and skulls, one standard type is bombarding the safe haven across the sandbar, and the other is also bombarding, but it is heading south. It seems that it is very likely. Come to us!"

"Two fifth-tier Galen ships..." Asaros' face became increasingly ugly, "Boy Drake, it's well hidden!"

The first officer took off his turban and wiped the sweat from his face vigorously.

"Deputy head, shall we return to aid immediately?"

"Back to aid?" Azalos gritted his teeth, "The safe haven is a cage for trapped animals. When Drake closes the door, we are locked in the cage. What's the use of sharp claws for a beast in a cage?"

"But at least the shelling outside the sandbar can be suppressed..."

"Press back, turn in, they are on the Atlantic Ocean, we are in the safe haven, the speed, flexibility, and maneuvering space are not as good as theirs, even without Bloody Mary, we don't even have the advantage in firepower!"

"Boy Drake is doing calculations! Our port is small, and there are only so many berths that can avoid the bombardment. We definitely need the ships in the priority regiment. This means that most merchants can only pray to God in the bombardment area."

"Boy Drake is wandering in the Atlantic Ocean, we chase him, he retreats, we retreat, he forces him. In a few days, the merchants at sea will become his assistants, begging him to help him drive us all to death .We can't wait for the Captain and the Bloody Mary to come back."

"That's not..." The first officer suppressed his horror and stood firm, "But the deputy commander, the special modification five is heading here. The mouth of the bay is narrow, and we are crowded here now..."

"The cage must be opened!" Asaros stared viciously at the three-eyed crow that looked like a turtle not far away, "You immediately transfer to the Black Goat and bring Rodriguez and Orlando back to the port to replenish the manpower."

"Holy Anne is responsible for opening the cage! To be more precise, I am responsible for opening the cage. After we are sent to the turtle, Holy Anne will also return to Hong Kong. This is the only way to hold the door of the cage... "

"As for you,

When you go back, find Lame Romy and tell him that I will give him the entire remaining fleet. "

"He has to do three things well! First, occupy the berth, stabilize people's hearts, and allocate the manpower on the ship and on the shore."

"Second, organize firepower to drive away the colorful-eyed skeletons on the opposite side of the sandbar, even if it's only temporarily, so that the merchants can breathe."

"Third, stare at the mouth of the dead bay." Asaros drew out his sword with a clang, "Once the tortoise on the opposite side lowers the colorful-eyed skeleton, immediately organize the fleet to clear the obstacles and counterattack, and we cannot give them a chance to reinforce."

"yes!"

Not long after, the Three-Eyed Raven boarded.

Lorraine was leaning on the mast on the bottom yard, and his vision jumped out of the gunboard, while Leonard stood below him with a smile.

Leonard is not young anymore, and since he left the sailor class, it is neither good-looking nor suitable for his status to do things like climbing high and low.

That in itself is an interesting comparison.

Lorraine, who is firmly established in class, obviously has a higher status, but he doesn't need to worry about his behavior and image.

Although Leonard, who has just completed the class leap, has a lower status, but because his class is not stable, he needs to always pay attention to the details of his status.

He raised his head and looked at Lorraine: "Captain, as you expected, the sailors on Brig began to transfer to Holy Anne. It seems that Holy Anne is planning to take over the ship herself."

Lorraine twitched the corner of her mouth in disdain.

"Smart traps are originally reserved for smart people. If the opponent is a cowardly and reckless man who sees the Golden Deer and runs away, wouldn't our preparations be in vain?"

"But didn't it save a lot of trouble?"

"It seems to save a lot of trouble, but relying on merchants to turn back is passive. Moreover, the two destroyers of the Cotton Jack Pirates have only shown up so far. Holy Anne. With Cotton Jack VII personally sitting in the port, those smuggling merchants also It’s not like I really dare to turn my back on it.”

Leonard sighed helplessly: "Captain, speaking of which, that Cotton Jack is really calm."

"This is also where I was surprised..." Lorraine looked not far away, and the Black Goat and the Holy Anne were handed over in an orderly manner, "It stands to reason that Cotton Jack should have come out to greet us in person as early as when we were discovered. He It hasn't shown up until now, so it couldn't be that it happened to be not in the safe haven..."

...

"Scattershot for the whole ship, let it go!"

boom! boom! boom! boom!

The battle at Baykou was filled with gunpowder. More than 20 minutes after the personnel handover, at the moment when the Golden Deer at the far end turned into the inner waters, Holy Anne officially initiated the docking with the Three-Eyed Raven.

In naval battles, this kind of static-to-moving boarding is extremely rare. Its form is more like a beach grab, but the attacking side's offensive surface is narrower, and the firepower pressure it faces is of course greater.

Fortunately, the original defense of the Three-Eyed Raven was weak. In order to stand firm, Lorraine almost gave up all shipboard firepower.

Asaros didn't have to face heavy shore artillery like a real beach grab, so he barely had the power to fight.

But at a distance of only 300 meters, the St. Anne's journey was still miserable.

The 2.5-meter board height difference can only destroy the remaining four nine-pound firepower of the Three-Eyed Raven within 50 meters. Before that, she can only dodge as much as possible in the narrow mouth of the bay.

And this kind of dodge is actually almost futile.

The St Anne now has 330 sailors, at least 280 of whom are on deck.

The small deck was overcrowded, and the Three-Eyed Raven's hit rate didn't need to be high at all. It only needed a direct shot from a shotgun to cause huge damage.

So Ashalus marched with trepidation. Every time the nine-pound gun fired, he gritted his teeth and shouted the name of God in his heart.

In the first round, four rounds hit the air, and Saint Anne counterattacked with the bow gun, but failed to produce obvious results.

In the second round, three rounds hit the shell, and one shot hit the hull of Holy Anne. Because the bullet was not high enough, it only broke the ankle of a hapless pirate who was on the side, and Holy Anne's bow gun was not finished loading. .

In the third round, Holy Anne started, and a solid projectile from the bow gun directly hit the gun shield of the Three-Eyed Raven. The distance of 120 meters directly folded the bracket of the gun shield, and the whole gun shield flew high.

This time it was finally Lorraine's turn to be shocked.

The two-meter-wide gap was a loophole in the Three-Eyed Raven's overall defense system. If it couldn't be plugged immediately, the sailors on board would pay a huge price.

The carpentry team, which had been on standby for a long time, rushed out of the cabin. More than 20 people cooperated with the wounded who were still able to move, dragged dozens of bags of sandbags out of the cabin by carrying and pushing them, and piled them on top of each other. The cannon boards are at the same height.

They used cannon carriages and broken pillars as supports, temporarily built ugly but effective supports behind the sandbags, and in the fourth round of shelling, they abruptly blocked another direct hit from St. Anne like stepping on shit.

Good luck on the battlefield will always ebb and flow here.

Also in the fourth round of bombardment, Leonard, who had no results for three consecutive rounds, finally got lucky. He sent the second-position shotgun high to the main deck of Holy Anne at a distance of 70 meters, like a storm. Same, causing at least 40 pirate casualties.

The Three-Eyed Raven's cannon port failed.

Lorraine did not wait stiffly for St. Anne to enter the 50-meter bombardment invalid line, and gave the order decisively as soon as the fourth round of shelling was over.

"The carpenters and the wounded moved all the gunpowder and ammunition down to the cabin, and sealed the hatch! The Musketeers began to counterattack, maintaining the maximum firepower density, and the gunshots continued, trying to kill as much as possible!"

The deck began to make final preparations for the next boarding. Amidst the dense gunfire, the Saint Anne fired the last round of bow guns at a distance of less than 30 meters.

Four shells hit the side of the Three-Eyed Raven without any fanfare. The huge impact caused the hull to shake violently, the sailors were blown away, the sandbags were shattered, and two huge holes were shattered in the hull on the port side. Asaros For the first time, I saw clearly Lorraine's preparations for this battle.

"Damn Drake..." He took a deep breath, "Get ready! Get off the deck! Don't give the musket another chance to fire!"

boom!

A dull collision sound came from the bow of the ship, and Asaros heard his charge captain screaming sharply.

"The first team, get on board and board the ship!"

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