Four Hundred and Sixty First to Kill

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"Slippery, slippery... Lorraine, in your eyes, I seem to be only a supporting role forever..."

Bonnet whispered softly.

One hour and twenty minutes had passed since the Battle of Basseterre, and it had been more than forty minutes since the Erickson joined the melee.

A total of 60 armed merchant ships are sticking together in this narrow sea with a length and width of no more than 15 kilometers. The comparison of combat power and gun ports.

Of course, the strength of the fleet can never be generalized simply by the number of ships and guns. The fleet directly under it has offensive and defensive hardware and organization levels that far exceed those of pirates. The battle situation between the two sides is not one-sided, but 50-50.

The five battle groups fought at the same time. So far, the pirates have fought with one ship of the Shen Galen type, one ship of the Brigantine type, two ships of the Skuner type, one ship of the Big Break Bagg, one ship of the Fortress type Skuner type, and one ship of the Brigantine type. Four ships, one ship of the Skuner type.

The loss of the direct fleet was much smaller, with a total of two Brigs, and two Brigentines were severely damaged.

Although the Brig-type Saunders was among the hardest hit, the damage to its hull was not large, and it joined the Gray's battle group after replenishing sailors, so the number of ships directly under the fleet that lost combat capabilities was actually three. .

From now on, it sounds like the direct fleet has a significant advantage, but the battle situation has not changed fundamentally.

What's more, the physical and energy consumption of the sailors in mobile warfare is completely different from the mainstream semi-stationary bombardment warfare and ocean pursuit warfare in the current world. The crew members directly under the fleet are seriously lacking in actual combat experience. when.

Quick fix!

Unknowingly, it has become the common wish of the pirates who have suffered heavy losses and the Drakes who have the upper hand.

The Yarvette failed to attack Brigantine, and the battle group rearranged into a clear and distinct situation.

From northwest to southeast, the northernmost is the lucky one who escaped from death with smoke coming from the bow, and slightly south are Eriksson's other two guards, and then the only remaining Skuner.

Eriksson and Alvette confronted each other 500 meters from east to west, and further south of Alvette were skuas and puffins who hid in the shadows and waited for orders.

The two Brigantines on the Bonet side were slightly wounded, and the Caterina Fon Yalvet and the Jaeger were both slightly hit, but did not suffer any meaningful injuries.

For the fifth time, the Erickson pressed towards Alvette, and the bow gun fired impatiently after entering the 300-meter line.

Alvette chose to evade without hesitation. With a twist of the bow, she led the skuas and sea parrots to the far side. Like the previous few times, Eriksson was never given a chance to get close.

Bonnet saw everything in his eyes. In a trance, he almost thought that time and space were reversed, and he returned to the days when he and Lorraine first met in Stavanger.

It was the same scene back then.

On the Star Gemini, both he and Leif had awakened the blood of berserkers, and their strengths were almost the same, but Lorraine chose Leif as his opponent without hesitation, but threw him to Hana.

This is not to say that Henna's combat power must be lower than that of Lorraine, the problem lies in the instinct of the Vikings...

There is a greedy monster that feeds on powerful enemies hidden in Viking's soul. When facing a battle, he never thinks about life and death, honor and disgrace. This is an instinct that even a talented businessman like Lorraine cannot restrain.

He chose Leif back then, which shows that in his eyes Leif is stronger than Bonnet.

He chose Blackbeard now, which meant that in his mind, Blackbeard was more threatening than Bonet.

Bonnet resented being slighted, but...Lorraine never paid him enough attention.

"It would be great if we killed Henna Yesla at that time." Looking at Alvette who couldn't get any closer, Bonet was full of irritability.

The first mate came striding over from the back deck: "Captain, report from the lookout, our Highness has lost another ship, and the mainmast of the Golden Shackle is broken and disabled."

Bonet's eyebrows twitched: "So fast? Lorraine is still uninjured?"

"No injuries!" said the first mate with joy, "Anason's master is really brave this time. After getting rid of the golden shackles, he set his sights on the Queen Anne's Revenge. The old brothers think that Blackbeard is doomed this time, If possible, shall we..."

"Live..."

"Leif?"

"Leif is on Lorraine's boat."

"Grand Commander... No!" The voice of the first mate trembled, "Leif Eriksson... is on the ship of Anason's family?"

Bonnet's expression was cold: "The Vikings worship heroes, so I don't mind you respecting Lorraine Anason. But he has already made a choice, and you have made a choice too."

"There is only one of us destined to survive, so tell the old brothers, put away the luck, if there is only one fleet in the Caribbean that requires us to desperately, it must be the Drake Chamber of Commerce."

"yes!"

"And..." In the middle of speaking, Bonnet suddenly stopped.

He squinted his eyes and looked at the opposite side of the sea. On the Alvette, a group of sailors were shouting and hoisting someone to the mast.

"Looking glass!" he said to the mate with his back turned.

The first mate hurriedly took out the telescope and handed it to Bonnet: "Commander, why..."

"Silence!"

Bonnet raised the binoculars to his eyes, and after a while, the lens caught on the weird hanging ceremony.

"That person seems familiar..." Bonet followed Alvette's trajectory, "Eagle-eyed, curly mustache, in his thirties, listless..."

"It's Delicate Delici! Commander, as expected, Delicate Delicacy was hidden on the Vice-Admiral's ship by Anason's family!"

"So it was him..." Bonet was taken aback.

Rescuing the skillful Dereki is the fundamental purpose of Blackbeard's invitation to the robbers of Skull Bay, but Bonnet has never taken this matter to heart before. He will agree to Blackbeard, but he just wants to take advantage of Blackbeard's east wind to kill Lorraine. Killing in this sea area would at least injure Lorraine's vitality.

But now, the excuse suddenly appeared in front of him.

Arvette lifted Delici out of the bilge and hung it on the mainmast swaggeringly. The sling was neither too long nor too short, so that Delici could not touch the ground, nor was it suspended in the air. It looked like...

meat shield...

Lorraine should have guessed that Blackbeard's purpose was to rob prisoners, so his deputy admiral did this, as if announcing to the pirates that no one was allowed to throw shells on Alvette's deck.

However, Alvette's previous tactics had always been negative, and it was not so easy to throw the shells onto Alvette's deck with that cautious energy alone.

That being the case...

After a moment of daze, Alvette suddenly got out of the lens of the telescope.

Bonnet opened the other eye suddenly: "She changed direction!"

At the same time, the voice of the lookout echoed on the deck: "The target changes direction! Ten degrees to port, the angle is widened!"

"The target is slowing down! Alert, fight in 2 minutes!"

The first officer opened his mouth slightly, trying hard to digest this series of unexpected changes: "Commander, why do I feel...Yalvette seems to be inviting us to approach?"

"It was originally an invitation." Bonnet raised his hand and threw away the first officer's telescope, "It seems that they also have difficulties that we don't know, and the decisive battle is about to begin."

"Sink them!" He said with a strong accent, "Only by sinking them and her can we be qualified to challenge Lorraine and his iron turtle."

"So Vikings, full sail... go kill."

silence.

Immediately...

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!"