Chapter 213: A Strange Boarding Operation

The excellent heritage of Piltover, the main person will appear where he shouldn't be.

As a captain, giving up command and going boarding is not very reasonable in the normal world, but it is not uncommon in this sea.

The distance between the two ships is too close, and firing can easily hurt friendly forces, so why not just not fire?

Since the birth of naval warfare, boarding operations have been a very important part of it, but the risk factor of this kind of battle is also higher.

The environment at sea is far more complex than on land. The sea breeze and waves cause turbulence. The difference in the speed of ships and the difference in the height of the hull increase the risk of boarding.

But it is undeniable that in this sea, the upper limit of a ship's boarding operation is what can ultimately determine the final outcome of the battle.

The operation of cutting cannonballs with the body is not uncommon in the Grand Line. If the strongest individual on the ship can't stand the opponent, then no matter how well the artillery battle is fought, it will be useless.

This is also the reason why Kate came here to be the captain. Among a group of people who don't know how to fight on water, at least she can fight.

Her work is usually quite leisurely, and because of her personality, she is more suitable for leading this kind of external operations.

After giving the order, Kate disappeared on the Power Gear.

Although flying is not in her skill points, she can jump over this distance even without relying on equipment.

"Left rudder 5, full speed ahead!"

After Kate disappeared, the first mate took over the command, and then the Power Gear slightly adjusted its course and moved rapidly towards the sea ahead.

"Captain! It's the gear flag, reinforcements have arrived!"

In the sea ahead, a ship belonging to Alabasta is responding to the pursuit of pirates. On the sail is a sun pattern composed of a sphere and petal-like flames.

That is the national flag of Alabasta, an important symbol of sailing on the sea without being treated as a pirate and directly attacked by the navy.

Without a flag, no one knows whose ship it is. The pirates on this sea are particularly "honest" and will not lower the flag no matter what they do.

If you lower the flag or use someone else's flag, you will be regarded as a "low-level pirate" and be ridiculed by the entire pirate community.

Ordinary countries naturally fly their own national flags when they go out to sea. Piltover's flag derived from gears and machinery has also gradually emerged on this sea, at least people from neighboring countries can still recognize it.

"Finally arrived. Cheer up! The support ship has arrived!"

The performance of Alabasta's ship is quite good, but the speed is not as fast as the pirate ship behind, and the distance between the two sides has been getting closer.

"That ship is so fast, can it run so fast without sails?"

The figure of the Power Gear gradually expanded. Wind-driven is the mainstream of this sea. Even foreign ships are very rare. Ships like the Power Gear, which have no sails or wheels and are driven by unknown power, naturally make them curious.

"Isn't the king of Piltover a scientist? Maybe it's some new invention. Forget about it! Keep going! If the pirates catch up with us now, all our efforts will fail!"

The captain of Alabasta roughly estimated the size of the Power Gear. Judging from the size of the ship, even if their people did nothing, they could kill the pirate ship behind them by ramming it with the hull.

"It's okay, Captain, the pirates have stopped."

"Stopped?"

When he looked back, the pirate ship that had just bitten behind him had changed direction, and there seemed to be fire on the ship, as if something had changed.

The people of Alabasta were full of doubts and puzzlement. Even if the Piltover ship had arrived, the pirates should not have given up directly.

In fact, the pirates were more confused than the people of Alabasta.

Just now, a white figure jumped out from nowhere and killed half of the people on the deck in one encounter.

"Don't you have any special abilities on your ship?" Kate looked at the pirates on the ship. According to common sense, if there are special abilities on the ship, they will usually jump out by themselves and introduce their abilities to the enemy after using their abilities once. Perhaps in the eyes of the pirates, this behavior is cool and can also increase their deterrence. However, for Kate, the special abilities of pirates are equal to the material of Orlan. Ordinary pirates are killed directly, and troublesome pirates are sent to the navy for bounties. The special abilities of the pirates are decided according to the strength of the other party's abilities. However, there are ordinary pirates on this ship, and there are no special abilities. After all, special abilities are still very rare. Even the monster pirate groups in the New World cannot arrange devil fruits for all cadres of all sizes. If you can get a devil fruit, you can more or less get some reputation among the pirates. After standing on the ship for a while, there was no response from the pirates, and even no effective attacks. Kate did not continue to attack, but turned back to her power gear. "Is that guy a cat demon?"

"What is a superpower user? Who is she looking for?"

Some rookies who have just entered the Grand Line don't know what a devil fruit is, let alone a superpower user, but even this kind of pirate can still pose a considerable threat to ordinary people.

"No wonder the Grand Line is called the Sea of ​​Devil, it turns out that this kind of monster lives here. Never mind who she is, the merchant ship has gone far away, let's retreat first, what if she suddenly comes back"

Boom! Boom!

Two shells exploded two balls of water on the sea nearby. Kate didn't come back, but the bombardment of the Power Gear had already arrived.

She chose to board in order to first remove the Alabasta ship from the battle. Now that the ship has reached a safe position, the rest is time for the guerrillas to train.

"What a big ship!"

"What are you standing there for! Turn the rudder quickly, that's the enemy's ship!! Such a big ship can't go fast!"

Facing merchant ships with weak armed capabilities, they can choose to plunder with great fanfare, but facing giant ships armed to the teeth, they simply can't muster the courage to resist, not to mention that there is a "cat demon" who doesn't know where he went.

But these pirates immediately realized that something was wrong. No matter how hard they tried, the ship could follow them, and the shells kept hitting them, bringing them endless psychological pressure.

"These bastards, are they kidding us?"

"Fight back! Lift our cannons to the stern. Even rabbits will bite when they are angry!"

These pirates also didn't know that the atmosphere in the command room on the Power Gear was also tense.

Bang!

The pirates' counterattack hit the Power Gear, but the cannons didn't penetrate the ship's armor at all. Except for leaving a few stains on the hull, there was no effect.

After a series of bombardments, the pirate ship was still "lucky" to avoid all the bombardments, and even a few shells were fired farther than before.

"It missed again. If it doesn't work, meow, go back and apply to His Majesty Oran to replace a new batch of artillery."

On weekdays, Kate calls Oran without any modifiers. This is a small privilege. She thinks that using this name in private will make the relationship between the two parties become distant, so she has always maintained the name when they first met.

But everyone here is an outsider, so the name is a bit inappropriate.

Missing once or twice can be said to be adjusting the angle, but the few shots that were getting farther and farther made her feel that something was wrong. This might be a problem with the crew's level.

Now they are just dealing with some small pirates, and the armor of the warship can keep them in an absolutely safe environment.

If they encounter stronger firepower one day and face the threat of death, there will be more trouble.

Even through the thick armor, the sound of the enemy's shells will make the pressure stronger.

"Captain, give them a few more chances. Everyone has never fought a naval battle before. They also shot at targets during practice. This is the first time for actual combat."

Even if there are moving targets during practice, actual combat is still different. Except for a few talented monsters, the rest of the gunners can only be fed with shells.

When the number of shooting increases and they become veterans, these troubles will be gone.

There are gunners who are born to hit the target every time, but it is not enough to describe such people as one in a million. Kate's threat to replace people is an act of putting some pressure on them, and the first mate's persuasion is also a red-faced and white-faced role.

Although there is no royal family on the Power Gear now, it is still defined as the royal flagship in Piltover, and the crew on this ship have also been shortlisted after a fierce selection.

If you are persuaded to quit because you can't hit anyone, you will lose face when you return home.

"Today's weather is fine but the wind is strong and the waves are high. The luck of this group of pirates is really good, but your good luck is over!

Distance 6300, bearing. Main guns fire!"

This kind of warship is not fighting alone. During free shooting, the observers at each gun position will calculate the distance by themselves, but there are also people responsible for overall control on the ship.

Boom!

The artillery roared again. This time the shells did not miss, but hit the bull's eye. Only one shell completely sank the opponent's ship and sank it into the sea in flames.

After sinking this group of pirates, Kate did not say any polite words to the ships of Alabasta. She just said that the crisis was resolved and continued to perform her training mission.

Judging from the performance in this battle, these people still lack a lot.

"Captain, they just left like that. This is against the rules."

On the ship of Alabasta, the crew members who regained safety became confused. According to the default rules, the rescued must give some financial compensation to the rescuer to show their gratitude.

"Their ship is too fast. Wait until we go back and report to His Majesty the King, and let His Majesty decide."

In this day and age, ships going to sea, except for those in the underground world, more or less have some official background, otherwise they can't get a sea license, and they are pirates. This ship is also related to the royal family of Alabasta.

In the end, this news was also sent to Cobra, the current king of Alabasta.