Section 576

For a time, it attracted the attention of countless soldiers.

Qin Feng's style of doing things has always been simple, rough and direct. No matter how much he said, could he make others loyal? Nonsense!

Only money is the most secure and striving thing.

He believed that these people took his money and had high salary guarantees, so he didn't worry that these people would be disloyal and not work hard.

Qin Feng supervised every soldier to receive their benefits.

According to what Qin Feng said, every time he gave a soldier, he would say: "This is our boss Qin Feng, a benefit for everyone, a meeting gift, you must work hard in the future, and the good days of eating and drinking spicy food are still to come. If you don't do well, you will be eliminated!"

Every soldier who received silver coins would say in fear and trepidation: "Yes, yes, I must work hard and work hard for Boss Qin. Long live Boss Qin!"

After distributing the benefits, Qin Feng arranged all matters for the warship, then boarded the ship and directed the supply items to fill the cabin.

Because the warship needs to travel on the sea for a long time, it is indispensable.

Simple supplies include water and food, medicine bottle supplies, and wine supplies; generally, when arriving at the port, the hull needs to be repaired and supplied, and ammunition supplies are also required.

In addition, weapons and equipment also need to be repaired, maintained, and supplied.

The Sea Demon warship Qin Feng obtained is the current T0 level, the highest, largest attack, strongest and fastest warship, with a large cabin space.

In addition, this Sea Demon was [blacklisted] by Cai Kun. In name, this warship has been [scrapped], so the original name and flag cannot be used.

Qin Feng was prepared in advance. Name this warship, [Golden Merry]! At the same time, two exclusive flags were made.

One is the flag of the Sea Lion Kingdom Chamber of Commerce used externally, and the other is the [black flag], which outlines the skull pattern with simple white lines.

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Everything is ready.

"Golden Merry, set sail!"

Chapter 423 Encountering a naval battle

"Golden Merry, set sail!"

With Qin Feng's loud shout, the Golden Merry warship slowly sailed out of the port.

Sitting in the command room, Qin Feng looked at the latest version of the sea chart of [Sea Lion Kingdom Naval Corps Edition] that he bought at a high price.

Qin Feng could not imagine that Cai Kun dared to sell even the sea chart of the Naval Corps.

You know, when it was Blue Star, the country known as the coachman of the sea was able to rise and become a global power because its sea chart system led the world.

But when I think about it, the Sea Lion Kingdom can even sell its main ace battleships, and even elite professional sailors can trade.

Sea charts... Isn't it a matter of course?

"Go and wipe out the pirates first and occupy a piece of land as a base."

"Become the Pirate King of the Sea Lion Kingdom first."

Qin Feng looked at the sea chart in front of him, his eyes shining.

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In a certain sea area.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

The lead bullet weighing dozens of kilograms hit the sea surface, splashing countless waves.

This is an armed merchant ship of the Sea Lion Kingdom, and its combat power sequence belongs to the T5 level.

At this time, this armed merchant ship is attacking a medium-sized dhow not far away.

I saw that the flag of the medium-sized dhow was actually the [Black Flag], which is the legendary pirate flag!

In terms of combat power, this armed merchant ship can still be ranked in T5, and the various configurations of the medium-sized dhow can only be ranked in T8.

But the dhow can also pose a threat to the armed merchant ship, as long as it can get close and use boarding battle...

The pirates took advantage of the load-bearing advantage of the medium-sized dhow, the large number of sailors, and used human sea tactics to fight hand-to-hand with the armed merchant ship...

It may not be impossible to take down this ship!

The captain of the armed merchant ship couldn't let the pirate ship get close, so he could only keep ordering the sailors to open fire.

"Fire! Fire! Sink them!" The captain of the armed merchant ship was upset and kept urging.

The merchant ship had few guns, only about ten, so the consumption of ammunition was not a big problem for the time being, and the merchant ship's gun system was improved last month and replaced with indirect-fire guns.

The advantages of indirect-fire guns... are fast attack speed, long range, and low accuracy.

And after all, the armed merchant ship is mainly engaged in maritime trade business, and the gunpowder depot is not large, so it can still hold on for a while.

Moreover, if it can't hold on, when the shells are used up, the speed of the armed merchant ship is not slow. Although it is not as fast as the medium-sized triangular sailing ship, it is not far from Feiyun City.

So... there is still a way to survive.

The armed merchant ship is quite short of manpower. The sailors need to do hard labor and be gunners, and their professional quality is worrying.

After dozens of shells were fired in a row, they never broke the fur of the medium-sized three-masted sailing ship on the opposite side.

"Damn it!" The captain of the armed merchant ship cursed secretly when he saw that so much ammunition was wasted, but the pirate ship on the opposite side was still approaching.

He knew that the pirate ship on the opposite side belonged to the Sea Lion Kingdom. It was not very powerful, but extremely cruel and cunning.

It is said that no one who fell into their hands could return home alive.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

On the pirate ship, many pirates bent their bodies and held the hull tightly with both hands. As the shells fell into the sea near the pirate ship, the waves pushed the pirate ship to shake. If it were not for not being able to hold on to everything that could be held, it might be thrown out at that time.

"Damn, the boss is crazy. He sent us out to rob for several days in a row."

A young pirate who was about the same age as Qin Feng tightly grasped the rope that stabilized the sail. Because he was holding too tightly, veins popped out on his arms and his face turned red.

His name was Wu Pu, a pirate passed down from generation to generation on the Pirate Island. He had a childhood friend named Qin Feng.

A few days ago, he and Qin Feng went out to sea to plunder an armed merchant ship, but they failed to steal the chicken and lost the rice. The pirate ship was destroyed and he managed to escape by chance.

However, Qin Feng was not lucky and was captured directly. Now it is unknown whether he is dead or alive.

Wupu cursed helplessly and sighed heavily in his heart: "Life is getting harder and harder. We suffered heavy losses last time..."

"I don't know whether my best friend is dead or alive. It's only been a few days since we went out to sea again. It's a tough bone to encounter this armed merchant ship."

At this time, he heard the captain's crazy roar: "TM, don't hide from the shells, just charge forward!"

"Don't care about life and death, just fight if you don't obey, hide, either glory or death!"

"Crazy, crazy..." Wupu listened to the captain's roar and kept muttering in horror. Among the captains of Pirate Island, this captain is crazy and doesn't care about human life.

No matter it's other people's lives or his own, so his nickname is, Madman.

Of course, the helmsman will not listen to the orders of a madman. The captain is a madman, but he is not, and he still controls the ship to avoid shells.

Just then!!!

"Boom!!!"

A heavy lead bullet hit the deck of the pirate ship by chance, and immediately made a big hole in the pirate ship without armor.

The countless wooden fragments were extremely sharp and flew around in disorder. The unlucky pirates were hit by the wooden fragments and immediately screamed.

For a while, dozens of pirates were hit by the flying disaster and rolled on the deck screaming.

Up listened to the screams in his ears and his head banged, "Oh no, we were hit by a cannonball!"

Last time...the pirate ship was hit by a cannonball in the gunpowder depot, causing the hull to explode, resulting in the failure of the looting and heavy losses.

I didn't expect it to be so unlucky this time. Although it was not hit by the gunpowder depot and was fatally hit, there would be a second time if there was a first time...

Thinking of this, Up looked sad, discouraged, and prepared for the worst.

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"Oh oh! Hit! We hit!"

"Haha, we finally hit the pirate ship."

"Quick, quick, adjust the sights and continue the bombardment."

On the armed merchant ship, the sailors were excited to see the pirate ship hit by the shells in front of them and were overjoyed.

Facing the pirates, they were under great pressure. As long as the pirates approached them and launched a boarding battle, there was a 99.99% chance that they would become the souls of the pirates.

Now that the pirates were hit, the crisis was at least resolved by one third. As long as it happened one or two more times, the pirates would die in their hands.

Boom boom boom!!!

The armed merchant ship launched another series of bombardments, bombarding the pirate ship in front of it.

Unfortunately, the pirate ship was hit again!

But this time it was okay. The shells brushed past the hull and only damaged a section of the hull. Several unlucky pirates were smashed into minced meat, and more than a dozen pirates were injured.

But this is a serious blow to the morale of the pirates... Pirates are not regular legions. If they have an advantage in the situation, they will be as fierce as dragons and tigers when they are in a favorable situation.

Facing the adverse wind, the morale of the pirates will drop very quickly, and it has reached the limit of collapse.

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"Keep going!" The captain of the armed merchant ship was ecstatic when he saw the pirate ship being hit again. He kept urging the bombardment and wished that he could empty the ammunition in his warehouse!

"Kill, there is a bounty for killing pirates!" The sailors were also very excited. They thought that they could suppress the pirates and exchange several silver coins for one head.

At this time, on the lookout tower of the armed merchant ship, the lookout mountain waved a flag, and the observer immediately said to the captain: "Captain, there is a ship behind us to the left!"

"Ship?" The captain of the armed merchant ship was nervous. Don't let it be a pirate ship again, otherwise it would be finished.

He immediately took out the monocular telescope, came to the left rear of the hull, and raised the telescope to check.

But then, a huge and majestic warship slowly appeared in his telescope, filling his entire telescope's field of view.

Chapter 424 Black Flag

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"That's... that's a Sea Lion-class warship!" The captain of the armed merchant ship trembled, and said in a trembling voice: "It's our naval corps' ship!"