Boom! boom!

　　The artillery fire roared and the water column filled the sky. The Golden Deer swayed past the water column, slowly but firmly executing its side-cutting journey.

　　 The first round of shelling of the Viper did not pose any threat to the Golden Deer.

Although the theoretical range of the medium-range cannon can indeed reach 1500 meters, considering the factors of turbulence and wind and waves, the effective range of the ship-mounted long-range cannon is often only within 300 meters. The stability of the medium-range cannon is weaker than that of the long-range gun. Suitable for the range where it exerts its power.

　　 But Lorraine's face is still green.

　　 Catalina's reminder, and the sudden wing of the Viper, these two points are enough for Lorraine to guess the true meaning of Amy Ferrard's so-called special tactics.

　　 is Gou.

　　 The two sides confronted each other on the sea, Lorraine had an absolute advantage in firepower, but an absolute disadvantage in speed and flexibility.

　　 With headwind versus tailwind, the speed of the Golden Deer is only about three knots, while the speed of the Viper reaches 12 to 13 knots.

　　 At the same time, the relatively wide and thick hull could have made the Golden Deer more flexible in turning and evasive. This is also a magic weapon for the navies of various countries to face the pirates and privateers mainly high-speed ships.

　　 However, the Golden Deer lost its foremast, which affected the center of gravity of the hull. This original advantage disappeared. From the perspective of control, the Golden Deer could not be better controlled than the fast-moving Viper.

　　 "Come as you want, leave as you want?"

　　 Within three minutes, the two sides approached 500 meters. The high bow of the Viper fired a second round of shells, which landed 100 meters around the Golden Deer, and the blasted sea water washed the deck like a shower.

　　 The Golden Deer also made a tentative counterattack. Thirteen artillery on the starboard side roared in turn. After one minute, all the guns were reloaded. At a distance of two hundred meters, it was another round.

The Viper turned gracefully in the dense spray and passed by the Golden Deer. The side cannon approached and fired rapidly. A nine-pounder gun hit the Golden Deer's hull, splitting out sporadic pieces. The sawdust blew out a scorched ball.

　　 This is also the closest time between the two parties.

　　 Venomous Snake left with a single blow. Lorraine squinted at the sail shadow that was drifting away, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Turn around, face the wind, don't let him lead his nose..."

　　 The Golden Deer turned its head awkwardly and slid out a huge arc, leaving a crooked waterline on the sea.

　　 Katerina said suddenly, "Mr. Drake, you have to guard against your back."

　　 "Behind you?"

　　 "The Black Mamba is a pirate group, not just the Viper."

　　 "How many ships are there?"

　　 "Three ships, one Barger, one Brigentine, and one Brig."

　　 "It won't be good if you are pinched..." Lorraine muttered to himself, covering his mouth, and suddenly raised his head, "Pierce! The conditions of the surrounding waters, carefully check if there are other boat shadows!"

"At ten o'clock, the Bagh turned its head four kilometers away. At nine o'clock, the Brigentine was a ship at a distance of twelve kilometers. It seemed that there was no fighting here. At six o'clock... he found Brig at six o'clock. Type one, hurried forward with the wind, and is expected to enter the battlefield in 20 minutes!"

　　 "Lure the enemy, ambush, and look out for the wind." Lorraine raised an eyebrow. "Did your ship sunk like this, Ms. Debo?"

Catalina's eyes flashed, seeming to recall some painful memory: "Yes, Philad’s Viper is very fast. That day, he used the Viper to contain us, we were destroyed by the rudder and escaped. To the reef belt near Barbados... If it weren't for the cover of the crew, I wouldn't be able to escape."

　　 "You can make a group of pirates give up their lives to cover you, even if you are not a qualified captain, you are also an excellent leader."

　　 "You don't have to comfort me." Catalina gave a wry smile, "One-on-three, Brig will join the battle in twenty minutes, and Brigentine may also participate in the encirclement and suppression. What do you plan to do?"

　　 "You said this was an invasion." Lorraine smiled and patted the narwhal, "I will let them know why the destroyer is called the nemesis of pirates..."

　　……

　　 "Fire!"

　　 Boom! boom! boom! boom!

　　 Continuous cannons, fierce fighting off the coast of Barbados.

　　 However, this battle was very different from the battle that took place in Cantabrian that day.

　　Because the Black Mamba is a group of pure pirates, including their leader Amy Ferrard, all the cadres have no background in Coban.

　　 Unlike privateer merchants in Northwest Europe, most of them have military experience. Naturally, they have designed their tactics to be unreliable without a trace.

　　 This will probably be the model for the opponent Lorraine will face for a long time in the future. The pirates of the Caribbean are no better to deal with than the privateers in Northwest Europe.

　　 Venomous Snake was bulging its sails, galloping on the vast sea like a ghost, using swift turns and their inexperienced artillery to continuously charge like the Golden Deer, coming near and far away.

　　 On the other side, the Brig-type has arrived on the battlefield, slyly falling behind the side, trying to prevent its sideboard from being exposed under the dense guns of the Golden Deer.

　　 The Golden Deer’s response looked particularly clumsy.

　　The high-speed Viper wandered on the port side, and most of the gunners were concentrated on the port side. The 18-pound flintlock cannon can fire almost every minute, but the sky-splashing projectiles have not left any mark on the Viper so far.

The gunners tried hard to catch this slippery sea loach, but they found nothing. In the gap between the shelling, the Viper seized the opportunity again and used the close shelling to knock off the old piece of wood on the stern terrace. Guardrail.

　　 The lingering Brig was entangled in the right rear, and the Golden Deer could only contain her with twelve-pounder guns, two on the main deck and four on the stern.

　　 The narrow shooting angle greatly affected the shooting hit rate. For more than ten rounds of shelling, only one shell struck the Brig-shaped bow, smashing a crescent-like gap, and it did not affect the opponent's navigation in the slightest.

　　 Brig accelerates forward again and again, and immediately decelerates after emptying the platoon. As he advances and retreats, it is like a clever mouse playing with a lame old cat, time and time again.

　　 The rat's courage became bigger and bigger, and the front of the battleship became more and more determined and deeper.

　　 Yacharin led his gun squad behind the penultimate gun port on the starboard side, squinted, raised his hands, his thumbs up and his eyes and the Brig-shaped in the distance were in a line, motionless.

　　 "Unexpectedly, the captain who looks clean and self-contained would actually be a fellow..."

　　The gunners who were familiar with him immediately knew that he had begun to adjust the firing state, and hurriedly responded: "Chief Cannon, is this tactics related to the pick-up girl again?"

"It's inevitable!" Acharin was pious, "Our captain met two noble ladies at the ball. The captain just likes the inferior young lady and wants to take away her virginity."

　　 The gunner looked strange: "Is our captain blind?"

　　 "What do you know! The beautiful appearance is the same, and the noble soul will make people's dreams lingering!"

"Oh!"

"But our captain can't directly attack the inferiority girl. Because inferiority people are often timid, just like our lady fortuneteller, a gentleman who is too enthusiastic will frighten her, scaring her away and never again. Don't dare to get close to half a minute."

"then what should we do?"

　　 "The lady who pursues beauty!"

　　The gunner's eyes sparkled: "Bluffing?"

　　Acharin nodded triumphantly: "That's it, pursue the beautiful lady in front of the inferiority girl, and try my best to let the inferiority girl relax and at the same time ~lightnovelpub.net~ to fully demonstrate her masculine charm."

"Then what?"

　　 "The lady waiting for her inferiority complex relaxed her vigilance and got used to the existence of our captain..."

　　 Yacharin slowly squatted down, picked up the drawstring on the ground, circled the palm of his hand a few times, and stood up slowly.

　　 He licked his tongue excitedly, staring at the gun door motionlessly.

　　 Through the small artillery port, the Brig-type sailed up again, throwing out a long series of shells, and exploding a series of splashes around the Golden Deer.

　　 Yacharin lost his vision, but he knew without error that the Brig type was on the sea more than 400 meters away. It would not take long before he lowered his mainsail, slowed down and retreated.

He took a deep breath: "As it is now, the gun bay on the starboard side did not fire a single shell for half an hour. The lady on the opposite side has become accustomed to focusing all our attention on her friend. Unsuspecting. At this time, we have to figure out her way home after the dance, cover it, stop the carriage, and put it in the romantic carriage... put it!"

　　 Boom!

　　 Thunder burst, and the fire snake vomited.

The red-burning hammer ball flew out from the center of the barrel, opened in the air, rotated, and accurately jumped over 400 meters of the sea, wrapped around the Brig-type mainmast, and with a click, the thick The mast is chopped off in the middle!

The 　　 Brig-type mainmast fell down and slammed on the sideboard with a bang.

　　 The sailors screamed and fell into the water, and the cobweb-like sails were pulled across the sea, driving the entire ship to tilt, and suddenly lost its ability to move.

　　 Yacharin rushed to the next gun, shouting as he ran: "Fire! Fire! The sheriff will be on the scene in a while, and only now, fire!"