Chapter 122: Fight to the Death 3

With the help of the hull tilt caused by the undulating waves, the Hope's second round of shelling hit the pirate ship near the waterline, causing its bottom tank to begin to flood.

"Long live!" The Hope cheered and continued to prepare for the third round of bombardment.

The first pirate ship was in mourning, and the captain shouted: "Plug the loopholes!"

The people in the bottom cabin tried their best to plug the loopholes in the cabin, but with the sound of the third round of artillery fire from the Arda Navy, it became clear that the work could no longer be completed.

As the seawater poured in, the opening in the waterline became larger and larger, and there was more and more water in the bottom tank.

The captain went down to see the situation personally and found that the situation was irreversible. The Hope was extremely lucky, and the third round of bombardment hit near the waterline again.

The pirate captain looked unwilling, glared at the Hope hatefully, and issued an order helplessly: Send a signal to nearby ships, we must abandon this ship.

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The encounter with the leading pirate ship caused chaos in the ships behind. Garden looked incredulous, "What on earth is going on?"

Before even touching the enemy's fleet, one of the ships on our side was destroyed.

He held up a large loudspeaker and shouted: "Speed ​​up, speed up! Get up and jump on their boat!"

The pirate leader believed that no matter what weird long-range attack methods the Arda Navy had, as long as they started a boarding battle, his warriors would be able to kill them all in a very short time, and the battle would be like when they annexed other pirate groups. easy.

The second pirate ship approached the leading ship that was about to sink, and the pirates on the first ship jumped aboard.

The Hope immediately opened fire on the pirate ship that came to the rescue. Unfortunately, only one shot hit the upper deck this time.

Although only one cannonball hit, it still caused great results. The cannonball took away the lives of several pirates and destroyed the not-so-thick mast.

The Hope's outstanding performance successfully attracted a lot of hatred, and the following three pirate ships pounced on him.

Navy Commander Austin, who personally directed the operation, put down his telescope and issued an order to the messenger: "Inform all ships to support the Hope, but try not to affect the performance of the artillery on the Hope."

Under this order, other naval warships sped up and outflanked the pirate ships.

"Replace with grapeshot!" "Get ready for the swivel cannon! Ahem!"

Seeing the enemy ship approaching, the gunnery officer on the Hope issued orders repeatedly. The deck was filled with thick smoke and the pungent smell of burning gunpowder, which made him cough repeatedly.

"Ah!" Just when the gunnery officer was trying hard to observe the enemy ship's form through the smoke, a heart-rending scream suddenly came from beside him. It turned out that the gun crew members had not cleaned the gun barrel in the panic. A new gunpowder bag was stuffed in, and the remaining fire in the barrel ignited the newly loaded gunpowder and sprayed it on the loader's face.

Everyone, including the gunnery officer, encountered this kind of accident for the first time. They hurriedly dragged the injured loader aside to check his injury.

"What are you doing? Get back to the gun position and prepare to fire!"

Captain Quick noticed the situation here. He immediately asked people to drag the wounded to the cabin, ordered the gunners to return to their posts immediately, and sternly told them: "Strictly follow the artillery firing procedures."

The gunners quickly took up their positions. At this time, the nearest pirate ship was approaching a little more than 10 meters away. The gunnery officer yelled: "Fire!"

Four 6-pounders and two swivel guns fired deadly grapeshot, and a storm of metal struck the pirate ship.

The pirates who were preparing to join the battle only saw a dark thing flying towards them quickly, and then a large number of people on the deck fell instantly.

A tragedy unfolded on the deck. Everyone on the pirate ship was turned upside down, and even many holes were punched in the hull. Screams and groans filled the entire deck.

"My arm! My arm!" A pirate looked at his right arm with horror on his face. This arm had just been directly penetrated by a projectile, and now it had no other feeling except pain.

Because of the effect of the mysterious drug he just took, his heartbeat was faster than usual, and the blood in his body was flowing faster than usual. This caused the wound on his arm to spurt out blood, literally spraying out. .

"No...no...don't do this..." The fear of death suppressed the severe pain in his right arm. The pirate was talking nonsense in a panic while covering the wound tightly with his trembling left hand, but it was of no avail, no matter what No matter how hard he tried to cover it, blood still spurted out from between his fingers.

Soon, his brain began to feel dizzy, his vision began to turn black, and his body became unsteady. A wave hit and the ship shook slightly. The pirate fell to the deck with a plop and never got up again.

There were many people on the deck who had suffered the same fate as him, but those with serious injuries were all bleeding profusely. In the end, their moans and wails gradually became quieter, and they lost their breath.

"Get down! Get down!" Among the remaining lucky ones who were not injured, they cleverly reminded their companions loudly to lie down on the deck to avoid the bombardment of the Alda Navy.

The two remaining pirate ships that rushed towards the Hope suddenly slowed down when they saw the miserable state of their companions in front, as if they were afraid that they would suffer the same fate.

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The brains that were extremely fanatical due to the effects of the drugs were suddenly poured with a basin of cold water called reality. The captains of the two ships quickly calmed down and carefully considered whether to risk their lives to provoke the strange ship.

"What are they doing?" Garden judged the hesitation of the two ships in front and his face became extremely ferocious.

"Don't they know? The other party has powerful long-range attack methods. If they stop, they can only passively take the beating!"

He stomped his feet on the deck angrily. Perhaps because of the drugs he took, he lost his usual calmness and felt irritated when he encountered a sudden situation that was inconsistent with his expectations and was not favorable to him.

A leader next to him suggested with red eyes: "Chief Garden, these newcomers are unreliable. Let's go up by ourselves, kill the blue dogs and then slowly deal with these traitors."

The four ships in the front came from three small gangs that the Loach Gang had recently annexed or surrendered to. In order to test their loyalty and combat effectiveness, this operation was arranged to the front. After all, even if the main force of the navy left, it is estimated that some troops would be left to guard the old nest, and some miscellaneous soldiers would still be needed to play the vanguard.

Unexpectedly, they ran into the main force of the navy.

Garden clenched his fists hard and hit the mast hard. The mast of the paddle boat was shaken by him.

"Forget it! While the strange ship is attracted by the garbage in front, we will attack those paddle boats."

The six pirate ships slightly adjusted their direction and rushed towards other ships of the navy.

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