Chapter 353: Shooting in a Line at Sea 3

Under the order of the leader Zod, the pirates' V-shaped fleet quickly headed due north.

However, after traveling for a distance, Nathan, who was responsible for observing the northwest fleet, found something wrong.

"Captain Zod, the other side's actions seem a bit strange! They seem to be turning to our north, not to the port in the south! It seems... it seems to be... intercepting us?"

"What?" The pirate leader was surprised, "Did the other side discover us? At such a long distance?"

Nathan lowered his head and fell into deep thought. It seemed that the northwest people had discovered them. Could it be that there were also spellcasters on their ships who were good at long-distance exploration?

He immediately looked up and said, "Give up the plan of flanking! Chief Zod, formulate new tactics immediately!"

Zod raised his fist and waved it fiercely: "Humph! Then let's have a fair and upright head-on duel!"

Under his command, the pirate fleet began to turn left and lined up in two rows, with 9 warships in each row.

When the pirate fleet changed its formation, the two sides could see each other with the naked eye.

"Brothers! Kill those cowardly landlubbers! Let them know who is the master of the sea!"

Zod stood at the bow and shouted to his men on the deck. His flagship was located in the middle of the first row.

The leader's encouragement made the minions enthusiastic and screamed. When other ships saw the situation on the flagship, they beat drums in response. For a while, all kinds of slogans and shouts of killing resounded across the sea.

The rowers worked hard to operate the oars and pushed the ships towards the Northwest Fleet.

Zod, Nathan and a group of small leaders stood at the bow and stared at their opponents intently. The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

"Incredible! Their masts are so high."

"Yes, if the wind is a little stronger, won't the hull capsize?"

The leaders looked at the sailboats of the Northwest Fleet and commented.

"Focus all your attention on the battle that is about to begin! Although the opponent is a rookie, have you forgotten that a lion has to use all its strength to hunt a rabbit?"

Zod was quite dissatisfied. These idiots under his command dared to be distracted when the battle was about to begin. It was really embarrassing, especially in front of the master wizard.

Nathan looked at the scene in front of him with a smile.

The pirate leader was about to continue to teach his subordinates a few words, and someone shouted: "Boss, look!"

"What?" The pirate leader was very unhappy when he was interrupted, but he still cast his eyes on the Northwest Fleet across the street.

His mouth turned into an O shape, and an incredible scene was happening-the Northwest Fleet, which was originally in a column and heading towards them, turned around, one ship after another, and the new direction was...south?

The Northwest Fleet went south, and the pirate fleet went west. If they drew a straight line according to their direction of travel, they would definitely intersect at a certain point.

At this time, the Northwest Fleet, although changing direction, still maintained the previous neat column.

Zod's mind was full of question marks and even shock. Didn't these big-headed Bay folks know that their vulnerable flanks were completely exposed to the enemy's attack direction?

They didn't seem to have the intention to take evasive action, just like a beast opening its weak belly to the hunter. The two sides continued to sail, and the terrible ramming horns on the pirate warships could poke big holes in those big-bellied warships and then sink to the bottom of the sea.

"Mad men! They are completely crazy! Oh, maybe they should be called fools."

Zod couldn't help but sigh.

"Captain Zod, is there something wrong with that fleet?"

Nathan didn't know much about the situation at sea, and couldn't help but be curious about Zod's reaction.

The pirate leader explained to Nathan.

Nathan grinned: "Ha, maybe they saw the strength of our fleet and planned to flee south along the north wind."

"That's possible." Zod suddenly realized, "After all, in terms of numbers, we have 18 ships, and they only have 12. They didn't see clearly before, and they didn't know how high the sky was and how thick the earth was, and tried to intercept us. But..."

His face was full of a grim smile: "The other side's commander is obviously quite weak. At their current speed, they can't escape my palm."

The pirate leader roared: "Send a signal to all ships to speed up!"

The drums on the pirate ships became more and more rapid, the oars moved faster, and the oarsmen's horns even penetrated the deck and the wall.

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The cabin deck of the Unicorn is also the deployment place of its second row of artillery. One cannon after another points to the sea through the square gun window. It is very quiet here, only the sound of the waves can be heard, and the sailors on each gun position are holding their breath and watching the pirate fleet in the distance.

The gunner silently felt the swaying of the ship, turned around and said to the short candidate beside him: "Today's wind and waves are not big, we can open fire when the enemy is 300 meters away from us. Standard T-shaped advantage, Commander Tirpitz must love these pirates to death."

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Alan nodded vigorously, trying to engrave the current bumpy feeling in his mind.

To be honest, his situation is a bit complicated now, nervousness, fear, desire, excitement, all kinds of emotions mixed together, making his little heart beat. Although the cold sea breeze kept pouring in from the gun window, he still kept sweating.

I had never experienced such an exciting scene before. Since joining the navy, Allen had two experiences related to "fighting". The first time was when he followed the South in the Horn Bay. Captain Queke organized a rescue operation late at night, but he and several other candidates were not allowed to participate. They were locked in the captain's room and depressed all night. The second time was during the Usurper War. The Alda army landed in Fishtail Town. The navy's ships went up the Weiss River to make a frontal feint attack. The Fishtail Town garrison had only a few crossbows, and the navy's artillery directly crushed the opponent.

It was the first time in his military career that he "fought with bayonets" with the enemy on the vast sea like today.

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The fleets of both sides were only a few hundred meters apart. Nathan retreated to the stern of the pirate flagship and waited quietly for the show to begin.

"Then, before the main show begins, let me play the prelude!"

He skillfully took out several substances, mixed them together, placed them in the palm of his right hand, and then lifted them forward.

At the same time, he was chanting an unknown sentence in his mouth. This sentence was like a poem but not a poem, like a song but not a song, but it had an indescribable rhythm.

Along with the unknown chanting, a small flame suddenly ignited on Nathan's right hand, but it did not hurt him at all. Then, the flame grew bigger and bigger, and finally gathered into a fireball. At this time, Nathan's right hand still did not look injured at all.

The young spellcaster's eyes lit up slightly, "Fire Spirit, convey my will!"

The fireball left his right hand with a whoosh and flew straight forward.

Almost at the same time, the Northwest Fleet opposite was suddenly wrapped in a burst of white smoke!