48 Hours a Day

Both the Cold Raven and the Swordfish hoisted the black flag in the first place and rushed towards the distant Spanish treasure ship.

Zhang Heng they were closer to the treasure boat, but soon the Swordfish was faster and quickly chased up from the back, but then Manchumbrook lowered the boat speed, basically the same as the Cold Raven, and they obviously didn't want to rush too far forward, so that all the fire across from them would fall on them.

Ultimately, the two ships are about 200 metres apart, a distance that can support each other without losing flexibility due to proximity.

At that time, three Spanish sailboats across the street also found the enemy, who immediately lowered their velocity, then crossed the hull and took a standard combat stance.

Billy and Annie are also now standing on the deck, staring at that huge thing not far from here, and everyone's face is exposed to its own cloudiness.

Black Prince Sam's previous intelligence is accurate, but some things are one thing to hear in his ear and another to see with his own eyes. This is the second giant ship Zhang Heng saw after entering the copy. This Spanish treasure ship is only slightly smaller in size than the previous Royal British Navy, the dominant Scarborough of the Caribbean Sea.

The shape of the Cold Raven's battleship, combined with ordinary merchant ships, is already very oppressive, but it's a little too much to look at on this Spanish treasure ship.

“Let's wait. Are we really going to fight this thing?” A new gunner just recruited on this voyage on the deck couldn't help but say.

“It is not an exchange of fire, as long as it is brought to its attention and lured to Nautilus Island, there will naturally be four ships ambushing against it.” Divrena explains.

However, his words did not give much relief, and many people swallowed saliva at the top of the densely numb cannon tubes, compared to the elderly people who had fought the Scarborough robbery at this time.

Fifteen minutes later, the Cold Raven had entered the range of the opponent's shelling, but the opposite remained calm.

Zhang Heng and Billy and others were not happy, but rather more aggravated.

Because this means that their opponent is difficult to deal with this time, the common mistake of new recruits is to rush to fire as soon as the opponent enters the range of the attack, thinking that this will allow two more rounds of attack, without knowing that each artillery will have a firing limit, once fired continuously it will soon cause the tube to overheat and must wait until it cools down before it can continue to be used.

The first rounds of artillery rounds are generally difficult to hit, and even if they do, they can't do much damage, so a truly experienced commander waits for the opponent to enter a truly effective range of kills before firing.

In other words, once fired across the street, the destructive power is often astounding.

“Want to move on?” Billy asked that from now on, every time the Cold Raven went further, the danger would be even higher.

“Not yet.” Zhang Heng shook his head, "this distance can't hurt us, but it's also hard for us to make trouble for them. Once they fire, it's impossible for us to get closer to them. Now that they give us a chance, we can move closer. ”

The Swordfish next door obviously had the same idea, so there was no sign of slowing down.

And the three Spanish sailboats across the street were hard enough to hold their breath, so they couldn't fire.

The two pirate ships sailed a distance forward until they could see the figure on the opposite deck. Zhang Heng and Brooke gave orders almost simultaneously, allowing the ship to start turning and enter the state of battle.

At that time, the face of the Spanish commander on the other boat showed a sense of regret, and the two sides had not fired yet, but had begun to fight each other earlier.

He restrained his desire to fire and was also tempting the opposite party to stay close. The plan was to succeed. If the other party approached 100 yards further, he would be confident that he would sink the other party thoroughly with three rounds of attack.

But the two pirate ships also seemed to be aware of the danger. At a critical time, they stopped, and the Spanish commander felt terrible regret, but then he didn't waste a great opportunity to turn, and ordered them directly, "Fire. ”

Three Spanish sailboat guns spew flames together at this moment, sounding like thunder.

There are those who do not stand steady under their feet and are directly frightened by this horrific movement to sit on the ground.

“Everybody, get ready for the artillery!” Zhang Heng roared at the bow.

His voice had just fallen, the shells had flown in, and at least one quarter of the shells in the first round had hit two pirate ships, which was still a good illustration of the strength of the gunmen across the street in the absence of a previous round of shells to correct the landing.

Unlike the Navy, the three Spanish sailboats, unlike the previously rookie-dominated Scarborough, are clearly experienced veterans.

At least seven or eight artillery shells fell on the deck of the Cold Raven and were blown to bitterness.

The sailor in charge of the rudder had the worst luck. He was directly stuck in the throat by a piece of wood. One of them fell on the rudder. The Cold Raven had just begun to turn around, and the bow of his boat was going back again. Good thing Zhang Heng was right next to him. He pushed away the body one by one, and then hit the rudder again to the bottom. The Cold Raven continued to turn unfinished.

Immediately following the second round of shelling, more shells were struck this time, not only on the deck, but also on the hull of the Cold Raven. The carpenter, who had been on standby, acted immediately and repaired it in order of importance.

Zhang Heng dumped the wood chips on his head, and as he continued to hold the rudder steady, looked back at the situation on the eye deck.

He had to reassess the timing of the retreat, as the fire power of the other party was not above expectations, but the accuracy was terrible.

However, by the time the third round of shelling arrived, only a few of the flying shells had landed on the Cold Raven, which was quite unexpected by Billy et al., to such an extent that even the level shown by the other party in the first two rounds would not have been incorrect.

Immediately after that, however, they thought of something that immediately changed and looked toward the Swordfish on the other side, which was suddenly set ablaze by three Spanish sailboats, as tragic as ever.

Although Brooke avoided many attacks with excellent steering techniques, there were too many shells, and the Swordfish was remodeled to the extreme, sacrificing many protective features for speed. The bow was directly smashed and two masts were interrupted during this round of attacks.