Assassin’s Adventure

At this time, Gordon used the common methods of the navy to fight pirates, destroying the enemy's mobility, and with the range of artillery, the enemy had no resistance.

"Fire!"

Boom boom boom! !

The Jackdaw's third round of artillery strikes began.

"Everyone pay attention to avoid, haha, let's rush up."

The pirate captain of Forlinn constantly controlled the ship to avoid the shells, and all the pirates hid their bodies behind the ship's side, but let the shells hit the deck or the front armor directly.

"Three hundred meters!"

This distance has already entered the range of the Fallinn.

"The right rudder is full, the artillery is ready, it's time for us to return the salute!"

Flinken quickly aimed the ship's side at the Jackdaw, and then the shells were fired violently...

It was late at night. The sharp drop in temperature brought strong winds and waves, and the moon was also obscured by dark clouds. Lightning began to explode in the air, accompanied by torrential rain.

The rain ran down Gordon's hat brim and wet his clothes. The boat was heaving in the waves. The rain made the rudder slippery. Evasion, then look for the best shooting position for your side.

The two ships are getting closer and closer in the fierce battle. The hit rate of this long-range artillery strike is far less than imagined. The ships are in motion, and the sudden waves and rain give the enemy a chance to get close. .

"Six o'clock, pirate ship!"

The lookout shouted, announcing the appearance of another enemy ship.

Gordon turned his head and saw the green sails in the lightning, and the exact same pirate flag, and began to realize something.

Allen took the rudder, Gordon took out the binoculars, and began to look into the distance. As expected, this ship was the Spanish merchant ship that was following today, and behind the reef not far away, the same side was flying. Ships with pirate flags appeared.

Also aware of the problem was Coolidge, who rolled and crawled on the bumpy boat to Gordon's side: "We have to get out of here, this is a hunting ground, a pirate's hunting ground!"

Gordon put away the binoculars, then looked at the Fallinn in the distance, shook his teeth, the pirate ship that had been hit at least fifteen shots was still not sunk, the heavy rain saved them and prevented the spread of the fire, Reduced the hit rate of the Jackdaw.

"Left full rudder, close all guns, let's get out of here!"

Gordon shouted loudly in the heavy rain, and the sailors quickly put down their guns, then pulled the ropes with all their strength to fix the sails.

"Mitch, bring a few people with me."

Gordon pulled the rope on the side of the boat and walked down the deck, calling his boatswain.

They are very likely to face a pursuit battle. They are fully loaded with goods. If the enemy throws away more baggage, maybe they will really catch up. He wants to leave a gift for the enemy.

Mickey greeted several sailors and followed Gordon towards the supply cabin on the lower deck.

"Powder keg, whale oil, bring some up."

Gordon kept giving orders, but watched a lot of sea water flow toward the lower cabins.

During the exchange of fire, the Jackdaw was opened with two holes on the side of the ship, but fortunately, no casualties were caused. The waves followed the opened gun muzzles or the large holes opened by the cannons continued to penetrate into the lower cabins.

Gordon walked down, and the seawater inside had soaked into his knees. Fortunately, the bottom of the goods were wooden barrels, and the goods that were prone to moisture were higher, otherwise the loss would be heavy.

He shook his head slightly, he was still too young, and he forgot to close the cabins on all floors during the battle, which led to the influx of seawater, but at this moment he couldn't care about it.

"Close the cabins on each floor, let's go up."

Many sailors heard Gordon's order and began to seal it up. The oil-paper-board isolation controlled the inflow of more seawater.

Gordon regained control of the rudder and drove the boat to escape in the waves, and the situation of the battle changed in an instant.

The closest Fallink continued to fire its artillery in an attempt to interfere with the Jackdaw's escape.

Two shells directly hit the ship building of the Jackdaw, causing Gordon's foot to be shaken, but more fell into the water.

"Everyone, pay attention to the artillery, Alan, go check the damage."

"Yes Captain."

The Jackdaw quickly got out of range of the enemy's artillery and began a long pursuit.

Pirates were originally just pursuing interests, and they were not very interested in this kind of pursuit battle, because they could choose ships that were easier to rob, but Gordon's initiative to shoot at the pirates seemed to completely annoy these guys. give up sign.

This chase continued until dawn, and a smaller pirate ship began to be less than 100 meters away from the Jackdaw, the one behind the reef that Gordon saw.

This boat is less than thirty meters long, a small speed boat, and it is getting closer.

Gordon looked at the ships in front of him. Without the bow guns, they couldn't pose a threat. They just kept getting closer.

"Bring them some presents."

Gordon was already ready, and the things placed on the ship's upper floor finally came in handy.

When the ship approached 70 meters, with the efforts of five sailors, the large package tied together with five barrels of gunpowder and three barrels of whale oil was thrown directly down, and at this distance, there was almost no possibility for them to escape .

The things the Jackdaw dropped didn't alert them, they just thought it was normal cargo.

"They are lightening the load, hurry up and catch up, don't let them escape!"

Of course, even if they could understand what it was, it was too late. At a speed of close to eight knots, seventy meters was negligible, and Gordon had already taken out his musket and opened his eagle eyes.

The world suddenly turned gray, and everything seemed to have slowed down in those black and white lines. The turbulence of the ship did not affect the aiming of the musket at all, just as the pirate ship's bow approached.

The trigger was pulled, the bullet popped out of the chamber, and hit the powder barrel, which was originally inflammable and explosive. The high temperature carried by the bullet detonated everything, and the whale oil in the barrel even splashed.

Boom!

The violent explosion directly destroyed the entire bow of the pirate ship, and the splashed whale oil swept more of the hull. The pirates struggled in the flames, and then jumped into the sea to escape.

However, not everyone was so lucky. The whale oil covered the sea area around the hull, and the flames also filled the flames. Those who jumped into the water were not only burned by the flames, but also couldn't find any position for self-ventilation.

The destruction of the pirate ship completely frightened those pirates who were still chasing. The pirate captain of Forlinn just quietly looked at the name marked on the stern of the Jackdaw and wrote it down.

"Next time, the jackdaws will become dead crows."