Master of Thermodynamics

Regarding the lord's order to "capture all 4 pirate ships", Elon's tactic is "two-sided attack".

Specifically, the Odin is responsible for hitting the pirate ship from the front, and the Haichao is responsible for attacking the opponent from behind to prevent the opponent from escaping, besiege front and back, and resolutely never let any pirate ship go.

That's right, just use 2 ships to besie 4 ships, besieging more with less, that's so arrogant!

how about it?

Convinced?

The pirates will naturally not be convinced.

In their view, this kind of (stupid) behavior is a self-defeating act and provocation that is irresponsible. Therefore, the four pirate ships decisively changed their course and all sailed towards the Odin, ready to gather all their forces to deal with Austria first. D number.

This is a very wise approach.

Instead of splitting forces to attack the enemy, it is better to concentrate the superior forces and kill one sailing ship before encircling the other.

In addition to tactical considerations, the pirates have two very important reasons.

First, the appearance of these two ships is really weird.

There is a small boat connected to each side of the big ship. The surface of the big ship is also covered with a layer of iron. It gleams in the sun and is full of moats. The pirates have been on the sea for half a lifetime. Once I saw this weird-looking sailboat.

The second and most shocking point.

The speed of these two ships is so fast.

No, it’s not enough to describe it as “fast”. It’s just sailing, it’s just flying on the sea.

After just observing for more than ten seconds, the pirates came to an incredible conclusion-the opponent's ship speed is likely to exceed 24 knots!

Huge doubts immediately occupied their heads.

how can that be?

How can ordinary sailboats get so fast?

Accompanied by doubts, there is also a strong possessiveness.

Capture it!

Find out its secret!

The pirates naturally had this idea.

The pursuit of speed has penetrated into their bones. At this time, seeing such a sailing boat with such an astonishing speed, how could the pirates resist the greed in their hearts?

As a result, driven by desire, both sides unanimously had the idea of ​​"capturing each other's ship".

The three merchant ships that were originally chased by pirates were no one to take care of.

Surprisingly, they didn't even take the opportunity to slip away.

According to tradition, once a merchant ship has played the "request for rescue" banner, if someone successfully rescues them, then the rescuer has the right to claim up to 50% of the cargo on the merchant ship as compensation for rescue.

This is definitely a painful wealth.

In order to reduce losses, the shipowner has enough motivation to escape, anyway, as long as they are not blocked, who can do with them? Above the vast sea, who can find them?

However, these merchant ships did not move closer to the Odin. They still kept full sails, cruising nearby.

Judging from their posture, it seems that they intend to watch the battle from a distance. If the Hai Chao leader is defeated, they will run away quickly, otherwise they will stay.

What a strange group of people...

Renault couldn't help but muttered.

But this guy didn't know that, in the eyes of others, Odin and Haichao were strange.

With 2 enemies and 4, I dare to double-team the pirates. This is not only strange, it is something that a lunatic can do.

When the distance between the two sides narrowed to 1 km, with strong eyesight, Renault saw the situation on the pirate ship. On the deck of each pirate ship, there were a large number of pirates. Depending on the size of the sailboat, the number of people ranged from 50-100. Not waiting.

At this moment, a word immediately popped out of his mind-the demons danced wildly.

Most pirates wear leather armors of different colors, styles, and old and new levels. A small number of pirates wear shabby clothes, and even a very small number of people are naked.

The pirates wielded all kinds of weapons in their hands and screamed in their mouths. These hundreds of people screamed together, and they gathered into a huge sound wave. They also tried their best to put on a fierce look, looking menacing. The momentum is amazing.

Compared with the pirates, the deck of the Odin was extremely quiet. No one spoke, and no one walked around. Every member of the island guard just silently watched the pirates in the distance.

With a look that looks stupid.

Are you jumping so happily on the deck to deliberately attract our attention and let us aim at you first?

Surprisingly, the party who fired first was actually a pirate.

When the distance was shortened to more than 300 meters, on the two largest pirate ships, the pirates suddenly opened a tarpaulin covering the bow deck, revealing a large weapon.

Most of its structure is made of wood. A huge base of nearly 5 meters long is fixed on the deck, and the main beam made of two thick wood is placed on the base.

On both sides of the front section of the main beam, a part shaped like a crossbow arm is installed on each side, and the end is connected with a bowstring. It is vaguely visible that two spiral-shaped metal parts are installed on the main beam.

Spiral parts?

Isn't this a torsion spring?

Renault immediately realized that this is a ballista!

Judging from the appearance of the two ballistas, the pirates are very careful in their maintenance, and every part of the ballistas has been wiped clean.

This surprised Renault. When did the pirates have a ballista?

Although in his eyes, the ballista is just a pile of broken logs that are randomly set up together. It has no technical content, is inconvenient to operate, and has poor accuracy. The reliability is unimaginably low. malfunction.

Such a very low cost weapon, whoever uses it is stupid!

But for the alien terrapin, this is not a large weapon that a cat or a dog can make casually, but a very advanced equipment.

The core component of the ballista, that is, the pair of torsion springs, is not low in material and craftsmanship, and ordinary blacksmiths can’t make them.

In this world, ballistas can often only be seen in the regular army of the major kingdoms.

Do these pirates have artisans who know how to make ballistas?

Or are they originally navy, but now they have become pirates?

After thinking about it for 0.1 seconds, Renault directly rejected the second guess that the pirates on the opposite side were a mob, and how they looked like soldiers.

As soon as the ballista was exposed, the pirates yelled again, and the deck became a mess.

A few suspected bosses stood beside the ballista and commanded them dancing and dancing. Other pirates were busy surrounding the ballista. Some pirates brought stones and put them beside the ballista, and others. Start to operate the ballista.

Ten seconds later, the pirate fired the first shot.

"Om..."

"Om..."

Accompanied by the trembling sound of the crossbow strings, the crossbow arms suddenly opened, and two round stone bullets about the size of three human heads were thrown out, and they drew a standard parabola in the air and flew toward the Odin.

Renault only glanced, then snorted disdainfully.

Sure enough, it was a waste-like weapon. A target as large as the Odin could be more than 30 meters away.

The result was exactly the same as Renault had expected. Two stone bullets fell straight into the sea, splashing large waves.

However, the pirates on the opposite side were not disappointed. Obviously, this situation was in their expectations.

Under the command of the boss, they began to rush to prepare for the second launch. Several strong men worked together to drag the rope on the crossbow arm, trying to reset the torsion spring.

At this time, the distance between the two sides has been shortened to more than 250 meters, and the pirates also noticed the situation on the Odin.

Seeing the island guards lined up neatly beside the ship's side, everyone was holding a strange iron pipe, and many pirates pointed at the players and laughed loudly.

In their opinion, the weapons used by the enemy are too stupid.

What are those iron pipes? Is it used to smash people?

There is also the small knife (bayonet) inserted into the iron pipe. The length is less than 20 cm. What can such a short knife do?

Is this a weapon used to fight on the battlefield? Is this a knife for cutting meat and fruit?

At this time, the first round of the volley of the island guards began.

Moose yelled: "Shoot!"

"His hiss..."

"His hiss..."

Amid the sharp howling, a metal storm erupted.