Pirate Avenger

Chapter 70 Ironclad Ship

I often walk by the river without getting my shoes wet, especially when I ran into someone else's private fish pond.

Under the manipulation of Lai Dao's family, who became angry from embarrassment, the Huachang and the Courage didn't notice for a while, and followed each other's way.In a joint operation, before they had time to eat the opponent's bait fleet, the other three capital ships of the Lai Dao family appeared and blocked them.

A total of five ships, except for the ship that came to the island, a military ironclad ship, all Japanese large galleys and armed ships.

Although the strength of the enemy and us is very different, Spark should be thankful that the second fleet led by Nagoxing, the hero of the Lai Dao family, did not appear.Because Nagasaki's daimyo is actively expanding recently, Nagoxing's fleet was sent to transport troops and at the same time be responsible for attacking villages and towns along the coast.

Laijima didn't want those nominally incorporated subordinates to participate in such a family embarrassment, after all, it was not a glorious thing.So this led to the appearance of only the First Fleet of the Kojima family.Rather than a large number of pirates working together.

This also allowed Spark and others to see the hope of breaking out of the encirclement.

Since the Huachang was in a better position when fighting the two bait ships, Spark and the others turned around and left without saying a word after observing the reinforcement fleet of the Lai Dao family.

As for Spirit, Spark would not ignore it, and soon reported the situation through semaphore.It's not because of Spark's loyalty, it's just that at this moment Spirit has played a very good role as a helper who can share his own pressure.

If you sit back and watch the Spirit fall into the enemy's encirclement and face five enemy warships at the same time, it will soon be defeated as it is only a medium-sized ship.At that time, Huachang will not be able to go very far, but will also face the danger of being rounded up by five ships.And no one can guarantee that there will be no backup in Lai Island.

On the contrary, if the Courage can escape the siege smoothly, it can take away two enemy ships no matter how bad it is.

Sure enough, the Laishima family, who were determined to wipe out the two ships, chose to divide their troops.There are three ships on the side of the Courage, while the Huachang has to face two enemy ships including the ironclad ship.

Seeing such a situation, Spark did not run away blindly.Instead, he chose to control the speed of the ship and keep hanging on the other side.

In terms of the number of ships, the Huachang is obviously at a disadvantage, but in terms of speed and the number of artillery, the Huachang has some advantages.Although Huachang is more dangerous in terms of the situation, if it can eat the opponent here, whether it is capturing or destroying the ironclad ship or killing Suo Jinglai Island, it will undoubtedly deal a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Laidao family and even the entire Japanese pirates.

However, this is not an easy task.After seeing the rumored ironclad ship, Spark already had a general understanding of it.

Judging from the appearance, this ironclad ship is undoubtedly a remodeled Ataka ship.

This is a large ship with a bow and stern armor and thick plate armor.Between the plank armor, there are shooting ports for arrows or iron cannons.It is generally the ship where the commander sits.

The design of the house boat makes it have no dead angles in front, back, left, and right.After getting close to the enemy ship, you can also use the outer side of the shield to connect to the board, lower the bridge to board the enemy ship, and start a battle with the board.

Many separate waterproof compartments are set up at the bottom of the ship. Even if a part of the hull is damaged and flooded, other parts will not be affected, and the ship can still continue to fight.

This kind of ship with excellent attack power, defense power, and continuous combat capability is called "the city on the sea" in Japan.

Of course, this is why a small place like Japan calls it so and gives it such a high evaluation.Change to the Ming Dynasty, huh, huh.

Objectively speaking, the Anzhai ship is indeed an excellent ship, but the "City on the Sea" is overrated. Compared with the treasure ships of the Ming Dynasty, no matter in terms of the size of the ship, the number of people it can carry, and its own functions, it is nothing more than It's nothing more than seeing the big picture.It is only because of the current sea ban policy that the treasure is dusted.

The ironclad ship in front of me made the defense of the Ataka ship to the extreme. It not only wrapped the iron armor on the water surface to defend against shelling and fire attack, but also installed iron teeth to prevent climbing the ship.The whole ship is armed like a snapping turtle covered in thorns.

But in Spark's eyes, it's not without its flaws.

Its hood lies in its power.Although a mast was also installed, it was only an auxiliary means for the heavy ironclad ship, and its main power was still mainly powered by human oars.This determines that compared with sailing ships, it has a natural disadvantage in speed, and is only suitable for offshore operations.

And Spark's next combat policy is based on this.

In the process of chasing and fleeing, Spark, Xingjiu, and James held a short combat meeting to discuss the next countermeasures.

Spark fully expressed his determination to fight.No matter from the overall impact to the actual feasibility, Spark has stated the pros and cons.

From Xingjiu's point of view, it is imperative to fight against the Japanese pirates. Even if they lose, how can the samurai retreat so easily.Coupled with the fact that he himself needs to hone his unfinished Baishu swordsmanship, he couldn't agree more.

James is purely the kind who doesn't worry about getting into trouble.Otherwise, they would not be regarded as heretics in the upper middle class of France.

Well, after talking for a long time, the three militants are all on the same boat. It will be strange if this battle cannot be fought again.

But fighting is not just playing games, there must always be a method.

After discussion among the three, it was decided to let the Huachang speed up, leave the iron-clad ship temporarily, and concentrate on dealing with the closed ship with both galleys and sails.

If there is no accident, in order to prevent the Huachang from slipping away, the Guan ship is bound to follow closely.As long as it is a certain distance away from the ironclad ship's attack range, the three of them are confident that they can defeat it in a short time.

Before, because of the need to seize the hull, the Huachang had always been cautious in its actions, for fear that it would not be worth the price if it crippled the other party.Not this time.The main enemy of the Huachang is the ironclad ship behind it, so naturally it will not choose to keep it.

With the advantage of Huachang's artillery, even if the opponent cannot be sunk before the ironclad ship arrives, it is not difficult to make it lose its main power.At that time, the Huachang will be able to deal with the ironclad ship wholeheartedly.

But on the issue of how to deal with the ironclad ship, everyone had a difficult time.

Let's talk about bombarding it, the defense of the opponent really makes people wonder how to attack it.But if a side-to-side battle is adopted, firstly, the opponent's numbers are obviously superior, secondly, those pirates are full of blood-licking pirates, and thirdly, since they come to the island to conquest, there must be masters on board.If it had followed the previous plan, this time the trio of sharp knives would not be sure to suppress quickly, and if they could not suppress the opponent in time, the Huachang would suffer a lot of casualties, and there was even a great possibility of defeat.

After racking their brains, Spark and the others finally gave up. They understood that it was impossible to have the best of both worlds every time, so they decided to do nothing this time, and made the decision to do nothing.

(End of this chapter)