Pirate Kingship

The two figureheads [Funny Clown] can deflect the shells by 30%, and [Angel of Vengeance] can increase the hit rate by 30%.

The two offset each other, and instantly pulled the originally huge gap in the artillery battle back to a head-on firepower competition.

Although the large sea monster fiddler crab grew up in the celestial circulation belt, it is very familiar with this sea area.

But long-range positioning is not so accurate after all.

Only the Golden Deer appeared on the side and rear of the Circus, and failed to directly seize the most advantageous "T" position.

The scorching shells fired by concentrated fire naturally all fell on the side and rear.

About half of the 30 cast iron shells from the 15 guns hit the enemy ship.

The stern of the Circus suddenly bloomed, charred wood chips splashed, and the hull exploded.

Boom boom.

The hot shells that were not blocked by the bow image special effects easily penetrated the thin ship planks here, drilled into the cabin one by one, and began to dance.

This nominal battleship is much taller than the [Golden Deer] with flattened forecastle, and most of the shells fell on its upper and lower through-gun decks.

The huge kinetic energy pushed the hot shells to bounce wildly in the closed cabin.

Crushing from one side to the other, the wooden gun carriage, the rigging that bound the gun carriage, and the curved oak beams could not stop them from charging.

The many clown gunners who were originally manning the guns here and preparing to shoot the [Lancer] at close range were in bad luck in an instant.

Even those third-level extraordinary people on the [Ladder of Glory] route mostly did not have the ability to resist the shells, let alone them who were only contaminated by a big joker card?

The colorful blood mist like paint was sprayed everywhere, and even flowed into the sea through the gaps of the warship.

The man-eating shark in the water, who was about to eat, shook his head and lost his appetite instantly. His blood-red eyes showed disgust. Even dogs wouldn't eat this mess.

"My waist, my waist, ga ga. ah ah ah."

"My intestines fell out, save me, save me.

Hahaha, interesting, this intestine is so interesting."

The injured clown laughed and cried, incoherently, as if it was difficult to express other emotions except laughing.

The clown costumes on their bodies were even more so, and they obviously grew together with their flesh and blood. The "exclusive customized skin" became their real skin.

Who would believe that they were not grotesque?

In just over ten days, these clowns were clearly terminally ill.

"Double bullet shooting, shoot again!"

The recoil of the artillery pushed the pulley loaded with the artillery back violently.

The well-trained gunners cleaned the barrels, extinguished the sparks, loaded the propellant bags, plugs, and two projectiles. A bore rod pushed them all to the bottom of the barrel to completely pound them.

Finally, the powder bags in the barrel were pierced, the medicine pool was filled with gunpowder, and the gunners on both sides pulled the rope to reset the gun.

The whole process was smooth and took only half a minute.

In the "Artillery Manual" compiled by any country, their performance is enough to be rated as excellent.

It was also thanks to this group of elite gunners selected from thousands of people on the ship that Byron dared to use double-bullet shooting with two shells loaded at a time in the fierce battle.

Not only that, he also replaced the 14 6-pound cannons originally equipped on the Golden Deer, each weighing nearly one ton, with 18-pound carronades that were lighter and larger in caliber.

Together with the original 32-pound carronade, the total projection mass exceeded 280 pounds, which is comparable to many level 5 cruisers.

"Hahaha, it's Lord Sea Hunter who came to save us.

Quick, take this opportunity and fight back."

Alfred excitedly took a big gulp of wine.

"Return to your respective combat positions, load up your guns, and beat it hard!"

The Lancer was originally a standard 32-gun level 5 cruiser, belonging to the same level of warship as the Severe that chased Byron and the Shark.

But it went through another firepower upgrade led by Violet. The lower gun deck was equipped with 20 18-pound guns, and the first open deck was replaced with 12 12-pound carronades.

After a long period of actual combat, the Golden Deer adopted a little bit of the doctrine, and with the skill of a master craftsman, the shape and combat method of the new carronade gradually matured.

The weight is only 1/4-1/3 of the same caliber long-barreled cannon, with less charge, which greatly reduces the recoil and barrel temperature.

The excellent craftsmanship offsets the loss of initial velocity and accuracy of the shells.

Sliding gun mount, special bolts to adjust the gun elevation, and a simplified aiming device.

Even untrained non-gunner seamen can give the enemy a devastating and fiery blow at close range as long as they operate properly.

Very suitable for large-scale military expansion.

As for the problem of insufficient long-range firepower due to its inferior range to cannons?

Anyway, the usual combat distance of naval battles is basically around 100 meters.

The range problem can be completely ignored, and the firepower advantage can be maximized.

This is the technological generation gap!

Besides, what kind of pirates are those who dare not fight boarding battles and board to capture enemy ships?

The carronade was born for pirate ships, and gradually became a must-have weapon for all pirate ships in the privateer fleet of the Pioneer Navigation Colonial Trade Company.

Even the first product produced in the arsenal using the No. 8 crystal skull [Quetzalcoatl] is a precision hydraulic boring machine for cutting steel columns.

At this time, after realizing the ability of [Figure·Funny Clown], Lancer also changed its ammunition to shotguns.

So what if you can deflect 30%? I can fire 500 bullets at once, so I don't care about the 30 or 50 bullets.

The deadly bullets and scorching smoke instantly engulfed the Circus.

[Bone-eating Clown] Kraskin stood on the rear deck without any cover, and was inevitably hit by stray bullets from both sides.

There were several bullet holes on his body.

But before the colorful blood flowed out, the pale flesh inside just squirmed slightly, and Kraskin, who could be [torn apart] at will, was restored to his original state.

The bloody mouth was still smiling, but the eyes were spurting with anger:

"Fight back, fight back quickly.

Ride right, turn and hit, catch that damn sea hunter, and take back my lost nose!"

The huge blood hole in the middle of the face made the clown look like a hideous evil ghost, choosing people to eat.

The pirate ship relied on its maneuverability in the doldrums and began to turn. Several cannons in the rear range also fired simultaneously.

However, because it had just taken a round of concentrated fire from the Golden Deer, the gunners in the nearby gun positions were seriously short of manpower, and the gun carriages were also damaged.

The sparse round of artillery fire did not trigger a 10% explosion effect.

The best record was to break a halyard on the main mast, which might cause a big problem under normal wind conditions.

But there was no wind at all, and the sail and cable captain immediately led people to rush up to repair it in time, which would not delay things at all.

The worst situation for Byron's side at this time was that the other side had mobility, but they did not.

"Throw the spare rope out of the anchor hole for me, and tie the other end to the keel."

"Yes!"

Bruch immediately took the order and left.

At the same time, the opposite [Lancer] also executed the same order.

Byron stood at his command post, watching the Circus, which was about to turn around, with a dazzling red light flashing in the depths of his eyes:

"I raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a moment. Not a pound of meat is eaten for free here.

It's time for you to go online, donkeys, man-eating sharks, and horses!"

Black shark fins surfaced and divided into two groups in front of the two warships.

Even though the average body length was close to ten meters, there were still a group of 27 tiny man-eating sharks in this sea, each biting a thick cable and swinging its tail desperately.

Then the two pirate ships with a displacement of hundreds of tons started moving again.

The speed was getting faster and faster, not much worse than the Circus.

It's just that there was no wind on the sea now, and many tricky tactics no longer worked.

Then three white water lines crossed the sea, starting the sea chase between the three warships.

The Circus was in the middle, and the Golden Deer and Lancer were on both sides, exerting their respective broadside firepower to the extreme.

"Ahhhh"

"Fire, free fire!"

Wailing and roaring gunfire

The whistling hot wind and billowing pungent smoke from the muzzles seemed to make the air in this temporary calm zone boil again.

"Hold on, brothers. As long as we survive the half-hour calm period, no one can leave our world's fastest [Golden Deer]!

The Circus is just a "Yan-class" converted from a merchant ship, nominally the bottom of the battleships.

Today we are going to use sailing ships to counter-cut battleships!

*Fuck it!"

The Circus has a displacement of only 682 tons, a gun deck length of 40 meters, and 50 guns.

The lower through-gun deck has 22 18-pound cannons, the upper deck has 22 9-pound cannons, the poop deck has 4 6-pound cannons, and the forecastle deck has 2 6-pound cannons.

This type of ship converted from a large merchant ship is uniformly classified as the "Yan-class".

There is a large dock in the pirate city Black Sail Port, which can carry out a complete set of corresponding transformations on merchant ships.

This 50-gun warship not only meets the lower limit of all double-deck gun decks, but also meets the lower limit of all nominal battleships.

It is also the lightest player among all nominal battleships.

Compared with Violet's Portland-class 50-gun fourth-level ship [Flaming Rose], the displacement is as high as 1,088 tons, which is obviously far insufficient.

If [Flaming Rose] is considered a "light birdweight" below the lightweight class, then [Circus] is the lowest "light flyweight".

Although the total number of all the guns of Byron's two warships is not as many as it, the total projection quality is undoubtedly above it.

Even if a clown bomb occasionally falls on Byron's ship and explodes, he still believes that he will definitely win in the end.

Even in the process, the elite pirates carefully selected from thousands of people were shattered in the explosion one after another.

There were cheerful gunners who had previously sang together: "One hundred countries, pay tribute to me", and there were also reserve officers who listened carefully to his lectures.

But this is war!

While Byron's will was as firm as a rock, his desire to get 882 skull coins and build the Undead Legion [Deathwing] became stronger and stronger.

On the other hand, the Circus was the first to collapse.

"No, their firepower is too strong, we can't go on like this.

The sharks in the water are all controlled by the Sea Hunter. I can only win if I kill him directly."

The bone-eating clown Koraskin also realized that he, a great pirate, could not gain any advantage in the naval battle. After hesitating for a while, he finally took out the golden ghost card.

Even if every time he used the power of this cursed object, the degree of spiritual pollution of the whole ship would deepen, but at this time, he could not care about much.

He stuck the grinning golden ghost card to a cannon beside him and covered himself and the cannon with a huge red cloth.

Snap!

He snapped his fingers and instantly activated the [Clown Trick] that was amplified to the extreme.

The man and cannon covered by the red cloth instantly expanded rapidly like a balloon.

Accompanied by a burst of rampant laughter, a giant-like terrifying clown that was several stories high appeared on the deck.

The cannon also grew in size and turned into a giant salute painted with seven colors of oil paint.

The clown shook off the colorful hair on his head, and the moment he landed, he expanded into a child-sized puppet with a wooden nose and overalls.

Holding wooden muskets, they rushed into the salute.

Koraskin grabbed a handful of his clown crew members and stuffed them into the barrel, then aimed the salute at the Golden Hind.

"The clown will never lose, eat my clown tricks - trapeze, quack quack."

Bang!

With a loud bang, the puppets and clowns in the salute flew to the deck of the Golden Hind opposite in an instant, just like the thrilling trapeze in the circus performance.