Azeroth Shadow Trail

Chapter 169 77. Jump gang battle! Waghhhhhhh! ! !

South China Sea, here is the most prosperous trade route in Azeroth.

Because of the deep tropics, rich products, and stable ocean currents, it is very suitable for commercial operations. The goblin chaebols with extremely economical minds have established their own trading system in the South China Sea hundreds of years ago.

And in many businesses, a monopoly model is maintained.

Even when wars are raging on the eastern continent, this South China Sea route, known as the "Golden Sea", is still prosperous.

Of course, because of the war, Kul Tiras, a sea power of mankind, recruited many domestic merchant ships to support the war. As a result, the biggest competitors of the Goblin Plutocrats, the business of the Kul Tiras sea merchants in the South China Sea route was greatly affected. .

So the goblin chaebols keenly seized this gap and developed almost crazily.

It is conceivable that after the end of the war, the pattern of the South China Sea trade routes will inevitably undergo tremendous changes.

However, it's still the same sentence.

As long as the fleet of Kul Tiras remains.

As long as Dailin is around.

Those greedy little green-skinned dwarves will have to obediently return the wealth that belongs to Kul Tiras on this gold merchant road sooner or later!

This is not a question of whether the goblins are willing or not.

If Dai Lin is angered, send the Kul Tiras fleet to the South China Sea, and set off on the charge of "piracy" or other messy crimes.

Within half a year, the commercial advantages that the goblins have maintained for hundreds of years will be completely destroyed by Kul Tiras' strong ships and cannons!

Goblins are good at making money.

But unfortunately, they are indeed not powerful in terms of combat.

The worst thing is that in the world of Azeroth, few forces are currently qualified to challenge Kul Tiras on the sea. Even if the goblins want to throw money around to buy murderers, they can't find a fierce person who dares to take the job.

This is embarrassing.

But what happened on the South China Sea tonight has nothing to do with the goblins.

The sky is gloomy tonight, with no stars and no moon. It is a good day for infiltration operations.

The captains who received the order returned to their respective warships.

At the beginning, under the leadership of the first snake-man battleship "Mysterious Mistress" who discovered the caravan ahead, it broke away from the escort position of the Alpaca, opened its full sails, and sailed forward.

The huge alpaca was left alone behind.

It's not meant to go to war.

This kind of troll ship is only capable of fighting when it is equipped with a full number of pterodactyl knights, just like an aircraft carrier. In most cases, it is used as a transport ship.

Even if there are big masts on both sides of the ship, it is destined to not run fast.

Its main power is ocean currents, and it can run at 7 knots, which is already extremely fast.

But this ship is really big, it can hold more than six times the supplies of ordinary warships.

The treasures that were stacked on the bottom of the three warships as ballast have been transferred to the Alpaca, and food and drinking water were transported from the Alpaca to be used as ballast for other warships.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The piercing sirens soon sounded in the merchant fleet ahead, and the flagship of this fleet spotted three warships rapidly approaching from behind.

But they are not panicking.

Following the order after order, sailors on each merchant ship rushed to the deck, took off the gun cover, and lookouts quickly climbed up the mast along the ship's net.

They stayed on the watchtower, shouting constantly, pointing the shelling direction for the gunners on the deck.

Each one appears to be well-trained.

After all, it is a caravan flying the Kul Tiras flag. Most of these sailors are from that ocean country, and the captains, first mates, second mates and gunners of the four merchant ships are all from Kul Tiras. Navy retired veteran.

They were not afraid of the three ships rushing over, even though the tonnage of the ships in this caravan was not large, and they were not warships for combat.

"That's the troll's ship!"

An old captain put down the binoculars and said to the first mate beside him:

"When I was cruising in the South China Sea, I saw it once or twice. It was the ship of the Zandalari trolls. It's really strange. Although the fleet of those trolls is powerful, they never leave their islands.

Why are there three ships here? "

"It may be pirates, but it must be a group of novices, maybe landlubbers full of wild fantasies!"

The first officer grabbed the dwarf musket in his hand, and said to his captain with a look of contempt:

"Look at those three ships, they can only charge forward with full sail, and they can't even seize the downwind position. There is no ramming angle on their ships. Are they planning to fight us directly?

whispering sound!

What a bunch of stupid pirates! As long as we have a standard battleship in our hands, and fifty good boys who obey orders, I'm sure I can beat them to death! "

"not now."

The old captain put away the binoculars, looked at the troll ship rushing towards this side with a serious face, and said to the first officer:

"At other times, I would be happy to teach these stinky pirates a lesson, but not tonight. Send a message to the 'Klein' to let it leave the fleet immediately.

The remaining two ships follow the ship to meet the enemy!

The enemy does not know where it came from, we will fight with all our strength, at all costs, and we must protect the safety of the young lady! "

The first officer took the order with a serious face and left.

Soon, the four ships on the merchant fleet completed their formation changes, and the three small tonnage but extremely flexible merchant ships were like knights arrayed to meet the enemy.

They constantly changed their course during the voyage, and finally lined up to face the enemy on the left string. While entering the shelling position, they blocked the direction of the three pirate ships.

The last slightly larger merchant ship changed its course in the opposite direction, as if fleeing from battle, and pulled away the sea area where the artillery battle was about to take place.

The three merchant ships that met the enemy were all sloops, with a capacity of about 180 people, and only one artillery deck, carrying about 20-30 "small men" with guns.

There are also a lot of such ships in the Kul Tiras fleet, but generally they don't get involved in naval battles. In the navy, they only serve as traffic information and occasionally escort merchant ships.

That's the military version.

Right now, the three "civilian versions" are even more shabby, with less than 80 naval guns in total, and their firepower can be described as poor and weak.

"Huh? Why don't the pirates fire?"

The old captain who was in charge of commanding the battle saw with binoculars that the three pirate ships had already entered the range of 600 meters, but they had no intention of firing at all, and kept rushing forward like bulls.

This gesture, which completely violated all naval warfare principles, frightened the old captain for a while.

He thought that the trolls were about to play some weird witchcraft, so he didn't give the order to fire. It wasn't until half a minute later, when the distance was closer, that the three ships fired flaming crossbow bolts.

Sparse and inaccurate.

"My God! The tide is high! It's not that they don't fire guns, but they don't have any guns at all!"

The old captain was "shocked" by the pirates of the three ships at this moment. He looked back at his first mate who was also sluggish, and said:

"Where do these stunned youths come from? Why haven't they heard of such people in the South China Sea? Are they planning to use that backward ballista to fight our artillery?

Are they primitive? "

"Don't ask me, Captain, I don't know where they got their courage."

The first officer drew out the sailor's knife at his waist and said to his captain;

"But I know one thing, that is tonight, we can win an easy and big victory, these pirates have given us military merit!

How sweet.

So many pirates, send their heads back to Boralus, we might get a naval reward for a decommissioned fourth-class warship. "

"fire!"

The next second, the old captain laughed and swung his command knife downwards. The twelve guns on the left string of the merchant ship he was on fired at the same time. This was a signal, and the other two ships also fired in succession.

The accuracy of sailors on merchant ships is not as exaggerated as in the navy, but with a salvo of nearly forty guns, there is still accuracy at a distance of less than 500 meters.

The fastest and fiercest "Black Hand" bears the brunt of a wave of shells, and the main mast is directly interrupted, and several large holes are blasted on the deck of the entire ship.

But the advantage is that because there is no naval gun equipped, and there is no gunpowder on board that can be ignited, it did not cause an explosion.

This was a pleasant surprise.

The more cunning Black Tooth and Mysterious Master Mother relied on the Black Hand to attract firepower in front, and then accelerated their charge again from both sides.

They made up their minds to rush over to fight the merchant ship.

"Fire!"

A minute later, there was another round of salvo, this time the targets were divided into three ships, and the water column was shot up on the sea surface, and the unlucky Black Tooth also took a few shells.

Several orcs were hit by shells, and their flesh and blood were scattered on the spot.

But it didn't take long before they jumped up lively again.

"It's not right!"

The old captain felt that something was wrong.

When ordinary pirates encounter this kind of firepower crushing, they will definitely retreat after a test, but the three ships in front of them have carried two rounds of shelling, and each ship has become tattered.

But he still rushed forward.

"There's something in the water! Watch out! They're coming!"

Just as the old captain was thinking, the screams of the crew suddenly came from behind him.

The veteran broke out in a cold sweat for a moment. Looking back, he saw some guys with weird bodies holding weapons, hissing and climbing up the side of the ship from the water behind.

snake!

It is a snake that can walk upright!

God!

Their weapons are still entwined with arc and lightning.

"Ha! I thought we were only good at fighting gangs, didn't we? Arrogant Kul Tirans!"

One hundred meters away, on the bow of the Black Tooth, Reid Blackhand took off the saber behind his back with a smirk. He looked at the three merchant ships in front of him that were infiltrated by the Snakeman from the water, and they were in a mess. His eyes were full of A tyranny.

"Marines, jump gang and get ready!"

Chief Blackhand yelled:

"Don't destroy those naval guns! Capture those human sailors alive! They are all our property!"

On the other side, under the sea.

Bu Laike gazed at the gang-jumping battle that was going on in full swing on the sea above with a gaze that was more mournful than hopeless.

The performance of the undead pirates under my command tonight can no longer be described as "clumsy".

It was a farce.

Where is this a naval battle?

If it weren't for the snake man who could quickly pass through the water to the vicinity of the merchant ship, the three small boats with advantages of speed and agility could use the method of "flying a kite" to fly the three ships under their command All the ships were buried in the sea.

Fortunately, he encountered a merchant ship with insufficient firepower. If it was a Kul Tiras standard battleship in front of him, Bu Laike would definitely give up his incompetent subordinates immediately and sneak away by himself.

There is no chance of winning.

And the current battle scene that makes people laugh, makes him very suspicious, is his standard for picking his subordinates too low?

"Captain, why are you frowning? We won! The snake people are really powerful, their speed underwater is faster than that on land."

The first mate, Sefiel, was very excited. The ghost dragon looked at the fire light above her head, and the shouts from the fight with the pirates. She even felt a rush of blood as a ghost.

no way.

Although he was born in the Dragon Clan, in his previous life, Sefiel had never observed the lives of mortals so carefully, let alone actively intervened in them.

She doesn't know much about sea battles, she just thinks it's fun for a group of mortals to fight.

"Ugh"

Seifel's layman watched the excitement, which made Bu Laike feel even more tired at this moment.

He didn't even bother to explain this to his first mate.

He turned the steering wheel underwater and let the Nagfar gallop in the other direction at full speed. He was very concerned about the ship that broke away from the merchant ship line before the battle started.

From his experience.

Either there were important things on that ship, or there were people with unusual identities on that ship.

But either way, it managed to attract Laike's interest.

"Safir, tell me, should I find some crew members for the Nagfar?"

While the underwater battleship was galloping at full speed, the pirate rubbed his chin and said to the ghost dragon mate beside him:

"It's the flagship anyway, it's always so empty, it doesn't feel good."

"Must be elite!"

Seifel pushed her three-cornered hat, and she said seriously:

"My boat doesn't want that trash."

Bu Laike nodded approvingly, staring at the weird ship approaching ahead, he said:

"Well, it makes sense. Let's pick a time tomorrow and screen the prisoners of war. Speaking of this, it will be very interesting if I suddenly think of a good idea."

PS:

Uh, the content of yesterday’s chapter was actually nothing. I guess it was accompanied by the funny chapter name, which stimulated some readers. Actually, don’t worry.

I've learned my lesson from the previous books and this one promises to have absolutely no wenqing plots, dark stories of cannibalism or anything like that

The book is lighthearted in nature.

So, don't be afraid that there will be too dark content. Of course, I welcome brothers to put forward their own opinions in this chapter. Reading, exchanging opinions is very important.

Let's discuss rationally. In addition, the leader will be updated next month. I want to save some manuscripts. I love you all.

(end of this chapter)