Pirates: The wages are in place, the four emperors are kicked out

As we all know, in order to provide early warning of emergencies that ships may encounter, lookouts usually stand on high observation towers, holding telescopes and not daring to relax at the surrounding sea area, and report any abnormal situations discovered at any time.

Of course, if it is during the day and the light is relatively sufficient, some experienced lookouts will choose not to use telescopes and observe only with the naked eye - this is extremely normal. But this lookout that Porusalino noticed

Officer, in such a night with extremely low visibility, it was almost five minutes, and he had no intention of taking out the telescope.

And it stands to reason that warships are usually equipped with two lookouts, one of whom is responsible for a 180-degree field of view. If one of them needs to temporarily leave the lookout position, then the remaining lookout needs to temporarily shoulder the observation tasks of the two.

Stop and rotate your body to observe.

But when there was only one person on the observation deck, this observer never changed his observation direction or posture from the moment Polusalino started observing... And the observer who was not on the observation deck was more than

It's been five minutes and he hasn't returned to his post.

You know, work on a warship is completely different from work on an ordinary ship - on a warship, staying away from your post for more than five minutes for any reason is absolutely not allowed. Even if you want to go to the toilet, you must

Solve it within five minutes. Otherwise, once an enemy launches a surprise attack, one person's absence from his post may lead to extremely serious consequences.

"After the mission is over, talk to Colonel Malvern. These two lookouts are a big problem..."

After observing for nearly ten minutes with no results, Porusalino shook his head and said to himself.

He looked at Sakaski on the other side of the deck, who was closing his eyes and concentrating. Porusalino, who had nothing to do, started to imitate him.

And not long after Porusalino entered a state of meditation with his eyes closed——

"boom--!"

A loud noise suddenly came, and along with the loud noise, a huge white water column rose into the sky from the port side of the ship, and the entire ship tilted to the right because of this water column.

"Enemy attack——! Enemy attack——!! A pirate ship appeared on the left!!!"

The lookout whom Porosalino had just thought was problematic finally issued a warning, and a shrill alarm bell rang on the ship.

"boom--!"

"boom--!"

There were two more loud noises, and two huge white water columns surged from the left and front sides of the ship. The whole ship shook even more violently, and many recruits who had no fixed objects to hold onto fell directly to the deck.

On the other hand, even Porusalino and Sakaski will maintain a balance.

Colonel Malvern had already rushed out of the captain's cabin at this time. He looked towards the left side of the ship with the telescope he carried with an ugly face:

"Damn it, it's the Sea Lion Pirates! How dare they attack us?!"

However, this was not the time to dwell on this issue. Colonel Malvern put down his telescope and loudly issued an order: "The combat team leader leads his team members into combat positions! The artillery team gives me a fierce counterattack!"

As Colonel Malvern's order was issued, the crew on the ship quickly took action. The 12 cannons on the left side of the battleship were ready, and the gun muzzles had been loaded. The gunpowder bags and the 32-pound solid iron ball were neatly loaded.

Stuffed it in.

At the same time, the gunner behind the artillery, who was a veteran, had slowly moved the lit torch closer to the rough match rope specially soaked in grease and saltpeter:

"Chi chi chi chi..."

The already flammable flax rope was soaked in grease, rolled several times in saltpeter powder, and dried in the sun to become a match rope for artillery. As soon as the torch came into contact with the match rope, a smelly black smoke instantly followed.

It appeared with the bright firelight and extended into the little finger-like hole.

That is the gunpowder chamber, and the gunpowder that has been filled has been firmly pressed inside. In this small space, as the match rope gets shorter and shorter, it becomes more and more violent. The heavy solid iron ball has been pressed

At the exit of the medicine room, the thick and heavy barrel was already pointed forward, and the restlessness in the medicine room became more and more intense, because the burning match rope had penetrated deep into the medicine room, pressing the knot

The solid black powder ignites instantly!

"Boom!", "Boom!", "Boom!", "Boom!", "Boom!", "Boom!"

"Boom!", "Boom!", "Boom!", "Boom!", "Boom!", "Boom!"

The twelve 32-pound cannons began to roar almost at the same time, illuminating the sea with unparalleled light. The twelve solid iron balls bursting out from the muzzles roared and tore the air at extremely fast speeds, charging with unparalleled power.

Towards the Sea Lion that just launched a sneak attack!

…

Back to ten minutes ago, the lookout on the Sea Lion, which was taken over by Rocks, discovered the naval battleship Porousarino and his companions were on.

"We can't go any further. If we go any further, we'll be within the range of the Navy's 32-pounder gun!"

Goodwin said to Rocks with an ugly face, "Faced with artillery of that caliber, the Sea Lion can't hold on for more than a few seconds!"

"Don't worry, the lookout on their ship is ours, we can just drive forward,"

Rocks waved his hand disapprovingly, "Give me my order, maintain the current status, and approach them quietly."

Although Goodwin was extremely frightened and reluctant, he could only give the order to the helmsman as Rocks said. A few minutes later, under the cover of darkness and the watchman Orff on the navy ship, he released the water.

, the Sea Lion arrived quietly and covertly about 400 meters away from the naval battleship - this is the maximum shooting distance of the three 7-pound guns carried on the Sea Lion.

Rocks could vaguely see the figures on the naval battleship. He couldn't help but smile excitedly and looked at Goodwin aside: "Can your gunner hit the target at this distance?"

"My gunner was killed by you just now!"

Goodwin almost said this through gritted teeth.

"Well, that's a pity..."

Rocks shrugged, "In short, you ask them to hit as accurately as possible, even if they hit one shot."

"Of course I know that."

Goodwin said this. He took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

It's a pity that, facing the extreme range of the 7-pounder gun of 400 meters, although the temporary gunner on the Sea Lion tried his best, he still missed all three shots.

"All three rounds were empty. What should I do? Do I want to continue shooting?"

"Continuing to shoot will only stay here as a target for them. Do you think your 7-pounder cannon is a match for their 32-pounder cannon?"

Rocks glanced at Goodwin.

"Then tell me what to do?!" Goodwin was so anxious that he almost knelt down to Rocks - he had already seen the flames from the naval ship's gun muzzle and heard the scream that symbolized the arrival of death.

"Who do you think I am?"

Rocks showed a crazy smile, "Listen to my order and move the ship towards them!"