Reborn As a Pirate

emmmmm, it doesn't affect the posture of the ship...

In fact, from the time Edley relayed Acharin's reaction, Lorraine knew that maintaining the ship's posture and attacking Huanglong had become a luxury between delusion and fantasy.

After all, the human species has a gas tank.

Regardless of whether the reason is sufficient, whether the choice is reasonable, or whether the behavior is effective, the Blackbeard pirates tried to cut off Valkyrie's windward state, and this attempt itself was the biggest provocation to the attack on the ship.

The results of the provocation are in sight.

Gunpowder smoke filled hundreds of meters away, and the unlucky Lone Traveler might not be able to distinguish the gunshots mixed with the dense cannon fire, but Lorraine would certainly not miss such an obvious difference on the Valkyrie.

Yacharin made a pocket, and the Lone Traveler obediently got in. At a parallel position of 80 meters, it was bombarded by seven 32-pound guns in turn, with three of the seven shots and two direct hits.

The first direct hit hit the gun bay, and the second to fourth gun ports were blown away. The flames shot into the sky, corpses were everywhere, and the ship's ribs and pillars were all broken.

But based on Lorraine's experience, the amount of ammunition prepared by the pirates should not be enough to cause a large-scale explosion.

The key was the second direct hit. The projectile broke through the middle and rear hull of the Lone Traveler, and then penetrated at least two layers of the inner cabin.

According to the cabin structure of the 1770 French destroyer, the impact point of the shells is probably below the gun cabin, the interlayer above the waterline, and the longitudinal line is located on the centerline of the deck.

In other words, there is the best location for the main ammunition bay.

The Lone Traveler started her final journey in the most tragic way. The thunderous bang lasted for more than a minute, and the stumps and broken bodies scattered all over a 100-meter radius.

The blast wave set off a tsunami, holding the little Valkyrie and rushing more than 200 meters.

The stern building was split into dozens of parts, the largest flying house rose to a height of more than ten meters, and then spun back to the wreck, with a bang, completing the final blow to the keel.

Valkyrie withdrew from the rushing state without any suspense, and the sailors who were on their backs stood up with their teeth bared, and Lorraine shouted before they could stand still.

"The deck is in place, the sails are in place! Check the condition of the rudder and keel in an all-round way, count the personnel in each unit, and report the casualties!"

"The gunners are in place, disperse fire from the starboard and starboard sides! Miscellaneous personnel go to the dining room to lead the guns, and the whole ship is ready for boarding!"

"Release the schooner, release the hawser of the wingsail, half-sail square, ten degrees to the starboard rudder!"

"Gentlemen and ladies, don't forget the war is far from over, you only have 30 seconds to get the Valkyrie moving again!"

"If you don't want to die in this sea... target the Golden Shackle, turn around and break out!"

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"Break out!!!! Break out! Break out! Left rudder 5 degrees, spread out on both sides... why the damn sails are not adjusted! We are headwind, do you understand the headwind? Don't you make your own judgment without instructions? I must Complain to the Human Resources Department about those moths who collect money for interviews..."

"The bow of the ship was bombed!" The observation deck yelled.

"We're going to be blown to death! Starboard full starboard! Dodge! Dodge dodge! Dodge!"

"Where's my cannon!"

"Ask him, why we haven't fired? Is his cannon a decoration? Did we forget to bring gunpowder when we went out? If there is a cannon and fire, does he plan to save the salute at the funeral? Is he worthy of the salute!"

"I'll hear the cannon,

15 seconds, don't want to hear any excuses until then! I don't care what method he uses, as long as the damned pirate sinks his body, if he can't do it, I'll go to the personnel department to complain..."

"Fire!" cried the gunner.

Boom boom boom!

The Alvette was extremely lively, and 80% of the noise came from Captain Arthur Frain, who was known as a static gentleman on board.

He was born on the Butterfly, from a short-term sailor to a long-term cook, he was transferred to the second boatswain during the Golden Deer, and he became the second sailor and the second second officer during the Jackdaw and the Daobiao, until Stepping up to the position of the captain of the direct fleet's deputy admiral step by step, he is an inspirational model of the direct fleet and an idol of sailors.

But his temper is really bad. Especially in wartime, irritable, irritable, long-winded, chattering.

Although that will not affect his timely and accurate delivery of combat orders, he still has the unique skill of suing, which can be called the whip of justice directly under the fleet.

The war time on the Yarvette was exclusive to Captain Frain's trash talking time. All the sailors could do was endure, but Katerina habitually chose to ignore it.

The main battlefield entered the fierce battle stage. Including the Alvette squad, all warships formed four major regiments with Galen destroyers as the core, and each regiment was struggling against most enemies.

Valkyrie is an alternative to the age of sail.

This sentence is not only describing her ship shape, but more about her fighting state.

The biggest feature of naval warfare in the Age of Sail, especially at the end of the Age of Sail, that is, the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, was stalemate and inefficiency.

Hulls and cannons are like sailors' spears and shields, constantly upgrading in the confrontation. Today, the shields have long left the spears behind.

In the configuration of the same level, the 32-pound penetration of the hull of the first-level ship needs to be within 500 meters, three shots at the same position, and two shots to penetrate the third-level ship.

It takes two shots at 300 meters to penetrate a 24-pound Tier 4 ship, three shots to 100 meters to penetrate a 18-pound Tier 5 ship, and two shots to penetrate a Brig-type battleship at Tier 6.

From the data, this seems to be a normal ratio, but the world's best French artillery naval battle hit rate is less than 5%, and the average hit rate of the great powers is less than 3%.

The average deployment distance of the battle line is 1,500 meters, and the engagement distance is 800 meters. The average engagement distance of frigates is 500 meters, and the customary distance of destroyers is 300 meters.

When these data are combined, the victory of spear and shield becomes obvious at once.

According to statistics, based on the changes in the sea power of Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands in the past 50 years, nearly 50% of the damage to warships came from accidents, and the other 50% was basically caused by the fleet's focus on fire and approaching. There are two unconventional combat modes on the side and side, and there are only a handful of single-ship victories.

How to penetrate the enemy's armor is the biggest problem that the navy of this era has to face, but they don't know how to face it.

The state of the directly subordinate fleet on the battlefield must be much better than that of the contemporary navies.

Their opponents are mainly the Brigantine, which has weak defense, and the Bugger, which is larger in size but has a defense that is far from Brigantine's.

This means that they don't have to worry that their artillery can't do damage to the enemy, and they don't have to worry that the enemy's artillery will beat them to pieces. They just need to be careful about the number of enemies and be prepared for a port state that is enough to kill them.

The only exception is the Yarvette.

Yarvette is a 1780 Bermuda 40-gate high-speed destroyer designed and manufactured by Drake Marine Group, and her enemy is Bonnet's Erickson, a classic gate destroyer.

The two ships are basically at the same level of attack and defense. If you want to talk about subtle differences, the Alvette is faster and more flexible, while the Erickson is thicker, heavier, and has relatively stronger firepower.

In addition, the Yarvette has two companion ships, both the 26-door Bermuda High Speed ​​Brig-type Puffin and the Jaeger.

Bonnet gathered five companion ships along the way to cooperate in the attack, three of which were 20-door classic Brigantines, and two of which were mixed-sail Skuner ships with negligible firepower.

Katerina is clearly aware that the Alvette team cannot quickly win the opponent in a medium-to-long-distance artillery battle. If they delay waiting for the other three battle groups to decide the winner, it will easily cause a serious reduction in the direct fleet.

The best way at the moment is to use Drake to lure Bonet to take over according to the established plan, but before that, Katerina needs to trim the excess branches and leaves.

She raised her eyes to scan the battle situation.

Arvette was being urged by Captain Frain's scolding to walk slowly among the Erickson, two Brigantines and a Skuna ship. The Jaeger was 500 meters away from another ship. Brigantine dealt with it, but the Puffin and the remaining Skuner did not participate in the battle. They hid in the shadows of the flagships of both sides and waited for an opportunity.

Captain Frain's command is very stable, but he needs to work harder and be more aggressive in order to open up the situation.

"Do you want to take risks..."

Before Katerina could figure it out, the billowing thunder suddenly exploded from the south of the battlefield, waking her out of a state of thinking in the blink of an eye.

Katerina looked at the thick black smoke rolling up from the sky, and shouted anxiously.

"Report Valkyrie's current status immediately!"

"Yes, Ms. Dibo!" The watchman responded with his neck pulled, "Valkyrie approached in the first round and destroyed the enemy's fifth-level Galen Lone Traveler!"

"destroy?"

"It has been clearly destroyed! The Lone Traveler is sinking rapidly, and the sound of thunder just now is a martyrdom explosion!"

"It's not long since we started the battle..." Katerina murmured to herself, "It's a joke to play steadily. The boss is on the other side of the sea, not Bel Judea."

She raised her head: "Order! The Arvette will support the skua, and the Puffin will support it. Tell Captain Frain that he only has 5 minutes to prepare. If he can't do it, I will go to the personnel department to complain to him." .”