Chapter 165: flying fish

However, nautical charts can be further subdivided: general nautical charts, ocean nautical charts, offshore nautical charts, coastal charts, bay charts, etc.
Each kind of nautical chart has different purposes, and its value is also different. For example, the one in Adrian's hand is just an offshore nautical chart, and the range of annotations is extremely limited, including only the routes that the "Conch" usually patrols and some offshore cities.
Even so, it was cherished by Adrian like a treasure, who was used to eat as a captain.
To be honest, judging from the nautical chart, the fishing town of Leopold and Gabriel, the station of the Third Fleet, are not far away. When Aiwen set out from there to join the army, the total voyage on the "Yellow Hu" took only two days.
But from the beginning of joining the army until now, a year later, Ivan took the opportunity of the overlapping tasks to have time to return to his hometown.
Recalling the various experiences during the year, reunion with Uncle Geer, fought against sea monsters, killed pirates, survived several times, and even the Cthulhu once faced directly, which is even more exciting than many people's lifetime experiences!
For a while, Ivan was rather embarrassed.
"Is this the usual cruise route of the Conch?"
After all, this is Aiwen's first cruise mission. If you don't know anything, just ask Adrian, the captain, as the commander doesn't know how to pretend to be the most terrifying.
"Your Captain, this is not always the case. According to the adjustment of seasons, wind directions, and trade routes, our cruise routes will also change.
However, most of the time, I just walked through the scene, and I did not encounter pirates swimming in this offshore area many times a year.
As long as we have little pirates who usually have only one broken fishing boat, they will take the initiative to escape, and there are very few cases where we really need to fight with fire. "
"Okay, I know..."
Crackling...Crackling...
However, before I finished speaking, he was interrupted by a continuous strange noise outside the captain.
"What's the matter?" The two people in the captain's room simultaneously turned their heads and looked out the porthole.
At this time, someone on the deck was already shouting:
"It's a school of flying fish! A lot of fish!"
Get out of the captain's room.
Aiwen saw that the sea outside was already shining silver, which made people confused whether it was a wave or a wave of fish. There are so many flying fish that they can't even count. They jumped up from the water, glide tens or even hundreds of meters on the surface, and then fell back into the water.
The flying fish were connected into pieces, and the "Conch" seemed to be driving in a silver sea at this time.
There were even many flying fish that could not dodge, hit the ship directly or fell on the deck, and were picked up by the sailors.
Each flying fish at least as long as an adult's palm has a carp-like body, a dark blue back, and wide ventral fins spread out like translucent wings. Even if it fell on the deck, it was full of vitality, and the tail bounced vigorously to return to the water. #b......
br# Aiwen squinted slightly, and in the field of vision of another heavy seabird, the scale of this wave of fish looking down from the sky is indeed not small, at least stretching several kilometers. Even the seabirds who flew nearby for investigation did not pay attention to their investigation duties, and they also joined the ranks of predation.
It's just that I have just been focusing on the nautical chart without access to the seabirds' perspective. Perhaps Beth didn't feel that this "feast" for seabirds had to remind himself that he only noticed it when the flying fish was close at hand.
"Your Captain! Flying fish out of the water on a large scale is unusual." Seeing Ivan's silence, Adrian, the navigator behind Ivan, couldn't help but reminded him.
"Three-level combat readiness!"
Without waiting for him to continue, Ivan exhaled and gave the order to prepare for battle.
Clang clang...
The alarm bell on the ship was sounded, and all crew members immediately ran up and returned to their jobs. Even if the flying fish fell to their feet, no one picked them up.
Aiwen nodded in satisfaction. Although it was only a Tier 6 ship, after all, it had been drifting on the sea for a long time and was always facing various dangers. The military quality of the crew was still guaranteed.
He himself shook the cloak on his body and reflexedly boarded the command position with the best view on the poop.
Flying fish out of the water means that there is likely to be some kind of predator underwater, depending on the size and fierce response of this group of flying fish. There is either a big guy or a large group of hunters under the water. In either case, you need your own "Conch" to treat it with caution.
After all, last time the "Silver Wing" was even attacked by sea monsters on the offshore route. Obviously, it is not only in dangerous seas that it will encounter danger.
Now that his identity has changed, as the captain of the battleship, who is responsible for the lives of more than a hundred people on the ship, he must not lose his vigilance.
It feels like a long time to finish all this, but only half a minute has passed.
Underwater predators have appeared in the sight of the "Conch" following the escaping school of flying fish.
"This is... a spearfish?"
It was the seabirds living in the sea who had sharp eyes to see through the water. With their vision, Ivan discovered this group of ferocious monsters earlier than everyone else.
At that time, a big fish with an average body length of more than 12 meters was bigger than the ferocious killer whale!
Spearfish, also called spearfish, is a magical creature unique to the Black Sea.
Dark gray with a long torso like a snake, a pointed head and a big mouth. The edges of the two gills extend back into four or five spear-like spikes. The fangs in the mouth are snarling. You can tell from the outside that this is very vicious. Guys.
They are very aggressive by nature and have a very wide range of diets, ranging from large whales to small fish such as flying fish. Even the "sea monster", the ruler of the deep sea, was so hungry that he dared to go up and take a bite.
If I was asked to describe it as an animal that is more familiar to the public, it would probably be non-honey...
It's the badger.
And like wolves, they like to hunt in groups in groups. The group that appeared in Aiwen's field of vision consisted of three, two, and five speartooth fish.
The law of action of the enchanted creatures during hunting is really difficult to predict, and the "Conch" is lying on their way forward, and Ivan cannot judge whether there will be a conflict.
Be prepared.
"Second-level combat readiness! Gunner, port gun ready! Load grape bombs!"
"Your Excellency!"
The order was issued, and the gunners on the left side of the main deck quickly filled small packets of small projectiles into the muzzle.
Grape shells are one of many types of shells. After being fired, they will spread out to form a barrage, causing damage to enemies within a large area. Although the firing range is very close, it is the best way to deal with this slender and flexible sea beast.
Rushing--
I didn't think it was from the perspective of seabirds from a high altitude, but when I saw them with my own eyes, Ivan was also shocked by the momentum of these big fishes.
They plunged into the water at high speed, the blade-like dorsal fin was raised high, cutting through the sea and pulling out five white water lines. The distance is still far away, and I seem to have heard the sharp cutting sound.
Bah.
Because of the arrival of several "overlords" in this sea area, marine creatures large and small within a radius of a radius either hid or ran away, but they never jumped out of the water like flying fish, and were not discovered by sailors.
Because of the tyrannical strength and ferocious temperament of the demonized creatures, they treat all marine creatures as if nothing, and make no secret of their gaze, and naturally they will not put a mere sea ship in their eyes.
There was no intention to change the direction at all, and under the leadership of the largest fish monster, he slammed into it. UU reading www. uukahnshu. com
Irving couldn’t bet whether the
Conch
’s hull was harder or the spearfish’s head was stronger. He decisively ordered the fire:
"The target is directly in front of the sea, 70 meters away! Ready to...fire!"
boom! boom! boom! ...
Ten ship-borne artillery on the left side of the ship fired at the same time, orange-red flames illuminating the sea, and the dense grape bombs turned into a large black barrage to instantly cover all the space on the side.
Whizzing..
A few wild demonized creatures are like primitive people who have never seen modern firearms, holding spears and shields, and bumped their heads.
Although they were weakened by the seawater, they propelled against the sea surface after all. After the grape bombs penetrated the seawater under the propulsion of the huge kinetic energy of gunpowder, they still fell on them, piercing the scales and digging into the flesh.
Grumbling...
The sea monsters who had such an extremely arrogant encounter were beaten head-on, shaking their long tails and diving into the water to avoid them. In an instant, only the surging foam and traces of bright red were left in place.
"It worked!"
"Don't be careless, watch out for underwater!"
After the knowledge baptism of the "shadow library", now Ai...
Wen deserves to be well-informed. After he truly understands the characteristics of the spearfish, he also has a headache for this creature with a personality similar to that of a flathead.
And as the lowest tier in the six-tier battleship sequence, the weapon ration is not much higher than that of a transport ship, especially the alchemy bomb designed to deal with underwater targets.
If these big guys hid underwater and kept attacking, it would really make people scratch their heads.
Bang--
Sure enough, being reckless does not mean being stupid. Soon there were two low muffled noises under the water, and the hull also shook twice.