Chapter 172: Fleeing watching the wind?

Suddenly "Iron William" looked up at the sky.
The sky was a bit gloomy today, and now there are wisps of clouds accumulating, gradually pressing down on the sea, and the sky is getting darker.
At the same time, several black lightning-like needle-tailed Swifts flashed from the sky above the pirate ship as if wiping the bottom of the cloud.
"It's going to rain! But the rain shouldn't be very heavy. Lower the sail and anchor, pay attention to detection, let's wait here.
It was originally for acting a scene, there is no need to circle with the navy. "
"Yes, Captain!" The sturdy young man walked away, and soon heard the pirates on the ship pulling the rigging.
Soon after the "Iron Bones", the "Two Tails" also received the semaphore signal, and the pirates who controlled the merchant ship on it did the same.
At this time they couldn't imagine it.
My every move has fallen into someone's eyes, and the navy ship that was unexpected in the plan came so fast!
Clang clang--
The alarm bell rang.
"Your Captain, I found the target!"
The observer on the mast put away the brass telescope, slipped down the mast like a monkey, and ran to Irvine to report.
Aiwen, who was "closing his eyes and resting", opened his eyes. In fact, the seabirds had already sent back information on the opposing ship.
Although the sighted observers can see dozens of kilometers away on the sea in fine weather, they are only able to see, and the details cannot be distinguished at all.
With the improvement of their own abilities, the seabirds' detection range has expanded and a three-dimensional detection network has been constructed. In Aiwen's eyes, the scenes tens of kilometers away also appear to be in the palm of the hand.
His own "Conch" set off from the sea area where the "Two Tail Fish" was involved, and it was not luck to be able to catch up with the pirate ship in just one day without the information provided by the "black hand".
However, these words cannot be said to the crew for the time being, and Ivan nodded and encouraged the crew: "Good job!"
Shaking the cloak on his body, Ivan stepped up to the command position and issued a loud command:
"First level combat readiness! Cut to the upper hand, open the muzzle, and let us give the pirates a warm first dish to taste!"
In naval battles, there are advantages and disadvantages to seizing the upper wind or the lower wind.
At least for the "Conch", there is only one artillery deck, so there is no need to worry that the lower muzzle cannot be opened due to the water entering, and the artillery has a longer range when it is upwind, and the advantage is greater!
Bang.
The left side baffle is opened.
The sailors dragged a ship-borne artillery weighing 5,000 pounds with pulleys loaded with gunpowder and solid iron cannonballs out of the firing port, ready to launch.
"The Conch...
Slowly adjusted the combat stance, pointed the sideboard at the distant sea and also found the pirate ship "Conch" that had re-lifted sails.
Aiwen looked at the dark clouds in the sky and the raindrops that had been dripping gradually, and released his hand from the ocean treasure "Misty Silver Lantern" in his arms. White fog in heavy rain is too unreasonable.
His mission is very simple, just take back the "Two Tail Fish", there is no need to fight the pirates according to the vision of the Viscount. After all, as long as the material evidence is lost and the official is not directly stolen and obtained, the crisis of the Viscount is lifted.
After today, who would believe what the pirates said?
What's more, there is a very interesting guy on the mission objective this time.
There was no information on the specific identity of the pirate ship in the information that the "Bitail" finally sent back, and Aiwen was originally only with the idea of ​​training soldiers.
Now that I saw the pirate ship with my own eyes, I realized that the person who hijacked the "Two Tails" would be such a famous guy!
"William'Iron Bone'?"
There is no concealment on the sea, especially when Ivan did not use the "Fog Silver Lamp" to evoke the fog, the "Iron Bones" had already spotted a menacing naval ship that showed a breach!
"Captain, shall we fire?"
It is difficult to sneak attacks on the sea. Before the two sides entered the artillery range, the strong young man standing behind the captain William asked softly.
"The price of the fat pig in Westcore City is not enough for us to sell his life, so we can just throw the "Two Tails" to the navy. Our mission has been completed.
However, this warship is a little different from what was said? It's a bit too fast, right? "
Talking about carrying out according to the plan, William, with his years of pirate experience, keenly perceives that things are not developing right.
The complete plan should be that one's own side captures all the crew on the "Bitail" carrying contraband. Then "accidentally" encountered the Royal Navy that had patrolled here, leaving the "Two Tails" to let the navy "get and get the money."
If the plan goes well, you don't even have to meet with the Navy at all.
The fat pig achieved his goal, and he can also retrieve the first mate who accidentally missed and captured when he went ashore some time ago to replenish supplies, and then leave the east coast of the Black Sea as quickly as possible, which is about to become a whirlpool of "right and wrong. "!
But now it seems that something unexpected happened that I didn't understand.
Although the "Iron Bone" has been wandering in the established waters to facilitate the follow-up navy to find, it will take time.
The Royal Navy is not privately operated.
The fat pig found the relationship to inform the news, and then the navy sent a number of cruise ships with sufficient weight and would not favor Viscount Andrea. The reservation in their plan...
The time should be delayed by at least one to two days.
The warship that appeared alone in front of him now had a different plan from the fat pig!
"Call back all the brothers of the'Two-Tailed Fish'. You must withdraw first. I will go and say hello to our navy friends.
There is no sign at all, doesn't it appear that our "Iron Bone" is too weak? "
Since it was different from the planned comparison of the navy and his own power, although William was still not ready to fight the navy, he was still a brave artist, and he felt that it would be nothing to test this strange warship a little bit.
As a result, the officers and soldiers of the "Conch" saw such a bizarre scene. In the face of their constant approach, the pirates were not only not prepared to fight. Instead, he directly abandoned the merchant ship "Two Tail Fish" and quickly gathered on the pirate ship, raising the sails and "fleeing away from the wind"?
"Are the pirates now so considerate?" The officers and men looked at each other. Although the "snatching" of the merchant ship's credit has been in their hands, they really don't understand which pirates are singing.
Only Aiwen, who knows the inside story, understands that this is the pirates who have finished their part and are ready to leave.
If, according to the script, I am a cruise ship of the Royal Navy, I should send someone on board for inspection. The crew members have witnessed the "prohibited items" on board, and cooperated with the testimony of the people, and they can firmly put off the law and discipline. On the head of Viscount Andrea.
At this critical moment, it was enough to make the old Viscount lose his seat in Wake County because of the scandal, and even peel off his skin.
"But I will disappoint you!"
To be cautious, Ivan confirmed that the "Iron Bones" pirate ship had indeed gone far, and it would take at least half an hour to come back and attack him before ordering:
"Get closer, keep your distance, put down the boat and send a few people up to see if the pirates have left traps."
While allowing the sailors to operate normally, the seabirds have already entered the "Bitail" internal investigation first.
He was very curious about the "prohibited items" that the Viscount said about him as a secret to him~EbookFREE.me~ Soon, a few petite pin-tailed Swifts had already passed the pictures they saw to the bottom of Aiwen's heart.
In the cabin, although it was wrapped in black coarse flannel, the silly and thick appearances made Ewen recognize what it was at a glance.
"This... is it a bit too big?!"
It turned out to be a total of twenty shipborne guns with other supporting parts removed!
A few of them have been removed from the flannel, for fear that others will not see them, directly exposing the cast iron artillery.
Of course it can't be a newly cast kingdom ordnance, and the Viscount can't have that guts. Looking at the wear and the markings above, it should belong to...
Used goods eliminated by the Navy of Thessaly Kingdom.
Probably, after removing the markings and repairing it, it is transported to a shipyard unknown where it is hidden for transformation of an armed merchant ship, or it is simply re-selling.
However, in any case, even the obsolete ordnance is much better than the privately-forged artillery.
In this era of great voyages, scholars once used the number of artillery a country possessed to measure its naval power. Whoever has more artillery will have stronger firepower, and whose navy will be stronger!
Nobody will dislike the large number of artillery, let alone high-quality ordnance?
Even if it is not the goods sold by the military of the country, it is already a proper contraband. This is a big deal that only a few powerful nobles can afford!
With the status of Viscount Andrea, dare to intervene in this kind of business, even if there is a knight protection body, it is the kind of crime that is enough to eat prison.
No wonder that old fox was afraid of being like this!