Chapter 1073: "·First Battle"

People are like rivers. The water in all rivers is the same, the water everywhere is the same, but the water in each river is narrow in some places and wide in some places; some places are turbulent and some places are flat. Everyone has germs of various natures, sometimes showing such a nature, sometimes showing such a nature, sometimes becoming unrecognizable, but in fact the original person.
-Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (one of the most outstanding writers in the history of world literature)
The nine small early morning and three pirates on the ship that were almost swallowed by the fire, some have been shot by the rocket on the spot, and some jumped into the sea with flames that could not be extinguished, but more for life-saving and evasion The greedy, life-threatening, jumped into the sea with fire.
In fact, in the face of such a special flame that cannot be extinguished by water, how can the overly frightened pirates not become greedy and fearful of death? The fear of the unknown is not the nature of the pirates, but the nature of mankind. This is the scary part of the unknown.
The fate of the pirates on the sea, their fate, has not been taken care of by the commanders of the two armies; because the commander of the first squadron is thinking about whether to wipe out the enemy in front of him, and the commander of the pirate fleet The idea is how to escape from here.
Fortunately, of the seven small early and four closed ships that did not ignite the flames, three small early and one closed ship were also shot by the long archers' rockets; however, their luck was better. The small number of rockets gives them the opportunity to put out the flames with sea water.
The pirate fleet commander who lost his half of the next battleship with only one face, if he does not understand the strength difference between the two sides and the other party’s bad comers, he will have lived in vain for so many years; therefore, he wants to go back quickly Your leader reports all this.
In all fairness, being able to mix a pirate of the rank of commander such as a fleet commander with a venerable strongman is enough to say that the ability and courage of this person are indispensable; a one-sided slaughter-style battle may be possible He was shocked and fearful for a while, but he would never really defeat him. As a pirate leader living in a storm, he would not be defeated so easily!
The pirate chief who forced himself to come out of shock and fear, ignored the pirates struggling in the sea and crying for help, but directly ordered the pirates around him, driving the warship to retreat immediately.
Early on with excellent flexibility, after getting the order of his commander, he can easily complete the U-turn; the ship is less maneuverable, but it is not a homeless warship with limited mobility, and the speed of U-turn is barely fair. Yes.
I was still thinking about whether to slow down the rocket offensive and seize the commander of the first squadron brought back by several pirate ships. Seeing that the remaining ten pirate warships attempted to turn around and escape, he no longer hesitated and decided to let all warships take the initiative. The longbowmen on the board accelerate the shooting speed!
When the long archers increased their shooting speed from five to six rockets per minute to a minimum of twelve rockets, the pirate warship that was turning around to escape and the pirates struggling for help on the sea fell into despair.
No matter how fast the U-turn turned early, it was impossible to get faster than the rockets flying over. The pirates struggling in the sea were covered by the dense arrow rain; just a few minutes later, the sunken ship was near the sea surface. A whole layer of corpses floated!
Even so, the accelerated firing of the four three-tier battleships failed to leave all the pirate warships determined to escape; after four more early and two closed ships were devoured by the fire, the remaining three Xiaozao and the two ships closed successfully completed the U-turn.
Five warships can complete the U-turn and escape. For the pirate fleet almost completely destroyed by the army, it is already a lucky blessing; but for the commander of the pirate fleet, it is not so lucky, because his ship ignites. There was a blazing fire that could not be extinguished.
It is impossible to sit back and watch the first squadron commander of the pirate fleet’s remaining warships escape, and directly order the flag bearer to issue an order to the four double-row battleships on the wings of the battlefield, letting them give up the attack on the abandoned pirates, and immediately attack the pirate warships that escape Start chasing!
There were four double-ranked battleships in the front chasing after victory, and four three-ranked battleships cleared the battlefield afterwards. This unlucky pirate fleet still did not escape the end of the entire army's annihilation; the only thing that displeased the commander of the first squadron was, He failed to capture an enemy ship as he wished.
The first squadron of pirates who jumped into the sea was captured a lot. Even the commander of this pirate fleet became a captive after jumping into the sea; more than 400 captured pirates were scattered in four double-row battleships On board, the long archers on the battleship are closely monitored.
The longbowmen in the city of Rome are not ordinary soldiers, but they are all elite specially trained with young and powerful barbarian warriors; even if they do not have the long bow of cold locust in their hands, they can still use short swords around their waists, Pick up pirates who are trying to resist easily.
The captured pirates who did not lack courage faced the unusually sharp short swords in the hands of the long archers; after dozens of pirates were killed and thrown into the sea, the courage of the pirates completely disappeared invisible, As if never existed.
As for the commander of the pirate fleet, his name is Yuma Honma. He is a leader of the Yumao Marine Corps, the most powerful pirate force on Sado Island. What is even more surprising is that his father, Kenma Honma, turned out to be It is the governor of the Honma family and the leader of the Yumao navy!
Of course, Yuki Honma, who has a very special status, will not take the initiative to reveal his identity, but the captured pirates know very well his identity; the commander of the first squadron, Brent, only interrogated a little. After a while, I got the answer I wanted to know.
In fact, when questioning the captives, it is very easy to know whether the answer he got is correct; Brent randomly found fifteen captives, and then sent ten people to take the five captives, Conduct separate interrogations.
The result of the first interrogation was naturally impossible, and five prisoners gave three versions of the answer. For this, Brent's disposal method was in front of the remaining ten prisoners, which could not determine the answer. The true and false prisoners are all executed!
Before the second batch of five captives was taken to interrogation, Brent personally warned them that unless the answers of the five of them were consistent, they would all be executed; the result of this interrogation was that the five captives spoke two Versions of the answer.
At this time, Brent already knew in his heart that the four prisoners were telling the truth, and only that one was still stubborn; even so, he ignored the hard work of the four prisoners who told the truth and asked them to forgive. The stubborn prisoner was all executed.
What Brent said was decisive and decisive, so that the last five captives gave a consistent answer; soon, not only was Honma Honma's identity known by Brent, but also the strength of the Honma family and the Yumao navy , And the distribution of forces on Sado Island, Brent knows.
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