game traveler

Chapter 161 Wolf pack tactics, the enemy advances and we retreat
The first step in the hunting operation, first of all, must grasp the course of the Ark.

Fortunately, this hunt was supported by intelligence from the Brotherhood of Assassins.

Through the pigeons, Kidd contacted the Assassin's branch in Havana.

After waiting in Nassau for about a week, everyone in the Pirate Alliance got the news from Havana-the Ark will set off for Spain in three days!
As soon as they heard the news, the pirates, who had already been gearing up, immediately summoned the sailors and set sail!
Edward Kenway's "Jackdaw", Blackbeard's "Adventure", Levasseur's "Postillon", Kidd's "William", Charles Wayne's "Ranger", Jack Rackham's "Royal Phoenix"

The six major pirates formed a temporary fleet and were divided into three squads.

The Jackdaw, Ranger, and Adventure are the first team, responsible for solving the frigate of the Ark.

The remaining three pirate ships were in charge of turning into sea wolves and driving the Ark to Great Inagua Island.

As the planner of the operation, Rorschach, who was acquainted with Dikas, formed a small team alone and took the initiative to undertake the task of landing on the island and killing Dikas and his crew.

According to the route between the Caribbean Islands and Spain, all the way to catch up, the combined pirate fleet quickly caught up with the Ark, which was protected by six Spanish frigates!

And at this time, maybe God also sensed that a big battle is coming.

In order to add a bit of atmosphere, it suddenly changed its face, and black clouds gradually occupied the entire sky.

After a while, there was lightning and thunder.Bean-sized raindrops dripped one after another.

Amidst the sound of "swooshing" rain, the Jackdaw was very busy.

The turbulent waves hit the Jackdaw, and the hull couldn't help shaking slightly, and the waves splashed on the crew members from time to time.

But these are walking like flying, faithfully carrying out every order of the captain.

Standing at the stern, the drenched Edward shouted to the crew, slowed down to keep a distance from the target fleet, and handed the rudder to Adéwalé, took out the binoculars, and looked at the front. There was a huge figure vaguely obscured by the pitch-black rain curtain.

The huge figure and the faintly visible rows of cannon ports made Edward's expression solemn.

Even though he was prepared in his heart, he couldn't help being a little shocked when he saw the target.

Handing the binoculars to the quartermaster on the side, and steering the helm again, he heard a voice of astonishment that couldn't be concealed:

"Look at that figure! It's like a beast on the sea!"

Hearing the exclamation of the quartermaster, Edward tightened his hands holding the rudder, and suddenly cursed:

"Thatch (Blackbeard), you're as crazy as ever..."

However, from the slightly upturned corners of his mouth and the wildness in his eyes, it can be seen that he does not resist this crazy plan, but enjoys it!
Such a goal is worth sending out half of the members of the Pirate Alliance to hunt, isn't it? !

"Captain, are we really planning to snatch this ship?"

Recalling, Edward couldn't help but reached out and patted the shoulder of the black quartermaster, and responded with pride:

"Of course!"

"But not now, according to the plan, keep a distance and wait for the right time!"

Just as those on this side were already eyeing the Ark, at the same time, the Poseidon with the black dragon flag slowly sailed into the harbor of an unknown island in Great Inagua.

In the captain's room, Rorschach, who had already changed into a special black assassin suit, took off the three-cornered hat that symbolized the captain, and hung it on a rack beside him.

Tucking his slightly messy black hair into a ponytail, Rorschach looked down at his left hand.

With a soft "click", a sharp blade popped out from the cuff of his left hand.

After carefully examining the pistol and long sword, Rorschach walked out of the captain's cabin, followed the cabin, and came to the deck.

On the deck, about forty fully equipped sailors have gathered.

In the eyes of every crew member, there is only worship and respect for Rorschach.

If the favorability can be seen, the favorability of all the crew members towards Rorschach will be off the charts!

In their eyes, it was this young captain who led them across the sea and enjoyed the passion of plunder and adventure.

Therefore, they are willing to believe in Rorschach and follow Rorschach until the end of hell!
With one foot on the side railing of the ship, he grabbed the sail rope in his hand, and with the other hand he pulled out the long sword at his waist and swung it in the air.

Meeting the eyes of the crew, Rorschach raised his chin slightly, and said loudly: "Guys, let us take this island in front of us for the sake of pirates and Nassau!"

As soon as the words fell, the crew members raised their hands in unison and responded in unison:

"Hey!!!"

. . .

Through the exchange of semaphore, the pirate joint fleet that was ready finally launched an attack!

Leading the charge was the Ranger of the hot-tempered Charles Wayne

And his target was naturally the frigates surrounding the Ark.

Boom boom boom!
Under the night, the sound of cannons came and went, continuously.

The tactics of the pirates are like a pack of wolves hunting a herd of reindeer. They first drive the herd in one direction, then lock on to the weakest target, and then swarm up and bite them into pieces!

Once the frigate endured no harassment and chose to attack, the pirates immediately took advantage of the flexible speed of the ship to escape quickly.

Then, when the frigate continued to return to the route for escort, they chased after them like a gangrene.

Such tactics are somewhat like the guerrilla warfare adopted during the Chinese War of Resistance.

As the saying goes, when the enemy advances, we retreat, and when the enemy retreats, we pursue!

But Dikas on the Ark was very depressed.

Although the Ark has powerful firepower, it is a second-tier battleship with more than ninety artillery pieces.

However, due to its large size and extremely cumbersome steering, and the range of the ship's broadside guns is too short, mortars can only be used to attack pirates from a long distance.

However, such a delayed bombardment would not cause any trouble to the combined pirate fleet of full-staffed brigantine ships.

As long as you predict the landing point of the shells in advance and dodge a little, the falling shells will basically land on the sea.

In this way, under the constant bite of the pirate fleet, the number of frigates also changed from six to five.

Four...Three...

As the frigates were paralyzed by artillery fire one by one and left the fleet, Dikas on the Ark also panicked a little.

While yelling at these daring pirates, he gave orders for the helmsman to steer the ship to his hiding place in Great Inagua.

As long as he gets there, he can use the terrain advantage of the natural barrier to wipe out these rampant pirates!

However, what he didn't know was that an old acquaintance was already at his hiding place, waiting for him to come to his door...

(End of this chapter)