Chapter 355 – Lining up to be shot at sea 5
Chapter 355 – Lining Up to Shoot at Sea 5
The battle within West Harbor City was still going on fiercely, and although the Goblins fighting the Kingdom’s army were not as incompetent as people used to think they were, their individual strength was still greatly inferior to the human soldiers, not to mention their numbers were not as good as the Kingdom’s army.
After the initial fear and surprise, the soldiers of the kingdom army gradually realized that the other side was not as scary as they thought at first, and began to respond to the battle proactively.
Seeing the balance of victory gradually fall in favor of the kingdom army, Harrison let out a sigh of relief.
The strange thing is, except for the pirates who commanded the kobolds, he has not yet seen the main force of the pirates, Harrison does not believe that only a few humans leading a group of kobolds can occupy the West Harbor for so many days.
“Perhaps the Northwest Fleet was successful in holding the pirates at the docks? I wonder if they’re under a lot of pressure.”
On the one hand, he was worried that the friendly troops would not be able to cope with it, on the other hand, in order to end the battle as soon as possible, Harrison picked out a detachment and quickly rushed towards the harbor under his personal leadership. The battle with the kobolds was nearing its end, and the human pirates who had commanded them had suffered casualties, and without their command the kobolds quickly reverted to their true nature, completely reduced to a rabble.
Harrison led the team to raid towards the dock area with full force, there was not a single person on the road, the residents were all hiding in their homes and did not dare to go out, which made their action very smooth.
A drum to the sea, Harrison and his men saw never seen the sea battle scene: in the distant sea above, hung with the red flying dragon flag is hanging the skull flag of the pirate fleet head-on.
Northwest fleet a total of 12 ships, at first largely from north to south sailing, and the pirate fleet from their east launched an attack, the first few rounds of exchanges after the head of the six sailboats began to turn left toward the east to outflank the pirate fleet, but 12 ships still maintain the guard head to tail line, if you look down from the top, at this time, the Northwest fleet should be in a curved line.
Pirate’s warships would be hit hard every time they approached the Northwest fleet, to describe it as an encounter is really too much to lift them up, in Harrison’s opinion, it would be better to say that the pirates were unilaterally hanged.
Harrison had seen the artillery display of the Northwest, today finally recognized its horrible power, every time the pirate fleet to reorganize the formation or to charge, the Northwest ships will spray a strong white smoke, and then the opposite side of the pirate ship will fall into confusion, the formation was disrupted again. Harrison, who had seen artillery, knew that the white smoke was accompanied by deadly high-speed metal projectiles.
The power of the projectile is so strong, when the first windjammer completed the turn, and a pirate ship parallel to each other, the distance between the two ships is only a mere dozen meters, the pirates on the deck are ready to jump gang, but the port side of the Northwest warships suddenly opened fire, two rows of cannons one after another booming, the opposite pirate ship was hit by the wood debris, the gun’s primary target of attack is the oarsmen located in the cabin, the roaring sound After the roar, the opposite ship could no longer be as flexible as before, after the first sailing ship passed by, the second sailing ship then shelled, with the large number of casualties among the oarsmen, many pirate ships could only drift with the wind.
Harrison was fine, but most of his men had seen the [magic] of the Northwesterners for the first time, and one was surprised and even dumbfounded.
“My lord, the Northwesterner’s ship won’t be aboard a wizard, right?”
An officer asked Harrison with a worried face.
“Don’t be paranoid all day!” Harrison reprimanded him, “I’ve seen their weapon with my own eyes, the name is called artillery, it fires ammunition like a bow to attack the enemy, and the people who operate it are ordinary soldiers!”
It wasn’t good to be associated with witchcraft these days.
The battle on the sea continued for more than two hours, and although the solid shells were powerful against the human body, they were not enough for the ships themselves, especially the wooden ones, and it was difficult to achieve a sinking effect.
Alda fleet behind the six paddle sailing ship firepower is relatively weak, there are four by the enemy to take the gang jump gang, the pirates thought that finally broke through the other side of the long-range attack, you can play their own specialties close up to kill, however, to meet them is the relentless attack of musketry, jumped on the Alda warships of the pirates because they do not recognize the hands of the sailors of the musketry, a face to face on the downfall of the majority of the leakage in the dazed and ushered in white-blade war! ……
In the continuous passive beating, the pirates gave up the intention to continue to fight, 10 warships to the south to flee with all their strength, the remaining 8 warships because of the oarsman casualties failed to escape, one after another raised the white flag.
“Admiral Tirpitz!”
Harrison smiled and opened his arms to the fleet commander who stepped onto the dock.
“Oh, don’t dare, I’m not an Admiral yet!”
Tirpitz affirmed as he accepted the other man’s hospitality.
“This time we’re winning big!”
Harrison was very happy, this was his first battle, not only his personal honor was at stake, but also the fate of the family, ever since his father let his poorly-born aunt in, the Abbott family had lost the grace of His Majesty the King, and had been sitting on the bench for many years in a row, the family so needed the battle successes to re-emerge.
Alas, if it hadn’t been for that incident, he would have been among the generals who went south to quell the rebellion this time, right?
Harrison shook his head, expelling a flash of regret from his mind.
He and Tirbits climbed into conversation while walking towards the town hall, where the soldiers had already cleared the place.
The two slowly made their way to the center square, which was surrounded by people, not just soldiers, but residents who had come out boldly.
Tirbitz asked, “What are they doing?”
Harrison laughed and replied, “We captured some kobolds alive that the pirates brought in, and those people are taking it out on them!”
“Kobolds? Legendary kobolds?”
The fleet commander pushed his way into the crowd, and Harrison’s guards immediately cleared the way for him. All that could be seen was a group of short humanoid creatures huddled shivering on the ground, their pointy, long ears hanging low, looking weak and helpless.
From the bruises and tattered clothes on their bodies, it was clear that these guys hadn’t been beaten up much.
“What? Commander Tirbits, is this the first time you’ve seen a kobold?”
“Haha, let’s not talk about kobolds, we hardly see foreigners in the Northwest Bay, I heard people say that the dwarves on the northern mountain range sometimes come down to trade some items, but I’ve never seen them.”
“Don’t be fooled by their current appearance, these creatures are unusually vicious and brutal at heart, I’m going to execute them all later.”
“Understood, understood, but can you send me a few? I want to bring them back to open the eyes of the people back home as well.”
“This ……” Harrison was a little hesitant, he would have refused, but the other party was the one who helped him achieve victory, and against the main force of pirates.
“Alright, but I can only give you one, if you don’t want the Northwest Gulf Goblins to become a plague, I’m sure you know that the creatures can reproduce like rats.”
“Uh …… why don’t you give a few more males or a few more females?”
“There are rumors that when there are only males or only females left in a group of kobolds, some of the individuals will switch genders, so it’s prudent …… And, even if you’re only given one you should keep a close eye on it, kill it as soon as you’re tired of looking at it, and don’t ever let it get away, God knows what else kobolds have their evil ways.”
“So magical? Alright, I’ll make a note of it.”
As the two men were talking, a government administrator arrived in a hurry on horseback.
“Viscount Dylan, you arrived so soon?”
Harrison was surprised that the visitor was Viscount Dylan, who was in charge of handing over supplies to the Northwest Gulf fleet at West Harbor.
“I just followed the army into the city!”
Dylan replied with an indignant look on his face.
“What’s gotten you so angry? We just won the battle.”
“It’s gone, all gone!”
“What’s gone?”
“The supplies in the warehouse, I just went there to check, they’re all gone! Goddamn pirates, I curse them!”
Dylan jumped off his horse and cursed the pirates with words that didn’t fit his noble status.
Harrison frowned, “That’s too bad, the army in the south will definitely suffer.”
Tirbits reassured the two, “Just make sure the sea is safe, goods from the Northwest Gulf will keep coming.”
“Exactly! Lord Tirbits!”
Viscount Dylan suddenly shook the fleet commander’s hand hard.
“The pirate’s main force has disappeared, but I think the bastards will come back, so please, you and your fleet must stay here.”
“Ahem!” Harrison pretended to cough a few times and reminded the Viscount in a low voice, “That should be decided by His Majesty the King.”
Dylan instantly remembered that the Northwest Fleet was sent by the foreign lords, and their identity was a bit sensitive, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face and he stood aside without making a sound.
Tirpitz did not think about it that complicated, but he felt that Dylan had a point and
In difficulty, he said, “I can’t make the decision myself, I have to consult Count Greiman.”
(End of chapter)