Volume 2 Southern Beacon 1224 Accidents are frequent
"It's really vulnerable,!" Standing on the bridge of the flagship, the commander of the Third Fleet, Si Effanger, put down the scope in his hand with some unfinished thinking, at this time the shelling has lasted for 30 minutes, and the port in the distance is completely shrouded in a raging fire, and the white smoke on the sea surface makes the sun above his head look hazy, it was originally the sea breeze blowing from the southwest, and at this time it began to roll up the pungent white smoke to the location of the Falcon Navy,
The white smoke blown back by the sea breeze also obscured the view of the artillery warehouse below, and Smith Fingerger had already seen some of the Thor cannonballs whistling away from the rest of the harbor.
"Order the ships to stop! It would be a waste to continue fighting! cough cough!" said Si Efenger with an uncomfortable dry cough covering his mouth, he received a report that all the muzzles of the Thor guns in the gun compartment were red and hot, and he could not shoot again in a short time.
And the two dragon tooth ships located on the flanks of the dragon-class battleships were even more unbearable, they had been in a silent state in advance five minutes ago, and it seemed that the situation was similar to that on their side, and when the roar of the qiē was quiet,
The lieutenant ran over from the side of the ship and asked, "The captains asked, what now?"
"Nonsense, of course it's a return voyage," said Smith Finger as he handed the mirror to the lieutenant behind him, rolled his eyes, and said, "As the first fleet to attack, our mission is to take Antolus' guard fleet by surprise,
"At present, it seems that the execution is quite smooth," Si Effinger said to himself, "Even if the other party still has a warship that is not damaged, it will take at least a few days to clear the entrance to the port that can be passed, and during this time, the port of Antolus will be equivalent to cutting off all contact with the outside world" "Isn't it a pity to give up like this?" The adjutant took the goggles and showed an unwilling look on his face. The entire harbor was bombed, and the enemy's defending fleet was also heavily damaged, was such a brilliant record just a harassment?
"Harassment, how is it possible!" said with a slight smile on the corner of Si Efenger's mouth, "You must know that we are not aware of this sortie, there are four, five, six, and seven four fleets as starters, and there are also the first and second main fleets brought by Lord Dustrengke, such a lineup, almost all the elites of the Imperial Navy have been gathered, do you think it will be just a harassment?"
Si Efenger's voice stopped, and he said with a bit of solemnity, "Although I would love to stay and enjoy the chaotic scene of the enemy, but in this unknown sea, any carelessness may put the fleet in danger, not to mention the continuous bombardment and volley, in just 30 minutes, most of the Thor bombs brought by the fleet will be reimbursed, if you don't evacuate immediately, it will be easy to attract the opposing fleet to patrol nearby, and then it will be trouble!" "Look, there are people on the water!"
At this time, there was a commotion in the direction of the ship's side, and Smith Finger ran to the side of the ship and followed the direction of the sailors' fingers, and sure enough, he saw a small black dot undulating in the waves.
He could feel the man rolling in the water, constantly being beaten away by the waves, but still stubbornly swimming towards this direction, a frail young man who was almost prostration, and if he hadn't been picked up in time, it was likely that after the next wave, he would never be seen again
The sailors lowered a sampan from the side of the ship, and the sailor rowed in the direction of the comer, and soon, a person with the upper body was dragged onto the deck of the Dragon-class battleship by the sailors, it was a young man with a hideous tattoo tattoo on his back, unkempt head, thick long hair and beard coiled on his face, and a mustache similar to that of a pirate could be faintly seen at the corner of his mouth
Although he looked tired and had more than a dozen bloody whip marks on his body, the muscles on his body that were tanned by the sea breeze and sun were as strong and flexible as shark skin.
"Who are you?" Si Efenger's burning eyes paused on the young man's scar, and the corners of his eyebrows rose slightly, "Don't sue me that you are an ordinary sailor, that will only make me look down on you, swimming in the salty sea with such a scar for so long shows that your willpower and tenacity are comparable to normal people, and in you, I can't see the temperament of a soldier, if you find a similar adjective, you are more like a pirate!"
The young man, who was so tired that he was almost in prostration, looked up with a blank look in his eyes, it seemed that he did not understand Celefegger's Vikchian, his lips opened slightly, and he tried to say in a dry and hoarse voice, "Ruhl." Torres ""Ruhl!" Si Efenger heard that this was Sarandy, although it was a little obscure, but he still understood the surname, and after a pause, he showed a burst of unexpected ecstasy,
Isn't this unique surname the guy whose identity and background are extremely complicated mentioned by the Ministry of Intelligence at the previous fleet meeting At the beginning, Commander Duströnkai also specially ordered Frye of the Second Fleet to search for the whereabouts of this person, and in vain, he unexpectedly met with the main fleet of the Dunkirs, which led to the escalation of this naval battle
"What an accident!" Seefinger quickly found a sailor close to Salander's southern language and asked him to act as an interpreter.
"Ask him why he's here?" said Swift Finger to the Salander sailor, a little impatient, to the reply that the guy had just escaped from the island's prison
"No wonder,! I can't find it, it turns out that this Ruhr has been captured by the Dunkirks" Si Finger couldn't help but feel glad in his heart for his good fortune, as the most prestigious and cunning pirate in this area, harvesting this person is tantamount to harvesting most of the information about the situation in this sea area! This is undoubtedly a pair of bright eyes for the main force of the Imperial Navy that is about to fully penetrate this sea area
When the sailor of Salander told him that if he hadn't escaped, Ruhl's body would have been hung on the gallows in the harbor tomorrow, and even the steady Si Effinger was frightened by his good fortune, and it must have been the outer wall of the prison that had been inadvertently destroyed by the indiscriminate bombing just now, and this guy had a chance to escape, but his courage was really admirable,
In such an indefensible situation, the first choice was not to flee immediately, but to swim all the way from the harbor, which was a full 300 meters of sea, with a bloody scar, rolling forward in the water like a pinprick, which makes people feel incredible courage and perseverance.
Si Effinger stood up and shouted, "Someone, get the military doctor on the ship! and prepare food and water", the sailors hurriedly found the military doctor on the ship, and in the case of preliminary judgment, the military doctor came to the conclusion that there was nothing wrong with this guy named Ruhl, although there were injuries on his body, but they were only a flesh injury, it seemed that the person who attacked him did not dare to hate Ruhl too much,
Ruhl, who had just escaped from the catastrophe, was indeed very hungry, although his face was as pale as paper, and his body seemed to be able to be blown down by a gust of wind, he swallowed a large plate of bread mixed with red wine handed by the sailor in a few sips, and seemed to regain some strength.
The pirate of the sea of Antolus stood up tremblingly, his expression was stern, and there was a hint of aristocratic aura that surprised even Smith, and he grunted, the sea breeze blowing the pirate's flaxen-colored hair, but his eyes were bright and terrifying
"What do you mean?" Smith looked blankly at the sailor who was acting as the translator,
"I don't know the name of your fleet, but I hope I can be allowed to join your fleet," the sailor in charge of the translation said, word for word, "because the only purpose of my life is to find the most powerful navy on the mainland, and today, I find that I have found it!" "Ask him how he ended up in the hands of the Dunkirs?" Smith continued to ask with a solemn face, and the sailor's answer surprised him again, "It turned out that he was captured alive by the so-called Imperial Navy!" "Imperial Navy!" Smithinger's two eyebrows were twisted into a Sichuan character in the center of his eyebrows, which touched his nerves, Frye had mentioned the navy of the Dunkirs, but it did not seem to take such a name as the Imperial Navy, Smithinger asked the sailor again, and the answer was still the Imperial Navy.
At this moment, Si Efenger felt that his scalp exploded, and the little luck and excitement in his heart ran away without a trace, in this sea area, outside the Antolus defense fleet, there was actually a main fleet, as long as the other party was not deaf, the fierce volley like rolling thunder just now was enough to attract the attention of the 50-mile sea area,
If there really is a fleet wandering nearby, at the speed of an ordinary sail warship, a sea area of 50 miles, which is about 34 hours, it is entirely possible that he will collide with the enemy fleet that came to inspect on the way back.
It's nothing if it's with full ammunition, but the Third Fleet, which has just dumped most of its ammunition at Antoros, is now almost completely in a state of prostration, the barrels still need to be cooled, and the sailors need to rest,
Even if it is forced to fight, the lack of Thor bullets will greatly weaken the continuous strength of the fleet's attack
"Order the fleet to evacuate the operational waters at full speed!" Swiftfinger shouted almost sharply, as if he felt the dangerous smell of beasts coming out of the cage in the blowing sea breeze, but his order seemed to be a little late, "Attention, an unknown fleet has been spotted in the northeast!" The shout from the lookout made the breathing sound of the entire deck choked
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