Chapter 133 Hijacking the Ship! The Terrifying Duran
"It's not that mysterious." Duran said, "The weather in the Kind Sea is strange and changeable."
He said confidently: "Even if there is weather that is not in line with common sense, it is extremely normal, just like when I was fighting before."
Before Duran finished speaking, the fire of a shell suddenly crossed the sky from the surrounding fog!
The shell with a flame trail hit a transport ship on the flank.
This shell was obviously specially made.
The heavy shell plus the power of more than 200 pounds of artillery smashed the hull a little.
After the impact, shrapnel from the shell flew everywhere, and some crew members died on the spot.
"Enemy attack!"
The crew responded immediately.
But the next second, they faced an overwhelming artillery attack from the thick fog!
What Duran just said seemed extremely embarrassing at this moment.
His whole face was stiff.
In fact, he understood everything and knew everything!
How could he, who had been through hundreds of battles, not know the strangeness of fog and the ease of being ambushed?
It was only because he was good at saving face and being a teacher, and didn't want to lose face in front of his juniors, that he took the chance and said those words with a brave face.
At this moment, he was slapped in the face by reality, and his self-esteem felt like he was slapped twice.
Damn it!
"Please issue combat orders, Captain Duran!" Fransha didn't think so much.
She saluted Duran and said immediately.
Duran swallowed his saliva and quickly got rid of his previous emotions with years of experience.
"First Mate Fransha, you lead the first, second, third, and fourth frigates on the left wing to expand to the southeast. The first goal is to lock the enemy's position and report, and the second goal is to destroy the fog array!"
"Yes!" Fransha is worthy of being a top student from the military academy. She was not at all panicked by the sudden attack.
She meticulously dispatched ships according to the requirements of the textbook and organized the reconnaissance mission.
Duran led the remaining ships to quickly activate the defensive formation.
With the support of the defensive formation, the threat of artillery attacks from afar was quickly weakened.
Duran's fleet also had the opportunity to adjust its formation.
"Colonel Duran, all personnel have been assembled and reorganized. Do you want to start counterattacking?"
A major came to report.
Duran shook his head, "It's not time yet. Suppress the fire first, and then wait for my order."
"Yes!"
The fleet immediately began to fight back along the trajectory of the enemy's artillery shells.
The speed was extremely fast.
This subject of counterattacking the enemy in bad weather conditions is basically a must-learn for naval soldiers of every force.
After the fleet counterattacked, the enemy's firepower was significantly reduced.
If you are careful, you can still find that the enemy's ships have definitely been sunk.
It is obvious that the enemy did not know what means they used to see Duran's fleet in the thick fog.
And Duran's fleet had no sight.
In this case, the enemy's ships can be destroyed by counterattack alone.
This is enough to prove the gap between the two sides.
However, after a period of time of counterattack along the trajectory, the benefits of this approach gradually decreased.
The enemy also learned a lesson and kept changing positions.
In this way, under the stalemate, Duran's ships were repeatedly hit.
"Colonel Duran, the defense array is damaged in many places, and the remaining energy of the defense array is less than 30%!"
"Keep holding on." The major brought bad news again.
But there was no change of tension on Duran's face.
This is the confidence of Sequence 6 in his own strength!
It is also his sophisticated judgment of the situation on the scene.
If the enemy's strength is really strong, they can directly destroy their fleet.
Then they would not go to such great lengths to set up such a trap.
Instead, it slowed down the efficiency.
The enemy used traps and did not launch a general attack for so long, which is enough to show that the enemy's strength is weaker than theirs.
At the same time, they have to sigh that the enemy's intelligence network is also quite knowledgeable about themselves.
Duran's ability "third vision" is to overlook a large area of the battlefield from the perspective of the gods in the sky, and at the same time give the soldiers the most detailed dispatch and blessing.
This fog completely limits his ability to play.
Now he can indeed mobilize soldiers immediately, but in that case, his control ability will be greatly reduced.
Just wait.
Wait until Fransha breaks the formation and finds the key node.
The fog dissipates.
Then attack at the speed of thunder.
Prepare to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop!
"It's worthy of the Duran fleet, it's really a tough nut to crack!"
Captain Haru of the Black Dragon stood at the bow with a frown.
It's hard to imagine that in an ambush, the ambushed fleet is calm, but the fleet ambushing the enemy is uneasy.
"They were able to quickly find our weaknesses and sink one of our ships while being ambushed. Their strength is truly terrifying."
Captain Walton of the Blackfin exclaimed.
The ship that was sunk just now was his subsidiary ship.
"I have never encountered such an enemy before. I have learned a lot." Captain Elton of the Blackeye said, "But we still have a great chance of winning. Their ship defense formation is about to collapse."
"Indeed, this time the 'Queen' gave us good firepower support."
The three captains looked at the Queen on the side.
The sailors on it were loading and firing in an orderly manner under the dispatch.
The speed was much faster than that of the old pirates under their command.
And their shells fired, and none of them missed.
Every shell hit the enemy's hull or deck firmly.
The combination of a hundred-pound gun and a two-hundred-pound gun put great pressure on the enemy.
If it were a real ordinary merchant ship, it would have been defeated by such terrible firepower.
Only the specially made warships of the navy could hold out for so long.
After observing the Queen for a long time, the three captains were quite tempted.
Including the equipment on the ship and the smart and capable sailors on the ship.
The combination is indeed a good combat power.
However, the captain of the Blood Sea is not an easy person to deal with.
In short, it is right to find helpers this time.
"Three captains, the enemy is about to give up." Seeing that the time is ripe, Rune leaped.
He stepped lightly on the keel twice, stepped over an auxiliary ship, and landed lightly on the bow of the Black Dragon.
"Duran in front is enduring. I don't need to say what he is waiting for."
"The most urgent task is to stop the ships on the side first and don't let them destroy the formation."
Seeing Rune's body movement and speed, the three captains were all shocked.
Rune is right.
Facing an enemy like Duran, there can be no slackness.
Haru nodded and immediately gave orders with the other two captains.
Blackfin and Blackeye, with six affiliated warships, turned the ship and aimed their gunfire in another direction.
We must target the enemy on the other side!
Fire suppression came instantly, and Fransha's squadron ship was immediately hit hard.
The analysis of the fog array was in a dilemma for a while.
Duran, who was in the center of the fog array, quickly judged that something was wrong with his experience.
The enemy's firepower in front was reduced, but he would not think that the enemy's shells were exhausted.
The sound of shells from the side at this time could only mean one thing.
The enemy had seen through their plan and targeted them.
Under such targeting, it would be even more difficult for Fransha to crack the array again.
Not only did the risk factor on her side increase greatly, but her side was also equivalent to a slow death.
"Notify all ships to gather immediately and prepare to break out by force."
This light sentence startled the major under his command.
It also gave the captains of the Black Dragon a bad feeling.
Lune looked at Duran and praised him slightly.
If the fleet charges together, it will definitely suffer a lot of losses.
But if it is trapped in the fog array all the time, it will be a real slow death.
Duran's decision brought out the experience of a seasoned commander to the fullest.
It is better to cut off the arm of a hero than to give yourself a chance to fight for the last time.
Decisive!
"Concentrate firepower and attack!"
Haru's order came not slow.
The unequal vision on both sides is the biggest problem Duran is facing now.
Haru can adjust tactics at any time according to his operation.
Two or three frigates at the front sank.
The frigates at the rear pushed away the wreckage of the frigate in front without hesitation, and then continued to charge!
After passing through the heavy fog, Duran's fleet was left with only the last three ships!
One main ship where Duran was, a slightly damaged frigate, and the warship where Fransha was.
The three ships came out and faced the fleet of Rune and the Black Dragon!
"It seems that the advantage is mine." Captain Haru of the Black Dragon smiled knowingly.
The other two captains were also satisfied.
After their ambush, Duran's fleet was left with only three ships, while he still had more than a dozen ships, plus so many people.
How can the other side fight!
A good cook cannot cook without rice. Even if the commander is the strongest, he has no subordinates to command.
It is equivalent to being a waste.
Rune was slightly surprised.
This plot seems to be a little wrong.
I came here to earn a reputation.
If I take down Duran so smoothly, then wouldn't my trip be in vain!
At this time, Rune could only pray silently in his heart that Duran still had a back-up plan.
He could reverse the current situation.
Rune's sight swept towards Duran's face.
When he saw that the other party's expression was calm, Rune was relieved.
At the same time, he did not forget to remind: "Don't take it lightly, Duran may have a back-up plan."
"Of course! Kill him with all your strength!" Haru said heavily.
As old pirates, they naturally understood what Rune said.
Before the enemy is truly defeated, any practice of opening champagne in the first half is not advisable.
The pirate artillery of more than a dozen ships all aimed at the main ship where Duran was.
Almost overwhelming shells fell, like a big net, covering the poor warship in front of him.
There was no escape, no avoidance.
Two captains of Sequence 6 and one of Sequence 7 also took out their weapons at this moment.
Ready to fight at any time.
Everyone was looking at the shells in the sky.
Waiting for Durin's final counterattack.
But. It turned out that several pirate captains still thought too simply of a Sequence 6 naval colonel!
Facing the shells in the sky, Durin was not afraid at all.
He raised his hands to the sky, like the commander of a vocal orchestra.
Everything in the sky seemed to be stagnant.
Then, layers of ripples appeared on the sea.
Countless bird-shaped machines flew out from the bottom of the water!
The bird-shaped alchemical machines, which were the size of three or four people, were made of high-grade Moro alloy and were very strong.
Hundreds of bird-shaped machines flew up to meet the shells.
Each bird-shaped machine was separated and had its own orders, targeting three to four shells.
In the blink of an eye, all the shells exploded in the sky.
The flames and broken shrapnel were like a gorgeous fireworks feast.
A rain of steel fell.
The hovering bird-shaped machines returned to the seabed.
When they flew out again, their claws carried tiger-shaped and leopard-shaped alchemical machines.
"Everyone be alert!" Haru and others saw the opponent's attack strategy at a glance.
When the bird-shaped machine flew over everyone's head, it threw the tiger and leopard machines down.
These machines in the air quickly stretched their bodies, and then cleverly killed directly into the middle of each ship.
Suddenly, blood flowed like a river!
"Damn it!" Haru was also caught off guard by this airborne surprise attack.
He thought of ten thousand ways of Duran's counterattack, but he didn't think of this one.
It was still what he feared the most!
Haru was not afraid of a head-on confrontation with Duran, nor was he afraid of damage to the ship, but he was afraid of large-scale deaths.
Pirates also have groups, although dead pirates can be recruited again.
But the newly recruited pirates are definitely not as easy to use as the original ones, nor as loyal as the original ones.
These tiger and leopard machines are at least at the top of Sequence 9.
Some of the elite ones are at Sequence 8.
Among the many pirates, they are invincible.
With their steel bodies, they are simply slaughtering!
"Fuck you!" Haru's hammer knocked over three tiger-shaped machines, and then looked at the situation of all the fleets.
In just one minute, one-third of the pirates died.
Rune glanced at his Queen.
The mechanical creatures were easily dealt with, and Little Carter even took the time to make a face at Rune.
"We can't go on like this, Elton, Captain Blood Sea, you guard the fleet, Walton and I will deal with that guy!"
Haru made a decision and rushed forward immediately.
He wanted to take advantage of Duran's control of many mechanical creatures to take advantage of the opportunity to deal with the other party!
There can be no more damage
"Get over me first!" Fransha stood in front of Duran without knowing when.
The flower sword in his hand was already drawn.
"Swordsman" is a special profession of the Reynal Empire. Almost all military families advocate this profession.
But how can Fransha, who just graduated from the military academy, be a match for two veteran Sequence 6?
The fancy agility-type flower sword was knocked away by Haru's heavy hammer.
He vomited blood and was seriously injured.
And Duran was still commanding many machines.
Haru and Walton immediately stepped forward.
But the next moment, Duran in front suddenly looked at them and smiled.
"Oh no, we've been fooled!"