For the Lord''s command to "capture all four pirate ships", Elon''s choice of tactics is "double attack".
Specifically, Odin is responsible for attacking the pirate ship head-on from the front, while Haichao is responsible for attacking the other side from the back to prevent the other side from escaping and besieging back and forth.
That''s right. Two ships are used to encircle four ships, with less to encircle more. That''s arrogant!
How''s it going?
Convinced or not?
Pirates will not be convinced.
In their view, this kind of behavior is self seeking and self defeating provocation, so the four pirate ships changed their course decisively and all sailed to Odin, ready to gather all their own forces to deal with Odin first.
This is a very wise approach.
Instead of dividing forces to attack the enemy, we should concentrate our superior forces and kill one sailboat first, then surround and annihilate another.
In addition to tactical considerations, pirates have two very important reasons.
First, the shape of these two ships is really strange.
There is a small boat on both sides of the ship, and the surface of the ship is covered with a layer of iron sheet, shining in the sun, showing the air of the moat. The pirates have been on the sea for half a lifetime, and they have never seen a sailboat before. It is the first time that they have seen such a strange sailboat.
Second and most shocking.
The speed of these two ships is too fast.
No, it''s not enough to use "fast" to describe it. What''s more, it''s just like flying on the sea.
After just observing for more than ten seconds, the pirates came to an incredible conclusion that the speed of the other side''s ship is likely to exceed 24 knots!
Huge doubts immediately occupied their heads.
How is that possible?
How can an ordinary sailboat be so fast?
Accompanied by doubts, there is also a strong desire for possession.
Capture it!
Find out its secret!
The idea came naturally to the pirates.
The pursuit of speed has penetrated into their bone marrow. At this time, when they see such an amazing sailing boat, how can pirates resist their greed?
Thus, driven by desire, both sides had the idea of "capturing each other''s ships".
The three merchant ships that were chased by pirates are ignored now.
Surprisingly, they didn''t take the opportunity to slip away.
According to the tradition, once the merchant ship has issued the flag of "request for rescue", if someone successfully rescued them, the salvor has the right to claim up to 50% of the cargo on the merchant ship as the reward for the rescue.
This is definitely a painful wealth.
In order to reduce the loss, the shipowner has enough motivation to escape. Anyway, as long as they are not blocked, who can do with them? On the vast sea, who can find them?
However, the merchant ships did not approach the Odin. They still kept full sail and swam nearby.
It seems that they are going to stay in the distance if they are defeated.
What a strange group of people
Renault couldn''t help muttering.
But this guy didn''t know. In other people''s eyes, Odin and Haichao were strange.
It''s not only strange that two against four dare to trap pirates. It''s just something that madmen do.
When the distance between the two sides was shortened to 1km, Renault saw the situation on the pirate ship with strong eyesight. On the deck of each pirate ship, there were a large number of pirates, ranging from 50 to 100 according to the size of the sailing ship.
In this instant, a word immediately popped out of his mind - the dance of demons.
Most of the pirates wore leather armor of different colors, styles, and old and new levels. A few of them wore worn-out clothes, and even a few of them were topless.
The pirates waved all kinds of weapons in their hands and screamed in their mouths. The voices of these hundreds of people gathered together to form a huge sound wave. They also tried their best to put on the appearance of evil spirits and evil spirits. They looked fierce and astonishing.
Compared with the pirates, the deck of Odin is extremely quiet, no one speaks, no one walks, and each island guard just quietly watches the pirates in the distance.
With a look at a fool.
Are you jumping so happily on the deck to attract our attention and let us aim at you first?
Surprisingly, the first side to fire was the pirate.
When the distance was shortened to more than 300 meters, on the two largest pirate ships, the pirates suddenly opened a tarpaulin covering the bow deck, revealing a large weapon.
Most of its structure is made of wood. A huge base nearly 5 meters long is fixed on the deck. On the base are two main beams made of thick wood.A crossbow arm like part is installed on both sides of the front section of the main beam, and the bowstring is connected at the end. It seems that two spiral metal parts are installed on the main beam.
Spiral parts?
Isn''t this the torsion spring?
Renault immediately realized that this is a crossbow!
Judging from the appearance of the two catapults, the pirates were very careful in their maintenance, and every part of the catapult was wiped clean.
This surprised Renault. When did the pirates have catapults?
Although in his eyes, the crossbow is just a pile of broken wood which is randomly put together. It has no technical content, is inconvenient to operate, has poor precision, and is unimaginable low reliability. It will break down if not many guns are fired.
Such a low cost-effective weapon, who use who stupid! What
can be Tom, Dick and Harry woodlouse is not a big weapon that a cat and dog can manufacture arbitrarily, but a very advanced equipment.
Only the core components of the crossbow, that is, the pair of torsion springs, require a lot of material and technology. Ordinary blacksmiths can''t make them.
in this world, crossbows can only be seen in the regular armies of the major kingdoms.
Do these pirates have craftsmen who know how to make catapults?
Or are they the Navy, but now they are pirates?
After thinking for 0.1 seconds, Renault directly vetoed the second guess. The pirates on the opposite side were a mob. They didn''t look like soldiers.
As soon as the catapult came out, the pirates began to shout again, and the deck became noisy.
Several suspected leaders stood by the catapult and danced in command. Other pirates kept busy around the catapult. Some pirates moved stone bullets and put them next to the catapult. Others began to operate the catapult.
Ten seconds later, the pirates fired their first shot.
"Hum..."
"Hum..."
With the trembling sound of the crossbow string, the arms of the crossbow suddenly opened, and two round stone bullets about three heads were thrown out. They crossed a standard parabola in the air and flew to Odin.
Renault only glanced and snorted scornfully.
Sure enough, it''s a scrap weapon. Even the Odin''s big target can deviate more than 30 meters. The
result is as like as two peas in Reynolds, two stone shells fall straight into the sea, splashing large waves.
However, the pirates on the opposite side were not disappointed. Obviously, this situation was in their expectation.
Under the order of the leader, they began to prepare for the second launch in a hurry. Several strong men pulled the rope on the crossbow arm together, trying to reset the torsion spring.
By this time, the distance between the two sides had been shortened to more than 250 meters, and the pirates also noticed the situation on the Odin.
See the island guard orderly arranged beside the side of the ship, everyone is holding a strange iron pipe, many pirates point at the team members, but also laughed loudly.
In their opinion, the weapons used by the enemy are too stupid.
What are those iron pipes? Is it for hitting people?
And the knife (bayonet) inserted in the iron pipe is less than 20 cm long. What can such a short knife do?
Is this a weapon for fighting on the battlefield? Is this the knife for cutting meat and fruit?
At this time, the first round volley of the island guards began.
Muse yelled, "shoot!"
"Hiss, hiss..."
"Hiss, hiss..."
In the shrill whistling, the metal storm broke out.