Tales of the Reincarnated Lord Chapter 504: Worries of Captain Fredres

Chapter 504 Captain Fredez's Anxiety

Thunder rumbling in the distance, it is said that it was the sound of Norton Family's North Sea Fleet firing artillery.

Captain Fredrez raised his ears and listened to the shouts from the ships around him, pressing his panic and anxiety until he found that there were no abnormalities in the ships around him, and he maintained a good When the order and the queue sailed forward, he slowly relieved his mind.

As the captain of a large armed forces merchant ship full of 100,000 kilograms, Frederez's only pride is the merchant ship named Song of the Mermaid under his feet. From his grandfather to his father, to himself, the three generations of hard work and sacrifice at sea finally gave his family a complete large armed forces merchant ship of their own. For Captain Fredres, he is the only King and Lord(s) on the sea and on the mermaid song.

Only as the owner of the Mermaid Song, Captain Fredez did not dare to disobey and resist Chickadee Chamber of Commerce orders. When he received an order asking him to join a large fleet formed by Chickadee Chamber of Commerce to deliver a batch of supplies to Hidegold Bay for Trade Union, he did not dare to disagree. Chickadee Chamber of Commerce was the hegemon of the southern seas, offending their mermaid song. Maybe it's hard to do at sea.

As a navigator who has lived on the sea for three generations, Captain Fredez naturally has his connections and sources of information. He quickly learned in the tavern why Chickadee Chamber of Commerce organized such a large fleet of transport ships. It is said that the invincible fleet of Trade Union and the North Sea Fleet of Northern Land Norton Family went to war. The invincible fleet seemed to have suffered a great deal, and even the port of El Nibba was burned to ashes by the North Sea Fleet.

It is said that most of the ships that have been commissioned to transport materials to Hidegold Bay in winter have fallen into the hands of the Norton Family fleet, such as the Emma, ​​the Dragonfly, and the Molin Moder. These are as large as the Song of the Flying Fish. armed forces merchant ships have been hijacked. In addition, the North Sea Fleet of Norton Family also has a Bronze artillery that is more powerful than the legendary dwarf artillery. It can attack the world invincibly from a long range.

The reason why Chickadee Chamber of Commerce organized such a large transport fleet is to avoid the loss of materials. Everyone knows that Trade Union and Andinak Kingdom are fighting a brutal **** battle in Falik Plains. These crews and sailors who are well-informed at sea are very compassionate. Watching those soldier(s)s who were recruited in the south reached Hidegold Bay by sea transportation, and then filled into the bottomless flesh pit of Falik Plains.

For Trade Union, the sea route is the lifeline that it now maintains the frontline battle, so it is a matter of course to form a large transport fleet and **** the two invincible fleets. You can lift the Norton Family North Sea Fleet at sea. The threat of interception is also for those who are skeptical to see. Although the invincible fleet suffered some losses in the confrontation with the North Sea Fleet, the invincible fleet is still the master of the southern waters.

Captain Fredres is such a doubter, he has always suspected that this voyage is not just a leisurely journey as claimed by officials of the invincible fleet, but is full of danger. Quite simply, the night before the departure of the fleet, Norton Family's North Sea Fleet suddenly appeared outside the harbor and launched a night attack again.

Captain Fredres is very grateful that his Song of the Mermaid, as a large ocean-going armed forces merchant ship, is placed at the innermost part of the seaport because of its large cargo capacity, rather than those unlucky medium-sized cargo ships at the outermost part. The fire was soaring that night, and the sound of gunfire was rumbled. If it weren't for the small fleet of fast-impacting battleships of the Invincible Fleet, they would rush to the rescue the first time, maybe the Invincible Fleet would also encounter a fire in Port El Nibba that night.

Captain Fredez remembers that noisy night. The invincible fleet had to postpone the departure for seven days because of this night attack. Although an embargo was issued by the top of the fleet, the crew and sailors of the fleet were not allowed to discuss the night raid, but Captain Fredres, the old churros at sea, still learned through the mouth of the drunken crew and sailors in the tavern, that The night attack caused heavy losses to both Trade Union and the invincible fleet. Trade Union lost more than 50 medium-sized transport vessels with full supplies in the periphery, and the invincible fleet lost more than 20 large and medium-sized armed forces battleships and more than 30 small fast-impact warships, but the enemy grew unharmed. And go.

Maybe the unexpected night attack of the Norton Family fleet finally awakened the commanders of the invincible invincible fleet. Captain Fredez got the marshalling arrangements and voyage plan before leaving seven days later, very surprised It was found that the transport fleet was not sailing on traditional sea roads, but was traveling along the coastline to Hidegold Bay.

It is not impossible to sail along the coastline, but it extends the entire voyage. If sailing on the sea, you can reach Hidegold Bay in 21 days. You can sail along the coastline, so it takes at least a month or more than forty days to arrive. After all, a large part of the coastline is the Titanic Mountains. There are no ports along the coast, and there are only a few landing points that are temporarily taken ashore to fetch water.

A large fleet of more than 1,000 large, medium, and small merchant ships and warships is unprecedented in the history of Grindia Continent. It is unknown whether anyone will come. Almost everyone thought that the fleet would sail along the mighty sea, with white sails covering the sky and a magnificent momentum. This was a parade to promote the majesty of the invincible fleet. What was unexpected was that the invincible fleet actually adopted a plan to sail along the coastline, which was really shocking.

However, Captain Fredres, the old crumbs at sea, think that the commanders of the invincible fleet are very wise. The biggest advantage of sailing along the coastline is to avoid being attacked on both sides. The invincible fleet only needs to protect the periphery. It is impossible for the enemy to intervene between the coastline and the transport fleet to launch an attack. In that case, the battleships of the invincible fleet do not need to be launched. The enemy ’s battleships are either stranded or trapped because of a few merchant ships, because it has no room to turn around.

The traditional sea route can indeed speed up the voyage and save time, but it is also facing an attack that attackers can launch in all directions. For an invincible fleet of defense, the transport fleet is more than ten nautical miles in length, and it is really difficult to protect it. . A night attack let the commanders of the invincible fleet finally understand the power of the enemy's North Sea fleet. Although there are only a dozen warships, the threat to the transport fleet is not much smaller than that of a sub-fleet ...

The two sub-fleets of the invincible fleet now think not how to defeat the North Sea Fleet of Norton Family, but how to **** the transport fleet to Hidegold Bay. That's because the more than 800 ships carried basically all the military supplies and grain found in the seven southern provinces, and there were 100,000 recruits recruited forcibly. For Trade Union, these supplies and recruits are the key to ensuring that Trade Union can defeat Andinak Kingdom and the most important guarantee for the success of this **** battle.

Navigating along the coastline, the two sub-fleets of the Invincible Fleet and the armed forces Fleet of Chickadee Chamber of Commerce need not be grouped with the transport fleet. The transport fleet is inside and the **** fleet is on the periphery. If the North Sea Fleet of Norton Family launches an attack again, it is necessary to open a hole on the perimeter **** fleet's defense circle before attacking the transport fleet inside. At the same time, the biggest advantage is that if the transport fleet is attacked and lost, then the transport vessels that can't persist can rush to the beach and keep their supplies and reinforcements, instead of just watching the sea. Sinking ...

"This is the third attack ..." Captain Fredres thought of it anxiously, listening to the rumbling sound of distant cannons.

It ’s safer to sail along the coast, but it ’s too slow. Under the sea, there are undercurrents on the traditional sea roads, and there are downwinds on the sea, but it is difficult to have such convenient navigation conditions along the coast. At a glance, the transport fleet, which is beyond sight, is as slow as a snail. On the 21st day of the voyage, half of the coastline of the Titanic Mountains has not passed, but it ushered in the third attack of the Norton Family North Sea Fleet.

On the fourteenth day of the voyage, the fleet was again attacked by the enemy's fleet. It was still fourteen artillery-capable warships. They fought for two days and nights with the escorted invincible fleet and the Chickadee Chamber of Commerce armed forces fleet. In the end, the ammunition should be exhausted, and the invincible fleet and Chickadee Chamber of Commerce's armed forces fleet lost a total of nearly 70 small fast-impact battleships and medium-sized armed forces battleships, as well as seven large armed forces battleships ...

Captain Fredres's Mermaid Song was assigned to more than ten invincible fleet crews and sailors, nominally to strengthen the **** of transport ships. In fact, these crews and sailors were those who were hit by the Norton Family fleet. The ship was rescued by sinking and destroyed, because the ship was gone before it was assigned to the transport ship.

It took only two days for Captain Fredres to get acquainted with the crew and sailors of these invincible fleets. After a delicious and entertaining reception, Captain Fedres quickly got detailed battlefield information from their mouths.

"The commander of the North Sea Fleet is very cunning. Although his Majesty has only a dozen warships, he never engages in close combat with us, and always fires artillery at us 300 meters away. When we approach them, they I sailed and fled away. We couldn't chase too closely, because we couldn't leave the team, otherwise we would be led out by them and then concentrated on shelling to sink our battleship.

Our commander set several traps, and even used the transport fleet to deliberately expose a flaw in the defensive circle, hoping to entice the enemy's fleet to attack those transport ships, and then surround and close the enemy and engage in close combat Destroy the enemy. However, the enemy's fleet commander was not fooled, and seemed to treat the transport fleet in front of him as if nothing had been done, only to look for the trouble of escorting our fleet.

The enemy ’s artillery was very powerful. The range was very long. The iron pellets fired more than 300 meters away were as large as a bowl. I served on the large squid armed forces battleship. At the time, our ship was not fast. There are also three small fast-impact battleships and one medium-sized armed forces battleship. The enemy's four battleships fired artillery together, and a fiery red iron projectile penetrated the tens of centimeters thick ship wall and smashed directly onto the deck into a ball of rope, then it was burnt, and the fire was smooth. The rope was burned to the sail, and soon our battleship burned like a torch, and we couldn't save it ... "

The sailor named Sheila was a little drunk, preaching the enemy's power while telling the story of her battleship. Fortunately, he is now on the merchant ship of Song of the Mermaid, if he is still on the side of the invincible fleet, he would be tied to the mast and beaten with a whip.

But Fredres knows what he's telling the truth. The ropes for lifting and lowering the sails on the deck are greased for long-term lubrication and durability to prevent corrosion by seawater. This thing is most afraid of fire. Generally, when a naval battle encounters a fire attack, someone will take care of it in order to extinguish the fire. The cuttlefish is so far away from the enemy, it is likely that this was not thought of at all, so it was tragedy.

"Cann't so many warships in our invincible fleet destroy these dozen Norton Family warships? Even if they have ultra-long-range artillery, we have a lot of warships, so they won't be able to beat them when swarming up ... "Captain Fredres asked.

Hila sailor snorted: "You, you do n’t know, the enemy warships are too slippery. Their warships have a lot of advantages over all our warships in terms of operational performance and sail utilization. , Even faster than us. If we chase them, they will lure us out of the sunny sea into the deep sea, and then destroy our warships there. The last chase of more than twenty warships returned three.

Our small fast-impact battleships could pose a great threat to them. Last time, the last night strike also drove them away. But now they are too brutal to deal with small fast-impact battleships. I told you that the iron pellets fired by their artillery are as large as a bowl mouth, but they have a smaller, many finger-sized iron pellets. One shot is nearly a hundred, a dozen large pieces. .

In the past, they used small iron pellets with large bowls to hit small fast-impact battleships, and they missed six or seven times. But now they switched to that kind of iron beads, and they let small fast-impact warships approach them. When they reached a distance of fifty or sixty meters, when they hit the small fast-impact battleship in the past, it was almost a piece of flesh and blood. They died when they died, and there were no survivors at all. That was a nightmare scene. "

Since that day, Captain Fredez has been worried about the results of this voyage. Don't look at the invincible fleet and the armed forces fleet of Chickadee Chamber of Commerce, and there are 400 or 500 warships. If the North Sea Fleet of Norton Family has been harassing, I don't know. How many battleships will eventually reach Hidegold Bay. In case, if the invincible fleet is destroyed, what should be done with these merchant ships full of supplies? Go ahead or run away?

From the inner point of view, Captain Fedres still tends to turn around and escape. The war between Trade Union and Andinak Kingdom has nothing to do with him. It is most important to keep the only merchant ship of his family. However, Trade Union now occupies seven important ports on the Gold coastline, and even Jigda Kingdom is its ally. If you escape the blame of Trade Union, you and your ship will still be unable to run ...

Twenty-one days have passed between the first night attack and the second attack, but now the third attack and the second attack are only seven days apart. Old captains such as Frederez, who have extensive experience in sea navigation, It is easy to estimate that the enemy must have a supply base in front or a strong fleet ready to intercept the transport fleet. Perhaps a large-scale maritime decisive battle is waiting for the invincible fleet. They will decide with the Norton Family fleet who is the true maritime overlord.

Who is the overlord of the sea? Captain Fredez doesn't care at all. Anyway, he is only a merchant ship captain, as long as he honestly pays the winners and obtains the permission of the navigator. Listening to the rumbling of distant shells, Captain Fedres melancholy touched the white linen in his arms. If the invincible fleet was defeated, he was ready to hang the white cloth as soon as possible. On the mast, he would rather surrender than let his own merchant ship be sunk by gunfire ...

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