In this way, at dusk on September 23, the Conz fleet opened its fangs and appeared behind the exclamation mark that was traveling slowly in the Pacific Ocean... six kilometers.

"Mr. Carnegie, three unidentified ships appeared behind!"

Carnegie was playing games with Seagate, and the door suddenly opened. First mate Norsing walked in, his tone of a low voice.

"Unidentified?"

Carnegie patted Seagate, signaled her to play by herself, then stood up and asked solemnly.

"If nothing unexpected happens, there are three gunboats!" Nolsin added.

"Gunboat? British ship?"

Carnegie frowned: Pacific Fleet? Or Far East Fleet? Grass, I have changed my route to San Francisco. What reason do they have to stay away?

The exclamation mark encountered a storm and its power was damaged due to the change of routes, which made Carnegie feel angry.

"It seems not..."

"What is that?"

"Mr. Carnegie, I can't explain it clearly. Please follow me to the captain's office to take a look."

Exclamation Captain's Room.

When Carnegie came in, the people inside had exceeded the standard by more than ten times than usual. Not only were there a captain who was necessary, but also Ma Yuan team and several members of the SS. When they saw Carnegie appear, they were a group of people.

The telescope was handed over and said, "You can see it yourself!"

By the way, there are not many people on the exclamation mark, but the ingredients are quite complicated: there are staff members of the Carnegie Group with the White Whale brand, the Dragon Scale Navy, the SS and BH two major intelligence departments... Everyone can do it

, not a blend of water and milk.

Carnegie didn't say anything nonsense. She took the telescope and sent it to her eyes. After a while, she said incredibly surprised: "Skull Flag? My God, this is the sea, pirate?!"

Pirates are undoubtedly something that makes sailors hate. However, in the era of steamships, pirates who came and went like the wind with masts and canvas were already rare, such as the three armored ships that appeared in the telescope. There is no doubt that

It's a rare thing!

If the movie is born, Carnegie will definitely think that she has missed the production site of a blockbuster!

"Open the spotlights, turn on the flags, and ask them why they are following us?" Carnegie put down the telescope and issued an order with a serious expression.

At night, three gunboats with extraordinary tonnage followed, which was probably not a good thing.

The flag utterance was quickly passed back. As everyone expected, it was extremely bad news: 'Stop the ship in front of me, otherwise our Eight Bone Pirates Group would fire!'

Everyone's hearts were sunk. Unexpectedly, it was smooth all the way. When they arrived at the destination, they actually encountered a "rare" pirate!

"I haven't heard of the ghost pirate group. Any pirate organization can buy cannonboats!"

"Yes, there are countless turrets on those three ships, each of which is priceless, and it is definitely not affordable by a mere pirate group!"

"This is the waters of the British Pacific Fleet. Are they eating a good meal? Just stop us and don't care about this swaggering pirate group?"

"Don't be stupid, this is definitely not a pirate group, it's definitely a disguise in a navy in a certain country!"

"Which country is it? So bold!?"

"Mercenaries from Britain, the United States, Australia, Chile, Peru or Colombia are all possible."

"It shouldn't be Britain..."

Carnegie pondered for a moment and said, "If it were the UK who wanted to cause trouble for us, there was no need to be such a trouble. They are used to being domineering. Do they still need to pretend to be pirates?"

Carnegie said this and everyone nodded repeatedly: Yes, there are the top ten British fleets all over the earth. If the other party wants to sank himself, just fire the cannon and pretend to be a pirate. It’s just a waste of time to take off his pants and fart!

"Not a British guy, who would it be?"

"The United States is not very similar. Their warships are all in the east! It's not cost-effective to come from all the way. Why not hire mercenaries!"

"From my opinion, it's the group of bastards in Australia. They can't play with legitimate business competition, so they can buy murderers! Do it!"

"Yes, the forces we have offended recently are these despicable and shameless bastards. I think they have colluded with a few small countries in South America. These gunboats were borrowed and intelligence was also provided... Otherwise,

,How can they accurately grasp our whereabouts? Why do they bump into us in the sea?”

The discussion did not stop, and the captain's room was in chaos. Carnegie frowned and let out a loud shout, "Don't make a noise! ​​No matter which force it is, the most important thing now is how we overcome this difficulty! The captain

, order the exclamation mark to speed up and move forward!"

"Hey, OK..."

The captain originally wanted to say that the power of the exclamation mark was damaged and no matter how fast it was, it could not be much faster. But then he thought, now, the enemy pretended to be a pirate ship and was obviously going to kill them all, so of course he could only escape for a while.

.

If time is delayed, things may turn around?

The afterglow of the setting sun has not yet dissipated, sprinkling on the boundless ocean, as if light gold powder was applied. The exclamation mark that was driving smoothly suddenly shook, and the sea water surged up from the side of the ship on the back. The gray-white waves, one by one, suddenly swelled up

The jump started with the waves. After that, the speed of the entire ship increased by about two knots and rushed forward.

"Oh, I didn't reply and I just ran away?"

On Atlanta, Captain Robert Conz smiled jokingly and ordered in a cat-and-mouse tone: "Tell Trenton and Richmond, speed up to 20 knots and catch up with exclamation marks! Well, don't fire after catching up.

, stop it, wait for me to slowly concoct..."

After the order was passed, the new cruiser on both sides of the Atlanta trembled suddenly, and the power compartment buzzed.

But the sea water on both sides of the hull seemed to be chopped by a sharp axe, and the waves were rolling, and the strong reaction force pushed the two cruisers forward violently.

Trenton's two ships are 20 verses, and the exclamation mark is only 14 to 16 verses. One is still full of strength, and the other is an old cow pulls a broken cart. At the end of the force, the two are judged immediately, and the distance is six kilometers, chasing

It's just a matter of time!

Coincidentally, this sea area was surprisingly empty at this time, without smoke, and no ships that had disturbed the situation appeared. While escaping, the people on the boat sighed: Drinking water in unlucky times will be stuffed between their teeth!

There are many cargo ships coming and going on the Pacific Ocean, and it is not too far from the United States and Mexico. Why can’t you even touch a "passerby"? Hello, there are fake pirates here to kill and rob. Is anyone here to take care of it?

But if you think about it quietly, this kind of "one-way and one-way" scene is not unacceptable: 1. The exclamation mark was forced by a sea storm. In this way, how many cargo ships can be with each other? 2.

The Pacific Fleet had to calculate Carnegie, but it still put some real effort into calculating the charts. Clearing a section of freighter in the ocean area was not very difficult for the Pacific Fleet.

After saying so much, it’s just one sentence: Before tomorrow dawn, if the exclamation mark is about to meet a ship that is ‘passing by and watching’, the probability is basically approaching zero!

The gap of six kilometers was smoothed out in an instant.

As Trenton and Richmond approached one kilometer behind the exclamation mark, the speed of the exclamation mark suddenly dropped, and the turret on the deck began to rotate, and the muzzle suddenly aimed at the rear.

The exclamation mark is not a professional gunboat, but it also has two turrets that can rotate 120°. Both have a diameter of 9 inches, which can be regarded as a fierce killer under normal circumstances!

For example, the Chilean military's gunboat that killed the Bruso was shocked by the exclamation mark, so it did not dare to play any tricks.

However, killing weapons are also relatively good. They are invincible 9-inch cannons in front of civilian freighters. They are nothing in front of Trenton and Richmond.

The main guns on these two new American cruisers are 12 and 14-inch, and even the secondary guns are 11-inch caliber, and the secondary guns of the two ships are combined, with ten of them!

Just by comparing the number of gun barrels, this is not a battle on the same level at all!

If you want to stop and hit the exclamation mark, it is definitely a rhythm of seeking death!

"Hahaha, fire the cannon? Grass. I want to die, I will help you! So what about the Iron King? Can you build a cannon barrel on the spot and sank my ship?" Kongz laughed arrogantly on Atlanta, "Bat it."

The banner is given to Trenton and Richmond, and order them to fight against the exclamation mark, to see whose barrel has a bigger barrel and whose shell is stronger! Ah, remember, don't be too fierce, if you sink the Iron King at once

...It's just rude, hahahahahaha!"

The barrel of the exclamation mark was lifted, and the Trenton and Richmond, one kilometer away, also stopped. The hull rotated, and the side of the enemy was on the side. There were nearly ten artillery guns aimed at the exclamation mark.

Due to inertia, the ships of both sides are still moving, adjusting, 950 meters...920 meters...900 meters!

Nine hundred meters is a suitable distance for firing a cannon. I heard a loud noise in the dark sky, and the slaughter drums were heard. The three ships separated by nine hundred meters were dazzling fires lit up one after another: I don’t know who fired the cannon first, anyway

This world was completely shaken!

After the fire, dozens of meters of water splashed around the three ships, like a white dragon stretching its neck, and the rumbling sound was like a thunder god beating a drum, intense, and black smoke filled the clouds, as if the gods had ignited the clouds.

It is necessary for the dusk to reverse and reappear the light of the day.

The result of the first round of the match: the two guns of the exclamation mark fell into the sea and failed to hit, and the shells of Trenton and Richmond were also off track, and luckily passed by the exclamation mark.

On the surface, neither side was shot, and the exclamation mark was against the strong, which seemed to have a slight advantage.

But in fact, the captain of the exclamation mark turned dark, while the gunners on Trenton and Richmond all smiled grimly, with a proud expression of winning.

Why?

Quoting Kongzi's original words from a distance, watching the battle, is: "Tsk tsk, you have already hit it, exclamation mark, you have the King of Steel to suppress your luck, why are your luck still so bad? Oh, next

You will be injured!"

Generally speaking, there are four elements of the accuracy of gunboats: one, ranging; two, aiming; three, ballistic trajectory; four, commander's experience.

Except for the fourth one, the other three must be adjusted at any time in actual combat, because the environment in the sea is ever-changing, and if you want to rely on the factory parameters of the artillery, you will hit the enemy unless you win the grand prize.

So, to put it bluntly, it depends on which side first adjusts the four elements and which side can use the least test gun to lock the opponent in the hit range.

The just-match round was actually the first round of test guns between the two sides!

The "quasi-hit" in Kongzi's mouth refers to the second ideal result of the test gun (what is the first ideal result? Nonsense, that is a direct hit!). When this happens, the next round of launches,

With a 95-point probability, the opponent's warship will not be able to escape the shells.
To be continued...