Chapter 1298 Iceberg (2/2)
The speed of the pirate ship was extremely fast, and as the Ice Sea Narwhal slowed down, the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed to less than a kilometer.
For M4A1, that was still too far away from their effective kill range.
However, for the space-time worm, this distance was within its influence range.
Li Du let out the little bug with the purpose to take a look at the equipment on the ship. The little bug was fast, and it reached the pirate ship in just ten seconds.
There were only 15 or 16 people on board of the pirate ship. They wore masks and turbans to hide their faces so that people could not recognize them.
Unfortunately for them, such concealment was useless against the little bug. It flew through the mask of the big man on the deck. A somewhat familiar face appeared in Li Du's field of vision.
He thought he knew the man by sight, but he could not remember where he had seen him or who he was, so he went on looking.
The little bug flew through another man's mask, and beneath the layers of camouflage, a long-haired figure appeared.
Li Du took a deep breath. He knew who these people were!
Steve was right. It made no sense that they had such bad luck, running into random pirates on their first voyage. The ones who targeted them were the same group of bikers they had run across in Vorkuta.
The distance between the two ships dwindled from one kilometer to 800 meters and then to 600 meters, which was already within range of the M4A1, but the sea winds were very strong. This meant that the impact on the trajectory would reduce the effective range of the M4A1 at least by half.
Li Du hid in the wheelhouse and looked at the pirate ship through a pair of binoculars. The ship's bow was covered with oilcloth over a machine in front of which the long-haired dude was standing.
As the two ships approached each other, Long Hair pulled the tarpaulin off with a wave of his hand. A black cannon showed up on the deck, its head pointed towards the Ice Sea Narwhal.
The captain, who had binoculars in his hand, looked through them and gasped, ”F**k, that son of a bitch has a water cannon on board! We're screwed!”
Li Du asked urgently, ”How far could the water cannon shoot?”
The captain said, ”If it is a regular water cannon, it has a range of about 100 or 200 meters, but if it's a pressurized water cannon, it can shoot as far as 500 or 600 meters!”
Surprised, Li Du asked, ”So far?”
Long Hair continued to wave and the water cannons began to work. In no time, a water jet shot towards them.
The jet of water was so thick and powerful that it swept across the surface of the sea like a laser jet. Though it missed the Ice Sea Narwhal, its force was formidable.
The captain cried out in despair, ”I said we should run! Why would we test their weapons? Look, they've got water cannons. They can shoot farther and faster than we can. Now, what do we do?”
Li Du slapped his shoulders and said, ”What do you mean? Speed up! Escape to the iceberg!”
The captain made a conscious effort to speed up, then gave a shudder and said, ”What a lunatic you are! What do you think an iceberg is? Just a chunk of ice flowing on the water? F**k! It has more volume underwater! The icebergs that hit and sank the Titanic might not have been so big, so fooling around with it means seeking death.”
Li Du said, ”Just stir the ship and listen to my command, and it should be alright.”
The captain didn't trust him, but he had no choice. The water cannon on the pirate ship started firing again. The previous shot was just a try, and the next one was even more powerful. If they did not escape, they would be shot.
The Ice Sea Narwhal picked up speed once more, and the jet of the water cannon fell behind her, slapping the surface of the sea with a deafening splash.