C256 Chasing in the Storm (1/2)

Clouds were pressing down from the sky, and the waves on the sea seemed to have been stirred up by Poseidon's trident. The dull thunders of thunder came from the distant horizon, and lightning swam through the clouds.

The sky was as dark as the lid of a pot, and the thunder was mixed with the roar of artillery. One big and one small, the two sails and two wooden boats were speeding through the waves.

”Zuo Manduo... Get the starboard muzzle ready to fire, T-shape fire... ”

”Right full rudder... Bottom Half Sail... ”Everyone on deck pay attention to avoiding enemy fire …”

In the ocean, the frigate and merchant ship did not care about the upcoming storm at all. All of the people's adrenaline rushed to their throats, they were already extremely excited.

In the sail battleship era, the cannons were hidden on both sides of the hull. If one wanted to engage in artillery combat, they had to pass the hull of the ship and form a T-shaped angle with the enemy ship.

In other words, if the French battleship wanted to hit the Italian cargo ship accurately, it would have to chase them from the surface of the sea in a zigzag pattern, constantly shooting at them from both the right and left sides of the ship.

Although this method reduced the ship's speed, it was still enough to ensure that the cannons would concentrate and fire. Otherwise, just relying on the two cannons on the deck would not even be enough to hit a small, fast merchant ship within a year of firing.

This was the sea battle mode of that era. When rifled guns were still not widespread, there was no way to guarantee the accuracy of the sea battle. All they could do was to fire at the same time, an extremely wasteful mode.

”Fuck the gunners, get ready …” ”Fire!” With a roar from the cabin, 32 cannons on the starboard side bellowed loudly. Smoke filled the entire cabin, making even the old sailor cough with all his might.

”Damn it!” ”He missed again …” The frigate leader almost threw the binoculars away. Just then, he saw a huge wave lift up from the back of the Italian merchant ship and a bullet hit the wall-like wave.

”Continue to zigzag forward, the Left side cannons are ready … My brave soldiers of the France, we have already bit the tail of a big fish, we must definitely not give in, and fight for the honor of our homeland … ”

The frigate cheered as their morale increased by another three points. At the same time, the Italian sailors on the merchant ship cheered.

”God bless us, this is the third time we've been able to dodge all of them, we are unharmed, let us continue forward, and charge into the torrential rain in front, at that time the frigate's cannons will all be turned into mutes …”

At this time, even Xiao Letian was wondering if he really had the Hundred Spirit Beast's help. Maybe he really had the True Dragon's defense hidden inside his body, why did he not even manage to touch the edge of the cannonball three times in a row?

”Dragon Lord, do you think I should go to church for a service later? ”Maybe God really does like me …”

Before the Dragon Lord could reply, suddenly a huge wave came from the Left side without any symptoms. The huge wave was actually more than six meters tall, Xiao Letian couldn't even stand properly, and tumbled down like a football.

”Milord …” Dragon Lord grabbed Xiao Letian's ankle like a tiger, but he himself had no place to stay, the two of them looked like they were about to fall into the waves.

”Protect our customers, protect our employers …” Captain Alexander grabbed the rope and rushed towards Xiao Letian, but at this time, four sailors around them quickly threw the rope towards Xiao Letian, shouting in Italian.

”Dragon Lord, grab the rope …” Xiao Letian's roar was swallowed up by the ocean waves. In the berserk ocean, even someone as high in martial arts as Xiang Shaolong had no place to use it.

The four rope Dragon Lord s did not manage to grab onto it. In the blink of an eye, the two people fell into the surging waves and the people at the bow of the boat cried out in alarm.

”Oh God! Oh my God! ”In such a storm, no one can come out alive. Our mission has failed …” Captain Alexander began to cry.

The Prussian intelligence officer Paul had gone mad. He shouted to all the sailors, ”Save him, save him... This was an ally of the Prussian Kingdom, he was the country's prime minister … Have you forgotten that Italy is an ally of Prussia? All of us can die, the Prime Minister of the East cannot die... ” With that said, Paul dove into the ocean.

What Paul said was not wrong, among the Poo War, Italy and Prussia were indeed allied. One fought on the northern and the other on the southern side, both were allies of the iron rod.

Without saying a word, the sailors all jumped into the ocean right after Paul. ”Oh, God bless them, don't let anything happen to them, don't let anything happen to them!”

Everyone was desperately swimming with their arms raised high, looking for Xiao Letian who had fallen into the water.

At this time, the King Yi below the deck also rushed up. Upon seeing the situation, they understood that he was a soldier general after all.