The roar of artillery artillery filled the entire sea like thunder.

The black shells that were released from the bore kept leaving big holes in the hull.

Some unlucky sailboats were directly hit by the ammunition depot.

The next second, a loud "boom" sound was heard, and the entire ship was blown into two pieces by gunpowder!

Rogers and Chamberlain originally thought that with the size of the pirates' ships, they would attack the British fleet with strong ships and sharp guns, which would undoubtedly hit the stone with eggs.

That's true.

In terms of flexibility and speed, all brigades pirate ships have the advantage.

However, in the face of a bombing head-on, the British fleet's firepower was completely overwhelming.

Often, a frigate is enough to suppress three or four pirate ships.

At the beginning, the scene where the fleet sank several pirate ships made Rogers and Chamberlain on the Bristol look a little slow and relaxed a lot.

However, the subsequent development of things was beyond their expectations.

Although the pirates launched a suicide attack on the British fleet.

However, they did not rush up so stupidly and confronted the fierce battleship.

The offensive targets they selected were all frigates on the periphery of the fleet.

Often four or five pirate ships fired artillery fire at British frigates from all directions at the same time.

After a volley of artillery fire, regardless of whether it caused damage to British warships, these ships would attack the rudder without hesitation and quickly turn to escape.

Keep the distance open and after the shell is loaded again, it will rush up again and repeat the attack strategy just now.

This tactic is exactly the same as the method used by wolves to hunt large animals!

Pirate ships are like hungry wolves.

And these frigates are lions, tigers, rhinos, and brown bears.

The purpose of the pirates is not to let one blow be fatal, but to tear off a piece of meat by the way you come up and bite off a piece of meat, slowly consume the prey's physical strength, and then wait until the prey is exhausted, and then rush forward and completely tear the prey to pieces!

Since the British-Dutch War sixty or seventy years ago, single column tactics have gradually become the main tactics of sailing fleet naval battles.

How to command the large fleet to carry out maneuvers and combat has gradually become a problem that has troubled the commanders.

To solve this problem, the British naval general proposed two plans. The first plan focuses on the tactics that each warship in the unified fleet takes the initiative to face various situations, emphasizing the initiative of each warship.

The second option emphasizes giving power to the commander and directing all warships under his command to conduct unified actions through various flag languages.

Simply put, the former is to give the captains of each warship the greatest initiative, while the latter relies on the personal experience and command capabilities of the fleet commander.

At the beginning, the second method of command occupied an absolute dominance, and the biggest reason was historical factors.

Since the emergence of the navy, the command of naval battles has been relying on signal transmission methods such as drum beats, horns, and flags, and this has always been the case.

Therefore, in the early Age of Discovery, the fleet command method that navy used traditional signals such as flags to issue orders was still the first choice for various countries.

However, with the development of the times, the size of the fleet, the size of the ship, and the number of people participating in the battle have expanded several times. The formation column of a fleet even stretches for several miles, and the distance between each ship has been extended to the level of kilometers. The complex weather at sea and even the smoke of artillery fire will affect the effect of order transmission.

Relying too much on unified command may delay the fighter planes and lead to the chaotic situation of a fleet without a leader and be defeated.

Therefore, naval generals from many countries began to adopt the first command method.

The fleet commander only issued a brief and small number of orders to the fleet, and tried his best to delegate the battlefield decision-making power to the captains of each warship, so as to give full play to their initiative.

As for this British fleet heading to the Bahamas, the command method adopted was the first.

Facing the attacks of the pirates, although Chamberlain issued an order to make all warships fight back.

However, he did not issue a specific next order.

The captains of other warships did not know whether to repel the pirate ship or to chase it out and sink the pirate ship until it was sunk.

Therefore, they can only make judgments based on their own experience.

Because of this, perhaps because he was impatient with the pirates' attacks, or because he was eager to make contributions, the captains of several frigates looked at the pirate ship that ran away after the battle, and could not help but command the crew to pursue the crew.

And this is exactly what the pirates think!

When these frigates slightly separated from the column formation of the fleet, a lot of space appeared from the entire fleet.

At the same time, Chamberlain and Rogers, who were on the flagship, also noticed the frigates that had left the fleet.

Chamberlain, who was frowning, immediately responded:

"What are those idiots doing?! Send the flag immediately and let them return to the column!"

"Yes, sir!"

However, it was too late.

How could the pirate side who has formulated a combat plan in advance let go of this fleeting fighter?!

As if it had already agreed, several pirate fleets and more than a dozen brig sailboats launched a siege against the frigates that had left the queue!

The pirate ships first threw down powder barrels from the ship and built a blocking line composed of powder barrels on the sea surface.

Then, when the powder barrel floats to the vicinity of the frigate with the waves, it gathers fire to attack the powder barrel.

For a moment, the powder barrel concentrated by shells suddenly exploded around the frigate!

Bang bang bang bang!

The splashing wood chips and fireworks quickly slapped the hull of the frigate and even the bodies of the lobster soldiers on the deck.

A lobster soldier wearing a red uniform and a triangular hat ran around while yelling for help:

"Save me! Save me!!"

However, the others were busy obeying the captain's orders and fighting back against the pirate ship, and they had no time to pay attention to him.

Another crew member who turned into a fireman, jumped down from the deck with a shrill scream and jumped into the sea.

Seeing this, he woke up like a dream. He screamed strangely, stepped on the guardrail on the side of the ship, and jumped into the sea without hesitation.

Such a scene also appears on other frigates.

Taking advantage of the small chaos caused by the explosion of the powder barrel, the pirates began to bite these lonely frigates like wolves!

When nearby battleships and frigates came to support, the pirate fleet had already evacuated.
Chapter completed!