Chapter 162 Head-to-head combat
How tall is Salding, a giant?
Yian hadn't measured it, nor did he know, but at least he knew that Salding was much taller than Uncle Xiong!
The shield in Salding's hand was specially transformed by the boatmen on the ship. He made it with six door panels and covered with iron plates on the outside. Even so, it still seemed quite small when twisted into Salding's hand.
However, when Salding twisted the shield and stood at the bow of the ship, the shells flying towards him were almost blocked by him alone!
The navy's warships were densely fired, and there were naturally many shells flying from the front. When Salding held his shield to resist, shells exploded one after another because they hit his shield. If it were someone else, they would have been blown away long ago. However, Salding was just shocked by the blow, and with a little force under his feet, he easily stood firm.
His huge power made Ian shocked his tongue. It can be said that as long as the shield does not fall apart, Ian doesn't need to worry that Salding can't hold on.
Ian also hid behind Saldin. His mission was to destroy the shells that Saldin missed, because some of them crossed his body and rushed towards Ian's mast and sails. Ian's mission was to jump up and cut off the shells.
There are now four artillery pieces on their ship, and they are all moved to the bow position at this time and under the cover of Salding, they are shooting at the navy's warships.
With such a small number of artillery, it is probably impossible to cause any damage to the naval warships. The navy's ship is only famous for being strong, and even if it is hit by a shell, it is probably not much injured.
However, Yian never thought of defeating these navies by artillery.
He had only a little understanding of naval battles, and the firepower on his ship was not as powerful as the navy, so from the beginning, he had the idea of placing a battle on the sidelines.
At the bottom of the cabin, many sailors were rowing the oars desperately, and Yian and his ships were sailing full. The sailors who controlled the steering wheels turned the steering wheel from time to time, taking a zigzag route to avoid artillery fire, but even so, overall, Yian and his ships rushed straight towards the naval warships.
Even if it was the first time that it cooperated with the Navy to fight, all the members of Yian and his Dragon Hunter Pirates seemed so skillful.
In fact, for these people who have been slaves in Mary Joa, the first thing they hate is the Tianlong people, the second thing they hate is the world government, and the third thing they hate is the navy. Don’t forget that when they escaped, it was because the navy sent to pursue them that many people who could not keep up were arrested again.
Now that we finally have the opportunity to fight head-on with the navy, everyone has taken out their ruthlessness. The entire pirate ship rushed towards the navy with an indomitable aura.
Major General Melny, who was commanding the battle on the naval patrol ship, could naturally feel this momentum, and was also a little captured by this momentum for a while. He couldn't understand why this pirate group had such a crazy momentum.
Even though he was shocked, Melny was not afraid. It was a bit beyond his expectations that there were giants on the other party's ship, but it was precisely because of this that Melny began to pay attention.
"They are going to fight on the sidelines, and all the soldiers are on the deck and have their muskets ready!"
Melny quickly issued an order.
He is very familiar with naval battles, and platoon battles are a common type, especially between pirates, who like to use this kind of combat method the most. But the problem is that the navy is not comparable to pirates. They have a large amount of guns and equipment. It can be said that the navy soldiers on the ship have a musket.
As long as you see which side of the ship's side they will engage in the pirates' battle, as long as you line up and shoot them up, you will be able to cause huge casualties to these pirates.
The entire patrol ship is enough to carry more than 800 naval soldiers under full load, and this huge number is the advantage of the navy.
As Melny's order was issued, a large number of naval soldiers rushed out of the cabin and began to line up on the deck, and the naval warships began to turn slowly, exposing the right side of the ship, luring Yian and the others from boarding this time.
These naval soldiers held muskets, squatted in the front row, stood in the middle row, and prepared in the back row, preparing to give Yian and the others a head-on attack in a rotational manner.
At this time, the ships of both sides were already close. Yian saw the arrangements on the other side's ship at a glance and was shocked.
The Navy is worthy of being a navy. If Yian and the others really hit this head-on, I don’t know how many people will die because of this arrangement.
Yian and his entire ship, including him, has only 76 people now, and any casualties are something Yian doesn't want to see.
With his eyes turned, Ian immediately had a solution to deal with it. He came to Salding and whispered to him: "Salding, can you throw me over?"
"But that's OK, but Captain...there are too many people, are you okay?" Salding lowered his head and pointed at Iando.
"Don't worry! I'm just going to mess up their formation!" Yian showed him his Yama Sword: "When the formation is messy, you just jump over!"
"Okay!" Salding held the shield in his left hand and put down his right hand, letting Yian stand in his palm. After Yian stood firm, he suddenly threw Yian towards the naval warship opposite!
And the target is the group of naval soldiers who have already stood in line.
Salding's movements were so big that the Navy was not blind, so he could see it, but they never expected that the other party would just leave someone over.
"Enemy attack! Get ready for the battle!" Melny shouted loudly.
However, it was too late. Yian was in mid-air and saw that the position was almost the same, he stretched out his body and slashed the navy's warship with a knife!
A huge sword energy attacked the warship from the air. Before the Yian people landed, they made a first call.
Faced with this sword energy, the naval soldiers holding guns didn't know how to deal with it, and suddenly became panicked. Fortunately, Melny reacted and rushed forward with a quick glance, standing in the direction where Yian's sword energy was attacking, and at the same time drew out his own sword and slashed at the sword energy with one knife.
Melny himself is also a master of swordsmanship in the Navy. He can reach the rank of generals and has both merit and strength. After he set out his sword, Yian's sword energy was immediately scattered by him.
Even so, Melny was pushed back by the force of the sword energy and slid back several steps.
Just a sword energy, Melny felt something was wrong afterwards. The person he threw over was obviously a powerful character.
Sure enough, after Yian landed lightly on their boat, he didn't even say hello, and his figure suddenly disappeared!
"Not good!" Melny looked back and saw that Yian had rushed into the crowd of naval soldiers at some point. His figure was shuttled back and forth among the crowd. The naval soldiers had no one-single enemy under him, and were soon cut down a large area.
Yian's target was these ordinary soldiers. Now both sides were enemies, so he naturally could not show mercy. He must have found a soft persimmon first. With his appearance, the formation of these naval soldiers naturally could not be maintained. They could not shoot at close range under such circumstances, so they could only rush out their swords to encircle Yian.
However, how could these soldiers' sword skills be comparable to those of Yian?
Ding! A naval soldier who had reacted quite quickly had just raised his sword and blocked Yian's slash, but unexpectedly, Yian had changed his moves instantly and wiped it through his waist with a knife.
A bloody wound appeared on the abdomen of the navy soldier, and his eyes fell down with panic.
And Yian didn't even look at him again and rushed towards the people behind him.
Speed! The world's martial arts are only fast and cannot be broken. This is a famous saying. When your speed cannot keep up with others, then any sword move will be useless.
This is true for ordinary soldiers, and so is several naval majors mixed in the crowd. Their speed could not catch up with Ian at all, which caused Ian to knock them down, even when Ian knocked them down.
Just when Ian was killing all sides, Melny finally couldn't help but take action. He thought that those naval officers could block Ian, but after seeing it, he found that it was not the case, so he had to take action himself.
When Yian was about to cut down a naval soldier with horror in his eyes, he suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from behind. Without thinking, he immediately turned around and blocked his sword.
A sound of swords clashing came, and Ian blocked Melny's slash.
Observing the opponent face to face, Melny said gloomyly: "I am Rear Admiral Melny, who are you? Sign up!"
Yian did not wear a facial scarf at this time, but in this case, Melny did not recognize him. What they were following was the way Ian was when he was masked. As a result, Yian did not wear a facial scarf and accidentally hid his identity.
"Captain of the Dragon Hunter Pirates, Ian!"
Ian smiled slightly, then shook Melny away with his wrist.
After getting Ian's name, Melny didn't remember that he had such a name in his mind, but he also knew that it was not the time to think about these things. After being thrown away by Ian, he changed his move and stabbed the knife in his hand at Ian.
Yian discovered that the opponent's swordsmanship was very exquisite, so he couldn't help but fight with the opponent.
This admiral does not seem to be a devil fruit capable person, but fights purely by swordsmanship and physical skills. Yian also wants to confirm what level his swordsmanship is now, so he has never used other means to attack.
Dingding Dingding... The continuous clash of swords and swords sounded, and Yian and Melny fought with each other with quick fights, and instantly fought dozens of moves.
However, the more he fought, the more shocked Melny was. He found that his speed was gradually unable to keep up with Yian.
When the two fought, Yian and his ships also approached the naval warship, and they threw a large number of hook claws out, hooked on the cross arm of the warship mast. Then the sailors screamed and came towards the warship.
Chapter completed!