The "Iris" was located at the head of the Anjou-pirate fleet. A hundred meters of ice formed around the warship. The warships behind had to bypass the ice and split into two groups to sail towards the Lane fleet.

The Anjou navy took the east side of the ice, and the pirates took the west side.

Windsor also made adjustments to the gunboats. The six gunboats formed an "eight" shape, with their guns aimed at the two fleets, and they did not hesitate to launch a saturation attack on the enemy.

Especially the Anjou and pirate warships sailing at the forefront. These warships even enjoyed the "special treatment" of the Lane gunboats. They were riddled with holes by artillery and were directly sunk.

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Cameron Shancha stood on the big ice, commanding the army of mages and archers to deal with Khadgar and Isabel Violet.

Julia Shancha was lying on the ice breathing heavily without any concern for her image.

Creating this large ice layer consumed almost all of her magic power.

The mage army and archer troops were enough to deal with the harassment of Khadgar and Isabel, and Cameron was not required to take action, so Cameron also took the time to constantly observe the "new warships" of the Lane Navy.

Gradually, he discovered some clues.

Lane's new warship is indeed a powerful weapon on the ocean battlefield, equipped with long-range weapons with high power and intensive firepower.

But it has a fatal weakness - its defense is almost zero.

The deck is filled with long-range weapons, and the first floor of the hull has been transformed into a gun port.

If this kind of defense is hit by an ordinary warship, it will definitely be directly broken into two sections!

Moreover, the people operating the artillery on the new warships are almost all ordinary people, and there are very few black iron ranks.

In other words, as long as one's own warship can rush to the edge of the enemy's new warship, and the soldiers on the warship land and engage in a boarding battle with the opponent, this war will undoubtedly be won!

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Having found a way to win, Cameron no longer hesitated.

He flew into the air and loudly commanded all the warships:

"Attention, everyone! The enemy fleet's defense capability is very weak. As long as we engage in a close-quarters battle, we will definitely win! All ships speed up and move forward. The first one to board the enemy fleet's warship will be rewarded with 50,000 gold coins and sealed.

Second class merit!"

Then, Cameron Shancha activated his fighting spirit defense, resisted Khadgar's [Powerful Arcane Missile], and landed on the ice in disgrace.

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After hearing Cameron Shancha's instructions, both the Anjou fleet and the pirate fleet were refreshed!

The enemy's firepower is very fierce and good, and so far they have sunk 2 large warships and 4 small warships.

However, the enemy's gunboats rarely only have 6. They have hundreds of warships, and they can rely on their numerical advantage to pile up and destroy their opponents!

And the reward of 50,000 gold coins is really too tempting!

So these captains evacuated the fleet in a tacit understanding, keeping a distance from each other to avoid being affected by range attacks.

At the same time, the oarsmen in the oar room were asked to row hard, and the fleet rushed towards the Lane Navy at the fastest speed, and the ship's speed quickly reached 14 knots.

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The Lane Navy was naturally well prepared, and the gunboats still methodically concentrated fire on the enemy warships traveling at the front.

Moreover, the gunners on the gunboats became smarter and aimed at the place where the warships connected with the water. Within a few minutes, they sank 7 more warships, large and small.

When the enemy's leading warship was less than 0.5 nautical miles away from our own gunboat, Windsor ordered the artillery to stop and the gunboat to turn.

At the same time, eight thick oars were extended from the oar chamber and slid quickly to help the gunboat turn, and after the turn was completed, the distance between it and the enemy ship was widened.

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Seeing the Lane gunboat trying to escape, the captains of the Anjou-Pirate coalition were immediately dumbfounded.

So the captains walked to the side one after another and loudly discussed the next move in "encrypted sentences".

After all, Commander Cameron Shancha is far away from them and can no longer help them on the front line. What they should do next can only be decided by themselves.

"Eagle hunting? (Do you want to chase it?)"

"Hans' pig head. (I think it's better not to chase it, and it's stupid.)"

"Hedgehog Group. (We should organize defense and wait and see what happens.)"

"The eagle preys! Gretel Medal! (We must catch up! We will take the reward you don't take!)"

"Scurvy! Bloodletting! (They have no ability to fight back now, catch up and destroy them!)"

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By the end, the cry of "Eagle Prey" took over, and most captains were inclined to give chase.

The other captains had no choice but to agree, and everyone pursued it together.

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Almost all the oarsmen in the Ryan gunboat oar room are warriors of the Black Iron rank and above, and many are Bronze rank.

Under their full oars, the gunboat's speed was much faster than that of the Anjou fleet, reaching a speed of eighteen knots and reaching a peak speed of twenty knots.

Therefore, while the gunboat moved forward, Windsor also directed the gunboat to stop and fire a few shots from time to time, using the "kite flying tactic" to keep a distance of about 1.0-1.3 nautical miles from the enemy ship.

The Anjou-pirate fleet, which was attacked by artillery fire, became furious and accelerated its advance to catch up with the Lane fleet.

But after chasing for a while, these captains discovered:

The distance between our own warships and the enemy's gunboats has not narrowed, and catching up with the enemy fleet seems as elusive as arriving at a mirage.

A captain of a pirate warship had sharp eyes. He discovered the clues from the black iron and bronze-level fighting spirit attached to the giant oar of the gunboat, so he shouted loudly:

"Damn the Lane people! Their oarsmen are all very aggressive! Most of them are even bronze-level. We can't catch up with them! But they have the ability to stop the boat and attack us!"

After hearing this, the other captains understood what was going on and cursed one after another:

"Cunning fox!"

"Damn stupid roe deer!"

"My cousin's son!"

But they also know very well that cursing is of no use, they can only live with their mouths.

It was impossible to catch up now, and it was impossible for them to stop the ship and be beaten, so the captains discussed retreat:

"Iris Family Spirit! (Retreat)"

"Iris Family Spirit! (Retreat)"

The Anjou-Pirate coalition turned the ship around, preparing to return to the "Iris" and asked Commander Cameron what to do next.

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The Anjou navy began to turn around and retreat. Lane's gunboats would definitely not be able to let them go so easily.

The gunboats took the initiative and bombarded the warships that were lagging behind.

These warships accelerated, trying to avoid the attack of the Lane gunboat, but they couldn't. The Lane gunboat was much faster than them.

Wanting to fight back, the Lane gunboat immediately stopped and focused its fire on them, continuing to "fly a kite".

In this way, the Lane gunboat chased him all the way.

The Anjou-Pirate coalition lost two more large warships and a dozen small warships during the evacuation.
Chapter completed!