Chapter 1172: This Is Just Too Fierce

"Hahahaha, these Longyan, they wouldn't really take three hundred people to protect the Howard Family, would they?"

"Are they crazy?"

"Those pirates are all guys who kill without blinking an eye..."

"That's right!"

"If we were to run into them, what are our chances of winning?"

In Australia at this time, the number of people paying attention to this matter was gradually increasing. Some friends who were familiar with each other had even gathered together. They held a banquet, drinking wine while waiting for news from that side.

A golden-haired Westerner sneered, "If these pirates can beat these Longyan into a daze today, then this leased army business won't be able to continue!"

"Hahahaha, not only that, if these pirates really win, doesn't that mean? From now on, wouldn't Australia become a true land without an owner?"

Once these words were spoken, the whole room was in an uproar.

Isn't that so...

If this were the case, then this Australia right now is completely playing with fire. What leased army? It was truly the first time they had ever heard of such a thing. Turning troops into a profession—how does one even play that game?

If Xie Fang plays with this fire and loses control... given the current situation in Australia, if it descends into chaos, no one will be able to contain it.

For a moment, the people here were all rubbing their hands in anticipation.

Doesn't this mean they have an opportunity?

Everyone who came to Australia is an ambitious master.

Who doesn't have their own ideas?

Watch!

Just watch like this!

This group of people drank wine and danced while waiting for the developments here.

"Sir, the pirates have finished assembling!"

"Sir, Xie Fang has sent out six hundred people!"

"The defensive formation is complete!"

"The pirate group has begun their charge!"

Six hundred people?

In their view, there is actually not much difference between six hundred and three hundred.

Everyone was waiting for intelligence coming from all directions.

Every person had already issued orders behind the scenes, telling their own armed groups to begin combat readiness... if Australia fell into chaos, they could react at the first possible moment!

"First charge!"

"The pirate group has suffered heavy losses!"

"What?"

The group had originally thought they would hear the opposite news, but when this military report came in, the whole group was dumbfounded.

What the hell?

Heavy losses on the very first charge?

What happened to the Atlantic's First Pirate Group? What happened to the promised crushing superiority in numbers and combat power? What happened to...

"How is this possible..."

"They must have been careless!"

"Continue to scout!"

"Yes..."

These big shots didn't believe it; with only six hundred people on that side, are they really that strong?

The fact is.

Not only are they that strong, they are extremely strong.

"Evade!"

"Evade, scatter!"

A distance of only one mile—in Duyanlong's understanding, they could absolutely run across it!

One mile, five hundred meters!

This is nothing at all; even according to the attack speed of standard artillery, the gap in time would be enough for them to charge through. Yet, it wasn't; he suddenly discovered that the enemy's artillery had no time intervals... This is a quite terrifying thing, and it points to a few problems. First, these Longyan Cannons are too advanced; traditional cannons likely need two minutes to reload once... but they don't seem to need that, their reloading speed is very fast.

Second, a fast reloading speed means these Longyan are well-trained, absolutely well-trained!

Third, they have many cannons... If one doesn't consider the reloading speed, the frequency of the artillery attacks suggests that they have so many cannons that the reloading interval can be ignored...

Terrifying!

Truly terrifying!

But Duyanlong still did not decide to retreat; since he had already made preparations for the charge, he had no way back. Because once he retreated, the reputation of his First Pirate Group, built over these years, would likely be completely finished. Not only that, by doing this tonight, he would certainly be subject to sanctions from the Australian side...

Once he retreated, it would be a huge loss!

Continue the charge, continue to fight.

They only have this one Method now!

However...

After the order to scatter was given, it still did not improve their fate of being bombarded by artillery.

Even though they scattered out of the artillery's radiation range, what greeted them next were traditional bows and arrows from the Longyan!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

And so, a scene that made them even more desperate appeared...

If it could be said that the Cannon fire made them hard to parry, yet still left a chance of surviving by luck, then the accuracy of these bows and arrows would not leave them any path to life...

Too accurate!

Not only did it blot out the sky and cover the earth, but it was too accurate! When these arrows pierced their chests or foreheads, almost every single one took away a fresh life!

"This..."

"Boss!"

"Let's retreat!"

"We can't beat them!"

A group of people collapsed.

What kind of hell is this?

Cannon plus bows and arrows; of course, that is not the main point. Why is the attack power of these bows and arrows even stronger than the Cannon?

Damn it!

Too damn it!

"Retreat? Retreat for what! Charge for me, go for me!"

Duyanlong was going crazy.

These people, are they even human?

However, Duyanlong was, after all, the leader of a pirate group; he was wearing armor all over his body and wearing a bull-head Helmet. So, although the arrows would bring him pain and impact, at least they would not threaten his life.

The other few small leaders of the pirate group were the same.

However, those underlings were different...

They had no protection on their bodies, no equipment of a regular army.

This sky full of bows and arrows, time after time, could take away the lives of many of them.

Charge?

How to charge?

Although it was indeed only a distance of five hundred meters, what was the cost of charging over?

Retreat?

There was no way to retreat. If they retreated, they would truly lose everything...

If Duyanlong were allowed to choose again, he would absolutely not come to Australia, taking his brothers, still on the sea, burning, killing, and looting—wouldn't that be better? If he chose again, he would absolutely not stir up trouble in Australia. He was only now finally realizing that he had become a stepping stone for these Longyan people! He had become a negative example to test the effectiveness of their three-hundred-man mercenary army!

He had been fooled!

He was just a clown!

Kill!

Charge!

When three thousand people charged, although the momentum was still vast and mighty.

But no one expected it.

It was just this final five-hundred-meter distance...

Five hundred meters.

Who could have imagined that these five hundred meters, without even a close-quarters engagement, would become the Hell for this One-Eyed Dragon Pirate Group.

Piles upon piles of people were dying.

This pirate group, which for so many years in the Atlantic Ocean had made people hear their name and tremble, and to which Merchant Ships had to pay tribute or take a detour, had completely lost all face.

Losing face was a small matter.

Total annihilation.

That was their fate.

Stunned.

Everyone was stunned.

Yes.

No one expected it would be such an ending.

It would be such a result.

The people of the Howard Family were also stunned. So it turned out that in the eyes of these six hundred people, these three thousand people were nothing at all, just fish waiting to be slaughtered by them. That was why they had not panicked in the slightest just now.

Just like this...

Just like this, easily taken down.

This captain had calculated this five-hundred-meter distance just right.

When Duyanlong continued to lead his brothers to charge over, he did not realize at all that the people behind him were becoming fewer and fewer. Because when he was charging, he almost never looked back, so he could not see.

Of course, it might also be that subjectively he did not want to look.

Did not dare to look.

He had already gone crazy.

He kept charging, forcing himself to believe that behind him, there were still three thousand brothers.

Three thousand!

In modern society, that would be the strength of a regiment.

Gone just like that?

However...

It was just gone like that. When he alone charged to the entrance of this Howard village, behind him, there was already no one left.

Within a distance of five hundred meters, the ground was already covered in corpses, wreckage, and the flames of war.

The burning corpses illuminated the entire night sky.

This also made the people of the Howard Family standing on the high ground of the village appear exceptionally conspicuous.

"Charge!"

"Kill!"

"Do not retreat!"

The leader of the pirate group, Duyanlong, finally let out a roar of unwillingness.

Then, a Cannonball struck.

His voice came to an abrupt halt.

Just three meters away from the entrance, he collapsed with a boom.

His entire body was reduced to ashes.

Silence.

Following that, there was incomparable stillness, a deathly silence.

Too...

Too strong...

Five hundred meters.

Across this stunning five hundred meters, these three thousand pirates had not caused any damage to this village at all!

Not even a little bit!

The people of the Howard Family looked at this captain in shock.

Isn't he too fierce?

If the Longyan were all of this combat strength, and all possessed this kind of astonishing battlefield calculation ability, wouldn't they be invincible?

"Good!"

"Roar, roar, roar, roar!"

"Too amazing!"

"Too powerful!"

After a moment of deathly silence, the people of the Howard Family began to cheer.

This counted as their first perfect defense against the attacks of those bad people since settling in Australia, which was of great significance to them. Firstly, they had thoroughly established a foothold in Australia, and secondly, they had thereby promoted friendly relations with the Australian Government.

Next, they could very happily carry out development and expansion here.

The point is...

This rented army is truly too strong!

With them, they would not fear the threats of others in the slightest.

"Good!"

Howard, this old man, also laughed heartily, walked up to this captain, first performed a gentleman's salute, and then said earnestly: "Our Howard Family intends to hire your unit of one thousand men!"

"What?"

"One thousand men?"

"My god!"

He doesn't want three hundred, he wants one thousand!

It is clear that he

is already perfectly satisfied with this army.

Having money makes one willful!

And...

This Howard Family is not without ambition... judging from the scale of these one thousand men, it seems this Howard has already set a tone for the future commercial map of the family. Pop-ups are severe recently, please click to download to avoid pop-ups.