Chapter 886: Chapter 520: Your Majesty Streaks, He’s Wearing Nothing at All!

The turning point of the Hightins civil war arrives here.

"Ship Maneuvering Tactics" is also known as: "Tactics to Break Enemy Battle Lines."

Arrange a large fleet into several tactical groups capable of independent action, and use line formation to intersperse and split the enemy fleet’s battle line, pinning one part and surrounding another.

Concentrate firepower on the isolated and surrounded enemy ships, and focus all attacks on the enemy’s command ship, causing the enemy fleet to fall into paralysis, then use superior artillery to annihilate enemy ships one by one.

Byron has personal experience in commanding large fleet battles; using ship maneuvering tactics this time is more proficient.

"Maintain formation, stay in sync, Valyrian, One-eyed Owl, Ivanka advance with me."

He commands the flagship of the Pirate King, Fearless, to activate its Heavy Armor Force Field, forming a ramming angle with the force field walls, charging bravely towards the Third Fleet where Edward IV is located, unstoppable.

Like an unparalleled warrior who can take the head of an enemy general among millions.

Even with many escort warships blocking the way, they are forcefully pushed away by its force field.

Meanwhile, the pirate fleet gradually splits into four independent battle line groups.

Besides Byron’s main force, the other three sub-fleets are led by Fourth Order Pirate Warlords: Thief Baron Valyrian, Dung Eater One-eyed Owl, and Candy Witch Ivanka.

Like four sharp blades, they thrust fiercely into the third fleet’s formation, intending to dismember it into five chunks.

The main force consists of 35 pirate ships above Fifth Level, joined by 98 Fifth Level and above pirate ships summoned from Black Sails Harbor.

Altogether, there are 133 warships, although the recruited pirates are all freelancers, none are weak, having survived the fiercely competitive pirate community.

Half the pirate captains are renowned Third Order Great Pirates.

These guys not only aren’t afraid to fight, but they are all fired up as if on adrenaline, shouting with red eyes:

"The Stolen Country! The Stolen Country!"

"Seizing is superior to arduous plowing!"

Historically, this continent has never seen commoners ascend to the throne, and the power games of the elite have nothing to do with these bottom-feeders like pirates.

Even if they rebel against inheritance laws and initiate Throne Wars, their relatives support the fight, and the division of spoils has never involved them.

But this time is different from before; Byron, the "Distressed Prince," has returned to the Kingdom for the throne without relying on any external forces, choosing instead to enlist their help.

Every pirate sees this as a once-in-a-lifetime chance to turn their fortunes around.

There is an old saying on the Old Continent: "Nobility emerges every three generations."

The first generation, being pirates, robbing and killing to accumulate initial capital;

The second generation, using initial capital for politics and commerce, currying favor with Lords and the King, gradually expanding businesses, laundering funds and identity;

The third generation, spending lavishly, marrying a fallen noble’s daughter to squeeze into high society, occupying the cultural narrative, and starting to talk about truth, goodness, beauty, and the Eight Great Virtues of Knights, declaring inviolability of private property!

At this stage, they can finally boast publicly about being a noble gentleman.

But now, if they can help Byron succeed in stealing the country, they could wash away the blood on their hands and instantly transform into high-society individuals.

Future generations will also be titled: Mr. or even Sir!

Before the battle, all family information is registered, so even if they die, their exploits can be inherited by designated individuals.

Thinking about being the founder gracing the first page of a noble family tree, what’s there to stop them from charging forward?

They each face enemy artillery, breaking through the battle line, dismantling the Third Fleet of the Royalist Party into five segments, surrounding and dividing, remembering capturing is more rewarding than sinking, they launch their signature boarding battle immediately.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

"Both the ships and titles are ours!"

The marines on the battleship also use "Line Tactics," relying on a large number of soldiers to compensate for the shortcomings of muzzle-loading smoothbore muskets.

"Musketeer Corps line up, prepare..."

But their response is:

"Draw Sleeve Sword!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!...

Sleeve Sword 1473 and Witch 1472, along with revolvers for close combat, burst fire at the densely packed formation like live targets.

An uncountable amount of bullets and steel balls whip up a metal storm on the deck, not even requiring aiming.

As fiercely as they waged naval battle, pirates are equally unstoppable in boarding combat.

The "export version" flintlock muzzle-loading muskets sold by Rhine Metal seem like toys compared to their own advanced weapons.

The key is that after one round of shooting, traditional muskets can only attach bayonets to begin close-quarter combat.

But pirates merely pull the bolt or handguard and unleash another round of firepower just as fierce as the first.

"Ahhhh..."

"Not good, their weapons have witchcraft!"

The soldiers aboard are dumbfounded, some have their minds blown, while others are ecstatic, maintaining their gun-holding charge posture, riddled with holes, falling to the ground.

After five or six volleys, there aren’t many left on the deck who dare resist.

The rest mostly kneel to surrender.

The Trench Broom, as expected, perfectly fulfills its mission to "reduce soldier casualties and achieve world peace."

Only the reduction in casualties is for their own side, while the enemy only dies more miserably.

Moreover, in front of these weapons, the value of Low Sequence Extraordinary is significantly diminished.

A Fifth Order Legend is no longer a "thousand-man enemy," and naturally, middle and low sequences of Extraordinary cannot be an exception.