Chapter 233: 1 side war
The two sides chase, although the Southeast Fleet is well-trained, but Liu Xiang knows that it is a matter of life and death. He tried to follow up with his troops. The pirate ship used sails and paddling, still fighting very hard. Within two hours, the distance between the two sides was not widened!
Both sides must grab the upper hand, grit their teeth, and whoever is behind will be at a disadvantage!
"Really tenacious!" Yan Changwu snorted coldly: "Continue to the northeast and turn to grab the upper hand. We have Mazu blessings, and we will win!"
Then he said to Shi Daxuan and Storm: "Hand over to you, I will go down and rest! Wait until the steering is completed, then call me."
Shi Daxuan's level is not at home, but Storm is here, he is still at ease.
He just returned to the main cabin, washed it, and drank hot tea, but heard a sharp footsteps, several people rushed to his cabin, blocking it for the guards.
"Come in, what's the matter?" Yan Changwu asked.
Shi Daxuan appeared at the door, his face flushed red, and reported to Yan Changwu: "The wind has turned! It has become the northwest wind!"
"Fuck me!" Yan Changwu whispered, immediately left his position and ran out.
Going up to the open deck, Nasto is so old that he has commanded the fleet to turn around without waiting for orders.
"Drain out two battle lines, I will take the first one on Nanhai No. 1 and the second one on Nanhai No. 2!" Yan Changwu said.
On the stern of the Nanhai No.2, the non-commissioned officer reported to the tall black warrior Sires Machen: "The flagship orders us to lead the second battle line!"
"Very well, let us destroy them all!" Siresma nodded.
The ships were full of joy, the voice of "Mazu Blessing" was endless, and the soldiers were eager to fight.
On the pirate ship, there was anxiety, panic, and panic. The wind direction changed well. It was troublesome to see the plywood ship of the officer and the army came in the wind and waves.
"You have to fight, and you have to fight if you don't!" Liu Xiang issued the flag and blew the horn, and the scattered ships moved closer to the center, preparing for the challenge.
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"Enter the firing range, the ships will shoot freely!" Yan Changwu said excitedly.
The artillery was loaded, and the gunners looked out the porthole nervously.
"Fire! Fire!" the officers yelled.
Boom boom boom boom!
The sound of the cannons rumbling, one after another, the artillery ejected fiery flames, and the projectiles left the chamber.
The 24-pound artillery and the 18-pound artillery were powerful. The projectiles hit the pirate ship heavily. The hulls of the boats that rushed forward were shot, collapsed by a large wall, and even penetrated the hull.
Due to the shortness of the opponent, some gunboat captains in the Southeast Fleet used chain bullets, and the whirring, rotating chain bullets cut off the opponent’s cable sails like a razor, and the unlucky ones were hit. Cut off the mast.
The training is effective, and the Southeast Fleet has a very high hit rate!
The power of shelling is not small, and the pirate ships in front of them have been shot in succession, as if they were beaten up and down.
The splashing wooden block smashed the pirates to bloodshed, and the wooden thorns that burst made the pirates howl, and some people were even beaten into the sea!
Their so-called "composite armor" is completely OUT and withdrawn from the stage of history.
In contrast, the pirate ship's counterattack was weak enough.
All those rushing forward are small boats. Although there is a bow gun, the gun barrel is small, and the range and projectile power are far less than each other, and the training is not easy. It is not easy to supply gunpowder and it is not a public expenditure. Pirates do not want to use it much.
The pirate leaders are still very aware of their own affairs. They did not order to fight back. Knowing that the gun was fired at this time, they only became the laughing stock of the other party. They just urged the warship to approach! Get close to the enemy ship!
The undisciplined pirates did not wait for orders. They gritted their teeth and fired back.
As expected, the shells that were shot out almost fell through. Luckily, a few of them smashed on the enemy ship. They couldn't break the defense at all. They banged louder than throwing cotton candy on an elephant.
When the distance between the two sides was closer, the gunfire and artillery of the ships of the Southeast Fleet became noisy. They arbitrarily fired with muskets, and the 1-pounder cannon set up on the bulwark also fired at the pirate ship.
Two pirate ships rushed towards Nanhai One.
Then, they were caught in a rain of bullets!
The upper artillery deck of Nanhai No. 1 fired shotguns, plus the open deck guns, 1-pound cannons, and muskets. Countless small projectiles flew across the air. The pirate ship was full of flames and shrapnel flew horizontally. Those brave men have not yet And swiping a knife, they were killed by projectiles that fell from the sky, or they were beaten into blood and blood. The shotguns had a low hit rate, but they couldn’t stand the large number of them. They hit a person with a blood hole, or hit a person. Burst the skull!
The same tragedy happened on the pirate ships that were close to each other. The ships in the southeast were exhausted with shotguns, and the pirate ships crackled and screamed continuously.
"Fight! Fight! Fight!" The condescending Southeast Army used a musket to find someone to shoot, and the 1-pound cannon fired directly at the person.
The pirate who was unfortunately hit had blood holes all over his body and blood flowed across his body. It was terrible!
With such fierce firepower, how can the pirates raise their heads and hook up the opposing warship in order to set fire!
In such a situation, no matter how fierce the pirates are, they have to be stubborn.
The first battle line of the Southeast Fleet passed in front of the pirate fleet~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and then turned to the east, inserted into the front side of the pirate fleet, and baptized the pirate ships by barrage.
The second battle line was under the command of Siresma, heading northeast and flanking the pirate fleet.
Condescendingly, with fierce firepower, he bullied the pirates' boats.
Liu Xiang could no longer hold back, and ordered the pirate front army to entangle with the first enemy battle line, and try to get on the ship, or set fire, as for himself, he personally led the most elite Chinese military ship to meet the second battle line. line.
Chinese military ship! The ship is more than 30 meters long, and the ship has a 4-pounder gun with sandbags on both sides of the ship, and a 12-pounder gun on the bow.
The two hostile fleets approached slowly and fired shells at each other!
performed line-up shooting. The sound of artillery was deafening, and the "alley" between the two battle lines was filled with gunpowder. People couldn't see each other, and people just shot indiscriminately.
The Chinese military ship that was shot swayed endlessly, and the ship was shot one after another. The first three Chinese military ships almost lost control under the bombardment of the opponent.
Liu Xiang’s mouth was bitter. He spent the great efforts to build the Chinese military ship. He once bullied the Ming official army to death. The official army ship is generally small (a big ship is a boat, and a small boat is also a boat. We have seen that fifty boats have been built. The numbers are impressive and they can show their performance, but they can’t deal with Chinese military ships.
But the Chinese military ships were unable to deal with the splint ships of the Southeast Fleet. Ah, the splint ships were still needed to deal with the splint ships. Liu Xiang had this realization.
He saw his boat being slaughtered, the Chinese military ship was beaten so hard to fight back, and the small cannons placed on the side sandbags were even blown up into the air!
can be called wonderful one after another, the Southeast Army cheered loudly: "beautiful!"
Liu Xiang was anxious, and shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!"
