Chapter 686: Over the ocean

The two Southeast ships no longer fired their guns, and used shotguns and bombs to clean the open deck of the pirate ship, so that no one was straight on it.

Chen Qiu, deputy captain of the Kaohsiung 72nd ship, asked excitedly: "Are you boarding the ship?"

"No, don't go up, sink it!" Official Hong Xi had no interest in capturing the pirate ship. Now life is important, in case the opponent blew himself up!

It takes a lot of time to use a solid bullet to sink a sailboat. It doesn't necessarily work to light the cannonball. It depends on luck.

Arson attacks are a good way to solve it, so the fire oil altar smashed past, and flames rose on the pirate ship amid the sound of broken pottery.

Now the pirates were anxious, and stood up from everywhere to try to put out the fire. When the Chinese shotguns and muskets are vegetarian?

They were beaten as soon as they showed up, and the fire-fighting pirates fell one after another.

Amid the screams, the fire became stronger and stronger. They could neither escape nor fight. The pirates could only watch their ships catch fire, the flames grew bigger and bigger, and black smoke rose into the sky!

The wind assists the fire, and the fire takes advantage of the wind, and the fire is out of control.

The Southeast Army had no time to celebrate the victory and immediately counted the losses.

The battle just now was quite fierce. The loss of the two cruisers was not bad, and half of the supply ships were killed!

The artillery of the pirates fought fiercely, and even the best armor was in vain.

So together with the manpower taken by Kostit and the officers and soldiers who died on the cruise ship, the remaining people just made up two cruise ships.

Yasha XII was unbearable, its mast was broken, its limbs were broken and tattered like a beggar's quilt, the bow was knocked crooked, and the stern was crushed in large pieces, especially the officers in the stern. The cabin is as miserable as a typhoon.

The two cruisers did not suffer much damage, only their fur was injured, and the soldiers were busy repairing them like worker bees.

The three chiefs Hong Xiguan, Yan Zhang, and Hao Sizhong came together to discuss, Yan Zhang said: "We are not far from the mainland, it is still possible to go back to the mainland for maintenance!"

Hao Sizhong gave him a glance: "Then he was robbed by the pirates again?"

"I should be afraid of them this time..." Yan Zhang thought.

Hao Sizhong shook his head and said: "There should be more, what if six pirate ships or even more pirate ships come to hit us next time?"

"It’s good luck this time. The other party didn’t know our abilities, we came too few, and their strategy made a mistake. I didn’t want to fight with the cruiser just because I wanted to grab it. The pirates who fought with the cruise ship were unhappy. Only after we escaped can we win. Opportunity. Are there few pirates in Hong Maofan? There are not many at all. It is not a problem to get a vote together at sea!"

He made sense. Everyone nodded. The order of the Hong Maofan countries was chaotic. The conversion of merchant ships to military ships and pirate ships was just a matter of Gu.

"It's just that with two ships..."

Official Hong Xi thought nervously, and categorically said: "Abandon the ship, do not return to the mainland, immediately drive to the new continent!"

"What do you think?" he asked.

"Agree!" Hao Sizhong raised his hand.

"I agree too!" Yan Zhang said.

I asked several senior military officers again, and they were all the same.

The risk of returning to the European continent for maintenance is too great. Is it possible to ask the Spanish fleet to **** them?

Without returning to the European continent, it is almost impossible for the rest of the pirates to want to rob.

So all personnel mobilized urgently to transport the wounded, valuables and necessary supplies from the supply ship to the cruise ship, and then held a sea burial for the soldiers who died.

In the sad sound of the bugle, one after another wrapped corpses fell into the sea.

Everyone had solemn faces and expressed their condolences to the comrades who died in the battle.

Their bugles and personal belongings are kept. After returning to China, they will be sent to the Martyrs' Shrine, and their personal belongings will be returned to their families.

The ceremony didn't last long, and the seriously injured supply ship also burned into flames, returning with the pirate ship by different routes!

I added some kerosene to the two ships again to make them burn more vigorously,

It is really resistant to burns, and when the Southeast ship left, they were not sinking.

When the two brig pirate ships from behind came, they saw two big torches on the sea, and the pirate chief Dick who had escaped by chance!

The Southeast Army did not get on the ship to clean up, and left after setting the fire. When they left, the remaining pirates could not save the fire and jumped into the sea.

Due to the fighting for a while, enough brigs arrived.

Dick was soaked in the water and was rescued by his accomplices. Talking about their tragedy, Dick still had a lingering fear: "Their firepower is very strong. It must be two-to-one, otherwise it will be difficult to win."

Now the brig is no more interested. Before four hits three, the pirates were beaten by them to run three ships, and one was sunk, but the other party only lost one ship, and two ships were warships. They chased up. , I am not sure of it.

Moreover, to deal with the army, it is still a good army that dares to fight, even if the opponent has a lot of wealth, he must have his life to enjoy it.

If there are more boats, it's better to say, two hit two, let's forget it!

So they waited in vain for the Chinese ship to return, and if they wanted to concentrate their hands, they would dare to hit the ship, but unfortunately the Chinese ship was nowhere to be seen.

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Cross the Atlantic!

The formation invited the three navigators of Hong Maofan, and they were paid ten catties of gold per person, which had already been given before sailing, and they would be given ten catties of gold when they returned to the east!

Life is important, mission is important, what is money!

The Chinese have also set up embassies in various countries, and they are not afraid of what the three red hairs are doing.

So the navigators tried their best to guide the course. They first sailed along the upper part of the west coast of Africa (Morocco), diagonally downward, and then made the final supplies in the Cape Verde Islands, and they embarked on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean!

The navigator Joseph is a young and middle-aged man who is nearly 40 years old. His income is five catties more gold. Because he has completed voyages around the world, he has ran the Atlantic ten times. He smiled and said to Hong Xi official: "It sounds like the Atlantic Ocean. The sea is terrible~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but if you take this route, crossing the Atlantic will not be a problem."

Obliquely down from the Cape Verde Islands to Natal, Recife, Marseio, etc. at the head of the eastern corner of Brazil, is the nearest route. If the wind is down, it will be there in ten days!

Official Hong Xi nodded in agreement. For the sea voyage, ten days is really nothing!

The waves of the Atlantic Ocean hit their faces, and the Chinese people readily accepted it.

The officers are recording the logbooks, recording the bits and pieces of the voyage, but all naval logbooks are similar to each other. The language of the logbooks is semi-literary, semi-official, dull and unchanging.

Official Hong Xi left many handwritings, which provided good material for later historians to conduct research.

"On July 3, the wind was changing to the south-southeast. It sailed against the wind and walked in a zigzag pattern. From 10 in the morning, the wind was moderate and cloudy. The mainmast was raised and the sails were raised. The weather was the same in the afternoon as the artillery exercises.

"On July 4th, Friday, both south and east winds will rise. The weather is clear and the artillery drills. In the afternoon, I was busy oiling the thick rope. The wind was moderate and cloudy in the morning. The left auxiliary sail was put away. The strong wind in the afternoon started at 4 o'clock. The sail is tied tightly to the stringer. The wind weakens at 8 o'clock and the square sail is raised."

"On July 5, it rained suddenly during the artillery exercise, and the exercise was stopped because a barrel of gunpowder was drenched because it was not shipped in time. The superior Chen Yawang was responsible, deducting the bonus, and shutting down the small black room for one day."

"On July 6, ... all the staff were gathered to read the "Navy Rewards and Punishments Regulations" and worship Mazu Niangniang.

...

"On July 15th, with the blessing of Mazu Niangniang, there was no trouble in the middle of the journey. The navigator said that this was a rare good weather. We had no loss. We passed the Atlantic Ocean smoothly and saw the coastline of the mainland!"

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