Daming pirates

But when Hun Jianglong and his men saw the Sea Wolf fleet appearing in front of them, Hun Jianglong and his men were secretly surprised, because on the sea, they saw the same densely packed group of twenty or thirty people.

A number of ships of various colors were already waiting for their arrival on the sea east of Dongchi Island.

And before they could react, the sea wolf fleet, with golden wolf flags flying high, began to raise their sails and rushed towards them at full speed.

In this posture, he didn't intend to talk nonsense with them at all. He was about to start a fight when they met. Moreover, these Hun Jianglong's subordinates were also veterans of the sea. When he looked at the opponent's ship formation, he realized that this newly rising sea wolf must not be underestimated.

, more than a dozen ships lined up in a straight formation, and one after another, like a pack of wolves, they rushed straight into their fleet.

Hun Jianglong's face was ashen. After seeing Yu Hailang's boat formation, he knew that he was too angry and careless today. The other party was definitely not as simple as he thought. He might be in trouble this time.

Seeing that the other party has already seized the upper hand, and has not given him any time to prepare, the other party has completely taken advantage of the wind, so the speed of the ship is much higher than that of his fleet. Although the other party does this

, put on a posture of fighting to the death, but Hun Jianglong

I feel that they are actually committing suicide by doing this. Once they get the upper hand and the battle goes against their will, they will not be able to escape. They can only be pushed by the wind and rush towards the enemy. This is obviously a bit stupid, but it is undeniable.

, it is indeed commendable for them to do so.

Seeing the opponent charging forward without saying a word, Hun Jianglong did not dare to neglect, and quickly mobilized his ships to spread out their formation and form a circular formation, with his ship as the center, ready to fight.

Such a circular ship formation has natural advantages, that is, the handsome ship in the center is the safest, protected by other ships in the middle, and will not be besieged by the opponent. Moreover, the handsome ship can easily command and control other ships, and the ship array is thick.

Not easily washed away.

However, such a ship array has a natural shortcoming, that is, it cannot exert the combat effectiveness of each ship. Only a small number of ships can fight the enemy head-on. The outer ships are more dangerous. There is another trouble.

The overall movement of the fleet is more troublesome and not very flexible. Once it is dispersed, there will be great chaos.

But when Hun Jianglong's fleet was at a disadvantage, this was a relatively safe and helpless choice. Who asked him to bring his fleet here against the wind? So even if he wanted to show off at this moment

A straight column is basically impossible.

Yu Xiaotian's Sea Wolf was at the forefront of the fleet, and the boat at the front was not someone else's boat, but the boat of Crazy Meng, who was known as a madman.

Even though Madman Meng is older, he is also very angry. The last time he fought with the Shark Gang, his boat was sunk by the Shark Gang. Now Yu Xiaotian has given him a Haicang boat.

Madman Meng was very satisfied. During the formation this time, he volunteered to be the first, rushed to the front of the fleet, and used the tip of a sharp knife to stab Hun Jianglong's fleet.

The two fleets were getting closer and closer. When they were within reach of the cannonballs, many ships in Hun Jianglong's fleet began to fire their cannons at the oncoming Madman Meng's ship.

Got up.

For a time, Hun Jianglong's fleet was bombarded with artillery fire, and clouds of gunpowder smoke rose up. The shells roared out of the gun barrels, pierced the sky, and heavily hit the Sea Wolf's fleet.

Crazy Meng cursed and quickly lowered his head. More than a dozen cannonballs were scattered around his boat, causing waves of waves. Unexpectedly, two more shells got lucky and hit Crazy Meng directly.

The ship opened a small hole in the side of the ship, scattered a set of sail ropes on the deck, and cracked the deck.

Mad Meng jumped to his feet and cursed in anger, but he did not dare to order a cannon to fire back, because the rules of the Sea Wolf Gang are very strict now. If the handsome ship does not order the cannon to be fired, no one can fire. Otherwise, they will have to go back to the execution hall to report and collect.

Rewarded!

Yu Xiaotian stared closely at Hun Jianglong's boat formation, pursed his lips and said nothing, silently calculating the distance between the two fleets. At the same time, he kept an eye on the boat of Mad Meng and others at the front, looking for the opponent's boat formation.

Be prepared to attack on weak points.

"Pass my order, the fleet will cut into their ship formation to the right and separate the ships on the right! Then concentrate your firepower and hit those ships for me!" After observing for a while, Yu Xiaotian said,

Suddenly he shouted an order loudly.

After Zhao Si listened at the side, he immediately picked up the copper trumpet and shouted loudly at the top of the mast: "The boss has given orders, the fleet will cut to the right!..." He returned to Xiaotian unchanged.

The order was conveyed to Shangdou.

The captain on the mast immediately waved the two small flags in his hands and conveyed Xiaotian's order in the form of flag language.

The captains on each ship were all staring at Yu Xiaotian's ship. When they saw the waving flag, they immediately informed the captain of the ship of the order they had read.

The fleet immediately began to turn slightly, like a sharp knife, stabbing straight into a gap on the right side of the Hunjianglong fleet.

The few ships of the Sea Wolf at the front did not dare to disobey the order. Although they knew that doing so was very dangerous for them, they still immediately followed the order to the letter. Under the leadership of Madman Meng, they sighted the Hunjiang Dragon Boat Formation.

The gap on the right side went straight through.

Hun Jianglong stood at the stern of the boat and stared at the fleet of sea wolves that were rushing towards him. His scalp suddenly felt numb and his heart suddenly lifted, because he also saw this loophole in his own boat formation and kept a close eye on the opponent.

He found this gap and stepped in immediately, leaving no chance for him at all.

The result is obvious. As long as his fleet is cut into, it will be immediately divided into two. It will no longer be a whole fleet. The part that is separated will become the key target of the Sea Wolf.

, and it was difficult for his main formation to turn around, and he was unable to provide strong support at all.

So he exclaimed and immediately ordered a change of formation, shortening the distance between the ships in the fleet, trying to seal the gap to avoid being cut open by the Sea Wolf fleet.

However, due to the headwind, each ship had to adjust its sails significantly, and there was no time to respond effectively. The leading Sea Wolf ship had already plunged into their formation.

Only a series of cannon shots were heard, and the Sea Wolf's fleet also began to fire. The first few ships rushed into Hun Jianglong's fleet one after another.

The moment the ships were parallel, they all fired up their firepower, firing all the cannons on the ship and hitting Hun Jianglong's ship nearby.

The several ships in the gap on Hun Jianglong's side were in bad luck. The passing Sea Wolf ships barely gave them any chance to breathe. One after another, they passed in front of them and fired at them one after another.

, and the distance between the two sides is very close, there is almost no possibility of missiles, two

The outermost ship's side was smashed immediately, and a large piece of the mast of one ship was cut off by a cannonball on the spot. Although it was lucky that it did not fall down, if it continued to raise the sail, it probably wouldn't last long. It was scary.

The pirates on the ship had to quickly trim the sails, so that the ship's mast was not broken on the spot.

Of course, the few Sea Wolf ships that first rushed into the Hunjiang Dragon Fleet were not in good condition. Chen Jiu was not a vegetarian. Seeing that the situation was not good, he ordered his men to concentrate their firepower on these ships that were opening the way.

As a result, Madman Meng's ship, which was at the forefront, received several more shots. Three crew members were killed on the spot, and two other crew members were seriously injured and fell in a pool of blood on the deck. Several more were shot on the ship one after another.

Hole, a hole near the water surface began to fill the hull with a large amount of water.

However, the number of artillery on board pirates in this era is very limited. Even if both sides use full firepower, they may not be very powerful. If you want to sink the opponent's ship with artillery alone, it will be difficult unless you are lucky.

A large ship was sunk by cannonballs.

Therefore, in Chinese-style naval battles in this era, the most effective tactics are boarding battles and collision battles. In addition to fighting for firepower, both sides compete for morale and ship power.

At this time, whoever's boat was stronger had a big advantage. Wang Hong's boat, which was in third place, after rushing into the enemy formation, immediately used his magic weapon and crashed into a bigger boat.

His much smaller bird boat only heard a loud bang. The unlucky bird boat was hit by Wang Hong's boat. Several large cracks appeared in the hull. In an instant, a large amount of water began to pour out of the boat.

After entering the sea water, it slowly began to sink.

The ships on Hun Jianglong's right wing were so shocked that they had to evade quickly. Then Yu Xiaotian's plan finally succeeded. His fleet was like a sharp knife, splitting Hun Jianglong's fleet from the side in one stroke.

, successfully split it into two, isolating several ships from the main fleet.

Yu Xiaotian was also an unforgiving master. When he saw that this trick worked, he immediately commanded the fleet to start besieging the isolated ships. At this time, the sea was already filled with the sound of cannons.

Smoke filled the air, and the ships drew traces on the sea. From time to time, shells fell into the sea, stirring up waves.

Just when Hun Jianglong hurriedly adjusted his fleet, Yu Xiaotian began to show off his power. Their ships began to take advantage of melee combat and approached Hun Jianglong's ship. After a while, they came from the sea.

Porcelain bottles like raindrops flew out of the wolf's boat.

These incendiary bottles filled with whale oil crashed on the surrounding ships of Hun Jianglong. Some of the bottles were broken and could not be ignited on the spot, but after some of the bottles were broken, a fire immediately ignited, causing

Hun Jianglong was even more confused.

"Let them go through, don't fight with them! Quick! Get away from them! ***, if this continues, we will suffer a big loss!" Hun Jianglong has also realized that the other party has done enough to deal with them.

What he was most afraid of was a fire battle. If the fire continued like this, many of his ships would probably be in trouble, so Chen Jiu jumped on his feet and roared loudly on his ship.

But it's easier said than done. When the two fleets get mixed up, it's not that easy to break away. For the sea wolves, it's easier to do. They are in the upper hand, their boats are fast and their boats are

The fleet is a linear array, and you can break away from the fleet of Hun Jianglong by just jumping in.

However, Hun Jianglong's fleet was a circular formation. After being cut into pieces, it started to become chaotic. It was impossible for them to turn away collectively, and it was even more impossible to turn around. They would have to follow the Sea Wolf's fleet to find death, and both sides

After the ships are separated, if you want to escape, you have to turn to both sides. This will further increase the distance between the ships on both sides, which is equivalent to abandoning the other half of yourself.

So at this time, Yu Xiaotian had taken advantage of the right time, place, people and almost all of them. When Sea Wolf's followers saw it, they were even more ecstatic, and their morale immediately became even higher, and they all roared loudly.

, picked up the useful thing, and tried his best to wave towards Hunjianglong's ship that was within reach.

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