Daming pirates

The two ships under Chu Cai's men did not discover them immediately at first. They still sailed slowly north along the eastern coast of Kinmen Island, because it was winter and the northwest wind was blowing on the sea.

, making their ship's speed even more slow.

But not long after Sea Wolf's three ships used the mist, the minions on the two old Chucai boats still discovered their traces, and the minions on the two boats suddenly let out a cry of surprise.

They do not need to make too many judgments about the identities of these three ships, because the situation of these ships has long been spread among Mr. Chu Cai’s men during this period. Everyone knows that those men of Mr. Chu Cai who escaped by chance

, firmly remembered the characteristics of these ships, and widely spread them to other members of Mr. Chu Cai’s men.

So when the three sea wolf sloops appeared, their identities were immediately confirmed by Chu Cailao's men, and the minions on the two ships immediately let out a loud shout.

And the minions on the two boats quickly raised the full sail, began to adjust the sails to catch the wind, increased the speed of the boats, and made a posture to escape, while also making a posture to resist on the ship.

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However, their ship speed was a bit pitiful compared to these sloops. Even in headwinds and light winds, Sea Wolf's ships still showed their speed. In a short period of time,

Then he speeded up and chased after the two boats belonging to Chu Cailao.

The minions on the two boats under Old Chu Cai obviously did not intend to sit still and wait for death, and there were also many people on the two boats. After discovering the three boats of Sea Wolf, they shouted and fired the cannons on the boats.

Weapons such as muskets, bows, and crossbows were all ready. As soon as Sea Wolf's ship approached, they started to fight.

Luo Xianbin commanded the three boats to maintain formation and speed up to catch up with the two Chu Cai Lao's boats, while observing the reactions of the people on the other side's boats through the telescope. When he saw Chu Cai Lao's men making a gesture of fighting to the end, Luo Xianbin

While taking posture, a cruel smile appeared on his lips.

After putting down the telescope, he took out a piece of fine cotton cloth from his arms, carefully wiped the lenses on the telescope, and said with a sneer: "***, these ignorant people actually took everything from everyone."

When they came out, they actually showed a posture that they would fight us till death!

Humph! They underestimate us too much! Today, let them see what it means to be unresponsive to requests every day, and what it means to be ineffective!

Pass my order, prepare the artillery of each ship, lock the ship in front, fire at 200 paces, cripple it first and then move on to the next one!"

Shangdou immediately waved the signal flag to convey his order to the other two ships. The three ships immediately began to change their formations, from a "pin" shape to a "one-line" formation connected end to end, and continued to maintain high speed towards the two Chu Cai old men.

The boat chased him.

Because of the difference in speed between the two sides, the chase did not last too long. In just two quarters of an hour, Sea Wolf's three boats caught up with the two Chu Cailao boats and stabilized the fleet between them.

About 200 steps away on the right side of the boat.

The reason why the distance of 200 steps is maintained is because Yu Xiaotian has learned that in this era, pirates and even the artillery range of the navy warships can rarely reach beyond 200 steps, even some artillery.

If the range exceeds 200 steps, they can shoot farther, but beyond 200 steps, their artillery completely loses its accuracy. Wherever it reaches, it all depends on luck.

So after Seawolf gained the ability to make its own six-pound cannons and gradually equipped the six-pounder cannons to their armed fleet, Seawolf was now on the coast of China, dealing with the same Chinese pirate ships and even the navy.

When it comes to warships, it already has a huge advantage in firepower and range.

The range of two hundred steps is the optimal range for the six-pound gun to effectively exert its firepower, and it can also effectively ensure the accuracy of artillery shooting. In addition, the artillery on the Sea Wolf ships all use four-wheeled artillery carts similar to those in Western countries.

It also made their operations much easier, giving them an absolute advantage in firepower.

This is also the reason why Luo Xianbin and others chose to carry out concentrated fire bombardment on the enemy ships at a distance of 200 steps. Undoubtedly, their choice was a very correct decision.

At the moment when the two sides were tied, Luo Xianbin didn't say anything to those old Chu Cai's men. He gave the order and began to bombard the boat led by old Chu Cai.

Although the number of artillery pieces carried by the dhow was not that many, that was only compared with Western gun ships. Compared with the pirates of this era, the number of artillery pieces on their ships was already very large.

In order to ensure the firepower advantage of this smuggling fleet trip, Yu Xiaotian strengthened the three ships when he formed the smuggling fleet. Each of the three ships had two sides on the left and right sides of the middle deck.

Three six-pound guns are arranged, and two twelve-pound howitzers are arranged in the open position at the bow and stern of the ship. They can shoot forward or backward. If necessary, the muzzles can also be adjusted to target either side of the ship's side for shelling.

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In addition, two small Fran cannons were installed on both sides of the upper open decks of these three ships to enhance their ships' ability to kill deck personnel of enemy ships during boarding battles.

In addition, each ship is also equipped with ten short-barreled Nanyue-style flintlock guns, many new bamboo-shell hand grenades, and some old-fashioned whale oil incendiary bottles.

In order to enhance the effect of incendiary bombs, Yu Xiaotian has even sent people to Manila, Batavia, Macau and other places to search for oil produced in the Middle East to replace whale oil as the filling fuel of incendiary bottles and enhance the arson of incendiary bottles.

The effect is that so far, this plan has not been successful. After all, petroleum has not been widely used so far, nor has it been exported as a commodity by Westerners, so even if he is looking for this thing, it is estimated that he will get

The time will be at least half a year later.

Therefore, although the displacement of the three sloops is not large, their firepower is by no means weak, and they cannot be underestimated. Anyone who underestimates them will pay a heavy price.

Today's two ships owned by Chu Cai Lao have obviously not yet accepted the bloody lessons of their previous companions. They have not paid enough attention to the long-range firepower advantage of these ghost ships, and have adopted a posture of fighting to the death.

Suddenly there was a series of roars on the sea. Led by Luo Xianbin's boat, the three sloops began to fire their guns one after another. In an instant, more than a dozen roars broke the calm on the sea, and the smoke also burned the sides of the three ships.

shrouded.

During the bombardment, the hulls of the three ships shook violently, and driven by the recoil of the artillery, they moved sideways on the sea to a certain extent. However, the solid hulls effectively withstood such vibrations, and soon

After the shelling, the roll immediately recovered, and the cabin was filled with a choking smell of gunpowder smoke.

However, the gunners inside and outside the cabin didn't care about this at all. They immediately rushed to grab various cannon-killing tools amidst the roars of the gunners of each gun, and began to clean and reload their respective artillery, and after completing

After reloading, immediately drag the rope towing the artillery, pull the gun mount back to the gun port on the side of the ship, and prepare for another shelling.

There were dedicated personnel on the deck of each ship to evaluate and record the effects of the bombardment on each ship. They quickly reported the effects of the bombardment on their ships to the captains:

"Captain, our ship fired five times, hitting two enemy ships, two close-range missiles, and one missed!..."

The captains of each ship stared intently at the targets they were attacking, and were also observing the situation of the enemy ships. At this time, Luo Xianbin had already obtained a summary of the effects of the bombardment. In the first round of salvo, their three ships fired a total of thirteen shells, two

The shells misfired, and a total of five shells hit the enemy ship. Most of the others were close-range shells, but two of them missed, and the shells deviated far away from the target.

This kind of shelling effect made Luo Xianbin very dissatisfied, and he immediately cursed loudly: "Idiot! The distance is actually like this, what are you doing? Slow down and maintain the course, prepare for the second round of salvo, who the hell will misfire again?"

Shoot the cannonballs away and see how I deal with him tonight!"

The sailors of the three ships immediately began to furl the sails and slowed down their respective ships, so that the fleet remained parallel to the two old Chu Cai ships. The gunners of each ship immediately began to nervously prepare for the second round of bombardment.

Although the first round of bombardment was not effective, it was enough for Chu Cailao's ship as the target.

They received five cannonballs in the blink of an eye, and the cannonballs fired by the enemy were so powerful that they could stick to their ship, leaving a large hole in it, or destroying a large area of ​​their ship on the spot.

The impact points of the five shells were basically evenly distributed throughout the hull, and their ship immediately seemed to be disemboweled. The minions on the ship let out a cry of surprise, and the two minions were even torn into pieces by the cannonballs on the spot.

The fragments of the ship's plank collapsed and flew away, injuring several of the men on board, causing them to scream in agony.

And this is not the most unlucky thing. The most unlucky thing is that a close-range shell near the middle of their ship did not sink into the sea water after falling into the water. Instead, it used the surface of the sea water to produce a ricochet effect. The shells bounced on the sea surface.

After bouncing up, it directly hit the lower waterline of their ship's side. As a result, a hole was made in the middle of their ship. A large amount of seawater began to be poured into a cabin instantly, causing their ship to collapse in a short time.

It became clumsy.

Now they knew how powerful these three "ghost ships" were. Both the captains and the men on board were so frightened that they did not dare to wait any longer, and did not care about the people on their ships.

Whether the cannons had enough range or not, they started to fire at the three "ghost ships" even though they were shouting, and began to fight back.