Daming pirates

Although the sloop has the advantage of being fast, the weather they encountered today was very unfavorable to them. The lack of wind on the sea prevented their sails from catching enough wind. Therefore, although their ship speed could still exceed

There are many ordinary sea-going ships, but facing these fast oar boats that have no sails and rely entirely on human power to paddle oars, they cannot take advantage.

The biggest advantage of a fast paddle boat is that it can row very fast in a short time with the help of manpower. This is why pirates choose them as a pirate ship for offshore use. It is because they are flexible and extremely fast.

, they can come and go like the wind, and if they can grab it, they will grab it. If they encounter a tough opponent or someone from the government, they can rely on their speed advantage and immediately grab it.

Nowadays, they have found so many fast paddle boats to ambush around Kinmen Island. In fact, they have seen the advantages of these fast paddle boats and want to use them to restrain the speed of these ghost boats. They plan to bite more ants.

The dead elephant trapped the three boats of Luo Xianbin, and then surrounded and suppressed them.

Now it seems that the trap they set is quite successful. Luo Xianbin and his party unknowingly broke into their ambush circle and were immediately surrounded by these fast paddle boats.

In fact, Mr. Chu Cai was lucky today. Mr. Chu Cai couldn't guess where these ghost ships would appear in the near future, so he ordered his shopkeepers to go to Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Chaozhou on the ocean.

, each arranged several ambush points and set up many traps similar to those here on Kinmen Island, just waiting for Luo Xianbin and others to bite the bait.

However, Luo Xianbin and his party did not know the deceit. When they passed here, they fell into a trap and were led into an ambush. In the blink of an eye, they turned into prey and were surrounded.

Seeing such a situation, although the morale of the people on the three sea wolves' ship was high at the moment, it was sheer nonsense to say that they were not nervous. Everyone on the ship could see that the situation was not good for them at this time, and their mood

Extremely nervous.

Several small Franco cannons installed on the deck also had their gun jackets removed at this time. The gunners nervously began to sit next to the gun emplacement, squatting down to load the main muskets and prepare the sub-guns. These small Franco cannons

If divided, it should only be regarded as a one-pound cannon. The total weight of the gun body is only a few dozen kilograms. Each mother gun is equipped with nine sub-guns. When loading, six taels of gunpowder can be loaded into the sub-guns. One gun is roughly less than

A pound of Fengmenzi and dozens of broken guns the size of broad beans.

The range of such a small Fran cannon is less than a hundred meters, and the effective range is only about fifty meters at most. If it is farther, the accuracy will be greatly reduced, and the power will also be greatly attenuated.

Originally, these small Franconian cannons were mainly designed to kill enemies on the surface of the opponent's ship deck during broadside battles, but today these small Franconian cannons have become their most important barrier.

"Give the order, prepare the artillery of each ship and load shotguns and grapeshot! Do not open fire without authorization. Bring those fast paddle boats closer and then hit me hard!" After observing the situation on the battlefield, Luo Xianbin began to assess the situation.

Give orders.

Although Luo Xianbin is not too old, he was the first to start his career with Yu Xiaotian among the sea wolves. In addition, he has always been with Yu Xiaotian. His status is quite high among the sea wolves. In the area he is currently in charge of

In this small fleet, it basically plays the role of the mainstay.

When they saw that the commander Luo Xianbin looked evil at this time, he did not show any signs of panic. This made his men on the ship feel a little relieved, so his order was immediately passed on to the gunners on the ship.

They immediately began to prepare according to his instructions and loaded the artillery on their ship.

Everyone can understand that shotgun is a bag of small broken iron particles filled into the barrel of a gun. However, grapeshot is still a new thing to many people in this era. This kind of grapeshot is actually

A type of shotgun, but much larger than the shotgun. It is made of more than a dozen pigeon eggs.

It consists of iron pellets the size of an egg or an egg. They are tied up with a cloth bag or a cloth bag. You can even use a thin iron tube to load the iron pellets. The thickness is roughly the same as the caliber of the cannon bore. When using it, first load gunpowder into the cannon bore.

Or a medicine bag, and then fill the grapeshot into the barrel of the gun.

Although the range of such grape bullets is not as far as solid bullets, the range is much longer than that of ordinary shotguns, and its power cannot be underestimated. Within a suitable distance, it can even knock down an enemy with one shot. When dealing with small boats, just aim

It is almost accurate. One shot can often destroy a small boat. It is not only a weapon in land battles, but also a weapon in naval battles. One shot can often sweep away a large number of enemies on the other side's ship.

This kind of grape bomb can be said to be specially prepared for killing people. However, in the past, the philosophy followed by Sea Wolf was to seek wealth rather than life. When hijacking a ship, it mainly dealt with enemy ships and generally did not aim to massacre a large number of people. Therefore, this kind of grape bomb

Bombs are not commonly used on Sea Wolf ships.

However, these privateer ships were sent out to engage in high-risk activities deep into enemy waters, so when Yu Xiaotian selected weapons for these ships, it can be said that he spared no expense. In addition to loading them with sufficient gunpowder and

In addition to solid projectiles, their ships are also equipped with a certain proportion of grape bullets and shotguns, just to give them stronger combat effectiveness.

Now these big killing weapons that Yu Xiaotian prepared for them finally worked.

A dozen fast-moving paddle boats, like a pack of vicious wolves, were the first to rush to the boats of the three sea wolves. The distance between the two sides had been shortened to within 200 steps. Standing on the sea wolves' boat, they were even already

You can clearly see the faces of Mr. Chu Cai's men on the boats opposite.

The pirates on these fast oar boats should obviously be fierce people selected from among his men. Although it is winter at this time, even the sea temperature in Fujian and Guangdong is quite low, but among these pirates

Many people actually threw off their clothes and went shirtless

They rowed hard, and there were several other people on board their fast paddle boats. There was also a small cannon placed at the bow of each fast paddle boat, with the muzzle pointed directly at the three sea wolf ships. In addition, one of them

Some of them also held some three-eyed blunderbuss or single-barreled fire blunderbuss, or even weapons such as crossbows.

"You can't run away! Hurry up and lower the sails and stop the ship. Our shopkeeper Xiao has said that we can save your lives. Hurry up and report your identity! Don't wait for me to kill you. It will be difficult to survive!"

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Some of Chu Cailao's men in the distance roared loudly at the three sea wolves' boats, threatening them to lower the sails, stop the boat and surrender.

Luo Xianbin silently calculated their distance. When he saw that they had basically entered the firing range of the ship's six-pounder and twelve-pounder guns, a cruel smile appeared on his habitual lips.

"Bah! You deserve it! Send an order to all the ships, with my ship as the leader, to form a formation! Pay attention to covering each other! Let's fight out! I'll take aim with all the cannons! Don't let these fast paddle boats get close to me!" Luo Xianbin suddenly shouted.

roared.

When his order was conveyed by the command flag, the other two ships immediately responded with clear flags and quickly approached Luo Xianbin's ship, forming a pin-shaped formation. The three ships could cooperate and cover each other.

Following Luo Xianbin's order, his ship took the lead and started firing. This time, the cannons on the left and right sides fired almost simultaneously, including the cannons on the bow and stern.

The artillery loaded with shotguns and grapeshot immediately spit out blazing flames. In the blink of an eye, looking around their ship, it looked like a pot was boiling.

The scattered cannonballs were splashed out like a heavy rain, flying quickly through the air and falling towards the fast paddle boats that were surrounding them.

Looking at a few fast oar boats, a cloud of blood mist suddenly rose up, and the dense shotguns and grapevines swept across their hulls like a broom, except for the ones that were fired on their hulls.

Outside the holes, even the bodies of the minions on the ship were penetrated one after another.

A shrill scream suddenly rang out from the sea. Chu Cailao's men who were shot immediately fell into the sea one after another, and the blood immediately dyed the sea water red.

There was even a fast-moving paddle boat that was directly hit by a cluster of grapeshot. The brisk hull was immediately torn into pieces, and it disintegrated into pieces in the seawater on the spot.

Suffering such a violent blow, the surrounding Chu Cai Lao's men suddenly became excited and frightened. The rowers and oarsmen involuntarily stopped their oars.

The speed of the boat suddenly slowed down.

"Don't stop! Paddle quickly! If you stick to them, they won't be able to do anything! If you stop, you're courting death!" Each of these fast paddle boats has a small leader leading the team. After they wake up from the shock,

He immediately realized the danger and quickly screamed at his men on the boat.

At this time, the other two Sea Wolf ships also started firing. The gunners on the ship each fired their cannons to find a fast paddle boat that was a threat to them, and struggled to ignite the primer of the fire door.

More than a dozen cannons were fired, and the sea became even more lively. In the blink of an eye, three more fast paddle boats under Old Chu Cai were damaged. They were either torn to pieces on the spot or swept over by shotguns.

The minions on the boat were cut over like rice or fell into the sea.

Chu Cai Lao's men, who were originally very excited, were all calmed down now. Although their leader yelled and yelled for them to paddle faster, some of them were still frightened and were a little weak.

Put in the effort.

Taking this opportunity, the three clippers immediately rushed forward for a certain distance.

At this time, on a lucky boat in their northeast direction, a sound of a bullhorn suddenly sounded. The low sound of the bullhorn rolled from a distance and reached the ears of everyone on the battlefield.

After hearing the sound of horns and horns, the gangsters on the fast paddle boats who surrounded them immediately became nervous. One of the little leaders shouted loudly: "Shopkeeper Xiao has an order, let us speed up to surround them and hold them back."

They are not allowed to let them escape! Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy!"

The faces of Mr. Chu Cai's men, who had just been beaten up in the face, changed when they heard the sound of trumpets and the roars of the leaders.

(Today I would like to express my special thanks to Brother Nanbo Wang for the reward! Thank you very much!)