Daming pirates

In this era, the most common means of ship hijacking and naval warfare used by Chinese pirates were still hand-to-hand combat with cold weapons. Artillery technology limited their ability to take advantage of firearms. Therefore, their most effective means of combat still relied on manpower.

Engage in hand-to-hand combat to seize and control enemy ships.

In this era, the ships and artillery technology of Western countries have greatly surpassed China's. The large Galen ships and relatively advanced artillery technology they adopted have caused them to give up the dangerous and casualty hand-to-hand combat. More often

A naval battle relies on the cannons of both sides to compete until one side wins.

, only some privateer ships prefer to use hand-to-hand combat, mainly because they cannot sink the robbed ship, otherwise, their work will be in vain. Even so, they often use artillery fire first.

Only after damaging the enemy ship and killing a large number of people on the enemy ship, making them lose the ability to resist, will they resort to gang-hopping warfare.

However, due to their quality, the artillery equipped by Chinese pirates mostly serves to deter and embolden themselves. Only at a very close distance can the shotguns fired by their cannons cause relatively large damage to the opponent.

Kill.

As an old sea dog, Chen Zhongji certainly knew how powerful their cannons were, so from the beginning he strictly ordered the minions on the ship not to fire the cannons without authorization. The first was to save ammunition, and to inflict greater damage to the opponent when necessary.

Otherwise, once they fire the cannon, they will not be able to hit the enemy, and reloading will be very delayed.

It was only when Zheng Mang started to send people to close up that Chen Zhongji gritted his teeth and gave the order boldly and started firing the cannons.

After hearing a few ear-splitting cannon shots, the three boats on Yan Siqi's ship finally caught fire, and clouds of gunpowder smoke rose up. Because of the close distance, Zheng Yiguan's men finally felt the pain.

A sampan was hit on the spot. Although the cannons were all messy fragments, the bombardment at such a distance could effectively exert their maximum power. The sampan was immediately smashed into pieces.

Flying away, the seven or eight pirates on the ship turned into a blood mist and were swept away in the blink of an eye, leaving a large area of ​​blood red on the sea.

In addition, two of Zheng Yiguan's boats that came up were also shelled. The cannons swept across their decks. At this time, a large number of Zheng Yiguan's pirates had already gathered on the deck, waving their hands in a roaring manner.

With swords and axes, prepare for a gang-hopping battle.

As a result, Chen Zhongji ordered to use cannons to sweep across the area. Immediately, a large area was felled like rice being cut. The scene can be said to be horrific.

At this time Zheng Yiguan's men gave up and quickly fired back again and stepped closer. On the three ships led by Chen Zhongji, after firing the cannons, although the minions hurriedly tried to reload, their speed was very slow.

slow, momentary

Unable to complete the loading quickly, they watched helplessly as Zheng Yiguan's men gathered around and began to throw various rope hooks towards their boat. They also found out long hooks and hooked them on the side of their boat.

Then they climbed up on the boat.

"Give it to me! Fight with them, kill one to get enough, kill two to earn one! Kill, kill, kill, kill for me!" Chen Zhongji now knew that it was the last moment, and whether they could survive or not depended on this.

Can we beat back these Zheng Yiguan's men later?

In an instant, the most brutal hand-to-hand combat in the naval battle began. People from both sides rushed to the side of the ship. One side tried desperately to prevent the other side from jumping onto their ship, while the other side tried desperately to rush to the other side.

On one side's ship, both sides used swords, guns, axes and even harpoons. Those who were close were chopped with swords and axes, and those further away were stabbed with spears or harpoons. In this case, no one could get an advantage, only

Let's see who is more ruthless.

The personnel on both sides are basically ruthless characters. They are all veterans selected for this operation. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are desperadoes. It can almost be said that they are fighting with swords and bullets, and someone will be miserable every moment.

Screaming and falling on the deck, or falling into the sea water, the sea water at the side of the ship was dyed red with human blood almost instantly, gradually attracting the nearby sharks to join the fight.

The sounds of screams, curses, and the clash of swords and guns mixed together and shot straight into the sky.

Chen Zhongji stared with red eyes and supervised the battle on the ship. He kept driving those who could still move on the ship to the side of the ship and joined in the fierce fight. He knew that he had a small number of people here after all, although he could still withstand it now.

But they couldn't hold on for long. If no one came to save them, they would really fall here today.

But at this moment, the two sides were fighting in full swing. Chen Zhongji had no time to pay attention. He could only stare at the fierce battle on the side of the ship, for fear that Zheng Mang's men would rush over if he were not careful. Once the defense line was torn, what would they say today?

Nothing could stop Zheng Mang's men from seizing the ship.

Seeing the brothers on the boat fall one after another, Chen Zhongji's heart became heavier and heavier, and gradually he was about to sink to the bottom. He thought it was over! Today is completely over.

As the number of casualties on the ship increased, it seemed that the defense line at the side of the ship was already in danger, but Zheng Mang's men continued to ride the sampan towards their ship, attacking the flying tiger claws one by one.

He threw it onto the deck of the ship, hooked it to the side of the ship, and pulled the rope toward the ship.

Chen Zhongji finally couldn't bear it anymore and prepared to call his men in the bottom cabin to light the gunpowder barrel in the bottom cabin and die with the ship. Even if he died, he would not be willing to leave this batch of money to Zheng Mang.

Just when Chen Zhongji was about to completely despair, the people on Zheng Mang's side suddenly seemed panicked, and their offensive suddenly stopped. Then they heard someone shouting: "Look, there is a ship coming!"

Chen Zhongji quickly stopped talking and looked around at the sea. Finally, he saw a thick smoke rising from the sea to the northwest of them.

Chen Zhongji's heart almost burst with joy, because this smoke was the signal they had agreed with Yu Xiaotian, so it goes without saying that the coming ship must be the Sea Wolf fleet, and now they were saved.

"Brothers, the Sea Wolf fleet is here! We are saved! Kill, kill these bastards! Kill me hard!..."

Chen Zhongji rushed to the side of the ship like crazy and stopped giving orders. He picked up the single knife in his hand and slashed at Zheng Yiguan's men who were trying to rush over to the side of the ship.

Yan Siqi's men, who were already at the end of their fight, suddenly learned that the reinforcements had arrived. They were all ecstatic. They didn't know where they came from, and they suddenly burst out with roars and swung their swords.

He raised his sword and spear and wildly greeted the enemies in front of him.

The men brought by Zheng Mang thought they were about done. The price they paid today was really not small. The number of people on the three Yan Siqi ships exceeded their expectations, and the resistance also exceeded their expectations. These Yan Siqi men were absolutely

Most of them were his cronies, and no one was willing to lay down their weapons and surrender. They all fought frantically against them at the side of the ship, so that they attacked for a long time, killing and wounding many brothers, but still failed to attack.

Get on these three boats.

But they all also saw that the opponent's number was getting smaller and smaller, and the defense line at the side of the ship was beginning to loosen. Collapse was only an immediate matter. As long as they exerted more force, it wouldn't take long to attack the opponent.

Once you attack the opponent's ship, everything will be easy to handle. The enemies on the enemy's ship are absolutely incapable of blocking the steady stream of people they attack.

But just at this moment, someone screamed and shouted that a ship was coming, so many of Zheng Yiguan's men were taken aback and quickly looked towards the sea, when they saw that there was indeed a fleet of ships.

When they were rushing towards them, Zheng Yiguan's men were all shocked. In just a blink of an eye, the men on the ship under Yan Siqi all seemed to have taken aphrodisiacs and became once again...

He became high-spirited and fought back against them frantically.

Some of Zheng Yiguan's men were a little panicked. Without paying attention, they were chopped up by Yan Siqi's men one after another and fell to the side of the ship. They screamed and fell into the sea water, and in an instant they turned into sharks.

A delicious meal in your mouth.

Zheng Mang, who was originally commanding the battle on the periphery, was already a little complacent at this moment. He thought that what he did today was clean and beautiful, and he could be said to have a chance of victory. It wouldn't take long for the three ships to carry them.

Tens of thousands of taels of silver should be his.

When he thought about the tens of thousands of taels of white money that he was about to get, Zheng Mang felt as happy as if he had just slept with a beautiful girl. He couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth with joy.

But just at this moment, Shangdou screamed from above, pointing to the northwest sea and shouted: "Look over there! A fleet is coming!"

When Zheng Mang heard this exclamation, his heart suddenly twitched, and he quickly turned his head and looked in the direction of his upper finger. As a result, the first thing he saw was indeed a puff of smoke, and then he saw a fleet of ships.

The sail shadow rushed straight towards them, and was no longer very far away from them.

Just now, they all focused on the battlefield. Even if they were fighting, they focused more on the direction of Bengang. But they didn't know that the agreement between Yan Siqi and Hailang, Hailang

A fleet of ships will come to pick up these ships carrying silver.

So when they discovered Sea Wolf's fleet, Sea Wolf's fleet had already appeared within their field of vision and rushed towards them at high speed.

(Today, I would like to express my special thanks to my friends in Song of Ice Moon and Fire for their rewards! Your support is my biggest motivation!)