Under Wu Yizhou's order, the fleet slowly changed its formation on the sea, and then accelerated towards Koro Bay and rushed inside. And the pirates in Coro Bay did spot the warning smoke pillar and began to prepare for war.

Liu Xiang is indeed a veteran who is proficient in naval warfare! After receiving the warning, the pirates who had gathered in a hurry did not cause chaos under his command! The fleet soon pulled anchor and set sail!

Liu Xiang stood on the deck of the flagship and shouted to his subordinates: "Burn a ship of the enemy and reward 200 taels of silver!" Kill an enemy and reward 5 taels of silver! ”

Hearing Liu Xiang's promise, the pirates waved their weapons and shouted loudly! For a while, it looked like a rainbow! Liu Xiang saw that his agitation had an effect, and as soon as he turned around, he climbed onto the mast with three handfuls, and took out a monocular from his waist to look at the fleet in the distance.

When he found that the other side had become a four-way column, he immediately ordered his fleet to sail east in two horizontal formations. Liu Xiang was not intimidated by the momentum of Wu Yizhou's fleet, but immediately saw the weakness of the four-way column.

Although Wu Yizhou's fleet occupies the upper hand, it sails smoothly and sails extremely fast. However, the bow of the ship is tilted towards the opponent, which is not conducive to the use of your own firepower. And once Liu Xiang's fleet lists the two horizontal teams, it is conducive to carrying forward the firepower, not to mention, it can also dodge the impact of the opponent, turn behind the opponent, and regain the upper hand!

As the fleets of the two sides approached, Wu Yizhou discovered that Liu Xiang's fleet was not at all the more than 80 ships in the pre-reconnaissance, but nearly 100 ships close to the number of his fleet. It seems that Liu Xiang took advantage of the geographical advantage to conceal some ships. But Wu Yizhou didn't care. This is just a small measure, and it can't affect the overall situation!

Liu Xiang sneered at the first few new warships in the opposing fleet, and then he jumped down from the mast, grabbed the command flag and waved it, and ordered the arson ship to attack.

With the waving of the flag, a group of ships split into the fleet. These boats were all arson boats specially selected by Liu Xiang. The boat was full of firewood and grass, and fire oil was poured on it! Once the torch is thrown, it is the result of a raging flame.

The people who drove the arson boat were also outlaws recruited by Liu Xiang with a lot of money! Liu Xiang promised like them that as long as the arson ship rushed into the enemy's fleet, no matter whether the arson ship burned the enemy or not,

Each of the men who piloted the arson boat was rewarded with 50 taels of silver. If you can burn the boats, it will be two hundred taels of silver per person! If you can burn the enemy's new warships, it will be 300 taels of silver per ship!

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under the heavy reward! Many of these money-only pirates jumped out and were willing to operate arson ships. These arson boats were filled with only firewood and grass, and the portions were very light. So it's fast. They cut the wind direction diagonally and pounced directly on Wu Yizhou's fleet, intending to burn the ship and disrupt the enemy's formation!

Wu Yizhou glanced at the fleet of boats that rushed over in the binoculars, and he knew that they were light arsonists just by looking at them floating on the water. The staff officers had already taken into account the situation beforehand. This is because arsonist ships can be used in the first engagement, to burn enemy ships and disrupt enemy formations. Among them, the most important role is to disrupt the enemy's formation.

Because the arson ship kept only the minimum crew required for sailing, it was also filled with flammable firewood and grass. Once it can't be released at the beginning, when it enters the engagement stage, a few shots will ignite a fire, and it will disrupt your own formation. Therefore, it can only be used before the start of the war.

Although Wu Yizhou expected this situation, the number of arson boats rushing in front of him was very large. Wu Yizhou made a rough count and found that there were nearly 50 or so arsonist boats approaching. This made his scalp a little itchy!

Wu Yizhou secretly scolded in his heart: "This Liu Xiang is ruthless enough!" Nearly half of the ships burned like this! What a pity! ”

However, Wu Yizhou also understands Liu Xiang's choice. Now Liu Pei has the final say on the sea, this battle is won, no matter how many boats Liu Xiang burns, he can make up for it! If you can't win, it's cheap to leave as many boats as you want to go! It's better to use it all as an arson ship and concentrate manpower to fight!

Wu Yizhou put down the binoculars and immediately ordered: "Release our arson boat." At the same time, the sailors were told to shoot as accurately as possible. Stay safe! ”

With the command from the flagship, the rightmost one of the four columns began to accelerate, while the other ships began to slow down. More than 30 arsonist boats formed a loose horizontal formation and accelerated past.

The arsonist boats on both sides approached quickly, and people on both sides watched with bated breath as the arsonists behaved. Both sides want their own

Arsonists can successfully disrupt enemy formations.

When the arson boats of the two sides approached the center line, Liu Xiang's people took the lead in igniting the boat, fixed the sails and rudder rods, and jumped back into the boat to escape!

Although the people who operate the ship are outlaws, they also cherish their own lives! If they get too close to the enemy and escape, where will they be able to escape! After all, it only makes sense to have money and life. And it takes a while for the flame to burn.

When Liu Xiang saw the wisps of black smoke on the arsonist ship, they all happily waved their weapons and cheered loudly for the arsonist ship! But their cheers soon stopped slowly, because they saw the different operation of the arson boat!

The arson ships of Wu Yizhou's fleet did not prematurely ignite firewood and grass. They set up their deck guns and fired at nearby enemy ships. But if you look closely, the artillery they fired was not artillery at all, but a whaling fork on a whaling ship!

It turned out that these arsonists had two whaling guns fired at whaling forks fixed to the stern. The sailors shot their whaling forks at the approaching enemy arsonists!

The thick whaling fork with iron chains flew in the air, and the bad ones didn't hit, and the worse ones stirred up a small wave on the surface of the sea and disappeared! If you're lucky, you'll be nailed directly to the other party's hull! The giant barbs on the whaling fork will firmly hook the hull and prevent them from disengaged.

After the sailors had fired two whaling forks, they neatly tied the rudder and sails, threw torches on the deck and in the cabin, and watched the fire burn before jumping into the boat to escape.

Then the unmanned arson boats on both sides staggered by. In the process, some arsonists collided in pairs, were nailed to each other by steel nails, and burned to pieces at sea! It even blocked the path of other arson ships. There was now a fire of five ships huddled together on the sea!

The arsonist boats that had been shot at the whaling forks were still following their route, and when they reached a certain distance, they were caught in chains! Wu Yizhou's arsonist boat occupies a crosswind position and sails faster and with more power. Liu Xiang's arson boat was chained and changed direction. Slowly, the two ships collided together, burning and drifting downwind.