0624 Siege
And then there was no more sound! Hao Yun felt a colic in his heart! He took 19 of his brothers, including 20 of him, on board, and in less than a quarter of an hour, only seven remained! More than half of it has been lost!
But this is not the time to mourn! Hao Yun gave a loud order: "3, 4, 5, 6 go and take out all the spare firearms in the cabin!" Then the four of you go to the shipyard to suppress each other's bows and arrows and firearms! And get me another fire gun with a bayonet! ”
Hao Yun's order was quickly executed. At the same time, several boats on both sides approached, and the ships collided with each other and made a "bang" sound! Now the flagships of the two sides have become the focus of the fight.
I don't know if the commander of the Third Fleet is lucky, or Liu Xiang is too unlucky? The commander can hit Liu Xiang's flagship with a ship casually! This can only be said to be providential!
With a brief recuperation, each side replenished its manpower from other ships. And the war began again. For a while, the screams, the clashing of metal, and the firing of firearms were endless! One side must break through the encirclement and survive in a desperate situation! And the other side swears to block the opponent and prevent them from escaping!
The place where the two sides fought was lined with corpses, and even the jagged planks were covered with corpses, and there was no longer any danger! As a result, the moat became a smooth road, and there was no role in blocking the opponent. The two sides fought to the death by stepping on the corpses of the enemy and their own people, and the result was only to build the corpse wall higher!
This short and long battle gave Wu Yizhou great help! Wu Yizhou's fleet approached the battlefield as fast as possible. Wu Yizhou ordered the flanks to outflank and block as many enemies as possible. The middle flotilla where they were located took a zigzag route.
Wu Yizhou's order allowed the battleships in the middle to get a slight firing angle. The sailors desperately shot at the enemy ship. And the pirates who were blocked from the escape route were not to be outdone, and they were also desperately fighting back. But soon, the main fleet took advantage of its large number of men, ships, and artillery to suppress the firepower of Liu Xiang's fleet rearguard with counter-fire. Beat their boats to a mess and bleed!
The outflanking fleet also kept facing the enemy
The ship fired cannonballs, desperately trying to block the ships that tried to gather together to support the flagship. Beat them to the ground!
The closer the main fleet got to the battlefield, the more they watched the bloody scenes on the battlefield, and the sailors, stimulated by the death of their comrades, their eyes turned red, and they roared and accelerated. Even the only oars on board were stretched into the sea and paddled hard, hoping that the speed of the boat would increase by a small margin!
When the flanks of the main fleet turned, the encirclement was finally formed! But unfortunately, more than a dozen pirate ships escaped. After all, this is the sea, and it is impossible to completely block the opponent. But the people who escaped were all small fish and shrimp, and everyone didn't care. Because they saw the flag from the flagship of the Third Fleet: "Liu Xiang is here!" ”
The sailors who killed the red eyes were crazy to the point of bayonets on the cannons! They were still firing from a distance where they could see the faces of the enemy. They didn't stop their guns until they were sure that the broken pieces of wood on the enemy ship would kill and injure their own ship. However, when they stop the artillery, they will throw rope hooks to hook the enemy ships, and when the ships of both sides approach, they will cross the side of the ship and swarm up!
Many pirates are dying and desperately fighting back. But it was easily overwhelmed by the crowd! More pirates saw it badly, and threw down their weapons and knelt on the deck. There were also pirates who jumped into the sea in a vain attempt to escape, and they were either killed by the fire or run over by the boats! The fleet's furious posture frightened the pirates, and their fighting spirit became shaken!
At this time, Wu Yizhou had already given up command, and he rushed to the enemy ship with his personal guards to slash and kill, and went straight to Liu Xiang's boat. The fighting was still fierce there, and the sound of fighting was higher and higher! Listening to the sound, the Third Fleet is clearly in a weak position.
Wu Yizhou, as one of the heavy generals under Liu Pei, also has a guard himself. But he still didn't grab his men. A large number of marines and sailors preemptively boarded the floating island, which was formed by a dozen boats crashing together.
The Marines still used their muskets to clear the way, then the sailors charged with hand-picked guns, and the Marines who followed followed assisted the attack with the muskets of bayonets. And the pirates on this floating island are Liu Xiang's most loyal subordinates, and they are also the most deadly
Crowd people. So the sailors and marines paid the price of blood for every step forward!
Even so, the Marines and sailors pushed forward desperately, as their comrades waited for their reinforcements! Fortunately, the number of the main fleet prevailed, and the marines and sailors worked closely together, cutting down and stabbing the pirates to death in batches!
When the pirates' stubborn resistance became more and more weak, someone finally broke down! One of the pirates wept and dropped the hatchet, knelt on the deck and gave up resistance. His kneeling caused a chain reaction. The pirates, both physically and psychologically, are beginning to surrender in droves!
The sailors violently pushed them to the ground, tied them up, and dragged them behind. The other soldiers kept charging forward. At this time, the core battle line had advanced to the flagship of the Third Fleet. Liu Xiang and the others took advantage of the local numerical advantage and rushed to the flagship deck. But the sailors on the flagship, reinforced by other ships, held the foredeck firmly. Tell Liu Xiang that they are stuck there and can't move.
As the people of the main fleet in the rear rushed up, Liu Xiang had to mobilize the people around him to stabilize the rear. Only then did the offensive ease up and give Hao Yun and them a chance to breathe.
As soon as the pirates retreated, one of the marines on the watchtower shouted, "Reinforcements are coming!" Reinforcements are coming! ”
Everyone tried hard to look behind the pirates, and sure enough, there was a commotion behind the pirates! The sound of firecrackers was endless, and the sound of fighting was also earth-shattering. The people on board immediately let out an earth-shattering cheer! Morale is also boosted!
Hao Yun, whose arms were sore and weak, who had been fighting for a long time, held the fire hammer and gasped a few times to recover his spirits. Hao Yun could still hold on when he didn't see the reinforcements, as soon as he found out that the reinforcements were coming, Hao Yun suddenly felt that his hands and feet were sore, if there was no fire gun to borrow, I am afraid he would have been sitting on the ground at this time!
Seeing that the victory was in hand, Hao Yun didn't dare to be careless. Hao Yun looked around, only to see that the people around him who could still stand were all injured, and only he had the highest military rank. Hao Yun sighed in his heart and shouted loudly: "Immediately reload the fire gun, don't stop." Tidy up the throwing axes and throwing guns. Look at where are the officers? ”