Although the staff officer did not understand, he still saw that the order was conveyed. So the whole fleet began to twist and turn from a headwind, and gradually formed a horizontal formation.

But Liu Xiang is not a wasted person! When he saw that the other party's flagship began to turn, Liu Xiang let out a burst of wild laughter and said loudly: "You want to hold me? You're still very tender! Turn to take advantage of the downwind position, sail northwest and shake off the bunch of fish! ”

As soon as Liu Xiang's words fell, a pirate lying on the mast shouted at him: "The big boss, there is a ship!" There are boats! ”

Hearing the shout of answer, Liu Xiang excitedly raised the telescope and looked east. He thought the fleet the pirate was talking about was the Dutch fleet. So while Liu Xiang was looking for the shadow of the fleet on the horizon, he was thinking about his next order, whether to go around directly and block it or delay it for a while?

But before he could find the shadow of the fleet, he heard the pirate shout loudly: "Great master! There are ships blocking the channel on the northwest route! ”

Liu Xiang was shocked when he heard this! Hurriedly raised his eyes and saw that more than 20 ships in front of him were quickly inserting into his channel, and they were gradually slowing down, waiting for Liu Xiang to throw himself into the net!

Only then did Liu Xiang know why the opponent was always in a hurry to deal with him, because he was waiting for a partial division to insert from the side and attack him from behind! It seems that the information he has gathered is completely wrong!

Correspondingly, Wu Yizhou's shipyard was full of jubilation! Everyone shouted and laughed! "Well done by the Third Squadron!"

"That's right! It's just in time! ”

Wu Yizhou didn't listen to them, slapped the table and shouted, "Don't shout! The position of the third squadron is dangerous! Inform down, all the warships rush over at full speed, don't give Liu Xiang a chance, be sure to wrap them! ”

In fact, just as Wu Yizhou expected, Liu Xiang made up his mind almost instantly! Because there were ships of the Third Squadron blocking the way ahead, he now had very few options left! Whether to the left or to the right, they will be surrounded by Wu Yizhou's fleet that spreads out in formation. There is only one way in front of Liu Xiang, that is, to break through the blockade of the Third Fleet to survive!

Liu Xiang had vaguely realized that he might have fallen into a trap at this time, but he hadn't thought it through yet. But at this time, the form was already extremely critical, and he couldn't afford to think about it! Liu Xiang shouted loudly with a fierce look in his eyes: "Rush over!" Rush over to survive! ”

After receiving Liu Xiang's order, the fleet, which had been sailing at a slightly slower speed, accelerated again and rushed straight towards the third fleet. The pirates who were cut off from the back road were aroused to ferocity, and shouted loudly to encourage each other.

And the third detachment had already made up their minds to resolutely not let Liu Xiang rush over, and they were on the channel. And they saw that Liu Xiang was showing signs of rushing straight over, but instead he was shrinking the sideways and reducing the distance between the boats. The two staggered battle lines have completely blocked Liu Xiang's way!

The speed of Liu Xiang's fleet is getting faster and faster, and behind him, Wu Yizhou's fleet is also speeding up wildly! Now both sides know the urgency of time! Now it's about speed and courage.

The distance between the Third Fleet and Liu Xiang's fleet was rapidly decreasing. At this time, the third detachment was ready for the onslaught! Their side was facing Liu Xiang's fleet, which was very conducive to their firepower.

The commander of the detachment carried a war knife in his hand, stared at Liu Xiang's ship, and estimated the distance between the two groups of people. As soon as Liu Xiang's fleet entered the firing range, he swung his war knife vigorously and shouted, "Open fire!" ”

The two lines of battle lines of the Third Detachment instantly turned into a volcano erupting with flames and steel! The commander of the 3rd detachment was both brave and intelligent. He ordered his soldiers to be loaded with chain bullets! He knew exactly how many ships he didn't need to sink and how many enemies he would kill now! All he had to do was immobilize the enemy's fleet, and let the main fleet come up from the rear, and it would be a victory!

With the sound of cannons, in an instant, dense iron chains and iron balls flew in the sky! The iron chain crossed the air and made a "whirring" thought! When they fall, they either set off a wave of blood on the deck, or they hit the sails with a "crackling" sound! And the broken bamboo and wood on the sails will cause secondary damage to the pirates!

The first round of firing of the 3rd detachment was completed, and the firing effect was not obvious. After all, it is an artillery fired at the extreme range, and the accuracy is definitely insufficient. So give Liu Xiang the fleet

The damage caused is limited. But there were still seven or eight boats that were shot!

This scares the pirates! These pirates are veterans, and they have never seen such accurate artillery fire in all their years at sea! You know, their artillery is just coming into range at this time. The pirates also knew that they couldn't hit accurately, so they didn't fire at all, but they didn't expect to be preempted by their opponents first!

And that's when you see the difference between a hard sail and a soft sail. If it was a soft-sail battleship, if it encountered such a large density of chain bomb strikes, I am afraid that the speed of the ship would have dropped down long ago! As soon as the soft sail is hit by a chain bullet, the sail will be torn open with a huge opening, and it will not be able to hold the wind at all, and it will not provide much power.

But the hard sail doesn't matter. The part of the bullet will only appear with a slightly larger hole, and it will not be torn open at all. The rest of the stiff sail still provides plenty of power. So this round of artillery failed to play a blocking role, and Liu Xiang's fleet still rushed over.

The sailors of the Third Squadron did not wait for the officers to speak, and began to reload with their lives. There were even fanatical sailors and marines, risking the capsizing of the ship, to move the guns on the other side towards the side where Liu Xiang's fleet was firing, trying to increase the density of fire!

However, the efforts of the sailors were shown, and in less than 20 seconds, the third squadron fired a second round of chain shells! The sky was once again filled with the sound of chains whistling!

Liu Xiang and his pirates turned blue when they saw it! How could they not have expected such a rapid shooting of this fleet! This is clearly a strong army, where are the pirates under the command of the Red-Eyed Dragon King?

The second round of shooting was a lot more accurate! The sound of the hard sails "crackling" and shattering in Liu Xiang's fleet and the screams of pirates are endless! The chain bullets that swept through the crowd took away the heads and limbs of the people! The hard sails hit by the chain bullets burst into flames like throwing knives, and the pirates who never pierced their armor were stabbed to the point of being covered in flesh and blood!

There is also a chain bullet that has established a miracle! A chain bullet slashed through the sky, and a semicircular iron ball slammed into the foremast of a pirate ship, embedded in the mast! The iron ball at the other end was led in a different direction, pierced through the hard sail, and instantly wound twice around the mast with the iron chain! Another semi-circular iron ball slammed into the mast with a whistling sound!