The pursuit was in progress, one chased and one escaped, and after the north of the small spider island, the pirate fleet went diagonally to the southwest, merged with the pirate ship that had retreated before, and then turned to the northeast, and the black pressure pressed a piece, I don't know how many!

At this time, the wind is in the southeast, and the southeast fleet is in the enemy's northeast direction, and it is difficult to seize the upper hand due to the obstruction of the small spider island.

The situation is very clear, the other side wants to use the opportunity of the tailwind to take the Southeast Fleet directly, and succeed in the middle!

Liu Xiang was on the Chinese military ship, driving the ship into the army, he personally beat the drum and marched, and the pirates said before: "Those who go into battle to kill the enemy are two taels of silver per person, if the war is prolonged, each person will be increased to five taels, and if you can set fire to an enemy ship, give two hundred taels of silver (about twenty people on a boat, ten taels per person), and ten taels per person of a member of the southeast fleet!" ”

He used all his strength to attack in a big way, to take down the Southeast Fleet in one drum, not to let go of a ship, only by destroying the Southeast Fleet, he can be safe!

Otherwise, 30,000 silver dollars is too tempting, and I don't know when I will cut off my head in my sleep, after all, the Southeast Fleet is in this sea, and there will be a reward for sending it.

Liu Xiang gave the cash, considering that the killer's life was not valuable, and the silver was valuable, and the pirates fought for the silver.

These outlaws, clamoring and shouting, rushed out like a tidal wave by the wind.

For a moment, the sea was filled with their wild shouts, even drowning out the rumbling of cannons.

"I don't know what I want to do as a laborer!" Yan Changwu laughed loudly on the flagship, and he said to everyone: "They have a good wind, they want more people to win, and they dare to fight knowing that our artillery is advantageous, it is nothing more than a gang fight, burning our ship with fire, I am not as good as them!" ”

The flagships rotated, and the ships formed in odd and even formation (the odd and even numbers had been determined to be equal before sailing), and two battle lines parallel to the enemy ships were formed downwind (if one was too long, the other side would intercept our troops), and they were in order, lined up and even marched gracefully.

The pirate leaders were all jealous, and although they didn't want to admit it, the Southeast Mansion had indeed done a great job! ‘

Liu Xiang stood on the Chinese ship, saw the southeast battleships in the distance, and said with a cruel smile: "Even if you are under heavy fire, I am in the upper hand, the speed of the ship is extremely fast, stay by your side, jump ship and fight, I am afraid that you warships will all go to see your Mazu." ”

This time, he went to extremes, and the hundreds of boats in front of him were all fire ships!

The plan is to move forward desperately, stay in front of the enemy ship, connect the enemy and us with a hook, and burn it!

This time, he is going to come to the Three Kingdoms Zhou Lang to burn Chibi, and he earned it with one fight.

The roaring cannons woke him up from his sweet dream, the corsair had already sailed into the cannon range of the Southeast Fleet, and the officers and men of the fleet looked at the dense and speeding enemy ships, and saw the signal from the flagship, and the officers shouted: "Fire!" Fire! Free Fire! ”

The military order was issued, which meant that there would be no bursts and salvos, and it was up to each artillery squad to decide whether to fire or not.

Suddenly, the guns on each ship fired, and the sea was immediately covered with artillery and gunsmoke, and the earth-shattering loud sound was endless, and many of the pirate ships on the opposite side were hit, but the scene was peculiar.

Not many solid bullets hit the pirate ship, all the bullets used were chain bullets!

Chain bullet is simply an iron ball with two ends of an iron chain, also known as a double bullet with a tie, when it is issued, the two ends rotate, break the sail rope and break the mast, and the middle one is all broken!

Both sail fleet operations and single-ship engagements are greatly affected by the position of the ship in relation to the direction of the wind, and it is difficult for ships upwind to open the lower gun doors, especially for three-deck ships, while ships downwind are better positioned to open their guns. However, shells fired from a downwind position tend to hit rigging or masts, while shells fired from an upwind position hit the hull of the ship, so it is a strategic purpose to determine where the ship should occupy in battle.

For the Southeast Fleet, the firepower output per unit time (DPS) is extremely important, the bigger the better, and Yan Changwu always boasted that his guns were bigger, harder and thicker than others, so Yan Changwu asked his captains to have the upper hand.

Now there is no way to get the upper hand, so use the tactics of the downwind, and the chain bullet will hit the rigging mast.

Hit quite accurately, about a dozen pirate ships will have to keep their masts, or the rigging will be cut off like a razor and the sails will be dropped!

However, relying on inertia and wind to push the ship, the pirate ships still moved forward, and when they got closer, they could clearly see that the pirate bow was bound with sharpened rough wood, hook ropes, which were obviously used to ram and hook the southeast warship.

How could the southeastern battleships give them their wishes, and immediately both battle lines went westward, not engaging the other side, and at the same time the ships fired a salvo of muskets and small guns.

The guns roared, and what was even more terrifying was that the small cannons fired shotguns, which hit a large area, so that the pirates could not raise their heads on the ship, and it was difficult to catch the southeast warship.

The pirates also learned a lot of things, and prepared sandbags and wooden fences, plus shields to resist the attacks of the opponent's small projectiles.

No one had any great results, and the tactics of the Southeast Fleet did not seek merit, but did not seek fault, and did not intend to fight the enemy to the death.

And the pirates wanted to fight to the death with the Southeast Fleet, but they ignored them and patronized and talked about it.

Now there is a wind, and the plywood boat has the wind to pull the sails, pull the distance, turn west, and grab the wind!

Liu Xiang saw that the ships could not catch up with the enemy, but gradually scattered, he was also an old man, and immediately Mingjin withdrew his troops.

Then go west, enter Guishan Island, then go west to North Point, and go south to Gongmiao, Datun.

This is the junction of the Pearl River estuary and the sea, the water is shallow and not counted, the development is also less, there are many underwater reefs, there are many sandbanks, Liu Xiang led the team to go to the shallow water area, proving one, the southeast fleet is really aware of the hydrological situation in this area, they did not follow up the danger zone, just dotted from afar.

Either there are internal ghosts, or if the Southeast Mansion has some understanding of the local situation, it's just that Liu Xiang prefers to have internal ghosts, but he didn't say anything, after all, there is no evidence, and he secretly decided to track down

What made Liu Xiang's heart sad was that the Southeast Fleet was not in a hurry to fight, and the formation was always dense, so as not to give pirates a chance to take advantage of it.

"War is a continuation of politics, it is best if we can fight quickly, and it is okay to drag it on, anyway, the place where it is broken is not my hometown!" Yan Changwu said to the captains.

Captains: "I don't understand ......"

"If you don't understand, then carry out the order!" Yan Changwu commanded.

When Liu Xiang's fleet was drilling into the shallow sea, and the sky was getting dark, the Southeast Fleet broke away from the track, sailed to the open sea, and anchored in the open sea.

The day's record was to sink five pirate ships that had fallen behind, and the other five pirate ships with broken masts lost control, which was also considered a victory.

Liu Xiang's fleet traveled from west to east by night, crossed the mouth of the Pearl River, and disappeared into the night.

The next day, the cruisers of the Southeast Fleet searched everywhere, but they did not see Liu Xiang's fleet, so they went to Guangzhou, as if they had returned victorious.