Chapter 181: Fierce Battle

Chu Liuxiang was very depressed, he found out for the first time that those big Buddha Lang machines were so powerful, and he could fire seven cannons with one cannon by himself, and he didn't have to worry about the barrel being overheated and exploding.

Once in range, it is much more lethal than his beloved Daihatsu tribute.

What's even more depressing is that the muzzles of people's guns can still turn up and down, left and right, and the enemy can still shoot within 100 meters.

And the position of their bow gun group was already high, and the small Japanese ship was short, and at this distance, the Daihatsu Gong and the Half Snake Cannon could no longer hit each other, and it was useless to add a gasket to the stern......

"Grandma's, what kind of bullshit design is this?" I saw the big Buddha machines spitting tongues of fire, and harvesting the lives of the Japanese in strings. Chu Liuxiang took a sip depressedly, and said in his heart that if this continues, the limelight will be robbed by the Franc machine gun crew, and the dream of special promotion will definitely be yellow.

The only thing that could be hit now was the Ataka ship with its broken sails and far behind.

But the Ataka boat board is very strong, and the grape bullet can't be penetrated, and the solid bullet is useless.

"I can only make a special move, and I will be on the red fire bomb!" Chu Liuxiang gritted his teeth and said.

"Ah, Commander, that thing is too risky, isn't it?!" The smoky gunner was startled, and the deputy gunner, loader, and gunpowder man also looked at the gunner in fear. They'd practiced that thing twice, and each time they had to pee their pants in fright.

"Dogs, don't learn how to shoot if you're timid!" Chu Liuxiang spat and said: "That Wang Ba boat is so strong, how can it be fought without red fire bombs?!" ”

Don't look at the security team is not an army in name, but the severity of military law is not inferior to that of the Qi family's army, the artillery commander gives orders, and the people below only have the part to carry them out.

The gunpowder man dragged out a thick tin bucket from the cabin, lit the charcoal in the bucket with a torch, and when the blue flame was blazing, he clamped four hollow iron bullets into the charcoal bucket.

"Commander, how long does this have to burn?" The gunners, who had not been bombarded, were loading their Longqing-style rifles for self-defense, and watched from a distance as the gunpowder men were sweating profusely and fanning the flames and roasting iron balls.

"Wait." Chu Liuxiang glanced at them angrily, which was a little embarrassing.

Supposedly, the shells should have been burned red at the beginning. But this thing is too dangerous, and if it falls on the deck, it can cause a tragedy in the world. So the gunners were very resistant to this thing, and after a few drills, even the gunners on the ship were too frightened to force the gunners to prepare this dangerous thing that the sailors called 'red fire bombs'.

So at first, the gunpowder hand, who was in charge of preparing the bombs, did not even light the charcoal bucket. After all, there was a barrel of propellant sitting under his belly, and it was too dangerous to light another barrel of fire.

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The bow battery over there is closed, but the big Buddha machine here is very prosperous.

Nearly 200 Franc planes on the twenty warships roared at the same time, forming a dense network of crossfire, frantically harvesting the Japanese on the deck.

Almost every ship was heavily damaged, and there were many Japanese ships that were destroyed. The corpses of the Japanese were floating on the surface of the sea, and the wounded and overboard were crying and screaming, like hell on earth.

The little boats, which were seriously unprotected, suffered heavy casualties and even the oarsmen, almost all of them lost power and drifted helplessly on the water, completely becoming a live target for the Coast Guard.

However, the ships that were closed were higher on the side, and the oarsmen were rowing below deck. Shotguns lack the ability to break defenses, so the damage to oarsmen is naturally limited. Therefore, even if the Japanese on the deck have been wiped out, the oarsmen below are still rowing desperately, so that the Guan ship is constantly approaching the Ming ships.

In the Middle Ages, Japanese pirates set up checkpoints on the main routes of navigation at sea and collected tolls from ships, hence the name 'Sekibune'.

Due to the need to chase down ships that refused to pay tolls, the Sekiki ships were designed and built with speed in mind. In the Warring States period, such ships were used as military ships. Under the desperate rowing of forty or fifty oarsmen, the speed that bursts out in a short period of time is indeed not comparable to that of a sailboat driven by the wind.

It is because although the fleet of the Ming Dynasty has been sailing with sails along the current, desperately trying to keep a distance, it is still being approached by the Japanese ships!

Besides, the Big Buddha Rang machine is not a real repeating gun. After hitting the preloaded sub-guns, the firing speed slows down suddenly.

After all, you can't completely destroy the enemy with firepower alone......

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The two sides were only less than 30 meters apart, and finally entered the range of the Japanese invaders.

Those who were lying on the deck had been waiting for this moment for a long time. They immediately lit the arquebus and fired the 'iron cannon' in their hands.

The so-called 'iron cannon' of the Japanese is the arquebus. Contrary to their rejection of artillery, they admired the arquebus and made a large number of imitations.

Speaking of which, it was the Portuguese who Wang Zhi brought back then to pass on this technology to the Japanese......

Japanese craftsmen are still very spiritual, or rather they are more rigid. The firing device and body tube production process of the iron cannon are strictly in accordance with the original standards, and each musket is meticulously built, so the iron cannon they imitate has always maintained a high standard, which is basically the same as the level made in Guangdong.

Hundreds of 'iron cannons' crackled and fired, and stone bullets, iron bullets, and lead were fired at the deck of the blacktail ship.

But the deck of the ship was a full foot higher than the deck of the ship. Under the threat of the Great Buddha Machine, the Japanese were unable to stand up and shoot, and the disadvantage in the next attack became more and more obvious.

Most of the projectiles were fired at the boat, and they couldn't hurt the hard iron wood at all.

A small number of projectiles that hit the deck were also blocked by sandbags held high, causing almost no casualties.

The Marines on the deck also began to shoot against the bunker. They have all undergone rigorous training in shooting at sea, and within twenty or thirty meters, they can completely miss a shot with a well-crafted Longqing-style rifle.

Their mission is to find the Japanese who can't be beaten by the Great Buddha Lang machine, and resolutely annihilate them!

Although the pirates have done their best to hide behind various covers. But the Marines were condescending, unobstructed, firing with rifles, and there were almost no dead ends.

After a volley of guns, the would-be pirates, who were hiding in the cabin, in the crack of the deck, and behind the bow guard, screamed and were shot.

However, the will to fight of these Japanese robbers is still amazing, and of course they are helpless...... They are charging down the river now, and if they escape, they will go against the current, isn't that the artillery slaughter given to Daming?

So you still have to attack hard, but the chances of survival will be greater. They firmly believe that as soon as they take the ship, the balance of victory and defeat will immediately tilt in their favor!

The pirates continued to approach with a roar, and when the iron cannon had finished firing a shot, they did not have time to reload, so they shot arrows and threw torches at the blacktail boats. After throwing the torch on it, throw the oil canister into the ship like a meteor hammer.

Fortunately, the officers of the Coast Guard ...... Oh no, the police officers, they are all old men of the Qi family, they are very experienced, and they have prepared for fire prevention in advance. Wet quilts were used to cover areas that were prone to fire, and fireproof sand was also laid on the deck.

So the desperate fight of the Japanese, although it caused a certain amount of panic, was quickly extinguished.

However, in the process of fighting the fire, some security guards were still hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and there were casualties......

Moreover, the firefighting affected the enemy's firepower, and the Japanese ships finally came up, and they immediately couldn't wait to put down the tattered slabs and prepare to use them as ladders to climb the boats.

"Block them!" The gunners in charge of the command were dumbfounded, roared and ordered the Big Franc to continue firing, and at the same time ordered the marines to mount their bayonets!

The Marines removed a foot-long bayonet from their waists, and the kalakala inserted it into the barrel. This is the second major improvement of the Longqing style, allowing the musket to avoid being reduced to a burning stick when it is close to him.

The Japanese began to climb the board, and a white-knuckle battle was just around the corner!

At this time, there was an amazing scene. I saw that the last black-tailed ship that fell in the battle suddenly spread its full sails and rushed towards the warships of both sides at full speed!

"Fuck me!"

"Nani?!"

On the sea, exclamations in Chinese and Japanese Chinese sounded at the same time.

Before the exclamation could be heard, the black-tailed boat stopped and crashed into a gate. With a bang, the ship built by Songshan disintegrated directly in the middle section. The widows, who were crawling towards the boat of the security team, fell into the water like dumplings.

Amid the cheers of the security guards, the blacktail boat went castrated, smashed several huddled ships one after another, and finally crashed into another blacktail boat that could not be evaded, before stopping.

Fortunately, everyone was hard enough, but the people on the deck turned on their backs, and the hull was fine.

Although only a few ships were smashed, it dealt a serious blow to the morale of the Japanese and boosted the morale of the security guards!

At this time, the five armed sand boats in the rear finally made a detour from the two wings. Although they could not directly hit the Wuwei ships like the Wuwei ships, they provided strong support for the besieged Wuwei fleet with heavy artillery fire.

The reloaded Great Buddha Rang Machine sprayed shotguns on the crowded ships, causing the remaining Japanese to be wiped out.

Most of the Japanese on the ship were gone, and the samurai in charge of the command could only draw men from the oarsmen to attack.

The oarsmen weren't even ashigaru, but they were farmers who fished and farmed, and they were fine in the cabin. As soon as I got on the deck, I saw the tragic scene of a sea of blood flowing into a sea and purgatory, and I was directly frightened. It's almost ...... to take the pee.

Of course, there are also Japanese who rush to the deck, holding a bright Japanese sword, and start to want to kill all sides!

However, what awaits them is the strongest array on the earth in the sixteenth century, setting a record for the battle loss ratio in the era of cold weapons, honorably produced by Qi Jiguang, and taught by Tong Zigong to the treasure of the Japanese - 'Mandarin Duck Array'...... A simplified version of the 'Five Elements Array'.

There's no way, the space on the ship is limited, and the mandarin duck array of twelve people can't be opened. It can only be disassembled into a 'five-element array' to make do with this.

I saw that the security guards were in groups of five, one holding a shield and the other holding a spear, forming the first line of defense. Two other pikemen followed, as well as a sword and shield bearer, in case someone could sneak up from behind.