The two sides chased, although the Southeast Fleet was well-trained, but Liu Xiang knew that life and death were at stake, he tried his best to drive his troops to follow, and the pirate ship rowed with sails, or it was quite hard, and within two hours, the distance between the two sides was not opened!

Both sides must seize the upper hand, grit their teeth, and whoever lags behind will be disadvantaged!

"It's tenacious!" Yan Changwu snorted coldly and said, "Continue to the northeast and turn to seize the upper hand." With the blessing of Mazu, we will win! ”

Then he said to Shi Daxuan and Storm: "The command is handed over to you, and I will go down and rest!" Wait until the steering is complete, then call me. ”

Shi Daxuan's level is not at home, but Storm is here, and he is still relieved.

He had just returned to the main cabin, washed up, and drank a sip of hot tea, when he heard a sharp footstep, and several people rushed to his cabin, blocking the guards.

"Come in, what's the matter?" Yan Changwu asked.

Shi Daxuan appeared at the door, his face turned red, and he reported to Yan Changwuyu: "The wind has changed!" It became a northwest wind! ”

"Holy!" Yan Changwu let out a low snort, immediately left his position, and ran out.

Ascending to the open deck, Nasto was so old that without waiting for orders, he had already directed the fleet to begin to turn.

"Discharge two battle lines, my Nanhai No. 1 belt is the first, and Nanhai No. 2 is the second!" Yan Changwu said.

On the stern of the "Nanhai II", the non-commissioned officer reported to the tall black warrior Siresmayu: "The flagship orders us to lead the second battle line!" ”

"Very well, let's destroy them all!" Siresma nodded.

There was jubilation on the ships, and the sound of "Mazu blessed" was endless, and all the soldiers were gearing up, ready to do a big job.

On the pirate ship, the pirate ship was uneasy, panicked and panicked, and the direction of the wind had changed, and it was troublesome to see the plywood ships of the officers and soldiers coming in the wind and waves.

"You have to fight, you have to fight, you have to fight if you don't fight!" Liu Xiang sounded the flag and the horn, and the scattered ships moved closer to the middle, ready to fight.

……

"Go into range, ships fire freely!" Yan Changwu said excitedly.

The guns were loaded and on standby, and the gunners nervously looked out of the portholes.

"Fire! Fire! The officers roared.

Boom Boom!

The cannon roared, one after another, the cannon spewed blazing flames, and the projectiles left the chamber.

The 24-pounder guns and 18-pounder guns were so powerful that the projectiles hit the pirate ships hard, and the small boats that rushed forward were shot in the hull, and they were knocked down large parts of the ship's walls, and even pierced the hull.

Because of the opponent's short stature, some gunboat captains of the Southeast Fleet used chain bullets, which whirred and rotated from side to side, cutting off the opponent's rope sails like razors, and breaking the masts of those who were unlucky.

The training has been effective, and the Southeast Fleet has an extremely high hit rate!

The power of the shelling was not small, and a pirate ship in front of it was shot one after another, as if it had been beaten backwards.

The flying pieces of wood smashed the pirates' heads and bleed, and the bursting wooden thorns made the pirates cry wolves, and some were even sent flying into the sea!

Their so-called "composite armor" was completely OUT and withdrew from the stage of history.

In contrast, the Corsair's counterattack was too weak to be.

Although there are bow guns, the barrels are small, the range and projectile power are far inferior to the other side, and the training is neglected----- gunpowder supply is not easy, and it is not a public expense, so the pirates are reluctant to use more.

The pirate leaders are still very aware of their own affairs, they did not order to fight back, knowing that firing at this time is just becoming a laughing stock for the other party, they are just urging the warships to approach! Get close to enemy ships!

The undisciplined pirates waited for orders and returned fire with gritted teeth.

Sure enough, the shells that were fired out almost missed, and the few that were lucky enough to hit the enemy ship could not break the defense at all, and the thump was louder than throwing marshmallows and smashing elephants.

As the two sides got closer, the guns and guns on the ships of the South-East Fleet were noisy, and they fired indiscriminately with muskets, while the small one-pounder guns erected by the bulwarks also opened fire on the pirate ships.

Two pirate ships rushed towards Nanhai One.

Immediately, they were caught in a rain of bullets!

The upper deck of the Nanhai No. 1 gun fired all the shotguns, plus the open-air deck guns and 1-pounder cannons and muskets, countless small projectiles flew sideways in the air, the pirate ship was full of fire, shrapnel flew sideways, those brave men were killed by the projectiles that fell from the sky before they could wield a knife, or were beaten to the flesh and blood, the shotgun hit rate was low, but they couldn't stand their number, hitting a person with a bloody hole, or a skull at worst!

The same tragedy occurred on the approaching pirate ships, and the southeastern ships used their shotguns, causing the pirate ships to crack and scream.

"Hit! Beat! Beat! "The condescending southeastern province army looked for people to shoot with muskets, and the 1-pounder cannon fired directly at people.

The pirate who was unfortunately hit was covered in blood, and the blood flowed everywhere, which was unbearable!

With such ferocious firepower, how could the pirates still be able to raise their heads and hook up with the opposing warship in order to set it on fire!

In such a situation, even the most ferocious pirates have to wait for her,

The first battle line of the Southeast Fleet sailed in front of the pirate fleet, then turned to the east, inserted itself into the front of the pirate fleet, and carried out a barrage baptism on the pirate ship.

The second battle line, under the command of Siresma, headed northeast to flank the pirate fleet.

Condescendingly, relying on the firepower, bullying the pirates' boats.

Liu Xiang could no longer hold back, and ordered the pirate front army to entangle with the first enemy battle line, trying to break into the ship by all means, or set fire, as for himself, personally led the most elite Chinese army ships to meet the second battle line.

Chinese military ships! The ship was more than 30 meters long, and the 4-pounder cannon was erected with sandbags on the left and right sides of the ship, and there was a 12-pounder gun in the bow.

Two hostile fleets slowly approached, firing cannonballs at each other!

The deductive line shooting, the sound of artillery was deafening, and the "alley" in the middle of the two battle lines was filled with gunsmoke, and when they could not see each other, people simply shot indiscriminately.

The Chinese ships that were shot shook endlessly, and the ships were shot one after another, and the first three Chinese ships almost lost control under the shelling of the opponent.

Liu Xiang's mouth was full of bitterness, he spent a lot of effort to build the Chinese military ships, once bullied the Ming officials and soldiers to death, the official and military warships are generally small (a big ship is a boat, a small boat is also a boat, the adults in the court saw the manufacture of fifty boats, the number is considerable, you can show merit, but the parameters), can not deal with the Chinese military ships.

But the Chinese military ships can't deal with the plywood ships of the Southeast Fleet, ah, you still have to use the plywood ships to deal with the plywood ships, Liu Xiang has this understanding.

He watched as his boat was slaughtered, the Chinese ships were beaten to the point that they could not fight back, and the small cannons placed on the sandbags on the side were even blown into the air!

It can be called wonderful, and the Southeast Army applauded loudly: "Beautiful! ”

Liu Xiang was furious and shouted, "Retreat!" Fall back! ”