Chapter 208: Broadside Battle
"Boom, boom, boom" three loud bangs in succession, three clouds of white smoke erupted from the port side of the Zhuyin ship, and three black iron balls came with a sharp whistling, fortunately, the gunners of this era were not accurate, and the three shells were scattered and landed on the sea behind Guo Zhiyuan's fortune boat, and the "boom, boom, boom" brought a large splash, and did not bring substantial damage to Guo Zhiyuan's fortune boat.
But it was enough to cause the sailors on the ship to panic, "They have cannons!" The sailors aboard the ship all screamed in horror and began to scurry around the deck with their heads in their hands like headless flies!
Guo Zhiyuan also frowned, the enemy's firepower was so fierce and he was a little surprised, looking at the range of the cannonballs fired by the Zhu Yin ship just now, it was very far, not like the self-made artillery of the Ming Dynasty, but the more powerful Hongyi cannon or the big Buddha Lang machine gun, if the opponent only has one cannon, maybe Guo Zhiyuan can also gamble on luck, after all, the accuracy of the gunners in this era is very poor, but the sound of the cannon just now shows that the opponent has at least three or more artillery, which can't be lucky.
Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan grabbed the boat boss beside him, who was already frightened and had no fighting spirit, and said calmly: "Immediately raise the white flag, lower the sails, beat the boat horizontally, stop the boat and wait for them to come up!" ……”
As soon as the boss of the ship heard it, he knew that Guo Zhiyuan was preparing to fight with the enemy on the Zhu Yin ship, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It's useless, they have a big ship, there must be more people than us, and we can't beat it......"
Guo Zhiyuan glanced at him coldly and said, "Do you have a better way?" Even if you don't resist, do you think they'll let you go? ……”
The boss of the ship knew that Guo Zhiyuan was reasonable, and he had no choice but to follow Guo Zhiyuan to gamble with his life, and quickly drank the sailors under him who were already frightened by the six gods, raised the white flag, lowered the sails, and then turned the rudder to hit the lucky boat horizontally, and the lucky boat stopped completely.
Li Jin laughed proudly when he saw the white flag raised by the lucky ship, and did not continue to order the cannon, after all, he was still worried about the silver and materials on Guo Zhiyuan's lucky ship, wouldn't he be able to catch anything if he really sank Guo Zhiyuan's lucky ship? As for whether they will encounter Guo Zhiyuan after boarding the ship, their resistance is completely out of his consideration, before he came, he already knew the force on Guo Zhiyuan's ship, not to mention that he still has a hundred Japanese ronins and a hundred local pirates on board, these Japanese ronin's combat effectiveness is still quite strong, usually dozens of Japanese pirates can beat hundreds of Ming Dynasty regular troops and escape. Such force is enough to crush the opponent, even if he encounters a Fujian sailor, he dares to face it head-on!
Seeing that the Zhu Yin ship did not fire again, Guo Zhiyuan couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, he was also gambling that the opponent not only wanted to kill but also wanted to make money, if he really met a second stunned man who didn't play according to the routine, no matter how much he bombarded with cannonballs first, then he would have to cry to death, he asked the boss of the ship to take the sailors and the fifty guards to move out the materials in the cabin and pile them on the deck to make cover, because he knew that the next broadside battle would be very tragic, the enemy was outnumbered, and the only ones he could rely on were Zhang Cheng, Fa Zheng, Chu Wan'er and her ten personal guards, so she must try her best to deal with the enemy, buy time for herself, and let her arranged back hands play a role.
After doing all this, Guo Zhiyuan let the ship's boss, sailors, and the fifty soldiers all hide in the cabin, leaving only Zhang Cheng, Fa Zheng, Chu Wan'er and his ten personal guards on the deck, because he knew that the battle on the side was momentum, and now it was useless to let those sailors and soldiers who had no fighting spirit stay on the deck, but it would affect the combat power of the regimental training villagers.
At this time, the Zhu Yin ship had already forced into Guo Zhiyuan's Fu ship, Guo Zhiyuan could already see that the Japanese and pirates on the Zhu Yin ship were happily waving the weapons in hand, and hurriedly waved their hands to let the regimental training village soldiers hide behind the bunker, Li Jin saw that the deck of the Fu ship was empty, only stacks of sacks and supplies, thinking that Guo Zhiyuan had given up resistance, and moved the materials out to save their lives, and they became more and more light on the enemy, and waved their hands proudly and shouted: "Turn the rudder left, lean up!" Get ready to go! ......" His men and sailors also can't wait to take out their claws and hooks and prepare for the next broadside battle!
The Zhu Yin boat also hit the boat horizontally, and leaned over with the help of inertia, "Catch!" Li Jin shouted, dozens of flying claws flew over from the Zhu Yin ship, "grab, grab, seize the ......" sound is endless, the flying claws firmly grasp the side of the Fu ship, it must not be said that Li Jin and their gang of pirates have rich experience in sea combat, and the cooperation is very tacit, there are people next to the people who throw the flying claws with shields to protect them, and there are people behind them with bows and crossbows and fire guns to guard, because they know that this time is the most vulnerable time to encounter attacks in the broadside battle, but there is no movement on the Fu ship, This made them even more convinced that the people on the ship had given up resistance.
"Pull!" Li Jin shouted again, and his subordinates hurriedly pulled the ropes on the flying claws, and even those who were holding shields couldn't help but throw their shields to help pull the ropes, because the next step was their chance to make a fortune, how could they not wait?
"Boom!" The sides of the two ships finally came together, and without waiting for Li Jin's order, the pirates under him scrambled to jump to the Fu boat with weapons, especially those Japanese pirates, they and Li Jin were originally in an employment relationship, and they didn't even sell Li Jin's account much, and Li Jin's local pirates were a little afraid of them, so the first batch of people to jump the gang were basically Japanese robbers armed with Japanese knives!
"Volley!" Guo Zhiyuan shouted, and the regimental training township soldiers stood out from behind the bunker in tacitly, and pulled the trigger of the flintlock pistol in their hands in unison, "Bang, bang, bang" There was a loud bang, there was no problem of missing at such a close distance, and the first batch of would-be robbers who jumped down were beaten into a sieve before their feet even landed on the deck of the Fu Ship!
"Bastard!" Li Jin shouted angrily, and the pirates under him were also blinded by this sudden head-on attack, and they opened their mouths wide and didn't come back to their senses for a long time, and the pirates who were covering with bows and crossbows and firearms behind them were relatively small because of the distance, so there were a few quicker reactions who shot back, but Guo Zhiyuan retracted back into the bunker and hid after they finished firing, so their return fire did not have any effect.
Li Jin has been a pirate for many years, and he has seen a big scene, so he immediately shouted: "Keep jumping!" They just let go of the guns, it takes time to recharge, jump on their boats and their guns are useless! ……”
In fact, there is no need for Li Jin to shout, the Japanese under him have been aroused by Guo Zhiyuan's counterattack, and shouted "Baga!" "Jumped down towards the fortune boat again, but they didn't count Guo Zhiyuan What they were holding was a flintlock pistol in their hands, because there was no use of the fire rope to ignite, and the time for the flintlock to reload and fire was much shorter than that of ordinary firearms, so the second batch of Japanese pirates had just jumped down Guo Zhiyuan They had already completed the second loading, and a salvo came out from behind the bunker again, and the second batch of pirates were beaten into a sieve again!
This time, not only the pirates under Li Jin, but even Li Jin himself was a little blinded, he knew about the Ming Dynasty's firearms, it was impossible to have such a fast rate of fire, and the stability of the Ming Dynasty's firearms was poor, and it was easy to blow up and injure themselves by mistake, so they still liked to use cold weapons to fight, but Guo Zhiyuan's firearms in their hands completely subverted his cognition, and the rate of fire was too fast!
In this way, it continued for four or five waves in a row, and as soon as Li Jin's pirates jumped onto Guo Zhiyuan's lucky boat, they were killed by Guo Zhiyuan's flintlock pistol volley, and even a few fish that slipped through the net were quickly killed by the mending knife, leaving behind forty or fifty corpses but not even touching Guo Zhiyuan's side!
Li Jin finally knew that he had encountered a hard stubble this time, especially that most of the forty or fifty pirates who died were Japanese pirates, this is his cutting-edge combat power, he can rely on these fierce Japanese pirates on the sea, and these Japanese pirates are hired by him, unlike those local pirates who die and throw them into the sea, he has to pay silver, otherwise he will be attacked by other Japanese pirates.
But now, Li Jin has no way back, he can only fill it with human lives, he can only change his strategy, let his local pirates as cannon fodder, take the shield to protect the vital point and jump to the fortune ship first, and then let the more combative Japanese robbers jump down under the cover of cannon fodder.
I have to say that Li Jin's strategy is still very effective, the number advantage of the pirates quickly wiped out Guo Zhiyuan's advantage in weapons, as more and more pirates jumped on the deck of the lucky ship, the regimental training villagers also had to put away their flintlock pistols, pick up cold weapons and engage the pirates in close combat, and soon fell into a bitter battle!
Guo Zhiyuan did not fight with the regimental training villagers, but retreated into the cabin, and said coldly to the ship boss and sailors who were hiding in the cabin to watch the battle, as well as the fifty soldiers: "Are you going to continue watching?" We've just killed so many of them, what do you think they'll do to you once they take over our ship? If it's a man, take up arms and go out with me to fight them! ......" After speaking, he walked out of the cabin again without looking back, and went to fight side by side with the regimental training villagers.
The boss of the boat knew that what Guo Zhiyuan said was reasonable, with the ferocious character of the Japanese Bandits, Guo Zhiyuan had killed so many Japanese Bandits, once the entire lucky ship was occupied by them, the Wolves would definitely vent their anger on them, that is, life was better than death, so the boss of the boat gritted his teeth and yelled: "Brothers, if you want to die, let's fight with them!" After speaking, he took his sailors to pick up their weapons and rushed out, the fifty soldiers looked at each other, although they were still a little cringe, but they also knew that there might be a glimmer of life at this time, and if they didn't fight, they would inevitably die, and finally they had the courage to pick up their weapons and rush out!