Chapter 32: The Artillery Appears
The crew of the cargo ship received the order to just stand by in place, and now the White Sands side has only prepared five warships ready to meet it, and the number of crews and ships on both sides is very different.
The big war was approaching, Zheng Zhilong couldn't care about Li Qiao'er, who had lost his soul, picked up a bow and crossbow and stood on a front with the crew.
The opposing fleet retracted its canvas and slowed down, and the distance between the two fleets was already within the range of bows and arrows.
In the blink of an eye, countless arrows from the sky fell towards the fleet on the side of the white sand.
The crew on the White Sands side raised their round shields one after another to fend off the arrows.
The arrows continued to shoot at the round shield, and the first breaking attack was considered a successful defense.
Bai Sha calculated the time, and at the moment when the opponent's second batch of arrows fell, he grabbed the gap and shouted: "Prepare the bow and crossbow." ”
If the opponent's bow and arrow shoot along the parabola with a certain arc, then the bow and crossbow on the Baisha side almost go in a straight line, with a fast rate of fire and great power, and the crew holds the crossbow in one hand and shoots it in a volley.
The opponent also raised the round shield to defend, but underestimated the penetration of the bow and crossbow, and the crossbow arrow shot directly through the round shield and shot down the crew behind him, the power can be seen, but after all, the number is too small, plus the miss, the damage is limited.
After a few rounds of arrow exchanges, there were almost no casualties on the Baisha side, all because the round shield could withstand the opponent's arrow attacks, while the opponent could not resist the attacks of the functional bow and crossbow.
Under the elimination of the other, the casualties of the other side are slowly expanding, and it must be the bearded captain who suffers in this way.
Captain Beard was in a hurry, he didn't expect that the Baisha side was actually equipped with bows and crossbows.
"Signal, get ready to board!" Captain Beard said to the crew beside him.
The crew immediately ran to the bow of the ship, and the signal flag waved.
Just the next second when the signal flag successfully signaled, a crossbow arrow pierced his hand, the crossbow arrow was menacing, and the huge inertia overturned the signaling crew directly, fell into the sea, and exploded a small splash.
A wounded and bleeding crew member fell into the sea, which means that most of them will not survive, and the sharks in the sea are not vegetarians.
It was the white sand that shot the crossbow arrows.
"I was obviously aiming for my head, but I missed it!"
After Bai Sha cursed secretly, he continued to look for a gap to shoot crossbow arrows.
Du Ju exerted the greatest combat effectiveness in this battle, and his crossbow arrows with first-class bows and arrows also used tricks, and even gave people the illusion of continuous fire, crossbow arrows shot out and then loaded, and then shot, the action was done in one go, and the crossbow arrows shot were not missing.
Captain Beard's signal was successfully signaled and he was ready to board the ship.
In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Captain Beard ordered the crew to take cover on the side of the ship and then resist the round shields of the crossbow stacked together to protect the helmsman.
Captain Beard's fleet moved again, closing the distance between the two sides again.
The grappling hook hand, who had been shot down on the mast, raised his shield again and climbed up, then rounded the grappling hook and threw it at the white sand fleet, and the price paid was that he was pierced by the crossbow arrow and fell into the sea without suspense.
There are constantly crew members falling into the sea, and it is visible to the naked eye that there are already many sharks gathered, waiting for the "pie" to fall from the sky.
Bai Sha raised the bow and crossbow in his hand and pulled the trigger. The crossbow bolts broke through the air, collided with the grabbing hooks that flew in mid-air, and both fell, and the number of grappling hooks that flew in helplessly was too large to resist at all, and countless grappling hooks fell around the white sand, and even injured several crew members.
With the crossbow arrows, the Baisha side was not afraid of the other party boarding the boat along the rope of the grappling hook, and shot them down one by one.
The other party also understood this truth, so when the grappling hook landed on the fleet on the Baisha side, the crew members who were originally squatting under the side of the ship made a concerted effort to pull the rope vigorously, and they had only one purpose, to let the two fleets stick together, so that they could board the ship directly.
Zheng Zhilong saw that the situation was not good, and quickly pulled out his long sword to cut the rope at the end of the grappling hook, and the crew also did the same, pulling out long knives and cutting the ropes one after another, but the limited number of crew members was inevitably difficult to care about, and the attack of the crossbow arrows stopped while cutting the rope, and some of the crew members on the other side had already climbed along the rope.
Chaos is rampant, the number of crew members is stretched, and once the two sides get closer, it is dangerous.
Bai Sha took a rope, ran high to the mast, grabbed it with one hand, and then ran on the side of the boat, and with the power of running, Bai Sha jumped onto Zheng Zhilong's boat.
Bai Sha held a crossbow arrow, came to Zheng Zhilong's side and said, "Send a signal, start the boat!" ”
Zheng Zhilong comprehended, and began to gesture with the signal flag.
Zheng Zhilong, who was holding a signal flag, was like a target, and was instantly targeted by the other party, and several arrows broke through the air.
Bai Sha pulled out the sword on Zheng Zhilong's waist and slashed the arrows one after another, only one of which got through the gap and shot Bai Sha's arm.
Looking at the arrow piercing into his arm, Bai Sha lifted his sword and slashed the tail of the arrow, which was shocking.
Li Qiao'er, who was hiding behind the side of the boat, saw this scene and closed her eyes in pain.
After receiving Zheng Zhilong's model, whether it was a warship or a cargo ship, the crew took the helm one after another, the canvas rose quickly, and the fleet began to move.
The fleet moves, and the huge pulling force pulls the opposing crew members who are holding the rope into the water!
Captain Beard improvised and ordered the fleet to pull out while the rocketeers prepared.
One by one, the ignited rockets were raised at an elevation angle and aimed at the canvas of the flotilla on the White Sands side.
The signal flag was pressed down, the rockets were shot out one after another, and the canvases of the five warships on the Baisha side were on fire at the same time, the sea breeze was howling, the canvases were burning and falling, and there was a sea of fire!
Bai Sha's face was gloomy, after all, he underestimated the other party's old fox.
The fledgling Bai Sha and Zheng Zhilong suffered in naval combat experience.
The burning canvas did not set fire to the stout mast, but the square logs supporting the canvas were all set on fire, and they continued to burn and fall, and the crew took refuge.
The deck was in chaos, and the crew had no time to estimate anything else.
Captain Beard looked at the other party's fleet of ships on fire, and there was not a little excitement in his heart, on the contrary, he felt guilty when he thought that his daughter was still on one of the ships, but the battle had already begun, and the arrows could not be stopped.
Zheng Zhilong muttered, "It seems that we have failed. ”
Bai Sha endured the sharp pain in his arm, looked at the clear sky, and scolded: "Thief God, it's raining on you!" ”
The white sand did not respond to the words, and the sun became hotter and hotter.
Bai Sha threw away Zheng Zhilong's sword and came to Du Ju's side again alone.
There were no casualties on Du Ju's ship, everyone was preparing artillery in the cabin, and Du Ju was the only one at the helm.
At this time, Du Ju's face was full of exhaustion, and he had reached the point of exhaustion.
Bai Sha took the rudder, and Du Ju said: "Enter the cabin, all the artillery is ready." ”
"The fire has burned his eyebrows, why are you still keeping them, Zheng Zhilong doesn't dare to use them, I'll come!"
Bai Sha frantically turned the rudder and drove the warship out of the fleet.
Without hesitation, Du Ju came to the cabin and ordered the crew to push out all the guns.
On the side of the ship, despite the scorching sun, the outstretched barrel still made people shudder.
The canvas on the warship burned out, the speed of the fleet could not get up, and Baisha stuck the rudder and came to the cabin.
Captain Beard noticed something unusual, as did the outstretched cannon.
It's not just Captain Beard, Qiu Tian, Da Biao, and Zheng Zhilong have all seen it.
Without any signal flag command, one after another artillery pieces suddenly appeared on the warship where Bai Sha and Du Ju were located!
Da Biao wiped the smoke and dust on his face, very aggrieved, and when he saw the ship where the first mate was moving, he was so moved that he was about to cry, and said loudly: "First mate, you are my father." ”
Da Biao glanced at Zheng Zhilong's ship, but there was still no signal coming out, and he must have scolded loudly in his heart at the moment: "Everyone obeys the order, all return to the cabin, and the artillery is ready!" ”
Where can the crew care about the signal flag, their lives are at stake, and they have come to the cabin to launch the artillery.
Qiu Tian looked at Bai Sha and Da Biao's actions and remembered what he had said.
"I'm going to go with the first mate."
Qiu Tian personally took out the signal flag and waved, and everyone entered the cabin to launch the artillery.
Pulling a hair and moving the whole body, except for Zheng Zhilong, the remaining four warships launched artillery one after another.
On the deck, there were crew members who were on fire and rolling, in extreme pain, and Li Qiaoer hid under the side of the ship shivering.
Zheng Zhilong saw all this in his eyes, jumped off the deck, and took off his coat to extinguish the burning crew.
"I'm sorry for you." Zheng Zhilong said apologetically.
The crew just shook their heads.
"Everyone, follow me into the cabin." Zheng Zhilong drank.
The crew seemed to see hope and cheered up. Zheng Zhilong picked up Li Qiao'er and walked towards the cabin, and said in a low voice: "Baisha, I'm here!" ”
Use artillery, live.
Do not use artillery, die.
When life and death were at stake, Bai Sha first made the decision to use artillery, and Zheng Zhilong finally let go of the fetters in his heart and prepared to use artillery!
Bai Sha smiled in the cabin and said, "I know you won't let me down." ”
With that, Bai Sha adjusted the angle of the artillery, aimed at the mast of the opponent's bearded captain's fleet, and ignited the lead of the artillery.
"Boom!" The cannon rang out, and the huge recoil made the cannon retreat.
An iron bullet, like a white tiger out of the cage, flew out with teeth and claws.
This time Baisha took aim, and the iron bullet hit the mast, and the mast broke in response, and the sawdust flew away!
"Bouncing ......" iron bullets were all shot out in the next second.
On the mast, on the side of the ship, on the cabin, there was not a place that could escape such a dense artillery attack.
Bai Sha stared at the opposing fleet from the hollow and ordered, "Attack with fire bombs." ”
The crew charged the bullet according to the steps of the iron bullet, and the fire bomb was filled.
"Let you taste what it is like to be burned!"
Bai Sha's palm pressed into the void, "Put!" ”
As soon as the live sound fell, fist-sized fireballs flew out, and thick black smoke dragged behind the fireballs.
The ship, which was already riddled with holes by the iron ball, was attacked by the fireball again, the sparks flew, and the fire broke out in an instant, and there was no way to extinguish it, and the ship that rushed to the front was destroyed in an instant, and the turbulent sea water poured into the cabin, and the ship slowly sank, leaving only some residue to burn at sea.
The power of the artillery can be seen, and one of the opposing ships was sunk in an instant.
The bearded captain was scared, and his heart was afraid.
All the ships of the flotilla lowered their canvases and stopped the pursuit.
The good form was reversed by the travel of artillery, and the bearded captain lost his daughter and lost his army.
"Why do they have artillery, and there are so many of them, the message I received is not like this!" Bearded Captain roared angrily.