Chen Sipan really didn't expect that he would be ambushed by the Ming army's sailors so far away from the coastline.

Didn't the imperial court enforce a sea ban, didn't the Ming army sailors lock themselves up in their homes and couldn't come out, why did they run so far away to commit an ambush this time?

Of course, it is useless to think about this at this time, and how to overcome the current crisis is the most important thing.

So, what exactly to do?

At this time, he realized that his position was too fucked, because his flagship was in the middle of more than two hundred pirate ships, whether it was left or right, or even turned around and retreated, it was too late for the two sides to be too close, and it would not be long before the fleets of the two sides would collide together, and it would be impossible to avoid it, and he would definitely fight against the Ming army's naval division.

If his flagships were on the left and right of the flotilla, he might be able to bypass the Ming warships and flee south.

At this time, he has no chance to turn around or go around to the left and right, since he can't get around, then rush, and concentrate his forces may be able to break a gap in the middle of the Ming warship, so that he can escape.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly shouted: "Quick, order all the ships to concentrate in the middle, rush over, and break out a gap in the middle of the Ming warships." ”

There are not many Ming warships in front, and there are more than ten left in the middle after the left and right wings are scattered, if more than 200 pirate ships can follow his orders and rush to the middle, there is still a great chance of breaking the gap.

It's a pity that he overestimated the guts of other pirates.

What are you kidding, they are surrounded by the officers and soldiers and rush to the middle, there is something wrong, it is only right to run to the left and right sides, bypassing the interception of the Ming army in front of you may be able to escape, who the hell will follow you to the middle.

Before his order could be heard, the other pirates began to turn and flee to the left and right, and soon there were only thirty or so ships of his own command in between.

it, these donkeys!

Chen Sipan cursed in his heart, and then shouted frantically: "Rush me, rush over, fight with them." ”

Before he could finish his words, there was another loud roar of artillery in front of him.

"Boom, boom, boom", hundreds of huge shells were smashed again, and this time, the accuracy was higher, and there were thirty or forty ships shot.

Pirates don't have many big fortune ships, and even small fortune ships are not many, most of the pirates are small sailing ships, the kind with a single sail, it can be bigger than a centipede ship, this kind of ship is basically unable to withstand the bombardment of a thousand pounds of giant cannons, as long as the cannonball hits, it is definitely a big hole.

In this round, more than a dozen of these small sailing ships were smashed through the deck and floor and sank directly.

When the other pirates saw this, they were even more frightened, and fled desperately to the left and right.

Seeing this, Yang Cong couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

He originally thought that there would be a bitter battle, after all, there were more than 200 large and small sea ships on the opposite side, not to mention tens of thousands of people on board, and there were only more than 100 Cangshan ships intercepted by them, a total of less than 4,000 people.

Unexpectedly, these pirates had no intention of engaging in battle at all, and as soon as they heard the sound of cannons, they desperately rushed to the left and right, and there were more than 30 ships left in the middle.

After all, the number of warships on their side is only about half of that on the opposite side, and it is impossible to extend left and right, and it is impossible to completely block people, what should I do?

At this time, he didn't speak, he only came to supervise the battle, not to command, in terms of naval battle command, he was far worse than Yu Dayou.

Seeing this, Yu Dayou calmly ordered: "Order, change the geese in formation, and hold the more than 30 pirate ships in the middle." ”

Yes!

Yang Cong couldn't help but remind carefully: "Don't the pirate ships on both sides care?" ”

Yu Dayou had no choice but to explain helplessly: "My lord, we only have more than 100 warships, and it is impossible to block all the more than 200 pirate ships fleeing on both sides, and there are not a few Dafu ships in the pirate ships on both sides, but there are several in the middle, it is obvious that the middle group is the pirate ship under the pirate leader Chen Sipan." As long as we encircle and annihilate Chen Sipan, the morale of the pirates will be gone, and when the time comes, let the warships surrounding us on both sides chase after us, anyway, we are all fast ships, and sailboats can't run. ”

This is indeed very reasonable, it is the east wind blowing at this time, and the sailing ship cannot be fast whether it is going south or north, and it is not very difficult for the Cangshan ship and the centipede ship to catch up, and it should be difficult for the pirates on both sides to run away.

When Yang Cong heard this, he nodded slightly, and then stopped talking.

At this time, the warships on the left and right sides came out again, and the thousand-pound cannon was loaded, Yu Dayou saw this, and ordered without hesitation: "Target, in the middle of the front, open the cannon." ”

This thousand-pound cannon is not the same as the tiger squat cannon of dozens of catties, after the sub-gun is loaded with ammunition, there are more than 100 catties, and when the sub-cannon is replaced, several people have to carry it, and the speed is naturally not as fast as the tiger squat cannon, but its power is also much greater than that of the tiger squat cannon.

"Boom, boom", another huge cannon roar sounded, this time, all the shells were concentrated on Chen Sipan's fleet, dozens of huge water columns rose into the sky, that guy, it was like a rainstorm.

Chen Sipan only felt that there was mist in front of him, and he couldn't see anything clearly, and when the water column fell, he found that most of the ships under his command had been shot.

The Daifuku ship and the Xiaofu ship were a little better, at most, the cabin was smashed into a hole, and even the shells of the thousand-pound cannon could not penetrate the thick ship's side and deck.

Other boats are different, some of the sides of the boat have been smashed to pieces, some have been smashed in half, and several small boats have begun to tilt and sink, and the people on it are like dumplings, desperately jumping into the water and swimming to nearby boats.

At this time, he can be said to regret not falling, when Wang Zhi was looking for someone to cast earthen guns and earth cannons, he actually knew, but unfortunately, he was too troublesome, and did not learn Wang Zhi to try to cast those things.

Fortunately, at this time, the distance between the two sides was less than two hundred paces, and it was estimated that the shells would fall behind them if the artillery opened fire again, so he hurriedly shouted: "Quick, order all the boats to rush, rush over, and knock the ships in front of them away." ”

Naval battles generally do not choose to collide ships, because the ships at this time are all wooden, if the size is not much different, the consequences of the two sides hitting together is simply unimaginable, it is very likely, both sides of the ship will collide and crack, and when the sea water pours in, everyone will be finished.

However, at this time, Chen Sipan couldn't take care of so much, and it was better to smash more than a dozen boats than to be caught by the official army.

He is a pirate leader who does all kinds of evil, specializing in raiding for a living, and he is not at all the same as Wang Zhi's business-oriented pirates.

Wang Zhi dared to serve the court, he didn't dare, he had even killed officers and soldiers, could the court spare him?

He could only rush forward head-on, hoping to break out of the encirclement.

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