The Deng Yingzhou adjusted its direction slightly, raised its full sails and chased straight after the ship.

The sailors were only responsible for controlling the ship, and the soldiers of the Forces nouvelles rushed to their combat posts.

Gunpowder and shells were temporarily stacked around the guns on both sides, and next to the guns were five rounds of iron shells and a corresponding amount of gunpowder, and the guns of the gods had only three rounds of sub-ammunition each.

All guns and artillery crews are transferred directly from the army, and the artillery crews are already very familiar with the performance of the god machine gun, knowing that heat must be dissipated after the three artillery pieces, and it is useless to pile up more ammunition around, and it also increases some risks in vain.

Xu Shiyang walked over, patted the shoulder of the commander of the artillery, and whispered: "Fire the cannon when you get close, otherwise it will be a waste of ammunition." Also, don't hit the waterline, sweep the deck as much as you can, I'm going to catch that ship. ”

"Yes! Rest assured, Commander! ”

Xu Shiyang nodded, turned around and went to find Zhao Lin who was loading the short flintlock pistol near the back mast.

He stepped forward and reached out to gently pinch her little pointed chin, making her look up at him: "Wait for the jump gang, don't go crazy and follow her." ”

"I'm a soldier too!"

"Yes, that's right, so you have to obey orders, and I order you to support with muskets here. Did you hear me clearly? ”

"Yes."

There was a slight reluctance in the tone, but there was also a hint of sweetness.

"Obedient." Xu Shiyang patted Zhao Lin's face: "You were injured and bleeding only the day before yesterday, and it is not suitable for too much exercise." ”

Zhao Lin blinked, and after a long time, she understood what Xu Shiyang meant, and her face turned red:

"Get out! Big rascal! ”

……

The ship was slightly smaller than the Dengyingzhou, but the load did not seem to be light, so it was not very fast. Just now, he could only see a black spot, and in less than an hour, Xu Shiyang could see it clearly.

In fact, the so-called ship is also a two-stilted ship type, but the widows have made some changes to the ship - a boxy building structure has been added to the bow position, which looks like a pavilion on top, and a mast sticks out of the middle of the pavilion, on which Western-style soft sails are hung, but the two main masts are still hung with Chinese-style hard sails.

"That's not right!"

When he got closer, Luo Haidog seemed to have discovered some information, he leaned over to Xu Shiyang's side and whispered:

"The two ships ahead are fighting!"

"Huh?" Xu Shiyang asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The monkey (the lookout post on the mast) saw that the two ships were shooting each other with bows and arrows, and sent Zhou to hook the Fu boat several times, but the Fu boat kept fleeing."

"Ha, I thought it was a pure piracy operation, but I didn't expect it to be black eating black." Xu Shiyang smiled: "If you really hook up with the Japanese Kou, then you can't let it go." ”

"Call your people to be ready for battle as well."

In this era, people who begged for a living at sea had seen blood, and once it was decided to fight, sailors were also an important combat force.

"Okay! Done! ”

Luo Haigu gritted his teeth, at this time, it is definitely not possible to retreat, it is better to fight.

As for who will be offended by doing this vote, I don't care about it now.

……

Not far in front of the Dengyingzhou, the battle between the Dispatch Zhou ship and the Fu ship was still going on. The two sides had come close to each other, and the sailors had been shooting with bows and arrows, but the sea was windy, and both ships had guards against arrows, so the threat of bows and arrows was not great.

As the attacker, the Zhou boat realized that if it continued like this, he didn't know when he would be able to subdue the prey, so every time the two ships were a little closer, the Zhou boat would throw out more than a dozen rope hooks in a mess, trying to hook the opponent, and then use the jumping gang to solve the battle.

The ship was not small, but the draft was too deep, and it was obvious that it had a lot of cargo, and the crew on board was relatively small, so it was always on the defensive.

A few brave sailors with one-handed axes quietly hid behind the guards, and if they were caught in the hooks, they would rush over desperately to cut the hooks as quickly as possible and get the two ships out of contact again.

The two ships just went back and forth like this, and they exchanged hands without nutrition, making it as boring as a joust.

But people who are on board and whose lives are involved—such as the owner of the fortune ship, a fat man in a silk shirt—will not find it too boring.

Of course, he didn't want the fight to be any more exciting.

"The owner!" A sailor ran up to the fat man, panting and shouting, "There's another ship behind you!" ”

"What!?" The fat man shouted in despair: "The Japanese still have accomplices? Oh my! Do you have to kill me? ”

"Owner! Let's figure it out! The sailor shouted, "Come close to both ships, and we will die!" ”

"What can I do? Can the Wokou spare me? ”

"Why don't we discuss with the Japanese Kou, let's leave half of the goods, and they let us go?"

"What a bad idea! Half of these goods belong to the Wen family! The other half is also from other adults, which half shall we give them? Even if we go ashore, the adults will have to sink us into the sea! ”

The shipowner now regrets his death, and only last year did he climb the path of the prime minister and send his son to study at the academy where the moon is open.

Then he volunteered to help the Wen Xianggong family and several other bigwigs transport this ship, in order to make more money for a few adults, this time he himself didn't have a penny of goods, all the cabins were vacated for a few adults, and even the fleet guards were a lot less, and the result was actually seen by the ship!

You don't care whose goods your ship is pulling, and you won't let go of such a good opportunity.

As a perennial seaman, he knows very well that his ship has almost no combat effectiveness, and once it is hooked, the Japanese will jump over, and a boatload of people and goods will be all over.

But it's impossible to get him to give up some of the goods, any of those big people can kill him with a finger stretching out.

As a result, the unlucky state that can't be beaten and can't escape is slowly waiting for death.

"Alas...... heaven wants me to die."

The fat shipowner sighed helplessly:

"I only hope that Xianggong Wen can treat my child well for the sake of my loyalty to the death."

It is not yet known whether the Wenxiang Guild will treat his son well, but God obviously doesn't want his life yet.

Just as the fat shipowner was lamenting helplessly, another sailor, with a smile on his face that could not be concealed, stumbled over and shouted:

"Owner! The ship has turned! ”

"What?" The fat shipowner hurriedly looked overboard, and the lucky ship that he thought was an accomplice of pirates just now was sending Zhou to the other side of the ship to be parallel to them, and it was getting closer and closer, obviously with some ill intentions.

It's just that judging from the direction of the ship, the target of the newcomer is the ship of Dispatch Zhou, not himself.

The widows probably saw this, and now they have given up on continuing to entangle with this side, and are turning the bow of the ship to deal with the other lucky ship.

"God forbid!" The fat shipowner who escaped death shouted excitedly: "Hurry! Run! ”