The pirate ship was hit by a shot, and the pirates were shocked by the Nova's firepower, and their faces turned pale one by one. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info but they reacted quickly. The pirates howled and took out the ship's oars, paddling them on the deck to speed up the ship and continue to charge towards the Nova.

The pirate ship was an empty ship, very light. With the help of the sail power of the tailwind and the power of the oars, the pirate ship rushed quite fast at once, at least seven or eight knots.

But Li Zhi's nova ran faster. At this time, the boatmen burned the steam engine boiler with all their might, so that the speed of the ship was faster than usual, almost nine knots. After sailing west for a while, the Nova left the pirate ship more than a mile behind it.

The helmsman of the Nova saw that the distance was widened, and another full right rudder turned to the north.

The nova's paddlewheel also assists in turning: if the boat wants to make a quick U-turn to the right, the transmission of the right paddlewheel is stopped and the rudder is turned. In this way, the left paddle wheel and the rudder can work together to quickly turn the boat to the right. It's the same with turning your head to the left. With the help of the paddle wheel, the Nova can turn much faster than a ship with only a rudder.

The second rudder, that is, the co-helmsman raises the flag next to the helmsman and directs the boatman next to the paddle wheel to operate the transmission device of the paddle wheel. The bow quickly turned to the north, and the starboard side of the Nova was aimed at the pirate ship to the east.

The nine cannons on the starboard side aimed for a while, and when the pirate ship chased two hundred paces, that is, three hundred meters, it opened fire.

Nine cannons spat out tongues of fire and emitted a huge cannon sound. Li Zhi felt the whole boat shake, leaned to the left, and accidentally fell on the board.

The manager hurriedly came up to help Li Zhi.

Nine shells were fired at the pirate ship, and this time two shells hit the bow of the enemy ship, shattering the wood to pieces. The bow of the pirate ship was another piece of sawdust flying, as if it had exploded. When the sawdust gradually dispersed, Li Zhi found that the entire bow of the pirate ship was gone.

The entire bow of the ship was smashed by solid bullets and became tattered, and the inner deck of the pirate ship was exposed. As the waves ebb and fall, from time to time seawater pours into the exposed bow of the boat. The pirates panicked and didn't dare to paddle and charge again. The leader of the pirates on the ship roared and shouted, and a dozen pirates ran to the bow of the ship and scooped water out of the ship with a wooden basin, fearing that the ship would sink if it leaked too much.

Li Zhi believed that with a few more shots, his cannon would be able to sink the pirate ship.

These pirates were desperate outlaws, and they wanted to rush to the Nova and jump in hand-to-hand combat, relying on the fact that there were more than 200 people on their ship, and the ship was light and fast. But after two rounds of cannons, the leader of the pirates finally realized that the Nova was different, and realized that he couldn't catch up with the Nova no matter what, and he couldn't rush up to take on the gunwale.

The pirate leader didn't understand that this strange ship with no sails, loaded with cargo, could run faster than a pirate ship that rowed with all its might without cargo, was this a fairy trick? However, there is one thing that the pirate leader understands: the guns on both sides of the Nova will soon be able to sink the pirate ship.

The pirate ship did not dare to chase the Nova anymore, and turned its bow to flee to the east.

However, Li Zhi was unwilling to let these pirates go, and the Nova Star also chased east.

It didn't take long for the Nova to chase three hundred meters behind the pirate ship again. The ship turned south and aimed its port cannon at the pirate ship.

Nine shells were fired, and one more hit the pirate ship, making a large hole in the stern of the fleeing pirate ship.

There was a panic on the pirate ship, apparently someone had been killed by a shell in the tail tower, or stabbed to death by a piece of wood from the shell. The leader of the pirates ran to the tail tower to take a look, and when he returned to the deck, he decisively lowered the flag.

Lowering the flag means that these pirates have surrendered.

The pirates knew that they couldn't escape Li Zhi's palm, and they surrendered resolutely. There are already pirates on the mast and reeling the sails, ready to stop the ship and surrender completely.

The pirates, who were still menacing just now, completely surrendered to the power of steam engines and cannons.

Li Zhi was afraid that the pirates would slip, so he let the cannon shoot another round.

Two more shells hit the pirate ship. A cannonball hit the tail tower, making a large hole two meters above the waterline. If this shell had gone a little further, it would have sunk the ship. Another cannonball hit the back mast of the pirate ship, breaking it. The huge sail snapped down, and I don't know how many pirates on the deck were killed.

The entire pirate ship was beaten to tatters, where is the majesty just now?

The pirates were so frightened that no one dared to stand anymore, kneeling on the deck one by one to beg for a way out.

Seeing the pirates surrender on their knees, the sailors and shipwrights on the Nova rejoiced. It was their first battle at sea, and although it was only a victory over a shipload of pirates, it was memorable.

Li Zhi thought for a moment and said, "The cannon is aimed at the pirate ship to deter the pirates." The second and third squads of the first row of sailors went up on small sampans, collected all the valuable things of the pirates, and then tied up the pirates. ”

The Nova slowly stopped more than 300 meters south of the pirate ship and aimed its nine cannons on the port side at the pirate ship. If the pirates play tricks, Li Zhi is ready to sink this pirate ship at any time. Fifteen sailors boarded the pirate ship in two small sampans and began to collect the loot.

Li Zhi walked into the captain's room in the tail building, poured two cups of tea, and brought them out, one for the helmsman who performed well, and the other for himself to drink slowly, waiting for the fifteen sailors to finish their work on the pirate ship.

"The helmsman is doing well, what is your name, how many years have you been ruddering?"

"Metropolitan Governor, let's call Xiao Tong, we've been rudding for four years."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Xiao Tong, I will award you thirty taels of silver for your good performance this time." You have taught many apprentices who have learned from you these days, and you have taught two apprentices, and I will give you another thirty taels of silver as a reward. ”

Xiao Tong was very happy and said, "Thank you Dadu!" ”

"You deserve it."

After waiting for an hour, the soldiers of the two squads finally searched the pirate ship, tied up all the pirates, and returned to the Nova with two large boxes. The small sampan stopped at the side of the Nova and tied the large boxes with ropes for the sailors on the Nova to pull up.

Li Zhi walked to the side of the ship and opened the two large boxes, and saw that there were about more than 100 taels of gold and thousands of taels of broken silver of various colors.

Li Zhi sighed: "These broken pirates are really poor. ”

After thinking about it, Li Zhi turned around and shouted to the sailors: "Eighty artillerymen, each of them will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!" ”

The gunners were jubilant and high-fived.

The leader of the second squad of the first platoon of the sailors who climbed onto the boat asked Li Zhi: "Metropolitan Governor, these pirates are all Japanese pirates, I can't understand a word of babbling, how to deal with it?" ”

Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "If we are defeated by these Japanese robbers just now, we will all be dead, and we can't be soft-hearted towards these Japanese robbers!" Sink the Ship! Sink them into the sea and feed them to the fish! (To be continued.) )