It is said that the pirate Liu Xiang saw that the general of the Ming army commanded fifty super battleships to rush up alone, and he despised this idiot general very much, his firepower is not good, but he also has a lot of ships, there are more than 200 Dafu ships alone, and there are even seven or eight hundred small boats, so he decided to rush up and surround these fifty battleships, and then brave the artillery fire to get close to seize the ships. As long as these fifty battleships can be captured, escape will definitely not be a problem, and even they have a little hope of turning defeat into victory!

Of course, there are prerequisites for these things, and the premise is that the Ming generals on the opposite side are really idiots.

How could Zheng Zhihu be an idiot, he dared to rush up like this, first of all, these fifty battleships were all carrying two hundred elites of the Second Legion of the Praetorian Guard, plus the battleships themselves were equipped with combatants, and the sides of the ships were densely packed with musketeers, and he was not afraid of those pirates rushing over to seize the ship; In addition, the naval guns of the Daming Navy Division are not as good as the naval guns of the Dutch in terms of range, but in terms of rate of fire, it is simply not too terrifying, and the speed of replacing shells with this breech-loading gun does not take ten seconds plus the flint engine...... Liu Xiang is destined to be tragic this time.

Zheng Zhihu didn't expect Liu Xiang to dare to rush back up and surround them, of course, no matter whether Liu Xiang's head was caught by the door or his head was kicked by a donkey, it was all this thing's own business, he would not change his tactics because this cargo took the initiative to rush up, seeing that the distance between the two sides was almost close to six hundred steps, he immediately ordered: "All turn the rudder, to the left, the left artillery is ready to fire." ”

The herald climbed the mast, the flag waved, and the fifty battleships drifted neatly to the left, and the left side of the ship was aimed at the swarming pirate ships, and more than 2,000 guns opened fire at the same time, and the shells rained down on the pirate ships.

Liu Xiang had long known that the other party would definitely open fire, but he thought that with such a short distance, he would survive with a few rounds of shells at most, and as long as he got close to the enemy ship, no more artillery would be in vain, so he did not order a retreat, but rushed forward with all the pirate ships covered.

Now the pirates suffered heavy casualties, they were not driving battleships with rough skin and thick flesh, most of their 'battleships' were merchant ships and fishing boats that had been robbed, how thick the wooden planks could be, and the shells of more than ten or twenty catties were smashed down quickly, which was a big hole.

Liu Xiang and other pirate leaders are better, their ship is at least a Dafu ship, a few cannons are not a big problem, the general pirate boat is basically a cannon into the water, and then a few guns will be scattered, and they do not have a high side of the ship to protect, as soon as the cannonball flies over, a string of human flesh and blood can be smashed directly, that situation, it is really a miserable situation!

Of course, more than 2,000 shells are not willing to hit all of them, such a drifting environment like the sea, plus the pirate ship is always moving, it is good to have a hit rate, and most of the shells hit those relatively large Fu ships, and there are only dozens of small ships that can really smash small and medium-sized ships, and it is good to be able to sink one or twenty small pirate ships in one round.

At that time, there were no propellers, so the speed of the ship was not very fast, but the distance of three or four miles could only rush over in a quarter of an hour at most, Liu Xiang thought that they would eat a few rounds of shells at most, one round of one or twenty small boats, and ten rounds of one or two hundred, and he had seven or eight hundred small boats under his hands, and he could bear this loss.

However, soon he was desperate, the first round of shells of the Ming Navy Division had just been smashed down, and he had not yet counted how many small boats he had lost on his side, and the battleships of the Ming Army Navy Division roared again, and a bunch of shells under black pressure smashed over!

"No way, how is this possible." Liu Xiang subconsciously screamed, what are you kidding, doesn't it take time to reload ammunition? Could it be that the Ming army is equipped with two cannons in each artillery door!

He didn't understand what was going on, "boom boom" was another roar, and the Ming army sailors really didn't need time to reload ammunition, it was a round in the blink of an eye, and another round in the blink of an eye.

After receiving almost ten rounds of shells, Liu Xiang finally despaired, this is still a fart, the Ming army's artillery speed, if you want to rush to people, you will have to suffer at least 100 rounds of shells, 100 rounds down, not to mention a small boat, just his big fortune ship will be smashed apart!

He looked in horror at the smashed pirate ships around him, and shouted in a lost voice: "Quick, retreat, run to the right, kill out!" ”

In fact, he may change his mind if he insists on one more round, because the Ming army's naval guns are only equipped with ten sub-gun barrels, and the mother barrel is also hot and red after firing ten shots, so after ten rounds, the Ming army's battleships will change direction, and if he rushes hard, he will suffer at most twenty rounds of shells.

Zheng Zhihu was about to order the battleship to turn around, but Liu Xiang's retreat was just right, and he directly ordered: "Turn around and catch up." ”

The herald climbed the mast and waved the flag, and the fifty super battleships began to slowly turn around, their bows were originally facing to the left, and it would naturally take time to turn to the right, Liu Xiang took a fancy to this, so he ordered all the pirates to flee to the right. But did they escape?

At this time, the Dafu ship that the Ming army had transformed had formed an encirclement, although there were only more than 200 Daifuku ships on the right side, but there were more than 4,000 artillery! Zheng Xing, who was in charge of the command on the right side, saw the pirate ship rushing towards this side, and immediately ordered: "All the warships adjust their direction, put the left side of the ship facing the pirate ship, and prepare to open fire." ”

The herald climbed the mast, the flag waved, and more than 200 Daifuku ships began to turn slightly, aiming all the left side of the ship in the direction of the incoming pirate ship, and then, "boom boom" was the roar of countless artillery fire, and more than 2,000 shells covered the pirate ship, and these Daifuku ships were also launched continuously, a blink of an eye is a round, a blink of an eye is another round.

There is no need for Liu Xiang to give an order now, anyway, if you can't rush out, it's over, all the pirates will rush to the right side without their lives, no matter how dense his artillery fire is!

After ten rounds in a row, the artillery of the Ming army finally stopped, at this time there was still more than half of the pirate ship, and it was less than two miles away from the Ming army's Dafu ship on the right, Liu Xiang saw this, and laughed wildly: "Hahahaha, I thought they were artillery gods, it turned out that it would not work if you put ten or so rounds, hum, you have more artillery, but do you have more people?" Pass my order, rush over directly, take their big boats, our small boats are gone, all thrown here to block the way of the Ming warships behind, with these big ships, my strength is stronger, hahahaha. ”

If it is a normal situation, it is really possible to be robbed of some of the Daifuku ships by them, because the standard configuration of the Daifuku ships of the Ming army is more than 100 people per ship, except for those who control the sails and open the cannons, there are only 50 musketeers on each ship, and more than 200 Daifuku ships are more than 10,000 musketeers, and it is really hard to say whether they can block more than 30,000 pirates from seizing the ship. However, it's different now, there are still eighty elites of the Second Legion of the Praetorian Guard on each Daifuku ship, and the pirates rushing up like this are simply looking for death!

Seeing that the pirates were surrounded like crazy, Zheng Xing was not afraid, he just snorted coldly with disdain, and then ordered: "All the musketeers are ready to fight, our men guard the left side of the ship, the brothers of the Praetorian Guard guard the right side of the ship, all the warships turn to the left, and I will meet them." ”

What followed was a terrible massacre, those pirates really thought they could rob the Ming army's big ship, as soon as the two sides approached, they immediately pulled out the hook lock and threw it at the Ming army's big ship, and as soon as the hook lock was hung up, they climbed to the top without their lives.

At this time, the big ship of the Ming army suddenly stretched out countless gun barrels, and the bullets flew over like rain, and the pirates fell into the sea like dumplings, and for a while, the sea water within a radius of several miles was dyed red, and there were pirates struggling on the sea with screams everywhere!

How is this possible, Liu Xiang looked at all this in horror, he really couldn't understand how the Ming army's muskets and artillery were made, the artillery was a shot in the blink of an eye, and a shot in the blink of an eye, this musket was even more exaggerated, "popping" kept ringing, as if there was no need to load ammunition at all, what the hell was going on? How could there be such a musket in this world!

Whether he wants to understand it or not, the rate of fire of the Ming army's musket is so fast, in less than a quarter of an hour, all the pirates who threw out the hook lock and prepared to climb up to seize the ship were knocked into the sea, and the pirates on the small boat were almost emptied, only more than 200 Dafu ships There are still thousands of pirates left, where they are holding bird guns to fight back, both sides are Dafu ships, the height is about the same, although the Ming army's firepower is superior, but it is impossible to kill all the pirates on the Fu ship, after all, people only show a head, In such a bumpy environment at sea, it is difficult to hit.

However, these pirates did not last long, and after a quarter of an hour, the fifty super battleships of the Ming army also surrounded, and the surface height of the battleships was much higher than that of the Fu ships, and it was very simple to hit a person at a distance of tens of meters, even if the sea was bumpy again, it was just a matter of firing a few more shots.

The pirates on the Fu ship were gradually almost wiped out, and the Ming army began to throw out the hook lock, climb onto the deck, and control the pirate's Fu ship.

Liu Xiang held the handle of the knife tightly in his right hand, and held a handgun in his left hand and looked coldly at the swarming Ming army, that ruthless posture, like a fierce wolf who chose people to devour, and the Ming army surrounding him did not dare to step forward to collect his weapons for a while!

The two sides were at a stalemate for less than a stick of incense, and a hearty laugh suddenly sounded behind the crowd, Zheng Zhihu pushed aside the crowd and walked to the opposite side of Liu Xiang and laughed: "Hahahaha, old fifteen, I finally caught you today!" ”

It turned out to be Zheng Zhihu! Liu Xiang is so angry, he knew that the general of the Ming Army's naval division was Zheng Zhihu, even if he only drove a super battleship forward, he would not go up to surround it! This guy is cunning, if you treat him as an idiot, then you yourself will be an idiot.

Liu Xiang stared at Zheng Zhihu and said hatefully: "Second brother, you are so shameless, what kind of hero are you who hide your head and show your tail!" ”

Zheng Zhihu said inexplicably: "What are you hiding your head and tail, do you have to order people to shout for me everywhere wherever I go?" Isn't that sick! ”

Liu Xiang was speechless, he slowly closed his eyes, and then suddenly pulled out his saber and wiped it on his neck!