Looking at the reindeer that fell to the ground, the recruits were shocked, although they said that they had shot the human-shaped target with a wooden board last time, but it was far less shocking than this time, most of the reindeer were killed directly, but there were also a few screaming and wailing. But unfortunately, the reindeer herd was frightened, and the others ran very fast and soon ran out a few hundred meters.

Hao Siwen immediately dispatched a hundred soldiers to clean up the reindeer, this round of guns shot down a total of thirty or fifty reindeer, it is now the early winter, the reindeer eat fat and strong, one has to have four or five hundred catties, and the fur is very warm. With these thirty-five reindeer, a thousand musketeers had meat for the winter.

Successive recruits also practice shooting, and they get started quickly, and they are smart and clever and have learned it even in a day, why is it so easy? Because this Vulcan gun is simple to use, just load the gunpowder, charge the iron bullet, buckle the butt, and ignite it with a fire rope. Vulcan gun is used in clusters, and does not require shooting accuracy, what crosshairs, cover the door do not need to look, what is needed now is that soldiers can skillfully load ammunition, and then obey the officer's orders, ignite and fire together, relying on the rain of bullets to produce huge lethality, this is the tactics of the Vulcan gun, as for the accuracy of shooting is not a matter for recruits to consider.

On this day, Hao Siwen led a thousand musketeers to train on the school ground, and the five hundred Vulcan guns let go, and the smoke was billowing and choking, and the soldiers gradually felt it.

Chao Xiong came, Hao Siwen knew that he must have something to do, so he came over and asked, "Captain Chao, you are here." ”

Chao Xiong smiled: "Why don't you come, I've been busy catching fish and crabs every day these days, and you smell a fishy smell on my body." ”

"Hehe, this fish is very delicious. You're here. "Hao Siwen.

Chao Xiong said: "It's a little something, some time ago a merchant ship insisted on not following the advice, transported a shipload of leather goods from Anping Port to Hangzhou to sell in a hurry, according to the normal navigation route, he should go to the port of New Jeju to dock to replenish fresh water and supplies, and then sail back, but this flying eagle ship is missing, Brother Chao Gai passed down the order, let me investigate the clues, we found that there may be a large group of Dongying pirates on the small island in Hokkaido south of Heilong Island, it may be the pirates composed of Dongying ronins. ”

Hao Siwen said: "You are asking us musketeers to cooperate, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, the pirates are insidious and cunning, seeing that the Flying Eagle warship does not come out at all, it specializes in robbing merchant ships or fishing boats of various tribes, etc. I'll give you three bird ships, disguise them as merchant ships, and lure the pirates out, and I'll lead the Eagle Battleship to follow not far behind, and you can retreat as soon as the pirate ship comes out. Chao Xiong said.

Hao Siwen said: "This is a matter of duty, I know that your naval soldiers are too few, there are only 200 people in total, let's think about how to fight this battle." ”

The next day, the weather was cold but sunny, and the three Asuka boats sailed towards Hokkaido as if they had lost their way. In fact, on the three merchant ships, the navy sent ten sailors to drive the boats, and then each ship had 200 soldiers, and Hao Siwen personally led the team. The merchant ships slowly sailed to the southeast, and it was not long before you could see the islands of Hokkaido, which were so many small islands that Japan had not yet established and that the local forces were known as the shogunate. Some of the ronin warriors in the coastal areas were reluctant to work hard, preferring martial arts, and engaged in pirate work that killed people and oversold goods.

The musketeers also often take ships when they are fine, so they don't get seasick very much, and they can basically adapt to the battles on the ship. An observer on the mast looked around, and it didn't take long to find that there were more than a dozen boats coming to the east, these boats were different from fishing boats, larger than fishing boats, but much smaller than bird boats, similar to centipede boats, twenty meters long and no more than five meters wide, with oars on both sides, rowing fast on the sea.

"When I found the pirate ship, I saw the skull flag on their ship." Said the observer hand.

The three bird ships turned their bows and began to flee back.

Hao Siwen said: "I think they only have forty or fifty people in each boat, and the total number is not more than six hundred, so it is better to slow down and give them a few rounds of Vulcan guns." ”

The sailors naturally agreed, and even if they didn't, there was no way, because these pirate ships had already followed quickly, and the three Flying Eagle warships led by Chao Xiong were still miles away.

The three merchant ships lined up, facing the pirate ship on the side, and six hundred soldiers put Vulcan guns on top of the ship, and the arquebus was already ready.

Hao Siwen also took a Vulcan gun, but his task was not to shoot, but to command. As the pirates got closer, the recruits' guns began to tremble.

Hao Siwen shouted: "It's all stable, don't be afraid of pirates, just shoot the target." ”

The pirate ship also stopped, and sent out a ship, and the people on board, who also spoke Chinese, shouted, "Please come out and speak." ”

Hao Siwen looked very interesting, and came out and said, "What's the matter?" ”

This man, a man dressed in a ronin costume, with two katanas stuck in his waist, smiled sneeringly: "Congratulations, we are pirates, but we also practice piracy, you only need to give us half of the cargo on the ship, and we will retreat immediately." ”

Hao Siwen shook his head: "You are mistaken, although we are a merchant ship, but the ship is empty, we are here to find a merchant ship that was lost some time ago, a merchant ship of the same type as ours, carrying leather goods." ”

The warrior laughed: "Haha, you don't have to look for it, the sailors on that ship didn't cooperate and killed more than a dozen of my subordinates, and all of them were thrown into the sea by me to raise crabs." ”

Sure enough, it was this group of bastards, Hao Siwen was afraid of making a mistake just now, but now it seems that it is right, Hao Siwen immediately shot an arrow, but the distance was hundreds of meters, and the warrior had enough time to react, and with a wave of his knife, he cut off Hao Siwen's feather arrow.

Hao Siwen said: "If there is a kind, kill it, let's fight to the death." ”

The samurai went back, and then a dozen boats sped up.

Hao Siwen shouted: "Don't worry, every hundred Vulcan guns will hit an enemy ship." ”

"Yes."

The recruits were a little scared, but after all, they were facing ships, not rushing cavalry.

"Fire." With Hao Siwen's order, three hundred Vulcan guns opened fire almost at the same time, the smoke of gunpowder billowed out, and the hot iron bullets rushed away, and the first three pirate ships could suffer, forty pirates per ship, ready to board the ship to fight, but they were hit by the iron bullets, and died tragically in the ship one by one. At least half of the forty pirates were drawn, and the rest were stunned.

The leader of the team was the warrior just now, and when he saw the tragic death of his companion, he immediately became angry and scolded: "Baga, the Song people are cunning and big, the warship pretends to be a merchant ship, and it is too late to retreat now, so I can only rush forward." ”

Immediately, a dozen boats rowed like flying and pounced, but after all, the sea voyage could not match the speed of the galloping horses. The musketeers loaded their ammunition, and the second round of fire was fired, bang, bang, this time the distance was closer, and the power was greatly increased, and dozens of pirates were shot, this time the iron bullets directly penetrated the thin little bodies of the Dongying pirates, and most of them died on the spot and could not die again.

The two rounds of shooting only killed about a hundred people, compared to the scale of more than 600 pirates, it is still a range of casualties that can be withheld, and the pirate leader did not have the initial fear, and said with a smile: "Baga, the things of the Song people are all scaresome, go on, rob their ship." ”

Hao Siwen was also a little surprised, three hundred shots per round hit only a few dozen people, which was low enough, but it was too late to escape at this time, and he messed up.

"Swap shots." Hao Siwen gave the order to change the ammunition. The Vulcan gun is loaded with one solid iron bullet, the size of peanuts, but it is almost loaded with hundreds of loose bullets, and the soldiers jokingly call it iron mung bean.

This time there was no rush to fire, and it was not opened until the enemy ship had entered the firing range of fifty meters, and bang, bang, a succession of gunfire rang out, and then there were almost no intact people on the pirate ship. The striking surface of the iron sand is very large, and the shooting surface can be as many as several meters at a distance of 50 meters, and the power of the scorching iron sand at a distance of 50 meters is extremely great, and pirates without any armor can not resist it at all, and they are killed and wounded one ship after another.

Hao Siwen wiped the sweat on his forehead, looked at the pirate ship full of corpses, and secretly said that it was lucky, fortunately, this is a ship, if it is a land battle, these recruits will not blow up the nest, but fortunately, they changed the iron sand in close combat, and the hit rate of one shot was greatly improved, killing many pirates.

"Camp Commander Hao, look." A soldier said.

Hao Siwen looked and saw that the remaining pirates were throwing their fallen comrades into the water, one after another, throwing sacks, and there were almost two hundred pirates left, rowing five ships to escape.

Hao Siwen immediately ordered the musketeers to load solid iron bullets, where is there such a good thing in the world, come if you want, and leave if you want.

At this time, three Flying Eagle warships came, and Chao Xiong said, "Brother Hao, how is it, are there any casualties?" ”

Hao Siwen said: "Luckily, hundreds of pirates have been killed, and five ships of pirates are fleeing back." ”

Chao Xiong said, "Then don't fight yet, let's follow, and see where their nest is." ”

Hao Siwen expressed his understanding, and the three merchant ships and the three warships followed the pirate ship together, like a cat playing with mice, for fifty or sixty miles, and the pirates were really cunning, and they relied on the small island. Both the Bird Ship and the Eagle Ship have a deep draft, and once you let the pirates get in on them, it will be difficult to catch them.

Chao Xiong said: "Let the pirates see the power of our artillery and fire." ”

There are ten 200-pound tiger squat cannons on each ship on the Flying Eagle Battleship, and they are fighting eight-pound solid iron bullets.

Boom, boom, thirty tiger squat cannons fired together, and the power was really extraordinary, hitting three pirate ships on the spot, directly hitting the bottom of the sea, and two more escaped into the reef area.

Chao Xiong scolded: "Straight lady thief, even if you run fast, I will come back to clean you up when I come back." ”

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