Chapter 458: Seize the ship
The helmsman nodded hurriedly, looked sideways at the relative position of the three-masted battleship behind him, and then maneuvered the Victory to turn right deftly, and then directly deviated to the right side of the three-masted battleship. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Liu Xiang couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and could only continue to yell and ask the pirates below to quickly reload the ammunition of the right artillery, and at the same time, the sailors on the ship were also picked up by the small bosses one by one, and pushed them to the bulwark on the right side one by one. The sailors were pushed up by the people next to them by stuffing a weapon into their hands, some of them were bamboo guns, some were hooks, and some were three-eyed guns, but these three-eyed guns were old and virtuous, and they might be several years older than the grandfathers of these shooters, so if they were really launched, no one could guarantee safety, so these three-eyed guns that the border army of the Wu Dynasty was unwilling to use could be smuggled and sold. But at the moment, none of these pirate sailors dared to shoot with such a three-eyed gun, and now they only copied it in their hands and intended to use it as a hammer.
Although the Victory made a turn, its speed remained at about four or five knots, and now it gradually increased in the same direction as the three-masted ship, and the ships of both sides met one hundred and sixty or seventy meters in front and behind, and the distance between the left and right was only more than sixty meters.
"Quick! Fast! Reload! The little leaders waved their whips in horror and whipped them around, telling the gunners to hurry up and reload their ammunition. Although the cannons of these guns are all 900 grams, it is not too troublesome to load, but behind the buttocks, there is a big ship that is almost a head bigger than themselves is chasing, and there is another same big ship in front of them is approaching violently, and the loading action of these gunners can be described as a mess, some hurriedly stuffed the shells into it only to find that there is no charge charge, and some are the barrels containing the charge falling to the ground and breaking, and they hurriedly hold it with their hands and stuff it into the barrel, It's more like poking the rat's nest with the loading rod to press the propellant into the barrel of the sailors, seeing that the cannon is so frightened that his legs are weak, so that the indiscriminately loaded cannon can not explode in the barrel when it is fired, it is already thankful, and he hurriedly slipped back, wanting to slip out of the cabin, but when he looked up, Liu Xiang was standing in the distance and looking at him, clearly to see if he was ready, so he could only stand near the mast head-on, in case it really exploded, I can leave a whole corpse anyway.
Of course, the Victory would not give them this opportunity to reload peacefully, and when the positions of the two sides did not move relatively much, the machine gun first spat out deadly tongues of fire. The muzzle of the gun spewed out dazzling fire and hail projectiles, and smashed into the heads and faces of the sailors who had just been picked up by the little bosses and stood by the bulwark. According to Yang Junbo's requirements, machine guns cannot fire at the same time, because the time required to replace ammunition and barrels is relatively long, if seven or eight machine guns on one side fire at the same time, it will inevitably lead to a dumb at the same time, and then everyone has to change bullets, which will leave a gap for the enemy to attack. After all, the distance between the two sides has now been reduced to sixty or seventy meters, and even the opponent's bow and arrow throwing spear can also cause damage to their own side, so the fire must be carried out in batches.
The position of the three-masted ship was at the rear of the fleet, and they did not know the power of the machine guns, but the result was that the more than 100 sailors who had been standing by the bulwark were either broken or splattered with brains, and the entire deck was immediately flooded with blood, and the screams and screams were mixed with the sudden sound of machine guns. This frightened scene frightened Liu Xiang's face pale, and the Chinese even had such a sharp weapon to board the ship. Pirates do too much to say that gang jumping is a thing, and when the ships of both sides approach, the sailors stand by the bulwark, and when the ships make contact with each other, they jump onto the other ship. At best, it's just a bow and arrow with a firearm, and if you shoot it before you make contact, you can kill a few people. But where have you ever seen such a style of play? I haven't seen a few pockmarks on the other party's face, but there are a few more holes on the body.
At this time, at the request of Yang Junbo, the gunners focused their main efforts on the artillery deck below, the bulwarks of the three-masted battleships were no more than five or six meters high, while the bulwarks of the Victory were about seven or eight meters, more than two meters high. This kind of three-masted warship has a total of three cabins, which are only divided into a bilge and a deck, and the guns naturally cannot be installed in the middle compartment, so they can only be installed on the top deck. As a result, the artillery deck immediately became a priority area for machine gun strikes.
The pirates have learned the horror of machine guns, and they have also realized that in front of machine guns, there are more people who are useless, and the more people there are, the more they will attract the priority of machine guns, and now they have learned to lie down to avoid machine gun fire.
The gunners could only lie on the deck now and did not dare to lift their heads, there was blood flowing everywhere under them, and the wailing companions were shouting for help by their side, but nothing could be done, and the fire captain was now sitting by the mast with his head tilted, leaning on the mast, and a rather large hole was punched in the back of his head, which really knocked his brains away, and there were brains and blood everywhere on the nearby bulwarks and gun barrels.
"! Fight! "A gunner, suppressed by a machine gun, suddenly burst out and suddenly jumped up and threw the ignition rod in his hand into the cannon fire door." With a loud bang, a huge mushroom cloud rose from the gun deck, the barrel was blown apart from the rear, and the bronze fragments exploded like a huge grenade in the crowd, and along with it, a cannon on the side of it flew away, and slipped towards the pirate lying on the ground like a bowling ball. There was only the sound of bones breaking and wheels grinding over flesh, and the cannon rushed from the amidship to the bow, killing everyone it came across, and a gunner's hand was poked diagonally into the barrel, and his body was stretched and hung from the bow like a ragdoll that had been broken. No one wants to use artillery to fight back anymore, and if they do ignite it, who knows if it will be the next thing to explode.
The side of the Victory was full of hundreds of marines, all of them in high spirits, wearing light blue uniforms, carrying a rifle with a bayonet in their left hand, grasping a cable in their right hand, and the sailors behind them held anchor hooks in their hands, waiting for the two warships to come together, and immediately threw out and hooked the three-masted ship.
There was a loud "bang", and the people on the deck on both sides felt the soles of their feet move, and their bodies involuntarily rushed forward. At the same time, the anchor hooks in the hands of the sailors on the long-awaited Victory were concocted, and three or four thick cables with anchor hooks suddenly appeared in the air and soon fell on the deck of the three-masted ship, some hooked the bottom of the mast, some hooked the fixed cannon, and two did not hook anything, but were pulled away with a pull. The hooked cables were quickly tightened by the sailors, and Liu Xiang's sailors were also anxious, and hurriedly jumped up and drew their knives to cut at these cables, but they had only just jumped up, and the rifles in the hands of the marines on the bulwark of the Victory opened fire. The sailors, bleeding from the dense rifle fire, fell to the deck, and even the fastest one rushed to the side of the cable, and was shot three or four times, and the corpses hung diagonally on the cable.
Liu Xiang was still frightened when the two ships collided together, and rushed into the captain's room with seven or eight personal soldiers, and used the tables, chairs, beds, cabinets and other things in the room to resist the door, staring nervously at the movement at the door, looking like he couldn't stop worrying.
Seeing that the sailors on the deck of the three-masted ship were either dead or wounded, Yang Junbo basically confirmed that there would be no more resistance on the deck, and waved his hand at the company commander of the landing team, "Board the ship!" ā
The company commander beckoned to the Marines beside him, and the Marines slung their rifles over their shoulders and began to climb down the bulwark, and soon the first Marine was on deck.
But something unexpected happened, and more than a dozen pirates suddenly poured out from the door leading to the middle cabin, rushing towards the marines who were still untying their ropes. The soldiers, who had just landed and were still untying their ropes, were caught off guard, and immediately two or three of them were cut to the ground, and the others could only wave their naval rifles in confusion to block the weapons swung by the pirates.
"Machine gun cover!" Yang Junbo shouted loudly, "Machine gun machine gun!" ā
Seeing this situation, the machine gunner on the tail tower quickly aimed the machine gun at the rushing pirates, but now the pirates have been mixed with the marines, and many of the barrels of these ship-based machine guns are relatively worn, and the trajectory is somewhat unpredictable.
Seeing that the machine gunner didn't shoot, Yang Junbo was anxious, yelled twice, pointed to the hatch not far away and yelled at the tail building, "Block the hatch, don't let their people continue to come out!" ā
The Heavy came to his senses, straightened the gun, and pulled the trigger hard at the hatch. As the machine guns erupted tongues of fire, several of the pirates who were rushing out of the hatch were instantly killed at the exit, and their bodies were lying on the ground next to them, one of them sliding down the stairs.
The more than ten pirates who rushed out were originally used as pioneers, thinking that killing one was enough to kill two and earn one, but who knew that as soon as they rushed out, the pirates who were reinforced behind were immediately blocked in the only exit on the deck of the middle cabin. They couldn't help but turn their heads to look, the original exit of this middle cabin was just a hole in the deck connected to a staircase, and now the nearby planks were beaten like honeycombs, smoke and dust were everywhere, flesh and blood were flying, and corpses were lying hideously next to the exit, announcing that they had no more reinforcements.
Taking advantage of their turns, the Marines untied the safety ropes around their waists one by one, grabbed their rifles and rushed forward. These pirates were already distracted, and by the time they came to their senses, the marines here had already rushed up with bright bayonets, and a few slow ones were directly poked to the ground. A few of the Marines in it hurriedly danced their weapons like windmills, and circled with the marines who surrounded them - but they only survived, and once these Marines came to their senses, the bayonet combat they learned in the training center immediately came in handy, and they definitely did not know how to rush forward and kill blindly like these pirates in this plane, but three or four people corresponding to a pirate, attacking from all directions.
No matter how powerful the pirates are, they are not masters of cold weapons, and they don't have long eyes behind them, one pair of two is already the extreme, and now there is a pair of three and one against four, which is simply the point of being slaughtered. The smarter ones hurriedly threw down their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy, while those who resisted stubbornly were directly stabbed to death on the spot by bayonets from behind or from the side. However, the rules of the Senate for captives are always the same, as long as they surrender with their weapons, they will definitely not be slaughtered. At present, there were only forty or fifty Marines left on the deck to clean up the corpses and wounded on the deck, and the Marines who had been wounded in the battle just now were secured by the stretchers dropped from the Victory and pulled back to the Victory by the sailors for medical treatment, while the prisoners were driven to kneel in a row on the left bulwark, and the Marines with rifles in their hands were on guard at a distance to prevent them from suddenly rising up to counterattack.
"Platoon commander!" A soldier ran to the platoon commander who boarded the ship and saluted, "There are still people in the cabin, are we going down to search?" ā
"What?" The platoon commander glanced at him, "Shout directly inside, let them come out by themselves, and throw grenades inside if they don't come out." If the situation below is unknown, why rush down in the dark? Why are you in a hurry to die? ā
A Marine cautiously walked to the dead end next to the exit of the middle cabin and shouted inside, "Listen inside, this ship has been controlled by the Chinese Navy!" Don't resist any longer, it's just to increase casualties, lay down your weapons and walk out slowly, we guarantee your lives. ā
"Fart! Lao Tzu has been rampant on the sea for decades, where do you not know your ghost ideas, you will definitely be killed when you go out! There was a shout of horror from the cabin.
"One last chance, or we're going to attack!" The platoon commander wanted to settle the battle as soon as possible, so he made a gesture to the soldiers next to him, and many soldiers took off the fixed grenades from the senate belts around their waists and slowly walked towards the hatch.
"Don't, don't! We surrender! Don't kill us! There was a shout from inside, but it was immediately stopped by a voice on the side, "You're just a pirate?" Thieves are also pirates, and they will definitely kill us all. ā
"But is there any other way now than to surrender?" "That's it! Come on, even if I die, I don't want to die in this dark cabin. "No! Can't surrender! Can't be sorry for the big boss! Whoever says surrender again, Lao Tzu will kill him first! ā
There was silence in the cabin for a few seconds, and one of the marines waited impatiently and shouted inside, "Those who want to surrender, kill those who don't want to surrender, and you will be spared!" This sentence was like igniting a powder keg, and the people in the cabin immediately made a commotion.
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