Chapter 551: Fire! Raise the sails! (Page 1/1)

The moment Xiao Zao, who was burning with fire, crashed into the Exocet clipper, the three iron nails in its bow were firmly nailed to the bow of the Exocet clipper.

The fire burned very violently, and the wood on the ship made a "crackling" sound. First mate Yubin immediately rushed to the bow of the ship with his soldiers, and three grenades were thrown at the burning Kozaobune.

The fast-moving Exocet Clipper explodes in front of it, and the grenade is torn apart by the burning Kozai. Except for a board nailed to the Exocet clipper, the rest was scattered aside. The original fire was still burning sporadically, and the rest was extinguished by the sea.

Before the soldiers on the ship could breathe a sigh of relief, another closed boat chased after them. The people on the ship attacked the Exocet clipper with rockets, and the soldiers of the Changxing Army also returned the color with firearms.

One of the ship's 9-pounder guns hit the ship, directly bursting the stern of the ship. The speed of the ship slowed down for a moment, but a few more arrows from their rockets hit the sails.

The speed of the Exocet Clipper dropped another notch, and the broken sails provided limited power, only half the speed. It is impossible to change the sails in the chaotic naval battle, and Ma Le can only grit his teeth and rush forward on the Exocet clipper.

Fortunately, there are not many small early boats and closed ships ahead, as long as you rush out of the last distance, it will be a victory.

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Saburo Saki was a samurai of the shogunate, but due to bad luck, he was not selected to go to Kyushu. He became one of the 5,000 men left behind in Edo, and although he was the lowliest samurai, he was eager to kill his family on the battlefield.

He didn't pay attention to yesterday's pirate invasion, but the bell before dawn made him uneasy.

When he learned that all the forts had been lost and that pirates could arrive at Edo Castle at any time, every samurai who came was shocked.

Their bodies have been deeply imprinted with the name of the Tokugawa family, and they have both loss and glory with the Tokugawa family. So when he heard the news that the lord had summoned samurai to fight the pirates in Edo Bay, he immediately brought his ten ashigaru to the beach.

Saburo Saki arrived a little late, and when he arrived there were no boats. There were only some bamboo rafts and wooden rafts that were made overnight, and even if there were only bamboo rafts, he jumped on them without hesitation.

At the beginning of the battle, he knelt in front of the bamboo raft and stared directly at the naval battle in the distance. Listening to the earth-shattering shouts and rumbling cannons, Saburo Saki trembled all over.

He felt full of strength, and he urged his foot to paddle briskly. But compared to boats, the speed of bamboo rafts is not half a star.

Although he was half dead from exhaustion, he was still a long way from the war zone. Just when Saburo was depressed, he saw a strange warship rushing out of the smoke.

It was a warship he had never seen before, and the word enemy ship instantly appeared in Saburo Sasaki's mind.

Seeing that the sails were full of holes, the hull was scorched and damaged in many places, and there were several planks nailed in some places, one can imagine what kind of bloody battle this enemy ship experienced.

Now that this embarrassed enemy ship has allowed him to catch up, it must be said that Amaterasu has appeared. He quickly asked Ashigaru to change direction and rowed towards the Exocet clipper.

Fifty paces away from the Flying Fish Clipper, Saburo Saburo drew his sword at his waist and swung it forward, commanding Ashigaru to charge loudly.

Ma Le was relieved only when he broke out of the encirclement of the Japanese fleet, and the Japanese seemed to believe that the army of wooden rafts and bamboo rafts could deal with him, and did not turn around and pursue.

He took advantage of the rare opportunity to immediately ask the soldiers to replace the broken and almost useless spinnaker, and while the soldiers were busy, the surrounding Japanese slowly surrounded them.

What surprised Ma Le the most was the bamboo raft that came from front of him, and more than a dozen widows rushed up on the bamboo raft. There was no weapon except the weapon in his hand, not even a bow and arrow.

Are they here to attack themselves? Can the two broken legs of the Japanese people jump on the Exocet clipper? Although the artillery is now so hot that it is impossible to fire, it is not easy to be attacked by the Japanese with weapons alone.

Although the Flying Fish Clipper has a low side, it is also six feet long. Do the Japanese plan to stand on the bamboo raft and play with the Changxing army?

"Captain! Are they here to jump the gang? Can you let them come up and open everyone's eyes, how are these people going to board the ship? Yubin said with a hippie smile.

Although Ma Le also wants to see it, in the environment of the Japanese people looking around, any carelessness is unacceptable.

He hurriedly ordered, but: "What are the soldiers waiting for? Do you still want to invite the widow to dinner? ”

The soldier immediately stretched out his firearm and aimed it at Saburo Saburo, who rushed forward. "Bang bang!" With the sound of the gun, Saburo Saburo's chest exploded with several balls of blood, and he fell unwillingly into the sea.

His body sank into the sea little by little, but Saki's eyes kept staring at the Flying Fish clipper. The unwillingness in his heart filled his brain, he was not afraid of death, but he was unwilling to be killed in the sea without even touching the enemy's side.

Half of the soldiers of the Changxing Army set their sights on Saburo Sasaki. No way! Whoever let him keep wielding the sword, and not beating him is not tolerated.

After the last round of fire on the raft, only four people remained. The rest were either shot and overboard, or fell onto the raft and howled.

The remaining four looked at each other, turned and jumped into the sea and swam into the distance. They don't want to die, and it's important to run for their lives at this juncture.

The soldiers kept firing on the side of the ship, killing the Japanese who were trying to come up in the sea. But there were too many Japanese people, and soon the Flying Fish Clipper was surrounded by wooden rafts and bamboo rafts.

Yubin had already led his men on the side of the ship to stop the Japanese from embarking, and even the gunners and sailors had taken up arms to join the battle.

Ma Le nervously looked at the sails that were already about to be changed, as long as he was giving him a pillar of incense, even if it was less. When the Flying Fish Clippers regain momentum, they will definitely be able to give these people some color.

"Ahh There was a scream, and Ma Le could hear that it was the voice of the first mate Youbin. He immediately looked for prestige, only to see Eubin sitting on the deck with blood on his shoulder.

The Japanese were jumping up on the side of the boat in front of him, and the Japanese were raising their knives to slash at the top of Yubin's head, and Ma Le immediately aimed the short gun in his hand at the Japanese people, and after the sound of the gun, the Japanese fell on Yubin's body.

At the same time, several ship sides were lost. If it weren't for the desperate counterattack of the sailors of the Changxing Army, the Flying Fish Clipper would have been crawling with Japanese people.

"Captain! The sails have been changed! ”

"Captain! The cannon is ready to fire! ”

Two pieces of good news came at the same time, lifting everyone's spirits. They held out for a long time, and almost everyone had wounds on their bodies. If it weren't for the belief that the Changxing army had never been defeated to support them, I'm afraid that some people would have been unable to support it and fell on the deck.

Ma Le waved his arm excitedly and ordered: "Fire!" Raise the sails! ”

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