Chapter 60: Crazy Shelling!
"If our clippers are still unable to capture the island, will we just withdraw to Luzon?" Captain Molly, who was also a pirate leader, stood up and questioned Colonel Alfonso, his one-eyed fierce gaze full of suspicion and distrust of the Spaniards.
"Of course not." Alfonso stood up in the eyes of everyone, straightened his clothes, and looked awe-inspiring: "I am a Spanish naval officer, the Spanish Navy has never been in the habit of retreating, if this wave still fails to take this small island, I will personally lead the team to attack, back then, we Spain with an expedition, not even artillery, conquered a huge empire, and today, we have twenty-one powerful warships here, not to mention a pirate's lair, even if it is a fortress, Our firepower can also turn it into a pile of ruins, making this island the cornerstone of our feats! ”
This temporary military meeting once again aroused the courage of those pirates, and it makes sense to think about it, the first attack on their side was indeed frustrated, but it also tested the strength of the other party, and the enemy was too light at the beginning, if they could make arrangements and attack again, they were indeed full of confidence in taking this small island.
"Do you think they'll be able to take the island?" Looking at the pirate leaders who were leaving one after another, Alfonso crossed his hands on his chest, his brow locked, and his blue pupils flashed with a light called apprehension.
Beside him, the lieutenant commander of the Luzon Colony Fleet nodded confidently: "Although these pirates are the enemies of our colony, I also have to admit that they are strong in combat, and if they can't take a small island, it will become a joke." ”
"Hopefully, you know, I don't want our Luzon colonies to suffer any losses here, as that would have a detrimental effect on the control of the Spanish kingdom over the whole of Luzon." Alfonso looked at the small island that looked like a giant cancer with teeth and claws, and a hint of worry flashed across his young, handsome face.
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"Of course not, I hope that those pirates of the Qing Kingdom can consume more of the strength of these pirates, so that we can clean up the mess, honorable colonel." One of the captains straightened the white gloves on his hands, and a reserved and haughty smile hung on the corners of his mouth.
Just when the fleet commander was nervous, the two sides began to exchange fire again, this time, the Western pirates were no longer as aggressive as they had been at the beginning, and the fate of the seven clippers made them understand that their goal was no longer the Spanish treasure ship that they could not eat, but only to capture the docks, gain a firm foothold on the island, and attack from the rear, the opponent's artillery positions would become useless iron pipes.
Of course, they also know very well that this island is definitely not a bone that can be easily gnawed. So the pirates were quite cautious in their attack this time, and their ships stopped beyond the range of the muskets, and began to attack the dock indiscriminately with the guns on the side of the pier, although all of them were small cannons of six to twelve pounds, but the ants bit the elephants, and countless cannon fire blew up piles of sand and dust on the breast wall of the pier, and hit white marks on the rock wall behind the pier.
And the Qing pirates on the dock seem to have been overwhelmed by the pirates' artillery fire, not to mention the sparse artillery for counterattacks, and even the morale-boosting drums have disappeared without a trace.
Looking at the rags and rotten shoes that flew into the sky and slowly fell, as well as the severed barrels that seemed to have been ignited and collapsed, the pirates could imagine the tragic situation of those Qing pirates whose bodies were torn apart by cannonballs, and the blood in their hearts boiled even more.
It's a pity that they didn't notice that the huge roar of the artillery not only made their ears buzz, but they also couldn't tell whether there were the wails of the Qing pirates' injuries and the screams of death in the sound of the artillery.
"Shell with all your might, run out of shells for me, and destroy the positions on the docks for me." One pirate leader after another, the captain of the ship roared loudly on their respective clippers urging his men to fill the cannonballs into the cannonballs, and continued a new round of shooting, the thick smoke even obscured their own vision, but no one dared to stop the action, the frantic shelling, the spewing of pipe flames reminded of the boiling lava of hell.
Looking at the extremely miserable dock, the hearts of these pirates rose with excitement and raging pleasure, except for the occasional artillery return fire at the beginning, and in the end, there was no movement on the dock except for the smoke and dust raised by the artillery fire.
"Did they wipe out all our artillery?" One of the Western pirate gunners scratched the pimple on his chin with a two-hundred-five expression. The pirate next to him was looking for his prosthetic eye that had fallen on the deck because of his panic just now, and said in a very affirmative tone: "Of course, so many pirates, attacking a small broken island, just now they can still have the strength to fight back against us?" ”
"Don't talk nonsense, keep shelling, even if the barrel is red, and give me all this ammunition to pour all this ammunition on that dock, you know, guys." Behind them, Captain Morley, wearing an eye patch and a scar on his face that looked extremely hideous because of the excitement on his expression, brandished the war knife in his hand and roared loudly, attracting everyone's response and faster artillery fire.
Captain Morley was in a very happy mood, he had never been so happy, he was a pirate, at most he commanded the battles and fire of the warships at sea, and here today he had the pleasure of being a conqueror, as if the resistance of another civilization would collapse under his own fire.
"If you are ruthless, you will not even have any bones left!" Captain Morley's almost hoarse roar echoed through the fire, and his monstrous one-eyed eyes were nothing but blood-devouring madness.
There are even some guns on the clippers, because the frequency of fire is too fast, which makes the cannon body overheat and burns the gunner's accident, but this does not affect the enthusiasm of these pirates to continue to bombard, perhaps destruction and destruction are their ultimate hope.
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At this moment, on the fort of the Liangfu Fortress that stood high at the end of the slope of the pier, a majestic figure was standing on the gun emplacement, with his hands behind his back and his eyes squinting, looking condescendingly at the crazy pirates, and the dock that was caught in the fire of the cannonballs.
The surrounding pirates looked at Liang Pengfei's gaze, which can only be described as worship, it was Master Liang who made everyone retreat in advance, and then on the dock position, only more than ten old-style artillery pieces were left, and the letter incense was used to trigger artillery attacks at regular intervals, creating the illusion of resistance below, but in fact, on the dock at this moment, not to mention people, not even a cockroach could not be found.
Young Master Liang didn't have a trace of nervousness, but seemed to enjoy the feeling of gunsmoke, and his leisurely and casual eyes were like a fierce beast, lying quietly on the high ground, looking at the fat and tender sheep at the foot of the mountain who were stupidly eating fragrant grass. The occasional flickering cold light in his eyes was like a thunderbolt moving in the sky under the clouds, which made everyone feel a kind of spiritual tremor in their hearts.
Shi Xianggu's gaze occasionally fell on Liang Pengfei's handsome and stylish face, but she always moved away quickly, as if she was carrying a rabbit in her heart, always jumping around.
After nearly 20 minutes of heavy shelling, the wharf that was originally made of mud and logs has become a ruin, more like a tidal flat that has become extremely messy due to industrial pollution in later generations.
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ps: The second update has arrived, well, still working hard, the Spring Festival is coming soon, everyone who is going to leave school and go home remember to be careful, safety first.
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