Chapter 714: Destroy the Enemy Ships
The enemy ship finally approached, and the three ships were already encircling the Zhiyuan ship. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info saw that the Zhiyuan ship suddenly stopped, and the whole ship turned to the right as if it was about to turn on its side, and the sail that was originally only half open was quickly raised, and the speed of the ship was raised, and soon the Zhiyuan ship completed the turn and became sideways facing three enemy ships.
"Charge charge!" The gun commander in the cabin hurriedly urged several gunners, and some extra sailors also came to the gun compartment to help, and soon the loading of the guns was completed, and with an order, the five guns were pushed to the firing port, and the gunners briefly estimated the distance, and determined the design direction a little through the simple light door on the gun.
"Wait, the ship hasn't turned yet, wait for the enemy ship to get closer." The gunner calmly commanded.
All the gunners and sailors pinched the sweat in their hands, the enemy ship was already approaching to a distance of three or four hundred meters, and they still didn't fire? All eyes were on the young gunner.
I saw that he shook his head slightly, his teeth biting his lower lip, the speed of the Zhiyuan ship was very fast, originally parallel to the ship in the middle of the opponent, and after turning due north, it was now in a T-shape with the northernmost ship of the enemy.
"Fire!" The gun commander finally gave the final order, and several gunners ignited the gun's lead rope at the same time, and the lead rope burned very quickly, just a matter of moments, and the five guns all slammed backwards, and at the same time there was a loud "boom" sound.
Time seemed to stand still in an instant, and all that was in everyone's eyes was the projectile that was spinning out at a rapid pace in smoke, and the No. 1 gun position probably had the most charge, and the cannonball flew the fastest, plunging into the sea three or four meters away from the enemy ship perpendicular to the Zhiyuan, stirring up a column of rushing water.
Then the shells fired from the No. 3 and No. 4 gun positions also hit the sea next to the enemy ship one after another, and before everyone had time to be annoyed, the shells fired from the No. 2 gun position finally hit the enemy ship, and the shells hit the enemy ship above the bow waterline, and with a burst of wood chips scattered, the bow was smashed out of a small hole, it seems that the enemy ship did not do a good job, but this cannon hit too much above the waterline, and the damage to the ship was limited.
The last No. 5 cannon parabola flew the highest and hoisted directly into the deck of the enemy ship, and the first blow did not penetrate the deck, but instead drifted forward, sweeping several sailmen on the enemy ship directly to the ground, and they were not alive.
"Very well, hurry up and clear the chamber and prepare the charge." The gun commander shouted excitedly.
With the gunner's movements, the Zhiyuan ship gradually turned around, turning back to the east, and now needed to avoid a safe distance.
It seems that although the enemy has done a good job in intelligence work, found out the movements of Zhiyuan and Li Yang, and laid an ambush in the Strait of Malacca early, they did not expect that the Zhiyuan ship could not be defeated, and always ran away.
After a while, the three boats were sunk.
Who will be behind this? Li Yang recalled carefully, there were many people who had enmity with him, but after hearing the news that Li Yang wanted to go to sea by boat, there were not many forces that could quickly organize people to encircle and suppress him, who was so desperate to want his life, and he could feel that the other party had already planted his eyes and ears on Miyako Island.
Li Yang felt that if he didn't dig up this tumor as soon as possible, thinking that he would have a pair of eyes behind him in everything he did in the future, it would be a terrible thing, and he must not let such a situation appear, and Li Yang already had a rough plan in his heart for his actions after returning to Hong Kong.
Although he was not embarrassed, he sailed all the way back to the fishing village harbor in a very beautiful way, and Li Yang got off the boat and rode back to Miyako Island with the escort who was waiting here.
All the people who saw Li Yang in the port felt that the island owner was very angry, and the consequences were serious. During this period, Li Yang did not greet anyone, and some businessmen who greeted him with smiling faces and were about to say hello were also intimidated by Li Yang's face, and swallowed back all the words that had just come to his throat one by one.
Li Wen, who was patrolling at the gate of Miyako Island, saw a group of cavalry galloping at a rapid pace, faintly like the personal escort of the island owner, Li Wen, who had received the news that Li Yang would go to sea for four or five days, was quite strange, this escort was not waiting honestly at the port, why did he run back blindly?
As this group of cavalry approached, Li Wen recognized that it was Li Yang who was running ahead first!
"Island Master, you are ......," Li Wen shouted from afar.
Li Yang reined in his horse's head, saw clearly that it was his chief administrative officer, and said immediately: "Gather all the officials in charge to the council hall immediately, hurry!" ”
After saying that, he ran back to his island lord's mansion without looking back, he needed to calm down, after all, the previous encounter could be regarded as experiencing life and death, although the process was not critical.
Everyone felt strange about Li Yang's return and return, and also felt that this emergency meeting was definitely abnormal, so after receiving the news, they all quickly felt the meeting hall of the island lord's mansion.
Li Yang, who was sitting on the stage, glanced at the people in the audience, Li Wen, Wang Bao, Wang Guangzong, Wang Hu, Wu Yong, Huang Bingxi, these people are either people who have followed him from the beginning, or the Chinese who defected later, only one Huang Bingxi is a general but has an upright temperament and speaks straightforwardly, in other words, these people on the scene should be trustworthy.
"This time we went to sea, we were ambushed." Li Yang paused after speaking, watching the expressions of everyone in the audience.
Surprised, angry, or contemplative, the expressions are natural and not artificial.
"The enemy arranged for three ships to set up a net in the Miyako Strait, but they did not expect that our new ships were extremely fast and powerful, and they were all wiped out, but it is not known who is behind this."
"Island master, you went out this time on your improvised initiative, and there is a big problem with the fact that the enemy can calmly surround it in such a short time." Wang Hu frowned, thinking that he was talking to himself, and then raised his head and said to Li Yang.
"Yes, I set sail on a whim, and the next day I set sail, and on the third day I encountered an ambush, I don't know who is so hand-eyed, not only the source is fast and accurate, but also the shot can be described as ruthless and spicy, it seems that we provoked a big Buddha that should not be provoked!" Li Yang said self-deprecatingly.
Everyone in the audience is spinning rapidly, this time is a special period, although it has not caused any substantial harm, but the potential danger is too great, and the enemy is in the dark, I don't know when to shoot again, only a thousand days to be a thief, who can prevent thieves for a thousand days.