"Prepare to fire!"

"Use grapeshot."

Lao Qi had no choice but to say.

Grape bombs have a slightly lighter recoil and may be able to barely hold up.

"Adult ......"

His men hesitated.

Really want to shoot?

Even if it is grapeshot, the recoil is very strong, and if the bottom of the boat is fine, there is naturally no problem. The problem is that there is now a hole in the bottom of the ship, which is barely sealed, in case the hole in the bottom of the ship is cracked...... It's so cold that you don't want to swim!

"Let's try it first!"

Lao Qi also felt embarrassed.

Sun Ronglu's order has been issued, and it is absolutely impossible not to fire the cannon. Zheng Zhilong's military orders were very strict. There is basically only one way to deal with those who violate military orders, and that is to hang them directly. He certainly didn't want to be hanged outright. However, if the cannon is fired continuously, the hole in the bottom of the ship will definitely break. I had no choice but to try it first.

"Tom!"

Moments later, the ship finally fired.

It was grapeshot.

At such a distance, firing grapeshot, of course, will not hit any target, it is purely a test gun. The cannon was ejected, and the hull of the ship shook significantly. Lao Qi's heart was mentioned in his throat. Fortunately, the ship did not sink immediately. He hoped that the hole in the bottom of the boat was okay, and he hoped that a miracle would happen. However, a miracle did not happen.

Soon, he received information that the hole in the bottom of the ship had been cracked again. It took a lot of effort on the part of the craftsmen who accompanied the ship to finally make up for the hole! Now the bottom of the cabin is all icy water. If the cannon continues to fire, the hole will be even bigger and will not be repaired at all. By then, the hole could not be repaired, a large amount of sea water poured in, and the ship was about to sink.

"There's no way around that."

"Let's stay here and help them get some firepower!"

"All the personnel, get ready to jump into the gang! We won't fall behind in hand-to-hand combat! ”

Lao Qi had no choice but to say helplessly.

The other subordinates also looked helpless.

As a result, the No. 3 fortune ship, located in the westernmost part of the pirate, was quietly moored here, becoming a spectator of the battle. As for the preparation for hand-to-hand combat, they were very adequate, and most of the sailors had already gathered on the deck, waiting for the time to come.

"This old seven!"

"What a piece of rubbish!"

"How can there be such an incompetent captain?"

Sun Ronglu was angry, and scolded through gritted teeth.

However, there was nothing he could do. If Lao Qi can continue to fire, he will definitely fire. He wouldn't be unaware of the power of military law. If he continued to force Lao Qi to open fire, maybe this No. 3 lucky ship would be finished. After all, a hole in the bottom of a boat and a hole in the side side are completely different things. The danger of a hole in the bottom of the ship is too great. Accidentally, he was about to sink another ship.

Sun Ronglu had already lost a ship and could not afford to lose more. Lao Qi stopped there to help attract artillery fire and disperse the enemy's firepower, which can be regarded as benevolent and righteous. At the same time, Lao Qi has shown that when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, they will not lag behind. Sun Ronglu was a little relieved. As long as it still works, that's a good thing.

Now, under Sun Ronglu's command, there are two No. 2 Fu ships, two No. 3 Fu ships, and two Haicang ships. In terms of the number of warships, it is still very powerful. The opponent only has two monsters that can only stand still, and despite the large number of artillery pieces on them, they are very inflexible. As long as he leaned on and jumped on top of these two monsters, Sun Ronglu was convinced that the victory in the battle must be his own.

Although the sky was already quite overcast and the visibility was very low, Sun Ronglu, who had rich combat experience, could still see it. The advantages of these two monsters made by Zhang Zhun are obvious, and the disadvantages are also obvious. The disadvantages are particularly obvious. First of all, it is that these two monsters do not have a large shooting angle and cannot cope with the attack of multiple targets from different directions. Secondly, it is unable to maneuver and effectively dodge shells. Again, it is its deep draft, and the deck is very close to the surface of the sea and cannot withstand large waves. As long as he deploys in battle according to these shortcomings, he will have a chance to take out the opponent.

"Hit the east first, the little one!"

Sun Ronglu ordered viciously.

The flag was quickly hung out.

However, it took a long time for the other five pirate ships to start moving. The main reason is that the sky is dark, the visibility is too low, and the white smoke produced by the cannon cannot be effectively dispersed, which makes it difficult to see the flag clearly. Only when the cannon is fired, and the flames burst out, can the flag be better seen.

", why did it get dark so soon?"

Sun Ronglu said stupidly.

In December, the days are short and the nights are long, and the nightfall is almost an hour earlier than the summer. Darkness is obviously not conducive to naval warfare. This is the most basic common sense. However, for Sun Ronglu, even if the curtain comes, the battle between the two sides will obviously continue. Unless he is willing to retreat at this time.

Is Sun Ronglu willing to retreat at this time? Of course not. It took a lot of effort and a certain amount of losses for him to get into the range of the artillery. If you retreat, you will have to get closer again tomorrow, and you will have to be rained by the other party. Of course Sun Ronglu is unwilling to do such a thing. God knows what gifts Zhang Zhun will prepare for them tomorrow?

"Up!"

"All on!"

"Defeat the target to the east!"

Sun Ronglu screamed fiercely.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

All the pirate ships, concentrating their firepower, fired at Ninghai.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was about 500 meters, and since they had not yet entered the range of the corsair's chain bullets and grape bullets, the pirates were still using solid bullets. They were going to rely on dense solid bullets to cause a certain amount of damage to that monster first, and then replace chain bullets and grapeshot bullets to kill and injure a large number of people on top of Ninghai, and then carry out gang jumping operations. For such a procedure, the pirates are too skilled to be more proficient.

"Change the ammunition!"

"Grape bombs!"

Yang Guohua and Zhou Zhengyu both shouted quietly.

While the pirates continued to bombard with solid shells, the gunners on the Fuhai and Ninghai sides had already begun to change the type of ammunition. The distance of 500 meters is just the best distance for the Wyvern Cannon to fire chain shells and grapeshot shells. They want to take advantage of the pirate ship to come close and give each other a hard blow. As for the other twenty ordinary Franco-machine guns, they continued to fire solid shells.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

Soon, the ammunition was replaced, and the cannon was fired.

The first round of salvo was grapeshot.

"Snort!"

"Snort!"

"Snort!"

Suddenly, there was a strange sound.

The grape bullets fired from the eighty dragon cannons intertwined into layers of black clouds in the sky, and smashed directly towards the pirate ship. Grape shells cover a very large area, basically do not shoot too accurately. In such a situation of poor visibility, it is really the best choice.

Sure enough, a series of grapes ejected out, and the pirate ship reacted immediately. Dense marbles, scattered in the middle of the pirate ship, shrouded almost all the pirate ships in it. Even Sun Ronglu's flagship, which was at the rear, was not spared.

"Ahhh

"Ahhh

"Ahhh

Countless screams rang out continuously.

Those pirates who were ready to jump into the gang were hit by the dense falling marbles, and they were immediately miserable. Since they were preparing for gang jumping, many pirates were on deck preparing for their own work, and the team was relatively dense, so the damage they took was particularly large.

After the marbles fell, the originally dense pirate team seemed to have been swept by machine guns, and less than half of them remained. On the deck, there were more corpses and wounded. Blood gushed out and flowed back and forth on the deck. The screams and moans of the wounded were even more incessant.

These tiny marbles can't cause substantial damage to the hull of the ship, but they are fatal to the human body. As long as they are hit, they are either killed or injured. A moment of effort, as long as there are marbles falling on the deck, it is a mess. All the pirates couldn't help but panic.

The pirates who survived hurriedly took refuge in the cabin. I didn't care about the wounded outside. Since the first round of grapes fell, it means that there must be a second round. They narrowly avoided the first round, and the second round may not have such luck. If they continue to stay on the deck and the second round of grapeshot falls, they will also lie down on the deck.

Sure enough, a moment later, the second round of grape bombs fell. With a short scream, the wounded on the deck slowly stopped moving, and only a few people were still crying for help in pain. Soon after, the third round of grapes fell, and the cries for help died down. At this point, there were no more living pirates on deck.

"Damn it!"

"Grape bombs!"

"It's grapeshot!"

Sun Ronglu's face changed greatly, and he screamed.

What Zhang Zhun fired was actually a grapebomb, a big killer!

He felt his mind go blank and a little afraid. The opponent fired a grape bomb! At such a distance, the opponent smashed the grape bomb over! And his own grapeshot, which has not yet entered the firing range! If it weren't for seeing the marbles the size of a finger rolling back and forth on the deck, Sun Ronglu really couldn't believe that Zhang Zhun's people could launch grape bullets from such a long distance!

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Before Sun Ronglu could react, another wave of grape bombs fell.

(To be continued)