Chapter 41: Pirates II
"Why don't we stop the ship and surrender?"
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"Surrender? If you say this kind of thing, immediately order me to fight back, I want to let these pirates know that my Lin family is powerful, our Lin family only has men who died in battle, and there are no people who surrendered! ā
Lin Jiasheng said resolutely, since the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Tartars vigorously investigated the anti-Qing righteous people, under the high pressure of the Qing Dynasty, many Ming people fled to East Asia, Nanyang to make a living. At first, the days were comfortable, but as more and more foreigners came to Nanyang, Nanyang simply became the world of Westerners, and the Han people's fire became more and more difficult, and the business was even more difficult.
Lin Jiasheng also followed his uncle to run transportation, specializing in helping people transport goods, and charged a little fee from it, and at the same time the Lin family also did goods trade, before a large number of Westerners came to Nanyang, the Lin family lived quite comfortably. But now ......
The South Seas were chaotic, and many merchants' merchant ships were equipped with artillery to combat those pirates with bad intentions. After receiving Lin Jiasheng's order to return fire, the men of the Lin family began to fire back.
Suddenly, knock knock! The roar continued to sound, and there was a thick cannon sound on the sea, and after the artillery using black powder fired, a large amount of smoke was emitted, filling the area.
Of course, the pirates also knew that the Lin family's merchant ships were equipped with artillery, but the artillery on the merchant ships was generally small-caliber artillery, which was not very powerful, otherwise they would not dare to rob the Lin family's merchant ships.
"Bunny, aim a little bit for me and then fight!" The pirate Golden Fang scolded loudly.
"Your Excellency Commander, damn the smoke is too big, it affects the gunner's line of sight, and I can't see clearly!" The gunner said helplessly.
Boom! Both sides have already begun a third round of shelling, with hundreds of artillery pieces on both sides, and the sea is full of shells and shells.
Rumble! A cannonball smashed on the side of the Lin family's merchant ship, and more than ten catties of iron pellet shells suddenly smashed a large hole about half a meter in diameter on the side of the armed merchant ship.
Rumble! Rumble! Then the armed merchant ship received several more shells.
Now the shells are all solid iron balls or lead balls, more than ten catties of iron balls smashed down, the power can not be underestimated, this armed merchant ship after a few shells, there is a danger of being dismembered at any time.
Boom! The pirates were firing wildly, and after seeing the Lin family's armed merchant ship being hit, they were all as excited as if they were beating chickens.
Nowadays, naval guns are mounted on a wooden frame with wheels, and the guns will have a lot of recoil after firing, and the guns will retreat to the plywood after firing, and the racks of the guns are covered with ropes, so that the guns just retreat to the predetermined position on the deck, which is just suitable for gunners to fill gunpowder.
The pirate loader next to the cannon was sweating profusely, cleaning the gun chamber, loading gunpowder, and firing the cannonballs quickly, but they were all careful to avoid accidents.
"Hurry up, bunny, did you run out of strength on the woman's belly last night?" The big gold tooth stood aside and scolded loudly.
Ha ha! Several gunners next to him bared their teeth and laughed.
The armed merchant ships of the Lin family still have a certain distance from the firepower of the pirates' warships, and although the men of the Lin family are not afraid of death, they cannot change the situation of defeat. Soon, several of Lin's armed merchant ships were sunk.
Boom! When the pirates saw the Lin family's armed merchant ships being sunk one after another, they were all excited as if they were fighting chickens, and they were even more agile in their work.
"Fire!" Lin Jiasheng stood in the second layer of plywood, seeing that the gunners had already loaded their ammunition, and ordered loudly. Several ships were not sunk, and Lin Jiasheng's heart was dripping blood, this is all the family wealth left by his father, is it going to be defeated in his own hands today?
Boom! A few shells smashed on the pirate's ship, and suddenly, Mu Xiao on the battleship flew everywhere. A cannonball hit the waterline, and the sea water slammed down the hole that had been smashed into the tank.
"Quick, hurry up and block me!"
"Quick, get the quilt!"
Boom! Then, several more shells hit the hapless ship.
Soon, the pirate ship was dismembered and slowly sank on the surface.
"Dive!" A pirate screamed in panic.
Seeing that the pirate's warship was hit by himself, Lin Jiasheng felt a little better, and seeing those pirates jumping into the icy sea like dumplings, Lin Jiasheng seemed to get a little comfort in his heart.
"Fake!" Clyde couldn't help but curse angrily when he saw that the ship he had managed to win was sunk.
"Sink those yellow-skinned monkeys for me, and when you go back, you can go to the girls to vent to your heart's content!" Clyde shouted frantically.
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"Report to the commander-in-chief, warships have been spotted ahead, and both sides are firing."
The first fleet, the lookout on the mast of the Qin Shi Huang, after discovering the situation, reported loudly.
After Sun Hao heard this, he immediately climbed up the rope ladder of the mast.
After climbing to the lookout, Sun Hao took out his binoculars and looked at it carefully.
"Pirates!" After seeing the ship with the skull flag, Sun Hao was a little surprised in his heart.
It's a pretty old criminal industry, and it's one that has been around since ancient times, and pirates have existed since the days of ships. Especially after the 16th century, when navigation was developed, pirates were found in coastal areas where commerce was developed. The main feature of this criminal industry is that pirates are often not isolated offenders, but often rob in the form of criminal groups. Due to the particularity and mystery of pirates, pirates have become legendary and even magical elements in people's minds in later generations. Sun Hao is no stranger to pirates, and he has also participated in the operation of fighting pirates and rescuing hostages in the Gulf of Aden.
After Sun Hao climbed down the rope ladder, he immediately ordered to open up at full speed and prepare to destroy these pirates, because Sun Hao saw that these pirates were shelling the merchant ships of the Han Chinese.
This was the first naval battle of the First Fleet, and it was also the first naval battle of the First Fleet.
Lu Ping, the brigade commander of the First Fleet of the Navy, is also busy, this is the maiden battle of the First Fleet, and it must not disappoint Commander-in-Chief Sun Hao.