The pirate ship seemed to be taken aback when it saw the steamship rushing towards it, and immediately dispersed from the green-headed merchant ship. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, the distance between the two sides was relatively close, and Lin Yizhe clearly saw that the pirates were driving some small fishing boats, and the slightly larger pirate ships were actually equipped with cannons!

Seeing the "Wannianqing" rushing over, the cannons on the two larger pirate ships opened fire from a distance, and the cannonballs landed on the sea not far from the bow of the "Wannianqing", stirring up waves and waves.

"Shoot! Sink them all! Seeing that the pirates dared to fire at the official ship with the red background and gold dragon tooth flag, Zhou Kaixi was furious and couldn't help but roar loudly.

Pei Jinquan gave orders one after another, directing the "Wannian Qing" to turn, and the gunners had already finished loading the guns under the command of Chen Anming, and were ready to open fire.

With a graceful turning action, the "Wannian Qing" turned its side toward the pirate ship, Chen Anming waved his waist knife and gave the order to open fire, and the three 24-pounder guns roared one after another.

Shen Baozhen stared at the sea tightly, only to see three cannonballs flying far away, falling in the array of the pirate ship one after another, stirring up three high water columns, Lin Yizhe saw that the splashing waves fell on a pirate ship, and the pirates on the bow of the ship were drenched into soup chickens, causing the pirates to scream and scold.

"Quick! Keep firing! Shen Baozhen saw that the first round of shooting of the "Wannian Qing" had all failed, and he couldn't help but be a little anxious, and loudly urged the gunner to continue shooting.

The gunners laboriously dragged the cannon back, loaded it, and pushed it back into the gun door to fire, and the "Wannian Qing" fired another round of three shots, and these shells still did not hit the target, but only fell into the sea, stirring up the sea water again, drenching the pirates all over their heads.

"How!" Zhou Kaixi was so anxious that he jumped to his feet and yelled at the gunners, "Hurry up and open the cannon!" If you can't hit again, I want your heads! ”

Lin Yizhe glanced at the gunners who were struggling to operate the artillery with pity, he knew that these gunners were actually Pei Jinquan's old department, they were proficient in handling guns, and their accuracy could actually be said to be quite good, but it was a pity that the targets they wanted to shoot were all very small fishing boats, and they were using such an old 24-pounder wheeled rack that was not easy to get accurate, and the possibility of hitting such a small target was very small.

The "Wannian Qing" fired several more shots in succession, although it was still a pirate ship and did not hit. But the pirate ships were visibly frightened, and began to abandon the green-headed merchant ship, and turned around one after another, and began to run away.

"Catch up! Knock them out! Shen Baozhen pointed at the pirate ship and shouted.

"But, my lord, there seems to be a shoal ahead, and rashly pursuing it may not be good for this ship......" Bei Jinquan's words were not finished when he was interrupted by Zhou Kaixi.

"My lord told you to chase after you! Didn't you hear?! Zhou Kaixi glared angrily, as if he was going to eat people, "What is the use of the imperial court raising you?!" If you don't attack the bandits, you will be in trouble! Don't you want a head? ”

"Hurry up and pursue! Don't let the bandits go! Shen Baozhen said urgently.

Pei Jinquan gave the order to pursue, and the "Wannian Qing" drove at full speed and chased after the pirate ship.

The pirate ships are all sailing ships, and the speed is naturally not as fast as the steam-powered "Wan Nian Qing", and it was soon chased by the "Wan Nian Qing", and the "Wan Nian Qing" opened fire again, and the cannonballs flew away like meteors, setting off a high column of water in the pirate ship team.

Lin Yizhe noticed that although the pirate ship procession, which had a total of six or seven ships, large and small, had become messy due to the shelling of the "Wannian Qing", it still seemed to maintain a certain formation, and the course was the same. He suddenly remembered what Bei Jinquan had said just now, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

As if to confirm Lin Yizhe's judgment, at this moment, seven or eight pirate ships suddenly appeared in front of him!

"There's an ambush!" Shen Renfa, the first mate of the "Wannian Qing", exclaimed.

As soon as Shen Ren's voice fell, the hull of the "Wannian Qing" shook suddenly, and then stopped.

The people on the flybridge were all unsteady on their feet and almost fell, and just as the people were in shock, they heard a "squeak" sound, and the hull of the "Wannianqing" began to tilt to the port side.

"What's going on?!" Shen Baozhen easily stood up and asked loudly.

"The ship has run aground, my lord!" I don't know who replied, "We're stranded on a sandbar!" ”

When the pirates saw the "Wannian Qing" running aground, they all began to cheer, and some even jumped on the ship and shouted and cursed loudly.

The "Wannianqing" stopped tilting, and Pei Jinquan, who was sweating profusely, ordered to reverse with all his might, but the "Wannianqing" did not move at all.

Seeing this scene, the pirates made an earth-shattering noise, and then drove the ship to the "Wannian Qing" to pounce!

Lin Yizhe knew that this time the "Wannian Qing" encountered a group of experienced habitual thieves.

The pirate ship soon approached the "Wannianqing", and the muskets with guns were fired at the "Wannianqing", and a solid iron projectile fired by the cannon flew and hit the port hull of the "Wannianqing".

Lin Yizhe saw that on a pirate ship that was obviously a command ship, a bareheaded and shirtless man holding a short gun in one hand and a machete in the other hand was looking at the group of ship officials on the flybridge viciously, with a hideous smile on his face. He knew that this person should be the leader of this group of pirates.

The pirate ship surrounded the "Wan Nian Qing" and continued to fire, and another solid iron projectile with a cannon flew and landed on the deck over the side of the ship, smashing a hole in the deck, although it did not hurt anyone, but it made the shipmaster officials on the flybridge panic.

At this time, the "Wannian Qing" was stranded, the hull of the ship was tilted, and the guns on both sides were all unusable.

Zhou Kaixi looked at this scene blankly, and Lin Yizhe's original words suddenly echoed in his ears.

"What is the use of such a ship that is not a donkey or a horse?! ……”

"What is the use of such a ship that is not a donkey or a horse?! ……”

Zhou Kaixi screamed, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the person fell on the flying bridge and fainted.

"Lord Zhou! Lord Zhou! Wu Zhongxiang saw Zhou Kaixi fainting to the ground, and couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Get off the flybridge! Take shelter in the cabin! Pei Jinquan saw a bullet flying overhead with a "whoosh" and said hurriedly.

The two relatives stepped forward to help Shen Baozhen get off the bridge, but Shen Baozhen was furious, pushed them away vigorously, and shouted: "No! I'm going to watch you beat the pirates away! ”

At this time, there was chaos on the flybridge, and Pei Jinquan was about to ask Lin Yizhe to persuade Shen Baozhen to enter the cabin to take shelter for a while, but suddenly found that Lin Yizhe picked up his gun and aimed at the pirate ship.

Without waiting for Bei Jinquan to ask, Lin Yizhe said, "Bang! A pirate on the pirate ship, armed with a musket, screamed and fell into the sea.

Lin Yizhe's shot was extremely loud, and the flying bridge, which was originally chaotic, instantly quieted down, and everyone's eyes were focused on him for a while.

Lin Yizhe didn't pay attention to the surprised eyes of the people around him, but secretly screamed "pity" in his heart.

He had been aiming at the gunner on the pirate ship, but due to the shaking of the ship and the influence of the wind, he missed this shot, knocking an unlucky man next to him into the sea.

Although it didn't hit the enemy who wanted to shoot, this shot was very powerful, and the pirates on that ship should have been startled, and the sailors on the "Wannian Qing" were a little flustered, and when they saw this scene, some of them immediately shouted loudly.

Some of the sailors on the ship, led by the third mate, had already taken their rifles, crouched on the side of the ship, and began to shoot at the pirate ship.

Lin Yizhe held his breath and concentrated, calculated the wind speed in his heart according to the bullet just now, adjusted the muzzle of the gun slightly, and aimed at the gunner on the pirate ship again, and shot out.

"Bang!" There was another deafening gunshot, and Shen Baozhen couldn't help but shout loudly when he saw the gunner on the pirate ship fall in response. He turned his head and looked at Lin Yizhe, who was in a crouching and shooting posture, and tears oozed from the corners of his eyes.

The sailors of the "Wannian Qing" were infected by Lin Yizhe, and their morale was immediately boosted, and they continued to open fire, and many pirates were hit and fell into the sea.

It may be that the killing of their companions stimulated the ferocity of the pirates, and the pirate ships no longer retreated, but rushed straight over, and some pirates crouched behind the planks of the ship, holding knives and guns, and made a posture ready to jump into the gang.

Seeing the pirates screaming madly and looking desperate, the people on the flybridge panicked a little.

Lin Yizhe still seemed very calm, after he emptied all the seven rounds in the tube magazine, he withdrew the sniper rifle, removed a section of handguard, pulled out the empty tube magazine, and put a new magazine filled with seven rounds into place, and then picked up the small silver whistle hanging on his chest and blew a sharp long whistle.

On the combat platform of the No. 1 mast of the "Wannian Qing," two sailors dropped their gun jackets when they heard the whistle, and a "Lin's machine gun" was shining with a dazzling golden light under the sunlight.

Zhang Rencai and Wu Xiaoyun, the two Ningbo sailors who operated the machine gun, invariably poked their heads out and raised their fists to Lin Yizhe on the flybridge, and waved them in an oath. They are the No. 1 machine gun position of the "Wannian Qing" ship, and Lin Yizhe's long whistle just now means that the No. 1 machine gun position is ready for battle, and when the pirate ship enters the effective range of the machine gun, it can fire on its own, without waiting for additional orders.

Lin Yizhe nodded at the two people in the No. 1 machine gun position, and set up the sniper rifle full of bullets again, at this time, Zhou Kaixi had woken up under the rescue of military doctor Li Fengxiang, and just happened to see this scene.

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