Chapter 51: Destroying the Bandits
The pirate ship approached the "Wannianqing" in the face of the bullets fired by the sailors of the "Wannianqing", and several pirates risked being shot by rifle bullets, threw out their flying claws, grabbed the side of the "Wannianqing", and then pulled the rope hard, dragging the pirate ship closer. A pirate was pulling a rope www.biquge.info a pirate, and the sailors on the "Wannian Qing" shot him and shot him down into the sea, and another pirate flew up to catch it, pulled the rope and continued to pull hard.
Seeing the pirates' fearless appearance, Zhou Kaixi's heart tightened again.
Seeing that the pirate ship was approaching, some pirates leaned out from behind the plank, and were about to jump into the gang, only to hear a soft sound of "sudden ......", and the "Lin's machine gun" on the No. 1 machine gun position of the foremast platform opened fire.
I saw that white smoke shot down from the mast, and a thin line composed of waves suddenly rose on the sea, and then the thin line turned slightly, and then rowed to the pirate ship, which was immediately surrounded by white smoke, and the ship's planks were broken apart, and the broken wood pieces flew in all directions.
Zhou Kaixi saw that the bullets fired by the "Lin's machine gun" dodged and "swished" into the pirates who were originally hiding behind the board of the ship and were about to jump into the gang, and for a while blood splashed, and the pirates instantly turned into a leaky pot that spurted blood, screaming and falling into the sea.
When the people on the flybridge saw this amazing scene, they were all stunned for a moment.
The pirates who were not hit jumped into the cabin to dodge, but the "Lin's machine gun" did not let them go, but continued to harvest death, unceremoniously shot bullets into the cabin, Lin Yizhe saw a large area of the ship's planks being lifted away, and the pirates hiding inside were splashed with blood and flesh, and the terrible screams came one after another, and a pirate seemed to be unable to find a place to hide, crouching on the bow of the ship, holding his head with both hands and crying loudly, looking like his spirit was completely broken. Until a bullet burrowed into his body and ended his fear.
Although Lin Yizhe had a certain psychological preparation for the power of the "Lin's Gatling" that he had changed, at this moment, he was also stunned when he saw the pirate ship being beaten to pieces, and he was also stunned when he first entered the battlefield.
Probably hit by a bullet from the "Lin's machine gun" in the powder compartment, the pirate ship suddenly exploded, turning into a flaming ball of fire. Burning wood chips flew up with the shock wave, and some even landed on the deck of the "Wannian Qing".
"Good fight!" Shen Baozhen shouted excitedly.
The terrifying rain of bullets from the No. 1 machine gun position then poured down on another small sampan not far away loaded with more than a dozen pirates charged, and under the destruction and tearing of the dense rain of bullets, the small sampan was directly shattered into wooden planks, and most of the pirates on it were directly killed, and a few people were not hit by the vital point, screaming and falling into the sea.
In just a few minutes, the two pirate ships were reimbursed, and the debris and the corpses of the pirates were floating on the surface of the sea, as well as several surviving pirates who were struggling in the sea, and the blood that flowed from the corpses and their bodies stained the sea water on the side of the "Wannianqing". But the rain of bullets still showed no signs of stopping, but in the spirit of eliminating the evil, the few living mouths that were still struggling on the sea surface were also drowned, and when the gunfire of the No. 1 machine gun position finally stopped, the two ships of pirates that rushed to the starboard side of Wannianqing and the pirate ships were all smashed to pieces, and no one survived.
The sudden power of the "Wannian Qing" gave the pirates a great shock, but the pirates did not retreat, but relied on the large number of people and ships to attack again.
"This way! This way! Seeing that the crisis on the starboard side was temporarily lifted, Xia Xianlun pointed to two pirate ships, one large and one small, that were desperately rushing towards the port side, and shouted anxiously in the direction of the mast.
At this time, Lin Yizhe blew two long whistles, and as soon as the whistle fell, the "Lin's machine gun" at the No. 2 machine gun position on the central combat platform of the Wannian Qing Dynasty began to spit out tongues of fire at one of the larger pirate ships equipped with a breech iron cannon in the bow.
Perhaps the shooters at machine gun position No. 2 were too nervous, and the gun stumbled at the moment of firing, and the line of fire suddenly rose a little. These slight elevations made all the bullets that were originally poured on the bow iron cannon position hit the mainmast in the middle of the ship, and the diameter of this mainmast was not as good as the trunk of the tree when Lin Yizhe tried the gun, so it snapped with a "click" of the shuttle bullet, and the sail fell on the hull, but before that, the iron cannon at the bow of the pirate ship fired a cannonball at the "Wannian Qing"!
From the shape and movement trajectory after the cannon was ejected, Lin Yizhe quickly judged: This is a chain bullet. This couldn't help but make him secretly frightened.
The other party actually used chain bullets to hit the mast of the "Evergreen", which shows that these pirates are not ordinary "well-trained"!
However, it was clear that the collapse of the corsair's mast changed the center of gravity of the ship's hull, and the angle of fire of the permanently mounted iron cannon also changed, so the chain bullet flew high, skimmed the deck of the "Wan Nian Qing", grazed the starboard side, and fell into the sea.
For this pirate ship that has lost its ability to maneuver, the shooters at the No. 2 machine gun position will certainly not let go of such an opportunity to kill the target, after the "Lin's machine gun" fired a round of fierce fire, the ship's powder magazine was also hit and exploded, the iron cannon was blown into the air, and fell into the sea along with the severed arms and limbs of some pirates, and the entire ship's cabin was collapsed, floating lifelessly on the sea like a dead fish.
After solving the big threat of the cannon corsair, the "Lin's machine gun" at the No. 2 machine gun position fired fire at the small sampan that was about to turn the rudder and flee when it saw that the situation was not good. When the gunfire stopped, all that remained of the small sampan was the wreckage of the ship's planks and a dozen mutilated limbs floating on the surface of the sea with a large pile of blood.
At the same time, the two pirate sampans, which had just rushed to starboard, were also eliminated by machine gun emplacements No. 3 on the aft mast. By the time the No. 3 machine gun stopped firing, the barrel had cooled, and the reloaded machine gun No. 1 opened fire again, turning the deck of a small, larger sloop into an Asura field, where the pirates were either killed or jumped overboard before they were killed. Witnessing this scene, Shen Baozhen on the flybridge had a question.
"Kunyu, why don't you concentrate the three consecutive guns on an enemy ship, so as to collect the effect of destroying the enemy ship?"
"Lord Shen doesn't know that although this kind of machine gun is as fast as electricity, because the barrel is copper, it is easy to overheat after a long period of fire, and if the barrel is not stopped in time to cool the barrel, it is very easy to burst the barrel, and the fragments will endanger the shooter," Pei Jinquan explained to Shen Baozhen. "Therefore, we will discuss with Kunyu to set up a machine gun on each of the three masts of our ship, and the whole ship will be equipped with three of them, and the rules of operation will be set." Pei Jinquan went on to explain, "When engaging the enemy on the single side, three guns are rotated, and only one machine gun is used to fire at a time, and when the barrel of the No. 1 gun is cooled, the No. 2 gun replaces, and when the No. 2 gun is cooled, the No. 3 gun replaces. If there are enemies on both sides, two of the three guns will be on the side of the enemy, and one of the three guns will be on the side of the enemy. This will allow for the continuation of firepower without delaying the fighters. β
"That's very good." Shen Baozhen understood, and couldn't help nodding again and again.
Under the fire of three machine guns in turn, the pirate ship's team was completely disrupted and plunged into chaos, the morale of the pirates completely collapsed, and they began to race for their lives, and some of the panicked pirate ships even collided together, which further aggravated the chaos. The machine gun shooters of the "Wan Nian Qing" calmly carried out their shooting, destroying one pirate ship after another, while the sailors on the deck continued to fire with platoon guns under the command of the third mate Tu Caiyou. After a while, when the gunfire fell silent, the sea around the "Wan Nian Qing" was full of broken wreckage and the corpses of pirates who had been killed.
The bandit leader's boat was also destroyed, and Lin Yizhe saw that the bandit leader was no longer as hideous and rampant as he had just now, he was half submerged in the water, his hands were raised high, and there was a frightened expression on his face, obviously under the blow of the machine gun just now, his spirit had completely collapsed.
Lin Yizhe didn't look at the bandit leader again, but turned around and walked quickly off the flybridge and came to the cabin.
What he is most worried about now is the motivation of the "Wannian Qing".
At this time, the stokers in the cabin were adding coal to the furnace without life, and Lin Yizhe could feel that the main engine of the "Wannian Qing" was running like crazy, and he heard that the operation of the main engine was in a normal state, and he was relieved.
Out of the engine room, Lin Yizhe came to the deck of the "Wan Nian Qing", at this time the tide had already risen, he saw that the sailors were putting down the steam sampan, and knew that Pei Jinquan planned to take advantage of the high tide to use this small steamer to drag the "Wan Nian Qing" out of the shallows.
Under the towing of the small steamer and the full speed reversal of the main engine, the "Wannian Qing" finally broke out of the shallows and turned around and headed towards the green-headed merchant ship. Pei Jinquan ordered the statistics of losses and casualties. The sailors were busy helping the wounded.
The statistics soon came out, and in this fierce battle, the hull of the "Wannian Qing" had many bullet damages, but none of them were heavy. Under the gunfire of the pirates, the sailors of the "Wannian Qing" were injured eleven people, two of whom were relatively seriously injured, but after rescue, they were out of danger. No one was killed in this battle, which made Lin Yizhe feel the most fortunate.
And in this battle, the pirate side can be said to have suffered heavy losses, more than a dozen pirate ships were sunk, and almost more than a hundred people were killed, not counting those who struggled in the water.
The "Wannian Qing" approached the merchant ship, which was broken by a chain bullet fired by pirates, and the ship was in a mess and miserable. The people of the merchant ship all came to the deck at this time, cheering and saluting the brave first Chinese self-made steam gunboat in front of them. Many people on the merchant ship bowed and thanked the "Wannian Qing", and some people looked at the red background gold dragon tooth flag on the mast, and actually wept bitterly.
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