Chapter 423: The Sea Encounter (7) Ends
This reserve of less than fifty people is already Fan Liang's last hole card. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 InfoEven at the most dangerous moment of the battle, the pirates rushed to a place less than ten meters in front of Fan Liang, and Fan Liang did not put the reserves into the battlefield. He trusts his own judgment, and even more so in his comrades-in-arms. So he held out until the end.
And now is the time for this reserve force to exert its might, with this new force with high morale and physical strength. The attack of the Breakers was a little more intense. These fifty men were like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and in a matter of moments they were smashing the pirates' hard-held defenses.
The soldiers of the Broken Army stepped on the corpses of the enemy and advanced rapidly, and all the pirates who dared to make a resistance move were immediately hit with the most fierce blows, and for a time the morale of the pirates almost fell to the bottom. The breath of despair spread, and the pirates' weak will to resist disappeared in an instant, driven by the desire to survive.
One, two, more and more pirates threw down their weapons and knelt down to beg, and the battle was basically over by this moment. Fan Liang's persistence paid off, and the reserves played a huge role in this most critical moment.
The Sea Harrier flag, which represents the pirates, slowly lowered, the Daming blue background sun and moon flag of the Jiaozhou fleet was rising, and the Black Wind battleship ushered in its new owner at this moment!
"Two masters! Look, the battle flag on the black wind has changed! It is the sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty! The Black Wind has been broken by the official army! "Although the battle of the Black Wind is over, the battle of the other warships continues. When the Great Bright Sun and Moon Banner was raised on the pirate flagship, almost all eyes on the battlefield were attracted to it, and even the scorching battle was suffocated.
"What!?" The eyes of the second master followed the words of his cronies to the Black Wind in the distance, and sure enough, what was hanging on the Black Wind was no longer the sea harrier he was familiar with, but the Sun and Moon Banner that he hated and feared. The Grand Commander is finished! At this moment, there is only one thought echoing in everyone's hearts!
"What should the second master do now! You'll give me a word when the time comes! Shall we go over and support the Grand Commander? Seeing that his boss was speechless for a long time, the minion was also a little anxious, and hurriedly urged
"Support? Support a fart! The second master came back to his senses and scolded without hesitation: "Didn't you see that the black wind was occupied by the official army?" The Grand Commander is definitely going to burp, and we can't follow him to the funeral! Listen to Lao Tzu's order, cut the rope, let's withdraw! ”
The cronies were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then suddenly realized, and hurriedly shouted, "Cut the rope!" Raise the sails and anchor! Don't fight the enemy! Let's withdraw first! ”
The orders were passed on layer by layer, and the pirates who heard the orders did not hesitate to turn around and run, stepping on the planks and returning to the warship one after another. The leader of his cronies, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately ordered the planks to be pushed into the sea, and the ropes directly connected to the hook and anchor were cut with his sword. The pirate's only remaining three-masted battleship slowly broke away from the battleships of the Jiaozhou fleet and began to move forward.
One of the two capital warships was captured and the other fled, and the rest of the pirates dared to fight when they saw this. Without the need for orders from others, the pirate captains invariably chose to retreat. They also cut ropes and hoisted sails in the same way, hoping to leave the battlefield in the shortest possible time to save their lives.
The pirates had no fighting spirit, and their morale naturally became lower and lower, and their resistance became weaker. On the other hand, the Jiaozhou fleet, as if it had been beaten with chicken blood, took the opportunity to launch a counterattack. For a time, there was a shocking reversal on the battlefield. The Jiaozhou fleet, which had been defeated just now, suddenly began to suppress the pirates, and the enemy and us changed their offensive and defensive positions, and the battle began to take a turn.
When fighting a tailwind battle, the pirates can be said to be brave and fierce. But once you encounter a setback, the defeat immediately becomes a plate of loose sand. The situation at the moment illustrates this very well, it is clear that it has the upper hand, and in a moment there is a big rout.
The pirates are not officers and soldiers of the Broken Army, they do not have the firm belief under long-term brainwashing of the Broken Army, and they lack the spirit of self-sacrifice. In the minds of pirates, profit comes first. Life is one's own, and victory or failure is something that the Grand Commander or several leaders should care about. If you lose your life, others will not feel distressed, so of course, the pirates will choose to save their own lives first. And the two masters have run away, do you want them to stay and fight hard?
The reason why the pirates are so vulnerable, Wang Zhi himself is also very responsible. Wang Zhi is a person who has a strong desire for power. Coupled with a long period of repressive rule, almost all pirates followed him. Don't look at the second leader in name only, but in fact, except for his own ship, the second leader can't command anyone else at all. Wang Zhi was defeated, and the pirate group was leaderless, and it was reasonable for them to disperse. The defeat is like a mountain, even if Wang Zhi is resurrected, it may be difficult to reverse the current situation, and the victory of the Jiaozhou fleet is already in sight.
"Drums! Raise a flag! Tell everyone not to let an enemy go! Let the gunners aim at the enemy's mainmast! Give Lao Tzu a hard beating! Standing on the deck of the Qingdao strewn with corpses, Fan Liang looked down on the entire battlefield and clearly found the enemy's intention to escape. Now the situation has been reversed, and the Jiaozhou fleet has achieved a decisive victory on the battlefield. For those enemy troops who tried to escape in vain, Fan Liang would never sit idly by. When it comes to the fat in his mouth, how can he be allowed to fly away?
"Bang bang bang!" The sound of artillery that had been silent for a long time sounded again, and the gunners of the Jiaozhou fleet fired all the remaining ammunition in one go. Due to the close distance, the hit rate is unusually high. The cannonballs hit the pirate's ship with a loud bang. Seeing that the officers and soldiers opened fire again, the pirates were even more panicked, and they all pushed the winches in panic to change the direction of the warship to avoid the rapid incoming shells.
There was a loud "crunch", and an unlucky horn blew the mainmast behind the ship was hit by a shell. The mainmast, which was more than ten meters high, broke into two knots at the frightened gaze of the pirates. Some unlucky people who couldn't dodge were suddenly smashed into flesh and blood. The speed of the warship, which had lost power, dropped significantly, and it was surrounded by the Jiaozhou fleet that was chasing from the rear. There was no hope of escape, and the pirates had no choice but to obediently raise the white flag and surrender to the Jiaozhou fleet.
Under the courageous pursuit of the Jiaozhou fleet, those pirate warships that were heavily damaged and underpowered fell into the encirclement. Under the muzzle of the black hole, the pirates wisely chose to give up resistance. As many as a dozen pirate ships were forced to stop or captured by the Jiaozhou fleet. Except for the three-masted battleship of the second master, which slipped away early, most of the other pirate ships inevitably became prisoners of the Jiaozhou fleet.
By this point, the battle was almost over. The Jiaozhou fleet turned defeat into victory at the most critical moment and won the final victory in this battle. It has become a veritable big winner! (To be continued.) )