After the attack distance was shortened, the pirates finally got rid of the embarrassing situation of being beaten but unable to fight back, and the distance of 500 meters was enough for the pirates' artillery to exert its maximum power. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Fire!" In a hoarse and lung-rending shout, the pirate gunners finally made their voices heard. In the middle of the battle, the two warships began to fire at each other, and the projectiles excited by the barrels of the guns came and went like a curtain of rain in the narrow sea. The thick smoke filled the entire space, and even the sea breeze could not blow away for a while, and the vision began to blur. The cannonballs stirred up a column of water between the warships of the two warring sides, and the dense rain of bullets brought huge waves, and the warships of both sides in the waves were like leaves falling into the water, rising and falling with the waves...

Relying on the huge number of warships, the pirates launched a counterattack, and the two sides began to shoot at each other on the battlefield at close range, and the battle fell into a state of scorching for a while, and the fierce artillery fire was raging, and the battle continued, and both sides were full of strength to deal the heaviest blow to the other.

Although the number of warships was far less than that of the pirates, the Jiaozhou fleet, which had two sharp weapons, maroon gunpowder and flowering shells, still suppressed the pirates in battle, and the small warships of the Jiaozhou fleet used the newly developed six- or twelve-pounder guns of the Broken Army, which fired almost twice as fast as the turtle ships and Antaku ships of the pirates. The Jiaozhou fleet on both sides did not fall behind in the slightest.

"Right full rudder! Be careful to circumvent! I'm going to pretend to have crashed!" With an anxious roar, Slade quickly rushed to the winch, pushing the winch hard with the sailors in the hope of changing the ship's direction in the shortest possible time.

Hearing Slade's call, Fan Liang suddenly realized that the warships of the two armies were getting closer and closer. How far is five hundred meters? A sturdy adult man would not have been able to run at full strength for more than two minutes. On the battlefield, the faster ships take less time, and even with the fact that the two armies are fighting, the pirates' ships will definitely rush in front of them within three minutes.

At the beginning of the war, the Jiaozhou fleet adopted a one-line formation. That is, the thirteen warships of the Jiaozhou fleet were lined up. Such a formation can give full play to the firepower advantage of the Jiaozhou fleet and make up for its numerical disadvantage to the greatest extent. Once engaged, the Jiaozhou fleet is like thirteen fast boxers, who can take turns to attack the enemy. With non-stop artillery fire, it is equivalent to each enemy ship facing three or more warships. In this way, the Jiaozhou fleet undoubtedly took a big advantage.

Although the advantages of the one-line formation are obvious, the disadvantages are also very fatal. If the Jiaozhou fleet is on the upper hand, then this shortcoming is nothing. They can calmly fight a round and then withdraw from the battlefield and wait for an opportunity to attack again. But the Jiaozhou fleet is at the downwind, in the era of the style warship, once the war is at the downwind of the battleship is difficult to turn or get out of the battlefield, at this moment the Jiaozhou fleet is facing such an embarrassment, the advantage is exhausted, but if you want to run, you can't run.

What worries Fan Liang the most is that the pirate side is adopting an awl-shaped offensive formation, and at this moment the Jiaozhou fleet is like a thin plank, while the attacking pirates are like a sharp knife. What would happen if this sharp knife were to hit it? Fan Liang didn't think that the thin hull of the warship could withstand the attack of the local collision angle.

"Turn the rudder!" Fan Liang, who was frightened, also roared urgently, although the sailors didn't understand the reason, but seeing that the commander and the captain were so anxious, they also understood the seriousness of the matter, and they all used their strength to push the winch.

"Crunch..."With the concerted efforts of everyone, the huge hull of the Qingdao began to deviate westward. At this moment, Wang Zhi's Black Wind battleship also rushed to the front. Heavy artillery fire began to rage on the deck of the Qingdao, and the guards rushed to Fan Liang and Slade to protect them with their own bodies.

"Bang bang bang!" The sound of explosions continued to ring in my ears, and shells hit the hull and deck of the Qingdao, and the cracked wooden blocks flew everywhere with huge kinetic energy, and the Qingdao was full of wails in an instant.

What Fan Liang didn't know was that the reason why the pirate's warship didn't hit them was not because they reacted in time, but because they didn't have the idea of hitting them at all. Otherwise, in such a short period of time, would the geographically advantageous pirate side allow them to calmly change the rudder? Obviously, that's not possible.

After all, pirates are not regular armies, and it is natural for them to have such a choice. Pirates are adrift on the seas all year round, and warships are everything to them, it is not only the basis for pirates to cross the ocean, but also the foundation for their survival. Warships are above all else for them. Without a ship, a pirate will lose all power, status, wealth, and even life. Just imagine under such circumstances, how could they adopt this tactic of injuring a thousand enemies and inflicting eight hundred losses on themselves?

Pirates are pirates after all, and they can't get rid of their inertial thinking, and this narrow thinking prompts them to give up the last chance to turn the tide of the war. Victory is already not far from the Jiaozhou fleet.

But it's clear that the current Wang Zhi doesn't think so. As an old pirate, he also knew the thoughts of his subordinates, so he did not force his men to ram the warships of the official army. His purpose is not this jade-burning method of warfare, but the most common method of piracy, which is to engage in broadside combat! Kill all your enemies and rob them of their riches and even warships!

Moreover, this kind of broadside battle has always been the pirate's specialty, and with their absolute superiority in numbers, Wang Zhi believes that once the battleship is entangled and close to the warship of the official army, with the bravery of his sons, victory will not be far away!

"Fire! Tell the brothers to surround Lao Tzu and beat him hard! Wang Zhi looked at the Qingdao warship in front of him viciously and shouted

The "bang, bang, bang" cannon fire became a little more intense, and the pirates also looked at the huge hull of the Qingdao with red eyes, showing a strong greed and a hint of pleasure in their eyes.

Under the command of Wang Zhi, the pirate's warships began to move closer to the Jiaozhou fleet, and one after another shells rushed towards the warships of the Jiaozhou fleet with a sharp whistling. A violent explosion resounded in the sky, and the soldiers and sailors on the battleships of the Jiaozhou fleet were suddenly blown to pieces.

The situation is critical! The Jiaozhou fleet entered an existential crisis, and the difference in combat strength between the enemy and us was very large. The Jiaozhou fleet consisted of only thirteen warships, three of which were also incapacitated by fire, and the rest of the ships also suffered more or less varying losses. The pirates have more than 20 ships, and although their losses are not small, they can't stand the number of people!

Even with all its might, the Jiaozhou fleet only sank five enemy ships, and the number of pirate ships was at least twenty. This means that every battleship of the Jiaozhou fleet has to face two or more enemy warships! (To be continued.) )