Chapter 7 Who is the Praying Mantis? Who is the Yellow Sparrow? (below)

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The waves gently lap against the side of the boat, splashing from time to time.

The blue sea and blue sky are a good season, but unfortunately today is not destined to be a good day for leisure.

On the sea, the Western galleon saw the three pirate ships led by Shi Lang, and was so frightened that they hurriedly fled towards the Qiongzhou Strait.

Shi Lang saw the eager light in his eyes, and shouted: "Full speed march!" Quick, kill the past"

With Shi Lang's order, the pirates on the ship shouted.

"Full speed ahead!"

"Full speed ahead!"

One after the other, Western ships and lock ships chased each other.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, three pirate ships swooped down at a speed of nine knots towards the fleeing Western sailing ship in the distance.

In the monoculars, the faces of the sailors on the other ship became clearer and clearer.

Shi Lang stood at the bow of the boat, his long hair tied with a rope and fluttering in the sea breeze.

The skulls bearing the pirate flags on their heads rattled in the wind.

Looking at the Atlantic sailboat in front of him, Shi Lang knew that it was a bait, but he was also a bait.

The other party is trying to lure himself out, and his own purpose is to lure out the four largest and strongest battleships in the Netherlands.

Shi Lang knew that this mission was dangerous, but for the sake of the future, he still made up his mind to give it a go.

The previous softness, coupled with the gold, silver and jewelry returned from the robbery, benefited Zheng Chenggong's treasury.

Zheng Chenggong finally forgave Shi Lang's previous arrogance and sent a letter.

If he can make a great contribution to the defeat of the Dutch East India Company fleet this time, he will be reinstated and sent to Batavia, Indonesia, as a commander.

Although being a pirate can plunder a lot of wealth, it is ultimately ruining the reputation of the family.

Even if Jinyi returns to his hometown, he only dares to "walk at night in Jinyi".

There are people who are in front of big officials, riding high-headed horses and returning to their hometowns with great pride!

And when he became the governor of Batavia, where would there be no chance to make a fortune, look at Zheng Tai and Xu Long, who are so ruthless in Manila.

The Chinese merchants automatically offered huge gifts, and the merchants knocked on them from time to time, and immediately blackmailed countless treasures, and as for those natives, they were all directly robbed.

If Lao Tzu becomes the governor of Batavia, hahaha......

Thinking of the beautiful days ahead, Shi Lang snorted coldly and said, "Order the whole army to speed up and catch up!" This time you don't have to keep a single captive, kill them all! ”

The distance was shortening little by little, and the "General Capture" was already less than 600 meters away from the Atlantic sailing ship.

At the bow of the ship, Shi Lang had already begun to estimate the distance, and then shouted: "Target enemy ship, six hundred steps, solid bullets, ready...... Fire! ”

In the left cabin of the "Rumble ......", the general Kamui who lined up in a row ran and fired one after another, first spewing out thick white smoke, and then seeing the chain bombs flipped and flew towards the sails of the Western sailing ship.

The first salvo had no effect at all, and at a distance of about 600 meters, not a single shot of more than two dozen solid shells hit the enemy ship.

Without Shi Lang's orders, the pirates quickly emptied their breeches, reloaded, and fired another salvo two minutes later.

The second salvo was somewhat more effective, with two shells hitting the planks of the enemy ships.

Seeing the pirates approaching, the Dutch pigs on the Western sailing ship became more and more panicked, and Captain Hawley desperately made the helmsman turn in a zigzag shape, while ordering the gunners to counterattack.

The turning arc of the Western sailing ship is relatively large, and the gunners can't fire stably at all, and although the ship is armed, it is a merchant ship in the end, and it is only equipped with eight guns, and the power is not as powerful as the three pirate ships led by Shi Lang.

Hawley scolded the gunners for aiming and hitting the ground over and over again, and secretly scolded him for being a bastard. I fooled myself before that once the pirates appeared, they would immediately rush over and exterminate them.

After the deed, I will be exempted from taxes for three years.

But these damn bastards haven't even shown up yet.

When Hawley kept greeting the whole family of women, at the mouth of the Qiongzhou Strait, Dutch Lieutenant General Gulas? Seeing that the Blackbeard pirate ship had entered the Qiongzhou Strait, Fort Fairburg hurriedly led four of the newest warships, the Hect, the Turk, and the S. The Graflan and the Witt entered the strait, ready to shut down and fight the dogs.

"Hurry ~ Hurry! Speed up and catch up with this gang of pirates! "Gulas? Feuerburg looked at the surface of the sea and shouted loudly, urging the ship to speed up its march.

Gulas? Although Feull was a rear admiral of the navy, he had some shares in the East India Company, and robbed the Dutch merchant ships, which also robbed him of his money.

"Horse's! If you let Lao Tzu catch you, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up! "The previous few times were snatched by the Shi Lang pirate group, and it has already made Gulas? Felburg was furious.

But he never thought that the cheap pirates did not know how to restrain themselves at all, but instead intensified their efforts, daring to rely directly on the South China Sea and rob the Dutch merchant ships.

The battleship is galloping, the waves are rolling.

The sea breeze blew, and the sails were blown and puffed, and there was a whistling sound.

When the Dutch warship entered the Qiongzhou Strait, "General, look! "A lieutenant in the Dutch navy came to Gulas? Felburg shouted beside him.

Gulas? Feuerburg hurriedly took a look at his glasses, and then said hatefully: "Kill quickly!" “

The Blackbeard pirate group led by Shi Lang has bitten Hawley's Western sailing ship.

At two or three o'clock in the afternoon, I saw that the pirate ship had approached.

Captain Holly decisively chose to turn and did not flee anymore.

After arming the merchant ship for a moment, the port side was aimed at the pirate ship, "Aim, fire!" ”

The eight guns under the right deck of the "Boom Boom Boom ......" fired at once, spewing out thick smoke, and the slightly reddish iron balls visible to the naked eye flew towards the pirate ship with a trace of smoke.

The first salvo of armed merchant ships missed, except for one that missed at close range, the rest of the shots missed.

Two minutes later, there was another second volley, again, nothing came of it.

Hawley held his sword in his hand with a pale face, standing in the cockpit and cursing the damn hits.

Blackbeard's pirate regiment is extremely experienced, constantly adjusting the muzzle of the cannon.

Thick smoke began to fill the sea in the narrow Qiongzhou Strait, and iron bullets whistled and hit armed merchant ships.

The deck was broken, and a gun was directly destroyed and could not be used.

"Don't panic, don't panic, artillery fireback, fire back!" Hawley struggled to calm the panicked sailors.

But this apparently did not help, and the Blackbeard Pirate Regiment carried out round after round of precise shelling, leaving the armed merchant ship full of destroyed broken wood, and the morale of the sailors on board sank to the bottom.

The naval battle has been going on so far, and it is clear to everyone on the armed merchant ship that being captured is already doomed, and it is only a matter of time.

(To be continued.) )