Chapter 8 Who is the Praying Mantis? Who is the Yellow Sparrow? (Continued)
Zhao Jiu hurriedly rolled over and shouted in panic: "Boss, it's not good." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info ghost sneaked up on us from behind! ”
Shi Lang slapped his palm over and sprayed angrily at him: "What are you panicking about?" It's not an early expectation that there will be a ghost to fry us. Tell the little ones, give me a stand. The Great General will come to our rescue soon! ”
Zhao Jiu kept nodding when he heard his face.
Seeing Zhao Jiu's stupid appearance, Shi Lang angrily slapped him again.
"Got it, why don't you hurry up and tell the brothers!"
Zhao Jiu slapped him twice in a row, and then he reacted, and ran to the cabin to tell the other pirates, strengthening their determination to fight to the death.
Seeing that the Dutch battleship was about to catch up, Shi Lang glanced at the sky and sighed.
If the Netherlands is a little later, Lao Tzu will be able to clean up this merchant ship, and it is up to him whether he advances or retreats.
But now it's a blockage in the middle.
I hope the general can come to the rescue in time!
When Shi Lang looked at the Dutch battleship behind him again, the other party had gradually approached from the right rear.
As soon as the battle was imminent, both sides were very tense.
"The tail cannon is in range!"
Here, above the high mainmast, the lookout shouted loudly.
At this moment, the gun doors of the three gun decks of the battleship Hector were opened, and the gun ports of the black holes were pushed out one after another.
The Hector was built by the Netherlands in recent years, and was stimulated by the Zheng family's sailors across the East China Sea, and the Hector also increased the number of guns, with a total of 44 guns.
One Hector is better than three pirate ships led by Shang Shilang.
The second lieutenant on the warship glanced at the enemy ship and said loudly: "The right deviation is five degrees!" ”
As soon as the order was given, the three gunners hurriedly pushed the gun to turn.
Soon the gun turned five degrees to the right, and the huge figure of the General Slave immediately loomed in front of the muzzle.
The third gunner loaded an eighteen-pound solid cannonball into the bore, the fourth gunner quickly compacted the bore with a cotton rod, and the first commander inserted the arquebus into the bore.
"Ready!"
"Fire!"
With the order of the Dutch ensign, the artillerymen lit the arquebus.
Boom!!
There was a loud bang, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
I saw that the cannon was like a roaring beast, and the tongue of fire spewed out, and the twenty-four-pound shell rushed out of the barrel of the cannon, penetrated the thick smoke at the muzzle, and roared towards the enemy ship.
The cannonball landed a hundred meters on the side of the "Capture General", and the hot cannonball suddenly made the sea water rise several meters high, which frightened Zhao Jiu and suddenly panicked, "Mom, the artillery thieves of the ghost are ****** fierce!" ”
After the artillery, the smoke was blown back by the sea breeze, and the Dutch captain couldn't help but cough a few times.
"Well done!" The Dutch captain coughed and shouted: "Change the chain bombs, knock off their sails for Lao Tzu, and capture them alive!" ”
"Yes!" When the Dutch Navy saw that the first shot almost hit the enemy ship, they were immediately in high spirits, and hurriedly cleaned the gun chamber and turned the shells into sub-mother chain shells specially designed to hit the sails.
After about four or five minutes, the cannon roared again.
In an instant, the tumbling chain ball rushed towards the sail like a flywheel.
Due to the comparison angle and distance of the live ammunition just now, the chain bomb attacked the sail at this time, and the effect was very good.
I saw that the four-corner sail cable hanging high in the middle of the number was opened a hole, and many of the ropes that were pulled were torn off by the huge force and were broken, flying in all directions.
"Good!" The Dutch captain slapped the pole and said, "Their sails have been broken, and now they can't sail." Quick, hit me hard! ”
The four Dutch warships desperately bombarded the ship, and for a time the cannon roared and the smoke filled the air.
The Dutch battleship took advantage of the upper hand and slowly approached Shi Lang's ship.
Seeing the Dutch fleet approaching, Shi Lang ordered loudly: "Disperse, disperse!" ”
Drums shook and flags flew, and the three locks separated from each other to the left and right, preparing to escape bypassing the Dutch armed merchant ships.
Seeing that the sails of the pirate ship broke a few large holes, it was able to continue sailing.
Gulas Felburg roared, "What's going on, ******, what's going on!" Why did the ship's sails continue to move even when it broke? Can anyone ****** tell me why? ”
The boiled duck flew away, and Gulas Felburg roared furiously.
Unfortunately, the sailors on the ship could not answer him all this, because they did not know why the broken sail could continue to sail, all against their perception.
A Chinese sail is called a hard sail, and a Western-style sail is called a soft sail.
The Chinese hard sail is only relative to the Western sail without a struts, the Chinese sail because of the struts, the sail surface is actually divided into many parts, which plays a role in strengthening the sail surface, so the sail material of the Chinese sail can be used with a lot of sail materials that are not "high-grade", mats, canvases and even face pockets can be used as sail materials.
Western-style soft sails can only use high-quality canvas because there are no supporting struts or ribs on the sail surface, and the braces of Chinese hard sails can prevent the expansion of holes in the sail, while Western-style soft sails will cause the whole sail to crack under the action of strong winds.
Therefore, there are a few holes in the Chinese sail, and there is no need to worry too much about Chinese sailboats.
Gulas Felburg didn't know any of this, and was surprised to see that the sails of the pirate ship had broken and that it could continue sailing.
It took so much effort to catch these pirates, and they must not be allowed to escape easily.
Gulas Felburg shouted: "You fools, don't chase after you! ”
Under the command of the Dutch lieutenant general, the four warships pursued desperately while pursuing.
Shi Lang saw that the enemy ship couldn't catch up, so he couldn't help but scold: "A bunch of mad dogs! ”
The stiff sail broke a few holes and was able to continue sailing, but the windswept area was greatly reduced.
The "General Capturer" slowed down and sailed at a speed of five knots per hour.
Zhao Jiu saw that the Dutch fleet was getting closer and closer, and several shells had already penetrated the ship's guard compartment, killing more than a dozen pirates.
Looking at those bloody corpses, Zhao Jiu said to Shi Lang in fright. "Boss, when will the general come to save us!"
Shi Lang kicked this spineless pirate away, "Go back to your combat post, and dare to run in front of Lao Tzu again, Lao Tzu will chop you with a knife!" ”
When Zhao Jiu heard that he was going to return to the artillery tower behind, he was immediately so frightened that he knelt down to beg Shi Lang, when he suddenly heard an exclamation from the pirates behind, and countless people were shouting.
"It's our ship, and the general has sent someone to save us!"
Countless pirates shouted hoarsely.
Zhao Jiuleng paused, immediately jumped up and ran to the back of the boat, and then screamed and began to cheer.
The eye can see a group of fleets killing the Dutch warships, the towering poles of the warships at the head, the huge streamlined hull, what else is there besides our former general-class "Guan Yu"?
Everyone on the pirate ship was boiling. (To be continued.) )