Konishi Shibei hurriedly looked ahead, and saw that where the sea and the sky met, three masts were slowly rising. （ . After a while, most of the ship's body was exposed, and it turned out to be three small merchant ships, all with white square sails hanging about three hundred materials.

Enmity is a distant enemy, and the enemy is cold, and the lonely

Konishi Jubei was very excited when he boarded, thinking that the sale was coming to the door! As a Japanese servant and under Zheng Zhilong, he plundered merchant ships along the southeast coast of China, but this was the first time he encountered them in this area. Maybe other forces also want to take this route and get a piece of the pie with Zheng Zhilong? Anyway, there were only three ships on the opposite side, but there were fifteen armed merchant ships on his side, and hundreds of pirates, occupying the absolute upper hand. It doesn't matter who he is, let's talk about it after grabbing it!

So Konishi Jubei immediately ordered flags to be waved to all ships, and rushed towards the opposite fleet at full speed. The three ships on the opposite side did not seem to notice them, and continued to slowly move southwest. At this time, the southeast wind was blowing on the sea, and the Konishi fleet was downwind, while the opposite side was a headwind, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly shortening.

It was not until the two sides were less than ten nautical miles apart that the opposing fleet spotted the Konishi fleet, changed course in a panic, turned around and fled north. But the boat is not as simple as a car making a U-turn, and when it turns around, the distance is further shortened to only five or six nautical miles.

Konishi Jubei was very proud, because because of him, the speed of the ship on the opposite side was much lower than him, and it could catch up in half an hour at most. He ordered his flagship, the first battleship, to open fire at once, a distance far beyond the range of the Fran cannons, but it could deter the merchant ships and force them to stop and surrender. Otherwise, once you catch up, you will be killed, this is the rule of pirates.

However, after firing a few shots, the three ships on the opposite side did not have the slightest intention of stopping, and still fled north. Konishi Shibei thought to himself, you can't see the coffin and don't shed tears, so let's keep chasing!

At this time, the hundreds of pirates on Konishi's fleet were all shouting excitedly, once they caught up with the merchant ships, each of them could make a small fortune, maybe they could steal some valuable treasures, who wouldn't be blushing!

In this way, the Konishi fleet pursued unscrupulously, and before you knew it, it passed by the western side of Minami Oshima.

Suddenly, the sailor, who was in charge of the lookout at the top of the mast, shouted in horror: "Not good! A fleet appears behind! ”

Sun Bu does not hate the enemy alone, hates the war, and is cold

Konishi Shibei was taken aback and quickly looked behind him. However, in the sea area southeast of Nan Oshima, a fleet was speeding after it. There were twelve ships in this fleet, five large and seven small, arranged in a long column in the southeast, northwest, and northwest.

Sun Bu hated the enemy and hated the cold ground, but after firing a few shots, the three ships on the opposite side did not have the slightest intention of stopping, and still fled north. Konishi Shibei thought to himself, you can't see the coffin and don't shed tears, so let's keep chasing!

With a fleet of this size, it is said that the Konishi fleet should have discovered it a long time ago. However, the fleet had been cleverly hidden in the northeast of Minami Oshima, and only turned along the southeast coast of the island when the Konishi fleet began to sail past the west side of Minami Oshima. With Minami Oshima blocking the view, and only pursuing the three merchant ships in front, Konishi's fleet is only now realizing that the situation is not good. However, it's too late!

Another distinctive feature of this fleet is that it does not fly any flags, but the sails are all black. Only pirates use Black Sails, a fleet of pirates dedicated to ambushing here!

But time doesn't allow Konishi Jubei to think too much. This black sail fleet was obviously ready for everything, and at this time all the sails were raised, lined up in a column, and quickly inserted into the Konishi fleet.

The Konishi fleet is now also lined up in a column, moving from due south to due north. Although it is also downwind, it has a deviation angle from the southeast wind, so it cannot make the most of the wind. The Black Sail Fleet, on the other hand, sailed completely southeast winds, so it was faster than the Konishi Fleet. In a short time, the lead ship of the Black Sail Fleet was only one nautical mile away from the stern ship of the Konishi Fleet!

At this time, although Konishi Shibei was shocked, he was not completely confused. After all, he has been a pirate for more than 20 years, and his experience in naval warfare is quite rich. As soon as he had not fired the cannon at such a close distance, he judged that the other party probably did not have artillery, and he was much more relieved when he boarded, and immediately ordered the ships to stop and turn around with the flag, and gave up the pursuit of the three merchant ships and instead met the Black Sail Fleet.

But his flagship, which was supposed to be the first, was now the last one due to the presence of the enemy in the flanks and rear. While it is possible to notify other ships in flags, flag commands need to be conveyed one after the other. By the time the last ship received the order to turn its bow in a hurry, six of the twelve ships of the Black Sail Fleet had already sailed diagonally.

Now the formation of the two fleets formed an irregular "T" shape on the sea, but the Black Sail Fleet faced the enemy on the side of the ship, while the Konishi Fleet did not have time to turn and faced the enemy with the stern. The closest ships on both sides were less than a hundred paces apart.

The aft ship of the Konishi fleet had four Furlong cannons, but two on the side and one in the bow, and only one gun in the stern. The captain of the stern ship also knew that the situation was not good, and before Konishi Jubei's order came, he began to bombard the Black Sail Fleet with stern guns. But the Furlong cannon they are equipped with is a discarded old product of the Portuguese, with poor performance and a very short firing range, probably only about 100 paces; Reloading was also slow, and after one shot, you had to wait four or five minutes before you could fire the next one. When the two sides were far away, the Black Sail Fleet was not moved at all, and still resolutely sailed in the established direction.

When the distance between the two sides was close to 100 paces, the Black Sail Fleet still did not open fire, but only passed behind the left side of the tail ship of the Konishi Fleet in turn. In the vast sea, the fleets of both sides are moving, and it is impossible to hit with only one or two shots. The Black Sail Fleet had sailed past six ships, and the Konishi Fleet had only fired two shots in total, but neither of them hit, and only stirred up a column of water in the sea.

But almost at the same time as the second gun, Konishi Shibei suddenly saw the hulls of the ships of the Black Sail Fleet flashing frequently, and then a large cloud of white gunpowder smoke rose up. It took a moment for the dense deafening sound of cannon fire to reach the ears.

"Yaga! It turns out they have artillery! "Konishi Shibei knew that he was fooled, and he was so angry that he scolded!

But now I know that it is too late! The warship behind the palace of Konishi's fleet was hit by dozens of shells in an instant! Although these shells were only six pounds, they were solid iron shells. And no matter what kind of ship it is, no matter how strong it is, it is made of wood.

At such a close distance of more than 100 paces, the power of the six-pounder cannon was quite powerful, and as long as the shell hit, the impact point of the bullet was blasted into sawdust, and even directly penetrated. The Black Sail Fleet only fired two salvos, and the unlucky stern ship was bombarded with holes, and a large hole more than two feet wide was blasted open on the port side, and the sea water poured in, and the ship began to sink slowly!

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