A continuous cannon fire rang out in front of them, and the sky was full of live iron balls roaring and smashing into the pirate ship rushing forward, but because the distance was still a little far, this first salvo failed to give the pirates a practical blow. The momentum of the forward rush did not decrease but increased, and continued to move forward in the face of the cannonballs like raindrops on the head.

Seeing this situation, Fei Xin was secretly shocked and confused at the same time. These pirates are all about life and death, and they are only interested in rushing forward. When did these guys become so brave, judging by his past experience, as long as he opened fire, the pirates would at least stop charging if they didn't turn around and run.

But this time the pirates were unusual, not only did they not stop moving forward but increased their speed, when did the pirates become so fierce and not afraid of death? Fei Xin didn't understand, but one thing he could conclude now was that these pirates had come with a mortal heart.

"This battle is really not easy to fight!" Fei Xin sighed inwardly, closed his eyes in pain, and pondered how to stop the pirates' forward momentum.

Tang Ming also saw the pirates' crazy behavior, but he didn't know what was wrong with this. He thought that these pirates were crazy in the first place, but he was full of confidence in his warship.

Because the second salvo of the ships has begun, this time the distance between the two sides is completely in the range of artillery. The intensity of the blow was obviously much stronger than the first time, and several pirate ships that rushed to the front were smashed to pieces by cannonballs in an instant, and the momentum of the forward rush was even more fierce.

The command ship stood in the center of the entire encirclement, and no screams could be heard on the battlefield. All Tang Ming could hear was the neat and loud slogans of the sailors in his fleet.

As the distance between the two sides narrowed again, the live ammunition was no longer suitable, and Fei Xin did not issue the order to launch a third wave of strikes. Instead, it was changed to scatterfire, and when all the guns were loaded, Fei Xin did not give the order to fire, but simply let the pirate ship continue to rush.

Tang Ming didn't understand Fei Xin's approach. Because in his opinion, the pirate ship is still some distance away from his own fleet, and it should be enough time to launch a round of live ammunition now.

This will allow you to defeat the pirate ships as much as possible and consume their ships. The first and second live strikes had already shown a good situation, and while he was sick and wanted his life, Fei Xin, such a good fighter, turned a blind eye and allowed the pirate ships to continue to approach the warships.

"Why didn't Brother Fei take the opportunity to have two more rounds of solid bullets, and it seems a pity to let go of such a good fighter easily!" Tang Ming knew that he didn't understand naval warfare, and although he had an opinion in his heart, he still tried to slow down his tone when he asked.

Fei Xin, who has fought nearly 100 battles with pirates, will not be able to see that this is a good fighter. He also wanted to take advantage of this time to shoot two more rounds of solid bullets, not to mention how much damage he could do to the pirate ship, but it would still be easy to take out a dozen of them.

Fei Xin hugged the group and said with a wry smile: "Back to the Hou Ye, the lower officials also understand that this is a good fighter, but we don't have so many heartless bullets. The entire fleet consisted of only ten frigates with large-caliber artillery. The amount of solid bullet iron balls assembled is very small, because the current pig iron is used to cast the keel of treasure ships, and there are very few that can be used to make cannonballs. ”

Tang Ming was stunned when he heard this, and thought: "Grandma, is it considered that I am lifting a stone and shooting myself in the foot." The keel of the treasure ship was proposed by him, but now it has become impossible to make more cannonballs, and now it is good, and he deserves his own bad luck. ”

I can't complain about this matter, and if I have suffering, I can only swallow it in my stomach, Tang Ming turned around and silently turned his attention to the battlefield outside.

At this moment, he was very embarrassed, but fortunately, his tone was quite pertinent when he questioned at the beginning, otherwise he would have slapped himself in the face in front of Fei Xin.

Tang Ming's embarrassment Fei Xin naturally knew that the keel of the treasure ship was cast in steel, and the benefits of doing so were undoubted. In terms of sturdiness alone, the steel keel is several times stronger than that of wood. Although the scene in front of me is embarrassing, it is also reasonable.

"Master Hou doesn't need to take this matter too seriously, after all, now our Ming pig iron production is insufficient, and there is no way to do it. After a while, when production increases, the production of shells can be resumed. Besides, although there are not enough solid bullets now, there are still plenty of scattered bullets. In a few moments, when they are in coverage, they can be dealt a heavy blow. ”

Fei Xin has such confidence, and naturally he has his reasons. No matter how much live ammunition you have, if you are at a long distance, we can not talk about it first, and it is not lethal in terms of power alone. How many solid bullets a medium-sized warship has to use to smash the ship is really too frightening if you really count it.

Tang Ming nodded, his heart was finally a little better, he didn't expect Fei Xin, who usually seemed to be lonely, to have such a careful side, people are indeed not good-looking.

After a period of buffering, the pirate ship has become faster and faster. Tang Ming's warship stopped shelling at this moment, which made Qi Ren's face full of smiles. The order to rush at full speed was given continuously, and it seemed that in a few moments they would be able to give full play to their greatest advantage, the boarding battle!

The scales of victory had begun to tilt in Qi Ren's favor, and from the beginning of the battle to the present, his side had only lost a few pirate ships, which was almost negligible to him.

The various leaders of the pirates never expected that this battle would go so smoothly, and these Zheng He's fleets were indeed as Qi Ren said, and they were not as powerful as usual. Even the shelling seemed weak, and the first two rounds of live ammunition did worry them, but then they suddenly stopped.

It seems that the follow-up has been unable to run out of ammunition, and most of them still wonder if there will be some conspiracy here. But their fleet was already about to collide with Tang Ming's warship, but the other party still didn't react.

At this moment, the only doubt they had suddenly disappeared without a trace, and the fruits of victory that were within reach in front of them made them begin to frantically urge their subordinates who were hiding in the rear to rush forward with all their might.

But at this time, Tang Ming's warship began to go crazy, they had been waiting for a long time, under Fei Xin's voiced order, ten warships faced the pirate ship in front of them, and dozens of guns let out a deafening roar.

Countless small pieces of gravel from the scattered bullets were ruthlessly dumped on the pirate ship, like raindrops, and the pirate ship immediately resounded with continuous screams.

Especially those pirates standing on the deck, like a strong wind sweeping away the leaves, and the gravel covered by the scattered bullets was full of flesh and blood, and the dazzling blood splashed all over the deck in an instant.