The two sides approached quickly, and the Fuchun was about to enter the other party's encirclement. It's over! Even if the ship was one size bigger than the other party, it would be unfortunate to be attacked by three pirate ships, Fu Bin smashed his fist on the plank of the ship.

"Turn the rudder to the left!" At this moment, Fu Chun calmly gave an order.

Zhang Chi quickly shook the rudder, and the Fuchun shifted to the left, deviating from the original direction of travel, drawing a graceful half-arc, and slamming straight into the pirate in front of him.

Originally, the two ships were going in the opposite direction, and the pirate ship was sticking to the idea of hooking the Fuchun with its flying claws, and the idea of hand-to-hand combat on the ship, more than 30 pirates on board were also ready to attack, just waiting for the two ships to approach, but I didn't expect the Fuchun to suddenly turn around.

Looking at the high bow of the Fuchun and the sharp ramming angles, the pirate ship hurriedly turned its rudder to dodge, but there was still no time.

The sea breeze blew the three huge sails of the Fuchun, and the sails drove the ship, carrying huge kinetic energy, and hit the middle and rear side of the pirate ship at a very fast speed.

There was a loud bang, followed by a huge shock, and the crew of the Fuchun grabbed everything they could hold on to to avoid falling on the deck. Compared with the crew members who live on the ship all year round, Ren Siqi and Xiong Er are much more clumsy. Ren Siqi was fortunate to be standing on the side of the ship just now to watch the battle, and hurriedly grabbed the side of the ship when the boat shook under his feet, so as to avoid falling on the deck. And Xiong Er had already fallen, and rolled on the deck with a cry of "oops".

Looking again, I saw that the pirate ship had been plowed down by the Fuchun, and the whole ship was smashed in two from the middle, and the Fuchun was directly crushed from the pirate ship. The pirate ship swirled on the surface of the sea, and a large amount of sea water rushed into the cabin, and it sank into the sea. One by one, the pirates on board the ship slipped down the rift into the water, fluttering on the surface of the sea and shouting for help.

Looking at the miserable appearance of the pirate ship behind him, Ren Siqi couldn't help but gasp, he didn't expect to solve an enemy ship so easily. It seems that the tonnage at sea is the last word, and if two ships collide, the big ship will definitely take advantage. The Fuchun is a three-masted galleon with a displacement of 400 tons, and the two-masted corsair has a displacement of less than 200 tons, and the Fuchun hit its side from the side, so it is not surprising that it has such an effect!

However, the biggest contributor to such a result belongs to the owner Fu Chun, the timing of his choice of rudder is really good, the earlier the other party will have time to react and follow the rudder, and the later moment will rush over the stern of the other party.

Ren Siqi looked at the owner Fu Chun with admiration, worthy of being a contemporary of Zheng Zhilong who has been crisscrossing the sea for many years!

Fu Chun was not moved by the results he had just achieved, and looked ahead with a serious face, where there was also a pirate ship sailing over.

"Look, ahead!" Before the crew could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw that the pirate ship at the end of the zigzag also changed its course and rushed diagonally towards the Fuchun.

The pirate ships are small, and unlike the Fuchun, which is full of cargo, it is much more flexible to turn at sea. After seeing the Fuchun turn the rudder, the pirate ship also quickly modified its course and continued to press towards the Fuchun.

Two of the three pirate ships were in front, the one on the left was hit and sunk by the Fuchun, and the one on the right had already rushed over the head and had to make a U-turn in front. But it will take a lot of time for it to turn the corner and chase after it. Now the Fuchun only needs to deal with one pirate ship in front of it! However, the opponent has already prepared, and it is impossible to solve the opponent by impact. The pirate ship is light and fast, and it is not easy for the Fuchun to escape.

Looking at the approaching pirate ship, the owner Fu Chun knew that a broadside battle would be inevitable, so he ordered to prepare for battle.

The entire crew of the ship, including the owner Fu Chun, had a total of forty-five people. In this case, naturally, all men are soldiers, everyone is armed and ready for the upcoming battle.

Crew member Mao Liu stood on the top of the stern tower with a longbow, and when Ren Siqi chatted with him, according to him, he shot nine out of ten arrows, and he practiced archery since childhood. It's not whether he's telling the truth or bragging.

Mao Eighteen held a long katana in his hand, standing behind Fu Chun, as the person with the highest force value on the ship, he had a great responsibility, and he and his five pirate men were the most powerful on the ship.

The rest of the crew were also armed and guarded on the side of the ship.

As a merchant ship, the Fu Chun only had one Franc machine gun, which was placed on the stern, and the muzzle of the gun was facing the sea behind it, so it did not play a role in the naval battle just now.

At this moment, the two gunners were hurriedly turning the muzzles of their guns, aiming at the third pirate ship that was chasing after it and was making a U-turn.

Of course, there are no other firearms on the ship, and there is a musket, rusty, and I don't know how many years ago, the weapon was taken out of the cabin by the treasurer Wen Ruoyu, this thing has to clean the chamber and load the gunpowder projectile once you shoot, which is very time-consuming, and it is easy to explode, and no crew member wants to use it.

In the end, Wen Ruoyu stuffed it into Ren Siqi's hand, the reason was that Ren Siqi was a scholar and was not suitable for close combat, so it was better to shoot from a distance with a musket, but when shooting, aim and fight, don't hit the pirate but hit your own people. Wen Ruoyu briefly explained the use of the musket to Ren Siqi, and then let Ren Siqi grope for loading there, but repeatedly warned not to fill too much gunpowder, otherwise it would blow up and bor.

This is a breech arquebus, Ren Siqi had played in a shooting club in his previous life, rifles, air guns, and shotguns, but he had never played this ancient arquebus. It's just that when I was in school, I was particularly interested in military affairs for a while, and I looked up arquebus materials on the Internet.

It's just a hassle to reload ammo.

Ren Siqi first erected the barrel and inserted a strip wrapped in a damp cloth into the barrel to remove the gunpowder residue from the barrel. Pour the primer from a smaller pot into the primer pot and close the lid of the primer pot. Unscrew the gunpowder pot filled with ******, pour the fired gunpowder from the muzzle, because of Wen Ruoyu's warning, Ren Siqi did not dare to pour too much gunpowder, and then put the projectile into the barrel, pulled out the strip from under the barrel, and tamped the projectile and ******. Reloading is complete.

Ren Siqi operated nervously, and he didn't have time to see if the pirate ship had come up.

At this time, the pirate ship was already very close to the Fuchun, and the faces of more than thirty pirates standing on the pirate ship could be clearly seen. Most of the pirates carried slender katanas, but some also carried harpoons and spears. All of them were ragged and their hair was messy, and they stood on the boat shouting and screaming, and their momentum was very fierce.

When the two ships were close to each other, a dozen pirates threw out their claws, and when they pulled the rope with the claws in their hands, the two ships were tightly connected.