It is not strange to encounter ships on this route, even pirates or pirates are normal, but Wu Tianxiao has fought with pirates and pirates many times. The first was in Luomen Village, Zhoushan, and a Japanese ship was also seized. Later, he also encountered a Japanese ship on the sea to Dongfan Island, and then occupied Kang Lao's nest on Dongfan Island, and captured a sea ship again. After that, he met the pirate Wang Zhi at sea again, and captured two sea ships, the last time was the Japanese raid on Guanhai Village, and three more sea ships were seized. After that, the sea was much quieter, and it was only today that I encountered an unknown ship again.

In fact, what Wu Tianxiao didn't know was that his appearance had largely disrupted some of the original laws of historical development. In particular, after Wang Zhi was killed, the momentum of the development of the Japanese was greatly weakened, which delayed the development of the Japanese to a certain extent. Therefore, the power of the Ming coastal pirates has not expanded as rapidly as in the original history, but has been restricted to a certain extent. Among them, Wang Zhi was killed, and the silver he collected from the pirates was seized by Wu Tianxiao, which played a great role.

Ships on both sides approached quickly. Wu Tianxiao borrowed the binoculars and quickly found that the people on the other party's boat were dressed like Fusang people, and this discovery immediately made Wu Tianxiao make up his mind. Because if the other party is a Ming ship, Wu Tianxiao will also carefully observe whether the other party is hostile. But now that I found out that it was Fuso, there was nothing to say. Even if it wasn't a robbing robber, Wu Tianxiao planned to use the other party as a training target.

So Wu Tianxiao immediately ordered: "Order the flag bearer, order the fleet, line up to the left line, and prepare for battle." The gunners are all ready, using solid armor-piercing shells, aiming at the opposing ships and preparing to open fire.

Give it a command. Wu Tianxiao's fleet took advantage of the northwest wind, biased to the west, and the diagonal lines were lined up. Rushing towards the opposing ship. All the crews were ready to fight, and the gunners adjusted the elements, aimed at each other, and prepared to open fire.

When the ships on both sides approached more than a thousand paces, Wu Tianxiao ordered: "Artillery men pay attention. Use solid armor-piercing shells. Fire. ”

With it, it's "boom...... Boom...... Boom ......" There was an explosion of artillery, and six ship-borne guns opened fire one after another. This artillery bombardment can be described as indiscriminate bombardment, because there is no discipline at all, and each artillery piece is fighting in its own way, and the rules are disorderly. Six shells made a splash around the enemy ships near or far, but not a single shell hit the ships.

Wu Tianxiao was furious when he saw it: "Damn." How to fight. Won't aim and hit again. ”

Scolding and scolding. But Wu Tianxiao still continued to order: "Continue to fire." "The gunners were checking to see if they had hit the ships after firing. It turned out that not a single shell hit, and he continued to busily prepare to fire another shell. Fortunately, these gunners were all experts selected from the grenade soldiers, and they were already familiar with firearms. Although it is rusty in the operation of artillery, it is not unhurried.

Although none of the artillery on this side hit the Fuso boats, the Fuso ships on the other side were already panicking. Wu Tianxiao found from the telescope that the other party was about to turn the bow of the ship and escape in a panic. Now it's fun: "Hey. The blind cat ran into a dead mouse, and the other party wanted to turn around and run away. Then he gave the order: "Flag commander, order all the ships to lower their mainsails, slow down the ship, and fire continuously." ”

What Wu Tianxiao is afraid of is that the other party will rush over, in that case, even if he does not fight close to the side, the other party can rush south. At that time, Wu Jiajun's side did not have an advantage in the direction of the wind. And between the rapid convergence of ships, the chance of being hit by artillery is low due to the excessive speed of movement. But now the Fuso boat is going to turn around and escape, this is an opportunity, as long as you chase and fight from behind, you really can't hit it if you don't care.

Therefore, Wu Tianxiao saw that the other party was making a U-turn, so he immediately ordered the mainsail to be lowered and the speed of the ship slowed down. Keep both sides at arm's length. This was followed by another "boom" of shelling. Only this time, although the speed of the ship slowed down, not a single shell hit the opposing ship. However, the shells landed much closer to the other side.

When the Fusang ship turned around and fled north, Wu Tianxiao ordered again: "Raise the mainsail, follow the enemy ship, and continue to open fire." ”

The bow guns on the ships of the Wu family's fleet fired again one after another. At this time, the distance between the two ships was about 500 paces, and they were both sailing downwind, and the speed of the ships was not much different. During the fifth bombardment, a shell from the bow gun of the Tamsui finally hit the opposing ship, which immediately caused a loud cheer from the crew. Wu Tianxiao was also overjoyed, and shouted loudly: "Okay." Keep firing. The order goes down, and whoever hits the enemy ship with one shot, the gunners will be rewarded with five taels of silver each. As soon as the order was given, everyone shouted again, and the gunners worked hard to operate, and everyone did their best. Finally, during the eighth shelling, another shell hit the mast of a Fuso ship, which suddenly fell and slowed down. In this kind of chase, once you fall, you become a lamb to the slaughter.

After a while, the fleet of the Wu family army caught up. Everyone thought that the commander-in-chief would give the order to seize the ship. It's just that he didn't want Wu Tianxiao to train the ship's gunners at this time, so he continued to order: "Order." The Tamsui and the Expedition continued to pursue the Japanese ships ahead. The other ships concentrated their fire on the Japanese ship, and did not take prisoners, but killed them all. ”

At this time, Niu Dao Hui was thinking about how to capture the Fusang ship, so he persuaded: "City lord. There may be a lot of money on this ship, and it is better to take prisoners. ”

Wu Tianxiao said with a smile: "The accuracy rate of the gunner is too low, so we must take advantage of this opportunity to train well." There are many opportunities to exterminate the Japanese in the future, and this time is not bad. With that, he continued to order the gunners to sink the fallen Japanese ships.

In fact, there is still a realistic consideration for the reason why Wu Tianxiao did not want to be captured this time, that is, the Japanese sea ship has been hit by cannonballs, and the masts are broken, and even if it is captured, it is very dangerous to drive it back. The wooden box ship that was not hit by the shells was in great danger when sailing at sea, not to mention being hit by the shells. Moreover, now the fleet is full of goods and is going to Zhoushan, even if the other party's ships are captured, there is not much material that can be captured. At this time, the Japanese are trapped beasts, and there are firearms and grenades in close combat, and the cost will be relatively large, so it is not cost-effective to let the crew fight for a little profit. Therefore, it is more affordable to use this opportunity to train the crew in artillery warfare, knowing that artillery experience cannot be bought with money.

In this case, the Fuso ship had no chance to escape or resist at all. The Japanese ships, which had lost their masts, suddenly became wooden boxes floating on the sea. Wu Jiajun's gunners became more and more skilled in firing their guns, and in another shelling, several shells hit the ships one after another, and one of them directly pierced the starboard board of the opposing ship, causing a large amount of seawater to pour into the Japanese boats.

At this time, most of the Fuso merchant ships were wooden box ships, but once the walls of the ship were broken and the sea water poured in, the whole ship had the fate of sinking, and after a while, the Fuso ship began to sink into the sea. The three ships of the Wu family army surrounded them at once, and the gunners on board shot at the Japanese who jumped into the sea to survive. For a time, the sea was stained red with blood, and more than 100 Japanese robbers were slaughtered like this, and the ships sank to the bottom of the sea. And the other ship did not escape the fate of being sunk.

After Wu Tianxiao's fleet sank two Japanese ships that they had encountered by chance, they continued to sail in formation towards Zhoushan Shuangyu Port. The fleet of the Wu family army slowly matured in this kind of killing.