Chapter 99: Invincible Treasure Ship
What made Tang Ming so confident, Fei Xin didn't know and didn't need to know, as the commander-in-chief of the fleet, he had the responsibility to win this war. And Tang Ming can give him so much trust and support, he must not let him down.
"Hou Ye take care, the next officer will go and arrange for the sergeant to fight!" Fei Xin hugged his fists and replied, and then hurried away.
Tang Ming looked at Fei Xin's back, and felt very uncomfortable for a while, these pirates didn't come sooner or later, but they came at this most important moment. Wanting to rob him of Tang Ming's property is really whimsical, if he knows who is beating his own idea, he will definitely break his body into ten thousand pieces.
Soon after Fei Xin left, the entire fleet began to change lines. All the ships used for transportation retreated to the periphery of Tang Ming's treasure ship, and the ten warships in the forefront were only scattered at the moment. Because most of them are no longer available.
With the pirate's fleet looming and a boarding battle inevitable, Fei Xin has begun to shift from defensive to proactive. Occupy your own boat big enough and sturdy enough. Taking this opportunity to consume the pirate ship as much as possible, Fei Xin himself boarded a treasure ship and went to the front line to prepare for a bloody battle with the pirates.
The reduction in the sound of cannons undoubtedly gave the pirates great confidence, and as for the deformation of Tang Ming's fleet, they didn't care about it at all. In their opinion, this is already a sign of running out of ammunition and food, and now as long as they can board the ship to fight, everything is fine, and the loot that belongs to them is about to be in hand.
At that time, Tang Ming's brand new fleet will become theirs. Qi Ren was not happy when he saw this, and the sudden ceasefire of Tang Ming's ten warships made the trap he had so hard put down in vain.
Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to encourage these pirates to rush bravely, but he didn't expect that people suddenly ceased fire, and his plan to consume some pirates immediately became empty talk.
There was a sudden calm on the battlefield, but no one let their guard down because of this, everyone knew that this was the calm before the storm, and the next thing was the real beginning of the war.
In order to give the enemy a head-on blow, Fei Xin placed the treasure ship at the front, and the other ten ships followed closely behind, forming a triangular knife formation. The sails were fully furnished and the horsepower was plunged into the pirate fleet ahead, and the huge body of the treasure ship was like a moving fortress, crushing it first.
The pirate ship that collided with it was as easily torn apart as a paper ship, and the treasure ship with steel as the keel showed its power at this moment. When a pirate ship made of pure wood collides with it, it shatters with the touch of an egg.
The treasure ship itself can be said to be intact, at most it is only where it collides, the shell of the wooden plank is shattered, revealing the black steel keel inside.
Fei Xin did not expect such an effect, and after knocking out several pirate ships in a row, he ordered someone to check the extent of the damage to the treasure ship, only to learn that it was still intact. In addition to lamenting the solidity of the treasure ship, Fei Xin's confidence in this breakthrough has greatly increased.
After losing more than a dozen ships, the pirates finally reacted and avoided the front of the treasure ship, intending to sneak up on the ships that followed them. But the pirates never expected that although the warship behind them looked like a bully, its sharp shotgun fire was once again full of fire before they had time to get closer.
In just a few dozen breaths from the time the fleets of both sides came into contact with each other, the pirate ship's losses in this short period of time were even heavier than the first wave of artillery fire.
Those pirate leaders who were still holding the mentality of picking up cheap just now watched the changes on the battlefield one by one, and everyone's faces turned green. Not only was the treasure ship large enough, but it was also unsurprisingly strong, and the guns of the ships that followed it were unbeatable.
In just a few dozen breaths, their own fleet had lost more than half, and they saw that the treasure ship was about to be killed in the rear. At this moment, they began to regret that they did not evacuate just now, and now they can't leave if they want to.
Qi Ren's face also changed greatly, he just didn't calculate that the treasure ship could be so powerful, if the treasure ship still moved straight forward, then he would also be in danger now. This ship is the largest and most conspicuous existence in the entire fleet, and once Tang Ming knows that this is the command ship, he will definitely bite himself.
For the sake of his own safety, Qi Ren quietly slipped out of the command room and changed to another ship in a small boat.
A treasure ship with such power, and two more waiting behind it, this battle by this time, Qi Ren had already understood that he was a complete defeat. If he doesn't take advantage of the chaos to save his strength and lead people to escape, the only way that awaits him is destruction.
Qi Ren was a sinister fellow, as soon as he got on the ship of the Japanese Kou, he immediately ordered to evacuate, and his fleet was all in the rear, and at the sound of the order, they turned around one after another, and quickly fled the battlefield by taking advantage of the wind. Leaving those pirates who were instigated by him to be entangled with Tang Ming's fleet.
Tang Ming, who was outside the battlefield, naturally also saw the power of the treasure ship, but in fact, he himself didn't know that the benefits of the steel keel were so obvious. Seeing Fei Xin's treasure ship rushing left and right in the pirate fleet, no one was invincible at all, and Tang Ming couldn't help his bloody heart for a while.
At the sound of an order, the two treasure ships also joined the queue to crush the enemy. One treasure ship was enough for the pirates to be anxious, and now there are two more, and the pirates' hearts are completely broken.
When they didn't know what to do next, they remembered Qi Renlai, but they searched the entire command ship and found no trace of him. Only then did the pirate leaders react, and they all fell for Qi Ren. After greeting Qi Ren's ancestors for eight generations, they surrendered one after another.
In the face of Tang Ming's three invincible treasure ships, if they continue to fight, they will only perish, and Tang Ming is now in short supply of manpower. Although there are many hidden dangers in keeping these pirates, as long as you are careful, you can still hope to take them for your own use.
After discussing with Fei Xin, Tang Ming still decided to accept the surrender of the pirates, excluding Qi Ren who ran away, and now there are only about 30 pirate fleets left. Other ships either sank to the bottom of the ocean or were reduced to debris and floated across the ocean.
Although Tang Ming's fleet was victorious, six of the ten warships were scrapped. The only good thing is that the ships that transported did not suffer any losses, which is also a blessing in misfortune. But the 1,000 elite soldiers who fought on the front line were still disabled by nearly 100 people, and more than a dozen of them died.
After taking care of the battlefield a little, Tang Ming didn't stay too long, hurriedly tidied up and continued to move forward. In order to avoid any further accidents, the whole fleet sailed as fast as possible, hoping to return to Weihai Island as soon as possible.