Chapter 23: The Battle to the Death

The battle on the ship was extremely fierce, and in only ten minutes from the beginning of the battle, the assault team suffered nearly ten casualties. More than thirty of the devil's crew were killed, and all the devils in the engine room were captured. The little devils were left with only twenty or thirty on the command deck and the bow deck.

There are no effective offensive weapons, the grenades have basically run out, and although the commandos are still on the offensive, they actually have no effective threat to Xiao Yueben entrenched on the deck and foredeck of the command cabin, after all, the lethality of the pistol is too small.

Su Qing couldn't care about the battle on the ship at this time, he was the only one here who could use the cannon, quickly adjusted the muzzle, and aimed at the rapidly approaching freighter.

The first shot hit a freighter, but the deck guns, though not small, were too old and full of grenades. At a distance of less than two kilometers, it was difficult to penetrate the thin hull of the freighter. The grenade only relies on fragments to kill, and if it pierces armor, it can only rely on its own kinetic energy. But the exit speed of the shells is really pitiful, and there is not much kinetic energy at all.

Su Qing had no choice but to adjust the muzzle of the gun and continuously bomb the superstructure of the freighter. The little devil reacted quickly enough, and he didn't care about the Sakura and himself at all, and immediately fired back.

As soon as he fired the cannon, Su Qing was immediately in danger. Although the two freighters were equipped with 37mm guns, they were only equipped with 37mm guns, but the two ships were equipped with six. The continuous firing caused a strong explosion on the Sakura.

Su Qing's side had already hit six or seven cannons of the freighter in a row, but he couldn't sink the devil's freighter, and he scolded in his heart, this devil's artillery might as well be a burning stick.

At this time, the crew showed courage that was different from that of other countries. Unexpectedly, under Su Qing's artillery fire, he kept firing back.

The Sakura was hit by a series of shots, and the upper deck was blown up in a mess. Captain Sasaki only dared to lie on the ground to dodge at the moment.

After all, merchant ships are not warships, and the gunners are of inferior level, and they can miss tens of meters from a distance of one kilometer. Originally, the devil was shooting at the gun position at the stern of the ship, but one of the shots hit the command cabin directly, and Sasaki's side immediately reimbursed three lives. Sasaki's hatred, if this kind of gunner was in the navy, he would have been shot a hundred times.

Su Qing's artillery bombardment played a role, and the two merchant ships no longer approached, and the two sides began to fire at a distance of more than a kilometer.

This deck gun is an old gun from the First World War, and it is only twelve times the barrel. And due to the small charge, the nominal firing range is not close, but in fact, due to the wear and tear of the rifling, the distance of one kilometer cannot penetrate the hull of the freighter, which is simply the best in the garbage.

To add insult to injury, there were less than twenty shells in total. Su Qing almost counted the grains of rice in the pot, and according to the plan, the commando team had to support at least half an hour.

Now Su Qing only had seven shells on hand, and he had to support at least fifteen minutes to calculate the time. Su Qing's situation was very dangerous, relying only on an iron bucket surrounded by steel plates to protect him, as the distance approached, the devil gunner's shooting became more and more accurate, and shells kept falling around Su Qing.

Although Su Qing was not injured, he was dazzled by the explosion of the shell, and his head was dizzy. Fortunately, the devil's 37mm gun is also an old product, otherwise a few millimeters of iron barrels would not have been able to protect people at all. This iron barrel only protected the gunner on the gun position from the blow of the rifle bullet, and the anti-gun function was extremely poor.

At this time, Su Qing could only fire a cannon from time to time to block the approach of the two freighters in Yueben, but as time passed, the situation became more and more unfavorable.

Juan's group of five people was killed by the devil, two were killed, three were wounded, and even Juan was shot in the arm. Now it's not Juan attacking the devil, it's the devil's rifle that has suppressed Juan.

Junjiro Koizumi took three of his men, but he also climbed to the upper deck, and after the death of a pirate, Junjiro Koizumi was lying on the deck shivering. I didn't dare to show my head and fight back.

Junjiro Koizumi couldn't fight, but the level of saving his life was first-class, and he was now hiding in a corner, protected on all sides, three of which were walls, and the other was the dead ghost pirate just now. It is not for nothing that Junjiro Koizumi has been able to mix among pirates for so many years, although he is timid, he actually caught a glimpse of the lights in the distance when he was trembling.

Immediately shouted: "The boss is here." ”

The pickup is already less than three nautical miles away from the Sakura, and it only takes a few more minutes to provide fire support to the Sakura.

As the pickup approached, two merchant ships spotted the crisis. At this time, he didn't care about the righteousness, and immediately increased his horsepower and slipped away. Jokes, don't slip away and wait for death. Pirates dare to rob a 10,000-ton ship, how can it be possible without a little force. The captains of these two merchant ships are generally willing to rescue Sasaki, but only if they are not caught by pirates. So the current situation immediately turned into a two-way situation, and it turned into a panic and fleeing.

On the pickup, as the distance approached, Li Guang held the telescope to see more and more clearly. The pickup number doesn't look like there are four 88 guns, but I can't figure out the situation, and there is no way to fire the guns.

Thankfully, in the Pacific Ocean, the moon is still bright today. The battle situation is still relatively easy to judge, and the devil must have occupied the command cabin at the top.

No matter how accurate the judgment was, the gunners under him were not strong, and Li Guang could only get as close as possible to the Sakura freighter. Less than a kilometer away, the devils on the foredeck opened fire.

There were two 75mm guns on the foredeck of the Sakura, and this one was quite imposing. However, the devil's artillery fire also made Li Guang completely relieved, and ordered to return fire immediately.

88mm gun, 56 times the body to the barrel ratio, the muzzle velocity of the shell is extremely fast, close fire is actually a direct aim artillery, or how Germany installed this gun on the tank in World War II.

The advantage of direct-aim artillery is that it shoots accurately, and like the 75mm short-barreled gun of the devil, the trajectory of the shell is curved, and if you want to shoot accurately, you need a professional level.

Obviously, the level of the devil's gunner is not good, and the four shots in a row did not touch the side of the pickup number at all. However, the 88mm gun only hit the Sakura's gun position with one shot.

Immediately, a bright fire burst out on the foredeck of the Sakura, Li Guang didn't need to look at it, if the little devils wanted to live in this situation, unless they were all Ultraman.

The 88mm gun is also an ordinary grenade, and the armor-piercing shell is too expensive, and it is not so luxurious to deal with the freighter Li Guang for the time being. Even a grenade is enough to penetrate any part of the freighter.

As the 88mm gun took aim again, a shell flew out, and the cockpit of the Sakura exploded immediately.

The sharpness and majesty of the 88mm guns in this battle were fully displayed, and the situation was established after only two shots were fired. Immediately, Su Qing led people to occupy the Sakura.

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