"Get down, it's a grape bomb!"

A scream sounded on the warships, and the rain caused heavy casualties to the Zheng family's fleet.

"Shoot back, grapeshot!"

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

In the face of the iron beads in the sky and the sudden blow, although the experienced Zheng Zhibao was very distressed by the casualties of the sailors, he did not retreat, but ordered the fleet to counterattack immediately.

"All to all"

The Zheng family's three No. 2 Fu boats at the front opened fire, and their firepower, which was also replaced by grape shells, suddenly became much more ferocious, and in an instant, the rain of bullets in the sky also sprayed forward.

"My lord, it's dangerous, get down!"

The standard-bearer, who had been standing beside Tu Hai, saw the rain of bullets flying towards the fleet, and immediately threw Tu Hai, who was watching the battle, to the ground.

But Tu Hai stood still, and said impatiently: "What's the panic, we can't fight here, it seems that the Zheng family's fleet reacts very quickly, they have a lot of ships, we suffer a lot in this way, order the fleet to retreat, open the distance and shoot!" ”

"Yes!"

The battle of the fleet is to test the overall quality of the entire fleet, the experience of the sailors, and the command ability of the commander.

"Bumper Bumper Bumper"

The sound of fried beans sounded on the ships ahead, the sound of iron balls hitting the hull, and in the midst of this sound there were also the screams of the sailors, and everyone knew that these sailors who had been shot would not survive.

But Mo Hui was not as lucky as Tu Hai, the warship he was on had always rushed to the front, so half of the grapeshot fired by the Zheng family's warship came at them, but fortunately, the Spanish three-masted galleon has always been known for its thick skin and thick meat, and the hull was built of fine oak, and the iron beads hit the hull and made a "pop" screeching sound, and at the same time there were screams of the sailors who were shot.

"Bang knock!" With a dull loud bang, a sailman fell from the mast and landed right next to Mo Hui and Li Xiaojun, Mo Hui looked back and saw that the sailman's head had been hit by the enemy's grape bomb and had been blown away, and red blood and white brains were scattered all over the ground.

Looking at the sailman lying on the deck, Mo Hui gritted his teeth and shouted, "Come on, carry this brother down, and go up to another person." ”

"I'll go!"

As soon as Mo Hui gave the order, a reserve sailman immediately climbed the mast with both hands and feet and continued to sail.

"My lord, Commander Tu sent a signal ordering us to distance ourselves from the enemy ships, stay one hundred and sixty paces away from them, and then attack the enemy with artillery superiority."

"Hmmm! That's right! Mo Hui's brain fought, and he shouted with a hint of surprise: "Look at my pig brain, our artillery has a farther range than theirs, why are you so close to shoot at them, hurry up and let the brothers distance themselves from those turtle sons, and then fight hard!" ”

"Yes, that's a good idea!" Li Xiaojun on the side also agreed with this order, although the morale of the Qingzhou Navy Division was still high at this time, some congenital defects could not be made up for by courage after all, such as the training level of both sides, shooting skills, reaction time, etc., all of which need time to accumulate and accumulate, and it is a very wise way to distance the two sides and use the advantage of their own artillery range to offset the experience and skills of the other side.

As the orders were issued layer by layer, the fastest fast cruiser was the most retreating, and the remaining Daifuku ship and Spanish galleon after turning a big bend also withdrew to the rear one after another due to the slow movement. Although they were retreating, the artillery did not stop, and continued to spew tongues of fire.

Just when Zheng Zhibao was having a good time, the lookout on the mast reported loudly: "Four masters, those cowards he ran away!" ”

"What?" Zheng Zhibao, who was giving orders, heard the report and hurriedly looked at it with a clairvoyant mirror, and found that the Qingzhou sailors on the opposite side were slowly retreating, and at this time they had already pulled to a distance of about 250 to 300 meters from him.

"Hahaha" Zheng Zhibao laughed when he saw this, "I'll just say, how can those Qingzhou landlubbers be our opponents, you see, they fled with their tails between their legs before the fight started." ”

"My lord, are we going to keep chasing?" The first mate next to him asked.

"No need." Zheng Zhibao, who was in a good mood, waved his hand, "Sen'er still has to send people ashore to land, we can't run too far, we must be careful that they kill a horse pistol, leaving twenty Cangshan boats here to guard, let's go to the port and put down the brother of the foot soldier." ”

"Yes!" The flag bearer ran to the side and was about to issue an order to the surrounding ships, when suddenly a black iron pellet flew from the front and smashed on the top of the hull, making a loud "bang" sound, smashing a big hole above the hull, and then the iron pellet rebounded back, fell on the deck and bounced a few times, dripping and rolling on the deck, a Zheng family's sailor's foot accidentally touched the iron pellet, and then let out a sharp scream, it turned out that such a projectile seemed inconspicuous, but in fact it was already hot, The sailor's calf had already been burned.

"Raised by a bitch, this distance is still so accurate!" Zheng Zhibao scolded hatefully, but he didn't want to pay attention to these ships that had withdrawn from the battlefield, he had more important things to do.

"Oh no, they're firing shells again."

With the warning sound from the mast, Zheng Zhibao was suddenly startled, and saw a dense rain of small bullets flying in front of him, and the experienced Zheng Zhibao immediately jumped on the deck without thinking, and almost at the same time, these bullet rains splashed on the bare hull like raindrops, and there were bursts of screams.

"Help me, who will save me!"

Just as Zheng Zhibao just crawled out of the hidden place, a sailor with a bloody face was lying on the deck and rolling in pain, his body was like a broken rag bag, and blood was oozing everywhere, Zheng Zhibao knew that he could not be saved after just one glance.

"These bastards, they're looking for death!" Zheng Zhibao was enraged, he pulled past a sailor who was saving people, and roared loudly: "Hurry up and order the gunners to fight back, hurry up and fight back!" ”

"Bang Bang Bang"

The artillery fire of the Zheng family's fleet counterattack immediately began to counterattack, but they were surprised to find that all the projectiles fired this time were shot in the seawater, and they didn't even catch the edge of the opponent's ship.

"Oh no, it's out of range!" Zheng Zhibao's heart sank when he saw it! Because the grape bullet body is light and small, and the same amount of charge, the range of the grape projectile is more than half of that of a solid projectile, and at a distance of more than 200 meters, the grape bullet is powerless.

When he was really stunned, another round of grape bullets from the other party sprinkled like splashing water, this time the number of grape bullets was more than the previous round of salvos, and the dense rain of bullets crackled on the Zheng family's fleet, and the sailors continued to scream and fall into the water or fall to the ground and die.

Just now, when the grape bombs of the Zheng family's fleet came over again, Mo Hui, who was standing on the deck, was still startled, a long string of projectiles swept over the sea, like a flock of frightened black crows, covering the sky and covering the sky, seeing Mo Hui's heart jump out of fright, if this group of bullets rained down on the deck, his ship would at least have to kill a group of people, fortunately, these iron pellets all fell into the sea when they flew thirty or forty steps away from them. "Poof, poof" made a neat sound of falling water.

"Damn, thank goodness!" Mo Hui took a deep breath and ordered loudly: "Grapebomb, keep firing!" ”

"All to all"

"All to all"

After two or three rounds of blows, the Qingzhou sailors took advantage of the distance to beat the Zheng family's fleet without the slightest temper. If you want to fight but can't reach it, if you want to pursue, the other party will immediately retreat when they see their own side approaching, keep a proper distance from themselves and continue to fire.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong was so angry that he was almost angry, thinking about how he had suffered such a loss after so many years in the South Seas, and in a hurry, he gave an order that made him regret hitting the wall after the war.

"Order, all the Cangshan ships will catch up, get close to the enemy ships and give me a hard beat!"

The Cangshan boat is a shallow-draft, fast-moving ship, light and dexterous, mainly used to chase the enemy and take the head. Equipped with 2 jack Franc machines, 3 bowls, 4 guns, 37 people, 4 sailors, and 33 soldiers, it is mainly used to chase the enemy and get the head.

"The fourth is in charge, the firepower of the other party's fleet is very fierce, and it is too dangerous to just let the Cangshan ship come up." The first mate on the side hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him.

"Smack!" A loud slap sounded, and Zheng Zhibao shouted with red eyes: "Dog, you dare to disobey Lao Tzu's orders, do you want to eat military law?" Don't go yet! ”

"Yes!"

The first mate in his heart knew very well what kind of severe punishment he would receive if he violated military orders in wartime, so he didn't dare to say more, and immediately bowed his head and gave the order.

After receiving the order, the Cangshan boat immediately broke away from the cover of the Fu boat, and used its speed advantage to force the Qingzhou sailors, and for a time more than 50 Cangshan boats shuttled back and forth on the sea like dexterous small fish, rushing towards the Qingzhou sailors in front.

"Well, what's that? Want to pester us with those small boats? Tu Hai, who was escorted by a group of ships in the center of the fleet, quickly saw through the other party's plan through the clairvoyant mirror.

He immediately gave the order: "Order, the fast cruiser will immediately move forward, form a goose-shaped formation, and prepare to destroy the enemy with rifles!" ”

With Tu Hai's order, thirty clippers also rushed out and met the enemy fleet, and soon, the ships of both sides were immediately entangled.

(To be continued)