The majestic sea palace, the three-masted Franc machine sailboat, and the pirate main ship in the style of a second-class fortune ship, these large ships appeared like a giant near the few government warships that were caught in the white-knuckle battle, mercilessly pouring all kinds of firepower towards the official ships occupied by the pirates.

The artillery is no longer weak, but fast and urgent, because the distance is too close, even if the sea is turbulent and the artillery is heavy, the hit rate is still not low. Preloaded shotguns, propelled by gunpowder, erupted, and high-speed flying iron sand swept across the deck. The pirates who didn't have time to react were like crops in the harvest season, falling down in unison.

Ball shells cut the wooden hull with impunity, wood chips splashed, the flames were blazing, the gunpowder on the ship was ignited by the flames, and a loud explosion sound sounded from time to time. Since these ships were anchored in advance, they would not harm friendly ships after burning, and the officers and soldiers had made fire prevention preparations in advance, so they were not afraid that their ships would be set on fire.

The officers and soldiers used these ships and the wolf soldiers on board as traps to set up this situation for the pirates, and after a cannon fire, the pirates who served as the vanguard actually suffered more than half of the casualties. The rest of the men were also disrupted, and as many of the leaders were not killed or wounded in the round of artillery shelling, the forward troops lost their command, some rowed, and some simply fled to the rear.

Broken planks, small boats, and countless dead bodies floated on the sea, and the large warships of the officers and soldiers avoided the fireboats and rushed directly towards the Portuguese naval unit. The pirates fled in disarray, almost disrupting the Portuguese navy's own formation, but the Portuguese army also dealt with it quickly, and under a platoon of cannons, the pace of the pirates fled in confusion stopped. Immediately, the Portuguese fleet raised its sails and rushed straight towards the Ming fleet.

The cannon roared, and the shells arced and landed in the opposing array. For reasons of accuracy, it is still an unrealistic fantasy to expect artillery to destroy a large ship of the same size at sea. The so-called naval battle, more often than not, is still a battle between sailors and sailors to divide the winner.

Judging from the heart, the quality of the Portuguese navy was still above that of the Ming army, and the accuracy of ship handling and artillery was obviously one level higher than that of the Ming naval division. The ship made the most of its artillery superiority with several near-perfect movements, allowing several large Fu ships with the Ming army as the vanguard to be hit by bullets, one ship had already caught fire, and the other ship also tilted.

The life-saving boats came and went frequently, transporting soldiers to other ships, and Yang Chengzu's sea palace, because it was located at the rear of the team, had not been affected for the time being. Wang Hong's command ship had already caught fire as a result of the charge. Fortunately, neither he nor Shen Xiyi were injured, and under the escort of his own soldiers, they got on another large ship that imitated the Franc machine, and still rushed to the front, chasing towards the Portuguese ship.

"It seems that the sailor lacks training after all, compared with the Buddha, he is still lacking, and with the same strength, I am not as good as him." Yang Chengzu stood on the deck and observed the battle situation, although the progress of the officers and troops was unfavorable, but because the commander was in front and the Qin Cha Commander was behind, no one took the lead in escaping halfway through the battle like in the last naval battle. On the contrary, they stubbornly pressed the Portuguese under artillery fire, and at the same time fired as many shells as possible, hoping to suppress the Portuguese firepower.

Yu Dayou watched the battle from the side, his hands were clenched into fists, he and the new army were not powerful, but he didn't have much worry about the victory.

"The way of naval warfare, in the final analysis, is that more ships win fewer ships, larger ships win smaller ships, and more guns win fewer guns. Although Foyi is good at fighting, we have many people and boats, so we can still win after all. As long as the generals are effective, the three armies are willing to serve to the death, and they are barbarians, how can they be able to defeat the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court? The sailors and gunners of Foyi are indeed good, and I am afraid that this battle will be fought. ”

He raised his sleeve to look at the flag and shook his head, "The wind is still unfavorable, we brought a hundred fireboats this time to set fire to the enemy, but in this wind direction, we can't attack with fire." If the wind is right, if you release the fire boat now, you will definitely be able to kill the Buddhas in chaos. Last time they broke the boat with a small boat and towed the fire boat away, and now their boat has been out of order, but unfortunately the wind is ......."

"General Yu, this wind is very beneficial to us, and I also support attacking with fire. This is the right direction for us to set fires. Haven't you noticed that although our troops are trying to close the distance with the Buddhas, they have never entered the white-knuckle battle? If you really want to fight, one or two ships can always get up, and the reason why you don't do that is actually waiting for the fire. ”

In the water, Qiu Sanhu and Li Qi were holding a piece of driftwood, and were finally rescued by a small boat, and Deng Tong, who was also a pirate, was slightly unlucky, and was beaten into meat sauce by a shot, and even the dead body could not be found. The two gasped for breath on the boat, and Li Qi scolded: "The god-damn officials and soldiers are more ruthless than Lao Tzu, and they actually use their own lives as bait, who came up with this bastard's idea?" Let me know who it is and I will kill his whole family! ”

Qiu Sanhu stared at the battle situation closely, gritted his teeth tightly, and only after a while did he pull Li Qi violently, "Go ashore, and now go back to the castle." ”

"Back to the castle? What are you doing back there? I think the Franco-Men fought a good battle, they may not be as good as the real ones, but the naval battle is much stronger. Look at this cannon, I'm almost deaf from the explosion, let's just watch the excitement in the back. ”

"This time the officers and soldiers moved in earnest, you see, after those boats were shot, they did not run backwards, but rushed forward against the wind. Once the officers and soldiers break their lives, the Francophone people will not be able to withstand it, there are too few of them. ”

"It's okay, isn't the Xu fleet on top? Although their ships are a little worse, they can always top up firepower, and those guys have a few brushes to fight, I think it's about the same. ”

"It is precisely because Xu's fleet has gone up that we have to hurry ashore, if we don't run now, it will be too late later." Qiu Sanhu gave orders to the sailors, and the boat turned around and rowed ashore. The battlefield was chaotic, with artillery on both sides raining down and water columns like fountains, rising and falling. In this chaotic situation, the flight of one or two small boats went unnoticed.

Bartolok is playing his famous skills, commanding the fleet to adjust the queue, and giving full play to the advantages of artillery. He was not a brave general, in fact, he had already devised a trap in which the Ming army was about to enter the trap he had dug.

Under his inducement, the Daming Naval Division blindly charged, allowing his fleet to enter the angle between the shore fire and the fleet's artillery fire. On the coastal batteries, large-caliber heavy artillery was preparing to exert its might, and as long as both sides shelled at the same time, the Ming army's warships would inevitably suffer great damage.

However, the entry of the Xu fleet made the operation of his fleet a little sluggish, and these ships felt bloated and clumsy, and they did not know what operation was. Not only did it not work, but it delayed the Portuguese navy. Bartolok frowned and ordered the attendants beside him

"You go down and give an order to those Ming ships, let Lady Tamako come to my ship, and let her men break away from our array and enter the second sequence. Also, what are those batteries doing, haven't you seen my orders, why haven't you fired them yet? Hell, do they have to wait for the priest to bless each cannon before they can fire? I swear, the commander of the battery must be hanged, definitely! ”

The attendant hurriedly got off the big boat and took a communication boat to Xu's boat, but he shouted a few times, and no one lowered the gangway. I had to climb up with a hook rope on my own.

No one. The deck was empty, there were no guns on the gun emplacements, and there were no soldiers. Down to the lower deck, there were no sailors or oarsmen. He pushed open several hatches in succession, but no one was visible. In the rooms where the people lived, only barrels of gunpowder, cannonballs, and stone slabs could be seen. The blank squire, like crazy, pushed open one hatch after another, trying to find a target.

It wasn't until he pushed open the kitchen door that he finally found nearly a hundred wooden barrels piled up in one place, a dangerous sizzling sound in the air, and the smell of burning arquebuses permeating the warehouse. Looking at the burning arquebus, he had no time to do anything but pray.

In the rear of the Portuguese fleet, on the so-called second sequence of the Portuguese army, several of Xu's large ships exposed their bow rivets and slammed into the rear of the Portuguese warship, and then someone ignited the fish oil and hay prepared on their ship.