The thirty-two-pounder gun is a very large caliber gun, and the charge is much larger than that of the twenty-four-pounder and twelve-pounder guns, especially when they fire scattered shells, hundreds or thousands of projectiles fly towards the target, and the power is really great.

But the larger the caliber of the artillery, the greater its recoil, and a battleship like this thirty-two-pound gun would not dare to equip it at all, otherwise dozens of guns would fire together, and the whole ship would fall apart without firing a few shots, and only a behemoth like a big treasure ship would dare to equip such artillery.

"Boom Boom"

In a volley, at least countless projectiles were ejected from the twenty-four guns on the Dabao ship, and for a time thousands of projectiles almost obscured the sunlight.

"Ahh

"My Hand"

When the white smoke cleared, the gunners on the Great Treasure saw that there was no one standing up on the deck of the other ship, and from time to time several sailors fell from the towering mast.

On the "Happy Jack" pirate ship led by the leader, the pirate leader Jack was also lying on the deck bleeding profusely at the moment due to a scatter bullet rubbing his arm.

Jack was lying on the deck cursing at the sudden fleet on the other side: "Where did this bastard fleet come from, why haven't I ever seen this flag?" ”

At this time, Jack's heart was full of anger, just yesterday, he had just led his men to rob three merchant ships, swept away the gold coins and goods he was wearing, and all the men were thrown into the sea by him, leaving only a few women, but he didn't expect to encounter a fleet of unknown origin today and beat him to heavy losses.

Holding his bleeding arm in his left hand, Jack shouted, "Rick, if you don't die, get out of here!" ”

"Rick, are you a son of a bitch?"

"It's coming, head!"

At this time, a red-haired young man covered in blood stumbled to Jack's side, half-kneeling beside Jack and panting and asked, "Head, what did you call me?" ”

Jack raised his right hand with difficulty, held on to a railing beside him and sat down slowly: "You count, how many of us are there?" ”

"Head, I just calculated, except for the dozen or so girls, there are less than two hundred people on our boat."

"What, there are only more than two hundred people?" Jack only felt a dizziness in front of him, and his uninjured left hand grabbed Rick's collar and yelled: "This is impossible, there are more than 300 people in this one, how can you lose so many people at once." ”

Rick didn't struggle, just pointed behind him gloomily and whispered, "Head, see for yourself!" ”

When Jack's gaze swept to the deck, his heart couldn't help but twitch, these are brothers who live and die with him, although Jack's surname is brutal, but that is only for those merchants and enemies, he still takes good care of the pirates under his hands.

Jack was stunned for a while, and was about to speak, but there was a series of deafening cannon sounds on the right, and then an armed merchant ship that was originally following closely behind the "Happy Jack" was hit by three large-caliber projectiles, and the broken wooden planks mixed with terrible screams came from afar.

Rick quickly poked his head out of the side of the ship, glanced back, and his face changed a few times, "It's the "Luo Lao", they began to hit the "Luo Lao". Head, hurry up and think of a way, Luo Lao won't be able to hold up a few shots! ”

"Poof! Poof! Poof! ”

A series of projectiles landed on the surface of the sea, splashing rows of high columns of water, and white sprays even splashed on Jack's face.

Because the projectiles fell so densely, the nearby sea surface continued to roll as if it had been stirred by a huge sea monster. The waves are surging towards the surroundings in waves, the waves in front have not dissipated, the waves behind are surging up, even Jack sitting on the "Happy Jack" also feels that the hull is shaking, at this time even Jack, who never admits defeat, has to admit that they lost this naval battle, and the opponent's firepower is too strong.

Jack looked sadly at the big Mac ship on the right that was constantly firing projectiles at him for a while, and said to Rick sadly: "Rick, you send the flag immediately, all the ships evacuate quickly, we lost this battle." ”

Yes, he lost this naval battle, he lost in his arrogance and arrogance, knowing that although the number of ships of the other side was smaller than his own, the tonnage was obviously much larger than his own, and he ignored the advantages of the other party and wanted to start a war with the other party, but ended up in a complete defeat.

"Head, we can't go." Rick looked around and lowered his head sadly.

Rick held the side of the ship, slowly stood up, he saw that he didn't know when the other party's ships had surrounded his side, using the advantage of the number of artillery to keep bombarding his own ships, there was a pirate ship that did not believe in evil and wanted to rush out, but was attacked by the opponent's four ships at the same time, this pirate ship was bombarded at a distance of less than fifty meters, at least dozens of projectiles were hit, especially its cannonballs under the waterline, a large amount of sea water surged in, and soon bubbled down, Only some wreckage and pirates adrift on the surface of the sea remained.

On the Dabao boat, the excited Mo Hui kept waving his arms, "Okay, good fight, keep firing, don't stop!" ”

Dutch Major Nain looked at the excited deputy commander of the Ming State Navy Division in front of him with complicated eyes, Mo Hui's command level is still a little naïve in Nain's professional eyes, but it is also remarkable, in the course of the battle, their level is also slowly improving, with a far superior firepower advantage over the other party, they sent one pirate ship after another to the bottom of the sea, and now their advantage has become more and more obvious, and even these pirate ships have been surrounded, the destruction of this group of pirates is only a matter of time.

"My lord, those pirates have surrendered!"

A loud voice woke up the contemplative Nairn, and he looked up to see that a white flag had been hoisted on the other party's flagship.

"Is the other party flying a white flag?" Mo Hui raised the clairvoyant mirror, and immediately saw a white piece of cloth fluttering on the highest mast.

"Oh, these pirates are really useless, even Zheng Zhilong is not as good, at least the Zheng family's sailors still know how to fight to the end." Mo Hui muttered a few times with some dissatisfaction, and then asked Nain, "Major Nain, in your west, can you kill the pirates after accepting their surrender?" ”

"Oh God!" Nain, who was taken aback by Mo Hui's words, hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Excellency, this is not allowed, and it is also a serious violation of humanity, since you have accepted the surrender of the other party, you must ensure the safety of the other party's life, even if he commits any crime, it must be handed over to the judge for adjudication." In addition, I suggest that you hand them over to the Dutch political axe, and that a righteous judge judge judge judge who will judge them for their crimes. Nain, who had a small abacus in his heart, diligently persuaded Mo Hui.

"Hehe, it's not impossible, it's just that this kind of thing still needs to be decided by Lord Lin, after all, I'm only responsible for fighting, isn't it?"

Mo Hui was not so stupid, and gently pushed the ball to Lin Feng's feet, and then Mo Hui commanded the fleet to slowly shrink the encirclement, and issued a flag to order the other party to close the gun door and move closer to each other, and all the pirates went to the deck to concentrate, otherwise they would never accept the other party's surrender.

According to Western maritime customs, the navy would sentence pirates after they were captured, but they were generally punished with hard labor, and most of them survived except for the most heinous leaders, and in the face of hundreds of black guns, the pirates went to the deck and raised their hands high.

Half an hour later, when Mo Hui, Lin Feng, and Nain, along with more than a hundred sergeants armed with Minnie rifles, stepped onto the "Happy Jack", Jack and his men were all stunned.

"God, it's an Oriental! It's the fleet of the Orientals! ”

Looking at the group of black-haired and yellow-skinned people walking on the opposite side, all the pirates on the ship screamed, they never dreamed that it was the fleet of the Orientals who beat them to the ground.

Mo Hui stood on the deck, crossed his hands on his hips, and said lightly to the bloodstained pirates in front of him: "Now, I only ask one question, who of you is in charge here?" ”

There was no movement in the pirate group, and everyone just looked at Mo Hui in dismay.

At this time, Lin Feng tugged at Mo Hui's sleeve and said in a low voice: "Commander Mo, these pirates can't understand us, you have to find a translator." ”

Mo Hui patted his forehead helplessly, "I forgot to bring a few translators just now." ”

He immediately turned to Nairn and said, "Major Nairn, can you help us translate?" ”

Nairn shrugged his shoulders, "It's a pleasure, but Your Excellency, these pirates are British, and my English is not very good, so you need to be prepared." ”

Mo Hui was indifferent: "It doesn't matter, as long as you can communicate." ”

After that, Mo Hui stepped forward and stared at these unruly pirates even if they were prisoners, there was a trace of unruly pirates in their eyes and said: "We are from the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, and now you have been captured by us, let me ask again, which of you is the head, stand up, otherwise I will not be polite to you." ”

“&……%%￥￥@@”

Nairn on the side translated in English with his two knives.

Soon, a big man stood up, stared at Mo Hui and said in a deep voice: "I am their captain Jack, it is my idea to go to war with you, I hope you don't hurt my men." ”

Looking at this Western man with thick hair and a sturdy and burly physique, Mo Hui nodded: "Yes, it's a bit of a head, since you have become a prisoner, you must have the consciousness of a prisoner, now hand over all the goods on your ship!" ”

Jack: ""

Nairn: ""

In the end, the pirates reluctantly handed over all the looted goods, allowing Mo Hui and them to make an unexpected amount of money, but there were also some troubles, such as when they searched the pirate's ship, they accidentally found more than a dozen women who were held by the pirates.

As soon as these women were released, they began to cry, and Lin Feng wasted a lot of effort to figure out that these women were Portuguese, and after these women heard that they had been rescued, they pestered Mo Hui all day long, begging Mo Hui to escort them back to China, but Mo Hui was depressed.

After capturing these pirates, Lin Feng commanded the sailors, merchants, and the servants they brought to move all the goods on the pirate ship to his own ship, and burned the six captured pirate ships with a single fire, and then headed for the destination

The third day of the eighth month of the tenth year of Chongzhen

Pang Gang passed through Jinan with an artillery battalion, a baggage battalion, more than 1,000 personal soldiers and hundreds of cavalry, and nearly 60,000 displaced people came with him.

In the same year, Wei led hundreds of civil and military officials and thousands of soldiers and civilians from Jinan out of the city to greet them, and it was inevitably lively again.

In the evening, in the signing room of the Jinan Governor's Yamen, Wei Tongnian and Pang Gang sat opposite each other, and Pang Gang had already informed the old man of his garrison in Luoyang and Kaifeng respectively.

The muscles on Wei Tongnian's face squirmed slightly, "Son-in-law, are you really going to attack Henan?" ”

Pang Gang nodded affirmatively and said: "Yes, father-in-law, at present, the rebellion of the Ming Dynasty is intensifying, but the rogues are killing endlessly, although the son-in-law has severely injured Li Zicheng and driven him to Hubei, but the son-in-law can be sure that he will make a comeback in half a year at most." However, the national strength of the imperial court has long been exhausted, and it is no longer possible to organize a large army to encircle and suppress, and the only two soldiers and horses that can fight are deployed in the area of Shanhaiguan and Xuanda, allowing the liukou to wreak havoc in the hinterland of the Central Plains. But what are the ministers of the imperial court doing? In addition to fighting for power and profit in the court, one by one dragging one by one, they will not do anything else at all, just ask if there is any reason for such a court not to perish? ”

Pang Gang's voice was not loud, but it revealed an indescribable anger, in Luoyang and Kaifeng, he saw too many high-ranking officials and gentry living in the mansion compound, living a life of wine and wine, and outside the compound was crowded with hungry and skinny, yellow-skinned and skinny homeless people. Pang Gang is not a saint, and the mentality of helping the world and saving people has nothing to do with him, but he knows that the current social contradictions have reached the verge of exploding, and once the explosion opens, this dynasty that has lasted for nearly three hundred years will inevitably collapse.

Even if he eliminated Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, there would still be Wang Zicheng and Zhao Xianzhong, and in this turbulent era, he would not be overwhelmed by this turbulent tide only by constantly expanding his strength.

Now the Liukou led by Li Zicheng gritted his teeth with hatred for Pang Gangna, not to mention the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Huang Taiji and his group couldn't wait to fry Pang Gang in the oil pot.

Now it is not a question of whether Pang Gang has ambitions or not, but if he does not prepare now, he will be swallowed by others in the future, and there will not even be bones left.

Looking at Pang Gang's indignant face, Wei Tongnian smiled at Pang Gang and said: "Okay, don't put on this face, tell you the truth, you are fighting outside, and the old man is not idle, these old men have made a count of the officials above Shandong County, and found that those who are willing to stand on our side account for about thirty percent, and those who are still wavering also account for thirty percent, and the other forty percent."

"The other forty percent let them fuck off!" Pang Gang said with a cold face: "Shandong is our root, we must hold it tightly in our hands, if there is no Shandong, we will become rootless duckweed, and death without burial is our best end." So, whoever stops us is our enemy! ”

Pang Gang's voice wafted through the dark signing room, heralding the beginning of another round of reshuffle

There is a small teahouse on a bluestone street in the east of Jinan City, this teahouse has only two floors, in the past two years, there are more and more foreign merchants in Jinan City, and the business of the teahouse is getting better and better, the teahouse that can only accommodate dozens of people is obviously not enough, the Huang boss of the teahouse is wondering whether to put down the restaurant next to it, but it doesn't seem to be a big role, because the owner of the restaurant also asked someone to find out whether his tone is intentional to change the teahouse, and the Huang boss is angry enough.

Today, as usual, the teahouse was crowded with people before noon, and more than a dozen tables were crowded, and people kept asking the guys to serve tea and snacks, and the three guys were so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground, and they couldn't wait to stick out their tongues like the big yellow dog at the door to enjoy the coolness.

Boss Huang walked in the teahouse and kept greeting regular customers.

"Eh, Niu Bantou, you haven't been here for a while, and you've been very busy lately."

"TOEFL TOEFL, I recently followed our prefect to the first few counties outside, but it can be regarded as exhausting me, didn't I come here as soon as I was free?"

This middle-aged official wearing a soap suit, with a Chinese character face, is about forty years old and has an arrogant face, and he is the head of the prefect's yamen, and he is in charge of the security of this area.

"Niu Bantou, what's new recently, tell everyone about it."

"Eh, don't say it, I've really opened my eyes when I go down with the prefect these days."

There is no sense of secrecy these days, Niu Bantou saw that the surrounding tea customers were all around, and immediately showed off, lowered his voice and said: "Do you know, this time I went down with the prefect and brought a thousand soldiers." ”

"What, with soldiers?"

The people around were suddenly surprised, in the past two years, the security of Shandong has increased with Pang Gang's rule over Shandong, and the economic development has become better and better, I dare not say that the road is not forgotten, but the bandits of all sizes have almost disappeared, after all, they can support themselves and the whole family by doing a job, who wants to pin their heads to the waistband of their pants to eat.

Generally, it is enough for the prefect to go down to the county below and bring a dozen officials, but now with so many soldiers and horses, there must be something big happening.

"What the hell is going on?" Boss Huang asked after him.

Niu Bantou said in a mysterious whisper: "This time, I went down with the prefect and arrested the county orders of Shanghe and Pingyin counties."

(To be continued)