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At a distance of 100 meters, the Mawei Navy and the Sea Shark pirates fired at each other, but unfortunately the pirates rushed forward vertically, and only the guns in the bow could fire. Then again, only the bow and stern of these little pirate ships have cannons. In the third round of shelling from the side of the Red Army fleet, another large number of shells flew out. There are more than 30 large and small warships, and the number of guns on this side alone is almost the same as that of all the sea sharks, not to mention that the caliber of the guns on the navy's side is much larger than that of the pirates.

In the eyes of the naval soldiers, the current situation is the T-shaped formation that was the most trained some time ago. At this moment, your own battle position is not exactly the horizontal of T, and the pirate at this moment is that vertical, although this vertical is a bit thick, but the pirates who rush up can indeed only exert the bow firepower, and can only play the bow firepower of the leading battleship, even if their firepower is weak in the eyes of the naval soldiers. At the moment, all you are using is broadside firepower, and it is the broadside firepower of each battleship. At such a close distance, the pirates were completely devastated.

At a distance of 100 meters, hundreds of shells hit the corsair at least seven or more. The power of so many shells at close range was really not covered, and when it hit the ship, the hull immediately cracked. In this round, at least twenty or so more pirate ships were finished, and the sinking was only a matter of moments. Many pirate ships were so small that a 12-pound shell almost pierced the hull when a shell of more than 12 pounds fell. A large amount of sea water poured into the hold, and the ship immediately stopped on the surface of the sea and could not move.

On the sea south of Niujiaoyu Mountain, in just a short time, more than 20 broken ships floated sideways, these ships were bombarded by the navy's cannons are full of holes, most of the ships simply entered the water and have begun to sink slowly, and some ships have rolled sideways and dumped directly on the sea. At this time, the ships behind continued to rush forward, but it was too late to turn again in a short distance, so they hit it with a "bang", and the result can be imagined!

Although many ships were lost, most of them were lucky enough to rush in front of the Red Army fleet, and they surrounded the naval fleet head-on. I have to say that these pirates have been begging for a living on the sea all year round, and their combat experience is indeed very rich. They work well with each other, especially when they're ready to take overboard. Several similar pirate ships waved flags at each other, and groups of three or five surrounded the generals.

After all, these guys are old pirates, and there are some outlaws among them, and although their ships are small, they are already approaching quickly. Seeing that they were only 100 meters away from the officers and soldiers, the pirates howled loudly and excitedly, maneuvering the pirate ship to come up and prepare to take the ship.

"Damn, I'm careless. Didn't the intelligence say that there were only a hundred pirate ships for Sea Sharks? That's more than 200 of them! Geng Jingzhong was also very depressed at the moment, thinking that he could easily take down the sea shark, but he didn't want to fall into a scuffle at this moment. If you don't get it right, you might capsize in the gutter!

Wang Zhenbang was not in a hurry at the moment, he knew that he must not fall into a melee like this, otherwise in the end, even if they won, the losses would be very heavy. "Give me the order to send the fleet west at full speed, distance itself from the pirate ships, and beat them with our cannons!" As the pirates got closer, the T-shaped battle formation could no longer be maintained. But the Red Army fleet still basically maintained a formation with the bow facing west, and at this moment it was just right to sail straight west, so as not to let the pirates form an encirclement of them.

No sooner had the third round of artillery fire from the Red Army fleet than the whole fleet set out and headed straight west. After all, the vertical distance between the pirates and the Red Army fleet was very short, and several pirate clippers had already closed to within twenty meters of them, which was quite close. But the gap between these pirate ships and the giant ships was so great that the pirate ships came closer to find that their hulls were almost one-third the height of their own.

Just a few clippers that were only ten meters long, Wang Zhenbang ignored them, ordered the fleet to continue to move forward, ready to travel some more distance, and then ordered the fleet to turn north, make a big bend and come back. The fastest two dozen pirate clippers had already caught up, and at the rear, the Shengfu battleship was approached by several of them, and the pirates flew out a dozen hooks and hung on the side of the ship, ready to board the ship, but the soldiers cut the rope with an axe. The small-caliber guns on the deck of the battleship roared and spat out a large scatterball, turning the pirates on the pirate clipper on their backs. The musketeers were not idle, picking up the new muskets in their hands and shooting condescendingly at the pirate ship.

The twenty or so pirate clippers that rushed to the front suddenly became tragic, and the ten-meter-long hull made them fast enough, pulling away the distance of dozens of meters from other pirate ships, but they didn't think about it, how could they shake a giant ship dozens of times larger than them with their clippers.

Geng Jingzhong stood on the deck of the Zhenyuan, holding a telescope and looking intently. The pirates had lost nearly a third of their ships before they could get close, and if they continued like this, it wouldn't be long before there were only a few pirate ships left! "Good! Beat them up like that! Geng Jingzhong saw through the binoculars that several more pirate ships were anchored there, and he immediately screamed excitedly.

Wang Zhenbang, the commander-in-chief, also kept an eye on the battle situation and observed the situation at sea, so that he could make correct instructions at any time.

"Deliver my order, except for the eight third-class warships, the other warships turn to the right and the north to distance themselves from the pirates. Eight giant ships followed me into the middle of the pirate fleet and sank them! "After the flag order was issued, the ships quickly began to move. In July, the sun is very hot, and the sea is the same. However, the wind and waves at sea today are not small, the southeast wind is blowing, and the streamers on the hats of the navy soldiers are blown high by the wind.

Heading north, the Red Army fleet, driven by the southeast wind, was very fast. More than two dozen warships quickly broke away from the pirate encirclement, while eight third-class warships crashed headlong into the oncoming pirate fleet. The gap between a pirate ship with a displacement of less than 100 tons more than 10 meters long and a third-class warship with a displacement of 1,700 tons is really incalculable, and all the pirate ships that are touched by a third-class battleship are instantly smashed and sink directly into the sea, and there is no room for resistance at all. When the eight warships sailed into the enemy line, a total of 70 guns in the front and rear and on both sides of the ship opened fire incessantly, and the pirate ships on both sides suffered one after another. The pirate ship's guns mostly scratched the itch on the battleship, and basically did not work. A few sporadic shells hit the deck and did not hurt a few people.

Even the musketeers on the ship lined up on both sides of the deck, firing at the pirate ship continuously. At a distance of tens of meters, even the old shotguns can be useful, not to mention the new muskets that have been improved. More than half a year of shooting training has now shown its effect, rows of dense gunfire have been heard, and pirates have fallen from time to time on the pirate ship. Although many bullets missed the vital point, once they did, the pirates immediately lost their combat effectiveness.

It only took a moment of effort, and the two sides staggered by. The Red Army fleet distanced itself from the pirates. Under the bombardment of more than thirty heavily armed Red Army fleets, the pirate fleet lost more than two dozen warships. Until this moment, a third of the more than 200 warships of the pirates had been removed.

"Big brother, this is not right, our losses are too great! Moreover, the ships of the officers and soldiers are too big for our brothers to get up at all! The four masters saw that they had lost sixty or seventy warships, and they were distressed, and said loudly to the tiger shark.

The tiger shark had just put down its binoculars, and it was also distressing to see this scene. But I still have more than a hundred boats, and I still have a great chance. "Fourth, don't worry, although we have broken a lot of boats, they are all small boats, and the bigger ones are still there. Now, let the brethren leave the rest alone, and give me all the eight great ships, which are too big and far less agile than our ships. Don't get in front of them this time, lean on the side for me, I don't believe it, if you fight one of the dozen ships, you won't be able to attack them! ”

"Yes!" Until this moment, the pirates did not realize the gap with the naval fleet, and thought that with the wolf pack tactics, they could take down eight huge ships. Wang Zhenbang didn't want to contact them at all, and using their long-range power was the best choice. Besides, even if they were on the sideboard, it was almost like attacking a castle tower if they wanted to get to the deck, and it was very difficult to climb up from a distance of several meters. Besides, this third-class battleship has a crew of 600 people, and these 600 regular soldiers, with long training and sharp firearms, the pirates will never succeed. It's a pity that they didn't know about this qiē, and they also regarded the Mawei Navy soldiers as the old soldiers in the past, thinking that as long as they attacked it, the Navy soldiers would lose their fighting spirit and surrender on their knees.

"The whole army turns, the direction is southeast, go back!" The Red Army fleet had already passed through the pirate formation, and at the same time pulled a distance of several hundred meters. At this time, Wang Zhenbang issued an order again. Now that the two sides have staggered, of course, they must go around in a big circle and continue to fire artillery attacks. This has two advantages, one is that it can give full play to the advantage of long-range firepower and constantly use artillery to give the pirates a huge blow. The second point is that after such a long time, the Xizi detachment should have arrived. When the Xizi detachment arrives at Niujiaoyu in a while, it will just be able to fight on both sides with itself, and the pirates will definitely be defeated and defeated!

The speed of sailing on this wind was indeed much slower, less than half the speed just now. Thirty or so ships lined up again and headed southeast, with the muzzle on the right continuing to point at the pirates not far away.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

It is not known how many rounds of shelling it was. Sparks kept coming out of the swarthy muzzle, and each time the spark flickered, it meant that a shell had been fired. At this moment, the artillery chamber is hot, and some follow-up is weak.