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In the vicinity of the bay wharf, there are at least more than 200 ships of all kinds crowded together, and a rough count of the large ships among these ships is only twenty or thirty. In fact, what can really be called a big ship is the No. 2 Fu ship and the Cangshan ship, and there are no more than ten of them combined. The rest were sloops, numbering nearly two hundred. It is not an exaggeration to call it a tree like a cloud, and the sails cover the sky and the sun. On ships, large and small, all the pirates combined exceeded two thousand. Just as the tiger shark, the big leader of the sea shark, led the warship around the bay, he saw the oncoming Red Army fleet.

"Big, big, big boss, this, this" The pirate minions next to him all saw the battleship on the opposite side, pointed to the opposite side and stammered, without saying a word. There were eight huge ships on the opposite side, and more than thirty small warships on one side. Even the smallest of them, the Clippers, are also on their side, and they are also among the larger. The only thing that the entire sea shark can see is the two No. 2 Fu boats, and there are five Cangshan ships, and the rest are like the difference between an elephant and a puppy in front of the third-level battleship.

Just when they were stunned, the battleships on the opposite side had already encircled them, and the two detachments of the words "Yuan" and "Fu" led by Wang Zhenbang were lined up, and the guns on the side of the ship were already aimed at this side. The black hole of the cannon brought a great deterrent to the pirates, so that they almost lost the courage to fight against them, if they were not also accustomed to seeing life and death, I am afraid that they would have been defeated by this time.

The tiger shark put down the telescope in his hand, and immediately had some calculations in his heart. "The officers and soldiers on the opposite side are the Mawei Water Division of Jingnan Palace, I didn't expect to come to us, didn't they say that they went to find trouble with the Zheng family?"

"Big boss, no one expected this, we haven't been ashore for a while, and everyone on the shore has sent us this information."

"The enemy is too strong, we can't be defeated, immediately retreat north, and leave the green mountains without fear of no firewood!" Remove! "The tiger shark is also a ruthless man, and he is ready to break his wrist when the strong man is ready to order.

The surrounding minions were shocked. "Retreat north? And what about the people on the island? We're gone, and they can't stand it! ”

"On the other side, it must be the prince of Jingnan who is in command, and his brothers have heard of what he has done in the past two years, he will not kill ordinary people, at most the things guarding the cottage will suffer a little. If we stay, we won't be their opponents! ”

"Not necessarily, big brother. I heard that this horsetail navy has just been established, and it has never fought anyone at sea. The previous victories were all fought in the Min River, and the Min River is a small ditch compared to the sea, and we have so many boats, and they are piled to death! ”

"The big boss, the four bosses are right, if we don't fight and run away, I'm afraid we won't be able to gain a foothold on the sea in the future! The family on the island is all over! "Several of the surrounding islands have persuaded the tiger shark that they are reluctant to give up this inheritance.

The tiger shark also gritted his teeth, "Okay, since the brothers say so, let's fight with him!" There are so many of our ships, all of them rush up for me to take over the melee combat. Those officials and masters are all soft-footed shrimp, maybe we can still capture a few big ships, then we can send it! "Just now, I was shocked by the momentum of the Red Army fleet, and now that I react, I blushed a little.

"Yes, big brother, if we grab a few of these giant ships, and then integrate some other pirates. When the time comes, it will be the Zheng family, and it will give us a few more colors! ”

Suddenly, the morale of the pirates on the entire No. 2 Fu ship was greatly increased, and sure enough, Li Lingzhi was dizzy, and the tiger shark pointed to the Red Army fleet opposite: "Pass my order, and all the warships will rush me!" Rush to the front and take down those huge ships! ”

The upper bucket on the mast immediately issued a flag order, and the pirate ships received the order and immediately set sail south, rushing towards the Red Army fleet. At this moment, the Red Army fleet in front of them, the eight third-class warships plus other small warships only had a total of more than 300, and they could have more than 200 ships, with an average of seven or eight warships fighting one. At this moment, the pirate ships received the order of their great masters, and they also went crazy, and they were never afraid to take the ship, so they quickly rushed towards the side of the Red Army fleet. Unfortunately, just as the pirates began to launch, the naval soldiers had already adjusted their guns.

"Fire!" Wang Zhenbang gave an order, and nearly 200 guns of more than 12 pounder guns on one side of the eight third-class battleships began the first salvo, which was about a kilometer away, which was just enough to allow the artillery to fully exert its power.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

I saw that in the muzzle of the black hole, a bright light suddenly flashed, and then a burst of blazing flames was spewed, and the solid iron bullets flew out of the cannon chamber with a roar, and flew straight towards the sea. The first salvo was not very successful, only about one-fifth hit the pirate ship, and most of them fell heavily in the sea, causing huge waves to shake some of the smaller ships, and the pirates were so frightened that they quickly shrank their necks and squatted in the boat.

The pirate ship that was directly hit was even worse, because the pirate ship was so concentrated, several of the small ships, hit three or four shells in succession, and immediately shattered the ship's planks and began to sink. These were more than twelve pound shells, and a single hit could be fatal to these small sea vessels, which were no more than a dozen meters long.

"Oh, help!"

"Big brother, wait for me!"

"Scarface, pull your brother up!"

When the cannon sounded, the pirates were also startled; At such a distance, the officers and soldiers dared to open fire, who could they hit, who would have thought that in this first round of shelling, they would scrap more than a dozen pirate ships, although they were small ships, but they were scary enough. Although the pirates were a little panicked by this round of shelling, these guys were old pirates who had been following the tiger shark for many years, especially the small leaders of the ships, and their psychological elements were still quite good. At this time, they were also afraid of the power of the cannons of the official and military giant ships, but they also all knew that pirates were originally a life of licking blood from the edge of a knife, and dead people were commonplace.

The leaders of the ships shouted loudly for the sailors to speed up and head south. The pirates who fell into the sea shouted for help as they swam swiftly towards nearby ships. But the other pirate ships were also red-eyed, and they didn't have time to care about these pirates who fell overboard. As long as they rush to the side of the officers and soldiers, those old soldiers are not at their mercy.

Wang Zhenbang saw that these pirate ships were not small, and they actually had the intention of rushing up to fight them head-on, but did not turn to flee north, and knew that these pirates were indeed outlaws and should not be underestimated. To fight them, you have to play to their strengths: "Order all the battleships to prepare their guns, and at the same time the musketeers to prepare, and give me a hard fight when the pirates approach!" "No sooner had the order been given here, than the sound of a gunner could be heard from the deck below.

"Number one is loaded!"

"Number three is loaded!"

"Number 5 is loaded!"

"Thirty-three reloaded!"

A series of reports told Wang Zhenbang that a second round of shelling could begin. By this time, the pirates had already driven a short distance south, but they had only narrowed the distance of less than 100 meters between them, and it didn't matter.

"Fire!" Wang Zhenbang roared fiercely!

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

At the moment when the Zhenyuan opened fire, the other warships opened fire almost at the same time.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

This round of shelling was much more accurate than the first, and almost half of the shells hit the first half of the pirate fleet. The pirate ships in the first half of the stage were relatively the larger of them, because these pirate ships were the first to take the lead, and they were not slow. However, the tiger shark's ship did not rush to the front. This second round of shells flew out, and the pirate ship was unlucky, seven or eight ships were directly sunk, and more than a dozen ships were unable to sail after anchoring. In just two rounds of shelling, nearly one-sixth of the more than 200 warships and warships of all sizes were removed.

As soon as the second round was over, Wang Zhenbang saw that the pirate ship was getting closer and closer, and immediately ordered. "Quick reload! Get ready for the next round of shotshots! ”

Although the two rounds of shelling on the eight huge ships caused considerable losses to the pirates, it did not affect the morale of the pirates in the slightest, as they were getting closer and closer to the Red Army fleet. The pirates were less than five hundred meters away, and the Red Army fleet could already see the pirates on the pirate ships waving their weapons and making strange screams, even if they were still a little faint.

"Number one is loaded!"

"Thirty-three reloaded!"

"Fire!"

This third round of shelling was much louder than the previous two, which were basically the firing of twelve pounds of guns on eight third-class ships, and now that the pirates were so close, the other twenty or so small warships were also firing. Most of the smaller warships were equipped with guns between six and twelve pounds, with eight pounds of Furlong guns dominating. Although the power of the Furlong cannon is not as powerful as the Hongyi cannon, the range is not long enough. However, the Furlong guns were extremely fast, each Furlong cannon was equipped with five guns, which could fire five times in a very short time.

The firepower configuration on these pirate ships was so poor that the pirates simply did not have the conditions to equip so many ships with artillery. Each pirate ship has only two or three old-fashioned bowl-mouth guns or shotguns, and when at long range, they are basically passive and have no power to fight back. Now that the pirates had come close to a hundred meters, the guns on the various pirate ships had begun to fire.