Chapter 730: Hit the!
What made Li Yuanba feel a little shameless was that Hua Qing commanded his subordinates to use rockets from the same pirates, and they had special fire crossbow arrows that worked in the same way.
Compared with the rocket with a large target, a wide range and strong damage, this fire crossbow arrow is obviously much worse in terms of power, it is only three feet long, the whole body is made of strong iron wood, the front of the arrow is not a sharp edge, but cotton soaked in fire oil, once ignited, it is difficult to extinguish.
In addition, there is a crossbar at the end of the long arrow, which can be used to prevent the firebolt from shooting through the canvas, but it is precisely because of the crossbar and the flame that the range of this firebolt is not too far, and only when the distance is close, can the hit rate be improved.
"Woo Woo ......"
A strong sound of breaking wind sounded, and more than a dozen fire crossbow arrows with thick black smoke shot out, and because Li Yuanba's warships helped them delay time, plus the pirate ships were attacking, the distance between them was already quite close, yes, almost all of these fire crossbow arrows hit those pirate ships.
As a result, those pirate ships were completely tragic, because these ships were all remodeled from Fu ships, and the hulls of those ships were all made of wood, and even in order to pursue the ultimate in speed and flexible performance, even the outermost iron sheet of the wooden hull was not covered.
When the live bolt was firmly nailed to the hull with great speed and inertia, the flames burned on the hull in an instant, and spread rapidly towards the hull along the seam of the ship.
Because these pirates of the Twin Straits used to choose gang jumping.
The so-called gang jumping war is to jump from one ship to another to fight.
This kind of warfare is the mainstream method in the history of human water warfare, of course, gang jumping warfare also has certain limitations, that is, you must have absolute confidence in your own combat power.
Obviously, none of these pirates are civilized. They've done this not once or twice.
Unfortunately, things have developed so far that they have long exceeded the expectations of the pirates.
In other words, the pirate ship and the hijacked ship are close to each other, and it is impossible for it to happen at all.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the ships of this fleet will take the initiative to 'dock' with the pirate ships.
These hapless pirates had no idea that the other party would use such a long-range attack method, and it was only after the hull and the flammable things on the ship were ignited that the pirates became even more scrambling.
In fact, the most unlucky thing was the half-sailing ship, which originally planned to sacrifice a few pirate ships in exchange for the chance to escape for the half-sailing ship.
Now it's good to pour. The sails on their semi-galleons were woven from cotton from Goguryeo into cloth, stained with a little bit of spark, and they were immediately on fire.
After the fire bolts hit the sails, the fire rose with the wind, almost occupying half of the sailing ship with the force of a prairie fire.
The Scarface Pirate Leader on the ship reacted the fastest, kicking his men in front of him with a lightning kick and yelling, "What the hell, what are you running around?" Don't you know how the to put out fires? Hurry up and call the brothers to come and put out the fire, hurry up! ”
The words of the scarface pirate leader. After attracting everyone's attention, he began to direct his men to extinguish the fire.
It's just that when these pirate ships are all in chaos, and those pirates are also in a hurry. The frigates they were riding on also caught up.
In the face of more than a dozen chaotic pirate ships, all the high-ranking military officials on Okinawa's large island were dazzled, and they even wanted to rush over now, using the refined horizontal knives in their hands. Cut off the heads of these hateful pirates.
……
"Bang!"
The large fortune ship that Huaqing and the others were riding on that had been converted into a cargo ship also slowly rowed over.
Truth be told, the half-sailing ship that the Scarface Pirate Leader was on. It was already the largest of these pirate ships, but compared to this large cargo ship, it looked like a baby and an adult.
The two ships collided, and the result was naturally self-evident.
The pirates who had just extinguished the flames on half of the ship were even immersed in the panic of Fang Cai, and at this time, the pirates on the ship only felt that it was dark in front of them, and then the ship under their feet began to shake violently.
Then there was a loud bang, and all the pirates on the ship were unsteady, and more than a dozen pirates standing very close to the side of the ship had fallen into the sea before they could even react.
Of course, a third of the left half of the ship's hull was pressed into the sea.
And several other nearby seven or eight search warships also suffered from the pond fish.
This time, it wasn't just a dozen pirates, but at least five or six hundred more pirates fell into the sea and struggled desperately in the clear blue waters.
Hua Qing, who was standing on the deck of the warship, and several other high-ranking officers of Guangyang City, looked at the pirates who were still struggling desperately in the seawater, and ordered with murderous intent: "Let the brothers shoot them all without sparing their hands, Lao Tzu doesn't need so many lives here!" ”
With Hua Qing's order, in addition to the main battleship, the archers, including the other six warships, immediately 'kicked' a few steps forward on the ground, leaned over the side of the ship, and then bent their bows and arrows.
Their movements are very neat, it can be said that they are flowing smoothly, and it can be seen that the fire in the hearts of these people is very heavy!
"Whew!"
Arrows don't have long eyes, but archers have long eyes, and under the threat of bows and arrows, many pirates were killed on the spot and fed to the fish in the sea.
What about the pirates who didn't die?
Seeing that his former colleagues were hanging like that, these living pirates were frightened one by one and begged for mercy, and some of them even cried.
It's a pity that these pirates are all from small island countries or people from Dashi and Tianzhu, that is, they have been on the island together for a long time, and although it is more convenient to communicate with each other, it is also a little difficult, let alone understand the words of these Guangyang City soldiers.
So, these pirates died because they were uneducated, they couldn't understand the words of the Guangyang soldiers at all, and they couldn't speak the words of the Tang Dynasty, and even if they did, no pirates would dare to disobey the words of the scar-faced pirate leader.
As long arrows fell, the screams of the pirates who had fallen into blood mold were almost continuous.
But in just a quarter of an hour, the pirates who were still struggling on the surface of the sea all became calm, or forced to calm down, and there was no way to scream anymore.
The blue sea was dyed a pale red, and the mutilated corpses floated to the surface of the sea, and it really felt like the 'sea' was full of hunger! (To be continued.) )