Chapter 147: Fire
On the side of the Shark Gang, led by Qian Song's boat, with other ships in the center, they stared at the big ship with the big flag hanging high in the middle of the opposite side, and when the two parties approached a distance of about a mile, a shout came from Wang Hong's boat.
Wang Hong told Yu Xiaotian to let him watch the left wing of his boat, and he wanted to follow Qian Song's boat to fight the boat of the mixed river dragon first, and strive to overturn the mixed river dragon first, and this battle would be easy to fight next.
Yu Xiaotian immediately replied clearly, but he also knew that while Qian Song thought so, I am afraid that Mingjianglong also had the same idea as him, and the handsome ships of both sides were in the middle of their respective fleets, and they did not use a linear formation, once they fought, they would immediately rush to each other's formation, and it would definitely be a melee.
So Yu Xiaotian didn't have much hope, but decided to do his duty and protect the side of Wang Hongzao's boat as much as possible while protecting himself.
The speed of moving with each other on the sea is equivalent to doubling the speed, and the distance of a mile is basically a few minutes' work, and it is in front of you.
As the two fleets approached more than 100 meters, some of the two fleets began to lose their breath and took the lead in firing cannons and firing at the enemy ships on the opposite side.
Suddenly there were several clouds of gunpowder smoke on the sea, and several rumbling cannons sounded one after another in an instant, but unfortunately, this distance was still a little too far for the small cannons on the boat of this group of people, and a few cannonballs shot out, basically failed to hit the opponent's boat, and fell into the sea water in the opposite fleet, stirring up a few waves.
Liu Tong took two of his subordinates to stand next to Baizi Gong at the bow of the ship, and turned his head to look at Yu Xiaotian from time to time, waiting for Yu Xiaotian to also give the order to fire the cannon, and the torch for ignition had been caught by him at this time, and he could pestle it to the fire door at the end of the cannon at any time.
However, Yu Xiaotian was not in a hurry to let them fire the guns, but first ordered the musketeers on the ship with muskets and bird guns to light the fire doors on the muskets.
On his ship, according to the rules set by Yu Xiaotian before, no one was allowed to open fire without his order, so even if he saw someone firing, his ship remained quiet, and even the musketeer with the musketeer did not even light the fire rope, waiting for Yu Xiaotian's order.
Yu Xiaotian was very satisfied with the performance of his subordinates, and at this moment he did not look at the ship of the mixed river dragon at all, but searched the opposite fleet with his eyes, and finally locked his eyes on a brig rushing ship that was sailing towards him.
"Brothers, especially those from Xiaohuangdao, you still remember why we came here in Fuzhou in the first place! If it weren't for the persecution of Chaojiang Long's men, how would we abandon Dahuangdao and settle here?
Now it's time for us to take revenge, so let's all cheer up and do a good job! Give them a ruthless blow, let them see how powerful our sea wolves are!
Stick an eye on the opposite side of Lao Tzu, leave the other ships alone, concentrate all the firepower, give me a hard beating first, and the archer rocket is ready! The tail cannon was also prepared for me, and when I staggered with them, I was able to see the shot! Let's go! I'm aiming! Listen to me and fire! Yu Xiaotian returned to the stern of the ship, stood next to the helmsman, pointed to the opposite line, and shouted loudly to the subordinates on the ship.
Half of the people on the boat came out of Xiaohuangdao at the beginning, and they were the first people to follow Yu Xiaotian to the sea, and each of them had seen Xiao Dazui, a subordinate of the mixed river dragon, go to Dahuangdao to try to find their bad luck, and they were forced to leave Dahuangdao and run to Fuzhou in the last resort.
Now that they are following the Shark Gang to deal with the Mixed River Dragon, even if they are not enemies, they are at least holding their breath.
After Liu Tong received the order, he hurriedly led his men to move the gun carriage in the bow of the ship, aiming the muzzle of the gun as much as possible at the one that came from the opposite side, and the rest of the musketeers and archers also lit the arquebuses or rockets one after another, ready to launch.
The two fleets almost collided at this time, and the distance was shortened to dozens of meters, and even the pockmarks on the faces of the pirates on the opposite ship could be seen clearly.
At this time, the ships of both sides almost began to fire their guns together, shooting at each other's ships.
In an instant, a series of cannon sounds sounded on the sea surface one after another, like rolling thunder, which spread in all directions of the sea, and clouds of gunpowder smoke rose up on each ship.
One by one, the shells whistled out of the barrel and flew towards the enemy ship, and for a time the sea was completely lively, and these shells were basically greeted by the enemy's big ship on the opposite side.
Some of the shells hit the hull of the enemy ship, and a hole was punched in the hull with a bang, and some of the shells were so powerful that they hit the hull and did not penetrate the hull, but only made a hole in the wood, and then the shell fell into the sea.
There were also individual shells that hit the side or sail of the enemy's ship, either hitting the sawdust flying around, or sturdy, opening a huge hole in the enemy's sail, which can be regarded as causing certain losses to the enemy.
Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to sink or destroy enemy ships, but some small cannons are scattered shells, and they also pose some threats to enemy personnel, and the hit rate of small cannons flying in all directions is higher, and the crackling sound on the hull of the enemy ships is even more terrifying.
Yu Xiaotian didn't care so much at this time, all his attention was on the rushing reel on the opposite side, and just when the two boats were about to stagger head to head, Yu Xiaotian yelled: "Fire at Lao Tzu!" ”
With his loud shout, the musketeers, gunners, and archers on the ship immediately moved, Liu Tong snorted, and then put the torch on the gun door in front of him.
The musketeers, at this time, also pulled off the machine one after another, and the dragon head stuck with the fire rope fell with a click, and fell right into the fire door of the fire gun, and the fire light flashed in the fire door, and the musket immediately rang out, and a cloud of smoke rose from the mouth of the gun, and a cloud of green smoke rose up all over the ship.
The archer put the lit rocket on the bowstring, pulled the string and opened the bow, and swished the flaming arrows towards the boat.
This time, the oncoming boat is unlucky, why is it called Baizi Gong, is because it is mainly used to launch scattered bombs, it can be loaded with more than 100 cannons the size of the little finger at a time, if you fire at a long distance, the power can be described as slag, but when fired at close range, it can be said that a dozen large pieces, the killing effect on personnel should not be underestimated.
At this time, the distance between the two ships is about 20 meters, and this cannon is almost only fired against the other party's head, which is unreasonable.
More than 100 cannons immediately swept over the opponent's ship like rain, and several pirates on the opponent's ship fell to the ship screaming, and one guy even overturned from the other side of the ship, screaming and falling into the sea.
As for the bullets fired by a few musketeers, as well as the rockets fired by the archers, Yu Xiaotian didn't expect them to make a contribution, although the distance was not far, but on the rocking ship, it was not easy to aim accurately and hit an enemy, there were more elements to scare people, and by the way, the rockets also caused a little trouble to the other party.
But even so, the other party still suffered a big loss, and the people on the deck suffered a lot of casualties under this gun, so that they immediately fell into disarray.
Seeing that the two rockets were inserted into their sails, the pirate head on the opposite ship hurriedly shouted to put out the fire, and asked his subordinates to fetch water to put out the fire, and for a while there was no time to counterattack the Sea Wolf of Xiaotian.