Just when Zhao Hongyu was in trouble in France, there was also a big trouble in Manhattan.

The sea outside Manhattan, which was once calm and peaceful, was now in flames, dyeing the night sky red.

The rumbling sound of cannon kept coming from the sea in the distance.

The residents of Manhattan gathered around the port dock with nervous expressions, looking at the sea in a panic.

"Damn pirates, can't they just do their job? You know, here in Manhattan, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will definitely be able to make money, so why do such a thing. ”

"These guys who should be cut a thousand times, they must be trying to get something for nothing. How can you be comfortable with hard work and robbing with a knife. ”

"I hope that the fleet of the Song Empire can wipe out all these pirates, so that we can continue to live here. If the city of Manhattan had been conquered by pirates, the life we had now would be ruined. ”

The people gathered at the pier were talking one after another.

From their words, it was clear that it was the pirates and the Manhattan City fleet that were fighting on the sea.

Pirates have been peeking at the riches of Manhattan City for a long time.

And after half a year of summoning, the captains of four or five hundred pirate ships gathered to form a very powerful sea fleet.

With so many warships, even any European country would not dare to engage them lightly.

It was precisely because of the large number of ships that these pirates became emboldened.

It was on this night that they launched an assault on Manhattan.

First, the pirates swooped in from the southeast seas and immediately entered the waters off the coast of Manhattan and near Manhattan Island.

Fortunately, when Manhattan City was built at the beginning, Zhao Hongyu and they took the problem of pirates into account, so they were on the coast of Manhattan Island and the southern end of Manhattan City. A lot of turrets were built.

As a result, when these pirates entered the waters of Manhattan at night, they were immediately discovered by the dedicated genetic soldiers, causing their plans to raid in vain.

Within the first moment, the batteries along the coast opened fire on the pirates.

Because of the fort, the pirates had a smooth plan, but they encountered a lot of trouble.

However, thanks to the large number of pirate ships, these pirates did not pay attention to the batteries along the coast, and they continued to attack forward.

In their opinion, just surprise into the vicinity of the port of the city of Manhattan. They can shoot at the city of Manhattan.

It was expected that after almost two salvos, the city of Manhattan would have to surrender.

The pirates were menacing, and without warning.

This frightened the merchants in Manhattan, as well as the husbands and residents of the city.

Fortunately, the intelligence department has long been aware of the movements of the pirates, and has been prepared to deal with them early on. Therefore, after receiving the signal from the fort, Zhang Tie immediately gave a big order.

Sixty-seven warships of various types belonging to the Song Empire quickly left the dock and rushed towards the pirates to engage them.

Although these battleships were of different specifications and were few in number.

But these warships. After the modification, the firepower and defense have been greatly improved.

Therefore, the pirates were literally pushed into the sea just fifteen nautical miles from Manhattan.

Coupled with the bombardment of batteries on both sides, the pirates are now being beaten unspeakably.

Of course. And that's just for the pirates who are at the forefront.

The Manhattan fleet lined up in a narrow stretch of sea, across the hull.

The guns on the sides of the battleship opened one after another, and the large-caliber guns were pushed out.

Twenty ships were ready to be sacrificed.

Zhang Tie still has this kind of capital.

He was going to use these twenty warships to withstand the pirates' surprise attack and slow down their attack.

At the same time, destroy as many pirate ships as possible. As long as you can take out more than twenty ships.

And it's also buying time, buying time for the tin ship to go to the battlefield.

Song Hu's 120 iron-clad fishing boats had secretly arrived at the military port north of Manhattan, and Zhang Tie had never made the news public.

After all. Although the tin fishing boat was garbage in later generations, it was a high-tech product in this era.

And as a secret weapon, it's not good to show up too early.

Fifteen nautical miles is not too far and not too close, and standing on the pier you can see the sea in the distance, constantly flashing.

That's the brightness that the artillery produces when it was designed.

Flashing and flashing, as if it were discharging a light cannon.

It's beautiful, but it's also scary.

"Kill these battleships in front of me, didn't you say there were no battleships in Manhattan, grandma's. So where did these battleships run out, damn it. ”

In order to plunder the wealth, the captains of the fastest pirate ships have thundered.

Yes, the intelligence they gathered was that there were not many warships in Manhattan City, and the number of ships did not exceed ten.

At the same time, the boats owned are nothing more than large fishing boats.

The reason why they had gathered so many fellow pirates was simply to eliminate the army in Manhattan.

Yes, Manhattan's Shanghai military is weak, but their army is very strong.

Without destroying their army, the city of Manhattan would not be able to be taken.

Therefore, they need to gather more people and organize together.

But now that they have begun their assault on the city of Manhattan, they have discovered that it is not what they have been told to do.

The pirate's vanguard battleship encountered the resistance of no less than 60 search warships, and for a time it was completely unable to continue to advance.

Moreover, they have to face the attack of the batteries on both sides of the strait, which is a very bad thing.

Fortunately, the pirates are all old naval warriors, after all, they all rely on this for food.

So, after the initial panic, the forward pirates began to spread out and bombard one of the five to destroy the Manhattan ships one by one.

Outwardly, Manhattan's fleet was on the verge of collapse, and one by one it was sunk by pirates.

In just half an hour, sixty-seven ships. Eight ships were sunk by pirates.

That's a terrifying number.

It is not impossible to know that naval battles in this era are usually fought for several days.

After all, in terms of weapons and power, this era simply cannot be compared with later generations.

So the loss of eight ships in half an hour was enormous.

Of course, the pirates weren't having a good time.

The Manhattan fleet lost eight Galen ships, but the pirates also lost ten ships of various types.

Both sides use a hard-hitting approach, trying to destroy their opponents in as little time as possible.

Therefore, this naval battle was fought extremely cruelly.

A battleship belonging to the Manhattan City Fleet was already battered and wounded, making it already wobbly and swaying.

But the captain of the genetic man still gave the order. Before the battleship disintegrated, it rammed into the pirate ship on the side.

Seeing the Manhattan fleet so ferocious, even the pirates, who were known for their cruelty, couldn't help but shudder.

They've never seen such a fierce guy, and it's a complete death.

This kind of attack is something that anyone will be afraid of.

As the saying goes, the soft ones are afraid of the hard, and the hard ones are afraid of the dead.

And Manhattan's fleet is exactly the type of fatal.

Therefore, it is normal for pirates to be afraid.

It's a pity, though. The military strength of the Manhattan Navy was too weak, with only about sixty ships.

Even if it's one for two pirates, it's not cost-effective.

The pirates, on the other hand, relied on their ships to outnumber the crowd. also gritted his teeth and began to 'hand-to-hand' combat with the Manhattan Navy.

You know, pirates in general hate this kind of tactics the most, because it doesn't do them any good.

This method of warfare resulted in the destruction of the battleship and the casualties of the sailors.

And without ships and sailors. A pirate is not far from being destroyed.

However, this time it was different, this time the initiator of the pirate alliance, Blackbeard Jack, swore in public that after taking Manhattan, he would first compensate the pirate captains who had lost the most enough gold. Allows them to purchase a new ship.

It is precisely because of this relationship that the pirates have changed their previous reluctance to 'hand-to-hand combat' and have become tough with the Manhattan Navy.

The pirates were well aware of Manhattan's wealth, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that gold coins were piled up in Zhao Hongyu's castle.

Therefore, everyone believes in Blackbeard's promise.

Not to mention a ship, every captain and sailor who conquered the city of Manhattan can get a lot of dividends.

"Hold on! Our reinforcements are coming, and these pirates will not be able to run away by that time. ”

A genetic-man captain, braving the pirates' gunfire, stood on deck and shouted at the gene-man sailors.

Around him, the genetic sailors with rigid and cold expressions kept repeating their movements. Clear the chamber, carry the shells, reload the gunpowder as well as the leads, and shoot.

These are all genetic people who have been cultivated in batches, and before they open their wisdom, they only know the Tao and obey orders, and their feelings are a little lacking.

Therefore, they are the most ideal source of soldiers.

In this moment, their value is revealed.

In such a brutal naval battle, if it were an ordinary person, it would have been defeated long ago.

But the genetic sailors are different, they are still concentrating on their own business.

Even if the companion next to him was blown off half of his head by the flying cannonball fragments, and Bai Huahua's brain splattered his body, he didn't have the slightest expression.

Unless the battleship is sunk, they will definitely complete the prescribed tasks according to the training.

And among these people, the genetic people who have opened up their wisdom and become the captain of the ship will strangely become the kind of angry youth of Great Chinese chauvinism, and they will order to ram the pirate's battleship with a serious face before the battleship disintegrates. (To be continued.) )