Chapter 143: The Siege

This shopkeeper Xiao is actually a larger leader under Chu Cailao, mainly active in the area of Zhangzhou Bay, and Chu Cailao's subordinates in this area usually have to listen to his dispatch.

And Chu Cailao is cruel in nature, and the punishment of his subordinates is very cruel, ranging from whipping to amputation and cutting off his nose, and even for some people who disobey orders, he uses cruel methods such as lighting sky lanterns and cramping and peeling skin to punish.

These minions who were sent to work on the fast oars were told when they came out that once they found the traces of the ghost boat, they should rush up and drag them first, and not let them escape, so as to buy time for the other dozen or so large ships to surround them.

So now, if these people are greedy for life and afraid of death and refuse to come forward, once this battle is over, this shopkeeper Xiao will definitely torture them.

Under such coercion, these minions did not dare not give their lives, so they cheered up again, rowed desperately the oars in their hands, and once again accelerated towards the boat of the three sea wolves.

At this time, the wind at sea still did not change, and the clippers of the three sea wolves were never able to take advantage of their fastest speed, although the round of artillery fire just now stopped the fast oars boats rushing over, but in the next short time, they had to reload and reset the ship's guns.

Taking advantage of this opportunity of about a minute, several fast oars approached them again, and at this time, the distance between the two sides had entered within a hundred steps, and the minions on several fast oars boats also began to fire.

Listening to only a few cannon shots, several fast oars suddenly rose up clouds of black smoke, which showed that there was a problem with their gunpowder ratio, and the raw materials of gunpowder were not pure enough, which would affect the power of gunpowder to a certain extent.

Several shells immediately flew out of their cannon chambers and hit the sea wolf's ship, but unfortunately they were nervous, first, the quality of the cannon was too poor, and the accuracy was very bad, and second, because of the wrong judgment of the distance, a few shells basically did not reach the sea wolf's ship, and did not cause any damage to the three ships of the sea wolf.

Luo Xianbin laughed wildly and scolded: "With their virtue, they still want to stop us?" Brethren, do they have what it takes? ”

The sea wolf tribes on the ship suddenly laughed and scolded together: "Just them? Let them feed the king! ……”

After the real fight, these sea wolf tribesmen, who had been in battle for a long time, became calm, and instead of intensifying, their nervousness became a little relieved, and one by one, under the encouragement of Luo Xianbin and their captains or leaders, they showed their belligerent side.

The round-up and chase on the sea continued, and the clippers of the three sea wolves were always close to each other, maintaining their zigzag fleet, and never dispersed.

And the fast oars boats that surrounded them were getting closer and closer to them at this time, and the men of Chu Cailao on the boat were shouting and paddling desperately, trying to stick to these three ghost boats that made them hate to the bone.

At this time, the sound of cannons on the sea became loud, and more and more fast oars rushed over and joined the siege of the three sea wolf ships.

At this time, the three clippers led by Luo Xianbin began to feel the pressure, and after the distance was closer, the artillery on those enemy fast paddle boats had begun to pose a certain threat to them.

Constant cannons began to hit their ships, crackling the hulls of the hits, and some of the cannons pierced their sails, causing more damage to their sails.

But fortunately, when these sloops were built, in order to withstand the recoil of the ship's guns, the hull was made of dense ribs and thick hardwood planks, and in the face of the enemy's small-caliber guns, the hull basically did not appear any damage, at most, it was a pit by the shell, and the enemy's shells fell into the sea.

However, it was their scattered sons, who posed a certain threat to the personnel on the Seawolf ship, and one of them was accidentally hidden, and was hit in the waist by a cannon, and immediately fell to the board of the ship with a scream, and rolled on the ground in pain.

Far from being frightened by the fact that they had begun to suffer casualties, the sea wolves on the three boats became more courageous, and they had been out together for nearly two months, and the sailors on board had lived in cramped cabins every day, and had long been like brothers to each other, and their eyes were red at the sight of their brothers being injured.

The gunners frantically operated their guns and began to fire freely, and as soon as they finished loading, they immediately dragged the gun mount back to the gun door, struggling to adjust the gun mount and barrel to find the right target to attack.

After the distance between the two sides was shortened, the accuracy of the sea wolf's gunners also improved, and after the cannon sounded, the fast oars that surrounded them were even more unlucky, and they were destroyed or swept over one after another, causing those Chu Cailao's minions to suffer heavy casualties.

At this time, Sanzi and Grape Bomb showed great power, and the old subordinates of Chu Cai who tried to besiege them were miserable.

At this time, more and more Chu Cailao's ships took advantage of this opportunity to start surrounding, but these fast oars did not really drag the three sea wolves' clippers, and the three sea wolves' fast boats were still steadily breaking through to the edge of the encirclement.

At this moment, a few ringings suddenly flew up from the fortune boat in the distance, and it was obvious that the boat must be the ship of the leader of these guys, their handsome ship.

At this time, the so-called shopkeeper Xiao at the head gave a new order again.

The fast oars that had already surrounded them became even more frantic after seeing the rising beetles, and began to surround the sea wolf's boats regardless of life or death.

And after the minions on the ship got closer, they frantically fired at the three clippers with bows and arrows, firecrackers and earth cannons in their hands.

There were even two fast paddle boats that simply rushed to the side of the clipper of a sea wolf in the back, threw out several iron hooks, hooked the sea wolf's clipper, and tried to drag them to climb up to their boat.

The situation suddenly became more tense, these fast oars were like locusts, very difficult to deal with, although the three boats of the sea wolf had a strong firepower advantage, but they could not stand the many people and the boats, and gradually let them stick up.

"Brothers, beat them up hard! They relied on manual paddling and couldn't last long! If we hold on a little longer, they won't have the strength to catch up with us!

Put it down! Speed up! Let's get rid of them! Luo Xianbin involuntarily pulled out his waist knife at this time, raised his head high and roared loudly.

He knows very well the weakness of these fast paddle boats, don't look at them are very prosperous at this time, but after all, the power of these fast paddle boats depends on manpower, and people's strength is always limited, as long as they are blocked for a while, these Chu Cai Lao's subordinates will naturally be exhausted, and when the time comes, they will naturally slow down, and they can get rid of these nasty guys like maggots on tarsal bones.

At this time, three large oars immediately poked out of the tail of the clipper of the three sea wolves, and under the shaking of the sailors, they began to provide more power to the boat, making the speed of the ship increase a little.

Moreover, the sea wolf tribes on the ship also knew very well that if they did not break out of the siege today, the fate waiting for them would be very miserable, so when they saw more and more enemy ships sticking up, the soldiers and sailors on the ship were playing with their lives.

Due to the proximity of the ship's six-pounder and twelve-pounder guns, the enemy ships were no longer able to shell them because the enemy ships had entered their firing corner, so the gunners immediately drew their swords and rushed to the upper deck, and joined in the broadside battle.

However, the four small Franc cannons on the deck began to exert their power at this time, these small Franc cannons are fixed on the column on the side of the deck because of their small recoil, and they can rely on manual operation to shoot at large angles and pitches, but they are quite like the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns used on later ships, and the firing angle is very large, so they just exert their power.

Moreover, the biggest advantage of the Franc cannon is that the rate of fire is very fast, after each firing of the rear-mounted sub-gun, you only need to knock out the empty sub-gun after firing, and load the new sub-gun into the tail of the mother gun, and the next fire can be carried out immediately.

The little Franc cannons of the various ships were now active, and one after the other shot was fired down against the fast oars that had been attached.

Don't underestimate these small Franc cannons, although they are not loaded with gunpowder much, and there are not many scattered bullets, but the accuracy is still quite good at close range, and the gunners who operate are also out of their minds at this time, one by one they struggle to grab the tail rod of the cannon, lean out, and aim, I dare not say that they can hit a fast oars boat with each shot, but at least the hit rate is still quite impressive.

Immediately after the shots were fired, a scream could be heard from the enemy ships, and the enemies who were hit often fell into the sea with blood sprayed all over their bodies, staining the sea red in the blink of an eye.

Some of the soldiers, who had just been gunners, immediately grabbed the flintlock pistols placed on the side of the deck, began to raise their flintlock pistols, leaned over the side of the ship and aimed at the enemy below, and a series of gunfire like bursts of gunfire rang out from each ship.

Look at the minions of Chu Cailao who surrounded them, the casualties were very heavy at this time, under the shelling of the sea wolves and the shooting of the platoon guns, the pieces of falling into the water became the ghosts of the sea.

But even so, these Chu Cailao's subordinates still refused to retreat as if they were crazy, and continued to shout wildly to drive the boat up, trying to drag the three sea wolves' boats.

At this time, the naval battle basically entered the most tragic broadside battle, more and more fast oars boats were pasted up, and more and more rope hooks were thrown onto the sea wolf's boat, and the hooks were hung on the side of the ship or other places.

As soon as the rope hooks hooked up the sea wolf's boat, the old Chu Cai men immediately shouted for joy and grabbed the ropes, and began to try to climb the sea wolf's boat.

At this time, the sailors on the ship of the sea wolf had to draw their swords or hatchets, and slash the rope hooks hanging on their ships or the enemies who climbed onto their ships, and the two sides began to engage in white-knuckle combat on the side of the ship.

The people who were stabbed or slashed by knives and guns kept screaming and falling into the seawater, helplessly struggling in the sea water and calling for help, but at this time, no one had time to pay attention to them, so they could only let them whine and wail in the sea water, and gradually submerged into the water and became the sacrifice of the sea.

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