Although the sloops have the advantage of fast speed, but the weather they encounter today is very unfavorable to them, the wind on the sea is insufficient, so that their sails can not eat enough wind, so although their speed can still exceed that of ordinary sea ships, but in the face of these fast oars without sails, all by human paddling oars, but can not occupy the advantage.

The biggest advantage of the fast paddle boat is that it can row a very fast speed in a short period of time with manpower, which is why the pirates chose them as a pirate ship for near-shore use, because they are flexible in operation, extremely fast, can come and go like the wind, if they can grab, they will grab a handful, and if they meet hard stubble or government people, they can rely on the speed advantage, and the wind will immediately pull the wind.

Now they have found so many fast oars to ambush in the vicinity of Kinmen Island, in fact, they see the advantages of this kind of fast oars, and want to use them to restrain the speed of these ghost boats, and plan to bite the elephant to death, trap Luo Xianbin's three boats, and then encircle and suppress them.

Now it seems that the trap they set is quite successful, Luo Xianbin and his party unknowingly, rashly broke into their ambush circle, and were immediately surrounded by these fast oars.

In fact, Chu Cailao can be regarded as having hit a lot of luck today, Chu Cailao can't guess where these ghost ships will appear in the near future, so he ordered his subordinates to arrange a few ambush points on the ocean surface in Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Chaozhou, and set up a lot of traps similar to those here on Kinmen Island, just waiting for Luo Xianbin and them to bite the hook.

And Luo Xianbin and his party didn't know that there was a deception, and when they passed here, they unexpectedly fell into a trap and were brought into an ambush circle, and in a blink of an eye, they turned into prey and were surrounded.

Seeing this situation, although the morale of the people on the ship of the three sea wolves was high at this time, it was pure farting to say that they were not nervous, and everyone on the ship saw that the situation was unfavorable to them at this time, and they were very nervous.

Several small Franco cannons installed on the deck, at this time were also uncovered, some gunners nervously began to be next to the gun position, squatting down as a mother gun to load and prepare for the sub-gun, these small Fran cannons if divided, should only be regarded as a pound gun, the gun body is only a few dozen pounds in total, each mother gun is equipped with nine guns, when loading, the sub-gun can be loaded with six taels of gunpowder, a door seal that weighs roughly less than a catty, and dozens of broken guns the size of broad beans.

The firing range of such a small Franc cannon is less than 100 meters, and the effective firing range is about 50 meters at most.

Originally, these small Fran cannons were mainly set up to kill and injure the enemy on the surface of the deck of the opposing ship during the broadside battle, but today these small Franco cannons have become the most important barrier they rely on.

"Give the order to go down, and the guns of the ships are ready, and the shotguns are loaded! Don't open fire without permission, and hit me hard when you get those fast oars closer!" After observing the situation on the battlefield, Luo Xianbin began to give orders after judging the situation.

Although Luo Xianbin is not very old, he started first with Yu Xiaotian among the sea wolves, and he has always been with Yu Xiaotian, and his status is quite high among the sea wolves, and he basically has the role of a mainstay in the small fleet under his current jurisdiction.

When he saw that Luo Xianbin, the main general, had a bad face at this time, but he did not show a panicked expression, so those of his subordinates on the ship also felt a little relieved, so his order was immediately conveyed, and the gunners on the ship immediately began to prepare according to his instructions and loaded the guns on their ships.

Scattered bullets can be understood by everyone, that is, small loose iron particles are filled into bags in the gun chamber, but grape bullets are still a new thing for many people in this era, this kind of grape bullets are actually a kind of scattered bullets, but they are much larger than the iron of scattered bullets, and they are composed of more than a dozen iron pellets the size of pigeon eggs or eggs, which are tied up with cloth bags or cloth bags, and even iron pellets can be loaded with thin iron cylinders, and the thickness is probably just the caliber of the gun breech. When used, the gun chamber is first filled with gunpowder or powder packs, and then the grape shell is filled into the gun chamber.

Although the range of such grapes is not as far as that of solid bullets, the range is much more than ordinary shotshots, and the power can not be underestimated, within the right distance, and even can put down a piece of the enemy with one shot, against a small boat, as long as the aim is almost accurate, often a shot can destroy a small boat, not only is a sharp weapon in land warfare, but also a sharp weapon in naval warfare, often a cannon can sweep a large number of enemies on a ship.

This kind of grapeball can be said to be specially prepared for killing, but in the past, the concept followed by the sea wolf was to seek wealth rather than life, and when hijacking ships, it was mainly used against enemy ships, and generally not for the purpose of slaughtering a large number of people, so this kind of grape bomb was not commonly used on sea wolves' ships.

However, these smuggling ships sent out had to go deep into the enemy's waters to engage in high-risk activities, so when Yu Xiaotian selected weapons for these ships, it can be said that he spared no expense, in addition to loading them with sufficient gunpowder and solid projectiles, he also equipped their ships with a certain proportion of grapeshot bullets and scattered bullets, just to make them have stronger combat effectiveness.

Now these big killing weapons prepared by Yu Xiaotian for them have finally played a role.

More than a dozen fast paddle boats were like a pack of wolves, and they were the first to rush to the vicinity of the ships of the three sea wolves, and the distance between the two sides had been shortened to within two hundred steps.

Although it was winter, even the sea temperature in Fujian and Guangdong was quite low, but many of these pirates actually threw off their clothes and paddled bare-chested, and there were several other people on their fast oars, and there was a small cannon on the bow of each fast oar, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed directly at the ships of the three sea wolves, and some of them also held some three-eyed guns or single-barreled guns. Even weapons like bows and crossbows.

"You can't run away! Hurry up and stop the boat, our shopkeeper Xiao said, you can leave a dog's life, and quickly report your identity! Hugh has to wait for the old men to kill, and it will be difficult to survive again! ”

In the distance, some of Chu Cailao's subordinates roared loudly at the boat of the three sea wolves, threatening to make them drop the sails and stop the ship and surrender.

Luo Xianbin silently calculated their distance, and when he saw that they were basically within the range of the ship's six-pounder and twelve-pounder guns, the corners of his mouth habitually showed a cruel smile again.

"Phew! You deserve it too! Command all ships, headed by my ship, and rank the word array! Watch out for mutual cover! Let's get out of the way! The cannons are aimed at Lao Tzu! Don't let these fast oars stick up! Luo Xianbin suddenly shouted.

When his order was conveyed by Shangdou with a herald flag, the other two boats immediately replied to the clear flag, and quickly approached Luo Xianbin's ship, forming a pinzi array, and the three boats could just cooperate with each other and cover each other.

As Luo Xianbin gave the order, the leader of his seat began to fire cannons, only to hear the guns on the port side fire almost simultaneously this time, including the guns in the bow and stern.

The cannons, loaded with shotguns and grapes, immediately erupted in blazing flames, and in the blink of an eye, looking around their ship was like a boiling pot.

The scattered cannons were spilled out like a torrential rain, flying through the air and spilling down on the fast oarboats that surrounded them.

Looking at a few more fast paddle boats, a blood mist suddenly rose, and dense scattered bombs and grapes swept over their hulls like a broomstick, in addition to opening holes in their hulls, even the bodies of the minions on the ship were also pierced.

A terrible scream suddenly sounded on the sea, and Chu Cailao's subordinates who were shot immediately fell into the sea, and the blood immediately stained the sea water red.

There was even a fast paddle boat that was directly hit by a clump of grape bullets, and the light hull was instantly torn to pieces, and it disintegrated into a piece of debris in the sea water on the spot.

Under such a violent blow, the subordinates of Chu Cailao who surrounded them were suddenly excited, and they were frightened, and those paddlers and oars involuntarily stopped the oars in their hands, and the speed of the boat suddenly slowed down.

"Don't stop, grandma! Hurry up and paddle! Stick it on and they won't be able to do it! Stopping is looking for death! Each of these fast oars boats had a small leader leading the way, and when they came to their senses from the shock, they immediately realized the danger and quickly tore their throats and screamed at the men on board.

At this time, the other two sea wolf ships also began to fire their guns, and the gunners on board each found a fast oarboat that threatened them, and struggled to ignite the primer of the fire door.

There were more than a dozen cannon shots, and the sea became even more lively, and in the blink of an eye, three more fast oars under Chu Cai's old men were killed, either torn apart on the spot, or swept by scattered bombs, cutting the minions on the boat like cutting rice on the boat or falling into the sea.

Chu Cailao's subordinates, who were still very excited, were all suppressed at this moment, although their leader shouted wildly and made them paddle faster, but some people were still a little frightened and weak, and they couldn't use their strength.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the three clippers immediately rushed forward for some distance.

At this time, on a fortune boat to the northeast of them, suddenly there was a sound of bullhorns, and the sound of low horns and horns rolled from a distance and reached the ears of everyone on the battlefield.

After hearing the sound of the horns, the minions on the fast oars boat that surrounded them immediately became nervous, and a small leader shouted loudly: "Shopkeeper Xiao has an order, order me to speed up the encirclement, and drag them to prevent them from escaping!" Whoever does not listen to the order will be killed without mercy! ”

These Chu Cailao's subordinates, who had just been beaten in the face, changed their faces after hearing the sound of the trumpets and the roar of the leaders.

(Today, I would like to thank the brothers of King Nanbo for their tip!) Thanks a lot! ）