The two ships under Chu Cai's old men, who did not immediately spot them at first, still sailed slowly along the eastern coast of Kinmen Island towards the north, because it was winter, and the northwest wind was blowing on the sea, which made their ship speed even more slow.

But not long after the three ships of the sea wolf used the mist, the minions on the two old ships of Chu Cai still found their traces, and the minions on the two boats suddenly let out an exclamation of surprise.

They don't need to make too many judgments about the identities of these three boats, because the situation of these boats has long been known among Chu Cai's subordinates during this time, and the subordinates of Chu Cailao who escaped by luck have firmly remembered the characteristics of these boats, and have widely spread them to Chu Cailao's other subordinates.

Therefore, as soon as the sloops of the three sea wolves appeared, their identities were immediately determined by these Chu Cailao's men, and the minions on the two ships suddenly let out a loud and small scream.

Moreover, the minions on both boats quickly raised their full sails, began to adjust the sails to eat the wind, increased the speed of the ship, and made a stance to escape on the one hand, and a stance to resist on the ship.

However, the speed of their ships was a little pitiful in front of these sloops, and even in the headwind and light winds, the ships of the sea wolves still showed their fast characteristics, and in a short time they accelerated and chased after these two old ships.

The minions on the two ships under Chu Cai's old men obviously did not intend to sit still, and there were also a lot of people on the two boats, after discovering the three ships of the sea wolf, they shouted and screamed, and prepared all the weapons such as guns, bows, and crossbows on the ship, and as soon as the sea wolf's ship approached, they would fight.

While directing the three boats to maintain formation and accelerate to chase the two Chu Cailao's boats, Luo Xianbin observed the reactions of the personnel on the other ship through the telescope, and when he saw those Chu Cailao's subordinates making a posture of carrying to the end, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After putting down the binoculars, he took out a muslin cloth from his arms, carefully wiped the lenses on the telescope, and said with a sneer: "Grandma, these things who don't know whether they are alive or dead, they actually took out all the guys and everything, and actually put on a posture of wanting to fight with us endlessly!"

Hum! They underestimate us too much! Let them see and understand today, what is it called asking for the taste of the heavens and the earth!

Pass my order, the guns of each ship are ready, lock on the boat in front, shoot two hundred paces quickly, cripple it for me first and then the next one! ”

Shang Dou immediately waved the signal flag to convey his order to the other two boats, and the three boats immediately began to change formation, changing from a zigzag formation to a line of lines connected from end to end, and continued to maintain a high speed and chased after the two boats under Chu Cai's old men.

Because of the difference in the speed of the two ships, this chase did not last long, and in only two quarters of an hour, the three ships of the sea wolf caught up with the two old ships, and stabilized the fleet at a distance of about two hundred paces to the right of their two boats.

The reason why the distance of 200 steps is maintained is because Yu Xiaotian has already learned that in this era, the pirates even include the range of the artillery on the warships of the official army and the navy, and very few can hit beyond 200 paces, even if some artillery has a range of more than 200 paces and can hit farther, but after exceeding 200 paces, their artillery has completely lost its accuracy, and where it reaches is all up to luck.

Therefore, after the Sea Wolf gained the ability to build its own six-pounder cannon, and gradually popularized the six-pounder cannon into their armed fleet, the Sea Wolf had a great advantage in firepower and range in the coastal area of China at this time, when dealing with the same Chinese pirate ships and even the warships of the official and military sailors.

The firing range of 200 paces is the best range that the six-pounder gun can effectively exert its firepower, and it can also effectively ensure the accuracy of the artillery shooting.

This is also the reason why Luo Xianbin and the others chose to carry out artillery bombardment on the enemy's ships at a distance of 200 paces, and there is no doubt that their choice was a very correct decision.

At the moment when the two sides were equal, Luo Xianbin didn't say anything more with those old Chu Cai's subordinates, and began to bombard the old Chu Cai's ship led by an order.

The number of guns on the sloop is not very large, but it is only a result of the comparison with the gunboats of the West, and the number of guns on their ships is very large compared to the pirates of this era.

In order to ensure the firepower advantage of the smuggling fleet, Yu Xiaotian strengthened the three ships when forming the smuggling fleet, and each of the three ships was equipped with three six-pounder guns on the left and right sides of the middle deck, and two twelve-pounder howitzers were also arranged in the open air at the bow and stern, which could be fired forward or backward, and if necessary, the guns could also be adjusted to aim at either side of the ship for shelling.

In addition, two small Fran cannons were added on each side of the upper open decks of these three ships to enhance the ship's ability to kill the deck personnel of the enemy ships during broadside combat.

In addition, each ship was equipped with ten short-barreled Nan-Japanese flintlock pistols and a number of new bamboo-shelled grenades, as well as some old whale oil incendiary bottles.

In order to strengthen the effect of the incendiary bomb, Yu Xiaotian has even sent people to Manila, Batavia and Macao to buy oil from the Middle East to replace whale oil as fuel for Molotov cocktails and enhance the arson effect of Molotov cocktails.

So don't look at the displacement of the three sloops, but the firepower is by no means weak, let alone underestimated, whoever underestimates them will pay a heavy price.

And today, these two Chu Cailao ships obviously have not accepted the bloody lessons of their previous accomplices, and they have not paid enough attention to the long-range firepower advantages of these ghost ships, and they have put on a posture of carrying them to the end.

Suddenly, a series of roars sounded on the sea, led by Luo Xianbin's boat, and three sloops began to fire guns in turn, and in an instant, more than a dozen roars broke the calm on the sea, and the gunpowder smoke also shrouded the sides of the three ships.

During the shelling, the hulls of the three ships shook violently, and under the recoil of the guns, there was a certain lateral movement on the sea, but the sturdy hull effectively withstood such shocks, and soon after the shelling, the roll was immediately restored, and the cabin was filled with a choking smell of gunsmoke.

However, the gunners inside and outside the cabin did not care about this at all, and immediately rushed up to grasp the various tools for handling the guns amid the roar of the gunners of each gun, and began to clean and reload their respective guns, and after completing the reloading, they immediately dragged the ropes that towed the guns, pulled the gun mounts back to the gun doors on the side of the ship, and prepared for another shelling.

On the decks of each ship, there were special personnel on the deck to evaluate and record the effects of the shelling of each ship, and they quickly reported the effect of the shelling on each ship to the captains of each ship:

"Captain Qiqi, our ship fired five shots, hitting the enemy ship twice, and two close arrow shells, and missing one! ……”

The captains of the ships stared at the targets they attacked, and they were also observing the situation of the enemy ships, at this time Luo Xianbin had already obtained a summary of the effects of the shelling, the first round of salvo, their three ships fired a total of thirteen shells, two shells were dumb, a total of five rounds hit the enemy ships, and most of the rest were close-arrow shells, but there were also two misses, and the shells deviated far from the target.

Luo Xianbin was very dissatisfied with the effect of such an artillery bombardment, and immediately scolded loudly: "Stupid! This distance is actually like this, what are you eating? Slow down and keep course, prepare for the second salvo, who the hell will dumb Lao Tzu again, knock the cannonballs away, and see how Lao Tzu cleans him up at night! ”

The crews of the three ships immediately began to retract their sails and lowered their speeds, so that the fleet remained in parallel with the two old ships, and the gunners of each ship immediately began to nervously prepare for the second round of shelling.

Although the first round of shelling was not effective, it was enough for Chu Cailao's ship as the target.

In an instant, they had received five shells, and the enemy had fired such shells that they were so powerful that they could get into their ship, leaving a large hole in it, or destroying a large part of their ship on the spot.

The five shells were almost evenly distributed throughout the hull, and their ship immediately seemed to be disemboweled, and the minions on the ship let out a cry of surprise, and the two minions were even torn to pieces by the shells on the spot, and the fragments of the ship's planks also injured several minions on the ship, causing them to scream and exclaim.

And this is not the most unlucky, the most unfortunate is a near-arrow bullet near the middle of their ship, after falling into the water, did not sink into the seawater, but with the help of the surface of the sea water to produce a ricochet effect, after the shell bounced on the sea, directly smashed heavily at the waterline of the lower part of their ship, and as a result, a hole was smashed in the middle of their ship, and a cabin instantly began to fill with a large amount of seawater, so that their ship did not work for a while, and became clumsy.

At this time, they knew the power of these three "ghost ships", and both the people in charge of the ship and the minions on the ship were so shocked that they didn't dare to wait any longer, and they didn't care whether the range of the broken guns on their ships was enough, so they just shouted and began to fire at these three "ghost ships" and began to fire back.