Chapter 122: Fire Attack

At this time, the sea was in chaos, and Yu Xiaotian himself lost his ability to command the fleet, so he could only let the ships play on their own.

Under such communication conditions, the mere use of flags and drums and trumpets alone can no longer effectively command a large number of ships to engage in a melee, and when it comes to this situation, it is more a matter of how well the captains of each ship perform themselves.

In the fierce battle just now, Yu Xiaotian's heart has been bleeding, watching one after another his own ships, which were sunk and destroyed by the Spaniards, and a large number of sailors were injured and killed, he felt distressed, these sailors are all good sailors, one dies and one is less, it takes a long time to replenish, and the newly recruited sailors must go through a long time of training to meet the needs.

But after this battle, he lost at least one or two hundred capable sailors, which he had trained for a long time, and he provided them with good food to improve their physique, and it was difficult to make up for one or ten ordinary people.

But he had to be ruthless and let these sailors go forward one after another, because this was a hurdle on his life path, and he had to overcome it, including himself, as the commander of this fleet, and he also had to fight on the front line.

Yu Xiaotian's ship is a handsome ship, which the Spaniards also see very clearly, so when the fire was exchanged just now, Yu Xiaotian's brig schooner naturally became the focus of the Spaniards.

The Spaniards are also very curious about his brig, this ship obviously looks like a mixed race, the sail is a combination of Chinese and Western, both Chinese hard sails, and Western spinnakers, the hull is more like a Western-style ship, how to look at how awkward, say that it has the advantages of Chinese and Western sailboats, but there are also the shortcomings of Chinese and Western sailboats, people can't understand, what is this guy.

But it can be seen from the flags on the mast that this ship is the handsome ship of this group of pirates, so when his ship appeared in the crossfire area, it became the focus of the Spaniards.

One by one, Yu Xiaotian's ship withstood the bombardment of dozens of shells, and the entire right side of the ship was hit with potholes and holes, and the sails were even beaten into a sieve by the other side.

Several shells hit the stern, some of them were almost killed on the spot by Xiaotian, and the sailors on the ship also suffered heavy casualties, including his two personal guards, who were also killed by the opponent's artillery on the spot, one was directly torn apart by the shells, leaving only a few pieces of flesh and blood, and the other was torn into two pieces by the waist, and the death was miserable.

Including Yu Xiaotian himself, he was also slightly injured, and his thigh was injured by the flying fragments, fortunately he didn't hold it up this time, before the battle, he put on his armor and stood majestically on the stern, otherwise his thigh this time, if it didn't work, it would be abolished, and most of the strength was leaked by the armor of the leg guards, but even so, the legs were still bleeding.

Yu Xiaotian was unsteady on his feet, so he had to bring a big chair and sit on the stern to command the battle, because he knew very well that he was the soul of this fleet today, if he fell or relinquished command, then the blow to the morale of the Sea Wolf Department would be very big, and it was not impossible to collapse, after all, the enemy's artillery fire was too fierce, and their ships could be easily torn apart.

So Yu Xiaotian was slightly injured and couldn't get out of the line of fire, gritted his teeth and endured the pain, sat on the stern tower and continued to command the battle, the blood stained one of his trouser legs red, and even the boots were sticky blood.

Fortunately, when his ship was built, the ship's dormitory spared no expense, and the use of absolutely good wood and hardwood, the degree of solidity was not worse than those Spanish warships, and even the structural strength was higher, although it was beaten very badly on the surface, but the hull structure was not damaged, but the side of the ship was somewhat leaky.

However, the ship is equipped with a carpenter, and there are various materials to plug the leak, and the crew is fighting while urgently repairing the leakage, and after some emergency repairs, the leakage of the hull is basically stopped.

There are two steps of manpower pumping machine arranged in the cabin below, which belongs to the pressure pumping machine, operated by two people, alternately pressing down the pressure bar, and then the water can be pressed from the cabin to the deck, discharged into the sea, in addition to being placed in the bottom bilge of the ship when necessary to pump the drainage, there is also one on the deck, which can be used as a fire extinguisher, pressing out the water column, replacing the pump with a small amount of water, and extinguishing the fire on the ship.

When Yu Xiaotian saw that Luo Xianbin had already led the team to kill the other small fleet of the Spaniards, his mood suddenly relaxed, and the Spanish fleet could basically sentence them to death after losing that small fleet.

Now don't look at these boats are still happy, but once the two sides enter the melee, these boats will become fat sheep to be slaughtered, they can easily destroy the main ships of the sea wolf, but for the swarming boats are like a big stupid elephant clumsy, and then can only be slowly grinded to death.

And the commander of the Spanish fleet, obviously did not see the trap they were about to face just now, and actually asked Yu Xiaotian to order the fleet to ram the sea wolf's fleet as he wished, trying to use the ramming tactics to use their ships to ram the sea wolf's ship.

They even achieved some success, and the two sea wolf ships were successfully rammed by them, and they were smashed and sank into the water on the spot.

But this also created a good opportunity for the small boats of the sea wolf, and the small boats that had been following the flanks in the flank of the fleet, got Yu Xiaotian's order, and began to attack wildly, rowing or rocking with all their might, and rushed towards those Spanish warships with all their strength.

After seeing the destruction of their small fleet, the other party realized that there was a big trouble, and suddenly became a little flustered, and began to turn around, as if they were preparing to withdraw from the battle.

But at this time, how could Yu Xiaotian still let them get their wish! Today he has already paid too much price, at least seven or eight ships have been destroyed by the Spaniards, not including some small boats, if the Spanish fleet is allowed to escape at this time, then even if he wins this naval battle, the price he has paid is too heavy.

That's why at this time the Spaniards thought of running, too late! Yu Xiaotian struggled to stand up, held Liu Wang's shoulder, and shouted: "All surround them, and never allow them to run away!" Call me! ”

Dozens of ships of the size of sea wolves, like wolves, surrounded these Spanish warships, desperately biting these Spanish ships, and the small boats rushed desperately towards the Spanish ships under the operation of the sailors, as long as they entered within a few dozen yards of them, they entered the dead end of their shelling.

Several small boats surrounded a large Spanish ship, and the nearby ships desperately fired or opened fire, shooting at the Spaniards on board, and the scattered shells swept through the enemy ships like rain, hitting the Spanish sailors standing on the deck on their backs and had to lie down to avoid the guns.

As soon as the dinghy approached the Spanish ship, several strong sailors stood up, took out porcelain or glass bottles from the cabin, lit the cloth strips on the mouth of the bottles, and smashed them into the Spanish ship with a bang.

The bottles are filled with oil, ordinary blubber is just that, and the burning is not too violent, but some of the bottles are filled with petroleum extracts, which are mixed oils, and after they ignite with a bang, a flame suddenly rises, and it burns violently quickly.

The Spaniards on the ship hurriedly began to put out the fires, trying to extinguish the fires, but they used sand and water, but it was difficult to extinguish the flames, and after a little delay, more Molotov cocktails were smashed on their ship one after another, and an even larger fire was immediately ignited.

At this time, the Spaniards on the ship panicked, shouting and screaming under the fire of the sea wolf, scurrying around the ship, trying to extinguish the fire, but they soon found that the fire oil used by the sea wolf was too fierce, and the sea water poured on the fire could not extinguish the flames, but on the contrary, it burned more vigorously, which they did not expect.

Since they met this group of sea wolves, there are too many things they can't think of, and this group of Chinese pirates has brought them one "surprise" after another, which is really unbearable for them.

As more and more Molotov cocktails were thrown onto their ship, the fire on board began to grow out of control, and in a short time the sails and masts were burned by the fire, and the whole ship became a huge torch, which crackled and began to explode one after another.

At this time, the Spaniards became lively, and no longer dared to stay in the boat, and one by one, like turkeys, they jumped into the sea with a scream to escape.

But after they fell into the water, they were immediately picked up by the sea wolves, tied up like pigs, and thrown into the cabin, and those who dared to resist were cut off their heads on the spot.

The Spanish ships rushed to the left and right, trying to break out of the city, but it was not so easy, and the ships of the sea wolves surrounded them like crazy, and even did not hesitate to use their ships to block their way, preferring their own ships to be smashed by them rather than let them escape.

Several of the Sea Wolves' ships were destroyed by them, but this greatly hindered their escape, and in a short time a Spanish ship was set on fire.

Anthony's head is now big, looking at these Kron ships gathered in all directions, he realized that this group of pirates is not as simple as he thought, these pirates have a whole set of methods to deal with them, and the tactics of arson are still effective, don't look at them they don't use the kind of fireboats that pirates usually use, but they have a lot of fire oil tanks, which is also quite terrifying.

He didn't dare to delay any longer, and ordered all the ships to withdraw from the battle at once, regardless of the cost, and to flee from this damned place, so their remaining three boats desperately began to break through, turning on all their firepower, and all of them opened fire at full speed as long as the cannons could be fired.