Chapter 361. Private in hand-to-hand combat
That's right, the main masts on the original pirate warships seemed to have been slashed by a logging axe at the top, but the stubble was revealed, but it was torn off with brute force. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
All the pirates subconsciously raised their heads and looked at the top of the main mast above their heads, which should have been more than ten meters high, but now there were only eight or nine meters left, and the mast at the top was pulled by cables and sails, lying diagonally on the side, swaying slightly as the sea breeze blew.
"What's going on?"
Doubts appeared in the minds of the pirates, but instead of being solved, they turned their heads to look at the surrounding pirate ships, only to find that they had the same problems.
The main mast or auxiliary mast of many warships has been torn off by some brute force, and it looks as if the invisible giant has waved his hand to discount these tall timbers, but everyone's hearts are faintly cold, because if they look closely, they find that it is not just the mast that has a problem.
Even the sail was also torn open by some brute force, although the sea breeze was still whistling over, but the whole sail could no longer hold the wind, and it was whistling and blowing through the huge opening, and even the force of the wind tore the mouth bigger and bigger, and finally tore the sail in two, just like a tattered rag hanging on the mast, it was useless!
"God, God, what the hell happened?!"
This group of pirates was already desperate, and everyone was subconsciously looking up at the fleet overhead, which was still breaking through, and the speed had gradually slowed down, because with the roar of cannons, the masts of their battleships, as well as the sails raised, were all damaged, and they could not maintain full speed at all.
The mast and sails are useless, even if there are waves to push it, such a large warship can only lose power in the end, and stay in place and drift with the current, as for wanting to rush through with speed like before, it is impossible, this is already understood in the hearts of all pirates.
They have become a flock of sheep surrounded, with no way out, let alone all prospects, and even their eyes are dim at the moment, they silently picked up the weapons in their hands and were ready.
Anders had already stood up in his constant seat, and his old appearance had disappeared, but with a sturdy appearance, he threw away the crutches in his hand, but there was more of a cold shimmering scimitar, even he now understood that it was time to fight hard.
Although he is known for his wisdom and cunning, but now he has found in vain that it is more stable to come desperately, as long as they can win, then they can slowly leave, and there is still a glimmer of life.
"Cape Town? Oh, what exactly? ”
Exhaling slowly, he looked at the battleships that were circling around his fleet, slowly circling in circles, different sizes and styles, Anders's eyes were solemn, and he also had a little nostalgia for life, he was already seventy or eighty years old, and he wanted to continue to sit on his throne instead of working so desperately.
But all this stems from his carelessness, but even if he is not careless, he can't imagine that Haijiao Town, which was still extremely weak a few days ago, now has such a powerful navy, I'm afraid that even this North Trumming Sea is estimated to be unable to find a fleet that can be equipped with so many dwarven artillery and has such strong firepower!
He was a little aggrieved in defeat, and subconsciously turned his head to look south, as expected, there was still no support fleet from the so-called Governor of Gray Mist City arrived, and even if it was set, the raiding force in the Yuqiao River did not appear at all.
Apparently, Anders, one of the pirate leaders of Crash Bay, was easily overshadowed.
More and more warships joined the circle around them, one cannon after another aimed at the group of pirate warships in the middle that had lost power and were cowering inside, a heavy roar sounded from time to time, but the shelling of fifty warships continued one after another, and almost every second, a dozen guns fired their shells, smashing heavily in the middle.
The water splashed again and again, the hull and planks were smashed hard, a large amount of wood slag was scattered everywhere on the sea, and countless pirates were wailing in terror.
The smoke was thick and pervasive, like mist, but the ships were still circling in circles, without mercy or the slightest stopping movement, still spinning in circles, firing cannons, turning in circles, firing cannons, not caring whether they hit the enemy or not, just endlessly turning in circles and firing cannons, as if they were about to exhaust all their ammunition reserves.
The deafening shelling continued one after another, like thunder in the sky, and the shells that appeared from time to time at that time were pouring torrential rain.
A large number of cannonballs were fired, almost all the masts and sails on those pirate warships had been seriously damaged, and the cannonballs that appeared quickly turned into two after rushing out of the barrels, connected by iron chains in the middle, and the huge inertia and force made the two connected cannonballs rotate back and forth, and when this force appeared on the masts or sails, the power was immediately attached to these fragile wooden or cloth products, and then easily destroyed.
That's right, it's a chain bomb!
This specially developed cannon to cut off the enemy's mast and sails has played a major role today, and all the more than 30 pirate warships that tried to break through have lost their power and are surrounded in the middle, like fish on a chopping block.
Dense gunpowder smoke, looming black shadows appeared, and in the eyes of the desperate pirates who had been bombarded by artillery fire, one after another warships were slowly approaching.
As if they were preparing to get closer, intending to take over and prepare for hand-to-hand combat, these pirates burst out of unparalleled courage in despair one by one, and even directly drew their scimitars and rushed forward furiously, intending to jump over and slash with their scimitars before those enemies approached!
They have never been afraid of hand-to-hand combat, and in fact, these pirates are famous for their stunt, which is the ferocious and lifeless posture in hand-to-hand combat, which scares any enemy to the ground!
This time, however, they had clearly miscalculated.
The battleship that approached stopped slightly, and above the huge hull that appeared in the dense smoke of gunpowder, a navy wearing light orange uniforms also clearly appeared in the eyes of this group of pirates, but they also found that the enemy's naval forces were not holding scimitars and long swords in their hands, but a flintlock pistol that they called dwarf muskets!
All the pirates were stunned, and many of them had already reacted instantly, and subconsciously began to retreat, but they didn't expect that the first to fire was not the flintlock pistol, but still on the side of the ship, and there was still a curling smoke of gunpowder, the cannon breech.
"Boom Boom T
The almost uniform salvo roared, and the encirclement around these pirate warships, whether it was the galleon, the sloop, or the brig, the guns in the gunsoft windows of those ships, the more deafening sounds, and the dazzling fireworks, occupied all the senses of the pirates who dared to go forward.
Then, they didn't feel much embarrassment, for they didn't notice that countless thumb-sized, cast iron projectiles had formed a metal storm that swept wildly across their bodies.
Countless metal projectiles were densely nailed into the hull, but many more swept directly onto the deck, whistling by, like a crazy rainstorm, crashing at everything on the deck, including the pirates, and the trebuchets, ballistas, and bed crossbows that were being prepared on the bow floor!
The terrifying metal storm swept through everything, and those pirates who were still manipulating the machinery were not prepared at all, so they were directly swept to the ground, falling hard, covered in blood, and looking dead.
The pirates who were still on the side of the ship were even more miserable, almost more than half of them were in close contact with the metal storm, and fell to the ground in pieces, and the miserable ones could not die again, even if there were lucky ones, they were also stumps and broken arms, or they were paralyzed and couldn't stand up at all, and they completely lost their combat effectiveness!
But all this is not over, because after this salvo of scattered bombs, the battleships finally slowly approached, and the Spanish privates who had already prepared on it had already chosen to open fire brazenly!
"Woo Woo T
The sound of popping beans resounded, and the remaining pirates were stunned to find that they had been shot, covered their wounds, and fell to the ground in an incredible way, they did not expect that the accuracy of those dwarven muskets was so high!
The dozen or so warships on the periphery were almost empty, and even if there were pirates left in the cabin, they didn't dare to come out at all, because they had been frightened by the terrible casualties just now, and they all hid in what they thought were the safest places, and they didn't dare to continue to come out at all!
But those Spanish privates didn't care at all, they jumped directly off the side of the ship, came to the pirates' warship, and quickly loaded the flintlock pistols that had been fired in their hands, while the privates behind them, holding the flintlock pistols that had been loaded with bayonets, strode forward, as if they were holding short spears one by one, and rushed forward without hesitation.
The current pirate warships have all been close together because of the encirclement, just like a chain of warships, as long as they pass the side of one battleship, they will reach another battleship.
At least this group of privates moved forward quickly with flintlock pistols, and the comrades behind them followed one by one, and after passing through these pirate warships with the outermost and most severely damaged masts, they had already begun to attack the dozen or so warships inside, and their target was the largest pirate warship in the middle, which looked even more luxurious!
They know, that's the flagship of the pirates!