The pirate fleet from Crash Bay obviously didn't expect that the strange fleet would dare to really choose war, and they were not afraid of the reputation of Crash Bay at all, and raised their sails, but instead formed an offensive tactical formation, rushing straight towards them, as if they were the ambushers, and they were the prey. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

That's right, in Hall's opinion, this group of pirates who have just come to Cape Town are indeed prey, their exploits, the best way to advance, and the best choice for catharsis!

The wind was blowing fiercely, and the soft sails sucked up the wind, and slowly moved forward with the thick mast and the whole ship, and with the waves of the sea, the speed became faster and faster, like a boxer with sufficient strength, and was throwing his deadly right hook at the pirates.

But it was not just a blow, but a continuous hook, because Hall had already commanded his fleet, forming a situation of outflanking the left and right, ten teams of sloops and ten teams of brigs, each separated from the left and right, their task was to attack on the left and right, with their powerful artillery fire, to force the pirate fleet that was still in the feudal era together, waiting for their strongest side.

That is to say, the ten galleons on the front, the special ships of Spain's golden fleet, are fully armed and fully loaded with 60 thick-barreled heavy guns, and a salvo can even knock out a terror ship of a few smaller ships in seconds!

And Hall's flagship is also among them, ten Galen galleons are crushed head-on, even in the face of that incredible number of pirates, they do not hesitate, let alone have the slightest fear, because this is their self-confidence, even if they collide with each other, or engage in hand-to-hand combat, Galen galleons are the strongest!

What's more, there are also privates from the Spanish Army, this group of real soldiers, whose life is to form a professional regular army in military careers, as their assistance!

Ten galleons, twenty brigs, each with a platoon, 120 men is already a huge scale, all of them went to the deck, and there was no room for the sailors before, and in fact, all they had to do was to enter the deck and stand guard at the side of the ship.

It's like hiding behind the city walls, each of them is half-kneeling, the butt of the gun is tightly pressed against their shoulder, the muzzle of the black hole is aimed outward, as long as they meet the pirate ship at close range, then their neat salvo will appear on the warship on the sea, and with their precision marksmanship, kill any enemy who dares to appear in sight and range!

"The ships on both sides are beginning to contact the enemy, and the sloops are about to prepare for shelling!"

The first mate in charge of the wait-and-see ran quickly, reported to Hall, and asked loudly: "All the warships have sent information, do you want to seize the T position as soon as possible?" ”

Hall lifted the telescope, and through the refraction and magnification of the light, he looked into the distance, and on the left and right, the nimble and fast sloops, had already raised all their sails, and were taking the lead towards the sides of the pirate fleet, and at the same time were evading the pirate ships that were trying to resist, but looking at it, it was obvious that they were ready for broadside shelling.

This is the specialty of modern warships, when the enemy thought that these gunboats would give the enemy a soft belly, but they did not know that this was the most terrifying moment.

The naval heavy guns on the deck of the gunboat had all piled up to the side by this time, and although it was impossible to fire all of them in unison, the 16 guns formed three short salvos, and there was absolutely no problem at all.

The long-barreled 9-pounder cannon can allow them to bombard at a distance of 500 meters, although the accuracy is not enough because of the ups and downs of the sea, but there are ten sloops on the left and right sides, a total of 320 guns, if you want to cover a sea area, there is absolutely no problem, even if it is random random fire, it can cover at least seven or eight pirate ships!

"Tell them, tell them to move freely and fire at will!"

Squinting slightly, Hall also exhaled, the suffocation in his chest was gone, and at this time, there was only a sense of arrogance, and he said loudly to his first mate: "Wave the flag and tell them all that the task is to contain more pirate warships, the more the better!" ”

"Understood!" The first mate went down at once, and then passed the order through the standard-bearer, and in the distance, the sloops of ten on each side had already received it.

This is tantamount to letting them go, untying the shackles and cages, and the dhows, which were once the most popular among European pirates, have become real wolves, whistling like the sea breeze, and then whistling away like the sea breeze, because they believe in hitting and running, and if they can't take advantage, then they will immediately slip away, they are not regular warships in regular naval warfare!

"Boom Boom T

The deafening bombardment appeared instantly, and in the blazing muzzle flame, heavy solid iron balls had appeared, bombarding the wooden pirate warships one by one, easily destroying the hull and deck of the ship, and beating the pirates inside who had not expected it at all to be a little dazed.

This is not the same as the traditional way of warfare, let alone the naval warfare in the Middle Ages, which relied entirely on ramming and hand-to-hand combat, and the changes brought about by artillery are the most famous among the navy, because they really began to take advantage of space!

Distance, is space, is advantage!

The 9-pounder guns fired one after another, and the twenty sloops raised their sails, like razors, rubbing straight on both sides of the pirate fleet, and did not have the slightest intention of confrontation with those intercepted pirate ships, but in an instant, they ignited their long-barreled naval guns, and poured all their firepower on the bodies of those intercepting pirate ships, damaging the hulls of these pirate ships, and even the cabins began to be flooded.

The power of artillery is far stronger than that of ballistas, even bed crossbows and trebuchets cannot be compared at all, and heavy cast-iron ball shells are smashed over heavily, even if they do not hit and fall on the water, the splash is several meters high!

"Fight back! Ballista, bed crossbows! Counterattack! ”

The shouts of the pirate ships, which had been separated from each other and attempted to intercept, were already loud, but more were cries of misery and fear, for they did not expect that three ships had already lost their combat capability, and four or five ships had been dealt with varying degrees of severity.

Looking at the dhow warships that were raising their sails and not stopping at all, these pirate ships that came out to intercept were mostly nimble small warships, but now they were baptized by a round of artillery fire in vain, but there was no way at all!

Yes, there was no way, because the ballistae on their battleships, including those bed crossbows and trebuchets, fired stone projectiles, heavy spears, etc., did not pose any threat at all.

Even if there were a few heavy spears, with the power of the large bed crossbow, they broke through the air and pierced heavily into a dhow, which was at the end and could not dodge, only leaving these heavy spears as marks, and not even a single person was injured, let alone destroying the hull and deck.

Naval warfare in the Cold Weapon Age, such as ballistas, bed crossbows, and trebuchets, were mostly used to kill and injure enemies on the enemy's deck, and there were really not so many ideas for destroying enemy ships directly.

After all, it is a weapon in the era of cold weapons, even if it is a powerful siege weapon, in fact, it is mostly transformed into a murder weapon, in the undulating sea, increase the long-range advantage, and before the hand-to-hand deck battle between the two sides begins, the enemy's morale will be cut off partially, so as to finally achieve victory.

But this is not a feudal naval battle in the era of cold weapons, and this group of pirates can only watch in despair as those sloops float away, and the full-sail warships are very fast, and they don't have any possibility of intercepting them at all!

"Catch up! Damn, don't let them come back, give me a chase! ”

Many pirates are already red-eyed, as pirates in Crash Bay, when have they ever suffered such a loss? Even the pirates who had experienced the bombardment had come to their senses and forcibly bounced their spirits in pursuit of the dhow on the left and right, so that they could taste the scimitar in their hands!

But their choice was obviously wrong, because just behind them, some pirates were staring wide-eyed, looking at the warship that was floating again, clenching the weapons in their hands, but they could only stare at the distance of dozens of meters, the black and hollow artillery, re-aimed at them.

It was a brig that suddenly appeared again, and there were also ten on the left and right sides, just behind the sloop, and the wider deck could hold more guns, and in fact, the brig, which had a total of 26 guns, was much stronger than the sloop in terms of firepower!

If the dhow symbolizes piracy, agility and swiftness, then the brig symbolizes the navy, fast and fierce, as can be seen by the number of sailors they carry, and the shape of the hull!

Brigs are noticeably wider, have a deeper waterline, and have a higher hull, and the two mainmasts have more sails, which means more wind power to bring more convenience when chasing pirates, and when chasing pirates, they can take out their opponents with the heaviest artillery bombardment.

"Boom Boom T

It was another continuous bombardment, and the violent force almost destroyed more than a dozen pirate ships that came to intercept on the left and right, and the two shelling in succession were not at all the power that those small warships could withstand!

A large amount of wood chips had appeared on the sea, drifting with the current, more splinters of planks churning at the top of the waves, and among them were the desperate cries of pirates, who had fallen into the sea because of the damage of the battleship or the bombardment of artillery, and even the loud shouts could not be effectively rescued.

Because his companions, the more large pirate warships, were defending against the approaching galleons of Galen, loaded with a large number of guns, and belonged to the real main force of the sea fortress!

The galleons had 60 short-barreled heavy guns, and they would not shoot at a distance of more than 100 meters, so they got closer and closer to the large warships of the pirates, but instead of loading them straight, they steered the rudder vigorously, and the ten galleons formed a clear arc, one after the other, but they all began to strike in the direction of the left.

The side side was still exposed, but the group of pirate ships that were still facing head-on, trying to force the Galen sailing ship to stop with their ramming, did not react at all, and originally planned to start a hand-to-hand deck battle between the two sides, but now, the other party actually used such a tactic, making them seem to be hit cotton, and there was no way to use their strength.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! ”

Even Anders, the cunning old fox, was already in a rage, and he had seen a dozen small warships on the left and right that were gradually halting their advance because of the large number of artillery hits.

These small warships were all real warships brought by the South Trunching Sea, more sophisticated and sturdy than the merchant ships used by those pirates, and now they were so seriously injured that his heart almost stopped a little, and he roared angrily: "Where is our magician? Let those guys come out, I keep them, but I don't let them watch the show! ”

Around the flagship at his feet, on a dozen large pirate warships, almost every battleship had a hooded man with a staff in his hand at the top of the bow building.

With a sense of mystery, but they raised their heads slightly, and there was a little panic in their eyes under the hood, because they saw the ship that was leaving, and the guns in the side gun window also made their eyes more and more frightened, because they knew that they were not the opponent of that kind of weapon.

But they have to do it, these pirates in Crash Bay have never been good-natured guys, they eat and drink well on weekdays, and the ultimate goal is not to come in handy at such a time?

"Oh, magician?"

On the first Galen sailing ship, Hall put down the binoculars in his hand, turned his head and glanced at the other nine Galen galleons that followed closely behind, and the corners of his mouth were even more disdainful, even if there was a mysterious power of this world in those pirate ships, it was nothing to him.

He believed in science, in his battleship, and in his artillery. Therefore, he also raised his arm, pointed to the pirate warship not far away, where they could almost see each other, and ordered loudly: "Fire!" ”

"Boom Boom T

"Boom Boom T

"Boom Boom T

Three heavy bombardments had already appeared, and the muzzle flame was like a flame in the hearth, and the thick smoke of gunpowder began to take shape, but the galleons were still slowly moving forward, spreading all their sails, and moving forward quickly with the sea breeze, leaving only the broken planks that appeared all over the sea behind them!