It turned out that on the battleship at this time, the mast of a battleship was composed of several sails together. Flash Dance

Therefore, although the sail cut by the old pirate at this time is the largest of the main sails, it will reduce the ship's speed by at least 40% for the rest of the voyage.

However, it was also successful in saving the other sails, after all, if there was a slight hesitation just now, the fire would immediately spread to the other sails, and by that time, when all the sails had been burned out, the battleship would have to rely on the current to move slowly.

And this is still in the case of a tailwind, if it is a headwind, then the battleship will most likely not be able to play even the lowest section of speed.

But just when the pirates on the enemy ship were glad that only one sail was lost.

At this time, on the Verre, a scorching fireball was shot again.

And this time, the target of this fireball was the other sails on the enemy ship.

Although the pirates were furious at this vicious attack, they were saddened to find that they had no other way than to cut the cable that tied the sail in advance.

After a while, under the threat of Yadeyan's fireball, the pirates of the enemy ship had no choice but to cut off all the sails on the mast one after another.

After all, if you don't cut the sail immediately, the sail that has been burning will not only spread to other sails, but also burn the mast.

You know, if the sail burns, you can also find a way to remedy it, such as making a simple sail from the clothes and sheets of the whole ship, although such a sail is not durable, but it can also allow the pirate ship to support it until it returns to port for repairs.

But once the mast is burned, then there is really no remedy, after all, you can't make a mast out of arquebuses and other things. Flash Dance

You know, the mast is erected high in the air, and the wind is very strong at all times, so when building ships, the mast is made of the toughest wood.

Looking at the unconcealed masts erected on the battleship, I can't help but give people a particularly awkward and abrupt feeling!

When the sails on the enemy ship were all cut off, its sailing speed slowed down instantly, and after a while, it was reduced to a speed of less than 5 knots, and its speed continued to decrease.

At this time, the Verl of the Night Front was still able to maintain a speed of about ten knots at any time.

It is a pity that at this time, the gunpowder reserves of the guns on his battleship are really not much, otherwise, he can use the tactic of flying a kite to distance himself from the enemy ship, and then use the artillery to slowly consume his living force.

When the enemy ship is reduced to a speed of less than a knot, then it can be said that they are hitting a fixed target.

However, because the reserves of gunpowder were seriously insufficient, it was undoubtedly necessary to rely on the battle to decide the outcome of the battle.

However, before engaging in broadside battles, he can also use the captured large number of arquebuses to consume the enemy's vital forces again, so as to make the next broadside battles easier, and the losses can be reduced in disguise.

Under the orders of Nightfront, 30 pirates, armed with arquebuses, immediately stepped up from the back of the ship.

Then they immediately formed three rows, and then fired in turn, and for a moment, the sound of "bang" and "bang" muskets was incessant, and at the same time, a large cloud of white smoke slowly spread, obscuring the view of the musketeers.

In other words, this is also the helplessness of the musketeers of this era, because the arquebus, no matter how well it is manufactured, but the defect of white smoke produced when it shoots has never been improved. Flash Dance

According to history, this defect was not really improved until the appearance of breech guns hundreds of years later, because the muskets at this time were very close to the rifles of later generations, and the bullets were not round lead projectiles, but similar to the conical shape of later bullets.

After waiting for the white smoke to clear, the pirates at this time started a new round of shooting again.

At this time, after the machine gun baptism of the Terminator, and then encountered the platoon gun fire of the arquebus, the pirates, who had already suffered heavy losses, were now even worse.

After a while, the surviving pirates on the enemy ship, regardless of the orders of the leaders, retreated directly to the cabin, preparing to fight with Yefeng in the cramped cabin.

Looking at the instantly empty deck, Nightfront ordered the Verne to approach the enemy ship.

Because the enemy ship was already in a state of drifting with the tide at this time, the Verr easily attached itself to the enemy ship.

When the slight vibration caused by the two warships close to each other was heard, the pirates, who had already been prepared, immediately jumped onto the deck of the enemy ship with various weapons.

After the successful landing, these pirates had already seen the enemy retreat to the cabin on the bottom floor, so they immediately rushed towards the cabin.

However, what was unexpected was that when they were about to rush to the front of the cabin door, the hatch that was originally hidden suddenly opened, and then a black hole cannon suddenly protruded from the hatch.

The cold metal cannon body reflected the brilliance of death, and with a loud "boom", a large barrage rained down on the pirate group.

The crowd of pirates that was originally crowded like a tide was swept away by this shotgun in an instant, and it was roughly estimated that this shotgun caused the pirates under the command of Yefeng to lose nearly twenty people at once.

At this time, Ye Feng, who was standing on the pirate ship of the Vere, saw this scene, and he couldn't help but have his eyes wide open, his eyes were about to split, and at the same time he was even more distressed, you know, for him at this time, every pirate is precious, after all, on this vast sea, where can he replenish manpower?

What made him angry was that this was a well-prepared trap, and if it weren't for the fact that his men were preparing to enter the interior of the cabin for a clearing battle, they would certainly not have rushed towards the cabin door like they had just done.

A large number of pirates rushed to the cabin because of the lack of order.

This also caused a shot of the enemy, which caused the loss of nearly 20 pirates under his command, you know, at this time, the number of pirates engaged in the broadside battle was only about 50 people, and this shotgun reimbursed nearly 1/2 of the manpower!

It is believed that if it was the regular Spanish navy that was engaged in the clearing war at this time, then even if they also encountered this trap, their losses would definitely be much less than that of Yefeng's men.

Because of the regular navy, they will definitely not rush like pirates, but will be orderly divided into one squad after another to cooperate with the advance.

In this case, even if there is a sudden shelling, it will only lose a limited number of sailors at most!

That's the difference between a regular sailor and an unruly pirate!

However, this situation is not only among the pirates under the command of Night Blade, because the pirates are originally a group of bloodthirsty murderers who are lawless and have no team spirit!

It is simply impossible to make the pirates fight like regular sailors, because even the pirates under the command of the Nine Pirate Kings are at most stronger than ordinary pirates in terms of personal combat effectiveness, and as for the order during this battle, they are not necessarily better than the pirates under the command of Yefeng.

At this time, after a single shotgun caused a large number of casualties to the pirates under the command of Yefeng, a large group of ragged pirates with an extremely fierce spirit rushed out of the cabin in an instant.

Armed with short guns and sailors' knives, the pirates laughed and rushed at the enemy!

In the process of rushing forward, they took advantage of the fact that the enemy was thrown into confusion by the shotguns, and took the opportunity to take out the short fire and shoot.

However, due to the small number of short firearms in their hands, the two unlucky pirates were unfortunately shot right in the head and died instantly without saying a word.

In addition, only a few pirates have been injured of various sizes, but such injuries do not have a great impact on combat effectiveness.

Originally, if there was no accident, with the trickery and trap cast by the enemy on the enemy ship, it was very likely that the defeat would have turned into victory and annihilated Ye Feng's men.

But what they didn't expect was that Nightfeng had two extremely powerful subordinates under his command, that is, the Viking berserker - Huska and the newly surrendered sea ape - Sinnet.

I saw Huskar pull out two heavy axes directly from behind, and then swung them and rushed into the enemy, slashing left and right, in such a melee, any subtle moves would not have much effect.

And the Viking Berserker - Huskar, as a battle-hardened warrior, is of course very aware of this, so this time, he did not perform any subtle moves at all, but directly used gravity to slash and slash without any moves.

In a few moments, he had chopped six or seven pirates in quick succession.

And relying on Haskar's performance, the morale of the pirates who had lost most of their fighting spirit due to the sudden encounter with the trap was finally reinvigorated.

And what really surprised people was not the performance of the Viking warrior - Huskar, but the sea ape who had just taken refuge - Sinnet.

If Huskar is very good at both heads-up and group battles, then the sea ape-Sinnett can really be said to be amazing in group battles!

(End of chapter)