But the good thing is that although none of these pirate gunners have actually operated a five-pounder gun, but seriously speaking, whether it is a five-pounder gun, a three-pounder gun, or even an eight-pounder gun, the method of control is actually the same.

It's just that the original three-pound shell has become a five-pound shell, and the amount of gunpowder required to fire the cannon has also changed!

Since the distance between the enemy ship and the Verl was not very far at this time, the gunners, after consulting with each other, decided to increase the amount of gunpowder required to fire the three-pounder gun by half, so that the real amount of gunpowder needed to fire the five-pounder gun would not be reached by then.

But it was enough for a five-pounder shell to shoot a few hundred meters away!

And after determining the amount of gunpowder to be fired, the gunners immediately manipulated it.

I saw that they stuffed the calculated gunpowder bag through the front muzzle, and then pushed the gunpowder bag to the innermost point with a special wooden stopper.

Then it's time to put a three-pound solid shell into the muzzle.

At this time, all the preparations for firing are almost completed, and then the fuse is burned and shelled after aiming in the right direction.

Since the current era can be said to be an era in which firearms such as artillery were just emerging, sighting equipment that could greatly improve the accuracy of artillery hits has not yet been developed.

Therefore, the shooting of artillery mainly depends on the experience and hunch of the gunners.

However, strictly speaking, the special abilities of these gunners under the command of Yefeng are not very strong, after all, the number of times the pirate gunners manipulate the artillery to shoot is not very much, and his gunners are not the elite among the pirates.

It's just that these gunners have more experience in handling artillery than ordinary pirates.

However, despite this, Night Blade still placed a lot of hope on these gunners, after all, although professional experience occupies a large part of the matter of firing artillery, in fact, luck is also a crucial factor. 35xs

What if their luck exploded this time?

As the saying goes, if you do anything, then there is still a 1% chance, but if you don't work hard, then there will definitely be no chance at all.

At this time, the gunners, after some careful calibration, solemnly lit the fuse of the gunpowder.

When the spark disappeared into the barrel of the cannon, after a few seconds of silence, the muzzle of the black hole instantly let out an astonishing roar, and the pirates standing by the cannon couldn't help but feel a faint pain in their eardrums.

When the white smoke filled, a five-pound solid cannonball fired at the enemy ship in the distance with tremendous kinetic energy.

With a loud "plop", the shell landed on the sea a few meters away from the enemy ship, setting off a large wave of waves, which was lifted by the huge kinetic energy to a height of about 10 meters, and after a few seconds, it quickly fell again.

It feels like a light rain is falling in a clear sky!

At this time, the enemy ship pirates, who were wet by the sea water set off by the cannonballs, were very angry in their hearts.

You know, they had already discovered the Vere of the Night Blade when it sailed towards them.

It's just that the guns on their ships are only three-pounder guns, so they only wait until the Nightstrike's battleship is close to the best range of the guns, and then immediately fire the guns to give Nightfront a little color.

What they didn't expect was that before they could make Yefeng look good, Yefeng made them taste the bitterness.

In a fit of rage, the pirates didn't care that Nightblade's battleship had not yet reached the best range of their guns, but they immediately let the guns on the battleship launch a counterattack.

After a while, with the roar of thunder, black shadows flew towards the Verl like raindrops.

Fortunately, because of the hasty shooting, the enemy ship's artillery hit rate was surprisingly low, but none of the 6 shells hit the battleship Verre, and the closest shell was also about ten meters behind the Verre. 35xs

After a round of firing, both the Verde and the enemy ships fell silent in an instant, because it was not a quick thing to reload the shells and prepare for re-launch.

Not to mention anything else, it takes at least half a minute just to clean up the gunpowder residue in the barrel, even for a professional naval gunner, plus to replace the gun with a firing bag and shells, which all take time.

Therefore, it took a full minute or nearly two minutes for the warships of both sides to roar again!

This time, it was one of the guns on Yefeng's side that was lucky enough to be the first to get the shot, and the five-pound cannonball hit the enemy ship hard, but unfortunately, this shell was fired right at the bow of the enemy ship.

Although the ramming angle was torn apart by shells, the overall damage to the battleship was not as serious as imagined, except for the complete repair of the ramming angle, the battleship did not want to ram the enemy ship and other tactics.

The accuracy of the hit rate of the shells fired by the enemy ships was significantly improved after the previous calibration, and one of the several shells successfully hit the Verne.

Fortunately, the caliber of the enemy ship's guns was only a three-pounder gun, so when this shell hit the deck, it only caused about three casualties.

Such casualties are very small for artillery bombardment, after all, you must know that a shell in later generations can cause at least dozens of casualties, and if it hits such a battleship made of wood, then it is really a shell past, and it is a heavy damage if it is not sinked!

At this time, after two rounds of shelling, the warships of both sides also entered the distance where they were about to engage in broadside battles.

And the decks above the warships of the two sides were also full of pirates armed with various melee weapons at this time.

As time passed, seeing that the enemy ship was only less than ten meters away from the Verre, Nightfront could clearly see the cruel smiles on the faces of the fierce pirates on the deck of the enemy ship.

If he was facing a regular naval warship, he would have been under heavy fire, but because he was facing pirates who didn't pay much attention to arquebuses, the enemy didn't shoot at this time, even though the ships on both sides had entered the best range for arquebus shooting.

However, although the enemy is not ready to shoot, it does not mean that the Night Blade will not seize this opportunity to severely weaken the enemy's living force.

His eyes flashed, and in an instant, the T-105 Terminator parked at the bow of the ship, its computer program quickly set the shooting parameters after a simple calculation.

Then, after a few seconds, the two six-barreled machine guns on the T-105's hands began to slowly rotate, the speed of which was not very fast at first, but after a while, its speed was so fast that it was not clear to the naked eye.

In an instant, two huge tongues of fire one meter long erupted instantly, and dense machine gun bullets covered it like a dark cloud.

The violent metal storm instantly stunned the pirates, after all, they had never encountered such a battle, you know, in just a few seconds, the two machine guns of the Terminator rained down at least hundreds of bullets.

If it was an arquebus of this era, it would have required at least a few hundred arquebuses to inflict the same amount of fire in a matter of seconds.

And even the Spanish Navy, the maritime hegemon of this era, has only a few dozen arquebuses on one of their V-class warships.

If you want to create such a formation, then at least a battleship of level III or higher in the Spanish Navy can cause the same fierce firepower.

And though the pirates were stunned by the ferocious and brutal metal storm, the bullets would not let them bypass them.

After the fire of the Metal Storm covered it, the enemy ship really suffered heavy casualties, and the deck above the enemy ship was full of wounded and dead pirates.

After all, because the next step was to engage in the battle, more than half of the pirates on the enemy ship were concentrated on the deck, which led to a tragedy that avoided.

At this time, after the Terminator's metal storm caused serious casualties to the enemy, Night Blade also took this opportunity to consume 20 MP to create a flaming arrow.

When the crimson crossbow bolts were fired at the top of the deck, the fire burned incessantly, and it showed signs of getting stronger and stronger, even though the deck was covered in blood.

And after the flaming arrow was fired, at the same time, a scorching fireball followed suit.

It was the fireball attack of Yadeyan's innate ability summoned by the Night Front, and the fireball it launched was shot towards the sails of the enemy ship.

Because the sails at this time were made of strong burlap, even if a person slid off the sail, he would not break the sail.

But in the same way, the sail also has a fatal flaw, that is, it is not easy to prevent fire, or it can be said that it is easy to catch fire.

Therefore, when the fireball of Yadyan hit the sail, the fire spread unstoppably and rapidly under the strong sea breeze, and in a short time, the whole sail burned.

A violent, choking stench spread quickly.

At this time, the experienced old pirates immediately wielded their short axes to cut the cable of the sail, and under the strong sea breeze, the burning sail quickly drifted to the distant sea because it was unrestrained.

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