Shortly after the pirates' shells made a splash around the enemy ships, the enemy ships on the opposite side fired shells again.

Clearing the chamber, reloading the shells, and firing the cartridges in such a short period of time is an efficiency that even the average professional navy can hardly match!

Is a merchant ship with such strength really just an ordinary caravan?

Obviously, this will definitely not be, after all, if the caravan had such strength, then the caravan's reputation would have already resounded in the Caribbean.

However, although most of the pirates had thought of this crucial issue at this time, now that both sides had started an artillery battle, they were already at the point where they had to shoot.

Therefore, the pirates can only quickly order the oarsmen to speed up and try to get close to the enemy ship in the shortest possible time, so as to start the broadside combat that the pirates are very familiar with and good at!

At the same time, the pirate gunners immediately sorted out their guns and prepared for the second shot, and with the experience of the first test shot and the data parameters, this time they were confident that they should be able to hit a few shells of the enemy ship.

And while the pirates were busy reloading, a dozen shells fired by enemy ships also bombarded with a sharp whistling sound.

"Bang" ...... "Bang"

The splash of water caused a mess on the deck, and unfortunately, a solid bullet hit the staircase connecting the deck to the wheelhouse.

The wooden staircase dissipated into flying sawdust under the bombardment of powerful kinetic shells.

Fortunately, there were no casualties this time, but it was a huge blow to the morale of the pirates.

After all, pirates with many years of combat experience are also very clear in their hearts, in naval battles, as long as they are hit by shells for the first time, then there is a high chance of being hit by more shells in the future, and for pirates on the deck with little cover in the past, this is simply a live target!

Sure enough, before the pirate gunners could reload, the opposite side actually fired shells again, so efficient!

"Boom" "Boom"

With the thunderous sound of shelling, more than a dozen black shells bombarded from far and near, but this time, it was a full three shells that landed on the hull. Flash Dance

One of the shells hit the bow of the ship, but fortunately, the impact angle was arguably the hardest part of a battleship, so although it was hit head-on by the shell, only a few clearly visible cracks appeared.

However, the two shells in the back landed right on the deck, causing tragic casualties of 3 dead and 4 seriously wounded.

Fortunately, the shells of this era were at best solid iron bullets made entirely of iron, unlike the shells of later generations, which could cause violent explosions after landing, and their power and lethality were greatly enhanced!

Faced with the seriously injured caused by the ricochet, Nightblanc immediately asked the pirates to carry the seriously injured off the cabin, and then asked the forest troll priest to immediately treat them, although the amount of treatment for the troll priest is not very large, but for pirates whose general health is about more than a hundred points.

The health it heals is enough to save the seriously injured pirates from their injuries.

And at this time, Ye Feng, after thinking slightly in his heart for a moment, decided to cast the battleship ability of the Ver battleship - summon ghost mist!

Because he knew very well that if the low visibility of the ghost fog was not used to reduce the enemy's shell hit rate now, then this short 15 nautical miles alone would probably have caused fatal damage to the Verne!

That's why he decisively decided to cast a ship with a long cooldown—summon a ghostly mist!

With Nightfront activating the ship's ability, a gray mist quickly rose around the Verr, hiding the Veil's figure in a dense ghostly fog.

Moreover, the summoned ghost fog is not fixed, but can move with the movement of the Verre. 35xs

After the appearance of the ghost fog, the pirates were also taken aback, because they thought that they had actually encountered the legendary natural disaster - the ghost fog?

But then when they learned that the ghost fog had been summoned by the captain to help them, the morale of the pirates was instantly boosted.

And the appearance of the ghost fog really did not disappoint Ye Feng, and the next few enemy shots, not a single shell could successfully hit the hull, and most of them did not even hit the surroundings of the Verne!

However, although the appearance of the ghost fog did greatly reduce the enemy's artillery accuracy, it also seriously obstructed the view of the pirate gunners of the Vere.

At this time, only Ye Feng, who is the captain and summoner of the ghost fog, can clearly see beyond the fog through the gray ghost fog.

Under his guidance, the helmsman also adjusted the course little by little.

Finally, after more than ten minutes of sailing, although there was still some time before the duration of the ghost fog, at this time, Ye Feng decisively canceled the ability of the ghost fog.

After a while, the dense fog that had originally shrouded the Vel disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and at the moment when the fog completely disappeared, the two sides realized that the distance between the two warships was less than 50 meters away.

Fortunately, the pirates had been alerted by the Night Blade, so they had already been mentally prepared for this, and then the pirate gunners immediately set fire to the cannons.

"Knock" "Knock" A dozen cannon sounds resounded in the ears of both sides like thunder, and the white gunpowder smoke shrouded the battleship like mist, but fortunately, under the blowing of the sea breeze, this dense white gunpowder smoke instantly dissipated.

And just as the roaring cannon sound died down, there was a sudden sharp whistling sound in everyone's ears, which gave the impression that the air had been cut.

When I looked closely, I found that the sharp whistling sound was actually a long black shadow that rotated at high speed, and the true face of this black shadow was the so-called chain bullet.

The chain bullet is a kind of cannonball specially used to kill the mast and sail of the enemy ship, and its cannonball is very similar to a meteor hammer, consisting of two iron balls and an iron chain with a length of three to five meters.

It is estimated that the high-speed spinning chain bullet can easily cut through a 5-meter-thick tree trunk, and the cut section is even smoother, as if it were a knife passing by, very flat!

More than a dozen chain bombs were within a distance of 50 meters, and although they were not visually inspected or calculated, in the end, a full half of the chain bombs successfully hit the enemy ship.

"Poof" "Poof"

The sharp chain of bullets whirled and whirled, and after cutting the mast with ease, it flew off into the distance.

After the chain bomb whizzed by, the two masts on the enemy ship also collapsed with a bang, so that the sails on the side of the masts were torn apart.

Seeing this scene, Ye Feng's heart was also relieved, because without the assistance of the mainmast and sails, the enemy ship could be said to be limited in its ability to move.

This means that even if the enemy wants to escape, they will not be able to escape!

And although he also admits that his pirates are indeed not the enemy's opponents in long-range artillery combat, he is still very confident in hand-to-hand combat, even if the enemy is really dressed up by a real navy, after entering naked hand-to-hand combat, he must still have an advantage in pirates who are known for their courage and ruthlessness!

At this time, after a round of chain bullets, the Verde and the enemy ship also entered the combat distance of the broadside battle, and then, from the deck of the Verre, dozens of tough rope hooks flew out in an instant.

In a few moments, dozens of pirates, who were only biting daggers in their mouths, or sailors' knives and bayonets pinned to their waists, swung through rope hooks to the enemy ship.

Upon successful boarding, the pirates immediately let go of their grips on the ropes, and they let out a roar of excitement and leapt at the enemy.

But at this time, they suddenly discovered that what they had to face at this time was not a panicked enemy, but an orderly enemy.

I saw more than a dozen enemies with arquebuses pointed at the pirates in a row, and then the sound of "bang" and "bang" gunfire was endless.

More than a dozen projectiles whizzed by, and in an instant, the momentum of the pirates rushed forward involuntarily, and then 6 or 7 pirates stiffened and fell.

However, such a scene did not cause serious fear to the other pirates, because for the pirates who were accustomed to licking blood from the knife edge, they were already prepared for life and death.

After a round of shooting, the disadvantages of the arquebus are highlighted, even the most advanced arquebus of this era, after one shot, it is necessary to clean out the residue in the barrel, and then reload the projectile and black powder.

After such an operation, even a well-trained navy will take nearly a minute!

And such time was enough for the pirates to rush in front of them.

However, just as the pirates were smiling and rushing towards the enemy's musket team, a dozen guards armed with bayonet swords suddenly appeared from behind the musket team.

Seeing the dozen or so guards rushing back towards them, the pirates' sinister smile was even stronger, because although the pirates had lost 6 or 7 of their men under the round of shooting just now, they still had more than 30 men left.

What's more, in hand-to-hand combat, one pirate is enough to stand up to two or three ordinary sailor guards.

However, what is shocking is that under the next battle of Puyi, more than 30 pirates faced more than a dozen merchant ship guards, and it was actually the pirates who were at a disadvantage!

Such a result is simply unexpected by all pirates!

And this result is not because of the carelessness of the pirates under the command of Yefeng, in fact, as a pirate, maybe in normal times you see pirates are all giggling and not in a proper shape, but once they enter the battle!