Goliath, the famous biblical giant and legendary commander of the Philistine army, led the well-armed Philistine army to attack the Jewish army of Israel, which was later defeated by David. The status of their people in European history is probably as bad as that of the Celestial Empire, especially the armies under their command are extremely strong, well-equipped, and known as invulnerable, as if they are prehistoric super civilizations.

At this time, the battleship named after Goliath seemed to be a real giant against the backdrop of the enemy's small sampans, displaying its own tall (tǐng) and majestic (shēn) materials in the sun, and expressing disdain for those "little friends" who were obviously shorter.

At this time, those enemy ships had already entered Han Xing's sight, they were flying skull flags, and there were two crossed scimitars on them, this is North Africa, then their (shēn) part is called (yù) - the notorious Barbary pirates!

Maybe you think of Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, but be warned, these guys have nothing to do with Alibaba! They have little in common, except that they do look alike, and they are both Middle Easterners. They did something like the Forty Thieves!

Their warships were hung with spinnakers dyed gray and even oars, and needless to say, they were famous galleys! The history of this type of warship can be traced back to the ancient Roman and Greek times, and in the relatively calm Mediterranean region, this kind of warship was popular, but after the birth of the ironclad ship in the future industrial revolution, this thousand-year-old antique was eventually swept into the garbage heap.

But it has to be said that their oars allowed them to travel at great speed in the Mediterranean, because the sea in the Mediterranean was relatively calm, and only the warm sea breeze caused the sail warships driven by the wind to not get enough power, and the use of oars undoubtedly enhanced the power of the warship, making them even faster than the pure sail-driven Goliath in the calm Mediterranean.

In an instant, they had come close to within a kilometer, and Han Xing could even see the shadow of the (shēn) shirtless waving his clothes on the bow of the boat. However, Han Xing was sure that he was not asking for help from himself, but most likely wanted to jump on his own ship, split himself in half, and loot all the goods, and then sell or burn the ship, which was obviously not goodwill.

Why didn't they leave the ship on their own, you ask? Quite simply, because they didn't need it, they were pirates in the Mediterranean, they used small and light galleys, and the Goliath, which was suitable for ocean voyages, was worthless to them, and the Goliath was too large for them to conceal.

What do pirates do best? (ròu) fight! Broadside battles! And, of course, drinking! As for the right (shè), this has never been the strong point of pirates, after all, if the enemy ship is sunk, won't they also get any benefit? So only the onboard can guarantee that their interests are maximized!

The pirates were already approaching within 500 meters, and they were trying to get closer to the Goliath (Bī), when Captain Jack stood at the bow of the ship, drew a sailor's broad-bladed knife and brandished it and shouted, "Turn left!" The first mate in charge of the (cāo) rudder immediately began to steer to the left.

The Goliath began to turn to the left, which meant that the enemy would be within the range of the starboard guns, and by this time the enemy was already within 300 meters, which was an excellent distance for shelling.

After giving the order to change the rudder, Captain Jack immediately rushed to the second deck in the cabin, which was the artillery deck, and all the guns were on this level, and Han Xing, the "junior apprentice", immediately followed. Frankly speaking, on this busy ship, Han Xing really felt a little at a loss, and wanted to help, but he couldn't intervene.

"Captain, the guns are all loaded, and the fire position is on! Just wait for your order to fire! A greasy-looking, long-haired middle-aged man with a dirty three-cornered hat said to Captain Jack.

"Very good, gunner, aim, prepare~~~" Captain Jack raised the broad-bladed knife in his hand high, dragged the prepared tone for a long time, and then slammed the broad-bladed knife and said, "Fire!! "For a moment, with the (shè) fire of the artillery, the entire cabin became filled with gunsmoke.

The sound is even more deafening (yù). And these cannons were not fired together (shè), but fired one by one, fortunately the first cannon was closest to Han Xing, and after that, those smoke and loud noises became farther and farther away from Han Xing.

The majesty of the giants could not be provoked, and "Goliath" began to roar, and solid cannonballs the size of lead balls whistled (shè) towards the galleys of the Barbary pirates.

One of them hit the center of a pirate ship and landed right on the heads of the Barbary pirates who were crowded on it, and in an instant, the entire deck became a living hell.

Blood (ròu) flies where the cannonball passes, and one of the pirates is hit in the head. A second ago, he was brandishing the scimitar in his hand, claiming to tear everyone on the Goliath to shreds. The next second, he was hit in the back of the head by this solid cannonball, and his entire head was smashed, and his brains and blood splattered on the (shēn) companion's (shēn) and face. His headless body fell unwillingly after about two seconds.

Even so, the cannonball continued to penetrate a pirate's right waist, "taking away" one of his kidneys, leaving a transparent hole in his (shēn) body, and finally hitting an unlucky man's right foot, turning his entire pale into a bloody (ròu) mud, and not forgetting to leave a hole in the galleys.

All this happened in just two or three seconds, how fast the shells were! These Barbary pirates didn't have time to react at all, they barely had time to do anything other than blink their eyes. Holes had already appeared in the bottom of the ship, and the water gurgled in, and in a moment a small puddle had formed at their feet, and it was still expanding.

The poor man who had been hit in the sole of his foot fell to the ground and howled, he was a pirate, he was not afraid of death, and that was right! But everyone is afraid of pain! How many men can ask people like Guan Erye who can let people cut with a knife (ròu) without shouting pain? The reason why the second master is legendary is because he is the second master! If everyone could do it, he wouldn't be a legend!

The brother who lost his right waist was lucky, and he fainted directly from the pain. It was at this moment that the headless corpse of the pirate whose brain exploded like a watermelon fell.

Their doom is not over yet! Provoking the majesty of giants? Prepare to accept the wrath of the giants! More shells flew (shè), some of them hit the sail and fell into the water, and some hit the hull, but they didn't do much damage. On the other four galleys, the same situation was played. Eventually, after a wave of shelling, the other three continued to get closer, although two galleys were hit with sails or their hulls were flooded, which caused their speed to drop.

"Captain Jack, why are there only 25 cannons to fire? Didn't you say that there were 50 guns? Han Xing asked Captain Jack loudly, waving his hand and fanning the strong smell of gunpowder around him.

Captain Jack coughed, looked at Han Xing and said, "What?" "Obviously, this is the consequence of not using his fingers to plug his ears when firing the cannon, and he is deaf intermittently (xìng)!

"I said, why are there only 25 guns? Didn't you say there were 50 doors? Han Xing came to his ear and said loudly.

"The rest of the cannon is on the port side!" Captain Jack pointed to the back of the shēn.

"Then why don't you concentrate the cannons on the port side and use them together? Wouldn't that be better? Han Xing asked curiously.

"Count Segaard, you haven't scared yet, I underestimated you! But you still don't know anything about the sea (qíng)! If the guns on the port side are concentrated on the starboard side, the weight of the ship will be unbalanced, and it will roll over! What's more, there is still recoil in the cannon (shè) hit! Captain Jack patiently explained to Han Xing.

"Gunner, clear the chamber and reload the chainball!" Captain Jack ordered his subordinates.

"Yes, Captain! (It's hard to feel the English context in Chinese, Ayeaye, captain!) ）”

The Goliath's gunners were apparently well-trained, and with great speed they cleared the chambers and loaded the gunpowder and chain shells, and said to Captain Jack, "Reloaded!" ”

Captain Jack brandished his saber again and said, "Listen to my orders, prepare, aim ~~ and fire!! With his command, the chain bullet spun and flew out, flying towards the Barbary pirates, who had already entered two hundred meters.

Chain bullets, as the name suggests, are solid bullets tied together with iron chains, this kind of cannonball (shè) range is shorter than solid bullets, but the power is more amazing, two iron balls tied together, a sweep is a large piece, is used to deal with the sails and kill the enemy's artifact. In Pirates of the Caribbean, Barbossa's Black Pearl confronts Will Turner and Jack to steal the Interceptor from Norrington, breaking the Interceptor's mast with a chain bullet.

Originally, chain ammunition was invented in France for use in land warfare, but it was eventually eliminated in land warfare due to religious reasons and manufacturing costs. At this time, it was the turn of these Barbary pirates to taste the chain bullets!

Due to the action of centrifugal force, the chain bullet flew in the air at high speed and rushed towards the Barbary pirates' galleys, like the scythe of death, harvesting the lives of the Barbary pirates. Some of the undead Barbary pirates dragged their upper shēn bodies along the deck with a bloody streak, and those who were cut in half survived longer than those who were beheaded, because they were not fatally wounded in the head or heart, but only died of blood loss.

This is a long process, during the reign of Yongzheng in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a prisoner was sentenced to be beheaded, dipped in his own blood on the ground, and wrote seven tragic characters in a row, before he died of death. It's much longer than Lavoisier's eyes blinking 12 times! As a result, the punishment of beheading was abolished.

However, these Barbary pirates are full of evil, piracy is a "family business", they have been doing it for hundreds of years, and they have nothing to do with European pirates who are forced to work in piracy, and even have the desire to wash their hands.

And they are North Africans, they don't understand the language, and they can't make sense at all. I'm not afraid that the robbers have a low IQ, and I'm not afraid that the robbers are educated, I'm afraid that the robbers can't speak human language! This chicken and duck are talking about it, is it difficult to pay for redemption (shēn) or ask for a happy death? If you want to be a prisoner, people won't accept it!

One of the three galleys was completely destroyed, and the ship was sinking at a speed that was visible to the eye, and the pirates above scrambled towards their own ship. The remaining two ships, one of which had a completely broken mast, and the sails of the other had opened wide, and the speed had dropped significantly, but the two ships in the rear had already begun to catch up.

For the people on the Goliath, the situation didn't get much better!