Chapter 7: Surrender or Kill!
Two wooden sailing ships of the same size were rapidly approaching.
"Full sails! We're downwind now, and we're able to get closer to them and reload our shells! β
Cindy commanded everyone to raise the sails, blown up by the wind, the ship quickly picked up, Zhang Yang grabbed the cable and looked at the position of the cannons on the ship, the Helen was a merchant ship before, and was converted by the previous captain with 8 guns, which were old-fashioned front-loading smoothbore guns, using the energy of black powder to burn solid iron bullets, with a maximum range of no more than 1000 meters.
Solid iron bullets were stuffed into the barrel, and four of the eight cannons were on each side, each with two people standing by them, one to light the fuse and one to reload.
"Helmsman, beware, the enemy will make contact with us from the starboard side, wait for my command before firing!"
Not all of these crew members have experienced the battle, and it is likely that they will be frightened by the tense atmosphere of the battle, causing them to miss and launch early, and these shells are very precious at the moment.
The morale and deterrence of the captain's title came into play at this moment, and these crew members did not have the symptoms of fear, and they were all full of strong fighting spirit.
"Keep the boat steady and don't be nervous!"
Cindy was holding a flint musket and urging everyone on the starboard side of the ship, only 4 cannons were in this direction at the moment, and everyone else was standing on this side with muskets.
The air seemed to be filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, and Zhang Yang's heart was also excited, this was his first naval battle, different from the picture in the movie, this time, he played the role of the captain, leading a boatload of people to fight!
The other party's ship was very close, and on the side of the ship stood many vicious-looking pirates, and the captain of the other party was a white man with a centipede scar on his face, staring at Zhang Yang coldly. On the body of the opposing ship, you can see the letters painted in mottled white paint.
"Pamir!"
The starboard side of the Helen was in contact with each other, only about five or six meters away, and the men on both sides were holding muskets, waiting for the moment of attack.
Seeing that the distance from the other party was rapidly approaching, Zhang Yang let out a loud shout and raised his right hand, and in the shocked and awe-inspiring gazes of these crew members, the ring on Zhang Yang's hand changed into a pirate scimitar.
"Fire!"
The rhythm of the battle has already begun!
βfireοΌβ
Cindy shouted excitedly. The order to open the cannon spread all over the deck, and the gunner quickly lit the fuse of the cannon, and the opposing people also ignited the cannon almost at the same time!
"Boom!"
The smoothbore cannon emitted thick white smoke and fired the solid projectile, in Zhang Yang's eyes. An unlucky guy on the Pamir was instantly smashed in two by a shell. Scattered flesh and blood covered the decks of the opposing side. It looks terrible.
"Boom! Syllable! β
"Reload the shell!"
Zhang Yang shouted, and in the deafening sound of shells, it was indeed a little inconvenient to convey the order.
The cannonballs hit the ship, the broken wooden planks flew everywhere, and Zhang Yang noticed that there were only 4 cannons on the other side's ship. It was clear that the two sides were evenly matched, and after firing the shells, the loaders nervously began to reload the shells, because both sides were very close. At any time, you may be killed or injured by the enemy's shells.
The gunners reloaded the shells, and the others raised their flint muskets, aimed at the opposing people and began to fire, whizzing bullets into the narrow distance.
"Ahh
"Die!"
Everyone stood at the bow of the ship and attacked the other man, and the pirate scimitar in Zhang Yang's hand changed into a flint musket in the same style as the others.
"Flint Musket: The Desert Eagle takes the form of a pistol in this shijie, you don't need to reload gunpowder and bullets, you will automatically reload once you hang the gun, about 2.5 seconds per round, please note that the gunpowder of this musket may be wet with seawater."
"Get these pirates back!"
Zhang Yang cursed, and then aimed at the opposing crew with the naked eye and fired a shot, the guy was shot in the left chest, let out a scream and fell into the sea.
Cannonballs and muskets flew on both sides, and at this moment, the pirates of the opposing side suddenly threw several iron claws neatly, with thick and strong ropes tied to them, and then hooked the starboard side of the Helen, and the other end of the rope was connected to the winch, and the distance between the two ships was quickly narrowed.
"Everyone, get ready to take on the gunwale! Pick up your weapons and cut down these bitches! β
Zhang Yang didn't let people cut these ropes, they were originally paying attention to destroying each other, this kind of ancient naval battle rhythm, at the beginning of both sides are to use artillery to fire a volley, then musket fire, and then the most tragic broadside battle.
Several shells hit the Helen in succession, and there were many holes in the starboard side of the Helen, but it was clear that the diameter of these large holes was much smaller than that of the opposing ship.
Hull sturdiness, strengthened by 8%!
Zhang Yang's choice was undoubtedly correct, and after two volleys of fire from both sides, the opposing sailors each grabbed the ropes on the mast and swung towards Zhang Yang's deck.
"Kill!"
At this time, the battle had entered the white heat, Zhang Yang knocked an unlucky guy off the rope with the musket in his hand, fell into the sea, and then instantly turned into a scimitar form, and stabbed the guy on the boat.
With warm blood spraying on Zhang Yang's face, Zhang Yang coldly pulled the scimitar out of the opponent's chest, and then continued to rush to the next one.
"Kill them, don't show mercy, or the other party will kill you!"
There was no mercy to this group of pirates, especially at this moment, when Cindy was directing the battle while slashing the pirates who rushed towards him with a scimitar.
Zhang Yang paid attention to it, there were about thirty people on the other side, and people were still rushing over at the moment, and the Scar Captain seemed to feel Zhang Yang's gaze and issued a provocative look.
"Cindy, you're here, I'm going to kill that captain!"
A kick was kicked in the chest of the guy swinging from the opposite side, and the unlucky guy's chest made a clattering sound, and the chest instantly sank, and before reaching the side of the ship, he fell into the sea, and was instantly swallowed by the sea.
Both ships stopped moving at the moment, the decks were connected by thick ropes, and the crews of both sides picked up scimitars and slashed each other, each understanding the cruelty of the battle.
"Be careful yourself!"
Cindy said she understood, and Zhang Yang grabbed the rope and jumped out of the side of the boat.
This rope is connected to the other party's mast, swinging over you need to make an arc, swinging over is also skillful, swinging too low will fall into the sea or hit the deck, swing too high will swing over your head, the same will fall into the sea.
Zhang Yang grabbed the scimitar and rushed towards the other party's boat with the help of the rope, and several people saw Zhang Yang crashing together, and then the four of them collided fiercely.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, the three guys suddenly kicked the iron plate, and wanted to rely on Liliang to squeeze Zhang Yang down, which was looking for death, and the three of them added up, all of them were instantly knocked away by Zhang Yang and fell into the sea.
Seeing the rope swing up in height, Zhang Yang came to the front of the opponent's deck, then let go of the rope and landed steadily on the deck.
"Kill him!"
"This is the captain of that ship!"
The people on the boat, seeing Zhang Yang, slashed over in an instant, Zhang Yang's face was indifferent, and he easily withstood the opponent's attack with a scimitar, and then stabbed into the opponent's chest.
The flamboyant Liliang is as high as 50 points, and he doesn't have to care about anything like swordsmanship at all, he directly relies on his Liliang advantage to avoid the opponent's attack and then plunge the knife into the opponent's chest, killing with one hit.
kicked the corpse on the knife away, and suddenly a cold knife light slashed over, Zhang Yang suddenly parried, and the liliang from his hand made him slightly surprised, it was Captain Scar.
"Hey, boy, you killed several of my crew members, and I want this ship and everyone's lives to pay compensation."
"Really?"
Zhang Yang looked at the other party's face and sneered, then shook Captain Scar's knife away with a knife, and raised his knife to slash over.
The other party is obviously a guy who is proficient in swordsmanship, and his movements seem to be a bit open and close, and it is a little difficult for Zhang Yang to deal with it, but it is only difficult.
As long as the other party does not hurt Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang can overwhelm the other party with his physical advantages.
After fighting a few times, Zhang Yang also probably figured out the strength of the other party, Liliang, who was slightly twice as strong as ordinary people, was proficient in swordsmanship, and then he no longer had any worries and was ready to kill the other party.
"That's coming!"
Zhang Yang shouted, this kind of action can give the opponent's morale some blows, and then Zhang Yang didn't care about the other party's stabbing knife at all, and slashed it down. This scar captain didn't have time to dodge at all, and was directly split in half by Zhang Yang from his right shoulder to his left leg.
After killing Captain Scar, Zhang Yang's heart was filled with a violent aura, and he grabbed the other party's head, and Zhang Yang stood and shouted around through it.
"Your captain is dead, you've lost, surrender and don't kill!"
The battle around them was silent for a moment, and then Cindy and the rest of the crew cheered excitedly, and the crew of the Pamir was severely struck, after all, the way Captain Scar died was too shocking, and at this moment, a burly guy with an iron chain and an iron ball hanging from the other end rushed towards Zhang Yang.
"The captain is dead, and my first mate is the captain! Little ant, damn ......"
With a pop, the body of the first mate fell, and Zhang Yang directly stabbed the reckless big guy to death, and then coldly glanced around.
"Your first mate is also dead, and if there is any other resistance, second mate, boatswain, come together!"
The captain and first mate were killed by Zhang Yang in an instant, and the crew of the Pamir pirate ship chose to surrender after glancing at each other.
"The great captain of the East....... we have decided to surrender." (To be continued......)