Chapter Ninety-Seven: Chaotic War (8)
Fort Mogador was quickly taken over by kobolds due to its simple structure and weak defenses, and now these occupiers are tinkering with those antique cannons. Pen, fun, and pavilion www.biquge.info and the timid Kwan In-so naturally transferred through the boat early.
But after tossing for a long time, the kobold still did not dare to use the cannons left on the fort - the defenders prisoners said that they had not used these cannons for many years, and God knows if they could still be used, and it was no joke to blow up the chamber!
As a result, the three boats that closed the southern waterway could not get the support of the castle and could only rely on themselves.
Facing a full ten pirate ships, the humans who ran from the power cabin to the open deck to help with a look of panic. But the kobold is quite calm - although there are fewer ships, the kobold have the advantage in tonnage and artillery!
The other party was already getting closer and closer, and soon approached 1,500 meters.
The kobold detachment captain 'John Fisher began to order: "Take charge of two boats each, shoot! By the way, no one is allowed to escape!"
More than 130 cannons opened fire one after another, and the 32-pound and 12-pound solid iron balls flew out of the muzzles at supersonic speeds of more than 400 meters, and did not fall into the water until they had flown nearly two kilometers.
The shelling was so striking that a continuous burst of artillery could be heard several kilometers away. Unfortunately, the hit rate was not very high: only four shells hit the enemy, and three hit the insignificant sail cables, with zero casualties.
But the only one that hit did a great deal: a thirty-two-pound cannonball pierced the bow of a sloop, flew on, shattered the mainmast of the ship, grazed the maindeck, made a small jump, then brushed a six-pounder gun, and let it whirl into the sea with the two poor gunners who happened to be standing behind, and finally broke through the stern of the schooner, and then fell into the sea without exhausting the momentum.
However, the spray it threw frightened a small sampan not far away, causing one person to fall into the water......
The cannonball, which wiped out seven people and one cannon, caused a pirate ship to be unable to move, giving the kobold a good start.
The stunned pirates couldn't imagine why this cannonball could break a mast thicker than a human and continue to fly so far.
But the bandits who have experienced many naval battles can still hold their morale. Especially the three Arab pirate ships, all of which are famous Barbary pirates, and even veterans of Spanish land raids, with their experience, as long as they rush through this short distance, they can solve the enemy by jumping gangs!
The kobold nervously reloaded the cannonballs, and the three coffin-like strange ships came to a standstill for a moment. However, the pirates were not much faster—the wind was not strong near shore, and the nine boats were all towed by the big rowing boats ahead.
A minute later, the pirates, who had only narrowed the distance of two hundred meters, were surprised to see that the cannons of the three strange ships had been reset again!
As if only for a moment, another round of continuous shelling was ushered in, and one hundred and thirty-two shells smashed one after another on the sea, "splashing waves, as dense as a forest".
The sea was filled with the screams of pirates, and several unlucky 'small fishing boats' were directly overturned. This time, however, the pirate gunboats were even more hit, with nine shells hitting their respective targets: in addition to the ones that only broke a few ropes and sails, three more caused further damage: a three-masted Arab warship scrapped two cannons and had a huge opening in the side side, while the other schooner was hit twice and lost its combat effectiveness.
The pirates are finally getting a little flustered...... But aside from the brave hand-to-hand fight, there doesn't seem to be a second set of tactics to choose from.
These ten pirate ships, with as few as twelve six-pounder cannons, and as many as twenty eight-pounder cannons, although they are all long cannons, but the power of the kobolds' 'twelve pounds, and then jump directly to thirty-two pounds', is not at all in the same order of magnitude.
What's worse is that the pirate ship is too small, only the three Barbary pirates have some small cannons on the bow, and the range and power are not worth mentioning, it is a one-sided slaughter.
The pirates gritted their teeth and paddled their heads into the distance...... A minute later, everyone was already in the 1,000 meters!
Not surprisingly, another terrible salvo. The cannonballs like flying locusts swept across the entire sea, and two boats, one large and one small, were paralyzed on the sea......
A total of four ships have been turned into dead fish floating on the sea, and the morale of the pirates has hit rock bottom.
Although a few more pirate ships of more than 100 tons began to sail towards this place in the rear, the people who remained within the range of the 'black strange ship' were already frightened, turned around and began to flee.
On the surface of the sea, there was also a lot of noise, and various voices rang out: "The true God is above! We have lost four ships...... This is the Spanish Grand Fleet coming to attack us!
"Don't retreat! Hold on! Their ship is high, as long as it gets close, the muzzle of the gun cannot be lowered, and we are safe!"
"No, we must retreat!"
Although the three Barbary pirate ships tried their best to stop everyone, they were a rabble with little numerical advantage, and if a small wave of people turned around and fled the battlefield, it would be like dominoes, causing a terrible chain reaction.
It didn't take long for the pirates, who had just been united, to turn around and flee for their lives......
At this time, a completely unimaginable accident happened: when everyone was panicking to turn the rudder to escape, a lot of long-handled sickles and hook-sickle-like weapons suddenly stretched out from under the water, and then, they calmly cut the cables of the big rowing boat to pull the sailboat......
As a result, the clumsy sailboats, embarrassed to find that they had suddenly lost traction and steering power, and were spinning slowly in place......
The nimble little sampans also suffered: some of the boats were suddenly hollowed out of the bottom! Although they were not big at first, and could be blocked with clothes, the people who 'scuttled the boats' were very patient and kept widening around the opening...... No one can stand it like this!
There are people who are good at water, jump into the water and try to kill these water ghosts, and then no one ever floats again......
The fishman said: I just look, don't speak!
The pirates who had to stay in the middle of the war, crying and screaming, were left in place by the fishmen, paddling desperately against round after round of bullets from kobolds, but to no avail......
Although the fish-man is not very smart, he is also the master of the water, and there are too many ways to deal with these boats. They first broke the rudder of the pirate ship, then ran to the bow of the ship and pushed it sideways, so that all the boats began to spin like drunks.
The kobold took full advantage of this opportunity and brought the rate of fire of the heavy artillery to the level of small-caliber artillery. And the reason is also very simple - although the rack is still used, the track with a ramp is designed behind the gun wheel, and the gun can return to its original position by its own gravity, saving the time to push the gun back.
So, after holding out for less than five minutes, the large group of pirates surrendered under a white flag.