As a great pirate in the South Seas, the Black Flag is indeed huge.

After last night's rout and days of battle, he was able to pull together a fleet of hundreds of large and small warships.

Although many of them were intimidated by the Black Flag Gang and forced to join, they were still like Mount Tai pressing the top, and the Ming army was breathless.

"I didn't expect the power of this South Sea pirate to be so strong."

Looking at the mighty pirate warship in front of him, Li Du gasped.

He only led the fleet of Fubo Town to join Xiao Wu last night, and as a veteran of Shuishi Town, Li Du naturally obeyed Xiao Wu's command.

Now there are more than 30 large and small warships in the two towns of the Ming army, plus the large and small pirate forces from the vassals.

The number of naval warships that Xiao Wu could deploy at this time was more than sixty.

Looking at the black pirate ship not far in front of him, Xiao Wu couldn't help but curse secretly.

I wanted to use the fleet of the Franc machine people to destroy this pirate together.

I didn't expect the Franco machine man to be so ghostly, so that the Ming army broke with the pirates, it was really a good calculation.

"Xiao Wu, I'm going to skin you and cramp, chop you into pieces, and feed the black shark." Li Tianyou's expression was cold,

The black flag was slowly raised, and his warship rushed to the front, followed by three-masted galleons.

The prosperity of the black flag can be seen.

The black flag fluttered, and countless warships slaughtered violently.

Finally, the Ming army took the lead in firing.

The jet-black muzzle flashed a burst of fire, and the cannon body retreated sharply, followed by a burst of black smoke.

With a loud bang, thick black smoke filled the deck.

"Nimu Lama," who allowed you to open fire.

One of the co-chairmen cursed in the black smoke.

Li Du Shui was at the forefront, and was the first to encounter pirates.

Most of the sailors in Fubo Town were recruited by the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, and these sailors who made the Four Seas home had never seen such a battle.

Fear is contagious, not just a gun emplacement, when the sound of cannon is heard, the gun emplacements on the deck and in the gun compartment are opened one after another.

Projectiles roared across the sea level, setting off waves of water.

Seeing this scene, the pirates on the pirate ship laughed, and the manic sea breeze blew the black flag.

A nine-pound cannonball slashed through the black flag on the mast of the ship, tearing a large piece of the gap.

As the distance approached, the accuracy of the guns of the armed merchant ships in Fubo Town also increased.

More than a dozen pirate ships were injured one after another, but the pirates were not to be outdone, and more cannonballs flew towards the Ming warships than the Ming army.

"Bang," a projectile hit a gun position accurately.

The barrel of the nine-pounder gun at this emplacement cracked, and the wheels cracked.

"Ah," several Ming sailors present flew out like fallen leaves.

A few soldiers not far away were twitching on the deck, covering their faces covered in blood.

"Don't look, keep an eye on the front, don't let the Clippers rush up." One of the co-presidents roared loudly with a long knife in hand.

The armed merchant ships of the Ming army were built by the Vigan shipyard, and although they were also Galen ships, they were only used to escort merchant ships, and their protection capabilities were far inferior to those of the Spaniards' Galen ships, and they lacked the Spaniards' twelve-pound or even twenty-four-pounder guns.

These days, the Ming army also added artillery to the six armed merchant ships, but the lack of more than ten pounds of heavy artillery was obviously not enough to destroy the pirate ships, especially the three-masted galleons.

But the pirate ships of the Black Flag Gang, especially Li Tianyou's core ship, have no shortage of these heavy guns.

Soon an armed merchant ship was shot and ignited black powder, which eventually led to a martyrdom.

Huge ships are capsizing at speeds visible to the naked eye.

Watching a galleon slowly sink, many Ming sailors were afraid.

"Why don't Lord Xiao's sailors rush to help?"

Seeing that the battle situation gradually turned against him, Li Du was annoyed.

More than a dozen of his large and small warships have been surrounded by dozens of pirate ships.

The Black Flag's most elite fleet was now in front of him.

"Hook, get the hook down." A squad leader stepped forward and was about to break a hook that had been hooked onto the boat, but unexpectedly, a bow and arrow shot directly into the squad leader's neck, and suddenly blood gushed from his neck.

Blood splattered the faces of several sailors on the side, and soon several sailors transporting shells on one gun emplacement finally collapsed and ran away.

This run instantly drove everyone.

The entire deck was in a mess, and no matter how loudly the squad leader and co-chair reprimanded, it was useless to scold angrily.

Many sailors squatted beside the ship's building sluggishly, some ran straight into the cabin, and some even jumped directly into the sea.

Not far away, the shouts of pirates could be heard.

"Oh no, my lord, two big ships are connected." One of the co-chairs roared.

The hooks had already hooked the hull, and the two three-masted galleons were slowly closing towards the main ship of Li Du, and the pirates were already eager to try.

"Get me back to the gun position." Li Du personally supervised the battle, and raised a fire gun is a shot.

Shoot a sailor who tried to jump into the sea, and the man snorted and fell into the sea.

"Give me all back to the gun position, the gunner will point the gun at the pirate ship, and the loader will load the gunpowder." Li Du shouted, and the soldiers on the side gradually expelled the chaotic sailors back to their rightful gun positions.

"Prepare the God Rocket."

Seeing that the pirate in front of him was about to board the ship, Li Du said.

Soon, the soldiers of the Ming army carried up more than a dozen narrow objects.

The front half of the part is a bamboo tube, and the back half is wrapped in gong paper, which is about one person high.

After the front of the bamboo tube was aimed at a nearby pirate ship, the tail of the fire rope was lit.

As a puff of black smoke rose up, more than a dozen divine rockets shot out dozens of arrows in an instant.

The pirates who had not yet boarded the ship were shot horribly by the sudden arrows, and the formation was suddenly chaotic.

It has to be said that in some cases, the use of rockets is far superior to firearms.

Flying alone God rocket, there is a record in the Ming Wu Beizhi, its manufacturing method is "Gong paper for the tube, the gunpowder is filled with the fill, another fire oil block is sealed, the rear hammer is a hole charge line, with bamboo as a rod, the iron arrow cluster is the swallowtail, not equipped with feathers, the big bamboo tube into the two or three arrows, hope that the enemy can shoot a hundred steps to the downwind, unfavorable headwind, waterway warfare can be used, can burn the canopy. ”

In a short period of time, the Ming army used more than 30 solo flying rockets one after another.

Caught the pirates gathered on two pirate ships by surprise.

This gave the Ming army the opportunity to regroup, the gunners began to line up, and the gunners began to point their guns at the pirate ships.

At the beginning, Liu Yu was very eager for the Ming Army rockets that would be blown out of the gods in later generations.

But when he really saw the actual rocket, he found that it was not like that.

In his eyes, the rocket should fly into the sky with a bang, and then explode directly at the enemy ship, severely damaging the enemy ship.

However, the real rocket is a rocket that propels a bamboo tube through the force generated by the combustion of gunpowder and shoots it at the enemy.

And a big killer weapon like the Divine Fire Crow with four rocket thrusts has never been used on the battlefield at all.

However, Liu Yu does not believe in evil.

In particular, I am quite interested in such a big killer weapon as the fire dragon out of the water.

After the formation of the Fubo Town Water Division, he ordered people to develop such firearms.

In fact, it works on the same principle as the Divine Fire Crow.

Tie four rockets around the body as a boost, and then ignite the rockets, and send the main part into the air and fly towards the enemy.

The fire line at the dragon's tail will also be ignited at this time, and the larger jet will cause the dragon to continue to accelerate its flight.

This two-stage rocket was invented in China in the 17th century.

Liu Yu had to lament the rapid development of firearms in the Ming Dynasty.

But I sighed with emotion, and I almost stabbed the building when I really used this thing in actual combat.

Despite the opposition of the town generals, Liu Yu personally experimented with the fire dragon out of the water on an armed merchant ship.

After the four rockets were ignited, a dragon-shaped bamboo tube flew into the sky with a burst of black smoke, but unexpectedly, the torch rushed directly into the sky after turning a few times in the sky, and finally fell straight down.

Everyone present was stunned, and finally with a bad sound.

An earth-shattering bang rang out on the merchant ship.

Because it is propelled by a rocket, the ignition time of the four rockets is different, and the second stage is ignited, this kind of rocket is not accurate at all.

However, the power was amazing, killing two people on the spot and seriously injuring five.

Again, the rocket landed next to the ship's chord and not in the center of the deck.

After such an experiment, Liu Yu did not give up and conducted several experiments.

However, the ending ended in failure, and Liu Yu had no choice but to give up.

However, rocket weapons such as the Solo Flying God Rocket continued to be popularized and used in the Ming army with the approval of the generals.