Chapter 108: Suddenly
With the Ming army's rocket offensive, the morale of the pirates was seriously damaged.
The Akito began to counterattack, and the artillery bombarded at close range, and in an instant sawdust flew and limbs flew in all directions.
A three-masted galleon was capsized by the Ming army before it could get close to the ship's strings.
And another sailing ship crashed straight into the Ming army's big ship.
Countless pirates rushed to the merchant ship along the hemp rope and iron chain, but before they could board the ship, they were beaten into the sea by the Ming archers and fire gunners with bows and arrows.
The pirates had relatively few firearms, and they could not compare with the Ming army in Shuishi Town, let alone the Ming army in Fubo Town, which was supplemented by the firearms of the East India Company.
The pirates used bows, arrows, darts and guns against the enemy, but they also caused some casualties to the Ming army, but the losses of the pirates were even greater.
In particular, the grenadiers threw fire and thunder into the pirate ship, which caused a riot among the pirates.
Many pirates fell directly on the deck, covered in blood and wailing.
The fire and thunder are loud, but the real power is difficult to kill people.
After all, the power of black powder is limited, and it is difficult to produce effective fragments to kill the enemy, and basically relies on the explosion sound and shock wave generated by gunpowder to injure the enemy.
There was chaos on the deck of the pirate ship, but the pirates in the cabin aimed their guns at the Ming merchant ship and bombarded them at close range.
At this moment, several other armed Galen ships of the Ming army were also besieged by pirate warships.
Although most of the sailors did not participate in the actual battle, under the supervision of the soldiers of the ships, the Ming sailors calmed down after a period of chaos.
A Ming armed Galen ship could carry 48 guns of all kinds, and although it lacked more than 10-pound heavy guns, the close bombardment made up for the lack of heavy artillery.
Except for a few main ships of the Black Flag Gang, most of the pirate ships did not carry more than ten guns, and the firepower of a single ship was far inferior to that of the Ming army.
This made the pirates use the string battle again, intending to climb onto the Ming warship and charge directly.
In the past, when the pirates were allied with the Ming army, many pirate leaders also came to the warships of the Ming army and saw the equipment of the Ming army.
The Ming army did not fully equip firearms, and most of the soldiers of the Ming army and even Xiao Wu's own soldiers were only equipped with long knives, knives and spears.
Therefore, the pirates were quite confident in the string battle, but they never expected that the firearms configuration of the Ming army sailors in Fubo Town was far from being comparable to that of Xiao Wu Sailor Town.
The pirates who had not yet boarded the ship were hit by the intensive fire of the Ming army's gunners, coupled with the continuous targeting of the archers, and for a time the pirates could not even board the ship.
Seeing that his more than 20 big ships were helpless, he couldn't help more than a dozen Ming warships, on the contrary, a few three-masted galleons were capsized and sunk by the Ming army.
Many pirates were in a haze, and some pirate forces who had long been tired of the Black Flag Gang's domineering behavior quietly left this sea area.
But more pirate ships silently sailed to the periphery of the battle, watching the battle between the two sea beasts like a swarm of sharks.
At this moment, the Ming warships in Shuishi Town quietly arrived, and they directly inserted themselves into the center of the Black Flag Gang, directly separating the main ship of the Black Flag Gang from the other pirate ships.
Some pirates who were vassals of the Ming army were also involved in naval battles.
The naval battle began to heat up,
Li Tianyou's main ship rushed straight to the lucky ship of Xiao Wu of the Ming army.
In the last naval battle, the Ming Army's Naval Division Town blocked three second-class battleships of the Franc Machine, causing a large Fu ship in Naval Division Town to sink.
Now the only thing that can be used as the main force under the command of Shui Shizhen is the lucky boat under Xiao Wu's feet.
Seeing the main ship of the Black Flag Gang rushing towards him, Xiao Wu's expression was cold, and he calmly commanded.
Two sea beasts collided dozens of paces apart.
The red-coated cannon of the Ming army was actually a 12-and-a-half-pounder cannon by Western standards.
It can fight a mile or two away, which is much more powerful than the nine-pound and six-pound guns in Undulbo Town.
"The Ming people are well-trained, and the artillery accuracy is much higher than ours, I'm afraid I won't be able to take them for a while." Muhanvili said in a deep voice.
Li Tianyou was also annoyed, although the power or number of these Ming people were far inferior to the Spaniards, but they cooperated tacitly, and the artillery accuracy was extremely high, and many of the big ships under his command were sunk and injured.
I wanted to bump into it and start hand-to-hand combat, but the number of firearms of the Ming people was not less than that of the red-haired ghosts, and every time they approached the Ming warships, the Ming army god rockets, all kinds of firearms, bows and arrows fired together, often before they got up, the pirates on the deck suffered heavy casualties, and they couldn't even climb over the chains.
Looking around, many pirate ships have moved away from this sea area, and Li Tianyou jumped like thunder.
"The pirates who clinged to us these days have fled, and even some of the ships that we forcibly annexed have fled."
Looking at the Ming army's sailors who had not been annihilated for a long time, Muhanvili felt gloomy.
"Oh no, the red-haired ghost's ship is here." Suddenly, there was a terrible cry from the lookout.
It shook everyone present like a thunderbolt from the blue.
"The ship of the red-haired ghost, what is coming at this time?" Muhanvili was stunned and screamed badly.
Terry eventually led the Spanish fleet into battle.
As early as last night, when the pirates raided the Ming camp, the Spaniards in Laoag felt that something was wrong.
It wasn't until the glow of the fires at the mouth of the river reached the harbor that Terry led the fleet out of the harbor.
At this moment, he led a fleet of two second-class battleships, four third-class battleships, and five armed merchant ships temporarily requisitioned.
Although they were far inferior in numbers, the two sides involved in the war were large ships and carried powerful heavy artillery.
When the Akito sailor and the pirates are locked in a stalemate, General Terry, who has long been unable to hold back, finally appears.
Of course, he didn't really come to help the Akito, but if he didn't come again, the Akito would be devoured by a huge number of pirates.
Therefore, the Spanish fleet that broke into the battlefield immediately took aim at the pirates.
As they watched the Spanish Galen ship flying the Spanish Navy flag rush into battle, the pirates collapsed in an instant.
The huge team gathered by the black chess gang, which was already detached, collapsed at this moment.
The pirate forces that had already circled and wavered around the periphery dispersed in a hurry.
Some of the pirate ships involved in the siege were blown in two by enraged Spaniards with twenty-four or even thirty-two pounders before they could escape.
The tide of the battle turned in an instant, and the pirates who had the advantage were unexpectedly overturned by the sudden arrival of the Spanish fleet.
Many pirate forces who secretly had eyebrows with the Ming army immediately rebelled.
Follow the Ming army to attack the Black Flag pirates.
But more pirates chose to flee to the open sea, leaving the sea.
"Give me all the muzzles for the red-haired man's ship." Li Tianyou said in a deep voice,
Terry's fleet also seemed to recognize the huge ship, and at one time there were three Spanish warships rushing towards the Black Flag. In a few moments, several ten-pound shells hit the main ship.
"The Ming people and the Franc machine people have been premeditated for a long time, and we don't have the ability to fight it." Muhanvili kept dissuading.
Just now, a gun position was directly hit by a ten-pound cannonball, and the huge impact directly knocked a cannon weighing thousands of pounds into the sea.
The gunners next to him were gone, leaving only a little blood.
"Run for what?" Li Tianyou laughed angrily,
"Do you think the red-haired ghost's ship is invincible? The last time I was able to sink the red-haired ghost's warship, I can do the same today. ”
Suddenly, a twenty-four-pounder shell slashed across the deck, shattering a mast.
The huge mast was shattered by a sudden cannonball, and a huge gap was opened.
There was a wail on the deck, and several people fell in pools of blood on the spot.
"Ahh Li Tianyou roared, sawdust splashed everywhere, and a palm-sized piece of wood directly slashed across Li Tianyou's face, and a lot of wood residue directly pierced into his eyes.
"Get the big boss into the cabin and get out of the way."
Seeing that Li Tianyou was injured, Muhanvili immediately took over the command of the fleet.