Although the expansion of the Ming army in Luzon reached a limit, the expansion of the Ming army's naval division never stopped.

Babuyan Strait,

With the expansion of the Ming army's sails in the waters north of Luzon, the pirate power was greatly reduced, especially after the Black Flag gang leader Li Tianyou was killed by Muhamvili, and the piracy in the entire northern Luzon sea area almost collapsed.

In this regard, Xiao Wu directly took advantage of the fire to rob and took most of the islands of the Babuyan Islands while the pirates were in chaos.

The islands were under the control of the Spaniards, and pirates would sneak around the archipelago and plunder merchant fleets under the noses of the Spaniards.

Now the Spaniards are nowhere to be seen, and the newcomers of the Ming army show their fangs.

Regarding the murder of Li Tianyou, Xiao Wu was actually prepared.

As early as when he joined forces with the pirates, he had already smelled the smell of gunpowder between this pirate gang, and Xiao Wu was not surprised that an old fox like Muhanvili killed the gang leader and annexed the Black Flag Gang.

Not long after the Black Flag Gang and other pirates entrenched in the Babuyan Islands were in chaos, the Daming Sailors had already killed them, almost killing the pirates and occupying most of the islands in the south of Babuyan.

More than two months have passed since the Ming army took the Babuyan Islands, and the pirates have huddled in the northern part of the islands.

And the Ming army bird boat, which is responsible for patrolling and guarding, is also leisurely.

"Brother Wang, since a mainland smuggling ship was robbed in this sea area last month, I haven't heard of chaos in this sea area for a long time." A big man on the bird boat looked at the sea pleasantly, as if admiring the beautiful scenery of the sea.

"What do you know, in the past two months, six ships have disappeared from the four seas, and there are no dead or dead people, so that now merchant ships dare not go to sea alone." An old sailor cursed angrily.

"Boss, black smoke has been found in the southeast." A sharp-eyed sailor at the bow of the ship immediately reported when he noticed a puff of black smoke rising from the sea not far away.

This shocked everyone, and everyone looked towards the sea not far away.

"It's like a ship, it's not small." A sailor with good eyesight muttered.

"What are you still stunned about, before the wind is turning, hurry over and take a look." A sailor co-ordinator scolded, pulled out the long knife at his waist and pointed straight ahead.

Naturally, everyone did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly set sail to the sea not far away.

This bird ship is an ocean-going bird ship, it is a new warship built by the Ming army in Laoag, its length has reached eight zhang, "the head is small and the belly is spurning, the body is long and straight, the tail has two sides, two oars, there is wind to sail, no wind can shake the oar, the steering is light, the long oars are fast, such as the flight of birds." ”

The most important thing is that ten artillery pieces can be installed, and the fire is quite fierce, and it is the main warship of the Ming army patrolling the open sea.

With this kind of clipper here, the sailors of the Ming army naturally had the confidence to go and check it out.

Taking advantage of the strong wind, the Ming speedboats soon reached the nearby seas.

"It looks like a ship from land to sea." The co-chair on the bird boat couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he looked at the ship with black smoke rising in the distance.

The merchant ship in front of him was not on fire, and the black smoke rising up seemed to be intentional by the merchant ship.

"Two clippers were spotted in the southeast direction." One of the sailors shouted.

All of a sudden, the sailors of the whole ship were alarmed, and the assistant leader hurriedly leaned to the left and looked at the two ships in the distance with a solemn face.

"These pirates, who have the guts to eat leopards, dare to rob Daming's ship." The co-ordinator snorted coldly.

He now finally knew why merchant ships were emitting black smoke.

Presumably, the merchant ship was being pursued by pirates, and the sailors on board knew that the Ming army sailors were patrolling the area, so they let the wolf smoke ask for help.

"Catch up and let these pirates feed the sharks." Wang An said viciously.

After a while, a column of water lifted off the surface of the sea.

The two pirate ships were the first to open fire, and a burst of fire appeared from the bow of the ship.

"Calm me down, the Franc cannon is ready, press it and give me a hard beating."

The two pirate ships scattered, encircling the bird ship from both directions, the fire continued to appear on the ship, and one after another water column was lifted, but there was a little distance from the Ming army bird ship, only the sea water sprinkled on the bird ship, soaking the clothes of the Ming army sailors.

"This kind of broken ship dares to fire at such a distance, and these pirates can't become the climate." The cannon rumbled, but the co-president was calm, and he had no fear of the two pirate ships in the distance.

As the two ships got closer and closer, the co-ordinator responded calmly, directing the ships to fight, and rushing forward before the two ships were closed.

"The six-pounder gun is aimed and hit, and the three-pounder gun should not fire first, and then hit when it gets closer." The co-ordinator spoke.

The sailors on the bird ship were also old oilers, but they were not afraid, the gunners checked the shells and arquebuses, and the sailors helped to push the gunpowder.

"Boom," finally a six-pounder Franc cannon could not hold its breath and opened fire first.

There was a burst of black mist from the gun's hull, and the huge recoil made the ship tremble, and when the black smoke was slowly blown away by the breeze, the gunners let out a burst of laughter.

"Okay," the co-president saw that the clipper sail in front of him instantly broke a big hole, and applauded again and again.

The pirate ship in front of them didn't expect the Ming warship to hit so accurately, and there was still a distance of almost half a mile, so they actually destroyed their sails with one shot, and the speed dropped a lot significantly.

Another pirate ship that rushed up from the right was also taken aback, and hurriedly turned its rudder and sailed towards the rear of the Ming warship.

"Leave the flies behind. Rush up and destroy the pirate ship ahead of me. The co-ordinator shouted.

The pirate ship in front was obviously a little panicked, and several guns on board began to fire a salvo at the Ming army.

But obviously, the accuracy is not good.

Several Fran cannons on the Ming Bird Ship also joined in the firing.

But under the wind and waves, it is not as accurate as the previous one.

However, compared to the artillery equipped by the pirates, most of the guns on the Ming army's bird ships were equipped with Franco's machine guns.

It belonged to the rear loading artillery, and the rate of fire was extremely fast, and at the same time the pirate ship only fired a few cannons, while the Ming army bird ship fired more than a dozen cannons.

Soon, a shell hit one of the pirate ships' guns directly.

Hundreds of kilograms of artillery were directly knocked off by six-pound shells and fell into the sea.

Several pirates near the gun emplacements also fell on the deck wailing, covered in blood and obviously unable to survive.

The pirates on the pirate ship were nervous, and this time they kicked the iron plate, and they couldn't help but retreat.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were willing to give them a chance to regret it, and soon the Ming warships rushed to a place only one or two hundred meters away from the pirates.

The three-pounder furlong guns on the ship also began their own rage.

Although it was not as powerful as the six-pounder gun, it far surpassed the six-pounder Franc cannon at close range in terms of rate of fire and accuracy.

Soon the pirate ship was extinguished by the Ming warship, and the guns on board were apparently suppressed.

Seeing that the ships were no more than 100 meters apart, Wang An sneered.

"Prepare the Hundred Sons." Soon several long guns were on the hull.

"Squirt,"

Several firebolts spewed out tongues of fire, and in an instant, many holes were punched out of the hull of the pirate ship not far away, accompanied by a scream.