Chapter 156
Not only this pirate ship, but also several large pirate ships that had closed up on the Ming warship, and even took overboard, but they were all attacked by the Ming army in several rounds, and they didn't even jump on the deck.
Xiao Wu's fortune boat is in the center, and there are some bird boats beside the boat, guarded by Haicang boats.
The two three-masted ships stared at Xiao Wu's main ship and began to close over, and the savior of a sea ship was so anxious that he rushed straight over and directly hit the muzzle of the pirate ship.
The Haicang ship is slightly smaller than the Fu ship, with a draft of about seven or eight feet, and mainly cooperates with the Fu ship in combat.
The ship had apparently been entangled by several pirate ships before, and there were many traces of shells on board.
Several six-pounder Franc cannons fired at the Corsairs, but the sporadic Franc cannons could not overwhelm the guns of several Corsairs.
Soon a twelve-pound cannonball hit the hull of the ship, and countless sawdust flew with flesh and blood.
Several nearby pirate ships surrounded them like sharks that smelled blood.
After being set on fire by pirates, the ship sank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Several bird ships also covered up as if they were crazy, but the number of Ming warships was still less than that of pirate ships after all.
These two-masted bird ships are as powerless against pirate ships as young children against adult strong men.
On the Fu ship, with this kung fu, the four Hongyi cannons on the Ming army's Fu ship were aimed at the pirate ship for a while.
The twelve-and-a-half-pounder cannon showed its incredible power in naval battle, and the pirate ship's flames were extinguished.
"Knife player ready." One of the co-presidents shouted angrily.
Most of the Ming officers and soldiers on the ships had already run out of rockets and fire mines, and the loading of the Baizi guns was not something that could be done in a while and a half, and they were abandoned by the Ming army.
The musketeers of the Ming army raised their muskets, and most of the muskezes in Shuishi Town were arquebuses, and they were not as popular as the new flintlock muskets in Huben Town, and many of the firestrings were soaked under the waves, and the Ming musketeers had no time to replace the arquebuses.
After all, the pirates boarded the ship, and after a series of firearms attacks by the Ming army, the pirates paid the price of blood.
But they still stepped on the warships of the Ming army, and before they could shout.
The clatter of firecrackers echoed throughout the deck.
Although some of the musketeers were unable to fire due to the soaking of the firestrings, there were still four or five percent of the muskets that succeeded in firing.
Most of these pirates were shirtless, and even if some of them wore shields, it didn't have much effect.
Lead bullet has a soft texture, and after it hits the human body, it will deform due to resistance, resulting in the deeper the damage in the human body, the greater the wound.
If you are unlucky enough to be hit by a lead bullet, it will cause a wound that is several times larger than the diameter of the projectile in the area where it skewers out of the body.
The front wound may be the size of the thumb cover, but the wound on the back may be the size of a bowl.
The most terrible thing is that once the lead slag is injected into the human body, it is difficult to take it out, and even if it is removed, it will die painfully due to lead poisoning.
On the ship's floor, the Ming longbowmen also used arrows to suppress the pirates who stepped on the Ming warship.
It's not that the pirates don't have long-range firepower, it's just that the firearms of the Ming army were too strong and were completely suppressed before, but now the firecrackers and archers among the pirates can calmly show their hands and feet.
The pirates and Ming officers and soldiers on the deck were scuffling together, and from time to time there was a bang, and arrows flew around on both sides of the deck.
The Ming saber player used a wooden card to protect the retreating musketeers, and then armed with a scimitar and a long knife to fight the pirates in close combat.
On the ship's floor, the archers of the Ming army and the pirates on the pirate ship shot at each other, and the range of the Ming army's hard bow was stronger than that of the pirates, but after dozens of breaths, more than ten pirate archers were shot to death by the Ming army.
"My lord, the sword is merciless, please go back to the cabin and take shelter." A Xiezhan was covered in blood, rushed to the shipbuilding with a long knife and wooden card, and looked at Xiao Wu with a shocked face, the main general was still on the ship, which made him extremely surprised.
"Don't worry about me, immediately lead the sword soldiers to drive these pirates off the deck." Xiao Wu was not afraid of danger in the chaotic army, and more than a dozen personal soldiers guarded him.
Seeing that the main ship of the Ming army was surrounded by several pirate ships, several sailors and town generals were frightened and hurriedly led the warships to surround them.
On the sea in the distance, Muhanvili stood on the bow of the ship, and after seeing Xiao Wu's main ship surrounded by several large pirate ships, the warships of the Ming army's sailors rushed to the rescue, and he couldn't help but show joy.
"All the warships were pressed up, and the Ming army was surrounded by me." Muhanvili burst out laughing, but he had the upper hand.
Although the number of pirate ships sunk on the sea was far greater than that of the Ming warships, as long as the Ming army was eaten, the waters north of Luzon would still belong to him Muhamvili.
Most of the warships of the Ming army were large ships, even bird ships were seven or eight zhang in size, and the large and small caliber artillery was well equipped.
Most of the pirate ships are small clippers, and one ship may not even have a single gun, but it can't support the large number of pirate ships.
Soon the Ming army sailors were surrounded by pirate ships.
Several pirate ships surrounded Xiao Wu's main ship, and several galleons of the Ming army surrounded several pirate ships, and as a result, a large number of bird ships and sea ships surrounded one after another, scattered around several galleons.
The pirate ship took the opportunity to surround the Ming ships on the inside and outside of the three layers.
The pirates who can crisscross this sea area are not ordinary, although they are inferior to the Ming army in terms of firearms, they are not inferior to the Ming army in terms of water and even boats, and they are even more familiar with this sea area.
Through the melee between the two sides, the distance between the ships was not very far, and many pirates who were proficient in water actually jumped directly into the sea, biting daggers, diving into the sea like fish and quickly swimming towards the Ming army bird ship and other fast ships.
In such a chaotic situation, how could the Ming sailors on the clipper ship have thought that there would be a group of sea monkeys underwater.
Several pirates got on the bird ship and jumped onto the deck, and a Ming gunner was unable to dodge and was stabbed directly into the chest with a dagger.
The Ming sailor felt a tingling pain in his chest, and the lead bullet in his hand couldn't help but slip off, and the last thing he saw in his frightened eyes was a face with a cracked mouth and a smile.
"Nimu Nanma." Wang An drank violently, took out the fire gun on his waist and struck it, directly smashing the back of the pirate's head.
Officers of the Ming army can basically be equipped with a flintlock pistol, which can be regarded as a close-range defensive firearm for Ming officers.
Wang An had been reluctant to use it before, looking at the two corpses that fell straight into the sea, Wang An was also covered in cold hair, who would have thought that these pirates would dare to dive into the sea and then touch the warships of the Ming army.
Several pirates who touched the ship were driven into the sea by the Ming sailors who reacted, but it also caused the Ming sailors on the ship to be in a mess.
Not only Wang An's ship, but also many Ming ships were attacked by pirates, and the sea conditions were unstable, even if the ships were not too far away in the turbulent sea, many pirates were still drowned on the sea by the waves and artillery fire.
On the main ship, the Ming officers and soldiers finally drove the pirates off the deck, and several galleons rushed over, and the heavy guns on the ship bombarded, smashing heavy shells on the pirate ship, and the sea was full of sawdust, blood and bursts of white smoke.
"My lord, our army has been surrounded by pirates." Xu Bin's face was defeated, surrounded by pirate ships, and his own warships were gradually overwhelmed by pirates.
"My lord, most of the pirate ships on the right are clippers, let's break through in that direction." A co-president spoke.
"No, wait." Xiao Wu said coldly.