Chapter 250: Expulsion
The "boom" fire instantly burned the entire cabin, and from time to time a burning man rushed out of the cabin and fell into the sea.
After hundreds of meters, the gunners on the Ming warships could feel the scorching fire.
"Put!"
Several large bird ships surrounded the pirate ship like sharks smelling of blood, and began to bombard the burning pirate ship with their six-pounder falcon cannons on the deck.
"My lord, the guns of the Akito warships are too fierce." A pirate leader ran to the deck in a frightened panic and faced Ahmad.
Just now, a ten-pound buckshot hit Aha's main ship directly, but luckily the shell only hurt a few unlucky people after smashing through a gap, and did not cause much damage.
"Didn't you tell me that the Akito's sailors were just small boats, at best some six-pound falcon cannons, how could there be so many heavy cannons?" Aha angrily pointed to the burning pirate warship not far away, and roared at the Spanish merchant.
By this time, the Spanish merchants were already sweating profusely.
He was also shocked by the ferocious firepower of the Ming Naval Division, which was no less than the firepower of the battleships of the Spanish Navy.
"No, we must tell Governor Juan of Manila about the strength of the Ming Navy, so that the navy and merchant fleet of Manila can be prepared, otherwise something big will happen." The rich Spanish businessman thought silently in his heart.
Looking at the roaring pirate warship not far away, Aha felt remorseful in his heart.
If he had known this, he would have led the pirate warship away at once.
How can you still be entangled with the Ming army here?
But now that the Ming sailor warships are on the rise, how can they be spared.
"Quick, order all the warships to surround and sink those two Ming warships." Ahha, pointing to the two tiger warships on the sea in the distance, said coldly.
The pirates were not stupid, so they naturally saw the two main Tiger Warrior ships.
The two formidable 12-pounder bronze cannons on the gun deck terrified them.
Soon, more than a dozen pirate clippers surrounded them.
As the so-called ship turned around, the pirate clippers who were besieging the far-sea fleet saw the arrival of the Ming army, and turned their bows and sailed towards Ahha's fleet.
When they saw the battle flag raised on Aha's main ship, they rushed towards the two Tiger Warrior ships.
The pirate clipper was very fast, and soon rushed in front of the two Tiger Ben warships of the Ming army.
"My lord, the pirate clippers are coming around us." The shouts of the lookouts came from the lookout post.
"Order the nearby Big Bird Ship to come back immediately for reinforcements and drive away the pirate clipper." Qin Yu said.
There were also bird boats and big bird boats on the side of the Ming army.
Most of these extremely fast small and medium-sized warships were escort ships as the main warships of the naval division.
Soon, seven or eight large bird ships and bird ships around the sailor division began to rush towards the pirate clipper, and the two fleets collided head-on.
The Ming army bird ships carried several Furlong machine guns.
This Furlong gun, which was improved from the Spaniard's rotary cannon, has an extremely high rate of fire and accuracy, making it ideal for close-quarters naval combat.
On the other hand, a ten-pound Tiger Cannon and three six-pound Hayabusa cannons were erected on the Big Bird ship.
The pirate clippers are mostly imitations of the Spanish centipede ships, clippers.
Some even rely on human power to paddle.
In the face of the heavy artillery ships of the Ming army, it was naturally the mantis arm blocking the car.
Needless to say, naval battles are simply wolves into the flock, one-sided fighting.
"My lord, the pirate master ship has escaped." Just as the Ming army bird ship and the pirate clipper were in full swing, the pirate fleet led by Aha actually set sail and fled.
I saw five or six three-masted pirate ships sailing towards the distant sea.
Without the slightest hesitation or hesitation, he directly left behind more than a dozen pirate clippers and his fellow pirates.
"After all, it's just a group of rogues on the sea, and there is no morality at all." Qin Yu looked at the pirate ship fleeing in the distance with disdain.
"My lord, do you want our army to pursue?" An adjutant asked.
"Don't chase after the poor." Qin Yu shook his head.
"After this battle, I think the other party must also remember." Looking at the pirate clipper that was beaten to pieces on the sea not far away, and the three-masted ship that was blazing, Qin Yu sneered.
Seeing that the pirates were cleanly beaten away by the Ming army's sailors, the sailors and mercenaries on several offshore merchant ships also let out bursts of cheers.
"God, is this really your Ming sailor's warship? How can it be stronger than the armed merchant ships of the East India Company? Anderson stood on the deck, looking at the Ming warship in the distance with a surprised expression.
The majestic Tiger Warrior and the 12-pounder cannon made him unforgettable.
"Then I have to thank you for the queen's ship from the East India Company." Zhao Tianming, the merchant ship owner on the side, walked to the deck with a smile on his face and said to Anderson.
"How's the casualty?" Zhao Tianming asked the mercenary on the side with concern.
"Two brothers were wounded by stray bullets, and one of the sails was broken." A mercenary captain reported to Zhao Tianming.
"I don't know about the situation of other merchant ships, but it should be no big deal, after all, the Ming army sailors arrived quite in time." The mercenary captain looked like he had survived the catastrophe.
Just now, the mercenaries on the deck had already drawn their swords.
As a result, at the last moment, the Daming Sailor arrived.
"Hurry up and carry the wounded brother down, the sea is rough and wet, and the wound will worsen if it is not dealt with quickly." Zhao Tianming hurriedly ordered the sailors to send the two wounded soldiers down.
"Thanks to your musket team, otherwise, our far-sea merchant ships would not have been able to hold out to the arrival of the Ming army's sailors." Zhao Tianming smiled and patted the mercenary captain on the shoulder.
"We are all working for Daming." The mercenary captain smiled nonchalantly.
Most of the mercenaries of the merchant ships of the Four Seas were veterans who had retired from the Luzon Ming army.
The soldiers were either discharged from the army due to wounds or dismissed from the military for violating military regulations.
In short, in order to prevent them from being idle, Ming Ting directly packaged it and gave it to the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce as mercenaries, and by the way, he also earned a lot of mercenary fees.
"Thanks to you this time, when the musketeers return to Laoag, each gunner will be rewarded with five silver yuan." Zhao Tianming will be rewarded for his merits, and he is not stingy with these mercenaries.
"Then thank you Ship Master Zhao." The mercenary grew up overjoyed, and the mercenary on the side also cheered when he heard it.
On the contrary, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army's naval division, who were salvaging the pirates who had fallen into the water nearby, were left out in the cold.
More than a dozen pirate ships and more than 200 pirates were wiped out by the Ming army.
In addition to more than 50 people who were killed or drowned by stray bullets, more than 150 people became prisoners of the Ming army.
However, most of them are local indigenous or East Asian.
Basically, you can't see the red-haired ghost, and they must be some cannon fodder left by Ahha.
"What about our casualties?" Deputy General Miao Qian asked a co-chairman.
"Report to your lordship, 22 officers and men of our army were killed in the battle, 10 were seriously wounded, 9 pirate ships were sunk, 3 pirate ships were captured, more than 70 pirate heads were captured, and more than 170 pirates were captured." The co-chair reported truthfully.
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