White seagulls, skimming across the blue sky, staring at the same blue sea, looking for traces of fish.

Suddenly, the seagull saw a giant centipede appear on the surface of the sea, three or four miles long from head to tail, several times longer than the largest whale in the ocean.

Of course, the seagulls didn't know that the huge 'sea centipede' was actually made up of human ships.

The ten large ships of the city's fleet are connected end to end and lined up in a line.

Next to them were ten other large ships, five of which were wide ships and five of which were fortune boats. These ten boats are also connected end to end, lined up in a line, and the ten boats of the city's fleet are paired in pairs, and they are closely snuggled together.

If you look closer, you will see that between the two boats, there are two thick beams and strong ropes connecting them.

A heavy wooden box was tied to the rope, and the ends were rounded by wooden pulleys hanging from the large iron rings of the two boats. The man on the boat on the right pulls the rope, and the wooden box slowly moves to the right with the rotation of the pulley.

The two beams are placed parallel to each other under the wooden box, which can act as a track and share most of the weight of the rope. It can also protect the wooden box from falling into the water in case the rope breaks.

At the same time, the boat on the right kept lowering the dinghy, sending many ragged and tortured men to the boat on the left.

Yu Tongyuan counted the number of prisoners while paying attention to finding his brother, and finally saw Yu Tongjiang's figure in the last wave of prisoners. His hanging heart finally put it back in his stomach and quietly gestured behind him.

His generals immediately sent the order down and told the gunners to take their positions and prepare for shooting.

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On the other side, Chen Shanghai and his group were counting boxes. He had already ordered his subordinates to attack immediately when a hundred boxes were in hand.

In addition to the ten ships that received the cargo, the rest of their warships also took the opportunity to occupy a favorable position, secretly strangled all the routes of the retreat of the Ming army, and prepared to surround them as soon as the battle began.

As the last boatload of captives arrived, the last crate of gold was slowly delivered through bars and ropes.

"Up!" As soon as he caught the chest of gold, the pirate leader let out a low cry.

The jumping gang immediately rushed out of their hiding place and ran towards the two bars. For those of them who call the boat home, the two parallel bars are like a wide road. What's more, there is a rope on top to prevent it.

It can be said that the white fan has planned very well for the pirates......

However, at the moment when they stepped onto the 'road', the pirates suddenly saw the Ming army on the opposite side, and they all removed the wooden boxes on the deck, revealing a shining bronze cannon.

"Damn, are you mistaken, why are there so many cannons?!" The pirates were dizzy.

In their minds, a ship could have two guns in the bow and stern at best, adding up to four cannons.

Where had they ever seen such a dense formation? One side of the deck alone is settled...... How many doors is this Nima?

But it was too late to count, because when the wooden box was opened, the torches in the hands of the Ming army ignited the fuse of the artillery......

In order to be able to fire the cannon as soon as possible, the soldiers of the Ming army loaded the artillery with gunpowder and shells before entering the battlefield, inserted the fuse, and then re-covered the wooden box.

So after receiving the order, after opening the wooden box, you can fire the cannon directly by lighting the fuse!

The fuse hissed, the white smoke rose from the barrel, and then in an earth-shattering roar, a gun muzzle erupted a dazzling tongue of fire, ejecting the projectiles in the barrel.

Because it is mainly to kill and injure the enemy's living forces, all the shotguns used in the first round of artillery fire...... In fact, it is a small iron ball the size of a grape wrapped in silk cloth.

After the shotgun was ejected from the muzzle, it instantly dispersed. One hundred and seventy-six shotguns, scattered into tens of thousands of powerful 'black grapes', like hail, shrouded the pirates in it!

With such a close distance, all the pirates exposed to the barrage will definitely not be spared!

Some of the Haikou were hit in the head by the 'black grapes', and their brains were directly lifted off, and the brains of the white flowers splashed everywhere!

Some of the pirates were directly pierced through the torso by the 'black grapes', their internal organs were shattered, and the blood mist was filled!

Some of the pirates were hit in the limbs, and immediately the tendons and bones were broken, and the stumps flew sideways!

Some of the pirates were hit in the lower body and immediately ...... Chickens flew and eggs were beaten, howling and rolling all over the ground.

More pirates were hit by a dense rain of bullets in several parts at the same time, and they didn't even have time to scream, so they died.

Of course, there are also a large number of 'black grapes' that fly into the sea. Those projectiles that hit the hull of the ship, the sawdust of the hull that exploded flew sideways. Sharp pieces of wood flew wildly, stabbing the pirate's whole body with blood......

With just one round of shotguns, the pirates on the ten 2,000-mile ships basically lost their combat effectiveness......

Even the soldiers of the Ming army were dumbfounded, they knew that the cannon was very powerful, but they didn't know that one or two hundred cannons fired a shotgun together, and the power was terrifying!

In fact, shotguns are not a new thing, even the pirates have them. Lao Liu also made some small improvements, that is, using expensive silk instead of kraft paper to wrap the projectile.

Not because he has a lot of silk, but because the silk burns completely, and there will be no residual sparks in the breech. In this way, when the next round is loaded, the gunpowder will not be ignited directly.

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Looking at the tragic scene of flesh and blood flying on the first ten boats, the pirates on the boat behind were all stunned.

",!" After a brief moment of shock, Chen Shanghai fell into a frenzy. He had five of the ten boats. And in order to be foolproof, the top are his most capable subordinates!

The family wealth left by his father and brother was broken in half all of a sudden!

"What do you think?!" Chen Shanghai glanced around like an angry lion king, finally found the object of venting, and roared at the white fan.

"I, I just saw the gold go to ......," the white fan said tremblingly, "I thought those wooden boxes on the deck were coffins ready to collect corpses." ”

"Die, fool!" Chen Shanghai took the lead with the white fan with a knife and split it into two. "It's almost as good as collecting your body!"

In fact, the white fan is quite wronged. There is no precedent in this world for the installation of artillery on the side of the side. Who would have thought that the Ming army would whimsically carry so many guns onto the ship and install them on the side side?

But Chen Shanghai is annoyed and angry, how can he be reasonable? Treat him as a disposable punching bag.

"What should we do?" The rest of his subordinates were eager to disappear on the spot, but in a desperate situation, they could only ask stubbornly.

"What else can I do? Come on! Chen Shanghai wiped the blood splashed on his face, and roared: "Send a message to Fang Datong, let's go together!" If we don't destroy them this time, we will be dead in the future! ”

"Yes!" His men shouted in response, and then whined and blew their horns.

On the other side of the Fu boat, Fang Haikou heard the agreed horn sound, and they all looked at their leader Fang Datong.

"General, Chen Shanghai is going to fight hard, should we follow?"

"......" Fang Datong fell silent, he was not as impulsive as Chen Shanghai. even secretly hoped that Chen Bu and the Ming army would lose first, so that they could reap the benefits of the fisherman.

But the horrific shelling of Fang Cai made him dare not hold it up. He also realized that it was imperative that they work together to destroy this terrible enemy.

"Follow!" He finally made up his mind and hissed: "Brothers, risk your life to fight them, otherwise you will be dead in the future!" ”

(End of chapter)