Soon, Fang Haikou also responded to Chen with a horn.

So the remaining 2,000 large ships of the two pirates, led countless clippers, and launched a charge towards the fleet from all directions.

Although the morale of the Ming soldiers of the city fleet was greatly boosted, they did not dare to hold it up at all. These veterans know that the enemy is outnumbered, and the slightest mistake will lead to a catastrophe.

They seized the time to cut the cable connecting the enemy ship and removed the shelves supporting the beams so that their ship could be reinstated.

At the same time, the sailors shouted trumpets and dragged the sails together desperately to get the sails of the battleship raised again.

Even the newly released captives, regardless of their physical prostration, helped to turn the wheels together, and slowly rose from the bottom of the sea with four-clawed iron anchors......

In the end, with the concerted efforts of the soldiers, the cables were cut one by one, the wooden frames were dismantled, and the horizontal logs fell into the sea.

As the anchors left the bottom of the sea, the sails were raised, the sea breeze blew the sails, and the ships finally began to move.

Yu Tongyuan stood on the deck of the flagship stern, calmly directing the helmsman to adjust the direction. At the same time, the herald will also use the flag to convey his orders to the ships behind.

Then ship by boat to the back, the entire fleet must make adjustments in time according to the order, in order to keep the battle line neat and uniform, not chaotic.

This is the main subject they have previously trained. Even on the way here, they were racing against time to practice, and this barely reached the point where no matter how the flagship changed direction, the rear ship could always maintain a long snake formation and follow closely.

Although Yu Tongyuan and Liao Dingguo have been scolding the people below for their elm heads, they always cooperate poorly. The sixth man was dumbfounded, he could basically master the battle line in such a short time, and the quality of the Chaohu Water Division was already beyond imagination.

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However, the level of Haikou was not low, and the siege was achieved before the Ming army escaped.

Then they attacked the Ming army from all sides, trying to crush them with absolute numerical superiority.

And they also had cannons on board, but only two guns were installed in the bow...... Moreover, only 2,000 large ships were equipped with two guns, and the rest of the clippers were equipped with at most one gun, and many ships did not even have one.

After all, cannons are not built by anyone. Moreover, the iron cannon is seriously corroded at sea, and if you do not pay attention to maintenance, the service life is very short. It's rare that the pirates can maintain their current firepower.

But these twenty or thirty iron cannons are completely insufficient in front of the more than three hundred bronze cannons installed on the ten city ship battleships.

As they entered the firing range, both sides fired their guns. In the rumbling cannonball, the first naval battle in human history to be decided by artillery, the 'Battle of Bird and Flower Island', has completely entered a climax.

This is a seriously unfair battle, the side that occupies the absolute numerical superiority, and the side that is absolutely inferior in numbers, is beaten dizzy with superior firepower -

The city fleet lined up in a battle line, constantly pouring terrifying firepower, and there were even battleships that were attacked on both sides, and both sides opened fire together!

The Ming warships were in full swing, and the shells fell around the Haikou fleet, constantly stirring up columns of water. At all times, the pirate warships were hit by cannonballs, and the ships were in shambles. Some of the sails were torn off by shells and lost power. There are also unlucky boats, which were shot at the waterline and went straight into the water...... Casualties are not counted.

The pirates also knew that there was only one way to die by fighting each other, so they desperately tried to get close to the Ming warships regardless of the huge losses, so that they could stick to them and fight white-knuckle battles.

Moreover, the remaining seven Canton ships were also equipped with return guns, and when they reached a suitable distance, they could be projectile.

But the Ming warships formed a long snake formation, constantly changing directions, and they were also like a snake that did not leave a hand. Always stay away from them before the pirate capital ship approaches, always keep a safe distance from them, and inflict damage from a long distance with artillery.

However, there were so many ships that the fleet could only dodge the 2,000-gauge ships, and there were still fast boats, large and small, braving the fierce artillery fire to approach, desperately trying to take overboard.

For such a warrior who is not afraid of death, the soldiers of the Ming army naturally have to entertain them well - replace them with a wave of shotguns that are close to their faces, and the enemy ships will basically be explained...... There were even small boats that were beaten into a sieve on the spot and sank directly into the water.

But the pirates also operated, and they found that there was a gap of hundreds of breaths between the two shells fired by the Ming army.

There is no way to do this, after all, the gunners of the Ming army are also novices, and the artillery is too little. And only by firing more real guns can we strengthen the posture level and increase the speed of firing cannons.

Relying on simulated artillery alone, no matter how fast you practice your hands, you will still be in a hurry when it comes to actual combat. Either I forgot to put the gunpowder or I forgot to stuff the shells, and I couldn't get up quickly if I wanted to.

Therefore, Haikou deliberately used small boats to consume the Ming army's artillery bombardment. Then take advantage of the safe time before the next shell is fired for broadboarding!

There was nothing wrong with this plan, but they forgot that the officers and soldiers not only installed cannons, but also changed ships...... There were constantly pirate clippers approaching the warships of the officers and soldiers, but most of the pirate ships could only attack from the back in front of the 2,000 large ships of the officers and soldiers.

Not to mention facing those two 4,000-material giant ships, the difficulty of attacking the deck is almost the same as attacking a city. The pirates had to set up ladders and climb up.

But on a rough sea, climbing a ladder from one boat to another is no different than acrobatics. The Ming army above did not need to overturn the ladder, as long as the ladder was shaken vigorously, the Haikou above would fall like dumplings.

The two sides shot at each other with bows and crossbows. But it is still the condescending side that has the advantage, and the exchange ratio is still miserable.

Therefore, in naval warfare, the bigger the ship, the more advantageous, and the small boat can only follow the beating of the side drum. Playing the main role? Don't have that ability to understand?

As a result, until a hundred breaths had passed, the Ming army had reloaded, and none of the pirates could attack the deck of the Ming army.

Then, the clippers who came up were subjected to the next round of shelling.

The world is completely silent......

This is also the reason why the Ming army dared to fight against ten, and the big ships of the Treasure Shipyard gave them the confidence to ignore the small boats.

After the war caused the ten large ships of the pirates to lose their combat effectiveness, they only needed to pay attention to the remaining fourteen two thousand ships, as long as they did not let these ships get close, they were basically safe.

Even those small ships of the pirates rushing ahead will play a role in blocking the approach of the big ships of the pirates for the fleet of the city.

The appearance of these favorable factors on the side of the Ming army was not simply due to luck.

It was the commander of the Ming army who deduced countless times in the 'wargame deduction' invented by His Royal Highness the King of Chu before he got this combat plan that could create many favorable conditions!

Therefore, His Royal Highness the King of Chu's confidence in winning more with less is not arrogant for no reason......

In this way, the ten warships of the city's fleet always maintained their formation, constantly interspersed in the enemy formation, and continued to inflict damage on the enemy ships with their artillery.

Gradually occupy the absolute upper hand!

(End of chapter)