According to Wang Wei's guidance, the road was indeed calm.

On the sea ahead, several islands appeared, all of which were not large and bare, but there were many reefs around them.

In this case, it is not enough to have enough experience to pass through.

Yang Mingli followed Wang Wei's guidance while asking the soldiers to pay close attention to the situation around them.

Especially the bottom of the sea.

Once you hit the reef and run aground, you will be in trouble.

Yan Gang was more cautious, always keeping an eye out for possible dangers.

Lin Bai didn't care much.

"This area is really dangerous, there are many large and small islands, and there should be a lot of underwater reefs."

On the side, Wu Qiaojun was looking at the sea area map, and found the current location of the ship, only to see that there are many islands marked on it, and the current sea surface is in contrast, some can be seen directly, and some sea area maps are not marked.

At this time, the sea area map is already good to be able to do this part.

In fact, this is still drawn by the Southwest Sailor based on his own explorations and the oral accounts of old fishermen, just a rough idea, and the description of this sea area is not too detailed, but it is barely enough.

The ship made its way all the way, but fortunately it was safe and sound.

Wang Wei seemed to be quite familiar with this sea area, and indeed guided a safe road for the fleet.

Ships are about to pass through this area.

Yan Gang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, at this moment, behind an island in front of them, two huge pirate ships suddenly sprang out, one left and one right, approaching this side.

On the deck, there were also many people waving their weapons and shouting loudly.

"It's a pirate!"

Yan Gang's face changed, and he subconsciously looked at Wang Wei.

The latter also seemed to be taken aback, with an incredulous look in his eyes, "How can there be pirates here?" ”

Yang Mingli looked disdainful and snorted: "A few pirates, I don't know what is dead." ”

This guy was about to give the order to defeat these pirates, when another soldier in the rear exclaimed: "Look! There is also a pirate ship in the back. ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly looked.

Sure enough!

I saw that several pirate ships also appeared in the rear, and not only that, but behind the surrounding islands, pirate ships poured out one after another, these ships were large and small, all kinds of things, and it seemed that they had been waiting here for a long time.

"Damn it!"

Yan Gang's face changed dramatically when he saw this, and he couldn't help but scold.

Yang Mingli was still calm, and said sarcastically: "There are quite a few people, but they are all a group of rabble, the whole army obeys the order, attacks freely, and destroys them!" ”

As he gave the order, a loud bang came, and one cannonball after another smashed over.

In the face of these pirates, there is no need to talk nonsense, just do it.

Lin Bai didn't stop it, but subconsciously glanced at Wang Wei, who seemed to be shocked by the power of the red-clothed cannon, his expression was a little sluggish, and his eyes were full of horror.

The pirate ship on the opposite side seemed to be prepared, they were scattered extremely open, and the pirate ship was much smaller than the battleship, and it was more difficult to hit, but fortunately, the training of the Southwest Navy Division during this time was not in vain, and a wave of bombardment came down, and a pirate ship was hit on the spot.

The howls were accompanied by raging flames in an instant, and countless pirates jumped into the sea to escape, and all kinds of screams were heard.

The power of the red-coated cannon undoubtedly had a great deterrent effect, making those pirate ships dare not step forward.

Soon, however, they were back on their feet.

Arrows were fired from some of the ships, but it was clear that the distance between the two sides was not enough, and all the arrows fell into the sea.

Yang Mingli scolded: "A group of guys who don't know death dare to use their arms as a car and die!" ”

The murderous intent of these pirates was indeed unexpected, and under the bombardment of the red-coated cannons, they dared to rush up after witnessing the sinking of a pirate ship, I have to say, it was really a bit unexpected.

Needless to say, the power of the red-coated cannon is absolutely dimensionally reduced in this era of cold weapons.

It is impossible for these pirates not to see the difference between the two sides.

But he still rushed forward without fear of death.

The corners of Lin Bai's mouth seemed to be smiling.

Yan Gang also seemed to notice something at this time, and said loudly: "Be careful of the water ghosts in the water." ”

It turned out that there were many water ghosts under the boat, but when these water ghosts approached, everyone didn't know anything, which means that these water ghosts were likely to have been ambushed underwater a long time ago.

Fortunately, the bottom of the Banshu is extremely hard, and it is not so easy to chisel through at all.

And now that he has noticed that something is wrong, Yang Mingli immediately ordered that many soldiers of the Southwest Water Division also sank directly to the bottom of the water and killed the water ghosts.

As a sailor, wateriness is the first element.

Shen Poyu's training of the Southwest Navy Division was extremely strict, and it was a common trick of pirates to scuttle the bottom of the ship, how could they not have countermeasures, and the sailors did not panic at all.

Soon there was a fight under the water, and the bright red blood instantly stained the sea water, and there was a strong smell of blood.

In the distance, another pirate ship was sunk.

Deterred by the redcoat cannons, these pirate ships could hardly pose a threat to the Banshu.

The only threat may be underwater.

But despite this, these pirate ships still rushed towards this side desperately, and there were several times that they looked like they were going home.

Yan Gang was worried about his uncle's safety, and suggested that the fleet should fight and retreat, and always maintain an absolutely safe distance as when facing the Lotus Water Master, so that the other party could not get close.

This is undoubtedly the safest approach.

But it was stopped by Lin Bai, there are countless reefs in this sea area, if you don't explore it clearly, sail rashly, once you hit it, the consequences will be even more serious.

The reason why the Corsair is so impactful is most likely for this purpose.

These pirates must be extremely familiar with this side of the sea, but the Southwest Naval Division is not.

The best thing to do is to stand still.

With the deterrence of the red-coated cannon, he is not afraid at all.

A little more risky, the two pirate ships were already approaching the attack, and their ship's crossbows were shooting in this direction.

Unfortunately, compared to their crossbows, the large crossbows on the Banshu were stronger and had a longer range.

Because of the lack of shells, the bombardment of sixteen red-coat cannons was still somewhat reserved.

But the crossbow is different, the reserve is sufficient.

At this moment, the pirate ship entered the firing range, and the soldiers were not polite at all, and the dense arrows were shot like raindrops.

The arrows carrying tung oil and white phosphorus rubbed in the air and ignited a raging flame, and then plunged into the pirate ship, and the two pirate ships that were hit instantly burst into flames.

A terrible howl was heard, and in a short moment, the pirates on the opposite side suffered heavy losses.

However, the burning pirate ship still rushed towards the Banshu, and it seemed that it wanted to use the burning ship to directly crash the Banshu.

When Yan Gang saw this, his face suddenly changed greatly.

Because once it is hit, even if the Banshu is not destroyed, it will be extremely troublesome.

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