Daming Military Empire

Chapter 194 Pirates Destroyed
It is said that the pirate Liu Xiang saw the general of the Ming army commanding fifty super battleships rushing up alone, and he despised this idiot general in his heart. His firepower is not good, but he also has a lot of ships. Everbright Ship has There were more than 200 ships, and there were seven or eight hundred small ships. Therefore, he decided to swarm up and surround the fifty battleships, and then braved the artillery fire to approach and seize the ships.As long as these fifty battleships can be captured, escape will definitely not be a problem, and they even have a little hope of turning defeat into victory!
Of course, these are all premised, the premise is that the general of the Ming army on the opposite side is really an idiot.

How could Zheng Zhihu be an idiot? He is sure of daring to rush up like this. First of all, these fifty battleships are equipped with two hundred elite soldiers from the Second Legion of the Imperial Guards. The backside of the ship was packed with musketeers, and he was not afraid of those pirates rushing to seize the ship; in addition, the naval guns of the Daming Navy were not as good as the Dutch's naval guns in terms of range, but in terms of firing rate, they were simply Don't be too scary, this kind of breech-loading artillery can replace the shells in ten seconds without adding a flintlock. Liu Xiang is destined to be a tragedy this time.

Zheng Zhihu didn't expect that Liu Xiang would dare to charge back and surround them. Of course, no matter whether Liu Xiang's head was caught by the door or kicked by the donkey, it was all his own business. He would not rush up because of this guy. Seeing that the distance between the two sides was almost [-] steps, he immediately ordered: "All turn the rudder, turn to the left, and the artillery on the left is ready to fire."

The messenger climbed up the mast and waved the flag. The fifty battleships drifted to the left in order. Pirate Ship.

Liu Xiang had known for a long time that the other party would definitely fire, but he thought that at such a short distance, he could survive with a few rounds of shells at most. As long as he was close to the enemy ship, no amount of artillery would be useless, so he did not order to retreat, but It is to rush forward with all the pirate ships covering their heads.

This time the pirates suffered heavy casualties. They did not drive battleships with rough skin and thick flesh. Most of their "battleships" were merchant ships and fishing boats that came from robbery. The cannonballs smashed down quickly, and it was a big hole.

Liu Xiang and other pirate leaders are better off. Their ships are at least Dafu boats, and it’s not a big problem to shoot them one by one. The small boats of ordinary pirates are basically the kind that get flooded after one shot, and will fall apart after a few more shots. , and they didn't have a high ship's side to protect them. When the shells flew over, a bunch of flesh and blood could be smashed directly. The situation was really horrible!

Of course, more than 2000 shells are not willing to hit all of them. In the uncertain environment like the sea, and the pirate ship is always moving, it is not bad to have a [-]% hit rate, and most of the shells hit those volumes. For the relatively large lucky boats, there are only a few dozen shots that can really hit small boats, and it is not bad to sink ten or twenty small pirate ships in one round.

At that time, there were no propellers, so the speed of the boat was not very fast, but it took only a quarter of an hour to rush over a distance of three or four miles. Liu Xiang thought that they would eat at most a few rounds of shells. There are only one or two hundred boats, and he has seven or eight hundred small boats under his control, so he can afford this loss.

However, he soon became desperate. The first round of artillery shells from the Ming Army Navy had just dropped, and he hadn't counted how many boats he had lost. There was a roar, and another pile of cannonballs smashed over!

"Impossible, how is this possible." Liu Xiang screamed subconsciously, what are you kidding, does it take time to load ammunition?Could it be that the Ming army is equipped with two cannons in each gun door!

He didn't fully understand what was going on, "Boom, boom, boom" roared again. It seemed that the Ming army navy really didn't need the time to reload ammunition. It was a round in the blink of an eye, and another round in the blink of an eye.

After receiving almost ten rounds of shells, Liu Xiang finally despaired. This is a fart. The Ming army fired at such a speed that it would take at least a hundred rounds of shells to rush to the front of the enemy. After a hundred rounds, let alone a small boat , his big lucky boat will be smashed to pieces!
He looked at the smashed pirate ships all around in horror, and shouted: "Quick, retreat, run to the right, kill!"

In fact, if he persisted for another round, he might change his mind, because the naval guns of the Ming army were only equipped with ten sub-barrels, and the mother barrel became hot and red after ten rounds, so after ten rounds, , The battleship of the Ming army is about to change direction. If he charges hard, he will suffer up to twenty rounds of shells.

Zheng Zhihu was about to order the warship to turn around, Liu Xiang's retreat was just right, he directly ordered: "Turn around, catch up."

The messenger climbed up the mast and waved the command flag again, and the fifty super battleships began to turn slowly. Their bows were originally facing left, so it would take time to turn to the right. Liu Xiang took a fancy to this. , so order all pirates to flee to the right.But did they escape?

At this time, the Dafu boats transformed by the Ming army had formed an encirclement circle. Although there were only more than 200 Dafu boats on the right side, there were more than 4000 artillery pieces!Zheng Xing, who was in charge of the command on the right, saw the pirate ship rushing towards this side, and immediately ordered: "All warships adjust their direction, turn the left side of the ship to face the pirate ship, and prepare to fire."

The messenger climbed up the mast and waved the flag, and more than 200 Dafu ships began to turn slightly, aiming the left side of the ship at the direction of the invading pirate ship. Multiple shells were fired at the pirate ship, and these big blessing ships also fired continuously, one round in the blink of an eye, and another round in the blink of an eye.

This time there is no need for Liu Xiang to give an order, it's over if they don't rush out anyway, all the pirates are desperate to rush to the right, no matter how dense the artillery fire is, they still have to rush!

After ten consecutive rounds, the artillery of the Ming army finally stopped. At this time, more than half of the pirate ship was left, and it was less than two miles away from the Dafu ship of the Ming army on the right. Seeing this, Liu Xiang laughed wildly: "Hahahaha , I thought they were masters of artillery. It turns out that firing a dozen or so rounds won’t work. Hmph, you have more artillery, but are you as many people as I am? Give me an order to rush over and seize their big boat and our small boat I don’t want them all, I just throw them here to block the way of the Ming warships behind, with these big ships, my strength is even stronger, hahahaha.”

If it is normal, it is really possible that some of the Dafu ships will be snatched by them, because the standard configuration of the Dafu ships of the Ming army is only more than 100 people per ship. Gunners, there are more than 200 musketeers in more than 1 Dafu ships. It is really hard to say whether they can stop more than 3 pirates from taking the ship.However, it is different now, there are still [-] elites from the Second Legion of the Imperial Guard on each Dafu ship, and the pirates rushing up like this are simply looking for death!
Seeing the pirates crowding up like crazy, Zheng Xing was not afraid, he just snorted coldly with disdain, and then ordered: "All musketeers are ready to fight, our people guard the left side of the ship, and the brothers of the Imperial Guard guard the right side." On the side of the ship, all the battleships turned around to the left and went up to me."

What followed was a horrible massacre. Those pirates really thought they could snatch the big ship of the Ming army. As soon as the two sides approached, they immediately pulled out the hook lock and threw it at the big ship of the Ming army. They desperately climbed to the top.

At this time, countless gun barrels suddenly protruded from the big ship of the Ming army, and the bullets flew over like rain, and the pirates fell into the sea like dumplings. It was dyed red, and there were screaming and struggling pirates everywhere!
How is this possible? Liu Xiang looked at all this in horror. He really couldn't understand how the guns and cannons of the Ming army were made. The cannons fired once in the blink of an eye, and fired again in the blink of an eye. The muskets were even more exaggerated. , "Papa Papa" kept ringing, as if there was no need to reload ammunition at all, what the hell is going on with him?How could there be such a musket in this world!
Whether he wants to understand it or not, the rate of fire of the Ming army's muskets is so fast. In less than a quarter of an hour, all the pirates who threw their hooks and were about to climb up to seize the ship were shot down into the sea, and almost all the pirates on the small boat were killed. It was emptied, and there were only a few thousand pirates left on the more than 200 Dafu boats, and they fought back with their guns. Both sides were Dafu boats with similar heights. It is also impossible to kill that, after all, he only showed a head, and it is very difficult to hit it in such a bumpy environment at sea.

However, these pirates did not persist for long. After a quarter of an hour, [-] super battleships of the Ming army also surrounded them. It's very simple for people, no matter how rough the sea is, it's just a matter of firing a few more shots.

The pirates on the lucky boats were gradually wiped out, and the Ming army began to throw hooks and locks, climbed onto the deck, and controlled the lucky boats of the pirates one by one.

Liu Xiang held the handle of the knife tightly in her right hand, and held a pistol in her left hand, and looked coldly at the Ming army swarming up. That fierce posture was like a ferocious wolf that would choose someone to eat, and the Ming army surrounded him for a while Jian didn't dare to go forward to collect his weapons!

The two sides were in a stalemate for less than a stick of incense, when a burst of hearty laughter suddenly sounded from behind the crowd, Zheng Zhihu pushed aside the crowd and walked across to Liu Xiang and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, old fifteen, I finally caught you today!"

It turned out to be Zheng Zhihu!Liu Xiang is so angry, if he knew that the general of the navy of the Ming army was Zheng Zhihu, even if he only drove a super battleship to rush forward, he would not go up to encircle him!This guy is cunning, if you treat him as an idiot, then you are an idiot yourself.

Liu Xiang stared at Zheng Zhihu and said bitterly: "Second brother, you are really shameless, you hide your head and show your tail, what a hero!"

Zheng Zhihu said inexplicably: "What are you hiding your head and showing your tail? Wherever I go, I have to order people to call me here? Isn't that sick!"

Liu Xiang was speechless after being told, he slowly closed his eyes, then suddenly drew out his saber and wiped it on his neck!
(End of this chapter)