Great Song Pirate

Chapter 53 Fierce Battle

Under Jin Huo's order, the five Dulong Island boats raised their sails at the same time, adjusted their bows, and started sailing ahead of the wind. After Jin Yongzan's boat returned to the fleet of Huangyu Island, Huangyu Island soon The fleet also raised their sails one after another, with several three-story warships as the center and other ships as two wings, forming a crescent formation and encircling the Dulong Island fleet.

Although the fleet of Huangyu Island is large, the fleet of Dulong Island is much more flexible than them. After a while, the fleet of Dulong Island seized the upper hand and rushed towards the right wing of the fleet of Huangyu Island like a tiger. The boats on the right wing of the island were all fast boats, and they rushed towards the Dulong Island fleet one after another.

"Firebombs, aim!" All the ships on Dulong Island locked on an opponent one after another, and the captains gave orders one after another. The crewman in charge of operating the ballista put the jar full of kerosene in the firing slot of the ballista. , lit the matchlock above.

"Fire the cannon!" Following this order, more than a dozen kerosene jars emitting black smoke from the flames flew out of the sides of the ships and flew towards their intended targets. The goal was just a matter of seconds, and the fast boats that won the bid suddenly burst into flames, and the shards of jars and kerosene splashed all over the place, making the pirates of Huangyu Island who were caught off guard immediately wailed. , I saw a few unlucky guys howling like fireballs and flying towards the sea, and even the unlucky guys who were on fire were burned and blinded, bumping around on the deck like headless flies, scaring those nearby The pirates fled in all directions, and they became a mess. Fortunately, the leaders of some of the ships were quite clear-headed, and ordered the archers to shoot down the accomplices who were running around on fire, which prevented the fire from spreading on the ship. The boats on Huangyu Island seemed to be prepared. Each boat was equipped with water tanks filled with seawater. They could fetch water from the nearest place to put out the fire. Xu Yi saw this scene in the telescope and knew it must be Jiao Meng and Bai Shuozi have already leaked their secrets to Huangyu Island, but he is not worried, after all, the other party did not show up with the same ballista as them, and Bai Shuozi and Jiao Meng are definitely not counted, they are now on board each ship. Already equipped with the ferocious weapon of the ballista, and it is an enhanced version, this is enough for the people of Huangyu Island to drink a pot.

However, when the scuffle started, Xu Yi still saw through the binoculars a weapon he hadn't expected to appear on the big ships on Huangyu Island, "Tabuster!"

A small catapult machine was actually placed on the front decks of the large ships on Huangyu Island, and there were many people busy beside these catapult machines. Xu Yi was taken aback and immediately notified Tiger Jin beside him. Jin Huo also grabbed Xu Yi's binoculars and looked at it, and hurriedly ordered the flag bearer to order all the ships to be careful, to avoid these large ships from Huangyu Island, and to hit the small boats first, so that they should be careful of these large ships, and the flag bearer immediately waved the small flag, He conveyed Jin Huo's order to several other ships.

Xu Yi held the binoculars and watched the large ships on Huangyu Island carefully. After watching for a while, he laughed. The people on Huangyu Island are really geniuses. They didn't know where they got these siege ships. Things, although he does not deny that the catapult is powerful, and it can be said that it is more powerful than their ballista under the same conditions, but he is more aware of the shortcomings of these simple catapults. First of all, these catapults The catapults are huge and heavy, and the operation is complicated and troublesome. More importantly, these catapults cannot shoot moving targets at all due to structural reasons. The catapults do not have the function of moving left and right. If you want to aim at enemy ships If they fire, unless they point their bows at the enemy ships, and the adjustment of the range is even more troublesome, they can come up with this stupid way to deal with Dulong Island's ballista, Xu Yi really admires this The person who made the idea is really a genius, this is simply making them court death, haha!After all, the trebuchet and the ballista he made are not contemporary products at all. Although they are only equipped with small trebuchets, the weight of these small trebuchets is scary enough because they provide The main force is the counterweight below. These huge stone counterweights make the weight of the entire catapult reach a terrifying level, because the weight of the catapult is huge. After these large ships are equipped with this, The bow of the ship was tilted down, and they had to load stones of the same weight at the stern for balance. In this way, these large ships were all fully loaded, and the speed of the ship slowed down a lot, and they had to constantly adjust The direction of the bow has completely lost its flexibility, and completely lost the advantage that their ship is strong and can be used for collision. This Pu guy is really a pig!Ha ha!A good idea immediately came to his mind.

While observing the battle situation around him, Xu Yi briefly explained his thoughts to Jin Huo. Jin Huo didn't understand for a while, but he immediately agreed with him. Several nearby Huangyu Island fast boats were blazing, and then ordered the Dulong Island boats to turn their rudders and start to break away from the Huangyu Island fleet, heading upwind.

Although this contact battle caused the four fast boats of Huangyu Island to lose their combat effectiveness, and several other fast boats were damaged, but after all, there are too many boats on Huangyu Island, and it is not to the extent of breaking the bones, but the people of Huangyu Island were still injured. They were caught off guard and became a little flustered. Watching the Dulong Island ships turn around and leave, the people from Huangyu Island did not dare to pursue immediately, but began to tighten their formation.

Seeing that the fleet of Huangyu Island began to shrink, Jin Huo and Xu Yi discussed it, commanded the fleet to turn around again, and pounced on the fleet of Huangyu Island again. This time they launched an attack on the left wing of Huangyu Island. As soon as they approached, the boat on Dulong Island launched another violent fire oil bomb attack. This time, three fast boats from Huangyu Island turned into huge torches, stopped at sea and circled around, and the remaining people on the boat rushed to fight. , but how can the oil fire be easily extinguished?Seeing that the fire was hard to put out, the people on one boat jumped into the sea to escape. Immediately, a group of struggling toads appeared on the sea surface. The boats of Huangyu Island tried to surround the boat of Dulong Island, but the boat of Dulong Island did not Love to fight, but the beginning of coordination and unity turned again and fled to the distance.

During the two encounters, seven boats on Huangyu Island lost their ability to move due to the burnt sails. One of the boats was completely destroyed, and finally the people on Huangyu Island began to wake up. It is absolutely impossible to continue like this, so their The fleet began to sound the sound of war drums, and the remaining ships all set their sails full, adjusted their course, and chased after the Dulong Island fleet. As Xu Yi expected, they wanted to rely on more people and more ships. Bearing the cost of losing a few more ships, drag the ships of Dulong Island, and then approach them for a collision or gang fight.

Xu Yi immediately asked Jin Huo to give the order and began to flee with full sail. Although the people on the other ships on Dulong Island were working hard, they didn't understand what Jin Huo wanted them to escape quickly, but after all, Xu Yi said on the island, All the ships going out to sea this time must obey the order of the Zhenyuan, and those who violate it will be punished. Now the order is like a mountain, and they are unwilling to return, but all the ships are still fully sailing at the same time, fleeing towards the open sea, and the sea begins. There was a chasing battle, with five Dulong Island fleet in front, and a dozen Huangyu Island fleet behind, the pursuit was very lively.

(End of this chapter)