Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 440

Soon, Fang Bu's pirates also responded to Chen Bu with the sound of horns.

Then the remaining [-] large ships of the two groups of pirates, leading countless fast ships, charged towards the city ship fleet from all directions.

Although the morale of the soldiers of the Ming army in the Shibo Fleet was greatly boosted, they did not dare to entrust their strength at all.These veterans all know that the enemy is outnumbered, and if they are not careful, they will be doomed.

They seized the time to cut the cables connecting the enemy ships and dismantle the frames supporting the crossbars so that their own ships could be restored to action.

At the same time, the sailors chanted and dragged the sail cables desperately together to raise the sails of the battleship again.

Even the captives who had just been released helped turn the wheel together, regardless of their physical collapse, and slowly raised the four-claw iron anchor from the bottom of the sea...

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

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

Yu Tongyuan stood on the deck of the flagship stern building, calmly commanding the helmsman to adjust the direction.The herald will also use semaphore to convey his orders to the warships behind.

Then one ship after another, the entire fleet must be adjusted in time according to the order in order to keep the battle line uniform and not messy.

This is the main subject of their previous training.Even on the way here, they were racing against time to practice, and this was barely achieved. No matter how the flagship changed its direction, the rear ship could always maintain a long snake formation and follow closely behind.

Although Yu Tongyuan and Liao Dingguo have been scolding the subordinates for their stupid heads, they always don't cooperate well.The sixth child was stunned. He could basically grasp the battle line in such a short period of time. The quality of the Chaohu navy was already beyond imagination, okay?

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However, the level of the pirates was not low, and they managed to close the siege before the Ming army escaped.

Then they launched an attack on the Ming army from all directions, trying to achieve crushing with absolute numerical superiority.

And their ships also have cannons, but only two cannons are installed on the bow... and only two thousand ships are equipped with two cannons, and the rest of the fast ships are equipped with at most one, and many ships do not even have one.

After all, not everyone can build a gun.Moreover, iron cannons are severely corroded at sea, and if maintenance is not taken care of, the service life will be very short.It is very rare for the pirates to maintain their current firepower.

But these 300 or [-] iron cannons are not enough in front of the more than [-] copper cannons installed on ten city ships and warships.

Both sides fired as they came within range.Amidst the rumble of cannons, the first naval battle in human history where artillery was used to determine the outcome - the "Flower and Bird Island Naval Battle" reached its climax.

This is a seriously unfair battle. The party with the absolute superiority in numbers, and the party with the absolute inferiority in numbers, are beaten dizzily with superior firepower——

The city ship fleet lined up in a line of battle, constantly pouring out terrifying firepower, and there were even warships that were attacked on both sides, and both sides fired at the same time!
The warships of the Ming army fired at full power, and the shells they fired fell around the pirate fleet, continuously stirring up jets of water.Pirate warships were hit by shells every moment, and there was a mess on board.Some sails were torn off by shells and lost power directly.There is also the unlucky ship, which was shot at the waterline and directly entered the water... The casualties are even more irrelevant.

The pirates also knew that the only way to kill each other was to shoot each other, so regardless of the huge loss, they tried their best to get close to the Ming warship so that they could stick to it for hand-to-hand combat.

Moreover, the remaining seven Guangzhou boats are also equipped with return guns, and they can be projected when they reach a suitable distance.

However, the warships of the Ming army formed a long snake formation, constantly changing directions, and they were as slippery as a snake.Always stay away from them before the main pirate ship approaches, always keep a safe distance from them, and use artillery to cause damage from a long distance.

However, there were too many pirate ships, and the city ship fleet could only avoid those [-] large ships. There were still fast ships, large and small, approaching under fierce artillery fire, desperately trying to catch up.

For such a brave warrior who is not afraid of death, the soldiers of the Ming army naturally have to treat them well - put on the shotgun and send out a wave of face-to-face, and the enemy ship basically confessed...even some small boats were smashed into sieves on the spot and sank directly into the water.

But the pirates also operated. They discovered that the Ming army had to wait hundreds of breaths between firing two shells.

There was no way to do this, after all, the gunners of the Ming army were all newbies, and they had fired too few cannons.Only by firing more real guns can the posture level be strengthened and the speed of shooting can be increased.

No matter how fast you practice your hand speed just by simulating shooting, 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 sooner.

Therefore, the pirates deliberately used small boats to consume the shelling of the Ming army.Then use the safe time before the next shell is fired to carry out boarding!
There was nothing wrong with this plan, but they forgot that the officers and soldiers not only installed guns, but also changed ships...the pirates’ fast boats kept coming to the officers’ warships.

Not to mention facing those two huge ships with [-] materials, the difficulty of attacking the deck is almost the same as that of attacking the city.The pirates can only set up ladders and climb up.

But on rough seas, climbing a ladder from one boat to another is like doing acrobatics.The Ming army above did not need to overturn the ladder, as long as the ladder was shaken vigorously, the pirates above would fall like dumplings.

The two sides shot at each other with bows and crossbows.However, the condescending side still has the advantage, and the exchange ratio is still appalling.

Therefore, in naval battles, the bigger the ship, the better the advantage, and the small ships can only follow along.Play the main role?Don't have that ability, understand?

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

Then, those fast boats that came up were subjected to the next round of shelling.

The world is completely quiet...

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

After the ten big ships of the pirates lost their combat power as soon as the battle started, they only needed to pay attention to the remaining fourteen ships with [-] materials. As long as they didn't let these ships approach, they were basically safe.

Even those small pirate ships rushing ahead will serve as a substitute for the city fleet and prevent the large pirate ships from approaching.

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

It was the commander of the Ming army who deduced countless times in the "war chess deduction" invented by His Royal Highness King Chu, and finally obtained this combat plan that can create many favorable conditions!
Therefore, His Royal Highness King Chu's confidence to win more with less is not unreasonable arrogance...

In this way, the ten warships of the Shibo Fleet kept their formation, constantly interspersed among the enemy's formations, and continued to use artillery to inflict damage on the enemy ships.

Gradually gained the absolute upper hand!

(End of this chapter)