My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 298

"Fire arrows!"

Standing on the deck, Zhang Fu let out a roar, and immediately all arrows were fired from the ship, including many rockets.

The rain of arrows fell on the Japanese pirate fleet rushing towards the grain transport fleet, which immediately caused countless screams. Some rockets hit the fast boat of the Japanese pirates, and even set off a fire. Several Japanese pirates were burned to death. Shouting and jumping into the sea.

"boom!"

The artillery on some warships also started to shoot. The solid shells are very destructive to the ships. If the shells just hit the enemy ships, they may even sink a ship with one shot.

Of course, the ship's ups and downs on the sea made it very difficult to aim the artillery. Therefore, nine times out of ten, the artillery shot was empty, and it was difficult to hit the Japanese fast ship.

At the same time, heavy weapons such as bed crossbows on the warships also started shooting. Although the hit rate was not high, it also caused great trouble for the Japanese pirate fleet's charge.

The ships of these Japanese pirates are generally not big, they can only be regarded as small ships in Daming's fleet, but these ships have one advantage, that is, they are flexible and fast.

The tactic of the Japanese pirates is also very simple, that is, to use all the ships that are close to Daming, and then use ropes to climb onto the ship, engage in hand-to-hand combat, and seize control of the ship.

Zhang Fu and the others have long been familiar with the tactics of the Japanese pirates, so they are desperately trying to prevent the Japanese pirate ships from approaching, especially the grain ships, which are protected in the safe area of ​​the center. After all, the grain ships are very important and must not be lost. .

Among these warships, the eight newly delivered warships are extremely eye-catching. Not only are they no slower than the Japanese pirate ships, but they are also extremely flexible. The Japanese pirates' boats couldn't even catch up with them.

Even in the end, the eight warships began to rely on their own ships to sink, using their strong rams to ram the Japanese pirates' ships.

Compared with these warships, the Japanese pirates' ships were like toys, they were easily knocked over, and some were even smashed directly, causing countless Japanese pirates to fall into the water.

Of course, the performance of the other warships was not bad, and the enthusiasm of the whole fleet was very high. Everyone thought that after the fleet arrived in Tianjin and Liaodong, they could load the merchant's goods and transport them back to Suzhou, thereby earning a lot of freight.

But now that the gang of Japanese pirates came to kill them, if they seized the grain ship, they would definitely be punished, and even the newly restored shipping might be affected, let alone making money.

Therefore, the soldiers of the fleet dared to fight against the Japanese pirates. In the end, even the musketeers at the bottom of the tank were used. Rows of muskets were condescending, and their lethality was stronger than bows and arrows, causing death and injury to the Japanese pirates who rushed under the ship. heavy.

In the end, a few Japanese pirates from a few boats attached to Daming's warship, and even threw hooks onto the ship, but they were stabbed down by the Ming's soldiers before they climbed onto the warship.

Faced with such heavy casualties, the Japanese pirates fought to the death.

In fact, this is quite normal. Japanese pirates are famous for their ferocity, because they are all bankrupt warriors or peasants who could not survive in the Japanese country. .

As the Japanese pirates got closer and closer, the counterattack of the Ming warship seemed to be weakened, which made more Japanese pirates approach the Ming warship, and many Japanese pirates screamed excitedly, waving Japanese swords and going to the Ming Dynasty. Climb on the warship.

However, at this moment, countless clay pots were thrown from Daming's warship, and the mouth of the pot was still burning with fire.

"Boom~"

As the clay pot fell onto the Japanese pirate's boat, the flames immediately splashed, and some unlucky Japanese pirates were splashed all over, and instantly turned into a burning man.

It turned out that the pottery pot was filled with kerosene, which was specially used to deal with the enemy's ships. Just now, Zhang Fu also deliberately let the Japanese pirates' ships approach, so that the pottery pot could exert more power.

In the blink of an eye, most of the Japanese pirate ships approaching the Ming warship were ignited by kerosene, and the rest of the Japanese pirates were blocked by the fire boat and could not rush over for a while, and those Japanese pirates who were burned by the fire screamed in unison , even the most ferocious Japanese pirates turned pale from being frightened at this moment.

Just one round of fire attack caused the Japanese pirates to lose less than half of their ships, and the remaining ships also lost a lot of manpower under long-range attacks such as bows, arrows and muskets.

Seeing this situation, the leader of the Japanese pirates also knew that if this continues, they might be completely wiped out by this Ming army fleet.

So following the order of the pirate leader, the remaining pirate ships immediately turned around and prepared to flee the battlefield.

This is also the consistent tactic of the Japanese pirates. If they can beat them, they will grab them, if they can't beat them, they will run away, and they will never go head-to-head with Daming.

However, they miscalculated this time. Just as the Japanese pirates' ships were about to escape, Zhang Fu immediately commanded the eight new warships to intercept them. middle.

Under the impact of the strong ram, the Japanese pirate's ship either rolled over or was sunk, and the rest of the ships were also knocked upside down, and their speed was greatly affected.

Other warships also took the opportunity to surround them, surrounded the remaining Japanese pirates, and came to catch turtles in an urn.

The Japanese pirates did not expect that Da Ming had such a flexible and fast warship that they could stop them. Now that they were surrounded by Da Ming's warship, it was too late to escape.

Facing the siege of Daming, these Japanese pirates knew that surrender would be a dead end, because Daming hated Japanese pirates the most.

But if they resisted, it would also be a dead end, so the gang of Japanese pirates scattered in a boat and fled in all directions.

The sea is not like land. Although the warships of Ming Dynasty surrounded the Japanese pirates, there was still a considerable distance between the ships.

Therefore, in the end, many Japanese pirates escaped from the siege of Daming, and the remaining Japanese pirates were intercepted. Some died in battle, some surrendered, and some even shouted loudly after falling into the water.

"General, it's better to rescue the Japanese pirates in the water, the living pirates are more valuable than the dead pirates!"

At this time, Mr. Qi approached Zhang Fu, who was commanding the bow, and solemnly suggested.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty hated the Japanese pirates, so whether they surrendered or fell into the water, many of the Japanese pirates were killed directly, and no one was left alive.

When Zhang Fu heard Mr. Qi's words, he also felt that it made sense, so he nodded and said: "Well, we are going to Tianjin anyway, and we will escort them to the capital along the way, and the imperial court will deal with them at that time. I guess they will die too! "

With Zhang Fu's order, the massacre of the Japanese pirates finally stopped, and then the captives were tied up and sent to the ship, and the Japanese pirates who fell into the water were also rescued.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly ran up to the deck and reported to Zhang Fu: "General, some of the captives claim to be the leader of the Japanese pirates and want to see you!"

(End of this chapter)