open sea

Chapter 175 Gale Wind
The gusts of the Pearl River estuary were strong, and the eight fireboats took advantage of the wind to burst into flames at a distance of only half a mile, like bright lights on the sea at night, and headed straight for Zeng Yipeng's huge ship array.

The firing gun missed, and the waves splashed in Chen Mu's binoculars merged with the night. He couldn't see whether it hit the enemy ship, but he could see the front half of the fire ship being pushed away by the battalion with long poles, and the six-foot ship turned away in a blink of an eye. It turned into two three-foot-long boats, with fire in the front and sails to rush towards the enemy ship, and a few battalions stood up in the back.

It seemed that due to the short distance, even without the sails at the back, it was still not possible to stop the charge by simply paddling the oars. Then, with the faint light of the front ship gradually receding, Chen Mu finally saw the battalion soldiers on the stern of the fire boats jumping into the sea.

When the surface of the sea was illuminated by the fleeting fire of the navy's blessing boat, Chen Mu could no longer see the navy.

There are too few guns, and Chen Lin has too few guns. Even with Wei Balang's Fuchuan in the middle, there are only twenty or thirty broadside guns firing together. A multi-gun ship fires about the same amount.

The ships were only half a mile apart, and they were not even out of the range where the Francophone's shells would drop. In other words, at this time, the waves caused the ship to rise and fall at the moment of firing.

There was loud gunfire ahead, and Chen Mu was not far behind, "Beat the drum, catch up at full speed, don't need to dodge, and cross Zeng Yiben's fleet from the left side of the Japanese pirates!"

He has only one advantage - the Japanese pirates can only find him approaching within a hundred steps in the night.

As for the fire of a mere cannon, even if a small boat at the end of a huge fleet found him, there was no chance to inform the main ship.

They are busy fighting, who can care about getting behind their ass?
Running quickly down the forecastle, Chen Mu waved his arms to deal with Yuan and ordered: "We will start the battle later, we will pass through the enemy's side, there is only one order, 22 Francophones on the starboard side, 130 shells, all hit the Japanese pirate ship, Not one left!"

"Order Deng Qianhu to advance at full speed, follow the trend and don't love to fight!"

Chen Mu was not worried at all that Deng Zilong would be stingy with ammunition. This Lord Deng's fanatical yearning for military exploits was far beyond comparison. Chen Mu was only worried that he would rush into the ship formation because of his love for battle and directly join the Japanese pirates!

"By the way, put all the boats down, send two flag soldiers to row slowly to save people, and tell the flag soldiers on the Tie Suo Bai boat that if they can get close to the enemy ship, they can directly let the boat hit it, jump into the sea and wait for the boat to come Save... No one will stay in this sea area after the war, pack up the still moving boats and wait for the shore!"

Their ships were too few, and their manpower was not too much for this battle. They didn't even care about cleaning the battlefield, and Chen Mu didn't care how much profit they could gain after the battle.

His request to Zhang Han was to take back the ship, and the war profit did not belong to him.

Only Zeng Yiben, only this living person could possibly belong to him.

"go ahead!"

"go ahead!"

The bow of the ship was booming, the thunder was rumbling at sea, the wind was strong and the waves were raging, and the sound of guns and guns in the distance was one after another. Chen Mu pressed his hand on the bow and pinched the side of the boat fiercely.

Behind him, the muscular drummer beat the war drum with all his strength, and the two-foot-long red silk under the triangular inlaid dragon red sun flag on the top of the mast was dragged straight by the strong wind, and various small flags shouted orders to the scullers on the hull, and more than 30 large The scull swayed vigorously.

The centipede boat cuts through the waves.

"Light the torches!"

Fu Yuan dragged the sail rope and stepped on the side of the boat to hang outside. The strong wind made him squint his eyes, and he could only see the battle fleet in front getting closer. Taking advantage of the strength of struggling to swing back into the boat, he loudly ordered the flag army: : "The small flag and arrow are set up, the palm mine is hung up, and the gunner is ready!"

Fu Yuan was also a person who had experienced Palm Thunder's meritorious deeds at the city gate. His superior Chen Mu said that in close combat, the tighter the space, the greater the power of Palm Thunder.

The long and narrow hull deck is just in line with this situation, especially Fu Yuan has long seen those big ships under Zeng Yiben's subordinates that although they are lucky ships, they are built like Japanese owls. Don't expect people to live.

"All gunners come here, listen to orders before releasing!"

Orders were transmitted from the bow to the stern, and even passed through the last small boat on the centipede boat to the Deng Zilong boat and the white boat that fell far away. The centipede boat was too fast at full speed, and it chased the Japanese pirates boat just before sending the order. The last hundred steps of the team.

"Turn the rudder, lean in! Hold on tight!"

"pay close attention!"

The speed of the centipede boat at full speed is more than twice that of a simple sailboat, because it also has sails. Although the full speed cannot last for too long, it is enough for Chen Mu to travel three to five miles faster than the Japanese pirate fleet.

boom!
There was a huge impact on the bow of the ship. Even though the flag army had already received the order to hold on, a few unlucky ghosts were shaken to pieces. The stern of a four-foot boat had no time to dodge, and was hit by a centipede boat that was advancing at full speed. is on.

The low hull was neither strong enough to withstand the collision of the big ship nor to balance in the waves, and the bottom of the ship was torn apart by the centipede's ram protruding below the waterline, and it was crushed in the next few friction collisions.

The Japanese pirates who jumped off the ship early were not much better. Even the most experienced sailors couldn’t swim away from the direction the centipede ship was coming from in a short time, and they couldn’t even leave a trace on the warship when they were passively bumped into the big ship—— Although their blood once stained the hull of the ship red for a moment, it was washed clean by the waves immediately after.

All the Japanese pirates focused their attention on firing guns at Chen Lin and avoiding the first few wrecked ships that were loaded with heavy oil and ignited. They could only hear the dull sound of war drums behind them. The big centipede is already close to the side.

The Japanese pirates on the nearby warships shouted in a hurry. Even in the dim moonlight, they could see the monsters rushing out of the night with muzzles on them. They shouted to gather the pirates who were stalemate on the starboard side, but it was too late.

"Raise the gun!"

Chen Mu stepped on the bow of the ship, and Fu Yuan's shout came from behind him. Dozens of flag soldiers hiding under the side of the ship got up one after another, raised their blunderbuss and condescended to aim at the surrounding enemy ships.

As for the boats paddling desperately to escape from the centipede ship, there is no need to waste gunpowder. The heavy oars are like the rackets of ancient warships, and occasionally they are heavy enough to sink them.

When sideways with the Japanese pirate Dafu boat, the Japanese pirates on the lucky boat were already ready. Just as the two Francophones were aimed at the raised side of the centipede boat, they saw the 22 Francophones on the starboard side, including the captured white boat cannon. Turn around, and then a burst of flames.

What's more, there are a few rockets mixed in!

Deng Zilong drove the boat to catch up quickly. He had already seen the Fu Chuan showing off his power. He mustered up his strength to give these Japanese pirates a hard lesson, and he ordered loudly: "The right gun is ready... huh? It's okay!"

He saw the corpses of Japanese pirates strewn about on the deck, and the ship deck was plowed with bloodstains like plowing the ground by the artillery salvo. Only an unlucky ghost on the bow and rudder stumbled and screamed while covering his face.

A few more bangs were heard from the centipede boat ahead, and the terrifying shouts came to an abrupt end.

The mast studded with cannonballs couldn't hold back the sea breeze, and with a creaking sound, it slowly toppled and hit the deck heavily.

Boom!
　Good morning!Will naval battles be boring?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)