open sea

Chapter 353 Movement
The two huge stone-shooting cannons were not very powerful. Even though these things were already classified as hundred-pound cannons in terms of caliber, the stone bullets were only fired a few hundred meters away, and all the hard work Li Mao spent nearly a cup of tea on pushing the cannons was abolished.

The two pirates who were at the buttocks of the cannons when they were fired, one was directly hit by the backseat of the cannon, and the internal organs were ruptured and bleeding, and the other was crushed with a broken foot bone, and then the two cannons retreated more than 20 steps all the way by the backseat .

Gunpowder has spent a lot of effort here.

Although the range of the two boulder bullets was not far, they obviously achieved the purpose of the pirates.

Lin Feng had never played bowling before, but this was the scene in front of his eyes. The Spanish phalanx rushed into the gap holding their spears and muskets high, and was about to start a massacre against the pirates. Two large stone bullets flew over, one of which was huge. The angle of the stone bomb was too high, and it perfectly avoided the entire army formation and passed over the sky, and it was unknown where it was shot.

The other hit the Spanish phalanx, like a sickle cutting through wheat. The soldiers hit by the stone bullets were directly run over regardless of whether they wore armor or not, and pierced through the formation from the beginning to the end.

The situation of the two rows of soldiers on both sides of them was not much better. Even if they were not directly hit, they would be broken wherever they were next to each other. Feng didn't even react to such a change.

Li Mao and the pirates around him were stunned by the roar of two stone-shooting cannons loaded with a huge amount of gunpowder and fired at the same time. They were all top-heavy, and everyone was lost in the smoke with their hands open as if they had brain disease, stumbled to find their way.

Lin Afeng reacted from the short-term shock, raised his hatchet and leaped forward. The pirates behind him swarmed up, and the pirates on the shooting platform on the right kept shooting with their blunderbusses. This battered small Spanish phalanx could not continue.

Starting from being bombarded by stone-shooting artillery at close range, it doesn't matter what order their captain gave. The soldiers who took up their weapons and fought fiercely to the death were not because of the captain's military order, nor were the soldiers who dropped their weapons and ran away because of the captain's military order.

It's just human nature and how far they are from pirates.

Regasby on the castle has been heartbroken ever since he heard the sound of the cannons in the port. These giant cannons are used to prepare for the physiological human navy Zhongchihai. There are five guns in total, three of which have been shipped to the port in the Northeast Gulf. , Leaving two gates to guard against the enemy's attack on Cebu, but in the end they were lax.

The shooting range of this kind of stone shooting gun is not very short, but because the double diameter is much shorter, the hit rate is very bad. It is only possible to hit at close range, and it is too heavy. It is useless in field battles, but it can attack Chihai It obviously has an advantage when it comes to a behemoth like the HMS-just get close to the port, and a hit or two can sink a large ship.

In the past, this kind of stupid, big, black and thick artillery was rampant in the fourteenth century. The field artillery equipped with simple four-wheeled artillery vehicles made great contributions to Charles the Bold, but it was only a flash in the pan. Replaced by a new type of artillery that is easier to maneuver.

But now, the stone-shooting cannon is the best way to deal with the iron gate of the castle!

All his hopes were pinned on the soldiers sent to the castle to wipe out the enemy army trapped in the port before the enemy army rushed to the east, otherwise he could only prepare for street fighting in the castle.

If Regasby knew that Lin Afeng's original plan was to plunder the city, and had no intention of plundering the port at all, and that the phalanx he sent into the port was the only way to get the stone-shooting cannon, I'm afraid an old bone would be killed immediately. Was pissed off in the city.

When Lin Feng took the hatchet off the neck of the last Spanish elite swordsman in full armor, this unlucky ghost had already been crushed to death by the swarming pirates for a while.

Panting heavily, Lin Feng fell to the ground, his hair scarf lost in the fight. With disheveled hair, he looked at Li Mao, who was surrounded by two stone cannons, and nodded slowly.

Before resting for a moment, there was a noisy marching sound in the distance, causing the jittery pirates to stand up from the pool of blood with weapons, and support each other in front of them, but many people stood up and found that they had already lost their strength, and their legs were weak. Soft, the hand holding the weapon kept shaking.

They didn't have the strength to throw themselves into a new fight.

"It's Duke Zhuang, Duke Zhuang is here!"

The musketeers on the shooting platform of the house cheered, and the tense strings in the hearts of many pirates suddenly broke, and they all sat down on the ground, some even lay directly in the muddy soil, unwilling to exert any more effort.

Some pirates who were still physically strong were already busy taking off the armor of the Spanish soldiers among the corpses and putting them on. Lin Feng's pirates knew their goods.

Except for the fleeing heavy gunners who had no armor, most of these phalanx soldiers wore breastplates and high iron helmets, especially the fully armed sword and shield fighters. Their swords can pierce the mail armor, and the plate armor connecting the lower body is even more difficult for them. Provide adequate protection.

Regardless of personal skills, this is the reason why they still caused huge casualties to pirates even after being swept by stone bullets.

"Mr. Lin, Xiyi's armor, some people even have a layer of armor inside."

A pirate gave Lin Feng the lined breastplate inside the Spanish sword and shield arm armor. Lin Feng took it and glanced at it before going back, planning to tell Chen Mu the news when he saw Chen Mu again.

In his opinion, that Chen Shuai was a master of arms in the Ming Dynasty, no matter what rare gadgets he found, Chen Erye would definitely be able to make them.

He doesn't need better firearms, but he needs better armor.

Zhuang Gong's manpower is much better than Lin Afeng's. They were entangled only because there were more troops defending the north than the port outside the castle. Because they were not familiar with the terrain, they rushed into the camp where the Spanish hired Luzon people. A Luzon army with slightly more troops than them.

In the end, there was no suspense. Although those people also had firearms, they were completely inferior to the pirates in their use of firearms. After shooting each other for a while, they simply charged at the pirates.

But charging, could it be Zhuang Gong's opponent?

The front line was cut to pieces, and a bunch of people behind surrendered flatly. They harvested some siege ladders from the captive camp, and Duke Zhuang attacked the city almost without thinking. Repulsed, saw the letter cannon at the port exploded, and then led people to drive the captives all the way with ladders on their backs.

Lin Feng fought a battle here, many people died, and Zhuang Gong also fought a battle, with more troops than before.

"Take a rest, the gunners are on guard, Zhuang Gong asked people to tear down the house to make a wooden shield, rest for an hour, if they don't attack, we will bombard his broken iron gate and take down this rotten stone fortress!"

Lin Feng guessed that there should not be many defenders in the castle, otherwise there would be no movement for such a long time.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)