The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 186 The Unscrupulousness of the Sea

On the sea, as long as you have the strength, you can be unscrupulous.

When Chen Dajiang was about to go on a killing spree, Nils, a Portuguese businessman on the opposite side, sneered when he saw five pirate ships that were one size smaller, because no pirates dared to snatch Portuguese ships in this sea.

As for the sea-going ships of the Zheng family, they did not dare to snatch them, because the Zheng family needed to purchase advanced firearms, and the Portuguese were middlemen. Come and eat black.

Since the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate drove Portuguese businessmen out of Nagasaki and issued a series of "saving and consumption restriction orders", the trade of the Portuguese has been hit hard. Can conduct great trade.

"Oh my goodness!"

When he got closer, Niels found through the binoculars that [-] heavy cannons were exposed on each pirate ship on the opposite side, and he was stunned. So the other side has at least [-] cannons. Could this be a pirate?
My own armed merchant ship has 20 9-pound guns, and now it is too late to escape, so I have to fight.

"Come over, rush to the middle of these damned pirates and fire!" Nils yelled at the captain with a ferocious face. The sailors on the ship couldn't help being afraid, and some even whistled. Just line up, if it wasn't for the damn captain's carelessness, the distance between them is only two miles, we can easily turn the rudder, there is no need to take such a risk.

Chen Dajiang also discovered this problem, but seeing the other party rushing straight in a daze, he was finally relieved, and when the two teams of ships approached 500 meters, he decisively ordered to fire.

dong dong dong...

In an instant, a hundred shells skimmed over the rough sea waves, roaring and hitting the three merchant ships.Although the effective range of the Huaxing ship-borne artillery was more than 1000 meters, the windy and rough weather caused most of the shells to deviate from the target, and they hit the sea water around the enemy ship one after another, stirring up countless water columns.

Only two 20-jin iron bullets hit each other, and immediately smashed two washbasin-sized holes, and the wooden spikes flew, killing more than ten sailors.

Nowadays, steel production in Daming has increased dramatically. In order to reduce military expenditures, all cannon shells have been changed to iron shells.

The three armed merchant ships were still coming without slowing down. Chen Dajiang was obviously dissatisfied with the result of the battle. He slapped his head violently and thought of a way. You can do whatever you want.

After the order was issued, the Seawolf-class cruise ships quickly loaded the chain bombs. If the chain bombs were fired, they would fly past in a spinning motion like a boomerang.The target is not a warship, but tall sails and intricate ropes.

The Seawolf-class cruiser has a gun carriage that can change the firing range and increase the height of the shells. After all, the mast is very high.

Although the sailing skills of the marines are not very good and the hit rate is not high, the speed of loading ammunition is extremely fast. They quickly cleaned the barrel, filled the propellant package, loaded the chain bomb, and inserted the fuse. The whole process was done in one go. After all, these movements have been tempered thousands of times, so how can they be unhappy?

When the ships were ready to fire their guns, the three armed merchant ships had rushed to 80 meters, and the officers and men could already see each other's faces clearly. All of them were blond, holding knives and guns, lying on the deck with their heads raised. With a grin on his face, it seemed to be mocking their poor artillery skills.

Many sailors climbed up the high mast, screaming ghostly, no one could understand.In naval battles, sailors on tall masts generally have a high survival rate.

But Nils opened his eyes wide, terrified in his heart, these pirates only fired one round, as long as they withstood another round of bombardment, their own fleet could approach the enemy ship and fire, and it would be unknown who would die at that time , but will the other party give him a chance?

"Send the order, raise the white flag immediately, approach the opponent and fire the cannon!"

But it was too late. At the same time, the captains of the Seawolf class each ordered: "Fire the cannon!"

dong dong dong...

"Ah, damn it, what is this!" Nils screamed and collapsed on the ground.

With such a short distance, the power can be imagined. A hundred chain bombs whirling over hit the sail one after another.

In an instant, the tall soft sails were torn apart, and there were big holes more than two meters long and one meter wide.The bulged sails shriveled immediately and became a popular beggar's clothing.

That's not to mention, the high-speed circling of the chain bomb broke a lot of cables, and after losing kinetic energy, it even entangled part of the cables.If the chain bomb is less, it will not work at all.Sailors will get it done in no time.But now there are more than a hundred chain bombs flying all over the sky, and the area and height of the sail are very large, it is difficult not to be hit.Most of the sails of the three armed merchant ships were damaged, and the speed of the ships dropped immediately.

Many of the sailors who thought they were safe were hit by the sudden chain bullets and fell down screaming.After a short howl, he vomited blood and died.Some people were directly entangled by flying cables and strangled to death.Or was directly hit by a chain bomb, and the flesh and blood were bloody.

Streams of blood sprayed onto the sail, as bright as cherry blossoms in full bloom.

Seeing that the effect was good, Chen Dajiang was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the warships to disperse. Since the enemy ships could not escape, he was not in a hurry and ordered the ships to load shotguns and clean up the sailors on board.

dong dong dong...

During this period, the three armed merchant ships took the opportunity to fire dozens of shots. The Sea Wolf No. 5 was hit by three bombs, and the Sea Wolf No. [-] was hit by five bombs. The other three warships were not damaged, but the problem was not serious, only more than [-] casualties People, Chen Dajiang was furious in his heart, these warships were his lifeblood, these damn barbarians.

"fire!"

At a distance of more than 100 meters, [-] iron balls covered the three merchant ships one after another, and the flying iron balls penetrated into the human body, screaming everywhere, and it was impossible to hide.

"Who the hell fired the cannon!" Poor Nils fell down with such resentment.

When Chen Dajiang's soldiers boarded the three cargo ships, they found that there was no place to step down, bright blood had already accumulated on the deck, and there were corpses everywhere, which was extremely tragic.

At the last count, only more than 34 trembling barbarians were captured. That round of shelling actually shot and killed more than [-] people, and captured three [-]-ton cargo ships, of which [-] taels of silver and more than [-] tons of copper were captured. , four thousand buckskins...

The value of all the materials is more than 200 million taels. Chen Dajiang took a deep breath, and only then did he realize the huge interests of the pirates. At last, the half month was not in vain. There were only more than 1500 soldiers on the five warships, excluding repairing the warships. As well as casualty pensions, each person will receive at least 50 taels of silver, which is higher than a year's salary.

"Repair the enemy ship immediately, let's go home." Chen Dajiang said vigorously, he knew that other officers and men of the navy would definitely go crazy if they knew about it, and they would never complain about the hardship of training.

bang bang bang...

Those hundreds of Portuguese were shot dead mercilessly, and then thrown into the sea. Chen Dajiang looked coldly at the corpses carried away by the waves, and secretly said: "I wanted to sell you to various mining areas, but who is this general?" Now it's time to play pirate."

The sea water, which was dyed a little red, returned to its original color after a while, as if nothing had happened. The magic and charm of the sea taught the marines a vivid lesson.

Danger accompanies wealth, and this is what a good man does. All the soldiers looked up at the sea, looking forward to going home, and even more looking forward to the next hunt. They killed all barbarians, and they didn't feel any guilt in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)