Chapter 80 Blast
The wind was blowing heavily at the mouth of the Pearl River. Eight fireboats took advantage of the wind and ignited a raging fire at only half a mile away, like a beacon on the sea at night, and rushed straight to a huge ship array.
The cannon fell to nothing, and waves splashed in Chen Mu's telescope and merged with the night. He could not see whether the enemy ship hit the enemy ship, but he could see that the front half of the fire ship was pushed away by the battalion soldiers with a long pole. The six-meter ship turned into two three-meter boats in a blink of an eye. The fire was burning in front and sailed toward the enemy ship, and several battalions were erected at the back.
It seemed that because the distance was too close, even if the sails were gone at the rear, they could not stop the rushing with the oars alone. Then the faint light of the ship gradually faded away. Chen Mu finally saw several fireboats jumping into the sea.
When the sea was illuminated by the fleeting fire of the navy's lucky ship, Chen Mu could no longer see the navy troops.
There were too few cannons, and Chen Lin had too few cannons. Even with Wei Balang's lucky ship, there were only twenty or thirty side cannons that opened fire together. However, the Japanese pirate fleet blocked the shooting world because the ships blocked each other. Although there were more cannon ships, the number of fires was similar.
The ships are only half a mile apart, and they have not even had the range of the Franco machine shells falling. In other words, when ignoring the firewalls at this time, the waves caused the ship to rise and fall. As long as they aim at the firewall, they will definitely hit the target.
The sound of cannons in front was loud, and Chen Mu was not willing to fall behind. "Beat the drum and chase after you at full speed, don't avoid it. Come close to the left of the Japanese pirates and cross the Zeng Yiben fleet!"
He had only one advantage - in the night, the Japanese pirates could only find that he was approaching within a hundred steps.
As for the fire of a mere gunfire, even if a small boat at the end of a huge fleet discovered him, he did not have the chance to inform the main ship.
They are busy with artillery battles, who can worry about being behind their butts?
Running down the bow of the boat quickly, Chen Mu waved his arm to Fu Yuan and ordered: "The war will start later. We pass by the enemy side, with only one order, twenty-two Franchises on the starboard side, one hundred and thirty-two shells, all hit the Japanese pirate ship, without leaving a single one!"
"The message is to Deng Qianhu to move forward at full speed and fire the cannon without fighting!"
Chen Mu was not worried that Deng Zilong would be stingy with ammunition. Mr. Deng’s passion for military achievements was far beyond the reach of the crowd. Chen Mu was only worried that he would rush into the formation due to love battles and jump directly into the Japanese pirates!
"By the way, put down all the boats, and send two flag troops to row slowly to save people. Tell the flag troops on the iron rope white boat that if they can approach the enemy ship, they will directly send the boat to crash, jump into the sea and wait for the boat to rescue... After the war, no one will stay in this sea area, pack up the moving boats and dock and wait!"
Their ships were too few, and they didn't have much manpower for this battle. They didn't even care about cleaning the battlefield. As for how much profit they could collect after the war, Chen Mu didn't care.
His request to Zhang Han was to take back the ship, and the profits did not belong to him.
Only Zeng Yiben, only this living person may belong to him.
"go ahead!"
"go ahead!"
The sound of drums on the bow was booming, the thunder rumbling on the sea, the strong wind was surging in the sky, and the sound of cannons and guns in the distance were heard one after another. Chen Mu pressed the bow of the boat with his hand and pinched the boat gang hard.
Behind him, the drummer with a scattered muscles beat the war drums hard, and the red silk under the mast top was swaying with two feet of red silk under the red sun flag. Each small flag shouted orders at the hull at the top of his body, and more than 30 large oars swayed hard.
Centipede ship, breaking waves.
"Burn the torch!"
Fu Yuan pulled the sail rope and hung it outside on the side of the boat. The strong wind made him squint his eyes. He could only see the fleet fighting in front getting closer and closer. He took advantage of the strength of his efforts to return to the ship and ordered the flag army loudly: "The small flag is equipped with arrows, the thunder in his palm is hung, and the gunner is ready!"
Fu Yuan is also an eyewitness for the thunder in the palm of his palm to make achievements at the city gate. His Shangguan Chen Mu once said that when the close combat is approaching, the more closed the space, the greater the power of the thunder in the palm.
The narrow and long hull deck is in line with this situation, especially Fu Yuan had long seen the big ships under Zeng Yiben's subordinates that were blessed but covered with ships like Japanese zis. As long as they could throw a thunder in their palms, the people inside would not expect to live.
"All gunners come here, follow the orders before letting go!"
The orders were transmitted from the bow to the stern of the ship, and even through the last small boat on the centipede ship to the Deng Zilong ship and the white-haired ship that had fallen far away. The centipede ship was sailing at full speed too fast and chased to the end of the Japanese pirate fleet just in the order.
"Switch the rudder, lean on it! Hold on!"
"pay close attention!"
The centipede ship sails at full speed more than twice as fast as a simple sailboat, because it also has sails. Although the full speed cannot last too long, it is enough to make Chen Mu quickly travel three or five miles to exceed the Japanese pirate fleet.
boom!
The bow of the ship was hit. Even though the flag army had already received the order to catch it, there were still a few unlucky people who were shaken and were thrown into great difficulty. The stern of a four-meter boat had no time to avoid it, and was hit by the centipede ship moving forward at full speed.
The low hull was neither enough to withstand the impact of the large ship nor to maintain balance in the waves. The bottom of the ship was torn apart by the protruding impact angle under the waterline of the centipede ship, and was crushed in the next few frictional collisions.
The Japanese pirates who jumped off the ship early were not much better. Even the most experienced sailors could not swim away from the direction of the centipede ship in a short time. Passively hitting the big ship could not even leave any traces on the warship - although their blood had dyed the hull red for a moment, and then they were washed clean by the waves.
All the Japanese pirates focused on firing fire with Chen Lin and avoiding the first few remaining ships ignited by heavy oil. They could only hear the dull sound of war drums coming from behind. They turned around and the two hideous and terrifying centipedes were approaching their sides.
The Japanese pirates on the warships of all sizes were yelling in a hurry. Even in the dim moonlight, they could see the monsters rushing out of the night, and they shouted at the pirates gathered on the starboard side, but it was too late.
"Rise the gun!"
Chen Mu raised his foot and stepped on the bow of the ship. Behind him, shouting from Fu Yuan came. Dozens of flag soldiers hiding from the side of the ship stood up, picked up bird guns and aimed at the surrounding enemy ships, and fired guns together with military orders.
As for the small boats that are rowing around you to escape from the centipede ship, you don’t need to waste gunpowder at all. The heavy oars are like poles of ancient warships. Occasionally, they are heavy and heavy on the boat, which is enough to sink them.
When the Japanese pirates were sideways with the Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates on the Fu ship were already ready. As soon as the two Francos were aimed at the heightened side of the centipede ship, they saw twenty-two Francos on the starboard side, including the captured white-haired ship cannon, turning around, and then a flame burst out.
What's even more excessive is that there are several rockets mixed in it!
Deng Zilong followed quickly by the ship. He had already seen the lucky ship that was stunning and powerful. He had enough strength to teach these Japanese pirates a lesson and ordered loudly: "Right Cannon is ready... Hum? It's okay!"
He saw the corpses of Japanese pirates on the deck, and the boat board was fired by artillery and plowed out blood marks like plowing the ground. Only an unlucky ghost on the bow rudder covered his face and stumbled and shouted loudly.
A few guns were heard from the centipede ship in front of him, and the terrifying shouts came to an abrupt end.
The mast inlaid with shells could not resist the sea breeze, and with a squeak, it slowly poured down the deck heavily.
Dong!
Chapter completed!