He gave Mangui a note and asked Mangui to find Ai Husheng to get food. Li Xiao didn't care where the money came from. This guy took away a boatload of glassware. If he couldn't get the money, why would he do it?

After Man Gui was settled, Li Xiao took the people back to Pi Island. He had been away for too long, and he was really homesick. Unknowingly, Li Xiao had already regarded Pi Island as his home.

The boat finally brought Li Xiao home, but the boat was still floating on the sea. Li Xiao saw the smoke rising into the sky. From a closer distance, he saw dozens of warships, carrying a boatload of people to the island.

Transport. Explosions were heard one after another on the island, and when you got closer, you could even hear the sound of muzzleloader gunfire.

Li Xiao felt nervous, seeing that these warships were all Japanese warships. With dozens of warships, the number of troops besieging Pi Island was probably no less than ten thousand.

There are only more than a thousand soldiers in Pidao. He took away two companies, and now there are more than 800 people left. Facing an attack that is ten times the size of the enemy, can Li Xiu withstand it?

Li Xiao's warship has been discovered, and more than a dozen Japanese ships are approaching together. The sails on the ship are bulging, and the huge bow breaks the crystal waves.

The pupils suddenly shrank a lot, the Japanese pirates were here to fight. What are these bastards doing on their own island?

All the soldiers got on the deck and aimed their guns at the approaching warship. Ao Canghai held a sword in his hand, stood beside the machine gun and spat fiercely into the sea.

"Fuck you, I will send you to the sea to feed the fish." Following Li Xiao's example, Ao Canghai also raised his arms straight and raised his thumb high, constantly measuring the distance of the approaching Japanese ships.

"Ready! Release!" After calculating the distance, Li Xiao and Ao Canghai gave the order. The machine guns and rifles on the warship opened fire at the same time.

Shimazu Yoshihiro held a Western telescope in his hand and looked at a burst of smoke from the warship in the distance. He smiled contemptuously. At this distance, the matchlock gun was absolutely indestructible, even if it hit the warship. The bullet

It will definitely not be able to penetrate the warship and harm the soldiers hiding under the side of the ship.

As an outstanding naval admiral of the Shimazu family and the future heir to the feudal lord of the Satsuma Domain, Shimazu Yoshihiro was very confident that even the latest Western muskets could not reach this distance.

But the confident Shimazu Yoshihiro encountered something incredible. The enemy's bullets flew a full two hundred steps away. They actually shot through the side of the ship and shattered the wood on the side of the ship. The bullets hit the soldiers in armor.

There were huge wounds on his body.

Seeing the soldiers all over the deck rolling around in pain, Shimazu Yoshihiro was shocked. The distance was a full two hundred strides, and the projectiles fired by those guns could not only penetrate the side of the ship, but could even penetrate the armor worn by the samurai.

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Although these matchlock soldiers are wearing light armor and are not equipped with heavy armor, at this distance, it is definitely not something that a matchlock gun can penetrate. What kind of gun is used on the opposite side?

What surprised Shimazu even more was that the opponent even had a type of firearm that fired continuously. After the first shot was fired, it almost took no more than a second to fire the second shot. After firing ten shots in a row, it would stop for a short while.

Then start continuing to launch.

Before the warship could get close to the enemy ship and reach shooting range, Shimazu Yoshihiro's arquebusiers had already lost nearly half of them. The other ships were not much better. Listening to the heart-rending screams, you can tell that they too were lost.

heavy.

"Order all the ships to move closer resolutely and prepare to join forces! Speed ​​up!" Shimazu was also willing to take risks. When the battle reached this point, he did not believe that his ten ships could not defeat two of the opponent's ships. After giving the order, the people on the lower deck

The sailors began to row desperately. The speed of the warship increased sharply, the bow of the ship plunged into the waves, and then smashed the powerful waves into waves.

Li Xiao looked at the Japanese warship. Those Japanese warriors were really stubborn. They had obviously suffered heavy losses, but they still had so many people piled on the deck. At this distance, the matchlock gun could not reach him. But he could

With the advantage of the Mini rifle, it can effectively kill people on the deck.

The rotation of the rifling further reduces the impact of wind on the bullet. The accuracy of the bullet is further improved. If you don't have a telescope, you will definitely be able to see the river of blood on the deck of the enemy ship.

"Launch!" Shimazu, who had been impatient for a long time, finally gave the order to launch. He had been waiting for this moment for too long. Every step closer was paid for with human life.

"Lie down!" Seeing a burst of smoke from the opponent's warship, Li Xiao and Ao Canghai immediately ordered to lie down. After all, Pidao's soldiers were well-trained, and the order was already mechanical to them. This all depends on

During Li Xiao's usual training, there were times when Li Xiao even shouted "get down" in the cafeteria as a prank.

As a result, the rice bowl fell on the floor, and the greedy Shacai lay on the ground without forgetting to pick up the rice and meat to eat.

Even though they were well trained, some people still got shot.

Pi Dao's military uniform was not good at this. Although it was light and durable, it had no protection at all. The bullets from the matchlock gun shot directly into his body without any obstruction.

Fortunately, the distance is somewhat long, and the lethality of round bullets is far less than that of conical bullets.

The medics rushed to the deck frantically and dragged the injured people into the cabin.

Before Li Xiao had time to look at the injured, the Japanese warship had already approached. The distance was almost a hundred steps away!

"Shoot the musketeers!" Now the only ones that can kill Li Xiao are the enemy musketeers. Firepower needs to prioritize suppressing the enemy's musketeers.

The flintlock gun and the matchlock gun are both muzzle-loading guns, but Li Xiao used mini bullets that were slightly smaller in caliber. The reloading time was much shorter, unlike the Japanese who used round projectiles. They needed to be pushed in hard with a stick.

!In terms of reloading speed, Li Xiao’s Minie rifle is much faster than the matchlock gun.

When the Japanese matchlock gun was loaded, Li Xiao's flintlock gun was ready to fire. Both sides aimed at each other almost at the same time, but Li Xiao's flintlock gun fired first.

The Japanese soldiers who were standing upright were knocked down in a row, and the huge power of the Mini bullet sent people flying. At this distance, the bullet passed through a person's body and quickly sank into the body of the people in the back row.

The power of secondary killing is even more terrifying. Not only does the person who is shot have to withstand huge kinetic energy, but he also faces the risk of future wound infection and sepsis.

Shimazu Yoshihiro didn't think so much. What he was thinking about now was how to send those damn Ming people across the way to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.

"Accelerate! Accelerate! Get closer, get help!" Shimazu Yoshihiro shouted at the top of his lungs.

There will definitely be no more people on the opposite ship than there are ten ships on the other side. Just rely on help to get in and lock them tightly with iron hooks. If there are five ships against one, even if you use people to fill them, these damn Ming people will be crammed to death.

here.

Shimazu Yoshihiro was right. Although hot weapons have been used in today's naval battles, not many Japanese warships used cannons, but the Ming Dynasty's warships had a few cannons.

The cannons of this era were actually not very good, and they still fired solid projectiles. Accuracy purely depended on character, and the Japanese were pragmatists. Since neither accuracy nor power was enough to cause huge damage to the opponent, they had no motivation.

Go buy this expensive weapon.

In the years before artillery became rampant, the traditional and bloody combat method of gang-hopping became the main method of naval warfare for the Japanese. Simple and effective were what they pursued. As for how many casualties there would be?

There are no undead people in a war!

When encountering ordinary Ming warships, as long as the gang-hopping is successful, especially the gang-hopping with more and less, the battle is basically won! Unfortunately, he encountered Li Xiao.

The two sides once again fired rows of guns, and the few matchlock guns left by the Japanese country retreated one after another. They were replaced by a group of guys covered with tattoos, naked and wearing only crotch cloth. Some of the characters were simply naked and had two pockets.

I don’t even wear crotch cloth. I gave up on spring sowing, so I just wanted to come here and grab a handful.

These guys held knives in their mouths and shook their flying claws a few times before flying out. Countless flying claws were flying all over the sky like poisonous snakes, hooking on the side of the boat and pulling hard!

The distance between the two ships was rapidly approaching, but the Japanese soldiers on the ship were surprised to find that the Ming soldiers did not use their knives to cut off the ropes on the flying claws in panic, but instead put down their muskets and went to get a black

A round and round thing!

The Japanese pirates laughed strangely. It seemed to them that the Ming army was ready to give up resistance.

Just as they were laughing wantonly, black objects with smoke were thrown over them. These objects were round and rolled around when they landed on the deck. It was difficult to pick them up on the rocking ship.

Just when everyone didn't understand what this thing was and were about to grab the rope and jump to the gang.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"...!

The grenade exploded, and countless flying shrapnel formed a dense steel wall. Those who were in front of the rapidly moving wall were severely hit by the shrapnel.

The deck turned into a hell in an instant, with countless Japanese pirates wailing and screaming. They didn't have any armor on their bodies, and you could see the bleeding spots on their skin. The most unlucky guy had more than a dozen holes in his head.

Blood.

Shimazu Yoshihiro's eyes suddenly shrank even smaller than a needle nose!

When they got close, they failed to win and were massacred. I don’t know what the black thing was, but it was beyond Shimazu Yoshihiro’s knowledge. The Ming army had similar things, but they were not as powerful. Usually

It was full of black smoke, but it couldn't kill a few people.

The power of this thing is much stronger than what I have encountered before. It is simply a nightmare for any warship!

Because they wanted to join the gang, everyone on the ship who could fight ran to the deck and waited. Unexpectedly, nine out of ten people were injured and killed. Except for the helmsman and the sailor, there was basically no fighting capacity on the ship.

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"Cut the rope and let's kill the other ships."

Li Xiao has no time to deal with these Japanese pirates who have lost their combat effectiveness. It is a pity that they have not tinkered with incendiary bombs now. Otherwise, these warships will definitely be burned. Let the Japanese people deal with the disability of this ship.

It is estimated that the sharks in the sea will have a good meal of human flesh.

Ao Canghai held a sword in his hand and kept cutting off the ropes made of shark skin. The warship lost its restraints, and the bulging sails led them quickly closer to the Japanese warships.

Dense bullets were shot from behind in rows, and the drunkard Yoshiro looked behind him in surprise. What did Shimazu Yoshihiro do for a living? Ten ships couldn't defeat even one of them?

"Baga!"
Chapter completed!