At this moment, Liu Pei was extremely anxious! Now that the pirate ship has set out from the harbor, has the cottage been lost? Or is this a conspiracy by the pirates to gather reinforcements? Either way, it is not good news for Liu Pei. But

There was nothing he could do at the moment, he could only hold the telescope tightly. As he watched the pirates on the ship fall, Liu Pei felt a sense of revenge in his heart.

And Liu Pei also recognized a person on the deck, the buck-toothed second-in-command Lang Lifanhua. Liu Pei watched him being knocked to the ground by sawdust, and then stood up again. Even so, he only stood

He was just standing, and his whole figure was already shaky.

The Jiaozhou continued to move forward. At this time, the lower deck was ready to fire another round. This time it was much better, and five shells hit the pirate ship. Unfortunately, the impact point of the shells was relatively high, and there was still some distance from the waterline.

.But this is enough for them!

The smoke from the heavy artillery fire dissipated, and the scene inside the telescope became clearer. At this time, the Jiaozhou had sailed a long distance, and the angle between the hull and the bay exit was almost 90°. Liu Pei could not believe it.

What's surprising is that he actually saw through the telescope that there was only one ship coming out of the bay!

Liu Pei rubbed his eyes hard and looked carefully. There was indeed only one ship! He couldn't help feeling ecstatic! There was still a chance!

Jack also discovered this situation at this time. He suddenly turned around and shouted: "All the mainsails are raised one more space! The helmsman is full of right rudder! Take the Z-shaped route! Change the 18-pounder cannon to grapeshot! Pay attention to the starboard and starboard sides, once the enemy ship enters the shooting

The angle will shoot on its own, and this ship must be sunk!"

After Jack saw the sailors moving, he said to Liu Pei: "Boss, maybe we still have a chance! It depends on God's will!"

Liu Pei nodded repeatedly and said: "Don't forget to ask the gunmen to prepare for the boarding battle!"

The Jiaozhou twisted its body and approached the channel quickly. Every time it turned around, it would fire a round of artillery shells at the pirates. In a short period of time, it was like a pirate ship firing two rounds of artillery. The pirate ship was hit with sawdust flying everywhere and the sails were broken.

!The pirates were beaten until their bodies lay on the deck, with blood flowing all over the ground!

The two cannons on the bow of the pirate ship have been firing desperately at the Jiaozhou. However, the sailors used the high freeboard of the Jiaozhou to block it, and only a few people were slightly injured. By the time the pirates on the bow were loading the cannons, they were preparing to design.

In the third round, the distance between the two ships was already very close. The 18-pounder gun fired a round of grapeshot first. Almost everyone on the deck of the pirate ship fell! Including the wave that was holding on.

Hua. At this time, there was no sound on the pirate ship, floating there motionless like a dead fish.

Jack Gaosheng shouted: "Everyone, prepare for a boarding battle!"

A team of gunners quickly ran out of the cabin and lined up on the deck. They had been waiting in the cabin for a long time. Since it was an artillery battle, the space they did not use was not used, so they could only come to the deck now.

.And they are ready to kill everyone!

The rest of the sailors picked up their swords and axes and leaned against the side of the ship, waiting for the two ships to connect. The Jiaozhou lowered its sails and slowed down again. It drew a small arc and approached the pirate ship. The helmsman's timing was very good.

When the two ships collided, the force of the collision was not great. The ship shook briefly and then stabilized.

Seven or eight sailors threw hooks to hook the pirate ship. The remaining sailors held knives and axes and jumped onto the pirate ship with shouts. As a result, the gunmen were angry when they found that there was no chance of shooting, so they pulled out their bayonets and stuck them in their guns.

He said so and rushed onto the pirate ship.

But their actions were a bit late. The first sailors who rushed onto the pirate ship had already cut down the remaining two or three active pirates. The quick-footed pirates had already jumped into the sea. The entire deck was like a slaughterhouse.

Same! Headless corpses, disemboweled corpses, and corpses with missing arms and legs were spread all over the deck! It seemed that those rounds of shotguns had done a great job!

While the sailors and gunners were still turning over the bodies and searching for them, the sailors who rushed into the cabin came up again, and the leader shouted: "Captain, there is no one in the cabin!"

Liu Pei and Jack were overjoyed when they heard this. Liu Pei immediately whispered to Jack: "Keep rushing in!"

Jack nodded with a grin and shouted loudly: "Leave ten people to drive away this time. Don't block the channel. The others will come back soon. We have to continue the attack! Raise the mainsail one notch!"

The sailors who received the order happily jumped back to the Jiaozhou, waiting for the next order. The rope of the hook was cut by the sailors, and the Jiaozhou and the pirate ship separated and continued to move forward along the narrow waterway.

Within a minute, the vision suddenly opened up, and a small bay appeared in front of the Jiaozhou. Liu Pei immediately saw four ships parked in the center of the bay and three ships parked on the pier. Liu Pei felt relieved immediately. He finally blocked them.

Yes! Just remember to cross the hull to block the channel, and then use artillery to teach the pirates how to conduct a new type of naval battle!

But then Liu Pei discovered that there seemed to be no one on these ships, and they were just parked there quietly. Liu Pei also recognized that two of the three ships on the dock were the Zhenyuan and the Dingyuan! They were intact.

The boat stopped there. Then Liu Pei saw a dozen small boats on the pier and on the beach. Liu Pei immediately understood the cause and effect of the matter.

This group of pirates somehow occupied the hilltop gun emplacement and then rushed into the bay. Most of them went to attack the mountain stronghold, while Lang Lifanhua was probably staying at the dock to watch the ship. He heard something outside.

He guessed what might be happening outside due to the sound of gunfire outside, just like going out to take a look. But there were not many pirates left on the ship to watch the ship, so he gathered all the pirates left on the ship on a ship and wanted to sail out.

Take a look at the situation. Unexpectedly, the Jiaozhou's firepower was so powerful that it sank the three ships on guard outside in a very short period of time. It also blocked them at the mouth of the channel. So the ship anchored in the bay

There were no people on board the ships.

Liu Pei figured out the cause and effect, and immediately looked at the village with binoculars. He found a large group of people walking down the mountain road and running towards the dock. Looking at their clothes, he knew they were the pirates. The reason why they ran back was probably Langli.

Fanhua sent someone to deliver news to them before leaving the port.

Liu Pei grabbed Jack who was observing the ship and motioned him to look towards the mountain road. Jack raised his binoculars and spotted the pirates running towards the dock. After receiving the news, they wanted to go back to the dock to get close to the ship and board the ship. But

The mountain road was rugged, and a large group of people couldn't move very fast. When Liu Pei saw them, the ones walking faster approached the foot of the mountain.

When they saw a Western-style ship sailing into the bay, it was even slower! The leading people stopped to discuss the situation.

Jack also understood what was going on at this time. He laughed loudly twice and then shouted: "Helmsman, turn the ship sideways. Load all the 18-pound guns with grapeshot and bombard the pirates at the foot of the mountain! Don't let them get close.

Pier! Release the small boats and search those boats to see if there is anyone on board! No, no! Take back the order and let the small boats carry the muskets to the dock and tow a few small boats back when you come back!"

The servants are not stupid. Seeing the situation in front of them, they also know that victory is in hand. And it seems to be a big victory! So far, only a few people on the Jiaozhou have been injured by sawdust, which means there is no loss. So the sailors and the firemen

The morale of the gunslingers was very high.

The boat was quickly put down, and the fire gunners descended to the boat along the rope net. This small boat used for life-saving purposes is not big, and even the sailors can only fill it with 12 people at a time. The fire gunmen just sat down, and the boat

Then we rowed towards the pier. The excited gunmen also used their gun butts as oars to help row the boat.

Just as the boat left the Jiaozhou, the 18-pounder guns started firing. With their range, they couldn't hit the pirates halfway up the mountain. But the fast-running pirates at the foot of the mountain could still reach them. With the sound of cannons,

A swarm of lead bullets flew out of the gun barrel like angry wasps and pounced on the two dozen pirates at the foot of the mountain.

Originally, these pirates were all nimble people, and they thought they could get back to the ship first. But they didn't expect that they would be the first to face the end! Two to three hundred lead bullets ejected from six 18-pound cannons, after a short flight,
Chapter completed!