"fire!"

"fire!,

"Aim at that four-masted ship and hit it hard!"

On the Qizhang Clipper, Li Mingfang, the general of the Ming Navy, was standing on the bow of the ship, commanding his warship to charge forward.

The clipper rode the wind and waves and quickly approached the Hongyi people's ship. Each sailor speeded up the oar in the cabin, which increased the speed of the clipper.

Seventy ships like this were sent out by the Ming Navy at once. The Hongyi people, who were caught off guard by the war, looked at the Ming warships that were approaching rapidly from all directions with blank faces, and all of them had involuntary expressions on their faces.

A look of panic appeared.

As the commander of this powerful pirate fleet, Fan Zhej, a Hongyi man, looked at the rapidly approaching Ming Dynasty warships and couldn't help but think of one of his predecessors.

That senior came all the way to the east and saw the Ming Dynasty, which had a vast territory and abundant resources. He had the idea of ​​conquering this huge country and making it famous in Europe. After he briefly investigated the Ming Dynasty and found out that the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to military preparations, he rashly treated the Ming Dynasty.

The very weak giant launched an attack.

The result is self-evident. At that time, the Ming Dynasty did have loose armaments, but it was limited to ordinary guard posts. Whether it was the nine northern borders, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi, or other southeastern areas prepared for Japanese war, they all had quite elites, and even more

What's more, Ming Dynasty is not that vulnerable.

When the navy of the Ming Dynasty fought with the fleet of that predecessor, many small boats of the Ming Dynasty pounced like crazy. When they came up, the boats were of various styles: some were divided into two sections, the front section and the front section, with gunpowder in the front section, approaching directly.

The front and rear sections of the ship separated, and the front section carrying gunpowder collided directly with it; some ships' bows were filled with firewood and firewood, and after approaching, they directly hit the ship.

Fires were lit; some brought various firearms...

That doomed battle made the Hongyi people know that a giant is a giant, and a weak giant is also a giant. What's more, this giant has not completely lost its power. It also has a very large army and countless craftsmen and people.

Now, it was his turn to fight the Ming Dynasty navy. Fan Zheding believed that he would not repeat the same mistakes. He had no intention of conquering that huge dynasty. He also knew the power of that dynasty. He just wanted to get a share of the sea. After all, Ming Dynasty was now

The merchants of the DPRK were doing business everywhere, which had a great impact on their income.

If the merchants of the Ming Dynasty really went all the way to India and Africa unscrupulously, how could the Dutch still make money?

There are many powerful countries on the European continent, some are naval powers, and some are land powers. A dynasty like the Ming Dynasty with a large geographical area, the most important thing is the mainland. Therefore, as a maritime power spanning the ocean, Fan Zheding believed that he could make the Ming Dynasty suffer.

After adjusting his three-cornered hat with beautiful eagle feathers, Fan Zheding looked at his first mate: "Let our ships stop those Ming people's boats and not give them the chance to approach our main fleet."

The first mate seemed very confident: "Don't worry, these Akito's boats can't get close to us. Their boats are too small to pose any threat to us."

Just as the two were talking, the artillery of the Hongyi people erupted into a roaring roar. The cannons smashed solid shells at the dense Ming speedboats in front of them, trying to use the shells to stop these fast boats.

The footsteps of the ship.

The rumbling sound of artillery continued, and the loud noise like thunder in the sky made everyone's ears immersed in a constant buzzing. Smoke rose. From time to time, ships were concentrated by cannonballs. The sound of the hull breaking and the screams of the crew

Never stopped.

In the narrow sea between the three islands of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, more than 350 warships from both sides were crowded in this small irregular rectangular sea area, entertaining the enemy with countless cannonballs.

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Now that the clippers from both sides were approaching each other, Li Mingfang ordered his subordinates to put on explosive ammunition, preparing to teach these approaching Hongyi clippers a lesson.

As the two speedboats got closer and closer, Li Mingfang could already see the faces of the red barbarians on the opposite boat through the jets of water and smoke.

With red hair and blue eyes, a long-haired ghost face, and an overseas barbarian, he really does not look like a human!

"I really thought the Ming Dynasty was still the same as before when the sea was forbidden. Right and left, prepare the fire dragon bombs!"

Following Li Mingfang's words, several sailors came over carrying two large fire dragon bombs and placed them on the wooden rails at the bow of the ship.

Looking at the two large fire dragon bullets in front of her that were as thick as round stools and depicted with pictures of flying dragons spitting beads, Li Mingfang looked at the clipper ship opposite and smiled: "Aim and hit."

The fuse was ignited, and as the gunpowder in the fire dragon bombs was ignited, with a shrill scream, two fire dragon bombs dragged their tail flames and shot out from the wooden rails. Before the opposite ship could react, they hit the bow of the ship and exploded!

Boom! Boom!

Two deafening explosions were accompanied by flames splashing and smoke rising.

When the smoke cleared, the bow of the clipper ship had been blown to pieces. The people on the bow were knocked directly into the sea by the impact of the explosion. The fragments of wood from the bow were scattered in all directions, hitting those who were caught off guard like stray bullets.

On the bodies of the Red Yi sailors.

A bearded Hongyi man only saw two long smoke trailing things coming from the Ming Dynasty speedboat opposite. The next moment, the bow of his ship was blown to pieces, and a palm-sized piece of broken wood from the hull was unknown.

It flew over from nowhere and punched a hole in his abdomen.

The bearded man touched the hole in his abdomen, and the torn and shattered intestines and internal organs continued to flow out of the hole. He was stunned for a long time before he was awakened by the severe and unbearable pain, screaming and wailing,

Both hands kept stuffing the intestines into the stomach, but they couldn't get it back.

Another Hongyi sailor only heard a howling hot wind flying past his face. He touched his face subconsciously, but half of his ear fell off and there were bloodstains on his hand. The piece of wood scratched his face.

His cheek was torn apart, and his ears were taken off.

Others had their arms and legs broken by broken wood, some were thrown directly into the sea by the impact of the flame explosion, and some were thrown away from the sea.

Deyuan was shaken directly to the mast, and he was dizzy and didn't know what happened.

The two fire dragon bombs directly destroyed the Clipper's counterattack ability. The violent shock caused the people on the ship to stumble and fall heavily on the deck, or hit their heads on the bulkhead or the cannon, causing their noses and faces to be swollen.

At a loss.

Screams, wails, and curses continued to sound, and the Red Yi people's clipper began to panic!

Li Mingfang, who saw the success of the fire dragon bomb, slapped her thigh suddenly: "Rush up, replace the artillery with shells, and sink it directly!"

Scenes like this keep appearing in this narrow Java Sea.

Following a series of sharp and ear-piercing whistling sounds, fire dragon bombs were shot out from the Ming Dynasty's fast ships, severely damaging and even sinking the Red Yi people's fast ships one after another amid the smoke and gunfire in the sky.

Relying on the sharpness of the fire dragon bombs, the clippers of the Ming Navy were able to break through this obstacle and quickly move towards the core ship of the Red Yi people.

Fan Zheding looked at the scene in front of him in astonishment. He had no clue what the flames flying out of Mingren's ship were. Often, after a roar, one of his ships would be destroyed by the explosion of flames and flames.

Shrouded in smoke.

"What weapon did Akito use?!" Fan Zheding felt for the first time, why was the naval battle different from what he had encountered before?

A naval battle should not be about warships from both sides constantly approaching each other, and then firing solid shells at each other. When the distance is close enough, use chain bombs to destroy the enemy's mast to prevent the enemy from escaping, use shotguns to clear the sailors on the enemy's deck, and then use hooks to connect the two ships.

Then go and fight hand-to-hand?

How could Akito use firearms to destroy his own ship from such a distance?!

And Fan Zheding immediately realized a more serious problem. The firearms on these Ming Dynasty clippers could destroy his own ships. So if they got closer, would they also pose a threat to his main fleet?

As long as these ships are close to your own warships, you cannot ignore them, and once you spend your energy on driving away and destroying these fast ships, Akito's big ships can attack you at will!

They were not threatened at all!

"Let all ships pay attention. Destroy these Ming people's clippers first. Don't give them a chance to get close. The main warships retreat and keep distance first." Fan Zheding realized that this battle was not easy to fight, and he immediately ordered to prepare to run.

If you win, fight, if you don't win, run away

, this is completely normal for pirates.

After all, his current identity is that of a pirate, right?

Qi Mingguang used his telescope to look at the movements of the warships on the opposite side. When he noticed that the speed of those large ships had slowed down, he also realized that the Hongyi people wanted to run away.

"Send orders to all ships to quickly approach and bite the Red Yi people's warships. Don't let them escape!"

"This ship speeds up and goes up."

As Qi Mingguang's order was issued, the steam power unit in the cabin of the Weiyuan began to operate. Shovels of coal were fed into the boiler. The steam turned into kinetic energy to drive the power wheels to rotate. The huge Weiyuan began to move forward at full speed.

When thick black smoke erupted from the two huge chimneys of the Weiyuan, the propellers rotated rapidly, driving the 8,000-ton Weiyuan forward.

When the Weiyuan was moving at full speed against the billowing black smoke, the huge black body immediately attracted the attention of the Hongyi people.

You can't help but notice that this ship is too big. Whether it is the great blessing ships of the Ming people or the large Galen ships of the Hongyi people, they are as weak as children in front of this huge ship that is more than 40 feet long.

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The huge dark body rolled over like a hill, forcing the Hongyi people to focus their firepower on this big ship. Everyone knew that this ship was flying the Green Dragon Treading the Sea Flag, the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Flag, and many other flags.

The big ship is the main ship of the Ming Dynasty, and the generals of the Ming Dynasty are on this big ship.

Accompanied by the rumbling sound of cannons, cannonballs flew over and hit the Weiyuan's hull. However, after the dull collisions, these cannonballs were unable to cause any effective damage to the Weiyuan's hull.

The flying cannonball landed on the hull and made a dent, then fell powerlessly into the sea.

The sound of gold and iron clashing told the Hongyi people that this was a huge warship covered with iron armor!

At this moment, the Hongyi people were undoubtedly a little desperate. Their solid shells could not penetrate the iron armor of the Weiyuan at all. However, the Weiyuan, which was moving at full speed and surrounded by many big ships and fast ships, could pour out firepower at will.

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The three-thousand-jin blunderbuss and the five-thousand-jin blunderbuss on the Weiyuan are specially-made artillery pieces. In addition to firing solid shells, these big blunderbuss can also fire more powerful explosive shells.

Moreover, the sailors were already placing heavy firearms on the grooves on the deck of the Weiyuan.

"Where's the long snake array-breaking arrow? Push it over, push it over quickly!"

Following the shout of a captain, seven or eight sailors pushed the heavy long snake-breaking arrow to the bow of the ship and placed it on the grooved wooden rails. Nine specially-made rockets have been placed properly. These rockets are all slender.

A prismatic armor-piercing cone is placed on the head, and a ferocious long snake with bared teeth is depicted on the body.

The Ming Dynasty's heavy-duty armor-piercing firearms and long snake formation-breaking arrows are generally used to penetrate enemy shield arrays, shield vehicles and other defensive forces. Nowadays, they are very suitable for destroying the hulls of the Hongyi people.
To be continued...