388. Against the Fire Ship [2/2]
"Arson!"
"The country collapses!"
The arrogant Japanese pirates fired the cannon before they even entered the range. This kind of cannon attack that did not even enter the range was considered a deterrent shooting. It was used to give themselves morale. Of course, there was also the smell of gambling luck. Maybe the shells were floating and floating, and they could hit it?
More than a hundred shells carrying red light flew up together, falling into the sea, splashing several sand columns. The Japanese pirates were not lucky, and they failed to hit a single shell, which exposed their strength.
"There are more than a hundred artillery soldiers... I'm so scared." Yi Yun laughed strangely on the boat.
"More than a hundred artillery soldiers are really powerful." Wang Zhi laughed proudly: "Hahaha, the power of this deterrent attack is great enough. There are sand columns everywhere, and it will enter the range later. It will make King Jiashan cry and call him mother."
"The owner of the Wufeng Ship... Have you seen a strange thing?" The little pirate Yu Yinghua, standing behind Wang Zhi, said curiously: "Look at the artillery on King Jiashan's ship, it seems that they are all women."
"What's wrong with this? Last time in Shanghai Oasis, he used cannons to hit my turtle, and he used all female artillery." Wang Zhi said: "I don't know where he got so many female artillery from."
"But... a lot." Yu Yingxian pointed to all the warships opposite: "Look, the guns on each ship are women. Could it be that they are all professional artillery?"
"What nonsense?" Wang Zhi said unhappily: "There are more than 30 large ships on the opposite side, and the total number of cannons is more than 800. If all the artillery guns are artillery soldiers, then there will be more than 800 artillery soldiers. How is it possible? The Da Meng Kingdom will definitely not be able to produce so many artillery soldiers. It would be great if there are at most seventy or eighty artillery soldiers among these women."
"Oh, maybe!" Yu Yingxian shrugged.
In Wang Zhi and Yu Yingxian's doubtful eyes, Yi Yun's fleet did not rush to fire outside the range and continued to approach. Until it entered the range, all the warships made an arc neatly and turned to face Wang Zhi's fleet with their sideways.
"fire!" Yi Yun ordered loudly.
"Let's fire!" The dragon boat roared first.
"All ship bombardment!"
"Don't show mercy!"
"Blast the Japanese pirates into scum!"
From the first sound of the dragon boat, overwhelming artillery bombardment followed. On every boat and behind every cannon in Yiyun's fleet, there was a female artillery standing. They showed their professions at almost the same time, and the red word "artillery" illuminated the sea and reflected the sky red.
With their uniform movements, hundreds of shells emerged at the same time, each carrying a red light, each of which was precise and tricky, and powerful.
The shells flew over, and for a moment, the Japanese pirates' fleet seemed to be raining on their heads. One iron ball after another, with a diameter of more than ten centimeters, was sprinkled from the sky and kept hitting the Japanese pirates' warships. The Japanese pirate ships in the front row were even attacked like a fire. There was a Japanese pirate's big lucky ship, almost instantly, and dozens of shells were hit. The deck was smashed to pieces and almost no one could stand. Countless large holes were broken on the side, one of which was still below the waterline, and the sea sand was pouring into the cabin... Obviously, the ship was finished, and it was only a matter of time before it sinks.
The most unlucky thing was that there was a Japanese pirate small sampan that could only hold two people. A shell was unfair and hit the middle of the sampan, causing the small sampan to split into two halves. The bow and stern of the sampan were raised up at the same time. The two Japanese pirates on the boat exclaimed and fell into the sea, and were instantly torn into pieces by the sand.
There were even more unlucky Japanese pirates standing on the deck and planning to play with bows and arrows or muskets. They were accidentally hit by shells and immediately smashed into meat paste.
This round of artillery was very powerful. Four or five of the warships in the front row of the Japanese pirates lost their combat power in just one breath.
"I'm dizzy? So many artillery soldiers? Oh! no! This is impossible!" Wang Zhi was frightened.
"So many artillery soldiers?" Zhou Zifan, who was on Yiyun's ship, was also a little stunned.
In fact, not only Yi Yun was stunned, but even Li Huamei was also surprised. Over the past year, she helped Yi Yun go around to buy warships, but she was also worried about the number of artillery soldiers. Unexpectedly, Yi Yun had prepared so many female artillery soldiers in secret, and I really don’t know how he got them.
"This is what I have been doing when I stay at home for a year!" Yi Yun spread his hands: "Is it easy for me to stay for the rise of China?"
Zhu Qingqing Qingqing also appeared behind Yi Yun. She pouted dissatisfiedly and said, "What, for more than a year, you have known to bully me and refuse to give me a normal posture! I have never seen you do serious business, how did you get these artillery soldiers?"
"Do you want me to see me doing serious business? Humph!" Yi Yun picked up Zhu Qingqing and planned to throw it into the cabin.
Chen Yuanyuan spread her hands beside her: "Okay, don't bully her all the time, some things can be made known to her! My husband bought two thousand beautiful maids and five thousand male servants from Taishi Xiaohua. These female artillery soldiers were selected from the batch of maids bought. They used their special abilities to give them professions... You know, this special ability is unique to the savior, and no one else can do it."
Speaking of this, she sighed: "I had always wanted to steal this ability before... but I couldn't steal it, and I also lost myself in my husband's hands... Anyway... Wang Zhi was declining today. Who told him to run out and be beaten by his husband's first strike for a year? This time I will definitely be sad."
Wang Zhi was indeed very sad. He worked hard for more than a year to recruit 150 artillery soldiers from Fusanghua for a high price. As a result... Wang Jiashan was so sad. With a flash of his hand, seven or eight hundred artillery soldiers were waiting for him. What a scam.
The shells on the sea were like shuttles, constantly shuttled through. The artillery war turned into a one-sided massacre battle. Yi Yun's fleet was like cutting melons and vegetables, causing the Japanese pirates to retreat continuously. Although the Japanese pirates had much more ships, the power of the artillery was completely different. Yi Yun's ship, regardless of port, starboard, head gun, and stern gun, were all cannons controlled by professional artillery soldiers. The red light shells kept pouring on the hulls of the Japanese pirates, bringing out one big pit after another.
Wood chips were flying, blood was splattered everywhere, and the pirates were beaten to cry and cry, and they were in great pain.
"No, artillery battle is not the opponent of the opponent!" Wang Zhi quickly waved the order flag and asked the Japanese pirates to retreat temporarily. As his small flag waved, a large area of light boats began to advance forward.
The advantage of a small boat is that the hull is small enough that the cannon cannot be attacked. The Japanese pirates on these boats are all wearing perch-skinned water, and the ships are filled with flammable and explosive items. It turns out that they are fire ship tactics.
The year before yesterday, Zheng Zhilong made great contributions to the fire ship tactics. This tactic can naturally be hidden from the eyes of the heroes of the world. Wang Zhi is also a giant sea bandit, so it is impossible to find out the details of that battle. During this year, he also prepared a large amount of perch skin and formed a fire ship unit, which was intended to deal with Yi Yun's Dutch sailing ship. At this time, the artillery battle cannot be won, so of course he will dispatch the fire ship.
As Wang Zhi's flag was waving, countless fire boats dispersed... In the strait between Zhoushan and Ningbo, like the Penghu Islands, there were many small islands and reefs scattered. The Japanese pirates' boats quickly flew into the shadows of these small islands and reefs, and with the cover of the islands, they surrounded Yiyun's fleet from all directions.
"The enemy is planning to use the fire ship tactic!" Chen Yuanyuan laughed: "My husband, the trick you have prepared for a long time can be used."
"Yeah!" Yi Yun laughed: "Fortunately I was prepared."
"Support the protective net!"
"Support the protective net!"
The order was transmitted from one ship to another, and almost all the large ships in the Yiyun fleet received this order at the same time. I saw that long bamboo poles suddenly unfolded on the outboards of these warships.
Originally, these bamboo poles were attached to the hull, but now they spread out in all directions like open umbrella bones. Each bamboo pole is five meters long, and a net rope is hung on the top of the bamboo pole... As soon as it was opened, a net circle with a radius of five meters was formed around Yi Yun's ship.
Seeing this web circle, Wang Zhi's heart skipped a beat.
Sure enough, something bad happened. A fireboat rushed straight towards the dragon boat. As a result, when it rushed five meters away, the bottom of the boat was suddenly hooked by a net rope. The two Japanese pirates on the small fireboat obviously did not understand what was going on and were still rowing desperately, but no matter how they rowed, the fireboat did not move at all.
Yi Yun's evil smile appeared on the side of the dragon boat. He took out a musket, aimed at the Japanese pirates on the fire boat, and smiled and said, "Poor naughty kid, I want to burn me with the fire boat... I will pass my net first..."
After saying that, the musket in Yi Yun's hand sounded a "bang". The Japanese pirates on the fire boat were shot in the chest and fell into the sea. He was wearing perch skin and leaning against the sea. He would not be torn to pieces by the sea of sand, and it did not sink into the sea, but was hung by a net rope. The body trembled with the net rope and fell together on the sea.
Another Japanese pirate on the same boat was shocked and quickly threw away the pulp in his hand, trying to escape from the sea. However, the Yiwu soldiers and Shenji Camp on Yiyun's ship were not vegetarians. At the same time, there were countless muskets firing, and the poor Japanese pirate was hit by dozens of bullets. Before he could hum, he was killed and fell into the net rope.
At the same time, such a situation also appeared next to other large ships. A large number of Japanese pirate fire ships rushed towards Yi Yun's fleet, but almost all of these fire ships were hooked by net ropes. Once hung up, they were greeted by musket bullets that were crazily poured out from the large ship.
Chapter completed!