The warship continued to move forward, and the islands standing on both sides continued to retreat, but Yu Qian's inner uneasiness became more and more intense.
Although Zhu Zhanji also felt something in his heart, when he saw the end of the island in front of him and the endless sea in front of him.
He smiled, turned his head towards Yu Qian and said, "Brother Yu, it seems you are worrying too much. What's ahead?"
"Your Highness, be careful!" Yu Qian's eyes suddenly widened with horror, as if he had seen a scene that frightened him. .??.
Zhu Zhanji subconsciously lowered his body, and quickly turned his head to look forward. On the sea where there was nothing just now, there were densely packed warships rushing out from the islands on both sides, lying across the water, taking them to the sea.
The waterway was blocked.
"Boom!" The pirate warships that had been prepared took the lead in firing. The cannonballs fell on the sea, stirring up tall water columns, and the splashing seawater fell on the Xinming Navy's warships.
"Fight back! Fight back!" Zhu Zhanji gave the order, and immediately the messenger blew the horns, and the deep and desolate whimpering sound spread all around, and the sound of dense footsteps of soldiers running quickly could be heard on the ship.
After all, the Xinming Navy was suddenly attacked, and it would take some time to counterattack. Fortunately, the Navy had been on the highest alert, and almost as soon as the military order was conveyed to each warship, these warships began to
Fire back.
"Boom boom boom"
In an instant, the bay that had been silent just now erupted with an earth-shaking loud noise, and the roar of cannons continued.
As the naval warships fired back, the pirates were the first to suffer damage to the warships.
In fact, such a result can be predicted from the gap between navy and pirate warships. Navy warships are tall, straight and majestic. The entire warship is not only huge, but also has a thick and solid deck. The sides of the warship are also specially covered with
Wear armor to enhance defense.
The pirates' cannons had not hit the naval warships, but they had hit the armor. Although the armor was cracked by the bombardment, the hull of the ship was not damaged.
On the other hand, the pirates have many warships, but they are all small boats. There are even only a handful of cannons installed on a warship, which is completely incomparable to the hundreds of cannons on a naval warship.
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Moreover, the pirate warship is just a thin-skinned ship with no special protection at all. Once it is hit by a cannonball, the entire ship will be torn apart in an instant, and it will turn into pieces floating on the sea before it can sink.
There is also a huge gap in the number of soldiers on both sides.
The Xinming Navy was built strictly in accordance with the Daming Navy. The quality of the warships and artillery was much higher than that of the pirates.
Judging from the hits of the shells from both sides, the hit rate of the navy was much higher than that of the pirates.
But pirates are not without their advantages. The advantage of pirates is that there are many more ships than Xinming. Xinming only has ten ships, but pirates have hundreds. Even if there are too many ants to kill the elephant, Xinming can be killed.
The navy man was bitten to death.
Pirates also have another advantage, which is the geographical advantage. There are islands on both sides of this place, and the area is too small for warships to move. If they are blocked by pirates in the front and back, it is like catching a turtle in a urn.
Here, the Xinming warships cannot even increase their speed to the maximum. If it were to move to the sea, no matter how many pirate warships there were, Zhu Zhanji would not be afraid at all.
Because as long as the warships increase their speed to the highest level, it is impossible for these pirate warships to catch up. Xin Ming Zhan
The ship can leisurely perform kite flying tactics. No matter how many warships the pirates have, they will only be wiped out.
Unfortunately, the terrain here limits the navy's greatest advantage.
"No! This can't go on like this!" Yu Qian didn't care about being drenched in the salty sea water. He quickly grabbed Zhu Zhanji's arm and yelled at him, "We are suffering too much here, we must rush out!"
Zhu Zhanji was also naked from head to toe. He gritted his back molars and nodded heavily. Although the pirates in front of him had lost dozens of warships, for the pirates with hundreds of warships, these would not even hurt their muscles.
Moving the bones doesn't even count.
Although none of the naval warships have sunk yet, they have all suffered losses to varying degrees. Even Zhu Zhanji, the flagship, was hit by a pirate shell on the left forward deck.
Iron armor, no damage was done.
But now the front and rear are blocked by pirate warships, and the pirates are constantly closing the distance with the navy. The farther the distance, the worse the accuracy of the cannon. This is especially true for the cannons used by pirates, which are of different sizes.
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But as long as the distance is shortened, the hit rate will be greatly improved. At that time, even if the naval warship is protected by iron armor, it will not be able to withstand the continuous bombardment of the cannon.
Shipwreck and loss of life are inevitable.
Zhu Zhanji also knew that he could not sit still and wait for death, so he immediately loudly ordered, "Send the order, move forward at full speed, and rush out!"
"Dong dong dong dong dong dong" the war drums with obvious rhythm sounded, and it spread to all the warships instantly.
All the generals on the warship received the order and immediately shouted to the whole ship, "Your Highness has an order, rush out at full speed!"
The naval officers who received the order were all excited. Everyone knew that as long as they could break through the pirate siege and reach the sea, the world would be theirs.
In an instant, all the soldiers had only one thought, and that was to charge! As long as they could break through the pirate encirclement, they could easily crush all these pirates and feed them to the fish!
The Xinming navy charged with all its strength, trying to break through to the sea.
The pirates naturally know that if they fight the Xinming Navy here, they can still have a certain advantage. Once the Xinming Navy breaks through to the sea, they will no longer be the navy's opponent.
Even if you play with the navy at sea, you can kill them!
Facing the navy's charge, the pirates tried their best to intercept it. As the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, the hits of the shells became higher and higher, and the situation became increasingly unfavorable to the Xinming Navy.
One cannonball of the Xinming Navy can punch a big hole in a pirate warship, but there are so many pirate warships that even if every shot of the Xinming Navy hits, they still can't kill them.
Although naval warships are protected by iron armor, the armor is not invincible. It can withstand one or two cannon bombardments, but under successive bombardments, it will become broken, and even fall off the hull and fall into the sea.
As the iron armor shattered and fell, the wooden hull faced the pirates' cannon, and the wood flew everywhere with one shot, creating a huge gap.
"Boom!" A sudden sound made Zhu Zhanji, Yu Qian and others standing on the flagship feel a violent shaking, and the flagship was hit.
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" The deputy general rushed over to protect Zhu Zhanji and shouted loudly, "Your Highness, this won't work. There are too many pirate ships, completely blocking the exit. We can't rush through!"