Li Huaishu asked: "How many people and how much equipment are there on that lucky boat?"
"Probably more than 300, less than 400. There are no artillery. There may be Japanese iron cannons (matchlocks). The number is unknown. It is estimated that it will not exceed a hundred. These people are mainly equipped with Japanese swords. They are all veteran bandits.
"My sword skills are proficient and experienced, and I am not afraid of death. The long weapon should be something like a pheasant knife." Chen Zuwang replied.
"Do you have a spear?" Li Huaishu asked.
After all, the length of a musket with a bayonet is about 1.8 meters. If the opponent has a long gun, the threat is still great.
"Yes, there are about fifty long guns, and the types are quite complicated. I just looked at it with a telescope. The types of guns are very mixed, such as Sasaho, Kikuchi, Zazagata, Chidori, Jumonji, etc. They still have a small number.
They have bamboo bows, but they don’t have shields," Chen Zuwang said.
"If there are fifty people, each of them is equipped with two double-barreled short-fire muskets, four hand grenades, and a nine-gun fire door gun, then give me fifteen steel shields. I am 90% sure to win that
"It's a lucky boat. If we want to fight, I suggest that we first sink the remaining four small morning boats on the periphery, and then shout to persuade them to surrender. If they don't surrender, they will move over and join forces," Li Huaishu said.
"Don't bother. After ramming and sinking the remaining boats, I will directly hit the ribs of the Fu boat with the ramming angle. The bow can be stuck there. You can just rush over. I will let thirty crew members use it.
Flintlock rifles support you, but they cannot leave the ship." Chen Zuwang said.
"Okay, when will we take action?" Li Huaishu asked.
"You must gather and prepare now. We will sink those small boats first, and you will use muskets to deal with the resisters," Ming Yan said.
Although the number of Japanese pirates on the small morning boats was insufficient, they still worked hard to raise the single mast sail, hoping to restore sailing ability as soon as possible and pick up the Japanese pirates on the larger ship.
At this time, while standing at the lookout post on the bow of the boat, I was collecting water by the river and saw that the scary big white boat rushed over again, and the bow stirred up a lot of waves. It seemed to be faster than before.
"Baga! That boat is coming again, shoot them with your bamboo bow."
There were not many people on the boat originally, but the collision just now caused many people to fall into the water. The current manpower could not steer the boat at all. Several people were yelling and trying to turn the rudder to avoid it.
The Star was far more nimble than these ships, and its speed reached 15 knots again, and it hit her directly in the middle again.
Because several people worked together to turn the rudder this time, the angle was not as good as last time. It was tilted at about thirty degrees and hit the side of the small morning boat.
Chen Zuwang turned the rudder to the left, and the boat tilted again and hit the starboard side of the morning boat close to the bow.
Bang! There was a loud noise, and the sharp collision angle directly opened a long gash on the starboard side of the ship, and the two ships passed each other.
The hole was torn open for more than ten meters, and suddenly seawater surged in, causing it to flip over.
The remaining three small morning boats were so frightened that they hurriedly raised their sails, lost sight of the direction, and fled in all directions.
The morning boat is the fastest boat in Japan, with a maximum speed of four to five knots. Otherwise, it would be impossible to use it to collect taxes at sea.
But this speed is nothing compared to the 15-knot Star. Even if he were to run for an hour, he would still be able to catch up with it.
Soon, these ships were overtaken one after another and then rammed and sunk.
Mingyan looked at these Japanese pirates with shaved heads and struggling in the sea, and said in her heart, these Japanese people don't know what they think, but they dare to go into the sea with a broken ship without a keel. If it really hits, they won't even be able to get this lucky ship.
It can't be hit either.
The Japanese pirates on the lucky boat saw helplessly that their boats were all hit and sunk by this outrageously beautiful white sailboat, and they immediately became commotion.
Ichiro Kurokawa's mouth felt a little dry, and he remembered an idiom with Chinese characters. This was really a fish in a jar.
"Everyone is here, ready to fight." Kurokawa Ichiro shouted. As a long-time fierce bandit, he knew very well that if he failed at sea, there would be no way to survive, and most people would not keep prisoners.
The Westerners might take the prisoners to Manila to build a castle, but they might as well give it up. That would be very miserable, and it would be difficult to survive more than six months.
Rather than dying from exhaustion, it would be better to simply fight. If it doesn't work, the ship will be scuttled so that they will not be able to get the ship's property.
The Star once again returned to the Daifuku Ship and sailed parallel to the Daifuku Ship at a distance of thirty meters. Although the Daifuku Ship did not have a sail, it still sailed slowly along with the current.
"Listen to the people on the opposite boat, throw their weapons into the sea, tie themselves to each other, and surrender immediately, otherwise they will be killed." A sailor shouted with a tin trumpet.
"Nani, the people opposite are from the Ming Dynasty," the pirates looked at each other, and Kurokawa Ichiro suddenly became contemptuous. His family has been robbing along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. In their view, the Ming people are the easiest to bully, even worse than the Koreans.
, after all, the pirates of Goryeo are also very famous.
Ichiro Kurokawa grabbed a loaded iron cannon and fired directly at the sailor.
Bang! There was a gunshot, and the bullet hit the bulwark a foot to the right of the sailor.
Sawdust flew into the air.
After all, the sea surface is not as good as the land, and both ships are in an ups and downs state. It is difficult to aim when the ship is moving, let alone hit it.
"Damn it, these Japanese slaves don't want to live anymore, hurry up, let's run over." Chen Zuwang yelled.
After a gunshot, the voice calling for surrender was muted. Then the big white boat turned around and ran away.
"Hahaha" the Japanese pirates on the boat laughed wildly.
These Ming people were very aggressive at first, but when they saw we had iron cannons, they were frightened and ran away.
The Japanese pirates on the lucky boat raised various weapons, cheered and shouted wildly.
After these Japanese pirates made trouble for a while, the boat turned around from a distance and came back.
"My lord, my lord, that ship is back again," a young pirate leader shouted in horror.
Immediately, the pirates' mocking stopped abruptly, and they began to scream instead.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Only then did they understand that the ship was not retreating after seeing them firing matchlocks, but was trying to stay away from here so that it could run at a greater speed to hit them.
The Star raised all its sails and rode the wind and waves to rush over again.
The pirates watched helplessly as the projection of a sailboat gradually grew larger, and finally hit it directly.
Immediately, the pirates beside the bulwarks fled in all directions to avoid the collision.
There was a loud bang, and the bow of the Xingchen rammed hard into the ribs of the Fu ship.
Although the ribs of the Fuchuan were made of hardwood, this was a merchant ship after all. There were only ribs every one foot, and the ship's siding was only three inches thick.
It is not an abnormal warship with one rib per foot and an outer plate thickness of half a foot.
From the top to the bottom of the bow tip of the Star, there is a piece of angle steel riveted to the keel, which is exposed on the outside of the scissor bow. This is used to prevent running on rocks and protect the hollow bow, which is equivalent to a car bumper.
After all, with the installation of an underwater ramming horn, there is the possibility of hitting enemy ships during combat. The Star still has a hollow bow, so it is necessary to add a bumper.
The spot where the Fu Ship was hit was directly dented, many wooden components were knocked out, and the bow of the Star was deeply wedged in.
The sea water was knocked up like a wall and turned into mist all over the sky, drenching the people on the boat.
Before the impact, the fifty soldiers had already prepared themselves and held on to the fixed objects around them to prevent falling injuries.
The impact was so violent that the people in both boats were shaken to pieces.
Mingyan failed to grab the bulwark, screamed, and fell directly onto the deck.
Li Huaishu yelled, "Grenade, one for each person, throw them over and prepare to board the ship."
