Zheng Jie's soldiers rushed forward and prepared to cut the rope with axes to separate the two ships.
Suddenly there was a loud noise. Boom boom boom!
On the stern bridge, which is higher toward the side of the old lock ship and slightly higher than the deck of the old lock ship, three Franco machine guns opened fire.
The shotgun blasts swept across the deck like a storm.
Now Yang Fan's artillery uses custom-made shells wrapped in silk. The shotshells are steel balls recovered from scraps by idiots. These steel balls are rusty, but absolutely hard. The silk can be completely burned, with basically no residue, and there is no need to shoot for a while.
Just clear the barrel, thereby increasing the rate of fire.
The Folan cannon is a breech-loaded gun, and the ammunition is loaded with muskets. The rate of fire is extremely fast. It fires continuously and can be fired once in five seconds. The muskets are loaded in advance. After firing, use the handle above to lift them down.
, put another one on it and you can continue to launch.
The three Franco machine guns fired rapidly, pouring out thirty rounds of shotgun shells in a short period of time.
Kill the pirates who were climbing up, the sailors operating the ship on the deck, and the pirates who rushed out to look at the ropes.
With quick eyes and quick hands, Lao Heiyu grabbed Zheng Jie and pulled him behind a pile of wooden barrels. Then steel balls rained down on his face. Despite this, a steel ball still got into Zheng Jie's calf.
"Ah! It hurts me so much." Zheng Jie shivered in pain.
The people on the deck were not so lucky. There were dead bodies lying on the ground, and many people were rolling and wailing. Even the sail was riddled with holes, like a rag.
Chen Zuwang yelled: "Concentrate your firepower on me and hit their helmsman. Others will throw grenades upwards."
The gunners of the three Franco machine guns immediately changed their guns, used solid spherical bullets, and opened fire immediately. The pirates were completely blindsided by the fierce firepower and did not dare to show their heads at all.
With the roar of the Folan cannon, the steering gear and helmsman of the old lock ship were hit by spherical bullets one after another. After all, the two ships were tied together. How could they miss at such a close distance of more than ten meters.
The wooden structure of the steering was reduced to pieces of sawdust and scattered. The flying wooden thorns penetrated many people's bodies, and most of the sailors at the steering were immediately injured.
The debt was repaid so quickly in June, now it's the pirates' turn and they can't leave.
The infantry team protecting Lin Yueru immediately took advantage of the height, lined up in three rows, fired in three sections, and began to suppress the opponent's deck with firepower.
The sailors of the Star held bayonets and stabbed the pirates who were crawling back to the side of the ship one by one. Then they threw a bunch of grenades aboard and climbed up amidst the smoke of the explosion.
The sailors of the Star were calm and steady, and they did not take these pirates seriously at all. They dispersed into groups of five and began to search for the remaining enemies.
Zheng Jie was completely stunned. Just now he was sure of victory, but in the blink of an eye, his own people were hiding around like mice.
If this doesn't work, you must rush out and get involved with them, so that their advantage in firearms cannot be used. Your own people are good at hand-to-hand combat and have a chance to make a comeback. Otherwise, your group will be destroyed at sea.
"Brothers, rush out and fight them." Zheng Jie shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Come out and fight them," Lao Heiyu also shouted loudly.
All pirates understand that this is their last chance of survival, and they need to be bold when they are in desperate situations. If they hide like this, they will only be beaten into pieces one by one with muskets.
Immediately, the remaining hundred or so sailors gave up steering the ship and all other work, grabbed various weapons, and rushed out.
Suddenly, there was a scuffle on the deck.
More than seventy people climbed up the Star, all carrying rifles. This flintlock gun with a bayonet is 1.8 meters long, almost as long as a flower gun.
When fighting with cold weapons, an inch of length is an inch of strength, and long weapons have the advantage.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the length of the Japanese Army's 38-gun and bayonet was more than 1.7 meters, while the Hanyang Zaihezhong was only over 1.6 meters long, so it suffered a big loss in the battle with the bayonet.
In order to make it easier for them to fight in gangs, pirates had to hold the back of the knife with their mouths and use both hands to climb, so their knives were not very long, generally no more than 80 centimeters. The short ones were only 50 or 60 centimeters.
When the sailors of the Etoile saw the other party rushing forward to engage in hand-to-hand combat, they immediately retracted their formation and formed a small pentagonal formation in groups of five. They raised their bayonets and fought the pirates without fear.
Yang Fan's system of bayonet fighting is a compulsory course for infantry. After all, although firearms have begun to be used in large quantities in the late Ming Dynasty, fighting with cold weapons is still the main method of combat.
Sailors are no exception.
Use two double-barreled handguns at close range, a flintlock gun at long range, and a bayonet for melee combat.
He usually wears leather armor, a mask and helmet, and practices with wooden guns. He has to practice for an hour every day, which makes the soldiers vomit. Over and over, they are the dozen or so moves that Yang Fan selected based on the exercise manual of My Rabbit and Foot Pot Chicken.
It's almost all muscle memory.
It can be said that you can react correctly to both formations and routines with your eyes closed.
Both sides gathered together, Zheng Jie shouted excitedly from behind, "Playing with knives, we are their ancestors, brothers, come on"
But he was soon dumbfounded.
These sailors wearing strange clothes walked in a flexible and orderly manner, five of them in a group, forming a formation like a plum blossom, constantly stretching, contracting, advancing and retreating. No matter which direction they attacked, they had to face three men and three bayonets.
One was blocking the front, and the other was waiting for an opportunity to attack. And the coordination was perfect. The steps were as fast as lightning, he was in front of him in a blink of an eye, and he was retreating two meters away in the blink of an eye.
The one-eyed dragon Li Dafu raised his nine-ring ghost-headed sword and slashed at a sailor. The soldier stabbed him in the chest with the bayonet without dodging.
Li Dafu was startled. There are two movements for cutting a person with a knife, first raising it, and then cutting it down. But there is only one movement for stabbing a person with a spear, just stab forward.
Therefore, before Li Dafu's knife hit anyone, he was already pierced by the bayonet.
Under normal circumstances, most people would not use this seemingly lose-lose style of play, which would simply lead to mutual destruction.
But after Yang Fan and the others broke down the movements of these moves in detail, they found that as long as they don't hesitate and are brave enough to stab the opponent directly without defending, they can directly stab the opponent to death. After the opponent is hit by the bayonet, they will immediately lose their physical strength. In fact,
It can't be cut down.
However, most people don't have the courage. When they see a knife, their first reaction is to dodge. Yang Fan and others have analyzed it in detail. As long as you dodge, the initiative will be in the hands of the opponent, and you will be at a loss. The opponent will bite you to death.
One stab after another, the new recruits like myself will most likely be in trouble.
The method of cracking is also simple, that is, mechanical training, repeated training, they have become numb, and they know how to deal with it, without waiting for the brain, the muscles react first. Just like driving, if there is a situation, without waiting for the brain, the feet
Apply the brakes first.
Li Dafu is an old pirate. He is in charge of thirty brothers. Twenty-five of them were killed today when he jumped into a gang.
He was so frightened that he hurriedly put away the knife halfway. The Ghost Head Knife was very wide, about twenty centimeters wide. As soon as he withdrew it, he just used the blade to block the bayonet.
The tip of the bayonet struck the blade, causing a spark to fly out.
Li Dafu was so shocked that his hands went numb for a while. The tiger's mouth was in great pain. He cursed in his heart, "This little brat, whose hair has not even grown, is so strong."
The sailor opposite was only 16 years old, with tiny hairs on his lips and a green baby face. At first glance, he looked like a silly boy.
When Wang Goudan joined the army last year, the navy's treatment was much better than that of the army. He ate meat, drank milk and had enough vegetables every day. Coupled with the brutal training, his body became as strong as a balloon.
He stabbed him with a bayonet a thousand times every day. The stabbings made him numb. Both arms no longer felt like his own. Coupled with the training in leather armor, he was already very familiar with stabbing.
Today he has stabbed three pirates to death, and has received a reward of three taels of silver. Unexpectedly, this guy has two brushes. He stabbed him so fast. He could see the opportunity in advance, withdraw to defend, and actually use this brush.
The broad sword blocked the bayonet.
Just when Li Dafu blocked the bayonet and breathed a sigh of relief, the two sailors on both sides of Wang Goudan suddenly rushed out, and the two bayonets plunged into Li Dafu's soft abdomen below both ribs like lightning.
Li Dafu's eyes widened in horror. He didn't know how these three people could cooperate so seamlessly.
But the two sailors didn't have time to fight with him. They kicked him directly and pulled out the bayonet. This kind of cooperation was practiced in the leather armor and equipment training of the two teams. What is there to say?
Yes, to them it is the same as eating and drinking.
With a clang, the Ghost-headed Sword fell to the ground. Li Dafu tried in vain to cover the two bloody holes with both hands to prevent the blood from flowing out.
But he soon discovered that this made no sense at all.
The backs of these brats' bayonets were covered with serrations. Although he didn't know that they were multifunctional bayonets that could be used to saw trees, at this moment, his intestines were pulled out and dropped to the ground.
Once this kind of bayonet hits, there is absolutely no chance of survival.
Li Dafu opened his eyes wide, made a gurgling sound in his throat, and threw himself on the deck.
All this happened in the light of the calcium carbide fire. Wang Goudan's team didn't even look at him, and directly launched an attack on the pirates approaching from the left and right respectively. Amidst a burst of screams, both the left and right sides
A pirate was stabbed to death with a bayonet.
Zheng Jie's whole body felt numb as he watched, and bursts of electric current flowed through his body. His hands and feet were limp, as if he had fallen from a height in a dream.
Who are these people? The old thieves that I brought out with my own hands are like boiling soup and pouring snow in front of these 16 or 17-year-old brats.
At this time, he regretted and wanted to hit the mast with his head. If he hadn't been greedy, why would he be like this? The ship obviously didn't want to fight with him.
He thought of the gold and letters in the cabin, and trembled with fear. If something serious happened, he and his family would be in doom.
At this time, he saw Lao Heiyu rushing forward with the last guard, still shouting, "Master Jie, run the boat quickly."
This is deep in the East China Sea. If you jump into the sea with a plank in your hand, you will die. But it is better than being stabbed to death with a bayonet now. Maybe you can encounter a merchant ship to save your life.
He watched as Old Heiyu's men were stabbed to death one by one. Old Heiyu waved his swords with both hands crazily, dancing like a whirlwind, making it impossible for anyone around him to get close.
However, five little boys surrounded him on all sides, and three of them attracted his attention, lunged forward, and made a fake move. Then, the remaining two suddenly lunged like lightning, and the two bayonets came directly from the old black fisherman.
His lower back was pierced.
All of a sudden, Lao Heiyu was forced to squat down.
Old Heiyu covered his waist and gritted his teeth in pain. He did not want to lose his dignity in front of these brats. This was the persistence of a pirate group.
He could no longer stand up.
Wang Goudan showed no mercy and stabbed his bayonet directly into his neck, then kicked him in the neck and pulled out the bayonet. Old Heiyu twitched for a while on the deck, his eyes were blurred, and he gradually became motionless.
Zheng Jie is also used to fighting at sea, but these little brats have no emotions, are not sloppy at all, do not have any unnecessary movements, and kill the enemy without any emotion.
The most terrifying thing is that from the time they climbed onto the boat until now, no one has said a word, and everyone has been silent, as if they were doing a boring job.
This made him shudder, who exactly were these people.
Seeing the expressionless young faces surrounding him with bayonets in hand, Zheng Jie collapsed. He trembled and knelt down. He raised his hands above his head and threw the knife far away on the deck.
"Don't kill me. I have important information and there are 300,000 taels of gold on the ship. I can be useful to your master."
