Somewhere in the Red Sea, a seemingly harmless merchant ship was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Many pirates were extremely excited and were rowing the oars on both sides desperately, hoping to get on board as soon as possible.
However, the next moment, from this huge Ming ship, rows of neat cannon holes were exposed on both sides, and then cannons stretched out from it, and instantly turned into a ferocious beast that chose people to devour.
fear!
"What the hell?"
Barbary opened his eyes slightly and looked at the rows of cannon holes exposed on the ship. He was slightly dumbfounded, and then an ominous premonition arose.
Everyone knows that the ships of the Ming Dynasty like to be equipped with artillery. Even ordinary merchant ships are sometimes equipped with some artillery.
But I have never encountered any Ming Dynasty ship that is equipped with so many and such dense artillery. If I count carefully, there are three rows of gun holes on each side of the ship, and each row has more than a dozen guns.
Artillery, the entire ship has hundreds of artillery pieces.
Looking at the caliber of these artillery pieces, they were black and extremely ferocious, like peerless ferocious beasts. A cold air rose from the soles of Barbary's feet.
"Fell into a trap!"
"This is the Ming Dynasty's trick, retreat quickly!"
With almost no hesitation, Barbary gave the order to retreat.
As a pirate, being ruthless is definitely indispensable, but you also need to be slippery. When encountering tough situations, you must choose to escape decisively and never fight to death.
Obviously, this was the case for Barbary. Looking at the rows of terrifying gun barrels on the ship, he immediately chose to escape. The Ming Dynasty's artillery was world-famous and extremely powerful.
Upon hearing Barbary's order, many pirates were dumbfounded.
Didn’t you just say that you wanted to kill all the Ming people on the ship and seize this big ship?
Why did you retreat all of a sudden?
But soon, these pirates understood why their boss issued such an order.
The ships of the Ming Dynasty began to take a "Z"-shaped route on the sea, and waited until the ship's side was aligned with the four pirate ships.
"fire!"
Following the order, billowing white smoke rose up and enveloped the large ship. It was quickly blown away by the sea breeze. A deafening roar resounded through the sky, and cannonballs roared in the sky.
"call!"
Accompanied by the roar of artillery shells, dense projectiles covered an area of the sea.
Suddenly, huge water columns rose from the sea, and a large amount of seawater fell heavily on the deck of the pirate ship, soaking the stupid pirates.
"Bang!"
There was a loud noise and a cannonball landed on a pirate ship.
All the huge inertia was released, and a large hole appeared in an instant. Wood chips flew in all directions, piercing the surrounding pirates like sharp arrows.
"Ah~"
A series of pitiful screams rang out on the pirate ship, and blood flew out and poured onto the surrounding pirates, making their scarlet eyes even more penetrating.
"Run away!"
Barbary witnessed all this with his own eyes, and his whole body was filled with anxiety.
The Ming Dynasty's artillery is really terrifying.
With just one round of unison, two of his four ships were already defeated, and the remaining two were almost hit. He watched with his own eyes as cannonballs fell beside the ships, setting off streaks of skyrocketing waves on the sea.
of water column.
However, the distance between the two sides is too close.
"Dong dong~"
Less than a few breaths later, another burst of intensive gunfire rang out.
Dense shells roared in the sky, covering them in the blink of an eye.
This time, the pirates were not so lucky. They readjusted the shooting parameters and the accuracy increased rapidly.
I saw a few cannonballs hitting a pirate ship heavily, instantly making several large holes in it, and there was a scream from the pirate ship.
The remaining three ships were also unable to escape their misfortune. One or two cannonballs fell on these ships. For a moment, the four pirate ships screamed and screamed in pain.
The ferocious pirates were dumbfounded. Faced with such an attack from a long distance, they were helpless. No matter the hooks in their hands, bows and arrows, or scimitars, they could not attack the opponent.
However, the opponent's artillery landed on his ship easily. Seeing holes appearing on the ship, he was helpless and had no way to do anything.
"Quickly retreat! Quickly retreat!"
Barbary waved the long sword in his hand and kept roaring.
At this moment, he was sweating all over his body and could not feel the heat at all. Looking at the Ming Dynasty's ships, he saw rows of cannon barrels rising with billowing white smoke again, and cannonballs whizzing towards him.
Come.
"Huh~"
The whistling sound of artillery shells resounded in the sky, like the laughter of death.
There was an unlucky pirate ship that was heavily hit on the side, revealing a hole. The seawater surged in and the ship began to hang on its side. There was also an unlucky pirate ship. The mast of the ship was hit, and its speed suddenly dropped sharply.
A large piece of the pirate was killed, and he hurried to get the mast into the sea.
Even the Barbary on which Barbary was riding was hit by several cannonballs. Several large holes appeared on the ship, and there were many casualties. The pirates and slaves rowing in the cabin were also in chaos.
He killed several people one after another, and then stabilized the chaotic situation on the boat, let the oars row again, and tried his best to escape.
"Hit me hard~"
"This is a good opportunity for target practice at sea. I will take the test then."
Deng Cheng came to the cabin and said to the naval soldiers firing cannons on both sides.
"yes!"
The navy soldiers on both sides immediately shouted in unison and became excited.
Opportunities like this are rare. Target shooting at sea is a must-have training item for the Navy. It is rare to have such a good opportunity now, so naturally you can't let it go.
There is no intention of cherishing the cannonballs.
Rounds of shelling continued.
Wave after wave of artillery shells not only cover areas of calculation, but become more and more accurate.
After just a few waves of attacks.
With a new round of shelling, one pirate ship finally couldn't hold on anymore and was directly hit by several cannonballs and began to sink into the sea.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the pirates on the ship began to rob the boats one after another, or hurriedly jumped into the sea one by one holding the wooden planks.
"Haha, the Musketeers are ready for target practice, don't let anyone go!"
Seeing this scene, Yang Zhen immediately laughed happily.
Soon, a large number of soldiers came to the deck, each carrying a musket in his hand. After the ship came to the place where the other party's shipwreck was, they aimed at the pirates struggling in the sea.
"Bang~bang~"
Accompanied by the sound of gunfire that sounded like fried beans, lead pellets kept flying. For a moment, the pirates escaping on the sea turned pale with fright. Some dived into the sea, while others tried their best to escape.
However, all this was in vain. In the sea, they were like lambs to be slaughtered, and were shot in the blink of an eye.
The few pirates who dived into the water soon had to come to the surface to take a breath. They were greeted by dense lead pellets and strings of bows and arrows.
The escaping boat was quickly salvaged by the Ming army, without giving them the slightest chance, leaving the pirates in the sea desperate to death.
"Who are they?"
"Why are you deliberately pretending to be a businessman to attack us?"
Barbary looked at what was happening on the sea, and his whole body was trembling with fear.
He didn't know how many people had died among his men, but when it was his turn, he was scared.
"Swipe quickly! Swipe quickly!"
When he came to the cabin, he roared angrily at the pirates under his command. He had to be quick, as long as he escaped from the range of the Ming Dynasty artillery.
However, all this is in vain.
Wave after wave of artillery attacks continued towards the remaining three pirate ships.
Soon, the three pirate ships began to sink one after another, and the sea was littered with shipwrecks and floating pirate corpses.
"Surrender~surrender!"
"We surrender!"
The Barbary was not immune. After several rounds of shelling, the Barbary was riddled with holes. The mast on the ship was broken, and the oars on both sides were smashed to pieces. It completely lost power.
The quiet sea awaits the arrival of death.
Barbary hurriedly issued the order to surrender, and a white flag quickly rose.
"Haha, I actually surrendered."
"Think you can escape death by surrendering?"
Yang Zhen looked at the pirate ship with the white flag raised and immediately smiled.
"Send my order to sink it completely and send all the pirates to feed the fish!"
Without any intention of letting these pirates go, Yang Zhen gave the order coldly.
"Boom!"
Soon, with billowing white smoke and rumbling sounds, another round of shells headed towards the Barbary.
"People of Ming Dynasty, you are too cruel!"
"We have all surrendered, and you are still unwilling to let us go."
"Don't let me, Barbary, go back alive, otherwise I will definitely not let anyone go from Ming Dynasty in the future!"
Barbary looked at the cannonballs flying towards him rapidly, and he couldn't help but roar.
The people of Ming Dynasty went too far. They themselves surrendered, so why should they attack themselves?
However, the next moment, a cannonball hit him hard, smashing him into pieces.
His Barbary was soon sunk, and a large number of pirates jumped into the sea and moved around desperately.
But in the vast sea, unless you are a fish, it is impossible to swim to the shore. Even if you swim to the shore, most places on both sides of the Red Sea are dry desert areas. Without water, you will basically die.
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What's more, the people of Ming Dynasty have no intention of letting them go.
Soon, the big ship came over, and the Ming soldiers on the ship held muskets and bows and arrows in their hands, and began to practice target shooting, shooting at the pirates swimming on the sea without missing any one.
