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As soon as it entered the port, the Black Pearl and the Interceptor began to deviate a little bit to the outside. They both knew everything. Regardless of victory or defeat in this war, Wang Xuan would definitely have the upper hand at the beginning.
Under heavy artillery fire, the warships in the middle and front ranks must receive special attention.
Sure enough... there was no pause after the first blast of the artillery. More than 200 artillery pieces roared non-stop at a rate of one per minute.
Dense artillery shells swept into the pirate fleet like a sandstorm. Wang Xuan had already ordered that the first targets were those armed merchant ships and converted warships. Suddenly, smashed shipboard fragments were flying all over the sea in the port.
The roaring sound was mixed with a lot of miserable howls, and from time to time, people were smashed and flew out of the hull.
These warships are the largest in number and are used to transport large numbers of pirates. Once they are allowed to approach, thousands of people rush to the port, and Wang Xuan is not sure that he can withstand it!
Moreover, these warships are the most vulnerable. Once they are sunk, it will make the situation at the port more complicated. Blocking the waterway is almost certain. By then, the fundamental purpose is to make it difficult for real warships to move.
It would be impossible to capture the port by relying solely on the ship's naval guns. When the two sides are blocked, it will inevitably make it difficult for the enemy to fly.
The pirates were also stunned by Wang Xuan's non-stop artillery fire.
The number of artillery far exceeds the 30 heavy artillery known in advance. Although the others are mostly 24-pounders and 12-pounders, which are much less powerful, they cannot hold up to the large number!
Of course, in fact, if more than 40 warships come to visit, the number of artillery pieces will only be greater, and the overall number will exceed a thousand artillery pieces!
The three big pirates alone brought 14 old battleships with more than 600 cannons. Together with the other thirty battleships of small pirate groups, the total number of cannons was close to 1,400!
However, the problem is that the artillery at this time is on both sides of the ship, and the bow of the pirate ship is almost always facing the port, and almost all of them are in a situation where they are being beaten and cannot fight back. This makes 1,400 artillery in the face of 200 artillery.
Still in a passive situation of being beaten.
The area in the port must be limited. It is impossible to let 40 pirate ships roam freely, even if they have one side facing the port!
In the panic, the pirates' lack of unified command and lack of unity broke out. Some wanted to move forward, some wanted to retreat, and some wanted to turn around and fight back. Suddenly, more than 40 ships were entangled in front of the port.
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Wang Xuanjun, who had been well prepared, fired the artillery methodically and continuously, firing nearly 10 rounds of rapid fire. Nearly 3,000 artillery shells were fired. It was not until this moment that the barrel overheated that it slowly slowed down, and the artillery slowly slowed down.
The roar was not as intense as it was at the beginning.
This series of rapid fires made the pirates cry for joy. Almost no pirate ship was left intact. There were more than a dozen bullets at most and three or five at least.
The only pity is that only one was actually sunk. Although the others suffered wounds of varying sizes, they were all warships after all. Even modified armed merchant ships were not that easy to sink!
There are only 30 36-pound guns in the real heavy artillery!
For other 24-pound guns, if you want to sink a battleship, unless you hit the waterline just right, it will be... very difficult!
The artillery fire stopped for a moment, and the pirates also realized that it was not an option to continue in such chaos, and... although the artillery fire at the port seemed fierce, it seemed that it was not particularly lethal!
Pirates naturally have their own way of delivering messages. After a brief moment of communication, the 30 or so small pirate ships began to adjust their course under gunfire and rushed straight towards the port.
Fortunately, we were entangled with each other just now, and it will take a long time to separate now.
Wang Xuan quickly ordered the artillery fire to stop for a moment, giving the barrel some time to cool down and prepare for the next round of intensive artillery fire.
Throughout the history of the use of artillery, the more intensively the artillery is used, the greater its power. If you continue to fire one after another, it will only give the enemy enough breathing space!
Moreover, if you put it in a little bit, it will be more powerful.
The battlefield suddenly fell into a brief silence, but everyone knew that this was preparation for the final decisive battle.
Seven or eight minutes later, with the sailors constantly using brushes dipped in water to cool down, the artillery had almost cooled down, and the pirates on the opposite side had almost adjusted their course.
Wang Xuan did not immediately order the artillery to start firing, but instead ordered everyone to wait!
At this time, the main battleships of the three major pirates also adjusted their directions, opened their side strings and opened nearly 400 large and small artillery pieces to start targeting the entire port!
"Boom, boom, boom..." The pirates started the bombardment first.
Suddenly there was a rain of shells on the port!
Fortunately, the port has sufficient defenses, and it is difficult for this simple solid iron cannonball to cause much damage.
Moreover, since the carrier of the artillery is a sailboat, the artillery cannot be fired at the same time, otherwise it will cause the hull to roll over. It can only be fired in sequence, leaving enough gap for the hull to restore balance, which makes it difficult to guarantee accuracy.
Therefore, under the bombardment of the seemingly terrifying 400 large and small artillery pieces, the entire defensive position did not suffer much damage.
Under the cover of pirate guns, the pirate ship began to quickly approach the port.
However, no one paid attention to the six boats parked sideways in front of the port.
Seeing that they were getting closer and closer, some pirate ships had already approached the ships parked sideways. Wang Xuan gave an order, and several six-pound cannons that had been prepared in advance took out red-hot shells from the stove and stuffed them into the muzzles.
"Boom..." After several cannon blasts, six burned red projectiles hit the pre-calibrated position, immediately igniting the gunpowder barrels installed on the ship!
There were six huge explosions. Wang Xuan placed more than 10 gunpowders on each ship. A total of nearly 2,000 kilograms of gunpowder exploded. Six huge fireballs rose at the same time. Six small mushroom clouds finally converged into one large mushroom cloud.
, covering almost the entire port front end.
More than 12,000 kilograms of gunpowder exploded at six points simultaneously. Even if it was just black powder, the power it caused was enough to destroy everything nearby!
The huge roar shook the entire port, and the violent wind pressure directly covered everything within a radius of two hundred meters. Fortunately, Wang Xuan and others hid behind the bunker, but their ears were rumbling from the shock.
, I was so dizzy that I saw double images of things for a while.
The pirate ships within the coverage area were in dire straits. All the pirates on the deck were blown away. Some of them were simply shocked to death and bled to death. Most of the others fell unconscious and fell into the sea. Their life or death was unknown.
More than a dozen pirate ships nearby were blown up, with their keels broken and their hulls cracked.