Chapter 229 The Battle of Ishigaki Island
Guru, the pirates on the deck swallowed nervously, their legs numb.
The place you can see with your eyes has been occupied by the overwhelming fleet of Fu Liao Army, and the towering masts are straight up to the sky. The tall hull makes them feel that they are not in the same style as the Fu Liao Army.
"Put up the sails and fight them in close combat!" Zheng Zhihu realized the seriousness of the problem. If the fleet of the Fu Liao army was turned around, the cannons fired in volleys would sink their fleet.
"Quick, they are coming, get sail!" The pirates on each ship hurriedly pulled up the sails, closed their anchors and set sail.
Nelson stood on the deck of the Victory and used a telescope to observe the pirate ship that was starting to move in a hurry.
"Prepare for the fight!"
The flag soldiers on the Victory conveyed orders to the surrounding fleet.
The Daqi, Daqi, Atlant and other ships all lowered their speeds and swung in an arc. The two formations of Daqi and Daqi protruded forward from both sides, and the empty muzzles blocked the port. On the front battlefield, more than two hundred artillery pieces were concentrated!
"Architecture fire!"
Soldiers on the deck lit cannons that had been loaded with ammunition.
Boom boom boom!!! More than 200 ammunition fired over the sky, like a meteorite falling, hitting Zheng Zhihu's fleet!
Countless artillery shells fell into the sea, and thick water columns soared into the sky! Even if the hit rate is not high, a considerable number of solid bullets still hit the pirate ships! The large pirate ship was hit by artillery, the mast was broken, and holes were left on the deck and hull!
"Ship, the ship sank!" Some small boats were unfortunately penetrated by several shells, and the sea water overflowed into the ship. The pirates on the ship jumped into the sea in panic, so as not to sink into the sea with their hulls.
Zheng Zhihu pressed the sword and raised his sails. It was not feasible to fire with the Fu Liao army several times its own firepower. He could only risk several rounds of artillery from the enemy fleet and then move closer to the close.
On the simple fortress on Ishigaki Island, the pirate cannons began to shell the fleet of the Fu Liao army. Unfortunately, these artillery were not accurate enough. Faced with ships floating on the sea, they symbolically fired several cannons, and they could only rely on luck.
"Military leader, you will soon fight close-range. The enemy may come to our deck. Why don't you take people to hide in the cabin?" Nelson said to Chu Yun when the pirate fleet is getting closer.
"Okay, you guys stay and help General Nelson fight. Just a few people follow me back to the cabin." Chu Yun asked most of his guards to stay on the deck to strengthen the defense of the Victory.
Under the bombardment of cannons, several ships of the pirate fleet were sunk, and some ships were injured. Finally, Zheng Zhihu and the others approached the fleet of the Fu Liao army, and the two sides were only twenty or thirty meters apart!
"Steer, hook their warships with iron hooks, and board the ship to fight!"
Although Zheng Zhihu and the others had approached the ships of the Fu Liao army, the most dangerous moment had not passed. They were facing the hollow muzzle of the Fu Liao army. At a distance of more than ten meters, there was no reason for these cannons to deviate!
"They are approaching and sink them!" The commander in the cabin asked the soldiers to push ammunition into the cannon.
Boom! Dozens of artillery fired at the same time, smashing a pirate warship close to the Victory, and some iron balls even flew out from the other side of the warship. The poor warship was destroyed by the huge Victory just after just one encounter. Some pirates in the cabin didn't have time to escape and sank with the hull.
"The artillery of the Fu Liao Army is so powerful!" Zheng Zhihu was frightened when he witnessed a ship close to the Victory being destroyed by forty or fifty artillery at the same time. Such firepower was simply terrifying.
Even his own ship could not survive the attack of the Victory two rounds of artillery at such a close distance.
After the warship was destroyed, two or three pirate warships took advantage of the time when the Victory was reloading their artillery, and on the one hand they also began to shell the Victory. On the other hand, they hooked the Victory's deck with iron hooks to narrow the distance between the two sides, and then tried to climb onto the Victory.
Boom! Chu Yun felt the hull's vibration inside the cabin, and the pirate's artillery also shocked the Victory.
"Murders are ready!" On the top deck of the Victory, teams of naval soldiers were condescending with muskets.
"No..." The pirates finally hooked the Victory hook at the cost of a warship, but then they found that the same cold muskets were waiting for them.
The flames sputtered on the deck, and white smoke rolled. The pirates who were about to climb the Victory fell down a large area, and they fell into the sea like ants.
The artillery of both sides continued to roar, and the ships of the Fu Liao army were also injured. Pirates of the Daqin climbed onto the deck and fought fiercely with the naval soldiers on the Daqin!
But before these pirates could fully climb onto the deck, the Daqin artillery roared again and exploded their warships!
"Kill!" On the deck of the Daqin, a team of naval soldiers erected bayonets and forced the pirate soldiers who were killing the ship to retreat.
The group of pirates had no choice but to retreat, and were pushed into the sea without reacting.
Zheng Zhihu was anxious when he looked at the naval battle that could not start the situation. If he continued to delay, his fleet would be constantly destroyed by the artillery of the Fu Liao army.
"Follow me, as long as you occupy this warship, they will definitely collapse!" Zheng Zhi held a steel knife in his mouth, held a vine shield, and led his personal soldiers to fight.
His boat was approaching the end with fewer artillery artillery. Zheng Zhihu and others jumped with the help of the stern rope and landed on the deck of the Victory one after another. After a few rolls, they stood firm and began to occupy nearby obstacles.
"The pirates are on the deck!" The soldiers on the upper deck of the Victory discovered that more and more pirates regarded the Victory as their main target. There were four or five warships that besieged the Victory, including a large pirate ship equipped with ten artillery on one side that could pose a significant threat to the Victory.
Bang! The navy soldiers on the deck quickly surrounded the pirates landing on the Victory, and the muskets suppressed them within this range.
Zheng Zhihu was also brave. He hid behind obstacles to avoid the fire of muskets, and then led his men to fight with the naval soldiers of the Fu Liao army.
The deck was full of steel knives and bullets flew everywhere, and soldiers who died in battle fell from time to time. Although there were not many pirates on the deck, they were all strong men who lived bloodthirsty at sea all year round. They fought extremely fiercely and gradually broke out in a small circle on the deck of the Victory.
"Prepare the fishing net, four-claw anchor and iron chain!" A naval squad responsible for besieging these pirates brought some powerful weapons used in naval battles to deal with the beautiful Zheng Zhihu Tarn!
Chapter completed!