Chapter 143 Siege

This shopkeeper Xiao is actually a big leader under Chu Cai, mainly in the Zhangzhou Bay area. Chu Cai's old men in this area usually listen to his schedule.

Chu Cai is cruel in human nature. He treats the punishments of his subordinates very cruelly, ranging from whipping to severe breaks his limbs and cutting his nose. He even punishes some people who do not obey the order by cruel means of lighting the sky, cramping and peeling their skin.

These guys who were sent to work on the fast paddle ship were told when they came out that once they found the traces of the ghost ship, they had to rush up and drag them first, not let them escape, and buy time for the remaining dozen other big ships to surround them.

So now if these people are afraid of death and refuse to come forward, once the battle comes down, the shopkeeper Xiao will definitely torture them.

Under such pressure, these guys did not dare not to work hard, so they cheered up again, rowed the oars in their hands desperately, and once again accelerated towards the three sea wolf boats.

At this time, the wind at sea is still unchanged, and the three sea wolf's fast boats have never been able to exert their fastest speed advantage. Although a round of gunfire just stopped the rushing speed boats, they will have to reload and reset the naval guns in the next short time.

Taking advantage of this opportunity of about a minute, several fast paddle boats were close to them. At this time, the distance between the two sides had entered within a hundred steps, and the guys on several fast paddle boats also began to fire.

After listening to a few gunshots, several fast paddle boats suddenly raised a mass of black smoke, which shows that there is a problem with their gunpowder ratio, and the raw materials of gunpowder are not pure enough, which will affect the power of gunpowder to a certain extent.

Several shells immediately flew out of their gunfire and hit the sea wolf's ship. Unfortunately, they were nervous that the quality of the gun was too poor and the accuracy was not good. Second, because of the distance judgment was wrong, several shells basically did not reach the sea wolf's boat and did not cause any damage to the sea wolf's three ships.

Luo Xianbin laughed wildly and scolded, "With their virtue, do they still want to stop us? Brothers, do they have this ability?

The sea wolves on the ship suddenly laughed and scolded together: "Just them? Let them feed the bastards! ......”

After the real fight, these sea wolves who had been fighting for a long time became calm. Instead of increasing their tension, they became a little relieved. At the instigation of Luo Xianbin and their captains or leaders, they showed their belligerent side.

The round-up and pursuit on the sea continued, and the three sea wolf fast ships were always close together, maintaining their character-shaped fleet and never dispersing.

And the surrounding fast paddle boats were getting closer and closer to them at this time. The old men on the boat rowed desperately, trying to stick to these three ghost boats that made them hate to the bone.

At this time, the sound of gunfire on the sea became a sound, and more and more fast paddle boats rushed over and joined the siege of the three sea wolves.

At this time, the three fast ships led by Luo Xianbin began to feel pressure. After approaching, the artillery on the enemy's fast paddle ships began to pose a certain threat to them.

Some cannons kept starting to hit their ship, and the hull cracked, and some cannons penetrated their sails, causing more damage to their sails.

But fortunately, when these dhows were built, in order to withstand the recoil of the artillery on the ship, the hull used dense ribs and thick hardwood boards. In the face of the attack of such a small-caliber artillery as the enemy, the hull basically did not have any damage. At most, it was hit by a pit by shells. The enemy's shells fell into the sea, and the angry old men shouted, but there was nothing they could do.

Instead, their scattered son posed a certain threat to the personnel on the sea wolf ship. One of them hid carelessly and was hit in the waist by the cannon. They immediately fell on the board with a scream and rolled up on the ground in pain.

After seeing the casualties on their side, the sea wolves on the three ships were not only not be scared, but became more brave. They came out together for nearly two months. The sailors on the ship lived in a narrow cabin every day and had already been close to each other like brothers. Once they saw their brothers When their brother was injured, their eyes immediately turned red.

The gunners operated their guns crazily and began to shoot freely. As long as they finished loading, they immediately dragged the gun rack back to the gun door and struggled to adjust the gun rack and barrel to find the right target.

After the distance between the two sides got closer, the accuracy of the sea wolf's gunners also improved a little. With the sound of gunfire, the surrounding speedboats were even more unlucky. They were destroyed or swept away one after another, causing death and injury to those old men.

Sanzi and grape bombs showed great power at this time, and the old men who tried to besiege them suffered unspeakably.

At this time, more and more old ships took this opportunity to surround them, but these fast paddle boats failed to really drag the three sea wolf's Clippers, which were still steadily breaking through towards the edge of the encirclement.

At this time, several cymium suddenly flew up on the lucky boat in the distance. Obviously, the boat must be the ship where the leader of these guys was, and it was their handsome boat.

At this time, the so-called shopkeeper Xiao led issued a new order again.

After seeing the rising loudscussors, the fast paddle boats that had been surrounded became even more crazy and began to surround the three ships of the sea wolf regardless of life.

And after the people on the ship got close to it, they frantically fired at the three fast ships with their bows and arrows, guns and earth cannons.

Even two fast paddle boats simply rushed directly to the rear sea wolf's fast boat, threw a few iron hooks, hooked the sea wolf's fast boat, and tried to drag them up to their surface.

The situation suddenly became more tense. These fast paddle boats are like locusts and are very difficult to deal with. Although the three ships of the sea wolf have a strong firepower advantage, they can't stand the large number of people and families, and gradually let them stick to it up.

"Brothers, beat them hard! They all rely on manpower to paddle, and they won't last long! As long as we hold on for a while, they will have no strength to catch up with us!

fang lu！ Speed up! Let's get rid of them!" At this time, Luo Xianbin involuntarily pulled out his waist knife, raised his head and roared loudly.

He is well aware of the weaknesses of these fast paddle boats. Although they are very prosperous at this time, after all, the power of these fast paddle boats is all provided by manpower, and people's strength is always limited. As long as they are blocked for a while, these old Chu Cai's men will naturally be exhausted, and will naturally slow down. , they can get rid of these annoying guys like metatarsi-bone maggots.

At this time, the tail of the three sea wolves immediately probed out three big boats. Under the shaking of the sailors, they began to provide more power for the ship, making the ship speed up a little faster.

And the sea wolves on the ship also knew that if they didn't work hard to rush out of the siege today, it would be very miserable to wait for their end, so when they saw more and more enemy ships coming, the soldiers and sailors on the ship played their lives.

Because the distance was too close, the six-pound and twelve-pounder guns on the ship could no longer shell them because the enemy ships had entered their shooting corner, so the gunners immediately pulled out their waist knives and rushed to the upper deck and joined the side battle.

On the contrary, the four small Franco machine guns on the deck have begun to exert their power now. Because of their small recoil, these small Franco machine guns are fixed on the columns on the side of the deck. They can rely on manual operation to shoot at a large angle. On the contrary, they are quite similar to the small caliber anti-aircraft guns equipped on later ships, shooting angle It's very big, so it just exerts their power.

And the biggest advantage of the Franco machine gun is that the speed of fire is very fast. After each firing the gun, you only need to knock off the empty gun after firing and put the new gun into the tail of the mother gun, and you can immediately launch the next launch.

These little Franco machine guns equipped by each ship are now active, and one shot followed by the fast paddle boats that came up.

Don't underestimate these small Franco cannons. Although they don't have much gunpowder and scattered ammunition, the accuracy at close range is still quite good. Those gunners who operate are also risking their lives now. They struggled to grab the tail rod of the tail of the gun one by one, leaning up and aim. They dare not say what they have every shot. You can hit a fast paddle boat, but at least the hit rate is quite considerable.

After the scattered bomb flew out, many times you can immediately hear a scream from the enemy ship. The hit enemies often spray blood all over and fall into the sea water, and in the blink of an eye, they dyed pieces of sea water red.

Some soldiers were gunners just now. Now when they went on the deck, they immediately grabbed the tison gun on the side of the deck, began to pick up the tison gun, leaned on the side of the ship and aimed at the enemy below. A series of bursting bean-like gunfire sounded on each ship.

Looking at the surrounding Chu Cai's old men, the casualties were very heavy. Under the shelling and gunfire of the sea wolf, pieces of falling water became the ghosts in the sea.

But even so, these old Chu Cai's men were still crazy and still refused to retreat. They continued to shout and drive the boat to stick to it, trying to drag the three sea wolf's ships.

At this time, the naval battle basically entered the most tragic battle. More and more fast paddle boats were attached, and more rope hooks were thrown on the sea wolf's ship, and the hooks were hung on the starboard or elsewhere.

Once the rope hook hung on the sea wolf's ship, those Chu Cai's old men immediately cheered and grabbed these ropes and began to try to climb the Shanghai wolf's ship.

At this time, the sailors on the sea wolf ship also had to pull out their waist knives or short axes and struggled to chop the rope hooks on their boats or the enemies who climbed on their boats. The two sides began a hand-to-hand battle on the side of the ship.

The people who were cut or chopped by the knife kept screaming and fell into the sea and struggled helplessly in the sea. However, at this time, no one had time to pay attention to them. They could only let them howl in the sea and gradually sink into the water and became the sacrifice of the sea.

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