Chapter 103 Breakout and Ask for Help

The ship is small and naturally weak. The current main gun, the largest of the sea wolf is the 12-pound gun, that is, the No. 5 gun in the sea wolf artillery system. Among them, the standard 5 gun, and some of them are mountain howitzers belonging to short-bodied, with a short range and small power. When dealing with their peers, these guns can be called sharp weapons. But when dealing with the Spanish's big splint ship, these guns are not powerful enough.

In addition, the sea wolf has not replaced the No. 3 gun with a large number 5 short gun, that is, the six-pounder gun. The six-pounder gun is also the main gun of these light warships. When dealing with the Spanish big splin ships, it is even more powerless and can only pose a threat to its personnel. This kind of gun is inherently The artillery that suppresses enemy personnel does not belong to the main firepower of naval combat.

In addition, the tonnage of the ships stationed here are small, and the number of artillery on the ship is also small. Naturally, it is impossible to be the opponent of the Spanish fleet. After several fights, the ships of the sea wolf in Chicken Cage Bay have suffered losses. One of the ships was outside the bay and was beaten into a platoon of cannons by the Spaniards on the spot. Even if he sank in the sea, he lost 20 to 30 sailors.

So Blackhead thoroughly understood that with his current water power in Chicken Cage Bay, he could not defeat these dry silk people at all. Even if he gave up the idea of trying to use water power to tear through the other party's blockade, he just sent the flying fast ship, broke through the Spanish blockade and rushed to Nanri Island. Ask for help.

Although pigeons are a fast means of transmitting information, after all, pigeons will face many uncertain factors when flying on the way. There is some uncertainty about whether they can return to Nanri Island smoothly.

In addition, there are only a few letters it can carry, and it is impossible to explain the situation too clearly. It is just an emergency communication means. Therefore, even after Yu Xiaotian established a carrier pigeon contact method, Yu Xiaotian still required various strongholds to use ships and manpower to transmit and eliminate after releasing the carrier pigeons. Interest, the last double insurance to avoid the situation that the message cannot be effectively transmitted.

Because Keelung Fort is very important to sea wolves, it was the first batch to get a flying fast ship, which served as a cruise ship and messenger for Keelung Fort.

This flying fastship also lived up to the trust of the blackheads. After sailing out of Jilong Bay, Yang Fan accelerated and rushed to the sea.

The two Spanish warships immediately attacked the flying fast ship, trying to destroy or capture it, because Anthony was curious about the suspicious Western-style triangulation dhow and wanted to capture it to see who the ship came from.

However, the sailors on this flying-size fast ship did not give Westbank (the Dutch translate the Spaniards and Portuguese as Westbank. In Dutch, it has the meaning of bacon, which is estimated to be a curse). The sea wolves on this ship, in front of these Westbanks, showed It showed their superb boat operation skills, operated the ship flexibly, and rushed to the sea quickly.

This ship relies on the flexible steering wheel device, which is absolutely advanced in this era. At present, Westerners have not invented this method of steering. They still use the steering rod operation method, and the steering pole has a small steering angle, only about 5 degrees, making the ship operate on the sea. It is very inflexible, but this steering wheel device is much more than them.

Generally, if Chinese pirates encounter a situation like today, they will often only collapse immediately and shout, but these sea wolves did not do so. After being ordered to attack, they rushed to their enemies like beagles. , do not shrink back or move forward because they are at a disadvantage.

This made Anthony a little shocked and even a little worried, because the will to fight shown by the sea wolves reminded him of the sailors and captains of their enemy British fleet. Before the Anglo-West naval battle, in fact, the British's maritime power was not very strong, but the British had a group of will to fight. Strong sailors and captains dare to attack the enemy with smaller ships at a disadvantage, and have a strong will to fight. They like to gain the upper hand, put themselves in an irretractable danger, and attack the enemy.

And often British captains and sailors can take advantage of their unreveled will to fight to defeat their opponents and win the battle in a disadvantage.

At this point, the Spaniards also have to admit that British sailors are the best sailors in the world and the bravest sailors in the world.

But today, when they met this group of Chinese pirates who call themselves sea wolves, they seem to see the shadow of some British sailors on these Chinese pirates. Their fighting will is almost the same as that of British sailors. In the naval battle, they are not afraid of death, even if they are at a disadvantage. , they also dare to fight with their opponents to the end.

This is really admirable and somewhat shocking, which shows that this group of Chinese pirates who call themselves sea wolves are not as unbearable as they think, but a group of good sailors who have received rigorous training, completely subverting the image of Chinese pirates in the hearts of these Spaniards.

At the same time, Anthony also found that the equipment quality of these Chinese pirates is not as bad as he thought. Although most of these sea wolf warships are still Chinese-style Kerong ships, these ships look much cleaner and tidy than those of their companions. Obviously, it is well maintained.

And the firepower of these ships is not as weak as they think. These sea wolf warships are equipped with artillery of different sizes, and these artillery does not seem to be like the shabby old junk used by their peers, but more like Western-style artillery.

Although these guns are a little small in diameter and not powerful, their range is not short, which can actually cause certain casualties to the ships of their fleet and even pose a great threat.

What's more frightening is that the gunners on these sea wolf warships have a high level of gunners, which they have never seen before. These gunners are disciplined and will never appear like their peers during the battle. Before the two sides entered the battle distance, they began to fire randomly, and the shells were basically against the enemy. The ships did not pose any threat and fell into the sea all the way.

And the gunners on these sea wolf ships are always close to the exchange of fire before firing together. The accuracy of the shelling is also very high, and the firing rate is even beyond the firing rate of the cannons on their Spanish warship, and it is not a star or a little bit. He just saw that the other party once had been in a minute. Inside, it fired twice in a row, but at this time, the gunners on the Spanish ship only completed one launch, and the other party's shelling speed was more than double that of them.

This further shows that these sea wolves are by no means a mob. They have definitely received very strict training and know the performance of the weapons in their opponents. Otherwise, they will never have such an effect.

At this time, Anthony's heart began to sink slowly. He knew that this time they had seriously underestimated these Chinese pirates who called themselves sea wolves. Can he take this chicken cage bay next? The ominous foreboding in his heart began to become stronger and stronger.

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