Chapter 26 Picking Fire

But when the mixed river dragon and his men saw the sea wolf fleet in front of them, the mixed river dragon and his men were still secretly surprised, because on the sea, they saw the same dense 20 or 30 boats of various colors, already waiting for their arrival on the sea east of Dongqi Island.

And without waiting for them to react, the sea wolf fleets with golden wolf flags began to raise their full sails and rushed towards them at full speed.

This posture is not intended to talk nonsense with them at all. They are going to fight when they meet, and these subordinates of the mixed river dragons are also veterans on the sea. As soon as they look at the other party's boat array, they find that the newly rising sea wolf must not be underestimated. More than a dozen boats have been discharged into a group of boats, one after another like a group of ships. The wolf went straight into their fleet.

Hang Jianglong's face was pale. After looking at the sea wolf's boat array, he knew that he was really too angry and careless today. The other party was by no means as simple as he thought. I'm afraid he would be in trouble this time.

Seeing that the other party has already seized the limelight and has not been given time to prepare for him, the other party has completely occupied the advantage of wind power, so that the speed of the ship is much higher than the speed of his fleet. Although the other party has done so and put on an endless posture, Hun Jianglong feels that they actually did this. The feeling of death. Once they grab the limelight and the war is unfavorable, they can't escape. They can only be pushed by the wind and rush to the enemy. It's obviously a little stupid to do this, but it is undeniable that they really have the courage to do so.

Seeing that the other party rushed up without saying a word, Hun Jianglong did not dare to neglect it. He quickly dispatched his ships to pull out a formation and set up a round boat array, with his boat as the center, ready to fight.

Such a round ship formation has natural benefits, that is, the handsome ship in the center position is the safest, protected in the middle position by other ships, and will not be besieged by the other party, and the handsome ship is also easy to command and control other ships, and the ship formation is thick and not easy to be dispersed.

However, such a ship formation has a natural disadvantage, that is, it cannot exert the combat effectiveness of each ship. Only a small number of ships can fight the enemy head-on. The outer ships are more dangerous. There is also a problem that such a fleet is troublesome and not flexible to move as a whole. Once it is scattered If so, there will be a lot of chaos.

But when the fleet of the mixed river dragon is in the limelight, this is also a relatively safe and helpless choice. Who let him come here with his fleet against the wind? Therefore, even if he wants to put out a vertical column at this time, it is basically impossible.

Yu Xiaotian's Sea Wolf is in the front row of the fleet and is in the front of the fleet. The ship in the front is not someone else's boat, but the Meng madman's boat known as a madman.

Although Meng madman is relatively old, he is not a little angry. The last time he fought with the shark gang, his boat was sunk by the shark gang. Now Yu Xiaotian gave him a Haicang boat, which made Meng madman very satisfied. This time, he volunteered to be the first place and rushed to the fleet. At the front, as a sharp knife, the tip of the knife stabbed the fleet of the mixed river dragon.

Only a series of gunfire were heard, and the sea wolf's fleet also began to fire. The first few boats rushed into the fleet of mixed river dragons one by one. In the moment when each boat and the mixed river dragon boats on both sides went in parallel, they fired full fire and lit the cannons that could be fired on the ship together. Ring, go straight to the nearby Hunjianglong's boat.

Several boats in the gap on the side of the river dragon were unlucky. The ships passing through the sea wolf almost gave them any chance to breathe. They inserted one after another and fired cannons at them one after another. Moreover, the two sides were very close and there was almost no possibility of missiles. The two outermost boats immediately One side of the ship was smashed, and a large piece of the mast of a ship was cut off by a shell on the spot. Although it did not fall, it was estimated that it would not last long if the sail continued to rise. It scared the pirates on the ship to quickly close the sail, so that the mast was not broken on the spot.

Of course, several sea wolves who initially rushed into the Hunjianglong fleet were also uncomfortable. Chen Jiu was not from a vegetarian background. Seeing that the situation was not good, he ordered people to concentrate his firepower to attack these open ships.

As a result, Meng Madman's ship that rushed to the front received several shots in a row. Three crew members were killed on the spot, and two crew members were seriously injured and fell into the blood pool on the deck. Several holes were also punched out one after another, and a hole near the surface of the water began to pour a lot of water into the hull.

However, the number of artillery on the ships of pirates in this era is very limited. Even if the firepower of both sides is full, it may not be very powerful. If you want to sink the other party's ship with artillery alone, unless you are lucky, it is difficult to sink a big ship with shells.

So in this era, the most effective tactics in Chinese naval warfare are sideboard battles and collisions. In addition to fighting for firepower, the two sides need to fight for morale and ship strength.

At this time, which boat was stronger took advantage of. Wang Hong's boat, which ranked third, rushed into the enemy's array. Even if he sacrificed his magic weapon, it hit a bird boat much smaller than his hull. He only heard a loud noise, and the unlucky bird boat was immediately killed by Wang Hong's boat. Several large cracks appeared in the hull, and in an instant, the hull began to pour into the sea and slowly began to sink.

Shocked, several ships on the right wing of the mixed river dragon had to quickly avoid it. Then Yu Xiaotian's plan finally succeeded. His fleet, like a fast knife, split the mixed river dragon's fleet from the side and successfully divided it into two, isolating several mixed river dragon ships from their main fleet.

Yu Xiaotian was also an unreasonable master. As soon as he saw that this move worked, he immediately commanded the fleet to begin to besiege the isolated mixed river dragon ships. At this time, the sea was already full of gunfire and smoke. The ships drew traces on the sea, and from time to time shells fell into the sea, stirring up a group of cannonballs. The waves.

Just as the mixed river dragon quickly adjusted the fleet, Yu Xiaotian began to show their power. Their ships began to play the advantage of close combat and approached the ship of the mixed river dragon, and soon flew out of the raindrop-like porcelain bottles from the sea wolf's ship.

These * Thunderbolts filled with whale oil smashed on the ships under the surrounding Hejianglong. Some bottles failed to ignite on the spot after they shattered, but after some of the bottles broke, even if a big fire was ignited, the mixed river dragon was in a hurry.

"Let them pass through and don't fight with them! Hurry up! Get away from them! Damn, if it goes on like this, we will suffer a big loss!" Hun Jianglong also realized that the other party had made full preparations to deal with them. What he was most afraid of was a firefight. If it burned like this, many of his ships would probably be unlucky, so Chen Jiu jumped on his boat and roared loudly.

But it's easy to say and difficult to do. When the two fleets are mixed together, it's not so easy to get rid of. For the seawolves, it's easier to do. They are in the limelight. The speed of the ship and the fast fleet is a linear array, and they can get out of the mixed river dragon fleet.

However, the Hujianglong's fleet is a round fleet. After being cut open, it has begun to be chaotic. It is impossible for them to turn away, and it is even more impossible for them to turn around. It is to follow the sea wolf's fleet to die, and after the ships on both sides are separated, if they want to break away, they have to turn to turn to both sides. In this way, the two sides are pulled apart. The distance of the ship is equivalent to abandoning your other half.

So at this time, almost all the people were occupied by Yu Xiaotian. The members of the sea wolf were even more ecstatic. Then their morale became higher. They roared loudly one by one, picked up the useful guys, and desperately greeted the ships of the mixed river dragons around them. In the past.

(Today, I would like to thank the three brothers Xiaohe for rebound, dqcwb and stdx for their unresting rewards!)