Chapter 877: Fire

A terrible thing happened. The thirty Cochin warships blocking the river mouth inexplicably burned their cables first, and then, with raging fire, pushed by the river water and burning remaining sails, they squeezed towards Pushma's chaotic fleet.

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More than 300 large and small pirate ships were crowded in the harbor, unable to move even if they wanted to. The ships inside wanted to pull out their anchors and turn around, but were blocked by ships outside. You blocked me and I blocked you, and I could only watch Jiaozhi helplessly.

The big ship, carrying blazing fire, slammed into the group of ships that had already dropped its sails!

"Boom!" On a Cochin ship, a newly installed fire oil tank exploded, instantly turning more than ten warships around it into a pile of fire.

Pu Shima was heartbroken, and another proverb that his good brother once told him echoed in his heart - one enemy at home is worse than a thousand enemies outside the door!

Now he finally understood that the Jiaozhi boy must be the nail that the Song Army buried in his own army!

He no longer cared about returning to the King Kong, so he grabbed his men and said, "Hurry up, raise the sails, turn the rudder, and get out of here!"

At this moment, one of his men pointed to the sea with a horrified look: "Your Majesty! The Song Army is coming!"

Two miles away from the bay, the Taishan anchored first, and the Zhiyuan and Ningyuan inserted themselves into the fore and aft positions of the Taishan's starboard side.

Then the Hangzhou, Huzhou, Mingzhou, Suzhou, Chengdu, and Meizhou inserted themselves into the starboard fore and aft positions of the Zhiyuan and Ningyuan.

There is also a luxurious Feiyu, which has no long-range firepower, so it can only follow the Taishan in despair.

If Zhao Xu were here, he would definitely feel extremely comfortable. The card positions are so accurate and neater than the Jinmingchi Navy!

Some pirate ships began to turn around and raise their sails. Although the Song army came quickly, there were only nine ships after all, so they still had the courage to fight.

There is no need to communicate the tactics anymore. Swarming up, relying on help, boarding the ship and fighting hand-to-hand is the real traditional way of fighting.

The fire behind them and the terrifying howls of their companions also became the source of their courage. Now, they would rather face a big ship like Taishan than face the sea of ​​​​fire behind them.

The upper hatch of the Taishan opened, and this giant ship carrying thirty guns began to roar.

The deafening sound of artillery echoed in the bay. Fifteen artillery shells drew a low parabola in the faint white smoke. They shot towards the sea with an almost flat trajectory, carrying a weight of ten kilograms and a muzzle velocity of nearly five hundred meters per second.

It roared away towards the center of the fleet two miles away.

There was no longer any need to aim, and the remaining seven battleships quickly joined the ensemble.

Violent explosions occurred one after another among the pirate ships. Countless water columns exploded into the sky, and steel ammunition collided, directly cutting off countless fragile pirate ships.

The outermost King Kong became the key target. Five thunderbolt shells hit the giant ship in the fleet almost at the same time. Two of them exploded under the hull, two directly flattened the bow, and one flattened the stern.

The huge rudder was blown to pieces.

Pu Shima was right next to the King Kong. He watched in horror as the huge ship that he was once proud to sail across the seas, with a bow that was three stories high, was now like an old and sick woman, shooting two miles away.

It groaned and disintegrated in the steel storm, and then gradually tilted.

Countless sailors were thrown into the air by the huge shock wave, or fell from the tall ship building, and more cried and jumped down from the capsized ship.

Sun Neng has been transferred from Wei Shou'an's ship to the Taishan to serve as the fleet's artillery commander.

Observing the bay with a huge binocular theodolite, Sun Neng ordered the secretary next to him: "Inform all ships to clean the outside first, and use the wreckage of enemy ships outside to block them in the bay! Also aim at the bow fuel tank,

Let them burn!"

"Yes!" The clerk recorded the order and handed it to the signal corps.

The role of the clerk is to convert the command's orders into simple instructions. When the fleet is still groping, the existence of the clerk is still necessary.

Sun Neng's words translated into the flag language are: "Outskirts of the target enemy formation, focus on the No. 1 area of ​​each ship."

The first round of artillery fire just now was just a test fire, so everyone aimed at the big target or the center area.

It was equivalent to shooting a static target, and the difficulty was much lower than daily training. The fleet immediately adjusted its second round of artillery fire, and the hit rate was extremely high.

The outer enemy ships were still slowly accelerating and turning, and they were covered by overwhelming artillery fire. There were violent explosions on more than a dozen pirate ships, and several more were directly hit by fire cabinets. Sparks sprayed into the sky like huge fireworks.

Then it turned into a meteor shower and fell towards the bay.

Liu Shiheng, together with the pirate men of the Song Dynasty and some New Army marines, had taken advantage of the chaos to occupy important places in Macheng and planted red flags.

Liu Shiheng led his team to the watchtower at the highest point of the harbor. One sentry was so frightened by the hellish scene in the harbor that he came down from the watchtower screaming and ran to Liu Shiheng for help.

Liu Shiheng patted the sentry on the shoulder to express comfort, and then slashed the back of the sentry's neck with his palm, and the sentry fell softly to the ground.

The other pirates were stunned, and then they had bayonets pressed into their vital parts.

The sentry leader, who didn't even know what was going on, immediately raised his hands and surrendered.

One of the team members excitedly put the magic weapon on his back and was about to go upstairs. Liu Shiheng threw him a flag: "Hang this up! The New Army likes to find such targets to calibrate artillery fire. I have been doing it for a month.

Work carefully and don't end up being cheated by your own people, that would be tragic!"

Wang Shao held up his binoculars and saw a flash of bright red on the sentry tower. He shook his head and muttered: "This kind of battle... is not fun enough..."

The bay has been blocked by two chains of fire, and the roar below the deck of the Taishan continues.

The Greek fire was indeed very fierce. The overturned masts of ships in and out of the bay became a serious obstacle to the pirate fleet. Some of them were even built on undamaged ships. The sails and masts were mixed together and burned along the canvas.

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The outer wreckage surrounded the bay into an oil pool. The fire oil in the oil pool gradually spread and finally turned into a sea of ​​​​fire.

New pirate ships are constantly being hit by the artillery fire that is gradually advancing into the bay. The oil tanks containing Greek fire on the hulls that are affected by the flames have become a nightmare for pirates.

Wang Shao saw many pirates with his own eyes. They were forced to climb up the mast by the flames. They climbed to the top of the mast step by step. Then they could not escape the fate of being burned by the flames. Finally, they jumped down in despair and fell into the sea of ​​fire like dumplings.

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The remaining ones were gradually forced toward the center of the bay by the sea of ​​fire spreading around them.

Finally, the sea of ​​​​fire covered the entire bay. The pirates cried crazily and climbed onto the remaining warships. Those warships quickly burned again, and in the end no one was spared.

The billowing smoke rose into black clouds, allowing Wei Shou'an's fleet, which was still dozens of miles away to suppress the pirates, to clearly see it.

Mufuti's remnant fleet was lucky. There were at least dozens of warships. After seeing the King Kong fleeing and the Mantra sinking, they chose to cut off the sails and surrender, and ultimately survived.

After cleaning up the mess in the open sea, Wei Shouan led the fleet to Macheng.

There is no mistaking the direction, the black smoke rising below the sea level is a huge navigation mark.

Arriving next to the Taishan, they climbed the rope net to the ship. Wang Shaozheng and Sun Neng were drinking tea on the ship's deck.

Seeing him arriving, Wang Shao pulled over a chair and said, "Yuanjie is here, is everything over in Waihai?"

Wei Shouan gave a chest-thumping salute: "It's over, dozens of ships have been lowered."

After speaking, he looked at the blazing bay: "Why is it so... miserable?"

Wang Shao picked up the binoculars on the table and handed them to him: "The juniors did it, Monk Liu was the instigator, Qian Chen followed his example, and the enemy ships were all oil gourds, so it was so... tragic

Okay."

Wei Shou'an took the telescope and took a look at the situation in the bay. He couldn't help but shuddered: "This is... it's all in one pot, and I don't even give you a chance to surrender..."

Wang Shao also sighed: "I just can't eat Su Mingrun's twice-cooked pork. Finally, the county prince said that I can eat spicy food. After seeing this miserable scene, I'm afraid I won't be able to smell the meat for another three months..."

"Wait a minute..." Wei Shou'an raised the telescope again: "That boy also took over the opponent's water village?"

Wang Shao smiled and said: "Liu Ji has given birth to a good son. This boy is so smart. He always knows how to take advantage of the situation and the resources at his hands. He can be called a general!"

"At the critical moment, you drag people to run to their death, and when they react, they are all locked up here. Who can think of such a trick?"

Wei Shou'an also laughed: "It was just a coincidence, right? If this is a foresight, then it's probably not the kind of old boy Liu Ji is!"

Wang Shao laughed loudly: "Can you suddenly send a flag to make all the Jiaozhi ships run towards the port? Wouldn't it be possible for more than thirty ships to move together and bring all Pu Shima's army over?"

"This boy has even calculated the timing in advance to burn the cables and set the ship on fire. Even if we didn't follow him to take advantage, at least he wouldn't be able to escape even if he won the harbor!"

After finishing speaking, La Wei Si An sat down and patted his shoulder: "Yuanjie, you fought very well in this battle! At most, these two boys stepped on your shoulders and picked a big fruit."

"More than 500 battleships and 30,000 bandits were wiped out in one day without any bloodshed. It really opened my eyes!"

Wei Shou'an handed over his hand: "The bachelor is joking. This is using a new type of warfare and a long-range attack weapon to directly defeat Pu Shima."
Chapter completed!