Chapter 594 Fierce naval battle

Hearing that the Ming Dynasty had only one warship, it might be difficult for it to protect itself, Zhang Jiexu scolded them sternly:

"Shut up, don't be the crow's mouth. The Ming Dynasty is an iron-armored warship. Even if it cannot sink three pirate ships, it will definitely be unbeaten. Go and see if there are any useful artillery and prepare to support the Ming Dynasty warship."

"Yes, we need to use artillery to support the Ming warships. Even if we cannot hit the pirate ship, we will definitely distract the pirates."

Dozens of artillery soldiers immediately stood up and rushed towards the bombardment of shells quickly.

Zhu Cixuan and Ma Bao both stood on the observation post. Seeing that the warship was getting closer and closer to the pirate ship, Ma Bao immediately sent an order:

"Instructions, the warships rushed directly into the middle of the three pirate ships and quickly fired at the pirate ships on both sides with solid bullets."

"yes"

...

"Captain, look, what is that?"

Three pirate ships were still firing fire on the island, and suddenly someone saw a giant ship rushing towards him and hurriedly reported to the captain.

The captain of the pirate ship hurriedly followed the soldiers' fingers, but found a huge warship emitting thick smoke, rushing towards them quickly.

"Damn, this is the Ming Dynasty iron armored warship, turn the rudder and shell them."

The captain was shocked and hurriedly ordered the warship to turn the rudder and fire at the Zhengde.

They were all sail warships. The shells on one side of the warship were shot and the rudder had just been turned and the rudder was not fired at the Zhengde. They could only turn the rudder again.

But it is not that easy for a sailing warship to turn the rudder. As soon as the pirate ship was halfway through, the Zhengde rushed to the middle of the two pirate ships.

"fire……"

"Boom..."

"Bang bang bang..."

With Ma Bao's order, sixty guns on both sides of the Zhengde were venting anger, and more than one hundred shells instantly bombarded the pirate ships on both sides.

The distance between the Zhengde and the two pirate ships was only a few dozen meters. The range was too close, and the warships had almost no off-target shot. The two pirate ships were immediately bombarded with wood chips flying everywhere.

The ship's side was also bombarded with holes. Most of the gunners on the two decks were bombarded by a round of artillery shelling by the Zhengde. Many sailors were bombarded into piles of meat paste by the flying solid bombs.

"Recharge, fire"

Ma Bao was right and did not let anyone know. The second round of bombardment was issued, and the second round of artillery began soon:

"Boom..."

The two pirate ships that were severely injured just now were already sinking into the water and were hit by a round of shells again. The hull was almost broken by solid bombs. Many bottoms of the ship were penetrated and soon plunged into the sea.

In the end, the pirate ship was blocked by a warship and was not damaged. Seeing that two of its warships were sunk, they fired guns and bombarded the Zhengde.

"Boom..."

"Bang bang bang..."

More than a dozen solid bombs bombarded the Zhengde, making a deafening sound, and the Ming army artillery inside were shocked and a little dizzy.

The Zhengde warship shaking, Zhu Cilang and Ma Bao hurriedly grabbed the handrail before they stood firm. Ma Bao couldn't help but be furious:

"The soldiers grabbed the handrail and rushed up to sank it."

"yes"

The Zhengde quickly turned the rudder and crushed directly from the pirate ship that had not yet completely sunk into the seabed, and quickly crashed into the last pirate ship a hundred meters away.

"What does Mingjun want to do? Can't he die with us? They are crazy and turn around and withdraw quickly."

When the pirate captain saw the warship Zhengde, he rushed up regardless of his life and death. He was immediately frightened to death and hurriedly sent an order to retreat.

They still want to leave after they come, but it is not that simple. It is really not that easy to turn the sailing warship into a rudder. They just turned the hull and were about to escape.

Zhengde caught the storm of thick smoke:

"Bang..."

"Crack click..."

The pure iron horn of the Zhengde hit the pirate ship hard. A loud bang came, and the Ming army warship shocked violently and soon became quiet.

However, the pirate's wooden hull made a breaking sound, and the warship was almost broken by the ironclad ship.

At this time, the pirate ship was in chaos, almost everyone was thrown away by inertia, and many people were hit and killed on the spot.

The most unlucky ones were the artillery soldiers, most of them were killed by huge overturned naval guns, heavy naval guns rolled in the cabin, and even more seriously damaged wooden hulls.

Because the broken position of the middle part of the hull was low, the artillery rolled into the middle, and the artillery became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Crack...Crack..."

After a creaking sound, the huge hull broke from the middle, the sea water poured into the cabin, and the warship began to sink rapidly.

There were more than 600 people on the pirate ship, more than 100 casualties when they were hit, and more than 100 people were still unavoidable when the seawater entered the cabin.

The remaining 300 people looked at the Zhengde, which was close to him. In order to survive, they unbuttoned their flying claws on their waists and threw them on the Zhengde, hoping to capture the Ming Dynasty warship.

Flying claws are essential tools for pirates, and their main function is to climb merchant ships and rob, which is also useful this time, but if the target is replaced by the Ming army, this is destined to be their tragedy.

Zhu Cilang and Ma Bao, who were standing on the observation post, took all this clearly. Ma Bao turned around and said to Zhu Cilang:

"Your Highness, your guard is ready."

Zhu Cilang smiled slightly and took out the walkie-talkie:

"Park Chongtian, the pirates are climbing the Zhengde, you come out and get them out."

"yes"

More than 100 people from the Prince's Guard, led by Park Chongtian, rushed to the deck quickly, and more than 100 rifled rifles were aimed at the battleship along the ship.

They did not stick their heads out and shoot down, mainly because they were worried that the pirates would fire cold guns. Anyway, they would blow up the pirates' heads as soon as they showed up.

The pirate ship has sunk, and they will be drowned if they don’t come up. Under the leadership of the pirate leader, more than 20 pirate leaders stick their heads out.

But what they saw were black muzzles.

"I'll go... don't shoot, we'll shoot..."

"Bang bang bang..."

Suddenly seeing so many guns pointing at their heads, the pirate was stunned and hurriedly shouting to surrender, but the Prince's Guard ignored them at all and pulled the trigger immediately.

With a gunshot, the pirates who showed their heads were blown out, and the remaining pirates did not dare to climb and hung on the side of the Zhengde ship.

The flintlock rifle in their hands also pointed at the deck of the battleship, and as long as someone showed up, they would blow the army's head.

If they didn't come up, the Ming army wouldn't dare to shoot. Park Chongtian was furious:

"Take the grenade down."

"yes"

The Prince's Guards immediately took out the grenade and threw it down as soon as the lead was pulled.

"Bang bang bang..."

Most of the dozens of grenades exploded in the air, and most of the pirates hanging on the rope were shot by steel balls and nails flying out of the grenades.

He did not die on the spot, but was blown away with blood and flesh, making waves of wailing like a pig.

The Prince's Guard took the opportunity to approach the side of the ship and extended a rifle to knock them into a hornet's nest. Only one lucky person was blocked by the people above because he climbed slowly and was not beaten to death.

He threw away the flintlock rifle in his hand, shouted loudly to the Ming army, demanding surrender.

(End of this chapter)
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