No matter what age or place, there is no doubt that most of the people who can become pirates or dare to be pirates are quite strong, except for a small number of people who have to take this road in order to survive.

But even the pirates, who had long put life and death on the line, were frightened by the scene in front of them after being covered in grapeball.

No matter how fierce the pirate is, under the attack of grapeshot, he can only die. Countless thumb-sized iron balls are no different from flesh and blood when gunpowder is ejected from the barrel of a cannon at high speed, and even wearing the thickest armor is no different from a piece of tissue paper in the face of grapeballs flying at high speed.

"Ah......h

"Help Me ......"

After the first round of grapeshit, countless screams rang out on the decks of all the ships, some of them the screams of the wounded pirates, and some of the last sounds of the pirates who had been shot in the world.

What's more, some pirates' screams just shouted and then stopped abruptly, these people were either directly smashed in the head by the grapeball, and the second half of the sound was forced back into the stomach, or they were directly smashed into the water by the powerful impact of the grapeball, and were choked into the mouth by the seawater, and the screams in the second half had no chance to shout.

"Puff ......"

"Puff ......"

People and objects were constantly swept into the sea, and the entire deck of many sea ships seemed to be swept away by a strong wind.

Grapefire may not be lethal enough for large warships, but it is fatal for small ships with a weak hull such as the sea canopy.

Just the first salvo fired, several sea ships that were still roaming and maneuvering in the Second Fleet fell into bad luck, and the entire area almost became a hell on earth.

The broken wood chips and debris floated on the surface of the sea with the undulation of the waves, and the corpses of the pirates who were swept into the sea also floated on the surface of the sea with the continuous rise and fall of the waves, and even some corpses hit the side of the ship from time to time.

Huang Dachun struggled to get up from the deck, looking at the hellish scene in front of him, he was a little stunned. To tell the truth, as an experienced old pirate, he is naturally no stranger to the power of grapeshotfire, and he has been attacked by grapeshotfire when he was robbing and fighting people at sea in the past, but it is the first time he has encountered a scene like today, when he was attacked by five or sixty guns of seven warships at the same time.

But it's no wonder that after the fall of the Ming Dynasty sailors, the Ming Dynasty sailors almost disappeared in the surrounding southeast coast, most of the enemies he encountered in the past were the armed merchant ships of those maritime merchants, and the ships were at best equipped with two or three cannons, and the resistance encountered was not very strong, even if dozens of warships fought each other between pirates, but limited by the scarcity of artillery, the big guys used artillery to bombard each other a few times when they started the war, and then swarmed up to play hand-to-hand combat with the tactics of jumping gangs, This is the correct way for pirates to fight, how can it be like now, before they see each other's figures, the artillery will be smashed down, this is too loser, is it that the court has too much money to spend?

A pirate covered in blood ran over and cried: "Boss Huang, the artillery fire of the officers and soldiers is too powerful, let's hurry up, shall we?" ”

"Run......" Huang Dachun looked at the Second Fleet not far away and said helplessly: "Where can we run?" Today we only have two ways, either run back and be lit by the second master, or die here, you can choose one yourself. ”

The pirate was stunned, then laughed miserably, "I understand, then let us die here." ”

"Good brother ......"

Huang Dachun laughed, struggled to stand up, came to the rudder and pushed away the body of the helmsman who had been killed, and personally drove the Canghai ship towards the Second Fleet.

On the Ningyuan, Liu Xiang looked at the Canghai ship that was still rushing towards his own fleet, and the expression on his face was still extremely calm, and he just gave a simple order from his mouth: "Order the starboard side to sink all these nasty flies!" ”

"Understood...... All sunk! The herald on the side resolutely conveyed her order.

"Tom ......"

The artillery continued to fire, and the overwhelming grapegre shells continued to fall like hail on the eight sea canopy ships.

"Bang ......"

Because the grapeshot bombs were too dense and the distance was so close, Huang Dachun's sea canopy ship was rushing to the front, and he no longer had the luck just now when he became the first target of attack, after the second round of grape bombs covered, Huang Dachun's sea canopy ship could no longer see a standing person on the deck.

After the second round of shelling, the whole sea was silent. The eight sea canopy boats were no longer the same as before, from eight nimble loaches to eight dead fish, reclining on the sea, and one of the sea canopy boats with a broken mast was even overturned on its side on the sea, and the sea water was pouring into the cabin. The broken mast on the sea surface was erected diagonally on the water, and the appearance was very strange.

Several pirates who were lucky enough not to die clung to the mast to prevent themselves from sinking, and the sails beside the mast that had been torn by grape shells were also soaked in the water. There were also a few pirates who tugged at the sails to keep themselves from sinking. Although the pirates struggled to the surface, the icy waters quickly carried the temperature away from their bodies, and it didn't take long for them to disappear from the surface.

"Good ......"

"Playing nicely......"

"One more volley!"

The decks and cabins of the Second Fleet were filled with thunderous cheers, and the officers and men of the Second Fleet's sailors shouted with joy when they looked at the sea ships that had been beaten to death and the pirates who were floating on the surface of the sea and shouted for help.

Seeing that the eight sea cangships had been beaten to the point that they had lost their combat effectiveness, Liu Xiang nodded with satisfaction, and then she could concentrate on dealing with Zheng Zhihu's five lucky ships, if nothing else, this naval battle could be over in half an hour at most.

Taking advantage of his illness to kill him, Liu Xiang did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the fleet to start turning and using the numerical advantage to form a semicircular formation, so that they could bombard these five lucky ships with maximum firepower.

"Boom ......"

A twelve-pound projectile slammed into the ship, smashing the thick deck into a basin-sized hole, and the flying sawdust and the screams of the sailors reminded Zheng Zhihu that their situation was not good.