"The general cannon is ready, put!!"

With a deafening bang, a lead bullet weighing more than ten catties pierced the sky, shooting into a distant black shadow in the distance, followed by the sharp whistling sound of a cannonball tearing through the air.

Immediately afterwards, three other warships with a general's cannon in the bow also fired a cannonball, whistling towards the front.

I saw that on the sea in the distance, in an instant, there were four columns of water that rose to the sky, but unfortunately, Li Tianyang raised these four shells, and the nearest cannonball was more than ten zhang away from the dense warship on the opposite side, which was too far away from the dense warship, and the deviation was too great, and there was no lethality at all.

However, this was a dismount for Yuan Laoba and his group, and when the cannonballs exploded around their fleet, the earth-shattering cannon sound had not yet arrived, so they were defenseless, and all the pirates present who were preparing in a panic were startled, and poked their heads out to look out!

"Look at the ghost begging, don't hurry up and prepare to fight back!!" Yuan Laoba had never seen any strong wind and rain, and in addition to startling him, these four cannon sounds quickly calmed down.

"Fire!"

Finally, Yuan Laoba and his gang, who had been busy for a long time, hurriedly set up the cannon on the bow of the ship, and fired a round in a hurry.

As a hero, after so many years of pirate career, it is normal for Yuan Laoba to have such a powerful artillery as the Great General's Cannon in his fleet.

And although it was just fired indiscriminately, because the gunners of other people had been exploring the use of these cannons for a long time, they had their own attention to aiming and crosshair, but they were a little more accurate than Li Tianyang. Although none of the nearly ten shells hit Li Tianyang's fleet, most of them also fell into the water at a distance of more than ten zhang from the fleet, and the splashed water columns even dripped onto the deck of the fleet like a heavy rain.

In the face of Yuan Laoba's counterattack, Li Tianyang was already prepared in his heart, after all, the background of the people was there, and in terms of the number of artillery, it must be a little stronger than Li Tianyang. However, Li Tianyang also knows one thing, in addition to Yuan Laoba's fleet, whether it is the pirates he has now recruited, or the pirates who came to help, but not necessarily every ship is equipped with artillery, not to mention Yuan Laoba himself, he will definitely be reluctant to put all his capital into this battle, and he will definitely leave some warships and artillery to protect their lair.

In this way, even if Li Tianyang and them are a few points inferior to Yuan Laoba in terms of the number and specifications of artillery, they are not too far behind, and they can still make achievements in long-distance artillery bombardment.

It's just a pity that Li Tianyang and his team members, although they have learned various techniques for operating the fort under He Yong's teaching from the moment they joined the camp, but with He Yong's half-tone ability, where are they really proficient in how to aim and locate targets in the ten-mile sea area.

And the knowledge of geometry and algebra that everyone has been learning, although it can also be useful for positioning and aiming at distant enemies, but Li Tianyang and them have no chance to use artillery because of the lack of ammunition and their weak opponents, so that everyone has few opportunities to fight in ordinary times. Even when practicing shooting, most of the shells used by everyone were stone bullets, and compared with the heavier lead bullets and iron bullets, the distance at the time of launch must have been deviated, which caused Li Tianyang and them to launch this time, and the shells that deviated the farthest were actually two or three miles away.

"Realign the crosshairs, load the second shell and prepare!" Li Tianyang was not angry, and ordered the gunner to speed up the barrel of the gun and re-aim and position.

Because when Li Tianyang's Crazy Shark fired cannonballs, it was necessary to hit the bow horizontally, so in order to take care of Li Tianyang's flagship, the speed of the entire fleet in the Bengang camp was also reduced, guarding the left and right of the Crazy Shark.

After a pillar of incense, Li Tianyang's second shell was ready, and at this time, Yuan Laoba's fleet on the opposite side did not have the slightest intention of slowing down, and rushed straight towards Li Tianyang's fleet, which had already reduced the distance between them to less than eight miles.

"Put!!"

With another order, the second shell turned into a black shadow and flew towards Yuan Laoba's fleet, followed by three loud noises one after another, and the other three warships also fired the second shell.

This time it was lucky, one of the shells actually hit the deck of a warship belonging to Yuan Laoba, blowing the three- or four-inch thick deck out of a cauldron-like opening, deep into the belly warehouse, and the group of pirates standing on the deck were either shocked by the shock wave brought by the lead bullet, or scratched by the flying sawdust, and six or seven people fell down at once.

"Don't panic, don't be afraid, there are only four general cannons on the opposite side, everyone rush forward for me, rush in as fast as possible, and fight them hand-to-hand!!" Although Yuan Laoba has not experienced any military career, he can't read a few big characters, and he doesn't know what the art of war is, but after years of life and death struggle, he still learned a little bit of military theory.

At the very least, he knew that by attacking the opponent's shortcomings with his own strengths, and doing his best to win the defeat of the Bengang camp team in this battle, he would be able to avoid a lot of trouble. Therefore, with the huge number of their team and the advantage of warships, hand-to-hand combat with the other party is the most suitable tactic for Yuan Laoba in this battle.

And the method he thought of was indeed a real conspiracy, although Yuan Laoba didn't know that in the Bengang base camp, Li Tianyang and them still had more than 1,000 team members, and the Bengang Alliance supported Li Tianyang's nearly 4,000 indigenous warriors, guarding against Yuan Laoba's attack. But based on the news that Yuan Laoba heard, as well as the real situation of the Bengang camp, the more than 20 warships that came to intercept Yuan Laoba and them now are indeed the largest maritime force in the Bengang camp. If Yuan Laoba can wipe out Li Tianyang's team here, then at least in two or three years, Li Tianyang will not want to have such a large-scale fleet again!

After all, if Li Tianyang and their team were destroyed, even if Yuan Laoba and them couldn't attack the Bengang camp, just blocking the sea channel connecting Bengang with the outside world would make Bengang unsustainable. Bengang can't produce cotton and steel, and even because of its proximity to the Tamsui River, if you want to dry sea salt, you have to drive a boat along the coastline and run for more than half an hour before the sea water reaches a certain salinity to dry sea salt.

(End of chapter)