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The sailors burst out with the greatest force to step on the pedals under their feet, and the hull of the 092 ship seemed to shake violently, and the propellers suddenly increased their speed, stirring the water and causing the ship to rush out.

Finally, the man on the watchtower of the pilot ship on the opposite side noticed that something was wrong, and as an old sailor with a very sharp eye by nature, he could see clearly more than a dozen nautical miles away with good vision.

Although the sun in the east still interfered with his vision, at a distance of 200 meters, the huge body of the fast crab could no longer be hidden.

Liang Wang Shou was able to condescendingly see the two ships rushing out of the strong sunlight as if they were immortals.

The most important thing is that those two ships didn't actually raise their sails, is this hell?

He didn't react, he was stunned for a moment, closed his eyes, and then drew a cross on his chest, "God forbid." ”

Then he opened his eyes and looked back at the place where he had been, and yes, there were two ships that had not raised their sails, and besides, neither ship had oars, and they were rushing straight ahead.

As the two ships drew closer, he finally came to his senses and shouted a warning to the captain below.

"Mr. Captain, we have encountered ghost ships, and two ghost ships are coming towards us."

There was a laugh from below, "Haha, poor Will, he must have been swaying from above and starting to talk nonsense." ”

"No, no, no, there was no big wind and waves today, he couldn't have fainted, oh damn Will, he must have stolen the wine from the supply warehouse, he was talking drunk."

"Hey, boy, don't talk nonsense, stealing supplies from a ship is a felony, and Will can't do that."

"Then why do you think he is drunk? There's no way the chief vice president could arrange for a drunk to go up and be a lookout. ”

"Maybe it's a prank."

The captain was sleeping, and when he heard the noise outside, he couldn't help but say viciously, "Damn, what bastard put a drunk in the watchtower, the star officer?" I'm going to whip him a few times. ”

Just when there was a commotion on the pilot ship, the 092 and 073 ships were only less than 100 meters away from them, and at this time, the two ships changed direction slightly to both sides, forming a flanking momentum, and continued to rush towards the pilot ship.

And, in Will's horrified eyes, the bow doors of 092 and 073 opened almost simultaneously.

Two huge sparks exploded in his eyes, and two huge iron balls seemed to slowly smash towards his own ship.

"Oh God."

In the dull sound of cannons, two 30-pound large iron balls smashed into the bow of the pilot ship.

Although it was a cannonball fired from a short-barreled cannon, the amount of fire medicine that the steel cannon body could hold was absolutely terrifying, and the huge kinetic energy of the two iron balls carried easily smashed through the bow of the pilot ship and crushed it all the way in.

With a loud bang, the pilot ship shook twice, and everyone on board fell to the ground, and by this time they knew that they had been attacked suddenly.

Worthy of being veterans of sea voyages all year round, the sailors did not need the captain's orders and began to run towards their respective posts.

It's a pity that one step is slow, one step is slow.

You must know that gunpowder is easy to absorb water and compact, and after hardening, gunpowder cannot be used, even if it is barely used, the combat effectiveness is very different.

This kind of gunpowder compaction is common on land, especially on the sea.

Therefore, in order to avoid this phenomenon, gunpowder is generally stored carefully until it is ready for war, and then the gunpowder is loaded into the gunpowder.

Therefore, the artillery on the pilot ship, except for the one on duty, which was loaded with gunpowder and projectiles, was all empty guns.

Suddenly attacked, except for the artillery on duty who hurriedly fired a shot, the other artillery did not even untie the gun jacket.

After firing the bow gun, ship No. 092 to the left and ship No. 073 to the right, already outflanking, quickly approached the pilot ship from a distance of less than 20 meters from the side.

With the orders of the captains of the two ships, the 10-pound long-barreled heavy guns on the two ships began to fire in turn from front to back.

Depending on the situation encountered, the ammunition of the ship's guns varied greatly, and most of them were solid iron bullets.

In addition, there are 10 grape bullets weighing 1 pound packed together;

Hundreds of small projectiles packed together for a shotgun;

a chain bullet that connects several large iron balls together with iron chains;

incendiary bombs that set fire to enemy ships;

All kinds of different types of ammunition are used according to different situations and objectives.

This time the raid is mainly based on fire reconnaissance, and it is necessary to know the thickness of the planks of the opponent's ships, the situation of artillery equipment, and so on.

Therefore, at the previous pre-war briefing meeting, it had already been ordered, and large iron bombs, grapeshot bombs, shotgun bombs, and incendiary bombs should be tried.

At such a close distance, it is difficult to miss, and Xuan Jun is almost firing a cannon against the opponent's head.

As the ships of both sides staggered, a total of 20 artillery shells were fired, all of which hit the hull of the opposing party, and not a single one was missed.

The big iron bullet smashed on the board of the opponent's ship, and in the flying sawdust, it directly pierced the opponent's hull, hit it from this side, and flew out from the side. All the obstacles in the middle were smashed hard.

The power of the grape bullet is even greater, after being fired, 10 large iron bullets weighing 1 pound are flying in the cabin of the ship, whether it is a person, a ship's plank, or a cannon, as long as it is hit, it will immediately twist and deform.

Originally, this ammunition was used to clean the upper deck personnel of the enemy ship, but at close range, it was found that the artillery deck of the enemy could not reach the upper deck of the opponent.

After raising the muzzle, all the shotguns hit the side of the opponent's ship. Only a few small shotguns had penetrated through the holes that had been punched out by the large iron balls and grape balls before, causing some damage, and the rest, mostly embedded in the thick planks.

The incendiary bomb is also effective, a hollow iron ball with more than a dozen holes, filled with coal tar from the coal chemical industry, which is solidified by adding other materials.

Before firing, the hole is filled with flammable material, and when the incendiary bomb is fired with propellant, the gunpowder ignites the flammable material inside the hole, and the flammable material ignites the coal tar mixture inside the iron ball.

The sheer size gave it powerful kinetic energy, easily penetrating the opponent's ship's plank and entering the cabin.

By this time, the coal tar mixture had already ignited, and the mixture would turn back into a liquid state, and then burn and flow out of a dozen small holes, igniting the nearby ship's planks.

A total of 4 incendiary shells from the 10 guns on the flanks of ships 092 and 073 were fired into the hold of the pilot ship, and after a while, smoke rose from the other ship's hold.