The ten sailing ships of the Far East Training Fleet braved the wind and waves and rushed towards the dense pirate fleet in the distance. The entire fleet marched in columns, and there was quite a tragic and heroic spirit that even though tens of millions of people had gone to the front.

Whether it was the officers and men of the Admiralty, or the Japanese samurai and Dutch sailors of the daredevils, they faced the salty and wet sea breeze, their faces were solemn, and their eyes were extremely determined. They know that if one day they are in trouble, Far Eastern Company will be like today, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of them, they will definitely save themselves at any cost.

Most of the more than 100 pirate ships are Junk ships of the Ming Dynasty, that is, Chinese-style hard-sailed sea ships of about 100 tons. There are only about 20 sailboats of foreign devils, but the largest is more than 300 tons. The personnel are even more mixed, including Ming Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, and many indigenous people from Southeast Asia, and even some foreign devils of different nationalities.

When they received He Tianxing's order, they all cheered loudly, these Ming pirates were very fierce. At that time, the entire East Asian seas, and even the South China Sea, were at the mercy of Chinese pirates. Even the Netherlands, the maritime hegemon at that time, was once defeated by Zheng Zhilong.

At that time, all ships sailing in East Asia had to spend money to buy the Ming Zheng Ling Flag, without which the probability of being intercepted in the East Asian Sea was more than 50, and if it was only off the coast of Fujian, it was 100 to be intercepted. In the end, even the Dutch in Taiwan had to secretly buy the Lingqi in the name of the Japanese ship, which was really an unprecedented thing for the Dutch, who were only accustomed to issuing permits to other countries.

Qiao Haipeng stood at the bow of the ship, staring at the fleet in front of him. Standing behind him was Dutch Captain Koeman, the most senior Dutch captain other than Van Pitt, so he became the temporary captain of the first sailing ship.

Although in his opinion, Qiao Haipeng's decision was not wise. Qiao Haipeng's words, with his current level of Chinese, can only understand the general meaning.

Even if there is hell ahead, you must rush over and rescue your comrades who are in danger.

I don't know why, when he heard this, it made him burst into tears, and the blood on his body boiled.

These boats are interspersed with a number of small wooden boats, each of which is driven by several people. Koman, who was next to him, suddenly put down his binoculars and said, "Sir, we have to pay attention to those small boats, this is the fireship used by the pirates of the Ming Dynasty, it is very fast and very flexible.

When I was in the East India Company, I participated in several naval battles with the Ming Dynasty, and this kind of fireship once caused us to suffer a lot. Many of our big ships were burned down by these fireboats. ”

Qiao Haipeng nodded and said with a smile: "It's okay, hum...... It's not easy to get close to us. ”

At this time, the pirate ship at the front of the pirate fleet on the opposite side suddenly spread out to both sides, and instantly formed a huge pocket, like a hideous mouth, trying to swallow Qiao Haipeng and his ten sailboats in one gulp.

On a sailboat in the distance, He Tianxing put down his monoculars and sneered: "These Hongyi are evil! In the past, they had already fled when they saw us, but how did they grab the upper hand today, and they ran into us directly. Weird......"

He Wu next to him said with a smile: "Big brother, it must be the first time to come here, and I thought that the sea here was still what they Hongyi said." In the future, it would be better for such Hongyi to be like this. ”

He Tianxing shook his head and said with a solemn face: "No! Although these boats are Hongyi's plywood boats, I always felt that they were not Hongyi. You go and let the brothers be in good spirits, don't be careless. Let a few fireships test it. ”

After listening to the boss's words, He Wuyi was confused and went to convey the order. I don't know why, He Tianxing felt that there was something strange today. He has been floating on the sea for decades, and he has seen many scenes of life and death, and he can smell the slightest crisis.

That's why he's still alive today. Although because of the rise of the Zheng family, he was stranded on this small island, but his ambition has never faded. It's just that he doesn't have a chance, he is slowly waiting, waiting for the opportunity to soar into the sky.

Because of the order of the big boss, although the originally arrogant pirates were full of anger, they did not dare to disobey the boss's words, so they had to surround them first without fighting, and first sent out a few fireships to try the opponent's heels.

Qiao Haipeng was also wondering, what do these pirates mean, aren't the pirates all rushing up, how did they become so cautious today. Thinking of this, his brows furrowed, something abnormal is a demon.

Suddenly, the Admiralty fighters from the mainmast watchtower shouted: "Several small boats have been found, ...... in the direction of nine o'clock"

Qiao Haipeng immediately ran to the port side, picked up the binoculars and looked at it. I saw a few small wooden boats, which were rowing towards them quickly.

This is the fireboat that Koman said, Qiao Haipeng put down the binoculars, turned around and shouted: "No. 1 and No. 2 machine gun positions, as long as a few small boats are close to 500 meters, they will be sunk." ”

He knew that the opponent he met today was not simple, and there might be a fierce battle today. But in any case, rush out. No matter who they are, as long as they dare to stop their pace, they will inevitably usher in the destruction of the Far Eastern Company.

"Bang bang...... Bang bang ......"

As soon as the boats entered a distance of 500 meters, two 12.7 anti-aircraft machine guns suddenly opened fire, and several small wooden boats were immediately torn apart, and the ignition and gunpowder on one of the small boats were detonated, and they exploded in an instant.

The surrounding pirates were stunned by such a scene, what kind of firearm is this, it is too powerful. I saw only two fiery snakes, like two long whips, and in an instant they whipped several small boats to ashes.

He Tianxing in the distance was also stunned, he was secretly glad that he was careful, if he went up dozens of boats at once, the loss would be great. But he had no intention of retreating. And he was very interested in that kind of powerful firearms.

He patted the stunned He Wu beside him, and said loudly: "Let the brothers light some fireboats, and then grind them slowly around them, and seize the opportunity to surround them, I want these boats, I want people, and I want firearms." ”

Qiao Haipeng stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the dense pirate ships in the distance, blocking their way. And there are pirate ships all around, they are like wolves, very patient, and keep up to 1,000 meters away from the fleet, following them with a tiger's eye.

Qiao Haipeng thought hatefully in his heart, if Lao Tzu drove the No. 1 landing ship here, even if you had a thousand ships, Lao Tzu would sink you all. But the sailboat is different, once it changes direction in an environment surrounded by wolves, the sail will be affected by the change of wind direction, and many unpredictable things will happen.

Coman, who was standing beside him, suddenly shouted: "Sir, look there......"

Qiao Haipeng raised his binoculars and looked in the direction pointed by Koman, several small boats in the distance had already emitted thick black smoke, and the smoke was getting bigger and bigger, slowly covering the entire sea surface.

He looked down and thought about it for a moment, and immediately thought of the pirates' intentions. This is a man-made smoke bomb, these pirates really deserve to be the overlords of the sea, and they actually came up with such a bad idea so quickly.

As he expected, thick black smoke began to rise in all directions, and he didn't know what the pirates were using, but it could emit such a thick black smoke when it was lit, and it lasted for a long time, and he couldn't see the scene behind the black smoke at all.

As the thick black smoke became more and more, and in a short time, the surrounding sea was enveloped in patches of black smoke. And these thick smoke is drifting towards their fleet.

Qiao Haipeng shouted loudly: "All machine gun positions, attack the ignition ship behind the black fog, and fire freely...... Free Fire ......"

As soon as his words fell, all the anti-aircraft machine guns on the ten sailing ships all fired into the black fog like crazy. Everyone was aware of the danger, and if the black fog was allowed to approach any longer, then their ten sailboats would be in danger.

Wooden boats were constantly being hit in the black smoke, but immediately another set fire boat was pushed up. The anti-aircraft machine gunners on the ten sailboats could only continue to strafe aimlessly into the black fog.

And the front was also shrouded in black fog, and they were now only a few hundred meters away from the black fog in front of them. Qiao Haipeng frowned and thought for a while, and shouted into the earphones: "It is about to enter the Black Fog Zone, and all the officers and men of the Admiralty of each ship occupy a favorable position around the sailboat, and when they pass through the Black Fog Zone, they will use modern weapons to continuously attack the ships to prevent the enemy's fireships from approaching." Two gun emplacements on each ship hit me on either side, don't be afraid to waste bullets and shells, until we break out of the black fog area. ”

After Qiao Haipeng finished speaking, he shouted behind him: "The machine gunners are all at the bow of the ship, and the others are in place." ”

All the officers and men of the Admiralty picked up AK-74 automatic rifles and stood guard on the edge of the sailboat, four PK general-purpose machine guns were arranged in the bow of the ship, and even the Japanese daredevils and Dutch sailors took out their revolvers and arquebuses, and stood on both sides of the ship nervously holding their guns.

Finally, the No. 1 sailboat sailed into the thick black fog area, and all automatic rifles, PK general-purpose machine guns, 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, double-barreled 23 mm anti-aircraft guns, revolver guns, and arquebuses opened fire almost simultaneously.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

As soon as the gunshots rang out, several fireships loaded with flinching objects and gunpowder exploded one after another. The nearest fireboat was twenty or thirty meters away, and everyone broke out in a cold sweat.

Everyone went crazy, desperately pulling the trigger, and from time to time a fireboat was hit and exploded, and from time to time a ship was hit by twin 23mm anti-aircraft guns in the distance, although it only stayed in the black fog area for a few minutes, but it made everyone feel as if a long time had passed.

When the sailboat was about to rush out of the black fog, Qiao Haipeng suddenly saw that the thin black fog seemed to flicker outside, and Coman suddenly threw several people around him to the ground, and then shouted loudly in blunt words: "Get down...... Shelling ......"

Fortunately, the ships were full of well-trained soldiers, as well as Dutch sailors who had been floating on the sea all year round, and everyone reacted super quickly, and immediately lay down on the ground after Koman's shout. R1152