The Pioneer blew up two sailboats in quick succession, did not slow down at all, and continued to sail at full speed in the dense fog. Suddenly, the sailor, who was standing in the bow of the ship, shouted: "There is a ship ahead, and it is about to hit ......"

When everyone looked up, they saw a sailboat lying across the sea in front of them. Van Bit hurriedly shouted: "Slow down, slow down, the left full rudder ......"

But the speed of the ship is so fast, the sea is no better than the land, and such a close distance is impossible to avoid. The Pioneer was speeding across the sea, and its huge hull was slowly turning sideways, but it was still inevitable that it would collide with the sailing ship on the other side.

Song Tao also shouted loudly: "It's going to collide, everyone choose a favorable position to stand ......"

There was a loud "bang......" and the two ships collided almost in parallel.

The people on board were choked enough, and many sailors who had not held their positions fell everywhere on the deck. The Pioneer relied on the huge hull and the modified hull was very strong, so when it collided with the other party, it did not suffer much damage. But the sailboat was miserable, less than 300 tons, even the edge of the hull was broken.

Song Tao was also shocked and fell to the ground, he quickly got up from the ground and shouted, "Attack...... Attack...... Fuck ......"

The officers and men of the Pioneer ran to the side of the ship, raised their weapons and slashed at the sailing ship on the opposite side. The white skins on the sailboat opposite also got up, and opened fire with arquebuses, raising clusters of thick smoke.

Both sides were red-eyed, only a few meters apart, and they could clearly see the faces of the people on the other side, and from time to time someone was knocked upside down by bullets and flew out. At this time, the test was courage, and both sides watched as the muzzles of the guns on the opposite side spewed tongues of fire and hit them.

The officers and men of the Far Eastern Fleet were mainly pirates and Liaodong ruffians. are all masters who are not afraid of death, and they will die until this time. They wore steel helmets, grimace masks, and bulletproof vests, and could save their lives even if they were hit by buckshot from a white-skinned arquebus. But Bai Pi was hit by the weapons of the Far East, and double-barreled shotguns, grenades, revolvers, and forty-millimeter grenade launchers were all sharp weapons for killing. Not to mention two heavy machine guns.

The two sides only held each other for a short time, and the white skins on the opposite ship could not hold on, and they threw down their arquebuses and fled into the cabin. Tai Nima bullied people, the opponent's weapon can actually shoot continuously, especially with small cannons, a dozen and a large piece, this is a fart!

Zhang Tiehammer was unlucky, and as soon as he stood up, he was hit the steel helmet by the lead bullet fired by the arquebus on the opposite side. Although there was a ricocheting, the huge impact still knocked him dizzy, and his body fell to the ground again.

"Ah......h

He yelled, then struggled to get up, picked up the 40mm grenade launcher and pulled the trigger, and with a "bang", dozens of darts instantly smashed several white skins on the opposite side into a sieve, and some white skins were hit by dartballs. He screamed bitterly.

Wang Bo still occupied the water-cooled heavy machine gun, and he frantically fired at the white leather on the opposite deck. The cooling water of the machine gun has long been boiling. But he still slammed the trigger regardless of it, and ran out of a bullet belt.

There was also a tense scene in the gun compartment of the Pioneer, and at the moment of the collision, the gunners of the two ships also fell everywhere in the gun compartment, and they helped each other to get up, and found that the gun window of the opposite ship was only a few meters away from them.

Both sides hurriedly reloaded with frenzied frenzy of horror. Both ships have had a round of artillery, and now it's up to them to see who is quick and who can fire first. So the gunners of the two ships began to race desperately against death. The British gunners on the opposite side were not ordinary, although they were not yet the hegemons of the sea, but their combat effectiveness was extremely strong.

At this point, they made the fastest reload in their lives. However, they found that two small cannons on the opposite side had completed their artillery preparations and were preparing to fire, and the British gunners looked at the gun windows on the opposite side in amazement, all with a look of fear on their faces.

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

Two long-barreled 75-mm mountain guns on the side of the Pioneer ship burst into flames, and two high-explosive shells smashed into the hull on the opposite side. The gun compartment of the British battleship was blown open with two large holes, and the huge force of the explosion shook the battleship on the opposite side violently. The white skin in the gun bay was blown to the point of flesh and blood, and even the white skin far away from the explosion point was staggered by the impact.

The original forward-loading artillery team of the Pioneer, taking advantage of the chaos on the opposite side, also completed the artillery preparation first, and with the shout of the gun non-commissioned officer, ten 18-pounder forward-loading guns began to ignite the goose feather tubes in turn.

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

A dense burst of cannon fire rang out, and eighteen-pound live ammunition ravaged the second-deck gun compartment of the sailing ship opposite. As the 75mm mountain gun fired a second round of artillery, the British sailboat on the opposite side finally exploded, and the hull quickly disintegrated, and sank in a short time. The white skins floating on the sea were also slaughtered by angry Far Eastern officers and soldiers.

The sound of artillery gradually subsided, and the battle finally ended. Song Tao asked the officers and soldiers to capture a few prisoners, get on the boat for interrogation, and after the prisoners' confessions, everyone knew the severity of the problem. The entire English Channel is now filled with British and Dutch warships, and it is said that Portuguese and Spanish warships are also coming here.

While instructing the ships to repair the ships and rescue the wounded, Song Tao convened a meeting of the captains of the ships and the people of the fleet headquarters. This time, all the captains made the ship themselves and rushed to the Pioneer. Everyone sat around and discussed their next plans.

Li Shaojie pointed to the map and said with a solemn face: "According to the confession of the captive, the Dutch East Indies already knew the news that we were in Le Havre a few days ago, and they have not made a move, so they should have learned the information that our ship was going to leave in the near future." At this time, they will definitely inform Spain that we will be intercepted in the waters between the Azores and Madeira.

That area was the traditional sphere of influence of Spain and Portugal, and it was no longer realistic for us to look for a safe haven in these two places, and now it was imperative to repair the ships, and half of the fleet's coal reserves had been used, and several of our ships were not in good condition, and the masts and sails were badly damaged, and it would take a month or two to repair them.

The East Coast of the Americas is rich in natural havens, and the Appalachian Mountains are the largest mining area in the United States. And the most important reason is that it is sparsely populated, and we prefer to maintain the ships in concealment. I built yì, after rushing out of the English Channel, I crossed the Atlantic directly to the Americas, and found a safe place to repair. (To be continued......)

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