Chapter 144: Pirates
The commander and deputy commander of the fleet reached a consensus in a few words, carrying forward the spirit of internationalism, eradicating this vicious group of pirates for the people of Luzon, and also to eradicate the pirates from the roots, and vowing to wipe out the pirates near Luzon.
As the screeching sirens of the hand-cranked sirens sounded, the entire fleet of naval warriors were dressed in gear and ready for battle. One of the fighters in the observation room on the mast shouted loudly.
"At ten o'clock, an unknown ship was found......"
When Qiao Haipeng saw it, he hurriedly picked up the telescope and began to observe. At this time, three sailboats were approaching parallel to them, and it was estimated that they would soon meet in front of them.
He picked up the microphone and said loudly: "Li Shaojie, slow down a little and let the pirates get close to you." It's better to spend them all there, and we'll give them a pot today. ”
"Understood, a pot served his mother's ......"
Qiao Haipeng turned around and said to Fan Bit, who had been following him: "Old Fan, from now on, you will command the fleet, wrap up those pirate ships for me, and don't let any of them go." ”
Van Bit nodded slightly, and then led the soldier with the radio on his back to leave. After a while, he shouted loudly. The whole sailboat was busy, and the deputy captain Wu Weiwei repeated the order loudly.
"Untie the halyard! Quickly fasten the sail with a sail rope! Relax immediately...... Loose ...... Tighten the sails! Handle the winch well......"
As soon as the order was given, the naval soldiers and Dutch sailors on board began to get busy like crazy, and after months of training, especially after several storms, the officers and men of the navy were no longer what they used to be. With the cooperation of the Dutch sailors, the various movements are very skillful, and there is no panic before.
The observer on the mast shouted: "Enemy ship found, ...... at 11 o'clock"
Qiao Haipeng picked up the binoculars and saw that several pirate ships had approached the 789 sailboat, but his own fleet had already been deployed and was wrapping towards them, and the soldiers on the gun positions and machine gun positions were all on standby, ready to fire at any time.
Those pirate ships are actually British armed merchant ships, which usually do trade, and when they see a bargain, they pounce on them and make a cameo appearance as pirates. And they all have privateer warrants issued by the Queen, and they also belong to the royal pirates. A few days after they left the port of Manila, they saw three pot-bellied Dutch cargo ships.
This is a fat sheep, the Dutch is cautious, in order to be able to decorate more goods and pay less taxes, he made such a big-bellied merchant ship, which is slow and clumsy to operate, and is the best target in the eyes of everyone.
So several armed merchant ships immediately followed, and followed all the way here, surrounded the three ships in the middle, and raised the pirate flag. The ship's sailors laughed loudly with their weapons.
"Chick, I'm here, haha...... Obediently waiting for me...... Haha......"
"Baby, let's have a good day, haha...... We're coming......"
Several sailors also took off their trousers, revealing their white buttocks, and shook the three ships with a reckless wage. In their eyes, the deal is already in hand.
Suddenly, the sailors who were watching from the mast shouted: "There is a ship coming in the distance......"
They rushed to the side side on the other side, and found Qiao Haipeng's fleet in the distance, and when they saw that there were seven or eight boats, they were about to disperse in a hurry, but it was too late to run. Seven sailboats had already surrounded them, and the three fat sheep in their eyes had turned into big bad wolves in a blink of an eye, turning around and rushing over.
When Qiao Haipeng's No. 1 sailboat rushed over, a pirate ship drove over, and the other party saw that the No. 1 sailboat was so big, and immediately had no intention of confrontation, and hurriedly wanted to change direction, relying on his speed advantage to escape from here.
Next to him, Van Bit put down his binoculars and said with a smile: "Sir, it's an armed fast merchant ship of the Englishmen." These guys are royal pirates with privateer licenses, and I've been dealing with them a lot before, just a bunch of scum. But they're all very tough guys, be prepared to sink them, sir. ”
Qiao Haipeng listened to Van Pitt's words, frowned and said, "British...... The paralyzed, if they dare to resist, they will sink them, and there is no need to say anything humane to these scumbags. ”
After he finished speaking, he picked up the microphone and shouted: "Attention boats, this is a group of British, they may encounter fierce resistance, if the other party resists stubbornly, they will all sink ......"
"Haha...... Finally met these bastards, brothers, **British......"
"Rely on ...... *** mother's British......"
"Haha...... Lao Tzu exploded his English pig's chrysanthemum ......"
There was a burst of excited shouts from the other end of the microphone, Qiao Haipeng frowned and scolded: "What are you shouting nonsense, you have to pay attention to Su zhì, we are the navy, don't learn from the army ruffians, gentlemen, gentlemen......"
He casually threw off the microphone, turned to Van Bit behind him, and said, "Catch up with that British's ship, don't let it run." ”
Van Bit smiled and said, "Don't worry, if we could only watch him run away before, but today they don't have a chance......"
He turned around and shouted a few orders to the helmsman behind him, and the huge No. 1 sailboat deftly changed direction, and in a short time, it was already approaching the opposite pirate ship.
The Briton on the opposite ship looked at the big-bellied Dutch merchant ship in amazement, and the clumsy big-bellied sailing ship unexpectedly changed direction, intervened diagonally, and stopped them on their way.
These British have plundered these Dutch big-bellied merchant ships before, not to mention the slow speed, and the maneuvering is very clumsy, they can stop the other party with a light yì, even if they can't beat them, they can rely on the speed advantage to escape. But what the hell is it today.
At this time, there was a shout from the gun position: "The target is 1500 meters away, please attack ......"
Qiao Haipeng picked up the binoculars and looked at the armed clipper on the opposite side, it is estimated that it is more than 500 tons, and the maximum caliber is 12 pounds, which is good, he still wants to capture a few and pull it back to play, the navy is now these ten Dutch merchant ships, which are still not very suitable for naval warfare.
He shouted: "All gun positions are on alert, machine gun positions No. 3 and 4 are ready to shoot, once they enter the effective firing range, armor-piercing shells, free fire......"
The effective range of the 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun is 1500 meters, but considering the complex sea conditions and the relatively low threat of front-loading guns in this era, the navy regulations stipulate that the effective range is 900 meters.
As the two ships got closer and closer, the 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns that had been waiting for a long time from the two machine gun positions fired almost simultaneously, and the two tongues of fire spewed out countless hot bullets, overwhelmingly spilling towards the armed clipper ship opposite.
The sailors in the running cabin of the British armed clipper had already opened the gun doors, loaded the guns, and waited for the two ships to stagger and fire the guns. But the sailors suddenly saw a puff of smoke rising from the ship opposite through the gun window.
They immediately laughed and scolded the Dutch guy on the other side for being stupid*, you can shoot a bird if you fire a cannon at such a distance.
"Haha...... Hillbilly, did you just crawl out of the mud...... Haha......"
"You'd better go back to your hometown and milk the cows, this is not where you hillbillies come from...... Haha......"
These British sailors laughed and scolded loudly, roared wildly unscrupulously, and looked extremely arrogant. In fact, they are not afraid, they will fight if it is a big deal, anyway, they have an advantage in speed.
Suddenly, there was a "bang".
A 12.7mm armor-piercing projectile had pierced the thick plank of the ship, breaking a laughing sailor in two. Blood sprayed the gun bays everywhere in an instant, and a group of British sailors were immediately stunned by this sudden upheaval.
"Ah......h
I don't know who howled loudly first, and the whole gun bay was suddenly chaotic.
But then more 12.7-mm armor-piercing shells poured in, piercing the thick planks one after another, knocking the gun bay to pieces, and more than a dozen sailors were beaten to pieces.
The entire cabin was covered with blood, stumps and severed arms all over the ground, and there were bursts of crying, screaming, and shouting all around......
"Bang...... Bang ......"
Two PK general-purpose machine guns also joined the attack, and their main goal was to suppress the deck positions of the opposing ships. In an instant, a barrage of bullets washed the deck of the armed merchant ship from left to right, killing and wounding many sailors.
When the rest of the people saw it, they all shrunk their heads and hid, but countless bullets "swished" in their heads...... The swishing ...... flew by, scaring them so much that they didn't even dare to raise their heads.
Qiao Haipeng turned back to Van Bit and shouted, "Lean in......"
Then he waved his hand to Fujita in the distance, and Fujita led twenty daredevils to bow violently and shouted, "Hi ......"
They drew their katanas from behind them one after another, came to the side and stood up, staring at each other with dead eyes, exuding a strong murderous aura on their bodies.
The No. 1 sailing ship was getting closer and closer to the British armed merchant ship, and Qiao Haipeng and all the naval officers and men were also nervous. They aimed their guns at the armed merchant ships opposite, ready to open fire.
With a "bang", a cannon window of the sailboat on the opposite side that was almost smashed actually emitted a thick white smoke, and with a "poof", a solid cannonball fell into the sea next to the No. 1 sailboat.
Qiao Haipeng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he said loudly and angrily: "No. 1 and No. 2 gun positions, change the armor-piercing incendiary bomb, sink it for me, paralyzed, and shameless ...... for your face."
The two gun positions, which had been waiting for a long time, listened to Qiao Haipeng's order, stepped on the pedal violently, and a string of hot fiery red bullets suddenly roared out and smashed into the armed merchant ships on the opposite side.
In just an instant, the armed merchant ship was hit with a raging flame, and the fire instantly swept the entire hull, and with a loud "boom", the fire detonated the powder magazine in the cabin, and the armed merchant ship was blown apart, and sank into the sea in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the surrounding battles were also over, and of the six armed merchant ships of the opposing side, four were sunk and two were captured. The two armed merchant ships that surrendered also gave up resistance after seeing the tragic situation of the armed merchant ship that was blown up by the No. 1 sailing ship. R1152