Chapter 90 Destroying the pirate gunboat bravely, Zhu Cong surrendered in despair
"Line up in a straight array, and the whole army will attack!"
When the opponent rushed into the range of artillery fire, Xiao Ping immediately gave an order, and the four paddle wheels of the battleship under him started together, and the huge paddle blades slapped the water, causing the entire battleship to spin and aim the entire flank at the huge fleet that rushed over. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The herald on the mast listened, and waved the flag in his hand to convey his order.
When the rest of the warships got the news, they also sideways the entire battleship, like a wall of walls, in front of the pirate coalition.
When the whole line was formed, dozens of small doors were opened below the deck, and the Tiger Squat Cannon was pushed out from inside, and then the gunpowder packets and stone-polished shells were stuffed into them, as recorded in the manual, and tamped with wooden spoons.
As soon as the arquebus behind the cannon disappeared, everyone felt the hull of the ship slam for a while, and a thunderous roar sounded in their ears.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
A total of 180 artillery pieces, all of which were shelled.
All of a sudden, countless gravel swept across the sea, splashing countless waves, and of course, like a torrential rain, fell on those warships.
The Red Phoenix Navy and the Pirate Alliance are miles away, and even with the power of the Tiger Squat Cannon, it is difficult to effectively kill and injure the other party at such a distance, although it is so full of rubble, it also makes those people on the ship feel a headache, and their noses and faces are swollen from being smashed, and they look embarrassed.
Affected by this attack, everyone's hearts sank, the previous morale suddenly dissipated a lot, no longer the previous bravery, the whole fleet was also much looser, already looked like it was about to collapse, and even some smaller ships left this sea area directly, wanting to flee and not go out.
Zhu Cong looked annoyed, and pulled the banner and said, "Everyone, go with me on the expedition." ”
At the sound of an order, he immediately raised all the sails, and the whistling wind blew the sails in bursts, and for a while, the entire battleship was like an arrow from the string, getting rid of all the battleships behind him, and rushing directly towards the Chifeng Navy.
This battleship was very large, more than half the length of the Red Phoenix Army, and the hull on it was very hard, and the power of the Tiger Squat Cannon had not even left a trace on it.
Xiao Ping saw that the battleship was rampage, but he used his huge body to block all the shells he fired, and then rushed directly to himself, trying to use the broadside battle to decide the victory.
He only felt extremely excited, and ordered: "The whole army is divided into two ways, avoid the giant boat charge in front, and attack the left and right flanks of the opponent. The battleship under the crotch started again, but with the help of the power of the wheels, it was directly inserted to the side, avoiding the giant boat that Zhu Cong rushed to, and then took the four battleships behind him and rushed to the left flank position of the fleet under Zhu Cong and others, and the other fleet was the same, and it also turned to the right flank position of the other party.
After all, the Red Phoenix Army had too little background, and it was only after capturing Yidu Mansion and occupying the entire Liaodong Peninsula that it would take action.
And this time, in order to make up the strength to exterminate this group of pirates, the strength has been squeezed to the limit, even so, a single ship needs more than three hundred soldiers, and these ten warships are the limit of what the Red Phoenix Army can accumulate.
It was precisely for this reason that Xiao Ping did not dare to face this pirate alliance head-on, because the losses after that were not acceptable to him and the rest of the people.
But even so, Xiao Ping still has enough confidence, just because these warships are specially transformed, and they are also the existence of inheriting the essence of the "Canglong" battleship in the past, and more importantly, the tactics formulated for this new warship are also enough to completely change the existence of the entire water war.
These ten ships alone are enough!
In this regard, Xiao Ping was full of confidence, and under his command, the two fleets, one on the left and one on the right, were like scissors, completely blocking the entire pirate alliance, just waiting for the time to sword.
Zhu Cong looked strange and said secretly: "What are these Red Phoenix Army doing?" At this time, it was impossible for him to turn around.
At that time, in the Pirate Alliance, his fleet bore the brunt and was located in front of the entire fleet, while Chen Qingjun was located in the center of the fleet, acting as the headquarters position, as for the fleets of Wang Ziqing and Cai Ba, they were one left and one right, protecting the left and right wings of the entire fleet respectively.
In his heart, Chen Qingjun was also quite confused: "These Red Phoenix Army, could it be that they are preparing to escape?" It's just that he has always known the habits of the Red Phoenix Army, and knows that the other party can't give up the battle so easily, and this kind of action is only afraid that there is a big conspiracy.
Wang Ziqing looked excited, and shouted: "Attack, attack me." It seems that in his own eyes, the other party's distant appearance is planning to escape.
"Avenge your dead brother and kill these shitters. Cai Ba's eyes were red, and only the scene of his brother being exterminated by the Red Phoenix Army was left in his mind, so he shouted loudly.
As soon as the two of them spoke, the battleship under their command immediately started to move, and after following the two of them, they rushed towards the Red Phoenix Army and the navy together. And after the loss of these two people's warships, the entire pirate alliance was also much sparser, and only one hundred and fifty warships including Zhu Cong and Chen Qingjun remained.
Even so, one hundred and fifty warships is enough to make anyone feel terrified.
"These two people, really can't hold their breath, they still look like pirates. Rushed out like this?" Chen Qingjun's eyebrows curled slightly, swept over the two people who rushed out, and couldn't help but sneer in his mouth.
Zhu Cong saw the two of them rushing straight away, and hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and call them back, don't fight alone with the other party!" Although he didn't know the next strategy of the Red Phoenix Army, this person had been in a water war for a long time, and vaguely seemed to guess what the Red Phoenix Army wanted to do.
"That idiot, do you think that just five warships can fight against us?" Wang Ziqing looked disdainful and looked at Chifengjun with a greedy expression.
Cai Ba also sneered: "As for Zhu Cong, don't you think that others can't see through his thoughts? Today, the other party's artillery, I am bound to win." He also ignored it, and still ordered the warships under his command to rush straight away, trying to destroy the Red Phoenix Army.
According to their previous agreement, after the destruction of the Red Phoenix Army, the spoils of war were given to the captors.
It was precisely because of this that Wang Ziqing and Cai Bafang were in a hurry, just because if they could destroy the Red Phoenix Army, then the artillery on the ship could belong to them.
As for how powerful this artillery is, after the previous battle, the two of them naturally knew.
But after all, this artillery has a limit, like a crossbow and a catapult, and after the first two rounds of fighting, how much gunpowder can the battleship have?
It was precisely because of this that Wang Ziqing and Cai Ba made a risky move, trying to take advantage of this opportunity to annihilate the Chifeng Army Navy, and then be able to obtain the firearms above.
Xiao Ping couldn't help frowning when he saw the two fleets rushing straight forward, and immediately chuckled: "I thought it would take a little more effort, but I didn't expect the other party to take the bait himself." Everyone, prepare incendiary bombs, kill them for me!"
Although the other side had more than thirty warships, these warships were very dilapidated, and there was nothing but a few poles, catapults, and crossbows.
It can be seen that the opponent's water warfare capability is still stuck in the past era.
Of course, for the Red Phoenix Army, any naval army in this era is at a backward level.
At least for Xiao Ping, this is a truth!
With the passage of time, the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, which is also a disadvantage of the "Canglong", because of the use of hard sails, so the utilization rate of the sea breeze is much worse, it is because of this that the speed of the battleship is difficult to keep up with the soft sail battleship, it is because of this that the Chifeng Army and the navy were caught up by the other party.
At this moment, the other party's deck was already crowded.
They were fiddling with the catapults on the deck, and they had also pushed out the long-cherished three-bow bed crossbow and prepared to attack.
These things require a considerable amount of personnel to operate, so as far as a warship of the same level is concerned, the crew of this group of pirate alliances is half more than that of the Red Phoenix Army.
"It seems that the other party really followed. Xiao Ping estimated the distance between the two sides in his heart, and after the other party entered his range, he immediately shouted: "Open the cannon." ”
"Boom!"
Another burst of fire shook the entire battleship, and the muzzles of the tiger squat guns below deck also spewed out countless smoke and dust, which gathered around the battleship, making it seem as if it was wrapped in a black cloud, and it looked like it had come out of hell.
And in the distance, on the battleship that had already been chasing, it was immediately swept away by countless rubble.
This gravel was mixed with iron sheets, and the iron pieces were quite sharp, and immediately cut cracks on all the crew members, and countless blood spurted out directly, and if there were fierce ones, they were directly pierced on the head, so that they stepped into the netherworld, as for those three-bow bed crossbows and catapults, they were also completely shattered by this sky of rubble, and they were no longer formed.
Although the remaining warships tried to resist, they were also swept away by the rain of stones, and the personnel waiting on the deck, just like the previous ones, all died.
Just one round of attacks will leave the opponent dead and wounded, and completely lose the ability to fight.
It can be seen how powerful the battleship is equipped with artillery.
Seeing this situation, Wang Ziqing suddenly realized, and his mouth was extremely frightened: "This is impossible, why is this happening?"
"That's right. There were also Zhu Cong and Chen Qingjun, who immediately asked them for support. On the other side, Cai Ba also regretted his previous actions and hurriedly ordered.
However, it's too late!
The ensuing artillery fire ignored their wails and continued to attack all the ships, each time with extreme violence, so that the old ships that had no protection were completely scrapped, and the hull was smashed through huge holes until they were poured into them by the icy sea, and completely swallowed up.
This is one of the reasons why the Red Phoenix Army placed their artillery below deck.
On the one hand, the guns are installed in the sideboard position to maximize the firing density of the guns, and on the other hand, the guns and gunners can be hidden in the battleship, so as to protect the guns and gunners from loss.
Always one step ahead of the opponent, this is the concept that the Red Phoenix Army believes in.
Of course, these pirates in front of them also sank to the bottom of the sea along with the old-fashioned ideas they held.
Farther away, Zhu Cong and Chen Qingjun were also terrified when they saw this scene. Although they had expected that Wang Ziqing and Cai Ba would be defeated, they didn't expect that they would be defeated so thoroughly and quickly, and they didn't even have the strength to resist at all, so they were rubbed and abused by the other party in every way, and they had no backhand.
Seeing the two fleets slowly closing and preparing to stab from the rear of the two armies, Chen Qingjun felt frightened and hurriedly shouted: "Immediately push out the artillery for me and repel the opponent's attack." Also, rush out with all your might, and make sure you get out of here. ”
At this time, he no longer had the intention of hiding his strength, he just wanted to escape, the farther away the better, as for whether he could defeat the Red Phoenix Army, there was no hope at all.
It's just that before Chen Qingjun, it was Zhu Cong's battleship.
Chen Qingjun's move immediately crashed into Zhu Cong's fleet, because the distance was too narrow and too close, and there were even ships that collided directly with it.
When Zhu Cong saw Chen Qingjun like this, he immediately scolded: "You old immortal, do you want to run away like this?"
"Haha. Li Sheng and Chen Changwu's warships are no more, which means that your plan has failed. Chen Qingjun quibbled: "And Wang Ziqing and Cai Ba are also dead, and the other party has no chance of winning." I'm sorry, but my life is precious, and I can't just stay here. ”
Zhu Cong was angry, took out a harpoon from the side, and threw it at Chen Qingjun.
His strength was already good, and this time he shot with anger, and immediately threw the spear dozens of feet away, but unfortunately he was discovered by Chen Qingjun at a glance, and quickly stepped back, so he avoided this blow, Rao is so he still feels cold, as if he was torn apart.
This time, Chen Qingjun's plan to escape was even more firm, and he shouted: "Hurry, get out of here quickly." ”
"No! they, they've caught up. At this time, the person next to him was surprised.
Chen Qingjun glanced sideways, and immediately saw the Chifeng Army in the distance, the distance was about 100 zhang, and such a close distance was the time for the tiger to squat and exert its might.
Seeing the artillery launched next to him, Chen Qingjun immediately jumped up, picked up a torch, and lit the fire rope, "boom" The cannon immediately sounded, and its sound was even louder than the sound of the tiger squatting cannon.
Of course, this artillery purchased from the Southern Song Dynasty is also large enough, and its volume is no less than the thunderbolt cannon that has been captured, and only three people are needed to control it.
However, the projectile that shot out of the barrel of the cannon only splashed a little spark on the iron armor nailed above the Red Phoenix Army battleship, and other than that, it had no effect in the slightest.
This divine cannon is aimed at cavalry, and it is not very useful for warships equipped with thick iron armor, and naturally there is no damage.
Of course, it was also affected by this attack, and the warship that was originally planning to attack other pirates also noticed Chen Qingjun's presence, so the eighteen guns moved together, aiming at Chen Qingjun, and then the continuous gravel shrouded the entire deck, killing all the people, including Chen Qingjun, leaving only a broken battleship floating on the sea, lonely.
This thirty-zhang giant boat is also powerful, and it is still intact under such a ferocious attack of the Red Phoenix Army.
However, even with such a huge boat and the artillery produced in the Southern Song Dynasty, it still couldn't change Chen Qingjun's fate, and his life was finally ended here.
After Chen Qingjun's death, his subordinates died and fled, and surrendered without a leader, and they no longer had the reputation of being the first pirate in the East China Sea.
The Red Phoenix Army's attack continued, and every round of artillery fire killed and wounded all the crew members who were exposed to the deck, and even if they survived, they looked demented, thinking that they seemed to be living in hell.
Looking at this appearance, Zhu Cong knew that he could not resist the attack of the Red Phoenix Army with his own strength.
Ten against three hundred!
Three hundred and sixty Tiger Squat Cannons against one hundred Shenwei Cannons.
The difference in numbers once made him think that he could defeat the other party by his own strength, but when he really encountered it, it was so vulnerable that it didn't even count, it was just a slaughter on one side.
The power of artillery is enough to change everything.
In desperation, Zhu Cong looked at the anxious comrades-in-arms around him, and had no choice but to give the final order.
"Surrender!"