Chapter 369
Sink again
But the sail handlers on the upper mast on the Fu Ship had been completely lost. Without the help of the sail, Lao Qi could not retreat quickly. Although he personally steered and showed his highest level of steering skills, compared with the flexible Cangshan boat, the Fu Ship's movements were still too slow, really too slow.
"Bangbangbangbang!"
"Bangbangbangbang!"
"Bangbangbangbang!"
The three Cangshan boats continued to fire.
This time, they used chain bullets.
Cheng Lei and his friends were preparing to break the mast of the Fu Ship and completely terminate its maneuverability.
The chain bomb hit the lucky ship fiercely, making a strange sound. The equipment and facilities were constantly being beaten to pieces, and wood chips and other things were flying. The pirates in the cabin were in panic all day long. Lao Qi could only close his eyes, looking forward to God's blessing. The battle in front of him was completely beyond his ability.
"Squeak!"
"Squeak!"
"Squeak!"
Suddenly, the mast made a strange sound.
"Oops!"
"The mast is about to break!"
Lao Qi suddenly shouted that something was wrong.
The mast is about to break.
This strange sound is the sound of the mast cracking.
Suffering from the continuous heavy damage of chain bombs, the mast of this lucky ship finally couldn't hold on.
"Bang!"
With a crisp sound, the mast split into two from the middle.
With the heavy sails and the upper half of the mast fell down fiercely.
"Abandon the ship!"
Lao Qi had no choice but to shout helplessly.
The mast was broken and the sails were torn apart, but he could not fight back. He did not think of a better way except to abandon the ship. The movement of the mast fell down could shatter the loophole at the bottom of the ship again. In other words, the ship was sunk.
"Plop!"
"Plop!"
"Plop!"
The surviving pirates dived and escaped.
"Boom!"
The mast hit the deck hard.
All around the deck were broken, and the flying wood chips even flew more than ten feet away. The upper floor of the entire Fu Ship seemed to have been bombarded by the red cannons, and there were countless debris pouring directly into the sea water. There were pirates floating everywhere above the turbid sea water. There were also pirates who had dived and escaped, struggling desperately in the cold sea water. The hull of the Fu Ship was also shocked and sank violently, and then slowly floated up.
Due to the violent vibration, the hole at the bottom of the ship immediately cracked open, and a large amount of sea water kept pouring in. The sea water poured in from below, and all the debris in the shipwreck were pushed out, as if there was a huge pile of garbage below, which was pushed up all at once. In a moment, the ship began to sink. Then, the surging sea water rushed out of the cabin and rolled up white waves.
“Huh?”
"What's going on?"
"Sinking so quickly?"
Cheng Lei and others were very surprised. Although they broke the other's mast and tore the other's sails, they did not penetrate the other's ship's side! Why did this lucky ship sink so quickly? Could it be that the pirates themselves? It seems that this is the case! They were going to capture this enemy ship, but it seems that there is no chance. Damn pirates! They actually sank the ship! It's cruel enough!
"One more sunk!"
Shen Lingfei shouted excitedly.
"luck!"
Zhang Zhun said calmly.
The sinking of this blessed ship is indeed luck.
If it hadn't hit the reef in advance, the three Cangshan boats would have no chance to approach the other party. The fierce artillery fire of the lucky ship could make the three Cangshan boats unable to get close. Even if the Cangshan boat could rely on the long-range of the flying dragon cannon to severely damage the other party, it would not be able to sink the other party. Perhaps, this is God's favor for him.
"There are two small ones over there!"
With the regret of not being able to capture the pirate ship, the three Cangshan ships continued to attack.
Their next target was the two Haicang ships that were still entangled together. It was ridiculous to say that the two Haicang ships that collided with each other took a lot of effort to finally get rid of them. Their masts were all saved. However, they could only stop moving in place for the time being. Why? Because the cables that pulled the sails were cut off by the axe, and now the cables must be reconnected. If they did not do so, the sails would not work.
It is very simple to cut the cables with an axe. It will be much more troublesome to connect all the cables and tie them up again. Even without any interference, it will take one or two hours to gather more Popeyes and stand on the mast together to pull up the heavy sails. At the same time, there must be more Popeyes on the deck.
Originally they thought that the battle had moved forward, and they were in the rear, which was basically safe. Now the enemy has reached the stage of launching grape bombs and chain bombs, and neither grape bomb nor chain bombs can hit such a long distance. Who would have thought that three vicious Cangshan ships would appear quietly! When they found that the enemy ship was approaching, it was too late.
"Bangbangbang"
"Bangbangbangbang!"
"Bangbangbangbang!"
Three Cangshan boats fired first.
As soon as they came up, they used grape bullets.
In order to pull the sails up again, a large number of sailors gathered on the decks and masts of the two Haicang ships. There were at least dozens. For grape bombs, this was really the best shooting target. A platoon of cannons passed, and as long as they hit, the pirates would fall down. Hehe, if you want to pull the sails up again, dream!
Sure enough, a platoon of cannons passed, and the deck of Haicang ship on the west was suddenly filled with chaos. The dense marbles fell down, and the pirates on the deck really fell down. For a moment, blood flowed on the deck, and the sea of blood floated. The surviving pirates hurriedly threw away everything in their hands and hurriedly entered the cabin to avoid it. In the chaos, some wounded were trampled to death, and some people slipped on the soles of their feet, but were trampled by their companions behind them. If they were not dead, they would be seriously injured.
Most of the pirates on the mast were knocked down and fell on the deck. Fortunately, they crushed their companions to death and they were basically fine. Unlucky, they fell directly on the deck and naturally fell into meat pie. Some people were the most unlucky. When they fell down, they were hooked by a cable and hung directly in the air. They didn't know whether they were alive or dead.
"Crazy!"
The sails had not been completely pulled down, so they naturally slipped down.
The mast continues to be bare.
"fire!"
"fire!"
"fire!"
The captain of the pirate ship shouted hurriedly.
If the enemy ships were brought closer, their fate could be imagined.
"Bangbangbangbang!"
"Bangbangbangbang!"
"Bangbangbangbang!"
The panicked pirate fired quickly.
They also used grape bombs. The enemy used grape bombs, so they of course used grape bombs to revive it. In close-range artillery battles, the effect of grape bombs is much better than that of solid bombs and the chance of hitting is much greater.
"Bangbangbangbang!"
"Bangbangbangbang!"
"Bangbangbangbang!"
There were more artillery on the Haicang ship than the Cangshan ship. After a while of shooting, it was indeed vigorous and resounding throughout the sea. Unfortunately, the grape bombs they shot fell on the sea more than a hundred meters in front of the Cangshan ship. However, the pirates continued to fire and prevented the three Cangshan ships from approaching.
Cangshan boats also kept firing fire to fight back. Due to the deterrence of the pirate ship's grape bombs, they could only shoot at a distance of about 400 meters. Although the hit rate was not very good, more grape bombs fell on the Haicang ship. Since the sails were not completely done, both Haicang ships could only float on the sea surface, becoming the best targets.
"Replace the ammunition type!"
"Chain bullet!"
Soon, the Cangshan boat changed its ammunition seed.
One series of chain bullets continued to hit.
Cheng Lei and others were preparing to completely paralyze the maneuverability of the pirate ship and then break it one by one. Unfortunately, at such a long distance, the hit rate of the chain bullet was not very high. The main reason was that the sky was completely dark at this time. If there was no fire from the cannon, it could be described as not seeing five fingers. Cheng Lei could not see the landing point of the chain bullet at all, so he naturally could not make corrections. The situation with Liu Sheng and Wang He was similar.
"Dududu!"
Suddenly, the lookout whistle at the top of the mast emitted a rapid alarm.
An enemy ship is coming!
Cheng Lei held up a thousand-mile mirror and observed the surroundings with the flames fired by the cannons. He found that a total of three pirate ships were approaching them. It turned out that at this time, the pirates had already discovered that three ghost-like boats appeared behind them and were attacking their companions. Sun Ronglu immediately ordered a lucky ship and two Haicang ships to come back to deal with them.
In order to preserve their strength, the three Haicang ships retreated immediately. The way they retreated was the water closest to Xiaohuangdao. Because their water displacement was very light and their draft was very shallow, they could easily retreat across this sea area. At the same time, they often moved here and naturally knew the reefs here. The pursuing pirate ships did not dare to enter this sea area in a daze, for fear of hitting the reefs. There was no way, the pirate ship had to watch the three Cangshan ships leaving swayingly.
At this time, Lao Qi's lucky ship had just completely sunk. Compared with the previous Haicang ship, the scene of the sunk of this lucky ship was even more spectacular. After it sank, the whirlpool formed on the sea surface was five or six feet wide. Looking at the huge whirlpools appearing on the water surface, the pirates who came to reinforce felt their scalp a little numb.
Chapter completed!