One hundred and fortieth chapters struggling to break through
Seeing that the wind on the sea began to increase a bit, shopkeeper Xiao's expression changed, and he suddenly shouted: "Set up rockets! Tell the captains of those boats! Even if you fight for their boats, you don't want them.
I'll hurt those ghost ships if I hit them! Leave them alone!"
Several rockets soared into the sky again, and the ships under Chu Cai that blocked the path of the three Sea Wolf ships immediately shrank, shortening the distance between them, blocking the sea.
The wolf's path lies ahead.
Luo Xianbin put his hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist, and also stared at the boats rushing over from the opposite side. Whether he and his brothers could escape unscathed today depended on this battle.
As long as he takes these three ships to tear through this line of defense, then the sea will be as wide as the fish can jump, and the sky is as high as the birds can fly! With the speed of their ships, it is wishful thinking for these guys to keep them here anymore.
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The mainsail and foresail gradually began to take in enough wind, making their boat speed faster and faster. The hull, which originally seemed a bit sluggish, now began to rise slightly, and the sharp bow cut through the water.
, the waves set off quickly slid over the long and elegant hull, forming a snow-white wave trail at the stern.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer. Although there are some ships under Chu Cai's men rushing here, it is obvious that with their ship speed, they cannot catch up and block the ships of these three sea wolves.
So now the only ones that can stop the three ships of the Sea Wolf are the few ships of various types in front of them, and on these ships of old Chu Cai's men, the leaders and minions on the ship are now
My heart was in my throat.
Because they all felt the speed of the three ghost ships in front of them. At this moment, the wind on the sea had just increased, and the three ghost ships began to accelerate, and they were getting faster and faster. The speed had far exceeded their ship speed.
Once they are unable to stop these three ghost ships and let them rush past them, the gods will be unable to do anything to them.
Therefore, they only have one chance, which is to capture them at the moment they rush over, or capture one of their boats. Otherwise, their game will be in vain this time.
The distance of two miles is very close on the sea. In the blink of an eye, they were close. The people on both sides of the ship stopped shouting and cursing and became quiet. Everyone was preparing to use it.
weapons, ready to greet enemy ships at any time.
Luo Xianbin forced himself to calm down, carefully observed the enemy ships on the opposite side, and finally locked his eyes between the two ships. When the two ships gathered just now, the distance between them was relatively large.
, this gave Luo Xianbin and the others a chance.
Luo Xianbin immediately shouted to the helmsman beside him: "Left rudder! Pass between those two ships! Prepare the artillery on the ship! There is only one chance! Beat these two ships hard and don't allow them to come over!"
The helmsman nodded and said loudly: "Understood! Left rudder! ***, I'm here! Haha!" After saying that, the helmsman immediately turned the steering wheel hard.
Now two of the three sloops have finally used steering wheel mechanisms to control the rudder. This is undoubtedly a huge improvement for sailing ships. In most cases,
, a helmsman can easily operate the rudder without the need for other people to help him. The most important thing is that the helmsman's sight position has improved a lot, and he can directly see the position of the bow and the situation in front of the ship.
In this way, the helmsman can rudder more conveniently and intuitively, and can steer the ship's course more accurately, thus improving the ship's flexibility.
As the lead ship Luo Xianbin began to turn the rudder, the following two ships immediately followed it and began to turn the rudder. The three ships maintained a linear array, connected end to end like a sharp knife, moving towards the gap between the two ships.
He stabbed straight through.
At this time, the distance between the two sides had shortened to about 100 meters. Chu Cai Lao's men were already ready for a battle, and they all launched their boats in a manner to ram the three ghost ships.
But they didn't expect that at such a close distance, these three ghost ships could maintain a high speed and make such flexible turns, so they suddenly became a little confused, and the helmsmen on the ships were yelling.
Calling to the helmsman, he quickly turned the helm and aimed at the three ghost ships, trying to continue to flank them.
But the sloop showed its flexibility at this time. It could be said that under the eyes of these guys, it made a gorgeous turn and plunged straight into the two they chose.
position between ships.
In fact, the distance between the two boats owned by Mr. Chu Cai is not very big. It is only about sixty or seventy meters at most. On the sea, such a distance is nothing at all, but today they encountered
An opponent they are not familiar with.
The three sea wolf ships turned to their gap when they didn't expect it, and almost in the blink of an eye, they broke into the gap between them.
There were shouts and exclamations on the sea, and then a series of cannon shots were fired from the ships under Mr. Chu Cai's command.
In order to stop these three ghost ships, the artillery on these ships had already been ready to fire. The cannon-cracking minions had been carefully and laboriously moving the heavy gun mounts for a long time.
, trying to find these three "ghost ships" and preparing to give them a hard blow once they get close.
But they didn't expect that these three "ghost ships" were actually right under their noses. They suddenly turned around, immediately destroying their previous aim, and they had to quickly readjust their gun mounts and hurriedly looked at these three "ghost ships."
"It was about to get in between them, so Mr. Chu Cai's men on these ships did not dare to delay any longer.
So under the command of their leader, these ships immediately fired their cannons one after another, hitting the three "ghost ships" that cut between them.
Originally, if they were to compete with each other in terms of firepower, the three sea wolf ships would not be at a disadvantage. They could take the initiative to take the initiative before the other party fires, and defeat them first.
But now Luo Xianbin and others had to give up this approach. In order to save ammunition, they could only bite the bullet and break into the enemy's formation, and only use the firepower on their ships when they are closest to the enemy.
Amidst the chaotic sound of artillery, the three Sea Wolf ships rushed into the enemy's formation despite the artillery fire, and bravely took the bombardment.
However, such shelling did not have much effect on them, because under the command of Luo Xianbin, the three Sea Wolf ships suddenly turned, disrupting the enemy's plan and forcing them to hastily adjust the direction of the muzzles.
And had to fire hastily.
As a result, the shelling accuracy of these Chu Cai Lao's ships is really pitiful. Even within their effective range, the shells basically fall into the sea water, even if individual shells hit the
On the Sea Wolf's ship, because these ships were made of thick materials, it did not cause them much trouble. At most, it only cracked one of their ship's planks and failed to damage the main structures of the three ships.
So these three boats still inserted themselves into their formation. At this moment, Luo Xianbin suddenly shouted sharply: "Hit me!"
At this time, Luo Xianbin's boat was exactly in the middle of the two Chu Cailao's boats. The two boats had begun to turn, trying to clamp the three "ghost boats" to prevent them from passing between them.
past.
So at this time, there was only less than fifty meters between the two Chu Cailao's boats. In addition, Luo Xianbin's boat passed between them, so the distance between the two sides was only about twenty meters.
This kind of distance is basically within reach on the sea. For the artillery on the ship, it is basically like firing at the head.
Just hearing several bang-dong-dong sounds, Luo Xianbin's ship spurted out several bursts of fire at the same time, followed by a cloud of gunpowder smoke.
With this salvo, in addition to the artillery fire in the cabin, several small Folan cannons on the deck also fired together.
At such a close distance, even the small Folan cannons can fully exert their power. In the blink of an eye, looking at the two Chu Cailao boats on both sides, the sides of the boats collapsed in an instant.
A piece of debris from the ship's plank was seen, and then human body parts were seen flying.
Regardless of whether it is a six-pounder or a twelve-pounder, whether it is loaded with solid bullets or grape bullets, at such a distance, they can fully exert their power. The solid bullets mixed with grape bullets will instantly destroy the two enemies.
The side of the ship was riddled with holes, and there were only a few people on the side. Under the shelling, a few of them were killed.
The two ships, which were turning inward and trying to flank the Sea Wolf ship, felt as if they had been kicked violently. Their hulls shook violently, and then they began to turn outward again.
This can be regarded as the human instinct to avoid danger. When the helmsman saw that his ship was suddenly hit by such a heavy blow, he instinctively pressed the rudder stock and wanted to avoid it.
The faces of the two helmsmen on the ship were now purple. They turned around and yelled at the helmsman: "Who told you to turn the helm? Turn back and hit them! Clamp them!..."
Only then did the helmsman react, pull back the rudder stock again, and try to continue to attack inward, but at this moment Luo Xianbin's boat had already passed between them quickly.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, a few idle hands and soldiers also picked up the flintlock guns on the ship, raised their guns and fired at the enemy ship opposite, including the upper bucket on the mast. At this moment
He also took a flintlock gun and aimed it at an enemy ship at his feet.
An old subordinate of Chu Cai was at the helm, who was jumping around and cursing the helmsman. His body suddenly shook. When he lowered his head, he saw a blood hole in his chest, and a bloody arrow shot out of his chest.
He stretched out his hand to cover his chest, staggered and cursed: "***! Bad luck..." Before he could finish his words, he fell on his back on the deck.
After the ship lost its helmsman, the helmsman watched helplessly as their helmsman stared and died in front of his eyes. He was so shocked that one Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas left his body. He was even more panicked and didn't know what to do.
He consciously pulled the rudder again, but as a result, their hands failed to keep up with his steering, and the ship suddenly turned sideways.
In just a moment, the second boat cut in between their two boats, and in an instant another volley of cannons was fired.
(Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, brothers! Spend more time with your family today! I’m going to spend time with my family too! Haha! Today is even better! I wish you all a happy family and all the best!)