Tang Zheng felt two piles of softness sticking to his back, frowned, grabbed Fang Zhiwen's arm, and pulled it in front of him.
"Ah, you hurt me!" Bai Fumei screamed, putting on a pitiful expression.
"If you don't want to live, don't drag me to death. This is my last warning, don't cause any trouble for me." Tang Zheng stared into Fang Zhiwen's eyes and issued an ultimatum.
"That's not what I meant." Before Fang Zhiwen could finish speaking, Tang Zheng pinched her cheeks, her red lips puckered, and she couldn't say anything.
"I don't want to hear an explanation. I won't let you do dangerous things, and I won't give you preferential treatment. Even the seed group doesn't dare to slack off in the Holy Land War. Do you think I have the leisure to have an affair with you?" Tang Zheng got angry.
, "I can't guarantee that I will survive this one. Do you think you can?"
Fang Zhiwen looked sad. She had known the result for a long time, but she just didn't want to admit it.
"Go out and think about it carefully." Tang Zheng let go of Bai Fumei, "Don't forget to tell Jiang Xiuming to keep some distance apart."
Seagulls were scurrying around, the sky was blue, and it was completely clear.
For two days, Tang Zheng's two ships sailed along the waterway, trying to collide with the returning ships.
"What's wrong with her?" Seeing Fang Zhiwen sitting on the deck, staring blankly at the endless sea water, Tao Ran couldn't help but ask.
After being trained by Tang Zheng, Bai Fumei accepted the reality, suddenly lost hope and motivation, and started living in idleness.
"Whatever, in this world, being weak is not scary. What's scary is that even one's will is weak."
Dong Zixuan didn't care about her. She was writing parameters on the parchment with quill pens. Next to her, there was an artillery piece. Three gunners were cleaning the barrel and loading gunpowder and shells.
After all preparations were completed, the gunner handed a burning torch to the policewoman.
Dong Zixuan raised her arms flat and aimed at the imaginary target five hundred meters away. After adjusting the angle of the muzzle, she lit the match with a torch.
Magnetism. Magnetism, the match rope burned. Two seconds later, there was a loud bang, a cloud of white gunpowder smoke erupted from the muzzle, and a six-pound solid iron ball was shot out, and finally fell into the sea, splashing a column of water.
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"Load, one more shot!" Seeing that the distance was at least fifty meters away, Dong Zixuan's face turned pale. She felt that she was very talented in shooting, so why couldn't she use artillery?
"Artillery is a technical job." Ying Shangwu joked, holding a monocular telescope and observing the surrounding sea.
Dong Zixuan didn't care, since she had enough gunpowder and shells anyway, so she wasn't afraid of wasting them. When she planned to fire a hundred rounds today, the faint sound of cannons suddenly came.
"Raise the sails and drive at full speed." Ying Shangwu's ears became more sensitive, and he looked in the direction of the cannon sound while roaring.
The ship is like a horse galloping on the sea.
The sound of gunfire became louder and louder. Ten minutes later, Ying Shangwu saw the two warring parties through a high-power telescope.
Jiang Xiuming's ship was escaping in panic towards this side. Behind him were two three-masted warships with skull and crossbones flags hanging in pursuit.
"We didn't encounter the merchant ship, but we encountered the pirates first." Tang Zheng, who was already on the deck, had already seen the situation clearly without waiting for the sailors in the watchtower to report, "Sound the alarm and prepare to fight."
Jiang Xiuming felt that he was suffering to death. When he saw a sea ship, he wanted to grab it. Unexpectedly, less than three minutes after the battle started, another pirate ship rushed out. Only then did he realize that he was only focused on enjoying the great voyage.
The excitement was too far away from Tang Zheng.
Even though he was a third-level hero, Jiang Xiuming was still a rookie captain. Facing the pirates who had experienced naval battles for many years, he was like a newborn baby, tortured to pieces.
If Jiang Xiuming hadn't given the timely order to escape when he saw that the situation was not good, he would never have been sunk before he could see Tang Zheng.
"Sign up and ask Jiang Xiuming to block the opponent's route." Tang Zheng yelled, "Boys, seize the prefix T!"
Sea-going ships are all long and narrow in shape, and the gun ports are on both sides of the hull. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain a T-shape with the enemy as much as possible in order to project maximum firepower.
"Damn it, Tang Zheng is asking me to be a human shield!" Jiang Xiuming touched the seawater that splashed on his face, cursed, and carried out the order unconditionally. He also knew that for a group of rookies, this was
It is the safest tactic.
"Captain, you can't do this, you will die." The first mate had a bitter look on his face and strongly recommended Jiang Xiuming.
"Do as you say, or I'll kill you." Jiang Xiuming pulled out his pistol with a ferocious look on his face.
While they were arguing, the enemy had already started a gunfight on the upper wind and made a T-shaped movement.
The pirates were not a newly established fleet like Tang Zheng. Their team had already been well adjusted. Within a few minutes, they took advantage and started shelling.
Amidst the thundering sound of cannons, cannonballs were fired one after another with sharp whistling sounds, grazing the ship and falling into the sea water, splashing high water columns.
"Fight back!" Dong Zixuan yelled, but it didn't work. This requires training and cannot be made up by shouting a few words.
"What should we do? Let's fire together. He has already fired two rounds." Ying Shangwu also felt that something was wrong and advised Tang Zheng, "Retreat. It's still too late to leave now."
According to the original plan, two ships suppressed one sea-going ship and used numbers to make up for the lack of technology. However, no one expected that they encountered pirates.
"No, continue sailing and seize the "T"." Tang Zheng refused, "If you run away now, you will only be chased and beaten."
"But we can't hit at all. What kind of gunners did you choose? They are so bad." Dong Zixuan couldn't help but complain.
"Sister Shang Wu, you are in charge of the ship, and I will go to the gun cabin." Tang Zheng ignored the policewoman and rushed directly into the bottom cabin after giving instructions.
The gunners worked very hard and were sweating profusely, but their standards were really poor.
"You guys leave, leave this place to me." Tang Zheng pulled a gunner away, "Get out of here."
Although they didn't understand what the captain meant, they all left quickly after the gunner who wanted to remonstrate received a slap.
Tang Zheng glanced at the ship on the opposite side through the gun port and released the female musketeers. In the blink of an eye, a hundred female gunners wearing baroque costumes and carrying silver muskets appeared in the gun cabin, all with heroic looks.
"Gunslingers, it's up to you, sink those two pirate ships."
Tang Zheng roared angrily. Since entering the peak of the third stage of heroism, the number of female musketeers he summoned has increased again, reaching one hundred. However, as the battle becomes more and more advanced, Tang Zheng does not have enough equipment to arm them, and gradually no longer
I used it again, but I didn’t expect it to come in handy this time.
"Yes, Master!" The musketeers, led by Sophie, shouted in unison and immediately got busy.
"This gun is too bad." One-third of the female musketeers glanced at the twelve-pound cannon in the gun cabin and immediately sneered. They immediately raised their beautiful legs wearing high boots and kicked them to the side.
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A white light flashed, and twenty-pound cannons appeared one after another. A group of three musketeers pushed them into the gun emplacement.
"Damn it, why don't you summon a few less?" Tang Zheng immediately felt the loss of life energy. The female musketeers can have unlimited ammunition, but it consumes his energy to generate it.
"Since I followed you, we haven't had a good sex. Today I want to have a good time no matter what I say!" Marilyn licked her red lips and couldn't wait to pull off the rope.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The gunport on the right side of the ship fired in succession along with the rhythmic sound of cannons, spurting out balls of angry flames.
In the rising white smoke, fifteen cannonballs fired at the leading pirate ship with the noise of tearing the air.
Without any suspense, eight cannonballs accurately hit the ship. Under the bombardment of the cannonballs, large holes were opened in the deck, and splintered wood chips flew around, piercing into the pirates' bodies.
Less than five seconds later, there was another salvo, this time with a higher hit rate.
A cannonball hit the sail, tearing it apart, and then broke the mast. After all the damage was done, it fell to the deck.
"Isn't it, so fierce?" Seeing Tang Zheng's ship falling downwind, Jiang Xiuming, who was already prepared to fight hard or even abandon the ship, did not expect that in less than an instant, he would reverse the situation of the battle.
"Aim at the gun cabin and fire volley." Sophie directed the battle.
"Stop now, don't sink it, I want to seize the ship." Tang Zheng said too late. There was a loud noise and a salvo of cannonballs, smashing the side of the pirate ship, and some even rushed into the gunpowder magazine.
, causing an explosion.
Seeing this situation, the other ship did not dare to fight and turned around to escape.
"Chasing, don't sink it this time." Tang Zheng looked at the silent pirate ship that started leaking water, and sighed. The warship he got was just gone.
"Send a signal to Jiang Xiuming and ask him to intercept the escaping pirate ship." Ying Shangwu felt a little distressed. If he had three ships, his strength would be much stronger.
The ships on both sides are the same, and the speed of the ships is naturally the same. Once the other party is determined to escape, it will be a bit difficult for Tang Zheng to catch up with them.
"Keep chasing, it's not easy to encounter such a prey, we can't give up." Tang Zheng gritted his teeth and became fierce.
"Pirates are not merchant ships, so what kind of profit can they get?" Fang Zhiwen was just shocked. She really didn't want to go through the artillery battle anymore.
"There is treasure. These guys look like habitual bandits. They must have hidden a lot of money. Let's raid their lair." Tang Zheng summoned three musketeers alone and asked them to put the cannon on the deck.
When bombarding a target, as long as one mast is broken, the speed will inevitably be slowed down.
This chase lasted a day. Jiang Xiuming's ship was partially damaged and slowed down, falling behind. However, Tang Zheng's musketeers were in hand and he was not afraid.
In the evening, the pirate ship approached a small island. It didn't take a guess to know that it was their home base.
"It's difficult to handle. It's easy to defend but hard to attack." Ying Shangwu observed and found that this was a U-shaped port with tall rocks and rocks on both sides, with forts built on it.
"Is this also called difficult to attack? Let me dismantle it for you!" If he had led this group of rabble, Tang Zheng would have escaped long ago, but now he is full of confidence, because the superb shooting skills of the musketeers are his confidence.
Killing these fixed targets should not be too easy for the gunners. (To be continued...)