Chapter 153 Han Xiufen's first attempt
"Oar down!"
The sea current was not fast enough, and the Dutch warship had already revealed a huge collision Corner, Han Xiufen ordered the boat to speed up.
The collision angle of the Lam Tin was not aesthetically pleasing compared to the Dutch warships.
There is only a huge triangular armor-breaking cone.
But the forward part of the opponent's largest ship is a golden Medusa head. Facing the Blackfish ship that is less than half the height and less than half the tonnage of the own, such an angle collision will cause the ship to be damaged. It can smash the black fish boat into pieces.
Fortunately, the Blackfish boat was small, so it was quite nimble. Under the leadership of Bud, the four boats spread out to both sides. Then, Han Xiufen saw the Dutch merchant ship in the center emerging. Smoke.
Bad did not dare to be too far away from the Dutch warship, otherwise, once the artillery on the second and third decks fired at the same time, it would be their doom.
He had no choice but to order to pull up all the sails and prepare to escape from the control of the warship.
Palls of gunpowder smoke rose up, and dark cannonballs crisscrossed between the two ships. The ship cracked like porcelain where the cannonballs landed... No matter which warship it was, they were enduring it silently.
Even Han Xiufen, who was two miles away, could feel the groans of those big ships through the telescope.
On the Dutch warships, hook locks were constantly shot out by the bow cannon. The huge anchor hooks fell on the deck, and sailors were desperately cutting the ropes, while shotguns at the lower parts of the ship were always firing. Iron balls the size of eggs sprayed out, sweeping across the entire deck like a torrential rain.
On Bud’s Blackfish boat, all the gun windows were opened. The black muzzle spurted out a stream of flames and then quickly retreated. Then, the gunner quickly cleaned the gun bore and then loaded the ammunition...
The shells hit the hull of the Karak galleon and easily broke open the shell of the ancient warship. This gave Bard great confidence. He even lowered the topsail, which was torn by chain bullets. , not cutting off the hooks thrown by the enemy on his ship.
He really hopes to jump onto the giant ship on the opposite side. He believes that as long as he can fight hand to hand, he can entangle the ship and wait for Han Xiufen's support.
Seeing Bud doing this, the other three black fish boats also met the same fate.
The two huge Karak warships were like spiders that could spin silk. They threw out countless hook locks and firmly captured the four black fish ships. The ropes of these hook locks were constantly tightened. , the black fish boat involuntarily approached the giant Karak ship slowly.
Bud pushed away the dead man lying on the rudder, and simply beat the rudder to the left. The Blackfish boat, which had been standing upright to receive the fierce fire, slowly turned sideways, and he even cut it off The useless mast served as its own collision angle, and under the influence of the sea wind, it ferociously rammed into the giant Karak ship.
With a bang, the shotgun roared again, hitting the already riddled Blackfish boat. Bud saw itHis subordinates who were already ready to join gangs were bleeding like rivers from the heavy rain.
"Hyde, you take the helm!"
Bud shouted, and before Hyde could take over, he let go of the rudder in his hand and let the rudder spin around. But he climbed up the rope to the Dutch giant ship.
The giant ship was bombarded with bullets.
Pirates continued to fall into the sea, but more pirates bravely climbed to the giant ship.
The bow of the black fish boat finally approached the giant ship, but the ropes the pirates were clinging to were cut off by Dutch sailors. Seeing these black pirates falling into the sea, the Dutch sailors on the giant ship let out bursts of laughing out loud.
They look down on these black pirates. With a little trick, they can severely damage these people, which they have long been used to.
"Be careful of the impact!"
The boatswain of the giant Karak ship shouted, and the mast placed horizontally on the bow of the black fish ship penetrated straight into the side of the ship. The side of the ship cracked and the mast collapsed. , the tiny wooden thorns flew away, and a black pirate covered his face in despair and fell into the sea.
Bud hugged the anchor and slowly climbed up on the huge iron chain. Behind him, a string of friends hung.
With a "boom", the bow of the black fish boat finally hit the side of the giant Karak ship and opened a big hole. Unfortunately, the big hole was above the waterline and was hidden in the black fish boat. The remaining pirates got into the giant ship along this big hole.
After a while, there were constant sounds of explosions and fighting on the giant ship.
Han Xiufen put down the telescope and said to her deputy Pei Yulin: "It is still more beneficial for us to jump into gangs to fight."
Pei Yulin also put down the telescope and said: "But here, the artillery We are not good enough during the battle, especially when Bud and the others are far behind in their artillery skills. As you can see, Bud's ship has eighteen 18-pound guns, which is supposed to be very powerful.
But in the face of the enemy's artillery, he didn't even have the strength to fight back.
These warships are still some old Portuguese warships. I even suspect that these warships were eliminated by the Europeans. The old battleships and their schooners did not appear.
The new battleships and frigates also did not appear. I bet that once the new schooner giant ships arrive, we may not be able to fight back. "
Han Xiufen nodded and said: "So, this battle must be fought. This is our whetstone. Be prepared to forcefully defeat the two large sailing ships that come around. Don't make a big deal this time. To kill, we need a group of good gunners."
While talking, the eight ships led by Han Xiufen had already entered the firing range of the giant Karak ship, and the range-finding shells fired by the opponent fell into the sea water. There were waves in the air, and as she watched the shells getting closer and closer to the Lantian, Han Xiufen nodded in appreciation.
It is not easy to target the Lantian with three rounds of guns.
He glanced at the approaching Karak sailing ship again.So I set my sights on the mouth of the Malacca River.
Sure enough, a dense number of small ships appeared at the mouth of the Malacca River. This should be the ship of King Mohammed who was defeated by her last time.
These damn native kings are finally colluding with the Dutch.
"Order Leoni to take two ships with Wang to deal with those local dogs, and we will deal with these five ships."
Pei Yulin immediately waved the flag to notify Leo. Ni and Wang Tong.
Han Xiufen sat on the bow of the boat, looking thoughtfully at the cannonballs falling from the sky.
The shells landed in the water not far from the bow of the ship. The cannons on the bow of the Lantian also began to fire, followed closely by the bow cannons on the other warships.
A mile away, the shells fired basically have little practical significance.
This is just two male lions about to fight, roaring to scare each other.
The speed of the two fleets approaching was much faster than Han Xiufen imagined. It seemed that Poseidon couldn't wait to see this bloody fight.
A blazing shell landed on the Lantian and hit the deck hard, but did not penetrate the deck. After bouncing on the deck a few times, it rolled to Han Xiufen's feet.
This is a twelve-pounder cannon shell. It has no kinetic energy and can only rely on its own weight. It is difficult to pose a threat to the sturdy Lantian.
With a "buzz" sound, a foot-long giant arrow on the Lantian was shot out by a powerful crossbow. The long crossbow arrow crossed the wide sea and accurately landed on the opposite giant ship. But it didn't have the unparalleled power. It was like a harpoon nailed to the deck of the giant ship.
At this time, the fleet has reached the narrowest point of the Malacca Strait, and the current has become obviously stronger. Han Xiufen looked back at the people in Lantian standing behind her and said: "This battle is a fight to the death!"
The Lantian people, who have been floating on the sea for more than a year, have begun to become familiar with life at sea. After hearing this, they all tapped their leather armor and picked up their own blunderbuss.
The bows of the two ships were speeding toward each other. Just when they were about to collide, the Karak sailing ship slightly moved to the right, causing the fierce and ruthless Lantian to miss. At this time, the shouts of "fire the gun" and "fire the gun" sounded on the two ships at the same time.
The roar of artillery fire.
The two ships that seemed to be intact just now, after a round of artillery fire, the opposite sides have become tattered.
Han Xiufen struggled to throw out a grenade. The grenade fell on the deck and exploded. She shouted: "Right full rudder"
The Lantian rowed to the right A beautiful arc, avoiding the unfortunate encounter with the second intact Karak galleon.
After Han Xiufen bombarded the Karak galleon, Liu Mingliang started shooting with the second galleon after getting ready to shoot again.
Dense smoke rose again on the sea.
After the Lantian hit the sea and turned around in a circle, it didn’t pay any attention to it.The armed merchant ship in the distance raised its sail again and rushed towards the Karak sailboat that also turned back with the help of the current.
This time, no one had any intention of giving way. In the last round of artillery battle, neither side took advantage, and they were all prepared to defeat the other side in a gang-hopping battle.
When the three-sided armor-piercing cone collided with the Medusa head, both ships stopped for a moment from fast action. The armor-piercing cone pierced Medusa's head, and the displacement After offsetting the power of the armor-piercing cone, the larger Karak sailing ship slowly pushed the Lantian forward.
The ship slowly turned sideways, and there was another burst of fierce artillery fire. This time it was different from the last artillery battle. Hundreds of black iron balls were thrown from the deck of the Lantian.
The deck of the Karak galleon suddenly burst into flames.
Han Xiufen jumped onto the Karak sailboat, hacked to death a Dutch sailor holding a blunderbuss, and went straight to the helmsman.
The sound of blunderbuss sounded like exploding beans. Lantian people wearing leather armor jumped on the Karak sailboat one after another. After releasing the blunderbuss, they waved their swords over the corpses on the ground and attacked them just now. The Dutchman climbed out of the cabin and rushed over.
The Dutchman who controlled the rudder was as majestic as a lion. He was surprised to find that a woman actually bypassed the soldiers who were fighting and rushed towards him. He let go of the rudder with a grin and jumped from the ground. Picking up a tomahawk, throwing away the iron helmet on his head, revealing his chestnut hair, he said to Han Xiufen, who was in a hurry: "From today on, you will be my slave girl!"