The steel keel showed unparalleled sturdiness. The bow of the Star directly cut through the first small morning boat, and then the second boat was cut into two pieces again by the collision angle.
At this time, most of the people on the seven morning boats had boarded the lucky ship captured by the pirates. There were not many people on the boat, but people on the boat were hit and fell into the sea one after another in the morning.
After being blocked by the first two ships, the power and speed of the Star have been greatly reduced.
However, the collision angle still opened a large hole in the side of the third boat, and the stainless steel collision angle was deeply wedged into the cabin.
The seawater surged in, and there was a roar of ghosts in the cabin.
"Everyone, hurry up and prepare grenades." Chen Zuwang shouted.
Chen San immediately picked up a grenade, unscrewed the fresh-keeping cover, and put the cotton thread on his finger. The other hand held tightly to the bulwark.
After the Star was blocked by the third ship, although it did not continue to penetrate, the huge impact force was still at work, and the remaining ships were pushed forward laterally.
The Japanese pirates on the lucky boat watched helplessly as their little morning boat was pushed away by this strange sailing boat that suddenly appeared.
The sails of the lucky ship had long been burned by the Japanese pirates, and it had lost power and could no longer move. Now, they were dumbfounded.
Trapped here, Baga!
The morning boat originally used ropes and steel hooks to hook the sides of the Fuzhou ship to fix its position. Now, under the strong impact of the Star, all the small morning boats were pushed away, the ropes broke one after another, and the steel hooks fell into the sea.
When the remaining five ships were pushed out more than 300 meters, Chen Zuwang turned the left rudder, and the Xingchen quickly broke away from contact, and then accelerated away again.
The small morning boat, whose cabin was smashed, sank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The leader of the pirate group, Kurokawa Ichiro, was furious. This white sailboat looked like a Western ship. It was so abominable. His pirate group had been tracking it for half a month and captured this lucky ship after three bloody battles. They actually wanted to capture it. The cicada and oriole followed and took it directly for themselves.
These ghosts! All of them are bastards.
"Gather all the cannons and aim them at the ship. If it comes back, shoot." Ichiro Kurokawa roared. There were more than 300 people on the lucky boat. Fortunately, they could at least resist.
The pirates had all boarded the lucky boat just now, but there were too few people left in the small morning boat to drive them. Now they could only stand in the small morning boat and stare.
Let the little morning boat drift.
Some Japanese pirates waved samurai swords and jumped and screamed in challenge, while others took out bamboo bows and prepared to shoot these Western monsters.
"The impact experiment is completed," Chen Zuwang said. "It collided with seven small morning boats laterally. Two were cut into two pieces, and one was seriously injured and sank. The collision angle was not broken off. As for whether there is any damage, we need to go back and check carefully."
Ming Yan and Chen Liang looked at each other, both excited. It seems that the bumper installation was successful.
Mingyan said: "Do you need to try to attack the lucky ship?"
"If it's a Japanese small morning boat or a Guan boat, it can be sunk in one go because they don't have a keel." Chen Zuwang took out a stainless steel flask and took a sip of wine and continued: "If it's a large Anzhai boat, it can only take in water, which is very difficult. After a collision and sinking, they have learned our Ming Dynasty's watertight compartment technology."
"This lucky ship was built in Fujian. It uses very good wood, and has a hardwood keel and thirteen watertight compartments. It is difficult to crash and sink. Only one or two compartments can be flooded."
Mingyan thought about it and said, "We were stuck just now. Should we prepare for battle?"
"Yes, I was not absolutely sure that I could knock all seven morning boats away. If they got stuck, I would have to open fire. There were many of them, at least 300 people, and we only had 80 people. We had no absolute chance of fighting. Chances of winning. These people are tough gangsters who live on the sea all year round."
"What's on board this lucky boat?" Chen Liang couldn't help but asked curiously.
"This ship seems to have come out of Nagasaki, and it should be returning to Seoul, North Korea. Ships coming back from the Japanese country are usually loaded with silver. The Japanese country is rich in gold and silver, and there is nothing else worth transporting back except this."
Mingyan's eyes lit up and she asked, "Then if we rob the silver, will there be any trouble?"
Chen Zuwang chuckled and said: "What trouble can there be? All the Koreans on the ship were killed by Japanese pirates. We are killing these Japanese pirates without anyone noticing, and the money will naturally belong to us."
Mingyan asked: "Isn't there any rules at sea that everyone abides by?"
Chen Zuwang said: "The only rule is that the strong are respected, those who do business are maritime merchants, and those who take advantage of the opportunity to grab a vote are pirates. These two identities in the sea are originally exchanged. The rule is that if there is an advantage, do not take advantage of it. Son of a bitch."
Mingyan nodded and said: "The master told me that this is how it is with the Tessifrans. You can support a country's fleet by robbing at sea. That country called England is specialized in Sell privateering licenses to domestic captains. As long as you have this license, you can legally rob, but part of the proceeds must be divided into the Queen and part of the tax revenue turned over to the treasury. They relied on the Portuguese and Spanish fleets that plundered the Francois. Come to support the navy.”
When Chen Zuwang heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately became energetic. After all, the navy of the Ming Dynasty was not allowed to rob and make a fortune.
If the master's fleet allows that kind of privateering license, wouldn't it mean that everyone at the top and bottom would make money? Then everyone in the navy would die and work hard.
Chen Zuwang said: "I estimate that there are at least 20,000 taels of property on this lucky ship. If we rob this ship, at least the cost of the Star under our feet will be known."
Mingyan quickly calculated. The old man hated smuggling on the southeast coast. She figured out what grandpa meant. Sooner or later, he would snatch this piece of fat away. Otherwise, why would he build such an expensive and advanced ship?
The sea is prohibited, and only ordinary people are prohibited from going to the sea, but none of the civil servants are prohibited from going to the sea.
When the master's ship is built, he will most likely attack them.
The ones who robbed this time were Japanese pirates and Koreans. The master is absolutely right. I just need to ask the master for instructions on how to distribute the harvest of the robbery. This matter can definitely be done.
If we can support war with war like England did, it will not only solve the funding of the fleet, but also train the sailors. It's a good thing.
Mingyan thought about writing a report to the master afterwards and explaining her thoughts in detail.
Chen Liang was just the head engineer of the shipyard. He couldn't comment on these matters, so he didn't express his position and looked directly at Ming Yan.
The only person with decision-making power here is Mingyan.
"How many of us are capable of fighting?" Ming Yan asked.
"There are about fifty people, and the remaining thirty people must stay on the boat. This is the minimum personnel configuration for driving this ship. This ship cannot be missed." Chen Zuwang replied.
"Call Li Huaishu," Mingyan said.
Li Huaishu has been promoted recently, to squad leader, and to the Marine Corps. No one knows what this name means. I guess the master means that they are infantrymen who follow the ship.
There are thirty regular soldiers on this boat, all of whom are composed of regiment drills who can swim.
Li Huaishu made contributions in the battles of Rock Beach and Yangliuqing, and later made contributions again in the pacification of Nei Cao and the night attack on Jinyiwei Yamen.
When Yang Fan was preparing to launch the ship, he sent a letter naming Li Huaishu's group as the backbone to establish the Marine Corps. The insufficient personnel were selected from other regiment training camps. After that, twenty-five soldiers who could swim came to Beitangkou to report and formed the first Marine Corps team.
After a while, Li Huaishu came.
Mingyan looked at the heroic Li Huaishu and asked, "I'll give you fifty people, can you win this lucky ship?"
