As for the Fran cannon, everyone should be more familiar with it! He has a separate sub-gun that can be pre-loaded with gunpowder and projectiles. When fighting again, he can quickly change the sub-gun to speed up the shooting speed! The disadvantage is that the intimacy is slightly less. If you are not careful when casting, it is easy to cause gas leakage and burn the gunner when shooting.
The centipede boat of the Ming army was an imitation of the Portuguese sailboat. The length of this kind of boat is about 13-20 meters, and the length ratio is 5:7. It is larger than traditional Chinese sailboats. The internal structure of this kind of ship is similar to that of traditional Chinese ships and is generally divided into two layers. The bottom floor is placed with ballast materials, and the upper floor is used as an accommodation warehouse and a warehouse.
An artillery platform is also set up, capable of loading two guns. As for the oars, they are generally between 16 oars and 40 oars. Most galleys are equipped with two masts, but no masts. The speed of this kind of boat in calm and offshore areas is much higher than that of ordinary sailing boats.
The disadvantage is that there are more people, not only do they occupy a lot of space, but they also need to provide additional food and drinking water, which further reduces the cargo space. This was detrimental to pirates who drifted at sea for a long time, so pirates simply did not use galleys. And businessmen will not adopt it, because it will greatly increase their labor costs and reduce freight volume.
Therefore, basically no one in the civilian world will use this kind of ship. Only the navy that pursues speed will adopt this kind of ship. So when the pirates saw two rows of oars suddenly protruding from the sides of the six ships, they even forgot about their actions for a moment. They just watched blankly as the oars were quickly inserted into the water and rocked rapidly. The speed also started to change from slow to fast!
Fortunately, Kang Duyan was still somewhat clear-headed and was the first to wake up! He slapped his thighs and shouted loudly: "Why are you still standing there? Throw rocks!"
Hearing his cry, the pirates, who were just waking up from their dreams, roared again, pulled the rope, and launched the stone! I have to say that these pirates must have practiced it. Two huge rocks smashed into the center of the channel one after another!
Unfortunately, due to the sudden acceleration of the opponent's ship, the two huge rocks were all missed! A stone hit the sea between the second ship and the third ship, and another stone rubbed the port side of the third ship and fell into the sea. The splash was even higher than the mast!
When they saw the rocks coming, the officers and soldiers on the deck of the Centipede ship were also extremely nervous! In particular, the eyes of the officer on the ship kept following the trajectory of the rocks. It was not until he saw the splash of water falling that the officer wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said loudly: "These sons of bitches really beat me." That’s right! If I had used an ordinary boat, I would have been injured!”
Another officer next to him also said with a thankful expression: "Yes! And judging from the impact point, they are targeting the first ship! As long as the first ship is damaged and blocked in the channel, Chongdu will I can’t rush in!”
The officer who spoke earlier gritted his teeth and said, "This is what these guys are planning to do! Tell the brothers to speed up and use all your strength! Just rush in and you'll be fine!"
Not only did the officer of this ship give the order to speed up, but the officers on several other ships were also desperately encouraging the soldiers to row the oars to speed up the ship! Since most of the power of the ship at this time came from the oars, they even lowered the sails to reduce resistance!
So when the second round of stones fell, they had already traveled a long distance. Although they were still within the attack range of the trebuchet, the stones no longer posed a threat to the ship! After all, the pirates practiced on slow sailing boats and had no experience with such fast sailing boats!
After firing four more rounds of stones, seeing that the expected situation did not occur, Kang Duyan, who was frightened, drew out his sword and shouted at the frustrated pirates: "What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for the army to come and chop them down? Hurry up! Go down and guard the mountainside, otherwise we will all die if the army comes up!"
At this time, a pirate said: "Master, what should we do with the brothers on the ship below?"
Kang Duyan gritted his teeth and said, "I can't care anymore, let's survive first and then talk about it!"
Just as the pirates gathered towards the fortifications, the first centipede boat had already passed through the narrow waterway and entered a small lake in the middle of the island! There are two pirate ships parked there in the lake, with some people on the deck, and they are ready for battle! They could even see the two cannons on the bow of the pirate ship pointed at them!
It seems that these pirates know that the lake area is too small and raising the sail is of no use. They might as well rely on the artillery on the ship to fight to the death!
Sure enough, as soon as the first centipede boat emerged, two cannons fired one after another! It has to be said that sufficient preparation time gave these two artillery quite high shooting accuracy!
A cannonball hit the foremast and hit the ship's building, but there was no one inside, so it didn't cause any damage! Another cannonball hit the parapet on the bow deck, shattering a section of the parapet! Three of the soldiers behind the female wall immediately fell to the ground, two of them screamed loudly, and the other remained motionless, not knowing whether he was alive or dead!
But this was the pirates' final counterattack. While they were busy loading the artillery, the first centipede boat had already rowed with all its strength and rammed into it! Before the collision, the artillery on the bow of the centipede ship fired first! Just because their artillery is filled with iron sand, it is very lethal when shot at close range! Directly defeated five pirates!
Then the two ships collided! Due to the collision angle on the bow, the bow of the centipede ship was directly embedded in the pirate ship! The huge impact knocked all the pirates on the ship to the ground. Then the officers and soldiers who were well prepared rushed to the pirate ship along the connection between the two ships with shields and swords and started fighting hand-to-hand!
The pirates on the other pirate ship didn't end well either! After the second ship rushed over, it still fired one shot first, and then the sailors jumped on and fought hand-to-hand! The number of pirates who dared to resist was completely at a disadvantage, and they were all killed in one encounter!
Then the other five ships docked one after another. The sailors on board roared excitedly and rushed towards the mountainside with weapons in hand. The pirates gathering there are the targets!
Although the pirates said they had built fortifications halfway up the mountain and even prepared rolling logs and thunder stones, their number was too small, and they were divided into two groups on the left and right by the middle channel, which made the number even more disproportionate!
Moreover, these pirates did not understand the essentials of land warfare at all. Under the command of the officers, the sailors only made a fake charge each, and then lured the pirates to push down all the rolling logs and thunder stones! As a result, no one was injured, and they were completely disarmed!
