Moreover, pirates rarely use artillery to directly attack each other's ships. Because they are pirates, they naturally make a living by robbing. If they sink the other party's ship every time, they will get nothing. Wouldn't it be in vain? One game!
So many pirate ships didn't even have artillery on them! Even loading artillery doesn't take much time. But the Yankee fleet opposite is different! Judging from the fire and smoke, there are at least three artillery fires on each of the opponent's ships!
The pirates did not dodge randomly because they knew how low the hit rate of artillery at sea was! So they just leaned against the side of the ship and tightened their bodies. Many brave pirates even did not dodge at all and stood on the deck to show their courage!
When all the firing on the anti-ship fleet was completed, the fire and smoke confirmed their suspicions! They discovered that there were indeed a large number of artillery deployed on the other side's ship! The current situation makes Li Dazui and the others feel very embarrassed!
Now our number is three times that of the opponent, but the opponent's firepower exceeds theirs by more than four times! You must know that they have many ships, but few artillery guns. Many of the ships only have bowl-mouth blunderbuss used to sweep the deck! Some ships even had no artillery at all!
While Li Dazui and the others were still surprised, the first batch of shells had already fallen! More than 70% of the roaring shells were empty, but the remaining 30% still caused considerable casualties to the pirates! Especially since many pirates stood on the deck and shouted loudly, the casualties were even more severe!
On a ship not far from Li Dazui, a cannonball flew over the bow and hit three or four people before smashing into the ship building! The entire deck was instantly covered with blood and internal organs, and screams suddenly broke out! Even the pirates who were used to seeing blood were so frightened by this scene that they were covered in cold sweat!
Suddenly being bombarded, the unorganized pirates suddenly became chaotic! Some people want to stop the boat on the spot, some want to turn around, and some brave ones want to continue to pounce! The result of this was that the entire formation was completely out of order, and two ships actually collided with each other while turning around!
One of the ships was obviously much older, so the bow of the ship was directly hit to pieces, and it was almost impossible to save it! The pirates on the ship jumped into the sea and swam towards other ships. The pirates' offensive slowed down for a while!
Seeing this opportunity, Liu Guangting continued to loudly order the sailors to hurry up and shoot the second round! However, since these sailors did not train for a long time, and the ship was always rocking, the results of the second round of shooting were not much better! The hit rate is just over 30%!
However, this time the pirates have gained experience. No one dared to stand on the deck as a target anymore. They all hid under the side of the ship with their heads hunched. So although it seemed that the pirate ship was hit with sawdust flying all over the ship, there were also a few spots on the sails of many ships. It's a big hole, but the damage is really not big. Not many pirates died, but many were injured, and most of them were stabbed by sawdust, which was a minor injury.
By the time the artillery hit the fourth round, the pirates had completed their turn and began to withdraw to the periphery. Let the fifth round of artillery do mostly useless work. However, there were still warm cheers in Liu Guangting's fleet, which made people feel that their morale had suddenly improved a lot!
After Li Dazui and the others retreated, they briefly counted their losses, and the five people gathered together again. Before Li Dazui could say anything, the pufferfish had already said, "Boss Li, this idea is really annoying! I have killed and injured many brothers on my ship, so it's hard to continue the fight!"
Li Dazui sneered and said: "Puffer fish, you don't want to back down, do you? If you want to leave, I won't stop you, but then you won't have a share in the settlement of Da Liuqiu!"
The puffer fish snorted and said, "When did I say I was leaving? I just said that the opponent had too many firearms and the casualties would be too high if we continued to fight like this!"
Li Dazui said: "At this time, we can only take it hard! Now their main force is here. As long as we capture these people, Da Liuqiu will be no different from women who have taken off their clothes! By then But it’s so easy to get!”
Lang Lifei said: "Brother Li is right! We must eat them before the news spreads and capture the Ryukyu Islands! Otherwise, if people know the news, there will be problems! Although we have joined forces to He's not young anymore, but a good tiger can't stand up to a pack of wolves
! ".
The eunuch then interrupted and said, "That's all in the future. Let's talk about how to fight now!"
Li Dazui said: "How else can we fight? Send people to take turns to attack them from all directions and consume them! I don't believe that they can't finish their medicine? And they must be killed before dark, otherwise they will take advantage of the chaos once it gets dark. Rush out and we won’t find them!”
The puffer fish said: "That doesn't matter! They ran away, but Ryukyu can't run away! We just attack the settlement directly!"
Li Dazuo's face turned red with anger, and he said loudly: "Puffer fish, you usually have the most thoughts on your mind, why can't you do it now? Aren't you afraid that when we attack the settlement, they will stab us in the back? By that time There is a fortified city in front of us and the Yankees behind us. Can we survive under attack from both sides?”
The puffer fish also knew that what Li Dazui said was right. He raised his head and looked at the sky carefully, gritted his teeth and said, "In that case, just go back and divide your team into two teams to take turns to attack!" When there is still an hour before dark, the entire line will be pressed in! Then don’t give up on anyone!”
Li Dazui nodded and said, "That's it! Everyone uses the horn to communicate. Three trombone blasts are the start of the general attack!"
The five people dispersed and went back to the boat. As expected, they divided their own food into two teams and began to conduct a tentative siege. The pirates whose names were called all started to install insert cards on the bow and sides of the ship with sad faces, then loaded their own cannons, and then moved forward cautiously.
While they were making preparations, Liu Guangting had already discovered their intention. This made his heart sink again and again! Now he has much fewer men than his opponent, and he is most afraid of this kind of siege in turns! Once one of your own is overtired, it will probably be time for the other party to launch a full-scale attack!
But he didn't have any good solution. The only thing he could do was wait passively. Thinking of this, Liu Guangting slowly ordered: "Inform the ships in the inner and outer circles to be ready to change positions at any time, and then count the medicines, so you have to be aware of it! Finally, tell everyone that as long as we hold on until night, we will break out!"
