After pouring cold water on it, Liu Guangting thought it was time to give out sweet dates to everyone! He said loudly: "But don't forget that there is a big financial backer behind us! Even if we die, he will take care of our family! And he will also help us get revenge!"
After hearing this, everyone looked much better, and some even had tragic looks on their faces! It seems that he is planning to truly implement Liu Guangting's order! Because they know how powerful the big benefactor behind their family is!
During this period, the Ryukyu settlement continued to receive supplies. There are everything from farm tools, seeds, even cattle, and even books! Otherwise the settlement would not have developed so fast! So they believe that the financial backer has the ability to avenge them and take care of their families!
But most of them don't know that the financial backer behind them is the young marshal of the Ming Dynasty Navy! If they knew this, their first thought would probably be to be shocked! The second thought was that I was overjoyed to finally have real thick legs!
At this moment, an officer said: "Master, won't someone come to help us? I know you sent a letter to Quanzhou when we set out. Are you asking for reinforcements again? And our ambush is here too!"
Everyone had a look of hope on their faces when they heard this. But Liu Guangting said without hesitation: "I did send a letter to Quanzhou, but it was just to inform the boss behind us of our action plan. So the boss doesn't know our current situation at all. And the ambush cannot be used, and we will break out in a while When the time comes, I will send a signal to them to return and protect the settlement.”
Liu Guangting regretted it immediately after saying this! He felt that he should have lied just now, because now he clearly felt that his morale was declining significantly! So he immediately said loudly: "But the sky is the limit! As long as we hold on until dark, we will break out to the west. There are Ming naval forces patrolling the coastline, and Li Dazui and the others dare not catch up!"
The officer who just spoke said, "But we are also pirates! When those officers and soldiers see us, they might attack first!"
Liu Guangting chuckled and said, "You don't have to worry about this! If you encounter the army, as long as you reveal your employer's name, they will definitely give you face! It's not necessarily true that you can help us fight off the enemy, but there is absolutely no problem in escaping!" "
Everyone felt much relieved after hearing this and began to accept Liu Guangting's arrangement. He will form a team of five ships, including his own ship, which are the largest and most loaded with artillery. They will serve as arrows for the breakout. and reinforce the besieged ships with firepower.
For other ships, two or three ships were organized into combat groups based on the existing damage situation, number of personnel and other conditions. They communicate with each other using semaphores and support each other! Only in this case can they work hard to hold on longer!
Moreover, during the entire process, Liu Guangting also abandoned four ships and assigned the sailors to other ships. These four ships had to be completely abandoned because their hulls were severely damaged and their combat effectiveness declined.
Liu Guangting quickly issued a series of orders, which finally ended all dispatches. Because the pirates had already started to turn the ship around and charged over. In this short period of time, Liu Guangting confirmed what he said and every word was heard. He said nothing more and began to carefully examine the row of short muskets stuck in his waist. From now on, they have to fight for their lives!
The war between pirates is cruel and bloody! Because they don't have enough artillery to shoot at each other, they use more traditional tactics of boarding battle! Of course, the acquisition of property is also a reason.
So this time the pirates still tried their best to control the sails and tried to speed up the attack from all directions! What greeted them was dense artillery! This is the only method Liu Guangting and the others can rely on! So for a while, gunpowder smoke billowed on the sea and the sound of cannons roared!
And the pirates finally got close to each other after paying a certain price! They hid behind the cards and the side of the ship, preparing to rush to the other side's ship and kill them! Liu Guangting's fleet quickly changed the shells and fired shotguns instead!
Nowadays, their method of firing shotgun is quite crude. They just cover the propellant with a piece of cork, and then fill the cannon with finger-sized lead bullets one by one.
Go into the chamber! Fortunately, the carrying capacity of ships is relatively large, so the caliber of artillery used by the navy is generally much larger than that of the army, so the shotguns are fired farther than the army's artillery.
I have to say that Lang Lifei is still very courageous, at least he dares to take the lead and rush to the front! So when he suddenly heard the sound of wasps flying among the dense gunfire, he immediately retreated behind the card!
Then a dense burst of shotguns hit, and there was a sound of rain hitting banana trees on the cards and sails! Fortunately, the insert is thick enough and blocked most of the lead bullets! And there were more than a dozen holes, large and small, on the sail!
However, the advantages of Chinese hard sails are revealed at this time! After the breach occurred in the sail, the breach did not become larger with the wind, and the sail still provided sufficient propulsion! If it is a Western-style soft sail, as long as the same number of holes are made, half of the entire sail will be useless, and it will not be able to exert much propulsive effect!
Although Lang Lifei escaped the shotgun attack, many pirates around him were unlucky! After all, the inserted cards are not airtight. Many signatures also flew in from the gaps between them, knocking down four pirates! The most unlucky guy was hit by a lead bullet in his neck, which caused his head to fly off!
Hear the head falling on the deck, and the ship is rocking back and forth! It wasn't until a pirate grabbed the head and threw it into the sea with a look of fear and sympathy that this horrific scene ended!
Naturally, Lang Lifei also saw this scene. He angrily shouted at the pirates who were manipulating the cannon on the bow of the ship: "What are you doing? Fight back, fight back!"
The pirates hid behind two inserts, with only the muzzles sticking out from the middle of the inserts. Therefore, it is very difficult to load the artillery, and the rate of fire cannot be increased! At this time, they just finished loading once, and hurriedly pushed the artillery out and lit the fuse!
But Lang Lifei clearly saw that they didn't take aim at all, they just pushed the artillery out and fired randomly! This made him yell and curse! But there was nothing he could do against the pirates on the gun position, because that location was too dangerous and many people had died there! Now these pirates are extremely brave if they dare to fire the cannons. They can't ask for too much!
