Traveling through the late Ming Dynasty to promote Chinese civilization

Chapter 175 Li Fei's Outstanding Command

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Soon after, the pirates took control of nine large ships, abandoned their pursuit of the two ships that were gradually escaping, and began to turn their spoils around.

Zhang Da Nao was calculating what kind of reward he would receive when he returned when his subordinate came to report: "Boss, that strange ship has turned around and is heading towards us. It looks like it wants to fight!"

"Oh? You can't bear to part with these ships, so you're resorting to desperate measures?" Zhang Da Nao laughed wildly, "Haha, you've come at the right time! Brothers, grab your weapons, charge at them, and take this ship down too!"

Zhang Da Nao's flagship, with its sails fully raised, circled around several large ships that were turning around and headed towards the "Bo Fu". Just as Li Fei had expected, after capturing these ships, the pirates already regarded them as their spoils of war and were unwilling to let the ships be damaged in the battle.

The "Bofu" was traveling in the opposite direction of Zhang Da Nao's ship and soon they were close enough to collide. The pirates had already grabbed their katanas and were ready to board and kill each other when the two ships came together.

However, their opponents seemed unwilling to engage in hand-to-hand combat, deftly making a turn and shifting their bows to sail alongside them.

Seeing the enemy ship so close at hand, Zhang Da Nao spat out, "Cowardly bastards." He ordered his men, "Quick, turn the rudder and get close!" The two ships were less than a hundred meters apart; if they turned the rudder in time, they might be able to get close.

At that moment, the enemy lifted the gun covers covering the gun hull, revealing the dark muzzles of the cannons. Zhang Da Nao was taken aback, not expecting such a small boat to have such a dense array of cannons.

Before he could figure out how to respond, several loud booms rang out as the enemy opened fire. A barrage of bullets rained down, wiping out the pirates who were standing on the deck waiting for boarding action. Zhang Da Tou was not spared either; his head was hit by several bullets, turning his big head into a broken skull, with his brains spilling all over the deck.

The Wuxiang-class patrol ship was equipped with 12 cannons on its deck, all 32-pounder carons. Although there were only 6 cannons on each side and the firepower was not particularly strong, within 100 meters, it was a one-sided massacre against pirates who could only fight hand-to-hand. After a volley of grapeshot, there was no one left standing on the pirate ship, not even those who were lowering the sails on the mast.

After successfully firing the cannons, Murong Longcheng clenched his fist, made a feint, exhaled, and then ordered, "Don't reduce firepower, take down the next one immediately."

The pirates behind the ship were stunned when the ship was hit by cannon fire. They didn't know whether to charge forward or avoid the attack. They had seen Dutch gunboats before, and they knew that you couldn't fight them without a numerical advantage. This strange ship was smaller, but its firepower seemed to be even greater than that of the Dutch.

Taking advantage of these advantages, the "Bofu" quickly approached the second pirate ship before they could react, and another round of shotgun shells came down, with blood and flesh flying everywhere on the deck.

The pirates behind finally realized what was happening. Before the "Bofu" could get close, they all hid in the hold. Those who couldn't escape jumped into the sea. Even so, more than a dozen of them were killed by the shotgun shells.