496 Temporarily Safe
He really didn't understand why the enemy set sail so quickly. When he came, he paid special attention. The west side of the Chushan Port was less than ten miles away from them, and he could basically see clearly with a telescope on the watchtower.
At that time, the warships over there were also quietly mooring in the port, and the sails did not rise, just like the ten ships in front of them.
According to normal circumstances, when encountering sudden outbreaks, a fleet would take at least one quarter of an hour, or even longer. At noon, he led three ships from Weihaiwei Port, which took a quarter of an hour, and made some preparations in advance.
Now less than a quarter of an hour have passed since they fired the first shot, and the pirates' warships have actually run three or four miles, which makes him quite confused.
Then there are only two possibilities: Guo Huai had made preparations early in the morning and planned to carry out other military operations, or when they arrived, Guo Huaiyi noticed something was wrong and did not make any noise to catch the turtle in a jar.
However, it is still unknown what happened to fall to the ground, but Xu Wenyi's self-fighting plan has been changed.
Originally, I planned to send two commandos to go ashore to finish off the pirate wounded, then grab as much supplies as possible, and then leave with the ten seized ships.
There is no time for him to do this now. Guo Huaiyi's main fleet is less than six miles away from them. It is difficult to drive all ten ships in the port at this time.
So Xu Wenyi made a decisive order, requiring them to drive out the captured pirate ship as soon as possible, and then sail directly to the north, sailing at the fastest speed, without caring about other ships.
After receiving the order, the sailors and commandos all put down their artillery. They originally planned to manipulate these artillery and bombard the enemies on the shore. Now that the enemy is catching up, they can naturally distinguish between priorities.
The sailors began to get busy again because of the attack of island pirates and the setting-up that stopped evading the shotgun attacks of friends.
The warship at Xu Wenyi's feet did not stop and still used the five-door Folang machine on the side to bombard the woods on the island with solid shells, attacking as much of the vital power as possible of the pirates.
After several more rounds, the pirates in the forest were probably far away, so Xu Wenyi ordered the warship to drive to the west to deal with the upcoming main fleet of Guo Huaiyi.
At this time, the pirates' warships were only four miles away. Through the telescope, Xu Wenyi could clearly see the warships under Guo Huaiyi.
Just like what Zhu Dayong reported, there were a total of twelve main warships, including five sand ships, three No. 3 blessed ships, two No. 2 blessed ships, and one ship that Xu Wenyi was particularly familiar with, and one Karak sailing ship.
Because this ship belongs to Xu Wenyi himself, he was chasing this ship by pirates all the way to Dengzhou. In order to save his life, the ship was towed away by the pursuing pirate ship, along with the cannons and cargoes on it.
Although the ship suffered some damage, the main structure was not damaged, and it was still useful after repair. Moreover, its performance in all aspects was not as good as that of the Galen ship. Although it was not as light and agile as the Galen ship, it was still better than the lucky ship.
The most eye-catching thing is that Guangzhou ship, which is larger than the Garen ship. The No. 3 lucky ship under Xu Wenyi's feet, the three combined are not as good as one of them.
"Boom boom boom..."
At this moment, a series of loud noises appeared in the bay, and Guo Huaiyi's pirate ship fired.
There is no doubt that the enemy's red cannon was fired at a distance of four miles, with Da Guang Ship and Carac sailboats there. It is no problem to carry the red cannon. And if you are more courageous, the No. 2 Fu Ship can also be equipped with the red cannon.
As the sound of cannons stopped, six huge round shells roared across the sky, smashing around the blessed ship, splashing high waves.
Although the red-clothed cannon has a long range, the accuracy of this distance is not very good. The closest to the lucky ship under Xu Wenyi's feet is fifteen feet. This distance cannon technique does not play much role at all, and it is more of a luck factor.
At the same time, Xu Wenyi was also glad that Guo Huaiyi's round of artillery was not rewarded. Even if he wanted to do another round, it would not be possible in a short time. They were very safe before the next round of artillery came.
However, his happiness did not last long, and he heard a squeaking sound from behind.
He looked back and found that the main mast of the No. 2 Fu Ship in the port was gradually falling down, and the heavy mast fell down, which was not something that humans could resist.
In the blink of an eye, this huge main mast fell down.
But it was not over yet. Next to the No. 2 Fu Ship, there was a No. 3 Fu Ship and a sand ship. The fallen main mast hit the No. 3 Fu Ship's sails without bias, tearing the long string of sails directly, and tore a part of the sails of the sand ship, stuck heavily on the hull.
At this time, the masts of the three ships were all covered by sailors and commandos. Many people were directly thrown on the deck or killed by the mast. At this moment, almost twenty people died on the spot.
Some others were injured, and several lucky ones were thrown into the sea and barely saved their lives. This time, the casualties exceeded 50. You should know that the casualties did not exceed ten when they fought with those pirates just now.
There is no doubt that the reason why this mast fell was that the mast, which was much thicker than the thigh, was not so easy to break, but the huge power of the red-clothed cannon could be done.
In just one moment, three of the ten warships that he had finally obtained were broken, including the largest No. 2 lucky ship. Xu Wenyi suddenly felt so angry that Guo Huai was so angry that he wanted to take the warship on to fight Guo Huai directly.
Although he was extremely angry, Xu Wenyi remained calm now and was not overwhelmed by anger.
Even if he removes those three ships, he still has ten ships on hand, but this does not mean that he has the capital to fight Guo Huaiyi.
He does have a lot of artillery on hand, but the number of gunners is not enough. In order to quickly grab these warships, they are all equipped with commandos. Although they can also control artillery, they are not professional gunners after all.
Moreover, Guo Huai also had red-clothed cannons in his hand. He fired six shells in one round just now, which means that they had at least six red-clothed cannons, and perhaps even twelve ones.
What can be done now is to quickly take these ships to escape, and then cooperate with the three Garen ships, which are the main force, use their powerful firepower and speed advantages to turn around and fight back against these pirate ships.
"Treat all the crew members who fell into the water and the injured to others and put them on, and treat them quickly!"
"Concentrate the gunpowder in the ship and set the leads!"
"wait until
Xu Wenyi gave an order in an orderly manner, and the three ships connected together because the main mast was broken were destined to be unable to continue taking them away.
If you want to take it away, you must reinstall the mast and sail. They do not have a ready-made main mast on hand, and it will take at least one day to complete it. It will take at least one or two hours to cover the ship. The pirates will not give them a chance.
It can be towed through other ships, but the speed will inevitably be slowed down. Now the pirates' main warship is chasing them, and doing so is equivalent to seeking death. Once the speed drops, the pirates led by Guo Huaiyi will catch up. They are at a disadvantage in all aspects and cannot beat them at all.
Since they can't take it away, they can't be left to the pirates. It's better to just blow it up.
Although Xu Wenyi was reluctant to let it go, she had to do so now.
Soon, the other two No. 3 blessed ships and five sand ships all left the port at one time and set out towards the northern strait.
"Boom boom boom..."
At this time, the second round of artillery bombardment of the pirate ship began.
This time the distance is closer, so the accurate head is naturally much higher. A shell directly hits the sail of a sand ship, but it just penetrates a small hole and does not have much impact on the speed.
As for other shells, they are still just splashing, but the distance is closer.
On the other side, a man in his thirties stood on the large-sized Guangzhou ship, watching Xu Wenyi's actions, looking a little anxious.
Unlike other pirates, Guo Huaiyi seemed a little gentle and not like a vicious pirate.
In fact, Guo Huaiyi's role in Liu Xiang's group is more like a strategist than a brave general who charges.
"Send the order and all ships open fire!"
"Don't let these damn traitors escape!"
Just like Liu San's initial thought, Guo Huaiyi also thought that the Zhu brothers had rebelled and wanted to come back and force some warships to work alone. After all, there is insufficient information at hand now, and he cannot accurately judge the original appearance of the matter.
Seeing that the distance between the two sides had reached the range of the Flang machine, Guo Huaiyi ordered the firing directly without hesitation.
"Boom boom boom!"
"Boom boom boom!"
"Boom boom boom!"
Soon his order was conveyed, and all the pirate ships opened fire one after another, balls of white smoke rose, and then pieces of shells flew towards the fleet of the Tiance Army Navy.
Although the accuracy was still not very good, under the huge base, there were still three or four shells that fell onto the ship of Xu Wenyi's fleet. However, since they were all Flang aircraft shells and were not concentrated on a boat, the damage could be said to be minimal.
Xu Wenyi's side has started to bombard, but his momentum is naturally not comparable to Guo Huai. Not only do they have red cannons, but they also have more cannons.
In this way, the two sides launched a fierce artillery battle between more than two miles away. However, due to the distance, the results of the artillery bombardment were not great. Even if they were hit, there were only some casualties and the damage to the hull was not great.
After four or five rounds of artillery, Xu Wenyi's fleet also came to the northern strait. After passing through the strait, it turned eastward and disappeared from Guo Huaiyi's vision. The artillery attacks from both sides came to an end for the time being.
With the blockade of the mountain at the northern end of the island, the pirates had no choice but to continue to advance. They could only cross the strait and continue to attack Xu Wenyi and the others.
Xu Wenyi and the others are also temporarily safe and can take a rest.
At this time, Guo Huaiyi finally had time to take a look at the situation on Morro Island. He just heard the fierce sound of cannons here, and I don’t know what it was like.
Looking around, I saw only a pile of corpses piled on the shore, with an estimated number of 400. Some were still screaming, some were just moaning, and blood flowed into the sea, dyeing the sea water along the coast red. There were also some corpses in the water, which were obviously thrown from the boat by the enemy.
There were only 620 people on Moreau Island. In this way, at least 500 people were buried in the hands of the enemy. Guo Huaiyi couldn't help but be furious.
So he quickly ordered the fleet to advance at full speed, pursue the escaped enemy, and then divided a No. 3 lucky ship to Morro Island to bring the remaining men of Liu San and others to see what was going on.
So far, he had not figured out what was going on. He knew all the three ships, but what they did made him a little confused.
At this time, Liu San, the pirate leader of Morro Island, was lying on the ground and moaning in pain. The severe pain made him unable to bear it.
Among these six or seven hundred pirates, Liu San is both lucky and unfortunate.
Compared to most of the pirates who were killed, he was still alive and was just injured. This life was saved.
But compared to the dozens of pirates who fled into the woods, he seemed so unfortunate. He suffered three injuries in total. His left arm was directly hit by a projectile and broke. He was connected only by flesh and blood. His right thigh was penetrated by a projectile. Fortunately, he did not hit the blood vessel, otherwise he would have bleeding and died.
The worst wound was on his right shoulder, and the entire shoulder blade was broken, and the broken bones were deeply penetrated into the flesh, causing severe pain that almost made him faint.
He wanted to turn over, but in the end he failed. After all, both hands and one leg were ruined, so it was impossible to stand up. Finally, he barely turned over and looked at the blue sky, gasping for breath.
At this time, his heart was filled with mixed feelings, anger, fear, regret, sadness, despair, etc., and it can be said that there are everything.
Among these emotions, the biggest one is the fear of death. He didn't know whether he could survive. Although the bleeding speed was not very fast, he didn't know when he would wait for rescue. Now his hands are no longer useful, and he couldn't stop bleeding by himself.
After a vaguely, he saw the sound of someone approaching, and his anxious heart finally calmed down. He knew that it must be the enemy who had disembarked and cleared the battlefield.
After he was completely desperate, he became relaxed, and then closed his eyes and waited for death, no longer struggling to death.
However, the expected final blow did not appear. He heard a voice in his ear, "Come on, Brother Liu is still alive, come and help me with treatment!"
Guo Huaiyi continued to accelerate, trying to catch up with Xu Wenyi's fleet. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!