Chapter 107 Rockets
As a pirate who dominates the South China Sea, the Black Flag power is indeed huge.
After experiencing last night's defeat and several days of war, he was able to win over a fleet of hundreds of warships of all sizes.
Although many of them were deterred by the Black Flag Gang and forced to join, they were still like Mount Tai, which made the Ming army breathless.
"I didn't expect that the power of the South China Sea pirates was so strong."
Looking at the pirate warships rushing in front of him, Li Du took a breath.
He led the Fubo Town fleet to join Xiao Wu last night. As a veteran of Navy Town, Du Li naturally obeyed Xiao Wu's command.
There are now more than 30 warships of all sizes in the Ming army towns, plus the pirate forces of all sizes and sizes that come from their vassals.
At this time, the number of naval warships Xiao Wu could dispatch was more than 60.
Looking at the pirate ship that was covered in darkness not far in front of him, Xiao Wu couldn't help but curse.
I wanted to use the Florian fleet to destroy the pirate.
But I didn't expect that Folang Ji Ren was so terrifying that the Ming army broke up with the pirates. It was a good plan.
"Xiao Wu, I want to peel you and get cramps, then chop you into pieces and feed them to black sharks." Li Tianyou looked cold and harsh.
The black flag slowly rose, and his warship rushed to the front, followed by three-masted sailboats.
The prosperity of the black flag can be seen.
The black flag was floating, and countless warships came fiercely.
Finally, the Ming army took the lead in firing.
A rapid flame flashed out of the black muzzle, and the cannon body retreated violently, and then bursts of black smoke rose.
With a loud bang, thick black smoke filled the deck.
"Nimu Lama," who allowed you to fire.
A co-master cursed in the black smoke.
Du Li was at the forefront and encountered pirates first.
Most of the sailors in Fubo Town are recruited from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce. These Sihai’s sailors have never seen such a formation.
Fear is contagious, not just a gun position. After hearing the sound of guns, the artillery positions in the gun bay fired one after another on the deck.
Bullets roared across the sea level, causing waves of water.
Seeing this scene, the pirates on the pirate ship laughed loudly, and the black flag blew from the manic sea breeze.
A nine-pound shell drew through the black flag on the mast of the large ship, tearing a large hole straight through.
As the distance approaches, the artillery accuracy of the armed merchant ships in Fubo Town is also improving.
More than a dozen pirate ships were injured one after another, but the pirates were not willing to be outdone. Compared with the Ming army, more shells flew towards the Ming army's warships.
"Bang," a projectile hit a gun position accurately.
The nine-pound cannon body of the gun position cracked and the wheels broke straight.
"Ah," several Ming army sailors present flew out like fallen leaves.
Several soldiers not far away covered their faces with blood stains and twitched on the deck.
"Don't look, stare at the front, don't let the Clippers rush up." A co-master shouted loudly with a long knife in his hand.
The Ming army armed merchant ships were built by the Weigan Shipyard. Although they were also Garen ships, they were only escorted by merchant ships. Their protective capabilities were far less than those of the Spanish Garen ships, and they lacked the Spanish twelve or even twenty-four pound artillery.
These days, the Ming army also purchased artillery for six armed merchant ships, but lacked heavy artillery for more than ten pounds, which obviously did not have enough destructive power for pirate ships, especially three-masted sailboats.
However, the Black Flag Gang's pirate ship, especially Li Tianyou's core ship, has many heavy artillery.
Soon an armed merchant ship was shot and ignited the black gunpowder, which eventually triggered a death-death explosion.
The huge ship was capsizing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing a large sailboat slowly sinking, many Ming army sailors were afraid.
"Why haven't Lord Xiao's navy rushed to help?"
Seeing the battle situation gradually detrimental to him, Li Du was very upset.
More than a dozen warships of all sizes have been surrounded by dozens of pirate ships.
The most elite fleet of the Black Flag Gang is now standing in front of him.
"Hook up the hook, hurry up and get down the hook." A squad leader stepped forward and was about to break the hook that was hooked on the boat, but unexpectedly, a bow and arrow hit the squad leader's neck directly, and blood was pouring in the neck.
Blood splattered the sailors beside him with a look on their faces. Soon, several sailors transporting shells in a cannon position finally collapsed and ran away in all directions.
This run instantly led everyone.
The entire deck was in chaos, and no matter how loudly the squad leader or the assistant chief scolded him or scolded him angrily, it was useless.
Many sailors squatted beside the boat building in a daze, some ran straight into the cabin, and some even jumped directly into the sea.
The pirates were shouting from afar.
"Not good, sir, two big ships are catching the strings." A co-master roared.
The hooks had already hooked the hull, and two three-masted sailboats slowly closed towards the Lord Li's main ship, and the pirates were already eager to try.
"Go back to the cannon position." Duke Li personally supervised the battle and raised a musket and shot it.
He shot a sailor who was trying to jump into the sea. The man groaned and fell into the sea.
"I'll go back to the gun position. The gunner aims the gun at the pirate ship and loads the gunpowder." Li Du shouted, and the personal soldiers on the side gradually drove the chaotic sailor back to the gun position he should be.
"Prepare the God Rocket."
Seeing that the pirate in front of him was about to board the ship, Li Duran said in a row.
Soon the Ming army soldiers carried more than a dozen narrow objects up.
The front half is a bamboo tube, and the back half is wrapped in consolidation paper, about one person tall.
After aiming the front of the bamboo tube at the nearby pirate ship, the fuse at the tail was lit.
As a burst of black smoke rose, more than a dozen divine rockets shot out dozens of arrows in an instant.
The pirate who had not boarded the ship was shot in a terrible way by the sudden arrow, and the formation was suddenly in chaos.
I have to say that in some cases, the use of rockets is far superior to that of muskets.
The solo-flying god rocket, recorded in the Ming Wubei Zhi, is made of "the consolidation paper is used as a barrel, and the gunpowder is poured into it to make it full, and another tincture block is placed sealed. The back of the horn is a loading line, bamboo is used as a pole, and iron arrows are used as a swallow's tail. There are no feathers installed. Two or three arrows are inserted into the large bamboo tube. I hope that the enemy can shoot at a hundred steps and be smooth and smooth, which is not good for the wind. It can be used for water battles and can burn the boat awnings."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In a short period of time, the Ming army used more than 30 solo god rockets in succession.
The pirates gathered on the two pirate ships caught off guard.
This gave the Ming army the opportunity to reorganize the queue. The musketeers began to line up and the gunners began to aim the cannons at the pirate ship.
At the beginning, Liu Yu was very impressed with the Ming army rockets that were hyped in later generations.
But when he really saw the Rockets' physical objects, he found that it was not the case.
In his eyes, the rocket should have flew into the sky with a whistle, then rushed straight to the enemy ship and exploded, severely damaging the enemy ship.
However, the real rockets use gunpowder combustion to generate force to push the bamboo tube rockets toward the enemy.
And a killer like the Divine Fire Flying Crow with four rocket thrusts has never been used on the battlefield.
However, Liu Yu did not believe in evil.
Especially I am quite interested in killing weapons like Fire Dragon's Water.
After the establishment of the Fubo Town Navy, he ordered people to develop such a firearm.
In fact, it works the same as the working principle of the Divine Fire Flying Crow.
Tie four rockets around the body to boost, and then ignite the rocket, send the main body into the air and fly towards the enemy.
The fire line at the tail of the fire dragon will be ignited at this time, and a larger jet will cause the fire dragon to continue to accelerate its flight.
This type of two-stage rocket was actually invented in China in the 17th century.
Liu Yu had to sigh at the rapid development of firearms during the Ming Dynasty.
However, no matter how emotional this thing is, I almost stabbed the building when I use it in actual combat.
Despite the opposition of the town general, Liu Yu personally experimented with the fire dragon coming out of the water on an armed merchant ship.
After the four rockets were ignited, they flew up with a burst of black smoke and a dragon-shaped bamboo tube. However, the fire tube flipped in the sky for several rounds and rushed directly into the sky, and finally fell straight down.
Everyone present was stunned, and finally said something bad.
A shocking loud noise spread on the merchant ship.
Since it was propelled by the rocket, the four rockets had different ignition times and the second section was ignited, so this kind of rocket had no accurate point at all.
However, its power was amazing. Two people were killed on the spot and five people were seriously injured.
It's still the rocket landing next to the strings of the ship rather than the center of the deck.
After such an experiment, Liu Yu did not give up and conducted several experiments.
However, the ending ended in failure, and Liu Yu had no choice but to give up.
Chapter completed!