Giving you may not be afraid of you, but mainly because you don’t want to be troublesome. If you want to have the idea of ​​playing the Tarzan wheel, it depends on whether the Spanish pirates have good teeth?

The strength of the two sides is comparable, and it is hard to say which one is better or worse.

Because the Taishan Ocean Express freighter has two huge sails in front and back, the number of sailors on the ship reached 53, half of the more than the normal 3,000-ton cargo ship, and most of the more were sailing sailors.

When sailing, you are sailors, and you will be a strong soldier when you pick up a sword and a gun.

In addition to the trainee team and guards on the Taishan Wheel, there are more than 300 combat personnel available, including 31 scholars and female relatives in Jiangnan, who are the key targets of protection.

In addition, the ship was equipped with 161 long spears and dozens of revolver short spears as self-defense weapons, as well as some cold weapons such as machetes, swords, axes, etc. The sharp iron hooks loaded can also be considered one of them.

From this perspective, the manpower and weapons on the Taishan Wheel are not at a disadvantage.

The Spanish pirates controlled a 600-ton three-masted sailboat. The black pirates on the deck were filled with pirates shouting and screaming. Some pirates even climbed onto the high sail ropes and waved their swords, intending to intimidate the crew on the Tarzan Ship.

This also exposed their personnel. Each ship had about 200 pirates, most of which used cold weapons, some old-fashioned front-loading medley guns and a few rear-loading rifles using paper-shell ammunition.

Judging from the conspicuous half-range cannons on the side gun doors and decks, a three-masted sailboat is equipped with 28 artillery pieces and 14 artillery pieces on each side. This firepower can run rampant in the entire southeastern waters as long as it does not encounter the British Navy.

This old-fashioned retracted cannon will not exceed 1,200 yards. The accurate head depends on God's blessing. Generally, the hit rate is guaranteed by gathering fire shooting. It can cause fatal damage to the Taishan Wheel at close range, which is the biggest threat.

After all, Taishan Wheel is still a merchant ship. It only has a layer of steel plate. No matter if it is leaked or broken, it will be a disaster. It does not have the strong buoyancy reserves as strong as wooden warships. It can still float on the sea surface after being punched into a sieve.

"Report to the captain, the pirate ship approached our 20 chain distance."

"The pirate ship is continuing to approach and has approached 15 chains."

With the sound of the observation sailors reporting, the atmosphere in the bow driving tower seemed to solidify, and the smug laughter of the ferocious pirate came with the sound of waves, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

Countless ferocious faces, yellow teeth, and cruel eyes combined into heavy pressure and pressed over like a mountain, making people almost suffocated.

A layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on the forehead of Captain Geng Baogui. The "Taishan" three-expansion boiler continued to increase the pressure, which had increased the speed to 17 knots. The huge hull plowed and the surging waves galloped all the way, almost reaching the highest speed.

It was like driving on a bumpy mountain road at high speed, and the huge freighter made a shaking sound like a sieve, which further exacerbated the tense atmosphere.

"The heading deflects 4 degrees to the front left, and the engine room maintains power output."

"Understand, deflect the course 4 degrees to the left front to maintain power output."

According to the captain's instructions, the steering wheel turned the steering wheel and deflected to the left by 4 degrees. The high-speed cargo ship continued to operate in the steering, pulling out a long arc-shaped track at the stern.

What is going to die is that the faster the Taishan wheel is, the more unable to change direction quickly. The pirate three-masted sailboat continues to flexibly cut into the situation, making the situation worse and worse.

Chasing on the sea

The Spanish three-masted sailboat with a total length of less than 40 meters is extremely flexible. When the sail is full, the sea breeze can turn at a high angle, causing the hull to roll sharply and briefly lateral drift.

According to calculation

The trajectories of the two sides will meet at a certain point ahead, which means it will give the pirate ship the opportunity to climb onto the side of the ship.

With the help of ropes on tall masts, these abominable Spanish pirates would fall from the air like African vultures, bringing blood and death.

"Continue...the course continues to deflect 5 degrees to the left front."

Geng Baogui's voice trembled. He was carrying the lives of the whole ship and the master's trust. All the pressure was gathered together, which made the young captain almost overwhelmed. His back was almost wet under the calmness on the surface.

After all, he is just a second-year student at the Manchester Naval Academy in the UK. He has only been commanding sea shipping for a year and a half. Compared with the old Spanish seabirds who have been immersed in the sea plundering life for many years, he still looks immature.

"The pirate ship is entering the ten-chain distance from us."

"ah……"

As the report fell, a panic aura was heard from the driving building, and the atmosphere of panic spread.

"I'll do it, now I'll take over the command."

At some point, Li Fushou came behind Geng Baogui. His calm and powerful voice seemed to have made everyone find the backbone. Geng Baogui felt even more like he was given a general amnesty. His body shook and turned his head, and his pale face was covered with sweat.

"Master, I..."

"You did a very good job, and I will take over the command now." Li Fushou patted his shoulder and expressed encouragement, with a low tone but firm voice; "You must carefully understand the gains and losses and grow through hard work, and believe you can."

"Thank you, Master, Geng Baogui will be ashamed and brave, and work harder."

Li Fushou nodded calmly, standing in the captain's position, he could see more clearly. During the time of speaking, the Spanish Pirate Ship had cut about eight chains.

The distance of one chain is 1/10 nautical mile, which is about 185 meters. The distance of eight chains is about 1,500 meters, which is very close to the ships traveling at high speeds.

The trajectory of both sides is in a 8-shaped shape, and during the high-speed pursuit at sea, an intersection will appear in front of you.

At that time, a bloody battle on the boarding was probably inevitable.

This distance has entered the coverage of artillery. The gun door on the side of the Spanish pirate ship has been opened, revealing 9 black holes of terrifying guns, pointing far away in the direction of the Taishan Wheel.

There are 9 and 5 guns on the side of this ship, with a total of 14 guns, of which 9 guns are on the lower floor of the deck, and 5 half-range guns are on the deck, all of which are ready to fire shells.

Everything is ready, but only time is missing.

"Now I order the sailing will deflect 10 degrees to the front right, everyone...uh..." Li Fu's birthday words were halfway through.

The helmsman turned according to the order, and the hull that had been on the right suddenly went to the left, causing the people in the forecastle to slide to the left involuntarily, and several people even collided into a pile of rolling gourds.

Li Fushou grabbed the steering wheel with quick eyes and finally controlled his body, but made the steering wheel deflect twice to the right, making the steering angle more tilt.

This is a taboo in sailing, but it was put on the rookie commander Li Fushou, revealing the true face of an outsider.

The Taishan Wheel, which had been turning to the left, turned sharply to the right on the turbulent sea surface. The unparalleled huge inertia drove the heavy hull up to thousands of tons to press hard towards the sea surface on the left, showing a terrifying inclination angle of nearly 60 degrees. Even the propeller on the right side of the hull was exposed at high speed, making a huge whistle...

The high-speed Taishan Wheel drew a snow-white trail on the sea that was much wider than the hull. This was caused by the lateral drifting and rapid turn of the huge hull weighing more than 3,000 tons.

"Order the entire ship to prepare for battle, the bullets are loaded, everyone holds tight fixtures around them, prepares for collision, and implements them in accordance with the first-level combat plan."

As soon as the huge hull returned to the right, Li Fushou grabbed the port in front of him tightly, gritted his teeth and issued another order; "Deflect the course 10 degrees to the front right, oh... Deflect the order first 6 degrees, you can't turn too hard at once."

helmsman???

Geng Baogui???

Everyone???

The higher the speed during the ship sails, the higher the rudder efficiency and the more sensitive the steering.

The original trajectory of the "Eight" shape moving forward was changed to the "Ding" shape due to the sharp turn of the Taishan wheel.

The distance between the two sides was rapidly shortened, and the distance between them was close to 6 chains on the sea surface.

This change was completely beyond the expectations of the pirate captain.

At this time, you can see clearly without a telescope. The pirate captain is a strong old seabird in his 50s. His face is tanned by the sun, with straw-like beards on his face, a Napoleon-style bicornered hat on his head, and a bright colorful parrot tail feather on it. The long scars on his cheeks look even more cruel.

At this moment, he stared blankly at the huge Tarzan wheel that was turning rapidly, pressing towards him like a mountain peak, sailing directly to the three-masted Spanish pirate ship, and rushed over with the invincible aura that crushed the pirate ship.

Shet, what the hell?

After only a dozen seconds of hesitation, the pirate captain jumped up like a frightened rabbit and issued a series of orders, driving dozens of sailing cable soldiers to move, shaking the winch like crazy.

The foremasail and the foremasail, which were full of sea breeze, seemed much heavier than before. Under the crazy operation of the sailing cable hand, it quickly turned to the other side of the wind.

After the sail surface, which had an area of ​​thousands of feet, quickly faded while moving, it suddenly swelled again under the influence of a strong sea breeze, which made the entire three-masted sailboat feel like it was pulled by a giant hand at sea, and then it turned rapidly after a sudden shock.

In this way, the pirate ship and the Taishan Wheel showed a heading facing each other, and the tracks changed from "Ding" to "One", which seemed to hedge like a bull. The distance between the two sides quickly approached within the second chain, which was more than 350 meters.

The pirate captain with rich navigation experience was right to deal with it. The ships on both sides originally changed from "eight" to "dian", forming a situation of collision between each other.

A 600-ton wooden three-masted sailboat will definitely not be able to stop the collision of more than 3,000 tons of iron freighter. If it does not change quickly, it will only be crushed into pieces by the rushing Taishan wheel.

Only by using the Spanish three-masted sailboat to turn more flexibly and cut into the inward bend in advance, this is a sharp turn of nearly 90 degrees, can it avoid the fate of being hit into pieces, and no other strategy can work.

This is similar to the African grassland where a rhino and a cheetah rush head-on. The cheetah can only rely on more flexible steering to avoid the front and then wait for an opportunity to launch an attack.

But in the hurry, the pirate captain forgot something, which caused a catastrophic situation on the three-masted sailboat.

The nine lower-level artillery and five deck artillery that had opened the muzzle porthole were installed with shells and gunpowder, and the cables that fixed the gun body were released to prepare for firing. The artillery was surrounded by excited pirates.

A command

The sailing ship's hull showed a large-scale roll in a sharp turn of nearly 90 degrees. The long and wide front-middle mast line even drew a snow-white wave mark on the sea surface, making a moan that made people's scalp numb.

Under the action of huge centrifugal force and gravity, the heavy cannon of up to 4,000 pounds was lifted up like a toy, rolling off the backtrack track and sliding to the other side of the deck, smashing into the pirate group without mercy.

In this moment

The large group of pirates were like tomatoes that were crushed with force. Blood sprinkled on the deck, and the broken arms and limbs rolled down everywhere, like a slaughterhouse on the sea.

The 14 cannons that were off the rails were like fourteen unparalleled heavy hammers. They rolled around on the deck in a large way, causing bloody storms after blood.

The pirates who escaped the disaster before were lucky enough to escape the horror of the disaster, desperately trying to escape the hell-like disaster.

All struggles are in vain.

The deck that was baptized by crushing flesh was slippery and sticky. The pirates who were extremely frightened had not run two steps before slipping on the deck. They watched the heavy artillery crushing with 100,000 pounds of impact, and could only make hysterical screams...
Chapter completed!