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- Just when Zhao Hongyu encountered trouble in France, huge trouble also occurred in Manhattan.
The originally calm and peaceful sea outside Manhattan was now filled with flames, dyeing the night sky red.
The roaring sound of cannons continued to come from the distant sea.
Residents living in Manhattan gathered nervously near the port pier, looking toward the sea in a panic.
"These damn pirates, can't they just do a serious job? You know here in Manhattan, as long as you work hard, you will definitely make money, so why do you need to do such a thing?"
"These guys who deserve to be stabbed a thousand times must be trying to get something for nothing. After hard work, there is no comfort like wielding a knife to rob."
"I hope that the Song Empire's fleet can wipe out all these pirates, so that we can continue to live here. If Manhattan is captured by pirates, all the life we ??have now will be ruined."
People gathered at the pier were whispering to each other.
It can be heard from their words that the pirates and the Manhattan fleet are fighting on the sea.
Pirates have been peeking at the wealth of Manhattan for a long time.
And after half a year of convening, the captains of four to five hundred pirate ships gathered together to form a very powerful maritime fleet.
With so many warships, not even any European country would dare to fight with them easily.
It is precisely because of the large number of ships that these pirates have become bolder.
It was on this night that they launched an attack on Manhattan.
First, the pirates attacked from the southeastern waters and immediately entered the waters off the coast of Manhattan and Manhattan Island.
Fortunately, when they first built Manhattan City, Zhao Hongyu and others took the problem of pirates into consideration, so they built many forts on Manhattan Island and along the coast at the southern end of Manhattan City.
Therefore, after these pirates entered the waters of Manhattan at night, they were immediately discovered by the loyal genetic soldiers, causing their plan to raid to fail.
In the first moment, the forts along the coast opened fire on the pirates.
Because of the fort, the pirates' originally smooth plan encountered a lot of trouble.
However, relying on the large number of pirate ships, these pirates did not pay attention to the forts along the coast. They continued to attack forward.
In their view, as long as they make a surprise attack near the port of Manhattan, they can fire at Manhattan.
It was expected that with almost two volleys, the city of Manhattan would have to surrender.
The pirates are coming with force and without any warning.
This scared the businessmen in Manhattan, as well as foreign husbands and residents.
Fortunately, the Intelligence Department had already known about the pirates' movements and had been prepared to deal with them early on. Therefore, after receiving the signal from the fort, Zhang Tie immediately issued a big order.
Sixty-seven warships of various types belonging to the Song Empire quickly left the dock and rushed towards the pirates to fight with them.
Although these battleships have different specifications and are very few in number.
"However, after these warships have been modified, their firepower and defense have been greatly improved.
Therefore, the pirates were really held back in the waters just fifteen nautical miles away from Manhattan.
Coupled with the bombardment from the forts on both sides, the pirates are now suffering terribly.
Of course, this is only for the pirates at the front.
The Manhattan fleet lined up on the narrow sea surface, crossing the hull.
The gun ports on the sides of the battleship were opened one after another, and the large-caliber artillery was pushed out.
Twenty battleships are ready to be sacrificed.
Zhang Tie still has some capital.
He wants to use these twenty warships to withstand the pirates' raid and slow down their attack momentum.
At the same time, try to eliminate the pirate warships as much as possible, as long as you can kill more than twenty ships.
And this is also buying time for the iron ship to go to the battlefield.
Song Hu¡¯s 120 iron fishing boats have secretly arrived at the northern Manhattan military port. Zhang Tie has never announced this news.
After all, although iron fishing boats were trash in later generations, in this era they were incredible high-tech products.
And as a secret weapon, it¡¯s not good to show up too early.
The distance of fifteen nautical miles is neither too far nor too close. Standing on the pier, you can see the distant sea, which is constantly flashing.
That¡¯s the brightness the artillery was designed to produce.
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Although it is very beautiful, it is also very scary.
"Get rid of these battleships in front of me. Didn't his grandmother say that there are no battleships in Manhattan? Then where did these battleships escape from? Damn it."
In order to plunder the wealth, the captains of the fastest pirate ships became furious.
Yes, the intelligence they collected is that there are not many battleships in Manhattan, no more than ten.
At the same time, the ships they own are nothing more than large fishing boats.
The reason why they gathered so many fellow pirates was just to wipe out the army in Manhattan.
Yes, Manhattan's Shanghai military is weak, but their army is very powerful.
If their army is not eliminated, the city of Manhattan still cannot be captured.
Therefore, they need to recruit more people and organize them together.
But now that they have launched an attack on Manhattan, they have discovered that the facts are not as described in the intelligence they obtained.
The leading warship of the pirates was blocked by no less than sixty warships, and was completely unable to advance for a while.
¡°And they also have to face attacks from forts on both sides of the strait, which is a very bad thing.
Fortunately, the pirates are all experienced in naval battles. After all, they all rely on this to make a living.
Therefore, after the initial panic, the pirates at the vanguard began to spread out and use the method of bombarding five of them one by one, destroying the battleships in Manhattan one by one.
On the surface, Manhattan's fleet is facing collapse, and one ship after another is being sunk by pirates.
In just half an hour, eight out of sixty-seven ships were sunk by pirates.
This is already a terrifying number.
You must know that it is not impossible for naval battles in this era to last for several days.
After all, in terms of weapons and power, this era cannot be compared with later generations.
Therefore, the loss of eight ships within half an hour is very huge.
Of course, the pirates are not having it easy either.
The city's fleet lost eight Galenic ships, but the pirates also lost ten ships of various types.
Both sides adopt a head-on approach and want to destroy their opponents as quickly as possible.
Therefore, this naval battle was extremely cruel.
A battleship belonging to the Manhattan City Fleet was riddled with holes all over its body, causing it to sway precariously.
But the genetic man captain still gave the order and rammed the pirate ship on the side before the warship disintegrated.
Seeing how fierce the Manhattan fleet was, even the pirates who were known for their cruelty couldn't help but shudder.
They have never seen such a fierce guy, this is just a waste of life.
This kind of attack will scare everyone.
As the saying goes, the soft is afraid of the hard, and the hard is afraid of life.
And Manhattan¡¯s fleet happens to be of this life-threatening type.
Therefore, it is normal for pirates to be afraid.
But it is a pity that the military strength of the Manhattan Navy is too weak, with only more than 60 ships.
Even if you exchange one pirate for two, it is still not cost-effective.
On the other hand, the pirates, relying on their large number of ships, gritted their teeth and began to engage in 'hand-to-hand' combat with the Manhattan Navy.
You must know that pirates generally hate this kind of tactics because it does them no good.
This kind of tactics will destroy the battleship and cause a large number of casualties among the sailors.
Without ships and sailors, a pirate is not far from destruction.
But this time is different. The founder of the pirate alliance, Blackbeard Jack, swore in public that after taking Manhattan, he would first compensate the pirate captains who had suffered the most losses with enough gold coins so that they could buy a new ship.
It is precisely because of this relationship that the pirates changed their past unwillingness to "hand-to-hand combat" and started to confront the Manhattan Navy head-on.
The pirates knew the wealth of Manhattan and couldIt is not an exaggeration to say that Zhao Hongyu's castle is filled with gold coins.
Therefore, everyone believes in Blackbeard Jack¡¯s promise.
Not to mention a ship, every captain and sailor who captures the city of Manhattan can get a lot of dividends.
"Hold on! Our reinforcements are coming, and these pirates will never be able to escape by then."
A gene captain stood on the deck and shouted to the gene sailors, braving the pirates' gunfire.
Around him, the genetic sailors with stiff and stern expressions kept repeating their actions. Clean the barrel, carry the shells, load the gunpowder and fuse, and then shoot.
These are genetic people who were cultivated in batches. Before they opened up their wisdom, they just knew how to obey orders and were a little lacking in emotion.
Therefore, they are the most ideal source of soldiers.
At this moment, their value is reflected.
In such a cruel naval battle, ordinary people would have been defeated long ago.
But the genetic sailors are different. They are still concentrating on doing their own things.
Even though half of his comrade's head was blown open by flying shell fragments, and white brains were splashed all over him, he didn't show any expression at all.
Unless the battleship is sunk, otherwise they will definitely complete the prescribed tasks meticulously according to the training.
And among these people, the genetic people who have opened up their wisdom and become captains will strangely turn into the kind of angry young people with Chinese chauvinism. They will give serious orders to ram the pirate warships before the warships disintegrate. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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