From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 829

Four battleships and two cruisers bombarded McPherson's three battleships and one cruiser.

Because McPherson was not prepared at all, the artillery was not in place, the carpentry was not uploaded, and all aspects were in an awkward situation, so that he had almost no ability to fight back.

After such a long bombardment, one of the Franji cruisers had sunk.

When Zhou Yuan arrived here, he happened to witness the sinking of another battleship of the Franji.

In more than an hour of bombardment, it was a great achievement to be able to kill a cruiser and a battleship of the opponent without any damage to itself.

But all this is far from over.

With the addition of the Hengshi and Hengli ships, more intensive artillery fire was concentrated on the remaining two battleships of McPherson, and the battle was about to come to an end.

But at the same time, McPherson's battleship finally raised the sail. This was the fourth time they raised the sail. The previous few times they raised the sail were broken by chain bullets.

This time McPherson learned his lesson. He used a battleship to block the front, raised the sail and ran away.

"Damn it! Damn it! Why do they still have two battleships!"

Seeing the Hengshi and Hengli ships coming, McPherson was completely defeated and couldn't help cursing.

Is it going to be ruined after so many years of operation?

No! Absolutely not!

I still have the last way!

The island pirates will help me!

He couldn't help but yelled: "Yoshida! Why hasn't your ship arrived yet!"

As if to confirm his words, dozens of wooden boats came quickly from the northern waters.

Among them, there were seven or eight large ships and twenty or thirty small boats. Only some of them were equipped with artillery platforms, but they were old-fashioned artillery, not as good as the artillery before the reform of Dajin. It can be said to be very shabby.

In the face of the bombardment of six battleships and two cruisers, even if there were dozens of such ships, it would not play a decisive role in the battle situation.

Fu Bo shouted: "Don't panic, just smash them!"

The captains were all experienced naval generals. They had their own opinions. Facing such a scene, they were not panicked at all, but bombarded in a more orderly manner.

The Hengshi ship sent out a flag signal: "Keep an eye on the Portuguese battleships! Solve them first!"

Of course, the captains knew that this was Zhou Yuan's order, and all the guns were aimed at McPherson.

But McPherson laughed: "Hahahaha! They can't kill me! Zhou Yuan can't kill me!"

He said excitedly: "Zhou Yuan must not have thought that Yoshida Kamehide could give up the entire fleet for me, hahaha!"

As he said, something shocking happened.

Yoshida Kamehide's dozens of wooden boats, with sails hoisted, rushed towards Zhou Yuan's fleet at the fastest speed.

They were suicide attacks, just to buy time for McPherson to escape.

Even though some wooden ships were sunk before they got close to the battleships, some still crashed into them. The damage was not great, but it blocked the direction of the guns.

"Damn it, these island pirates are really crazy!"

Nie Zairong yelled: "Since they choose to board, then board and fight directly! Kill them all!"

On the Hengshi ship, Zhou Yuan looked at all this coldly, and said in a deep voice: "If we board the ship to kill people, we will definitely not have enough time. By the time we deal with these wooden ships, McPherson will have disappeared."

"Send flag signals, Hengyong, Hengpan, Henggao, Hengfeng, knock open the wooden ships, and bombard McPherson to death."

"Hengshi, Hengli, Xinxin, and Zili will board and fight, board and kill people."

The four battleships, relying on their own tonnage, forcibly pushed open the island pirates' wooden ships, caught up with McPherson's two battleships that had just started, and began to bombard them fiercely, making McPherson's battleships shaky and the outer iron sheets completely rotten.

If they continue to fight like this, the two battleships will definitely sink.

Victory is at hand.

Fu Bo laughed and said, "Blast him! Fire all the remaining shells! After that, we will board and chop off McPherson's head!"

Yi Sanshi and Yuan Zhiming looked at each other, and their hearts were surging. This battle was finally going to be won. It was not easy.

The Hengshi and Hengli ships had already boarded. Zhou Yuan held up a musket and a knife, jumped onto the island pirates' wooden boats, and killed all the island pirates on them.

The battle was in full swing and was about to come to an end.

McPherson narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Zhou Yuan, Zhou Yuan, you underestimate the wooden boats. Although they are fragile, their artillery fire is insufficient, and they don't have much lethality, but... they will also give you surprises!"

Seven or eight small wooden boats rushed towards the Hengyong ship, and the Hengyong ship had a huge tonnage.They were not afraid of the charge of the small wooden boats at all. They only had McPherson in their eyes, so they did not dodge at all.

When seven or eight wooden boats hit the Hengyong ship, the gunpowder and tung oil prepared in advance on the ship instantly produced a huge explosion.

Because it was a side collision, these seven or eight explosions directly affected the falconets on the side, and even the gunpowder in some falconets was ignited, causing internal explosions.

The flames burned.

The Hengyong ship was on the verge of collapse.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yuan was almost bloodshot and shouted: "Send flags to let the Hengyong ship retreat! Quick!"

The Hengpan and Henggao ships immediately went to meet them. The Hengyong ship wanted to retreat, and coincidentally, the chain bullets prepared for a long time on McPherson's battleship were fired over and wrapped around the sails of the Hengyong ship.

The Hengyong ship lost power for a short time, and the internal flames expanded more and more, constantly detonating gunpowder, causing one side to lose firepower directly.

Fu Bo shouted: "Send flags, tell them to keep an eye on McPherson, don't worry about us, we're fine!"

Because at this moment, McPherson's two battleships were already heading north.

Even McPherson laughed: "Pedro! See! This is a naval battle! This is a naval battle!"

"Zhou Yuan dispatched six battleships and two cruisers, but still failed to wipe me out!"

"Although the wooden boats are weak, they can still affect some of the situation after all!"

"He Zhou Yuan still has a lot to learn!"

He continued with a smile: "Send flags! What's the old saying of the Great Jin? The green mountains remain unchanged, and the green waters flow forever? Ah, I guess the flag officer doesn't understand it either."

"Keep it simple, just tell Zhou Yuan, see you next time! Hahahaha!"

McPherson's two battleships, taking advantage of the flames, headed north at full speed.

He couldn't help but pour himself a glass of red wine, and after drinking it in one gulp, the tension in his heart was slightly relieved.

McPherson couldn't help but say: "It's really exciting! This battle is really exciting! But I survived in the end!"

Just when he was proud, he suddenly saw that ten large wooden boats rushed out of the sea ahead, hanging the flag of Dajin, and quickly came here.

McPherson was stunned for a moment, and the wine glass in his hand fell directly.

"Leiden Navy!"

He jumped up in anger and shouted: "Asshole! Bastard! Did Zhou Yuan empty all the assets of Dajin in order to kill me!"

"Pedro! I think... we are going to die here."

When he said this, his face suddenly changed, and he exclaimed: "No! Pedro! I think... we are going to win!"

At the end of the eastern sea, six cruisers have appeared, and the flags hanging on them show that they are the Dutch fleet of Dongfan Island.

This battle is far from over.