My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 355: Blocked at Both Ends

The sudden change stunned Songpa and he didn't realize what was happening at all.

The other pirates simply stopped what they were doing and stared at Ichiro Oshima, wondering why he was curled up on the ground, holding his crotch, his body bent and twitching violently, like a prawn thrown into boiling water.

Seeing blood oozing from between Ichiro Oshima's fingers as he covered his crotch, someone hurried over and tried to bandage his wound.

However, when they pried his hands apart, everyone was horrified to find that Ichiro Oshima's lower body was already a bloody mess, and everything was lost.

Only then did Songpa realize that they were being attacked.

But, who was attacking them? He looked around hurriedly, but saw nothing.

Then I heard an inexplicable crisp sound, and then I saw Ichiro Oshima turned into a ghost.

Who on earth was attacking them and what weapon was used? Songpa opened his eyes wide and tried to search around, but he saw nothing.

A trace of fear surged into his heart. In a hurry, he finally came to his senses and shouted loudly:
"Everyone, pay attention! Someone is attacking us. You, go find the attacker quickly!"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard another "bang bang" sound coming from not far away, as if someone was setting off firecrackers.

As the crisp sound rang out, in the blink of an eye, several pirates fell to the ground, blood holes appeared on their bodies, and blood gushed out like springs.

This time, not only Songpa, but all the pirates began to panic. At this time, Songpa suddenly remembered, could it be that the Ming army came to attack by surprise?

But where are the Ming soldiers? Not even a single one can be seen!
The other pirates were also confused and could only watch their comrade fall to the ground bleeding.

Just when Songpa and the other pirates were confused, suddenly, a pirate pointed behind them and shouted:
"Over there, the attacker is over there!"

Everyone turned around and saw a team of Ming soldiers, about sixty people, holding a strange stick, coming towards them in twos and threes.

"It's the Ming Army!"

Songpa suddenly realized that it was the Ming army that was coming to attack him. After knowing who the enemy was, the fear in his heart turned into rage.

With only fifty people, they dare to attack their pirate group? At this moment, there are more than a thousand people around him alone!

He felt like he was being fooled. The Ming army actually looked down on him so much!

"Go ahead and chop those ignorant celebrities into pulp!"

Without Songpa's orders, the pirates had already raised their swords, guns and other weapons and rushed forward screaming.

In their eyes, the Ming army in front of them were fifty lambs waiting to be slaughtered!

Zhang Zuoqian divided the 100 men he led into two groups. One group of 60 people was led by himself to meet the enemy head-on, while the other group of more than 40 people was led by Captain Wang Jian to outflank the enemy from the side. Although it was a bit too risky to use an outflanking strategy against an enemy that was ten times larger than himself, the safest tactic was naturally to lure the enemy deep into an ambush, but Zhang Zuoqian had full confidence in the semi-automatic rifles in the hands of the soldiers.

He decided to take the initiative to attack the enemy. At the same time, he also gave the order to attack to the other three groups of soldiers on the radio.

"Don't be anxious, keep approaching, and shoot after my command. Don't just fire blindly and disrupt the rhythm of the attack!"

As Zhang Zuoqian moved forward, he said to the Ming army officer beside him: "Zhao Dahu, I'm talking about you. Don't look around. Look at the enemy carefully and don't underestimate them!"

Although he saw the enemy as just a group of guerrillas armed with cold weapons, his years of fighting experience also allowed him to remain calm at all times.

"Follow my instructions and fire!" Zhang Zuoqian shouted, and then the Ming army soldiers, who had been unable to hold back any longer, pulled the trigger impatiently. Flames spurted out of the muzzles of the guns, and bullets shot out of the barrels, flying towards the pirates at high speed!

As they were getting closer and closer to the Ming army, the pirates shouted wildly, their bloodshot eyes filled with a desire for killing. However, they did not expect that they would be the ones to be slaughtered!
They only saw the Ming army in front of them raising the strange stick and pointing it at them, and then the stick actually spewed out flames. Then, the pirates felt a tightness in their chest and were knocked to the ground by the huge thrust.

A burst of gunfire rang out, and before the pirates could react, they were shocked to find that dozens of their accomplices had already fallen to the ground unconscious.

After a short moment of astonishment, the pirates came to their senses and realized that the Ming army was holding some extremely sharp firearms!

But they were a little confused about this firearm. Why could it be fired without seeing the Ming army light the fuse?
Seeing that the Ming army's firearms had temporarily died down, the pirates became even more ferocious. They continued to scream wildly at the top of their lungs, wishing they could chop the Ming army into pieces!
However, before they could take a few steps forward, gunshots rang out again, "bang bang bang bang", and countless pirates fell to the ground.

"Keep suppressing the fire. This is how you normally train. Don't use up all your bullets the moment you get too excited!"

While shouting at his subordinates, Zhang Zuoqian waved his hand to signal the soldiers to disperse and expand the firepower area.

"Spread out, form a triangle tactical formation, and each group should cover each other's shooting!
Have you all forgotten the three-three system? I think you have been living in Ryukyu for too long and have forgotten everything about training!"

While directing the formation, Zhang Zuoqian shouted, "When we get back, I'll train you to death!"

The pirates kept falling down, and soon the ground was filled with corpses and blood flowed like a river.

The pirates who had just been ferocious and clamoring to chop the Ming army into meat paste were now horrified to discover that they were the ones being slaughtered!
Since they became pirates, they have been committing all kinds of atrocities including burning, killing, looting and so on. After arriving at the Ryukyu Islands, they have taken their evil nature to the extreme. However, at this moment, they have become the lambs to be slaughtered!

Nearly a thousand pirates were beaten back by sixty Ming troops. At this moment, the feeling of fear quietly spread among the pirates.

Every gunshot was like the sound of the death knell, and someone was about to fall!

Each bullet, like a death warrant, ruthlessly reaped the lives of the pirates.

At this time, the pirates no longer had the courage to charge forward. As if they had made an agreement in an instant, they all turned around and fled backwards.

However, just as they tried to escape from the city, they saw a group of Ming troops coming towards them with guns!
At this time, another group of Ming troops led by Captain Wang Jian outflanked them!
"Fire!"

Following Wang Jian's order, the soldiers raised their guns and started shooting. In an instant, the pirates were blocked on both sides by the one hundred Ming soldiers. They were like rats in a bellows, being beaten from both ends!
(End of this chapter)