My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 356 A dead Taoist friend is not dead but a poor Taoist

"Damn it, damn it!"

"You bastards, idiots, spineless cowards, a few dozen Ming soldiers beat you like this?"

Looking at the pirates who were beaten to a complete defeat, Songpa became furious. He was just dreaming of breaking into the Ming army's base camp, but he didn't expect that he would be beaten by a small group of Ming troops without any resistance.

"Have you vented all your courage on women? Come on, come on, all of you!"

Seeing that his army of thousands was attacked from both ends by a hundred or so Ming troops, Songpa was furious.

But why was the Ming army so powerful? This completely broke his inherent cognition!
As the gunshots continued, the pirates were beaten and fled in panic. There were more and more corpses on the ground, and one by one they became the souls killed by the Ming army's guns.

"Hold on, Group Two, maintain suppressive fire, Groups One and Three, continue to advance!"

"Keep the distance, keep the distance, the ones behind keep up!"

Looking at the pirates fleeing in droves, Wang Jian kept commanding the Ming army to attack forward, "Suppress them, don't let the pirates escape the fire circle!"

On the other side, Zhang Zuoqian learned through the radio that Wang Jian was leading more than 40 Ming troops to encircle them. He immediately ordered the Ming soldiers around him to adjust their pursuit tactics and change the direction of their firepower to avoid forming a straight line with Wang Jian's firepower and causing accidental injuries to friendly forces.

"Zhao Dahu, Wang Chengwen, each of you take ten people to the left side of the street. I will take the rest to the right side of the street. Together with Wang Jian, we will double-team the pirates!"

Zhang Zuoqian quickly gave orders to his two generals. Zhao Dahu and Wang Chengwen were also veterans who had experienced many battles. They quickly understood what Zhang Zuoqian meant and immediately led their men to the other side of the street.

Soon, the Ming army formed a three-point encirclement around the pirates, and fierce cross fire was formed between the three points, beating the pirates to death.

At this time, the pirates could neither advance nor retreat. They were beaten so badly by the three beasts that they could not even raise their heads. As more and more bullet shells piled up on the ground, more and more pirates fell down.

"bang bang bang"

After the ten bullets in the magazine were used up, Zhang Zuoqian shouted, "Reload, cover me, and keep firing!"

As he spoke, he took out a magazine from the ammunition bag hanging on his chest, skillfully pressed the bullets into the magazine, pulled the bolt to load the gun, and then continued shooting!
Although as a captain, he no longer had to go into battle and kill the enemy himself, he could just command from the rear using a radio.

However, as a military general who had followed Xu Da as a personal soldier and had fought his way up from a personal soldier to a thousand households, he was still accustomed to going to the front line in person so that he could feel the situation on the battlefield firsthand.

Especially after needle-fired guns and semi-automatic rifles were distributed to the troops, he preferred to carry the guns to the front line himself.

If nothing else, the feeling of killing enemies with a gun is much more satisfying than using swords, spears, halberds, maces, machetes, etc.!
Perhaps, this is the meaning of my existence!

It is really refreshing to shoot a semi-automatic rifle. It feels like pouring all the bullets at the enemy. However, it always feels a little less exciting than shooting with a bolt action.

With a "bang", a pirate who was looking around in panic beside Songpa just now was hit in the forehead by a bullet flying from nowhere, and the brain blood immediately splashed on Songpa's face and even his mouth.

He only felt a salty and bitter taste on his tongue, "Pah, pah, pah," he spat quickly, and then he felt something in his teeth. He picked it out with his hands and saw that it was a small piece of skull!

"Ugh..." Songpa couldn't hold it in any longer and started vomiting.

The fear that had just dissipated began to spread in his heart again.

It was really hard for him to imagine that although he had an absolute advantage in manpower, he was beaten by a hundred or so Ming soldiers and had no power to fight back.

As the gunshots got closer and more frequent, he finally realized that the stick-like thing in the hands of the Ming army was the legendary firearm!
When he was in Srivijaya, he had heard about the powerful firearms of the Ming army. However, Songpa had not experienced the conflict with the Ming merchant ships in Temasek, so he was not clear about how powerful the Ming army's firearms were.

In his impression, no matter how powerful a firearm is, it is just a fire stick. Not to mention anything else, the extremely frustrating operating procedures alone are completely unsuitable for his hot-tempered temperament.

If you want to fire a gun, you have to pour the gunpowder for a long time, and it takes a long time to fire it. It's just like an old pirate on the ship in the past, who had to spend a long time just to pee.

In his opinion, no matter how powerful the firearm is, it is not as useful as a bow and arrow.

But now, he only saw the black holes of the Ming army's firearms, which kept firing bullets and reaping the lives of the pirates!

How could there be such a terrifying firearm in the world? This completely overturned his imagination!
Only then did he suddenly realize that it was no wonder that the Ming garrison had only 500 people. No wonder the Ming army dared to launch an attack with only a hundred people. With such a magical weapon in hand, he would be able to kill gods and Buddhas!
Originally thought, Marshal Chen Zuyi sent me here to plunder Ryukyu, which was a good job with a lot of benefits, but I didn't expect that this was sending me to hell!

The Marshal is confused. Why would he provoke the Ming Dynasty?
It’s a pity that I realized this truth too late.

As for Liang Daoren, what a bullshit plot, how dare he sneak attack the Ming army base camp? He's dead!

Facing the almost invincible Ming army, what could the pirates use to fight? It was simply a massacre!

Many injured pirates collapsed on the ground, with either broken limbs or bloody holes on their bodies. They were either struggling in pain or wailing.

The rest of the pirates couldn't even take care of themselves, let alone their injured companions. No one would rescue them. The only thing they could do was lie on the ground and wait for death in fear and pain.

The pirates' heart-wrenching screams frightened even Songpa, who thought he had a heart of stone. It was the first time he had witnessed such a large-scale death toll. He was scared, really scared!

No, if this continues, everyone will die. At this time, the pirates around him shouted to Songpa:
"Leader, run for your lives! If you continue like this, all our brothers will die!"

Songpa was startled back to his senses by the shout, but where could they escape to?

In just a quarter of an hour, a large number of pirates had been killed or wounded. Songpa looked over and saw that there were probably only about five or six hundred people left around him.

Suddenly, he came up with a vicious plan. There is a Ming Dynasty proverb that goes, "It is better to let my friend die than to let myself die." So letting these pirates face the guns of the Ming army would be better than dying themselves!
"Listen carefully, everyone. If we continue like this, we will all die. No matter how powerful the Ming army is, they only have about a hundred people. Let's charge forward together. I don't believe the Ming army can stop us!"

"Yes, listen to the commander, let's charge together, we will definitely be able to break out of the Ming army's encirclement!"

After hearing these words, the pirates became aroused and gathered together, howling and rushing towards Wang Jian frantically!

(End of this chapter)