I want to ruin the country

Li Hongzhang said,

"Your Highness, please be here. I'll go to Lord Dou's boat!"

Prince Gong knew that Dou Zhenbiao was a veteran general with rich experience in fighting, so he felt relieved.

Said,

"No need, we won't fight, and going will only affect him!"

Dou Zhenbiao observed with a telescope, and then gave the order,

"All warships are on guard at the periphery. If pirates come within range of our ships, they are free to fire.

We must not allow a single pirate ship to enter the defense circle!"

After a while, the sound of rocket launchers exploding was heard from behind the fleet, indicating that pirates had entered the range.

The pirates in front also approached Dou Zhenbiao and his ship "Tianlong".

The pirates gradually approached. In the front were several ships of different sizes, some with four or five people on board, and some with dozens of people on board.

Behind the small boat were several large sailing ships, which were about sixty or seventy meters long and equipped with cannons.

The small boat was getting closer and closer, and the big ship was also within range. Dou Zhenbiao ordered,

"fire!"

"BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!"

The gun on Dou Zhenbiao's starboard side fired, and a stream of bullets flew past.

Unfortunately, only one bullet hit the ship, which just made a hole in the deck and did not hurt anyone.

However, a bullet accidentally hit a small boat, smashing it to pieces, and four or five pirates fell into the sea!

After a few rounds of cannon fire, the pirate ships were all damaged to some extent, and several pirates were killed, but it did not prevent the pirate ships from getting closer.

Dou Zhenbiao's flagship was also hit by a bullet, but it was useless. No one was injured, but a hole as big as a washbasin was smashed in the deck.

By this time, the boats were already close.

"Bazooka fire!"

Upon hearing the order, more than a dozen soldiers who had been prepared pulled the trigger.

The rocket dragged its tail flame and flew accurately towards the small boat. The small boat was moving forward by manpower and its speed was not fast. Now it was only about a hundred meters away from the big ship and there was no way to hide.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"!

Amidst the explosions, several small boats were blown into the sky, and the bodies of the pirates on the boats fell into the sea and became food for fish and shrimps.

These pirates had never seen a rocket launcher before and were stunned. What the hell was this thing? It was so powerful.

But even though they were puzzled, they still rushed forward desperately.

Pirates are originally desperate criminals, and their business is to live on the edge of a knife and lick blood. If they run away when they see a dead body, can they still be considered desperate criminals?

However, no matter how many pirate ships there were, they could not compare to the density of the rocket launchers. With the loud explosions, many pirate ships were blown to pieces and sunk.

At this time, several large ships also approached.

"Fire the conscienceless cannon!"

A dozen explosive packs flew over and exploded violently on the pirate ship.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

No matter how big these pirate sailboats are, they are made of wood and cannot withstand the explosion of explosive packs.

Some ships were hit by one explosive pack and had two sections blown up, while others were hit by two or three explosive packs and the entire ship was blown to pieces.

Only one sailing ship was lucky enough not to be hit. The ship was moving at a fairly fast speed and was approaching Dou Zhenbiao's ship.

The ships were about to collide, and the soldiers looked and saw that the sails of the sailboat were full of pirates.

The pirates howled and jumped from the sails onto the Wuying ship. They chopped with swords in their hands!

"Bang bang bang"!

The flintlock rifles in the soldiers' hands fired, and half of the forty or fifty pirates who jumped up were killed or injured in an instant.

The pirates were still overestimating their own capabilities. Compared with the government troops, their strength was still far inferior.

The officers and soldiers on the ship had no time to load gunpowder, so they threw down their flintlock rifles and started fighting with the pirates.

"Bang bang bang"!

The flintlock rifles in the soldiers' hands fired, and half of the forty or fifty pirates who jumped up were killed or injured in an instant.

The pirates were still overestimating their own capabilities. Compared with the government troops, their strength was still far inferior.

The officers and soldiers on the ship had no time to load gunpowder, so they threw down their flintlock rifles and started fighting with the pirates.

Dou Zhenbiao was furious. It was such a shame that the pirates jumped off the boat despite having such powerful firepower. How would he survive if this got out?

He strode over with a knife in hand, and with two swipes he chopped off a pirate's head.

When he wanted to chop again, he found that none of the pirates who jumped over the ship were left. They were either hacked to death or stabbed to death by spears!

He cursed,

"What kind of battle is this? If they jump off the ship again, they'll all starve for a whole day!"

A soldier was happy.

"General, isn't this just a way for you to satisfy your desire?"

"Bah, I almost lost my face as an old man in my sixties!"

As he said this, he patted his cheeks!

Boom boom boom boom!

The sea was filled with explosions.

As the explosions sounded, some pirate ships were blown away and shattered, and some broken limbs and flesh flew into the air.

Among these pirates, there are about eighty or ninety larger ships, with semi-large ships of thirty or forty meters being the most numerous, numbering three or four hundred, and the rest are small boats.

Large ships have some cannons, while medium-sized ships rely on bows and arrows. Their trump card is launching rockets.

The small boat is used to carry people on board.

If they encountered an ordinary merchant fleet, they would not be able to escape with these hundreds of pirate ships and four or five thousand pirates.

But today we encountered a government army that was specifically designed to suppress pirates, and the leader of the government army was Dou Zhenbiao, who was both capable and good at commanding.

And they have bazookas, ungrateful ones, and grenades.

Don’t you think these pirates are asking for trouble?

If the distance is 700 to 800 meters, we will use rocket launchers to bomb it; if the distance is 300 to 400 meters, we will use unscrupulous cannons.

Those who reached the side of the ship used hand grenades, and the very few who climbed aboard were killed by flintlock rifles.

Five or six hundred pirate ships of all sizes were blown up in just two hours, leaving only more than a hundred.

There are at least thirty or forty groups of these pirates. They usually fight among themselves, but this time they just want to unite and get together to get a piece of the fat meat.

The pirates had neither coordination nor organization and discipline, only a determination to face death.

Determination is more reliable when there is hope. If there is no hope at all, determination will disappear.

The remaining pirates were terrified. Seeing their own people being blown into pieces, they knew that they could not eat this piece of fat meat anymore. If they stayed, they would be playing with their lives.

run!

In the blink of an eye, only floating broken wood and unsunk wreckage remained on the sea.

The soldiers cheered as they watched the pirates scatter.

The battle was quite exciting and there were basically no casualties on our side.

The soldiers cleaned the battlefield and scrubbed the ships.

Only when he could no longer see the pirates through the telescope did Dou Zhenbiao go to Prince Gong's ship to pay his respects.

"My Lord, I'm sorry to have frightened you!"

Prince Gong asked,

"General Dou, it sounds like the fighting is quite lively, what's going on?"