The Fire Cloud also soon began to bombard the pirate ship in front. In order to demonstrate its strength, Esselit ordered the three main guns and three secondary guns at the bow to fire at the same time.
It was a spectacular sight when the fifteen gun barrels of this steel monster spewed out flames one after another.
However, Huang Zheng discovered that their ship was not equipped with radar and the fire control system was very simple, so although the scene was grand, the effect was not as good as Houyi's first shot.
The two ships being chased by the Huoyun had no intention of fighting back, but just ran away at full speed.
On the other side, the Houyi and the two enemy ships formed an isosceles triangle, and both sides could already see the figures on their respective ships.
Houyi did not change its target and kept staring at the first ship. Finally, in this round of shooting, a shell hit the stern of the pirate ship.
Pirate ships are all converted from civilian ships. This ship only has some thin armor on the side of the ship, and then some naval guns or even field guns are installed on the deck. The actual defense of such a ship is not even as good as a wooden sailing ship with a defensive reinforcement array.
The Houyi was equipped with armor-piercing shells at this time. The shells penetrated the pirate ship's thin armor, passed through the cabin under the deck, and went out from the other side. This was because the shells had too much penetrating power, causing over-penetration. Instead of causing an explosion in the ship.
Except for one or two pirates who were knocked down by the shock, the pirates did not suffer any serious losses. After realizing it was a false alarm, the pirates immediately started to fight back.
Eselite was confident in the Fire Cloud, and he handed the command of the pursuit to the first officer. He had been using a telescope to observe the battle situation on the other side. Seeing the effect of the enemy's shells penetrating the armor, he knew that the power of these East Continental shells was not inferior to his own. Take the Red Cloud for example, this level of shells is enough to penetrate its armor, and it will not over-penetrate, and will definitely explode in the cabin.
The gunners on the sailing ship seemed to have learned their lesson, and they changed the type of shells. When another shell hit the pirate ship, flames rose from the deck, and the crystal explosives in the shells exploded violently, lifting the rear deck and the two guns on it into the sky.
The third shell hit the middle of the pirate ship, causing a sky full of electric light. The electric current flowed along the metal hull and was transmitted to various locations.
Nearly half of the pirates on the deck fell to the ground twitching, and those who were closest to the point where the shells landed were charred all over and almost roasted.
"What's going on!" The scene before him was beyond Esselit's understanding. His common sense could not explain how this electric cannonball worked.
"This is an elemental shell, which is a shell that uses elemental magic to kill the enemy. Electric current is just one type of it." Huang Zheng said.
If the armor-piercing shells mentioned above were similar to those used by the Western Continental Navy, the threat posed by these elemental shells was much greater. Eselite couldn't help but glance at the floor of the bridge, which was also made of metal. If that kind of shell hit his ship, it could be transmitted to almost any part of the ship. If it hit the metal wall near the bridge, it could directly decapitate his command center. The only solution was to sink the enemy first.
On the sea, the pirate ship that was hit by three bullets had completely lost control. Those who had not been electrocuted were either running around like crazy, or hiding in the corners and not daring to come out, and some even chose to jump into the sea directly. But Houyi was like a ruthless killer and was not going to let them go.
Another armor-piercing shell hit the pirate ship near the waterline, and it began to leak and capsize, completely losing its combat capability.
At this time, another pirate ship approached very decisively. Taking advantage of the fact that Houyi had no time to attack it, it quickly approached Houyi and began to fire at close range.
Eserit felt that the Houyi was in danger, because even the broken cannons on the pirate ship would definitely cause fatal damage if they hit a wooden ship at such a distance.
But the scene that followed stunned him. A transparent barrier appeared on the Houyi, and all the shells fired by the pirate ship on the barrier exploded in mid-air. But no fire or shrapnel flew into the transparent area. The bombardment that should have caused damage to the ship was intercepted by a magical force.
"Is this also the power of magic?" asked Aethelite.
Huang Zheng said: "Yes, that is what you call the power of the devil. In fact, this kind of power is also very powerful when used to protect something, isn't it?"
The shield of Hou Yi not only stunned Aeselite, but also made the pirates on the opposite pirate ship at a loss. They suddenly realized that the other party let them approach not because of a mistake, but because they were completely confident.
After Hou Yi demonstrated the power of its shield, it aimed its guns at the pirate ship on the opposite side. This time, because the distance was too close, the first salvo exploded two sparks on the pirate ship.
Then, in just a few minutes, the pirate ship became the target ship of Hou Yi. Colorful elemental shells exploded on the ship one after another. Ice, fire, acid, and electricity, after being washed by various magical powers, the ship quickly turned into debris and sank to the bottom of the sea.
The last shell fired by the Huoyun hit the side of the pirate ship it was chasing.
At the same time, Houyi had changed direction and was outflanked another fleeing pirate ship.
This time it no longer used close-in tactics, but started firing artillery shells from a long distance.
When a shell from the Huoyun finally hit the middle of the pirate ship and broke it in half, the intensive artillery fire from the Houyi also hit the stern of the fourth ship, creating a big hole there. The bow of the pirate ship was raised high, and people fell from it, then it sank quickly like a dagger inserted into the sea.
The Houyi turned an arc, passed in front of the Huoyun, and headed towards the direction where the Xingtian and the El Shield were anchored. When they passed by the rescued merchant ship, the people on the merchant ship cheered and roared happily, and they who survived the disaster gave the most enthusiastic praise to the Houyi.
Aetherite stared at the back of Houyi in a daze, his heart filled with shock. He calculated the possible results of his battle with this ship in his mind, but he could not find a way to win. He had never thought that magic could be used in this way. Compared with the power these people possessed, the wizards and witches who were captured before were simply babies who knew nothing.
Huang Zheng said: "Three to one, it looks like we won."