Prince of Chaos

Chapter 411 Dictator's Potential
"Hurry up, let everyone work harder, we will be home soon. The warship of Daming is ahead! It must have been sent by His Royal Highness the eldest son of the emperor."

Chen Zhenlong encouraged everyone and told them not to give up hope. After all, their ships were ordinary merchant ships. Although the sails were very strong, their speed was still insufficient in the face of the small chasing boats released by Japanese pirates. .

Chen Zhenlong really couldn't figure out why these Japanese pirates had been chasing them desperately like chicken blood.

In the past, they also had the experience of traveling on ships in the Japanese country, but at that time, even if they encountered professional pirates under the Japanese pirate daimyo at sea, as long as they kept running, these pirates would give up when they couldn't catch up.

But what happened this time?
Ever since they encountered this Japanese pirate navy, they have gone crazy and headed towards their fleet.

If Chen Zhenlong hadn't been cautious enough, he might have been intercepted by this Japanese bandit.

Good luck!
Just when Chen Zhenlong felt that he might be on the verge of death, he saw Daming's navy.

Therefore, Chen Zhenlong raised the flag with the logo of Xishan Huangzhuang decisively.

Sure enough, when his flag was hoisted, the Daming Navy also came towards them.

This is simply God's blessing to Chen Zhenlong.

Qi Jin listened quietly to the value reported by the rangefinder, and he was waiting for the best shooting distance to arrive.

"The Japanese ship is ten miles away from our ship!"

"The Japanese ship is eight miles away from our ship!"

"The Xishan Huangzhuang fleet is three miles away from our ship!"

"The Japanese ship is six miles away from our ship, and has entered the effective range!"

Qi Jin was also extremely nervous when he heard the situation reported by the rangefinder.

To be honest, this is also the first time he commanded a naval battle.

When he was young, he went out to sea with his father Qi Jiguang to fight Japanese pirates. However, he was still too young at that time, and he was always protected by Qi Jiguang's personal guards. He had only experienced the fierceness and cruelty of naval battles. The real command, he Still far from qualified.

At that time, naval battles were all followed by a round of shelling, followed by hand-to-hand combat at sea. The cruelty was even more terrifying than land battles.

Because, fighting on land, even if you are afraid, you don't have to worry about falling into the water.

However, naval battles are different!
In naval battles, when two ships meet for hand-to-hand combat, if you are not careful, you may be shaken into the deep sea by the shaking warship.Of course, this is not the most terrifying.

The most frightening thing is that after the naval battle reaches a certain level, it will attract demons in the sea!Their knife-like dorsal fins cut across the water, and once those who fall into the water are stared at by them, there is no hope of surviving. They will be torn apart and eaten by this devil-like and terrifying deep-sea monster, and then the entire sea area will be dyed red.

In the end, these red-eyed demons will attack each other and kill each other, which is more terrifying than the enemies on the ship!
"Send the order, the Japanese ship enters our ship and fires around the four miles!"

Qi Jin kept in mind the crown prince's tactical requirements, being able to be long-distance, resolutely not being on board, and completing damage to the enemy with maximum firepower is the secret of the navy's victory!

At that time, when Wu Weizhong and Qi Jin heard Zhu Changluo's words, the two of them still didn't take it seriously, but when they saw the long-range artillery that Zhu Changluo "borrowed" them, they finally understood what the crown prince meant.

Naval battles should be such simple and crude wars. All so-called strategies and tactics are in vain in the face of absolute strength.

This is also in line with what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said to them: caliber is justice, and range is truth!

The plaque written in this sentence is still hanging in the headquarters of the Zhili Navy in Tianjin Wei.

But it wasn't written by Zhu Changluo.Because, Zhu Changluo is also embarrassed to take Bismarck's words as his own, and he also knows how much his words are.

He is not a professional calligrapher, and his study of calligraphy is only at the stage of reading. As for how to use a brush and how to appreciate it, Zhu Changluo is not good at it, and he doesn't care about these things.

Moreover, since ancient times, few emperors who have literary hobbies have ended up.Therefore, no matter how elegant these things look, Zhu Changluo will not spend energy on these things to be arty.

"The Japanese boat has reached four miles away."

After the rangefinder measured the latest distance, he immediately reported loudly.

Qi Jin decisively ordered: "Fire!"

At this moment, all the warships turned their hulls sideways and fired at the Japanese ships four miles away.

Rumbling, like thunder from the sky, reverberates in the sea.

Due to the long range of the artillery, it is powerful.After a round of shelling, Qi Jin's warship swayed from side to side under the action of recoil.

Qi Jin looked at Deng Zilong who was holding on to the railing tightly beside him, and said with a smile: "General Zilong, this cannon is really powerful. It's like sitting on a sedan chair."

Deng Zilong grabbed the railing, and he also laughed loudly: "This general just likes to be so vigorous. Let's fire!"

Deng Zilong is also very good at the top, he likes this kind of battle.

Not stimulating, not intense, and he's not comfortable!
In the original historical time and space, Deng Zilong was also extremely mighty. During the Luliang naval battle, Deng Zilong took the lead in jumping on the Japanese pirates' boat and fighting hand-to-hand with the Japanese pirates.

It's a pity, after all, because he was outnumbered, the old general Deng Zilong died in the Luliang naval battle.

At that time, Yi sun-shin of North Korea was also killed in the battle with him.

One can imagine how fierce the Luliang naval battle was fought in the original historical time and space!
At that time, the reason why it was so fierce was because the navy's combat methods at that time were primitive, and hand-to-hand combat was still the mainstay.

However, on the other side of the world, Spain's rampant Armada has proved the obsolete of the original naval battle with the actual situation.

The long-range bombardment naval battle led by Britain entered the stage of history.

And the Zhili Navy, as the new army built by Zhu Changluo, a traverser, naturally cannot follow the old path of boarding.He understands what the cannon stands for better than anyone else!
Although the ships of the Zhili Navy may be very backward now, Zhu Changluo has invested a lot of money and effort in terms of weapons and equipment!

The purpose is to let all the officers and soldiers of the Zhili Navy understand that the times have changed!

The mode of warfare has been completely changed due to the advancement of cannons!
After about 2 minutes of preparation, the second round of cannon shooting came as scheduled!

The rumbling guns wantonly made their own voice in this sea far away from the mainland!
Its power made the Japanese pirates who had already suffered a round of shelling and were in panic all day long think of the gods in the deep sea.

There is nothing to explain what happened to them except the gods.

The artillery of the Ming army seemed to have eyes, and they hit their ships almost without fail. Now they only have a few smaller ships that survived and were not hit by the artillery of the Ming army.

However, such a good scene did not last too long. Just when they felt that they could relax a little, a new round of shelling came again.

This round of shelling directly shattered their hopes!
The few small boats were also covered by the artillery of the Ming army, and all their boats were scattered.

And they didn't even touch the enemy. Such a Ming army is really terrifying.

It is a pity that they have no chance to go back and report on the situation of the Ming army.

Because their team has been completely wiped out.

Looking through the binoculars and looking at the situation of the pirate navy in the distance, Qi Jin said with emotion: "Invincible is so lonely."

When Qi Jin spoke, he paused for a moment. If Zhu Changluo was present, he would have thought that Qi Jin would sing the next sentence.

Deng Zilong was also shocked by the Zhili Navy's debut battle.

Although he only wiped out a Japanese pirate navy team with only three large ships and a few small boats, the shock of such long-distance annihilation of the enemy could not be dissipated in his mind for a long time.

"If this cannon can be transported to Yunnan."

Deng Zilong's first reaction now is the war in Yunnan.

The war between Yunnan and Myanmar has been stalemate for decades.

Although, it seems that the Ming army is more likely to win, but Deng Zilong, who has been in Yunnan for a long time, does not see it that way.

Myanmar is about to integrate the entire Annan old land. Although they have suffered a loss and retreated, as long as there is enough time, they will make a comeback and violate the Daming border again.

If there were such a powerful cannon deterrent in Yunnan, how would the small Burmese state dare to touch the tiger's whiskers of Ming Dynasty?

Therefore, Deng Zilong's eyes lit up again when he looked at these cannons.

"General, do you want to capture the surviving pirates?"

An adjutant looked at Deng Zilong and Qi Jin and asked.

As soon as Deng Zilong was about to speak, Qi Jin said, "Don't take any prisoners. Our army came here by surprise, and the food and water we brought with us is limited. Why should we capture these prisoners? We sent two fast boats to kill all the living Japanese pirates." , to prevent them from revealing the whereabouts of our army."

After hearing Qi Jin's order, the adjutant immediately replied: "Yes."

On the other hand, Deng Zilong felt a little distressed.

If these are captured, they are all military achievements.

The way of remembering meritorious service in the Ming Dynasty is mainly based on the head.These living Japanese pirates are all military exploits that can be escorted to the capital to offer prisoners for questioning!

However, Qi Jin didn't seem to take this seriously, which made Deng Zilong a little strange.

Deng Zilong asked: "Xiao Shuai Qi, these Japanese pirates are all military meritorious service. Why did you just give up like this? Your Highness is still waiting for you to take the blame and make meritorious service."

Qi Jin said: "Don't blame General Zilong. Our West Zhili navy is different from other troops in the Ming Dynasty. We have a special army secretary who will record the battle in detail. Your Highness will always use the information recorded by the army secretary in the end. of."

Deng Zilong was puzzled.What is a military secretary?Can the coach remember whatever he wants?

Hearing Qi Jin's words, it seems that this army secretary is quite big, but why hasn't he noticed that the army secretary has appeared?
Seeing Deng Zilong's puzzled look, Qi Jin didn't explain, because the military secretary was the military recorder of their Xishan Law Enforcement Team.Although there is no power, it must not be offended.

Because they represent the attitude of the crown prince, and the crown prince needs records and summaries of every battle.

He didn't like the fact that after the generals were out fighting, the military newspapers reported to the court were vaguely summarized in a few sentences.

Therefore, Zhu Changluo set up the position of army secretary in the army. However, this position is different from the usual army supervisor. They do not have any power to interfere in military decision-making. What they can do is to faithfully record the battle process.

If they collude with the coach and lie about the military situation, their fate will be miserable.Because, it is said that apart from them in the army, there are invisible shadows recording the situation in the army.

It can be seen from this that Zhu Changluo is by no means a master of word and faith.Everything he does will have his own judgment, and he will never trust someone blindly because he has a good impression, unless he has no choice at that time.

Otherwise, what Zhu Changluo is thinking about all the time is how to check and balance, how to control, he will never give power to others easily!In other words, Zhu Changluo now has the potential to be a dictator, but he doesn't know it yet.

Chen Zhenlong was stunned by the scene in front of him.

He had expected this to be a fierce encounter, and even he was ready to let all the sailors go into battle with knives.

However, the battle was fierce and fierce, but it was one-sided.

Before he could understand what was going on, the battle was over.

"Quickly, quickly, take out my official uniform."

Chen Zhenlong also felt guilty, it was too fierce.It was so fierce that he was worried that the gang of Ming soldiers would rob him too.

This kind of thing is not never happened, but it may happen at any time.

It is too difficult to be a maritime merchant in Ming Dynasty. In addition to facing pirates, Japanese pirates, and Westerners, you also have to face the robbery of the Ming army.

Unless the backing behind him is big enough, if he meets the Ming army, he will just grab it without discussion.

Therefore, Chen Zhenlong panicked. He felt that the flag of Xishan Huangzhuang might not work well, so he was going to change into the official uniform of thousands of households that Zhu Changluo had given him.

This Thousand Household Clothes was given to him by Zhu Changluo specially begged from Emperor Wanli because of the merit of sweet potatoes before he went to sea.

Therefore, at this time, the threat of Japanese pirates was gone, but when new uncertain risks emerged, he decided that it would be better to wear the thousand-household official uniform.

After all, with this skin, no matter how arrogant the Ming army on the opposite side is, they still have to give it a little thin.

Chen Zhenlong was very cautious, he had already lowered the sail, and his speed dropped very low.

Chen Zhenlong didn't see the number of the Ming army until the Ming army's ship approached.They are under the banner of the Zhili Navy.

However, he has never heard of the name Zhili Navy.Therefore, Chen Zhenlong couldn't help but panic, he was worried that the Zhili navy might belong to Nanzhili, if it was Nanzhili, it would be miserable!

Because the silk and satin merchants in Nanzhili and the Zhejiang merchants in Zhejiang can be described as extremely contemptuous of these maritime merchants from Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi. their maritime business.

Therefore, seeing the word Zhili, Chen Zhenlong was really discouraged.

"Everyone put down their weapons and wait for our army to take over!"

Qi Jin asked someone to shout at Chen Zhenlong's fleet.

So, when the ship of the Zhili Navy was about to join the ship, Chen Zhenlong shouted: "General, we are the merchant ship of His Royal Highness, the eldest son of Xishan Huangzhuang!"

Qi Jin was suspicious of this fleet that appeared suddenly and flew the flag of Xishan Huangzhuang. At this time, Chen Zhenlong called himself the merchant ship of His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the emperor.

Qi Jin's face immediately changed.

"Take it all!"

Now in Ming Dynasty, who doesn't know that the eldest son of the emperor has been registered as the crown prince and has been in charge of the country for almost a year, and now a merchant ship suddenly appeared, flying the banner of the crown prince, and it even flew the wrong flag.

How could this not make Qi Jin suspicious?

Therefore, Qi Jin decisively ordered that he take down this daring man!
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