I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 89
"Captain Chen Yin, where are we...?" While drinking the coffee with sugar cubes, Cao Wenzhao also leaned forward, glanced at the nautical chart spread out on the table, and asked casually.

"Just entered Koli Bay, without any accidents, we will arrive at Kuwu Island in the early morning of tomorrow."

Captain Chen Yin put down the charcoal pencil in his hand, and said with a smile: "If Lord Hou is bored in the cabin, you can ask two sailors to play chess and chat, and if you get sleepy, you can go to Kuwu Island."

Cao Wenzhao sighed, and said, "I have been fighting in Liaodong for more than ten years, and I am used to fighting as a soldier. I really am not used to this kind of idle life."

"It's not so comfortable when we arrive at Kuwu Island. Master Hou still hurry up..."

Suddenly, there was a "beep" and the whistle blew.

Cao Wenzhao was startled, and suddenly turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from, but it was a wrought copper horn installed in the captain's cabin.

"Report to the captain, a fleet was found 27 miles northeast. There are four gunboats and twelve cargo ships with the Japanese Hinomaru flag flying on them!"

"Report to the captain, a fleet was found 27 miles northeast. There are four gunboats and twelve cargo ships with the Japanese Hinomaru flag flying on them!"

"Not one of our own!"

"Not one of our own!"

"Attention everyone, prepare to fight!" Captain Chen Yin ordered directly.

Cao Wenzhao: "..."

I just said 'no accident', so there is an accident?
Moreover, as long as they are not one of their own, in the vast sea, when the two sides meet, they will copy guys and start a war?The sea battlefield is even more dangerous than the Liaodong battlefield...

"Captain Chen Yin, what can this Marquis do?" Cao Wenzhao asked with a smile.

"Master Hou sits and drinks coffee, watch more and talk less, as long as you don't interfere with the naval battle." Captain Chen Yin said casually, walked quickly to the command platform, held up the long-sighted mirror to observe the enemy's situation, and began to issue a series of orders.

Cao Wenzhao: "..."

This Captain Chen Yin is simply too arrogant. How can we say that he is also the "Liaodong Marquis" personally conferred by the emperor, so he doesn't give him any face?

However, listening to Captain Chen Yin's series of orders, full of "professional vocabulary" that he had never heard before, he was dizzy and could only shake his head and smile wryly.

'Sea battle, I really don't understand. '

"Twelve degrees to the west on the port side, the speed has increased to fifteen knots, the turret is inclined at 96 degrees, ready to shoot straight!"

"The power cabin has received orders!"

"The turret received the order!"

"The control room received the order!"

……

Just as Cao Wenzhao was bewildered, the people on the four Japanese gunboats more than twenty miles away were even more bewildered.

"Oh my god, what is that? That white ship...isn't it too big?"

"No, is that really a ship? Why is there no mast and sail?"

"Look, it's Daming's dragon flag hanging above it!"

"The Ming Empire is going to sea again? Isn't their emperor and ministers banning the sea all the time? Is it the ship of the pirate leader Zheng Yiguan?"

"Not one, but two, look, there is another one in the distance!"

"Go forward at full speed, let's overturn one ship first!"

……

On the four gunboats, dozens of sailors quickly adjusted the height and direction of the sails, like four hungry thin dogs, bared their teeth and rushed towards the iron-clad battleship where Captain Chen Yin was.

But soon, they realized that something was wrong.

The big milky white ship ahead, even without sails, can still sail quickly on the sea.

There are two towering chimneys on the big ship, one of which emits billowing smoke, and the other emits bursts of white steam from time to time, which looks especially weird and terrifying in the cold winter wind.

what monster is this?

The Japanese captain, first mate, sailors, and gunners were all a little dazed.

'Such a big ship can sail so fast...how to fight? '

"The sails are full, advance at full speed, form a battle formation, cut towards the starboard direction, and strive for a round of shelling to paralyze it!"

"The sails are full, advance at full speed, form a battle formation, cut towards the starboard direction, and strive for a round of shelling to paralyze it!"

As the command of the first captain was passed on by the semaphore, the four gunboats were full of sails and greeted them at a speed of nearly nine knots.

On the blue sea, four very beautiful arcs are drawn...

……

On the big boat, Cao Wenzhao looked nervous, and his hands were covered with cold sweat.

He is a brave general. On the Liaodong battlefield, he was never so nervous even when facing the charge of the Jiannu iron cavalry.

After all, he can be regarded as a general in battle on horseback on land, daring to fight and rush, and he is also very famous in the slave army.

But this naval battle... feels too powerful to be used.

On the other hand, Captain Chen Yin, with a calm expression on his face, while commanding, took a bowl of coffee in his spare time, and sipped slowly, seemingly with endless aftertaste.

"All turrets, get ready!"

"A group of turrets, ready to—"

"put!"

The big ship trembled slightly, as if there was a cold war. On one of the turrets on the deck, three thick and long gun barrels suddenly shrank back, hitting hard into the depths of the turret, as if touching a sensitive bump...

There was a muffled "bang", and a three-barreled salvo!

The three sharp-tipped cannonballs spun at high speed, rushed out of the thick and long barrel, and accompanied by a sharp sound of piercing through the air, they hit the first Japanese gunboat directly.

A loud bang.

Dazzling white light flashed, and thick smoke suddenly rose.

A gunboat about twenty feet long was hit by three shells before it even had time to fire.

The fire blazed into the sky, and the smoke billowed.

A large number of planks, pieces of wood, pieces of canvas, and the broken limbs of the crew, etc., were lifted up high by a blazing wave and turned into a piece of waste, floating down one after another, falling silently on the blue sea .

Then, after a huge wave rolled over, the sea was silent.

The gunboat was directly blasted into two halves, tilted and sank silently, and some crew members and sailors who were not completely dead seemed to be moaning and struggling, trying to grab any piece of wood at hand...

'This is the end? '

Cao Wenzhao was dumbfounded.

The remaining three Japanese gunboats looked even more bewildered.

At such a distance, the opponent will fire?
Moreover, a fatal blow?
This distance...but there is still a full four or five miles. The artillery on my ship can only shoot at a distance of about two miles, and the hit rate is only [-] to [-] percent...

How can you beat this fucker?
The Japanese captain felt that he was about to retire.

This white monster of the Ming Empire is simply too terrifying...

……

Unfortunately, when the Japanese captains hesitated, Captain Chen Yin began to give orders.

What he wants is to wipe out these four gunboats.

"Five degrees to port, full speed ahead!"

"A group of turrets, fill the ammunition!"

"Group B turret, prepare..."

"put!"

The giant white ship shuddered again, and with a muffled 'dang', the three thick and long gun barrels in Group B shrank suddenly.

Another three salvo!

'Boom' with a loud bang.

The fire blazed into the sky, and the smoke billowed.

Before the second Japanese gunboat could react, it was hit at the bow of the ship. The violent and hot fire and air waves tore the front part of the gunboat into pieces...

"Seven degrees to port, full speed forward!"

"Team C turret, prepare—"

"put!"

(End of this chapter)