Datang Longya

Chapter 731 Ship Artillery
But he shrewdly didn't ask. Since Leng Feng didn't tell him, then this thing shouldn't be exposed easily.

After agreeing that the loud noise was a signal to launch an attack, everyone began to act.

Li Jing took the direct command of the Dragon Tooth Army, and assigned Zhang Liang's two ships as the vehicles of the Dragon Tooth Army.

Li Jing is known as the god of war. In the Tang Dynasty, he claimed to be the second leader in the army, and no one dared to recognize the first and third.

Leng Feng was not worried about handing over the Dragon Tooth Army to Li Jing.

Warships and ordinary sea boats were divided into two camps. With Leng Feng's order, the fishermen drove the sea boats to disperse and formed an encirclement circle far away from the island, waiting for the signal of Leng Feng's cloud-piercing arrow.

Leng Feng found a small island and put the children, Liu Shuwen and others down.

Next is the time of war. If he can't successfully deter the enemy, then he will have to start a naval battle with real swords and guns.

Although the Chengtai is good enough to be proud of the group of ships, but Ruya and the like are still very dangerous, and it is impossible to take them with them.

After leaving some fishing gear and cooking utensils for Leng Jing, Leng Feng smiled and said, "Dad is going to fight next, you are here to fish and play with your sister, and let your mother help you decide whether you can eat or not. When Dad finishes fighting, he will come to pick you up .”

Leng Jing nodded. Although he really wanted to see what the battlefield was like, he knew that he couldn't drag his father back at this time.

Seeing Leng Feng looking at him, Li Tai hurried to the side of the boat: "Master, don't let me stay here too! I have business to do!"

"Okay, let's get on board."

Although he really wanted to keep Li Tai on the shore, since Li Tai insisted, Leng Feng couldn't force him.

The Chengtai put away the boards and headed north.

After not taking care of the wooden boat, Chengtai immediately showed its performance, and the speed was approaching [-] kilometers per hour while black smoke was blowing out.

The steam engine developed by Li Tai and the Gongshu family is really powerful.

Without considering the convenience, it is almost catching up with the general engine.

Next, the Seungtae will go to the north of the Goto Islands. The Wa Kingdom and the Koryo fleet stationed here, if they want to escape, going to the Wa Kingdom is the first choice.Otherwise, they will plunge into the vast sea.In the absence of a chart, this behavior is no different from sending death.

Along the way, Leng Feng saw that ordinary boats driven by fishermen had already completed a simple encirclement.

After these fishermen heard the news of the recruitment, they all volunteered to respond. Although most of them were old, their experience was definitely top-notch.

They knew that this operation was to participate in the war, but they did not hesitate.

In the past, he was recruiting the army, and he was the top man in the sea, but he was not much better than the landlubber in front of the battle.

But sea battles are different. They all have very rich experience at sea, and even in a fight, they still have the upper hand.Especially when they heard that they would not only get a sum of money but also gain military merits after participating, they were even more positive.

It took Chengtai an hour and a half to reach the set goal.

When the land could be vaguely seen from the bow and stern of the ship, Leng Feng gave the soldiers a wink.

The soldiers immediately raised the eight-ox crossbow and aimed it at the sky.

Because the signal transmission range is too large, ordinary cloud piercing arrows cannot transmit signals at all.

Therefore, this cloud piercing arrow is the eight-ox crossbow version.

Whoosh!
The Cloud Piercing Arrow rose into the air, and began to spew thick red smoke less than halfway.

The smoke column lingered for a long time, even if it was a little loose under the blowing of the sea breeze, it was still clearly discernible in the distance.

Seeing the red plume of smoke, the fishermen began to approach the island by boat.

There is an upshore current here, and you don't need much control of the sails to get going.

When the coast on the shore was faintly discernible, they all stopped and dropped anchor.

The task given to them by the Lord Protector is to park the boat here, and if they encounter a ship breaking out of the siege, they will do what they can.

There were more than 500 ships, and it was impossible not to attract the attention of the people on the shore. Not long after, smoke rose from the coast of the outermost island.

Looking through the binoculars, Zhang Zhongjian said to Li Jing, "They found us. The Lord Protector kept those boats in a position where they could be seen faintly. The people on the shore definitely couldn't tell the truth about these boats. There is deterrence, but, Isn’t Lord Protector afraid of them launching a breakout? Then these paper tigers won’t be able to scare anyone.”

Li Jing turned around and asked the guards for another telescope, and looked at the battle arranged by Leng Feng.

His telescope was in Zhang Zhongjian's hands, and he never changed hands again.Li Jing knew that his elder brother was reluctant to part with this thing that could see far away.There are many magical uses of the telescope, and for people at sea, it is even closer to the existence of an artifact.

Since it was useful, Li Jing simply gave it to Zhang Zhongjian.It's just that I feel a little distressed about the price of the telescope.

Now the telescope can only be manufactured by a glass workshop under the Academy of Arts, and the price is ridiculously expensive.Although high-ranking generals will be equipped with binoculars when going on an expedition, but after knowing the magical effect of this thing, who wouldn't want to get one and treasure it?
The price of the telescope is outrageous, but considering that this is a workshop for scholars who have no means of making money, no one is willing to bargain.

After seeing the situation on the battlefield clearly, Li Jing nodded: "Although these fishermen have excellent sea skills, they are still insignificant compared to the large-scale fleeing military ships. However, I think the National Protector will stop the enemy from breaking out. But, I just don't know what he's going to do."

After speaking, Li Jing arranged for someone to issue an order for preparation.

Although he agreed with Leng Feng that the loud noise would be the number, but Li Jing was not a "rule-abiding" person. If the loud noise didn't appear in time and the enemy took action, he didn't mind attacking in advance.

Zhang Liang also had the same idea. He had already prepared his ships to attack.

Everyone is waiting for Leng Feng's signal, but what is Leng Feng doing?

Bickering.
The canvas-covered thing on the Chengtai has revealed its true appearance, and it is a black cannon.

Artillery had already been disliked by Zhang Zhongqing, but when the ironclad ship manufacturing plan was put forward, he had to continue to study it.

The eight-ox crossbow can be carried on a sea ship, but it is a bit dangerous to launch it with a trebuchet for ground-level thunder.Because the trebuchet cannot hit the enemy ship 100% if the distance is far away, but if it is close, there is a danger of dying together.

Cannons can be replaced by powerful thunderbolts and trebuchets on land, but at sea, trebuchets cannot accurately strike distant ships.

Compared with the city, how big is the ship?
And using it at close range, needless to say, is also an act of death.

Therefore, the combination of artillery and ironclad ships is a perfect match.

The artillery made by Zhang Zhongqing has amazing recoil, and ordinary wooden ships can't bear it at all.

So it is the Chengtai that carries it.

(End of this chapter)