Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 476 No-name Army

The observation post is on a high observation platform, and they use binoculars to keep observing the surrounding sea area.

The telescope effect of the observation post of the Ming Dynasty warship is better than that of other countries, and it can see farther.

They first found four sailboats appearing on the sea level, and soon found three sailboats behind the sailboats again, and immediately reported to the governor Zheng Chenggong.

Hearing the report that the observation post suddenly sounded on the intercom.

Zheng Chenggong picked up the walkie-talkie and issued an order to his warships:

"The observation post continues to monitor the movement of unknown ships. Huang Fei led three warships to check. If it is a Dutch warship, it can be directly fired and sunk without asking for instructions."

"Yes"

In ancient times, there was no radar, and the best means of observation was the telescope. Although the telescope caught the ship ahead, the distance was at least ten kilometers away.

The ships that appeared ahead happened to be on the route of the Ming Fleet. It was impossible for Zheng Chenggong to change the route in order to avoid them. The fleet continued to sail on the fixed route.

After Huang Fei received Zheng Chenggong's order, he immediately ordered the three armored warships to advance at full speed.

The speed of the Chongzhen battleship quickly reached [-] knots, leaving the main fleet far away in ten minutes, and gradually approaching the unknown ship.

At this time, the voice of the observation post sounded again on the intercom:

"Report to the governor, a pirate ship has been found ahead, and they are chasing four whaling ships."

Huang Fei picked up the walkie-talkie and asked:
"Look more clearly. Are there Easterners or Westerners on the pirate ship?"

Observation post:
"Report to the governor, there are both Westerners and Easterners, and all the whaling ships are Westerners."

Huang Fei:

"Understood, I will report again after investigating."

After finishing the call with the observation post, Huang Fei immediately called Zheng Chenggong:

"Captain, the unknown ship is a pirate ship robbing a whaling ship, and most of them are Westerners. Do we want to interfere?"

When Zheng Chenggong received the report, he couldn't decide to pay attention for a while, so he looked at Zhu Youjian:

"Your Majesty, we encountered a pirate ship robbing a whaling ship, do you think you want to interfere?"

Zhu Youjian frowned:
"The South China Sea belongs to the sea area of ​​Ming Dynasty. Pirates are not allowed. We will destroy them and drive out the whaling ships. Those who disobey orders will be sunk together."

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he picked up the binoculars and walked out of the command cabin. Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered Huang Fei:
"Huang Fei, His Majesty has a decree that no pirates are allowed in the Daming waters, destroy the pirate ships and drive out the whaling ships, and sink all those who disobey the order."

"Yes"

After receiving the order, Huang Fei immediately picked up the walkie-talkie:
"I am Huang Fei. I order the Chongzhen, Wendi, Wudi, and the three warships to fly up, load the shells, and prepare for battle immediately. The pirate ship will be directly sunk."

"Yes"

The shells of the three warships were loaded immediately, and all the crew quickly prepared for battle.

Western countries do not hunt whaling for food, but use whale oil as lighting fuel. China also used animal oil or vegetable oil as fuel in the early days, and later used more candles.

Among them, oil and natural gas have also been used, and whale oil has not been used as fuel. China is also the first country in the world to discover oil, more than 1000 years earlier than other countries in the world.

The four whaling ships were chased by the pirate ships and fled desperately. They only paid attention to the pirate ships behind them, and when they suddenly found the three Ming warships facing them, the helmsman almost fainted from fright.

They had never seen such a strange ship before, and when they saw a few huge chimneys on the battleship dragging billowing black smoke, they thought it was a sea monster.

At that time, both warships and merchant ships had sails, and there were no steam engines at all. Of course, the whaling ships did not understand the situation, and all the sailors dared not leave their cabins in their huddled cabins.

Three armored warships passed directly not far from the whaling ship, and the more than 1000-ton displacement warship brought huge waves and almost overturned the whaling ship.

There was no need for the Ming army to drive the whaling ship away. After the warship passed through, the whaling ship saw countless strange ships appearing in the distance.

Immediately scared the hell out of them, they hurriedly adjusted the sails and fled to the Pacific Ocean. They swore that they would never enter the South China Sea again in this life.

The composition of the pirates on the three pirate ships was very complex, including Dutch, Spaniards, Germans, British, Japanese, and some blacks, and the leader was a Japanese.

The Japanese people were originally pirates. After Tokugawa sealed off the sea, they could not return to the Japanese country, so they joined forces with the pirates in the South China Sea and near Malacca.

Those blacks are soldiers they hired. He will not ask whether the master is a good person or a bad person, nor whether the robbed is a civilian ship or an official ship, as long as he is paid.

These people have been robbing near the South China Sea for many years. It can be said that they have committed many crimes and killed countless people. They have not encountered any merchant ships in the past few days, and finally targeted the passing whaling ships.

The sailors on the whaling ship often fought with giants in the sea, and they were much more fierce than the merchant sailors.

The whale oil that they worked so hard to get was not willing to give it away. They didn't listen to the pirates' orders and fled desperately without stopping the ship. It was their luck that they encountered the Ming Fleet.

Seeing the whaling ship escaping ahead, three strange ships appeared instead. The observation post was so frightened that they almost fell off the mast, and hurriedly reported to the boss:
"Boss... Boss, something is wrong, there is a strange ship ahead."

Yamaguchi, who had been looting houses at sea all the year round, died young. He didn't believe there were monsters in the sea at all. He took out his binoculars and took a closer look.

"hiss……"

He was startled at first, but soon discovered that there were people on the iron-clad battleship:
"What kind of monster is this? It's clearly an advanced warship. If we can get such a good warship, wouldn't it be invincible at sea? Even Batavia's warships dare not trouble us."

When Yamaguchi died early, he was immediately attracted by the iron-clad battleship of Ming Dynasty, and unexpectedly wanted to take the iron-clad battleship as his own. It can be said that he has been dazzled by his own thoughts.

In fact, you can't blame him.The Daming armored battleship will make any opponent hang three feet behind the curtain, just like a toad seeing a beautiful swan.

"Hahaha, brothers, this is not a monster but an advanced warship. Everyone pay attention, try not to fire guns, and fight with them. As long as you board the opponent's warship, their warship belongs to us. Even if you capture one such warship, Each person will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver."

"Yes, capture their warships, and we will be the overlords here in the future. Even Batavia will show his favor to us and rush up..."

Some foreigners with blue eyes and high nose bridge were also extremely excited after hearing the words of Yamaguchi's early death, clamoring to capture the Daming iron-clad warship.

But not everyone was so excited. A Spaniard was very calm. After carefully looking at the Ming battleship with a single-tube telescope, he put down the telescope and shook his head and said:

"This is a battleship of the Ming Dynasty. You should all have seen the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty flying above it. We'd better leave at a respectful distance, otherwise the consequences..."

Before the Spaniard finished speaking, he was kicked hard by Zaishi Yamaguchi on the ass, and was kicked to the ground:

"Fuck your mother, don't spoil my good deeds, what is Ming Dynasty, we Japanese people never care about them, once dozens of us could kill them near their capital, and rush up to me."

(End of this chapter)