Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 294 Night Attack on Kunnan Bay

In the end, Iron Shell Huolei did not use pine powder to replace the toner, but added a small amount of pine powder to the toner, so the effect was better. Fan Ning and Di Qing inspected the firearms camp on the day they got the Nagasaki military information.

This was the first time the two of them jointly inspected the firearms camp, which really made the craftsmen nervous.

Di Qing has been fighting the Xixia people for a long time, so of course he understands the importance of firearms, and the many helplessness in the use of firearms. The power of the explosion is not strong, and it is more used to ignite and intimidate.

There are 35 iron fire mines placed on the iron shelf in the warehouse, which is the current inventory of iron fire mines.

Fan Ning asked: "How many Iron Fire Thunders can you make at most in a day?"

Old Craftsman Song thought for a while and said, "The manufacturing process is relatively complicated, and there are few molds. To ensure the quality, you can only make ten pieces a day at most."

Fan Ning counted the time, and before Hiranoji's army came, he could probably make [-] or [-]. After excluding the training mines, there were still about [-] or so, which was almost enough.

Fan Ning said to Old Craftsman Song: "Before the tenth day of March, you can count as much as you can. They are about to be used in actual combat for the first time. I hope you can understand this."

Old Craftsman Song suddenly became nervous, "Master, are you going to start a war?"

Fan Ning smiled and nodded, "It's a naval battle, so don't be nervous."

Old Craftsman Song quickly shook his head, "I'm worried that Tie Huolei will delay the battle!"

"Just do your best to make it. After training, we will understand its actual combat situation."

"I see, I'm going to explain to everyone!"

Old Craftsman Song saluted and left in a hurry.

Seeing that Di Qing was still pondering with an iron fire thunder, Fan Ning smiled and said, "Will Di Shuai see its power with his own eyes?"

Di Qing smiled and nodded, "That's exactly what I mean!"

The firearms testing site is located in a valley [-] miles north of the county seat. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the testing grounds are closed with good concealment.

A thousand soldiers specially built various test buildings here, including stone houses, wooden houses, ship hulls, etc. There are more than [-] buildings of various types, which provide good conditions for firearm tests.

An hour later, Di Qing brought more than 100 soldiers and Fan Ning to the test site, along with two gunpowder smiths.

Fan Ning picked up a heavy iron fire thunder, which weighed at least twenty catties, and looked like an iron gourd.

Fan Ning smiled and said, "How does Di Shuai plan to experiment?"

Di Renjie pointed to the big wooden boat in the distance, "Blow up that boat!"

Fanning Tie Huo Lei handed it to the gunpowder maker, "Let's get started!"

The two gunpowder craftsmen ran towards the wooden boat with the iron gourd Huolei in their arms. This wooden boat was imitated from a thousand-stone ship, and it was very solidly built. There was a small door on the side of the hull, and the two gunpowder craftsmen got in.

In just a moment, two people rushed out, five or sixty steps away, and they jumped into a pre-dug earth pit, holding their heads tightly.

A mile away, all the soldiers covered their ears, and the horses also blocked their ears beforehand, but Fan Ning was counting the time silently, and when he estimated that he could run a hundred paces, he heard 'Boom! 'With a loud noise, the big ship suddenly exploded, the hull burst, pieces of wood shot out, a puff of black smoke rose into the sky, and various pieces of wood crackled and fell from the air.

After the black smoke dissipated, everyone walked up to the hull, and saw that the Qianshi ship was blown into two sections, one section remained in place, and the other section rolled several feet away. It was full of dense iron shell fragments.

Fan Ning was quite amazed. Although the effect could not be compared with that of dynamite, it was already the greatest power of black powder. With the accumulated experience of the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, under his guidance, he finally made the explosion of black powder reach a perfect state.

Of course, the Iron Shell Fire Thunder can be made bigger, and the iron shell can be made thicker, and its power can be multiplied. The potential of the Iron Shell Fire Thunder is endless, but even the current state is enough for them to use.

Di Qing was also amazed at the power of Tiehuolei. He was overjoyed and turned to the two gunpowder craftsmen, "Go back immediately and make Tiehuolei with all your strength!"

Next, Di Qing led his own soldiers to the labor camp, and Fan Ning took a dozen people to the Kun clan's camp. In the upcoming battle, Kunzhou will also play their role.

In March, Kunzhou has completely entered spring, and even the sea breeze has become warm and humid. The southeast wind blows gently on the sea, which is a good time to go north.

This morning, a convoy of hundreds of large ships was sailing north along the open sea of ​​Dewa country in Tohoku, Japan.

Dewa country is also the western part of Akita and Aomori prefectures in Japan in later generations. It is adjacent to the strait to the north.

This fleet is the Nagasaki navy led by Hirano Yoshi, consisting of 370 ships and [-] sailors. Although Hirano Yoshi hated the Song Army deeply because of the death of his only son Hirano Hideo, he would not come here for hatred Attacking the Song Army, he was very aware of the gap in strength between himself and the Song Army.

The condition that made him not hesitate to take risks was still out of the temptation of profit. The emperor issued an imperial edict, as long as he led the navy to attack the Song army warships in Ezo, he would let the Hizen Kingdom annex the Hihou Kingdom and re-establish the kingdom that had disappeared for hundreds of years. Feiguo, this is the dream of the successive heads of the Hirano family, and it is also the dream of Hirano Yoshi. This condition is enough for Hirano Yoshi to fight for his life.

Moreover, there are loopholes in this condition. The emperor only asked him to attack the warships of the Song army, but did not let him completely destroy the warships of the Song army. Of course, the cunning Hirano Kichi wanted to seize the loopholes in this condition.

The Nagasaki navy has always been good at sneak attacks. They often sneaked into Busan, destroying hundreds of ships of the Goryeo army. They succeeded every time and returned successfully. This time they also planned to do the same, sneak attacking the warships of the Song army, and then hand over to the emperor.

A dozen miles in front of the fleet, there is a small island that covers several miles, and a two-person canoe of the Kun tribe is parked beside the island. At this time, two Kun tribe people saw the boat coming from the south. The team immediately paddled their canoes and galloped north.

The canoe is carved out of a complete tree trunk, with a pointed and slender front end, very little resistance, and the speed in the sea is very fast, far exceeding that of ordinary boats. The two of them paddled the canoe vigorously, and the canoe was like a boat out of string. Sharp arrows cut through the waves and move swiftly.

On the big boat, Hirano Yoshi saw a canoe speeding in the distance, frowned and asked, "Who is that?"

A subordinate who is familiar with the situation here looked at it and said with a smile: "My lord, they are Ainu people, natives of the Dewa country. They fish and fish along the coast, and their canoe is their symbol."

"What are they running from?"

"These Ainu people are very afraid of outsiders, just like the herds of deer in the Northeast. They run away when they see strangers, which is a kind of self-protection. As long as we don't land, they generally won't attack us."

Hiranoji sneered, "I hope they will attack and cook them all into shrimp!"

He no longer cared about the Ainu people, and ordered: "Quicken up and head north!"

The canoe rowed more than 100 miles in one breath, and the arms of the two Kun people were sore and numb.

At this time, a peninsula cape appeared ahead, and two other canoes were moored there, and four Kun people were waiting by the cape. When they saw the boat ahead waving red cloth, they immediately boarded the boat and drove towards the bay. .

This is the task undertaken by the Kun tribe. They are responsible for monitoring enemy ships and reporting them in time. Their canoes took advantage of their huge speed and sent messages one after another in a relay manner, killing the Nagasaki navy one day in advance. The information spread to Kunnan Bay.

Night has fallen quietly, and the wind and waves in Kunnan Bay are calm, and the water surface reflects the silver moonlight. More than a hundred large ships are moored near the north pier. Quiet.

Kunnan Bay is very large, with a radius of at least hundreds of miles, but the mouth of the bay is relatively narrow, only more than [-] miles away. It is a natural shelter from the wind and waves on the sea.

Under the cover of night, a fast boat sailed out of the bay and approached a hidden peninsula, where hundreds of ships of unknown origin were moored.

After twelve days of sailing, the Nagasaki navy finally arrived at Kunnan Bay. The place where they anchored was a peninsula stretching out to the sea in the south of the bay. It was more than [-] miles long and [-] miles wide. The island was densely wooded and uninhabited.

This is also the advantage of the Nagasaki navy. The population of Kunzhou is too small, there are no fishermen, and there are no residents on the island. Inhabited.

The clipper quickly boarded a large ship of three thousand shi. This large ship was Hirano Kichi's ship, and it was also the largest sea ship in the fleet. A samurai got on the big ship and knelt down to report to Hirano Kichi: "My lord, there are more than 100 large ships anchored on the northern shore of the bay, all of which are above ten thousand stones.

Hiranoji was a little puzzled, "Why are there only more than 100 ships, there should be four to five hundred big ships!"

His adopted son Takashi Hirano said with a smile: "The weather is getting warmer, the fleet should go back to Song Dynasty to deliver supplies. They usually go to the east of the archipelago, so we didn't meet them!"

It makes sense to think about it. It is now the tenth day of March, and the spring is full. It is the best season to return to the Song Dynasty after a winter. Moreover, the fleet of the Song Army is now going to the east coast, and only when it goes north for the first time Going to the west coast, isn't it because of this reason that I choose to go north from the west coast?
A strong thought suddenly came to Hirano Yoshi, since there are only more than 100 ships, can he capture them?
You must know that this is also a warship of ten thousand stones. Japan can't build such a ship at all, even if it costs money to buy it. If I own more than 100 warships of ten thousand stones, wouldn't I become an invincible maritime overlord?

The more he thought about it, the more tempted he became, Hirano Kichi immediately ordered: "Pass on my order, don't burn the boat, seize the boat!"

They carried a large amount of sulfur and hay just to burn the ship. Now the leader has changed the order, and everyone is gearing up to seize the more than 100 ships with thousands of stones.

The Nagasaki Navy left a dozen sentry ships, and the remaining [-] or so ships pulled up their sails, sailed away from the peninsula, passed through the mouth of the bay one after another, and sailed to the wharf hundreds of miles away.

(End of this chapter)