The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 277 Cannon Rumble
Who is Van Diemen?He is the governor of Java, in charge of all affairs in Java.

He is also a greedy businessman, and his biggest purpose is to take advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains to gain some benefits.

When Zheng Zhilong mobilized the fleet, there was a lot of noise, and he couldn't hide it from Fan Dimen.

As Zheng Zhilong's old opponent, Fan Dimen knew Zheng Zhilong better than he knew himself.

He didn't think that Zheng Zhilong dispatched all the ships back just to put on airs.

This is the first time Van Diemen has seen such a large-scale mobilization.

With a keen sense of smell, he instantly noticed that Zheng Zhilong made a big move.

As one of the people who can influence the situation in the East, Van Diemen had to be cautious.

In order to find out what Zheng Zhilong's real purpose was, he dispatched several sailing battleships to follow Zheng Zhilong's fleet.

At first, Zheng Zhilong was still very nervous when he knew that Fan Dimen had dispatched several sailing battleships.

He was afraid that Van Diemen would sneak in and sneak in from behind while he was fighting Sun Jie.

These Hongyi people don't know the morals of the rivers and lakes. As long as they have interests, they don't care about anything.

However, the number of warships sent by Van Diemen was not large, and it didn't look like a sneak attack.

This made Zheng Zhilong mutter in his heart.

Van Diemen is a person who can't afford it early, for no reason, it is impossible for him to send a sailing battleship to wander around.

So Zheng Zhilong sent warships to drive them away.

But these sailing battleships are very cunning, as long as Zheng Zhilong's ships come over, the sailing battleships will run away.

After Zheng Zhilong's boat returned, he hung far behind his buttocks.

Repeated several times, hanging behind Zheng Zhilong like a dog skin plaster.

The battle was imminent, and Zheng Zhilong couldn't find time to expel them, and these sailing battleships had no intention of attacking, so Zheng Zhilong let them go.

As long as Van Diemen's sailing battleship does not sneak attack during the battle, everything is fine.

For the current Zheng Zhilong, the most important enemy at present is Sun Jie.

A guy named Rebunor stood on the deck of the sailing battleship. This was a bearded man, and he was the commander of the sailing battleship "Golden Orchid". The stench on his body was as strong as the wind.

He held a binoculars and looked at Zheng Zhilong's fleet ahead.

"Where does Zheng Zhilong want to go in such a mighty way? Could it be that he wants to go to war with that person who is far away in Chang'an? If this is the case, then it is a great opportunity for us!"

Lei Bunuo's face was full of greed.

These people come from far and wide, just for money.

When faced with interests, these people are like mad dogs, they will pounce on them fiercely and hold them tightly.

A long time ago, Fan Dimen sent someone to join him with Sun Jie.

But later Zhang Xianzhong intercepted him, and finally Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and retreated to Huguang, so the matter was over.

But it's not like nothing has been gained, at least I have a certain understanding of the current situation in the Central Plains, and I won't be like before, I didn't know I was cheated.

Then again, these Hongyi people are not good things.

What they lost in Zhang Xianzhong will be found in other directions.

This is a group of people who don't make money and can't afford it early, and they don't do business that loses money.

Lei Bunuo put down the binoculars in his hand, and looked at the first officer beside him: "Hurry up and record the hydrological data such as the nautical chart and coastline along the way, maybe it will be useful in the future.

This is a rich eastern empire, if we can annex half of it, it will be enough for us to live for hundreds of years! "

A young man stood behind Lei Bunuo, holding a pencil and a ruler, carefully drawing a blueprint.

A group of greedy robbers always think about profit.

However, their dreams were doomed.

After Sun Jie took care of Zheng Zhilong, they were the next ones.

"I don't know what kind of enemy it is that would make this guy Zheng Zhilong transfer all his troops away.

If he fails, will the enemy he faces target us.

If he succeeds, what will happen to us? ! "

Rebunor was lost in thought.

However, no one could answer him.

All he has to do now is to quietly follow behind Zheng Zhilong.

Dawn will come eventually, just as Zheng Zhilong thought.

Today is a sunny day, the sun is high in the sky, without any wind, waves or dark clouds.

A drone hovered above Zheng Zhilong's head, scanning all the arrangements of his fleet.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong didn't know that Sun Jie had already figured out his details. At this time, he was still standing on the deck of the ship, swearing bold words to his two younger brothers.

On the port of Tianjin, Sun Jie directly placed his camp here.

In this naval battle, Sun Jie will directly participate in the command, and at the same time use actual combat to further teach his students.

The students he taught had a good cultural quality, but they had never experienced actual combat, and now facing an enemy hundreds of times larger than themselves, nervousness was inevitable.

As the first battle of the Great Qin Navy, this battle must be successful, otherwise, the morale of the army will be severely damaged.

A huge screen located in the center of the command post shows Zheng Zhilong's fleet.

After Zheng Zhilong's fleet was scanned, Sun Jie keenly discovered the sailing battleship behind Zheng Zhilong's fleet.

The sailing battleship was recognized at a glance.

This kind of Western-style sailboat is fundamentally different from Chinese-style sailboats, which use soft sails, while Chinese-style sailboats are basically hard sails.

"Go over and have a look. This sailing battleship is either Hong Yi or Franji."

Sun Jie looked at the soldier who was manipulating the drone.

Around Daming, there are only these two families now.

In addition to Hongyi, it is Frangji.

The soldier controlled the drone to come over Lei Bunuo's head and scanned the surrounding situation.

"The flag hung on it is the flag of the Red Yi, either coming from the city of Zeelandia or from Java!

Hanging far behind Zheng Zhilong, it is probably not cooperation, giving people a feeling of surveillance.

Interesting, what kind of medicine is sold in this Van Diemen gourd! "

Sun Jie frowned.

I guessed the origin of Van Diemen at once.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now? Should we let the coastal defense artillery start attacking?!"

Lu Xiangsheng, who was standing behind Sun Jie, asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, Zheng Zhilong's fleet is still long, and it's just that the first fleet has entered the range of the coastal defense guns, and the main force hasn't come in yet, so don't worry!" Sun Jie said.

Lu Xiangsheng has experienced many battles, but he has never commanded a sea battle, so he is inevitably a little impatient and at a loss.

This is normal, after all, no one is born with it.

Sun Jie didn't care about anything, his eyes were fixed on the screen in front of him.

Until the last moment, we must not act rashly.

Zheng Zhilong found nothing on the sea, he was still standing on the deck, heading towards Tianjin.

At this time, it was the tailwind, and the speed of the ship rose sharply.

Zheng Zhilong, who was standing on the deck, had already seen the port of Tianjin, however.His eyes were quickly drawn to two ships outside Tianjin Port.

He held up a binoculars and looked straight ahead.

The distance is a little far, and the magnification of the monocular is not enough, so he can only get a rough look.

He only saw two ships docked outside Tianjin Port, and he couldn't see the specific situation of these two ships clearly.

A wild smile gradually appeared on his face, "Could this be Sun Thief's navy? There are only two ships, it's too ridiculous!"

"Lead the whole army, speed up, and prepare to land!"

Zheng Zhilong put down the binoculars in his hand and issued a military order.

At his command, the ships were hoisted to full sail.

Sun Jie in the command room stared intently at the situation on the screen.

The sun was high in the headspace and the view was unbelievable.

More than half of Zheng Zhilong's fleet entered the fire range of the coastal defense artillery.

"Order all the forts to fire in 5 minutes. At the same time, order the Chang'an and Fuping to stand against the port and prepare to meet the enemy!"

Sun Jie stared at the big screen without squinting, and issued the military order in an orderly manner.

The staff officers nearby hurriedly conveyed Sun Jie's order.

On both sides of the port, there are hundreds of forts, large and small.

These forts are densely packed, spreading along the terrain near the port to both sides of the coastline.

In a large fort, a soldier of the artillery squad squatted quietly inside, waiting for Sun Jie's order.

A messenger suddenly ran in and shouted at the top of his voice: "Your Majesty has an order, and the shelling will start in 5 minutes!"

The artillery squad leader quickly looked at the mechanical watch on his wrist, and then shouted: "Everyone, get ready, the shells are loaded!"

The artillery squad began to get busy.

Such scenes appear in all forts, large and small.

The battleship Chang'an faced the front, and the two parallel main guns were aimed at the fleet in front of the mirror.

The caliber of the main gun is not comparable to modern ones, but it is still much more powerful than Zheng Zhilong and the others.

On the deck behind the artillery, the soldiers were busy, stuffing the rockets into the launcher and aiming at Zheng Zhilong's fleet ahead.

Fuping was next to her, and she aimed all her weapons forward.

Time passed by every minute and every second, everyone's spirits were tense, but Zheng Zhilong and the others did not feel any tension.

"It's time, fire!"

In the coastal defense heavy artillery fort, the artillery squad leader stood in front of him with a telescope, looked out through the cement fortifications, and shouted at the same time.

"Oh!"

The artillery that had already been loaded let out a roar, and a black shell drew a parabola in the air.

"Bang bang bang!"

Immediately afterwards, like frying copper beans, the cannons on the port fired again and again.

One after another, black shells flew into the sky.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong saw several flames appearing on the port, and subconsciously felt that something was wrong.

Before he could think about it, a shell landed in his fleet.

"Oh!"

The shell landed on the side of his car, and the huge explosion set off a column of water several feet high, creating huge ripples that hit the car under him.

The huge turbulence caused his hull to shake, and he was stunned for a while.

"What's going on here?" Zheng Zhilong asked loudly.

The two warships also started shelling, and the shells flew into the sky like a storm.

Countless shells of various kinds were fired towards the gathered fleet like a violent storm.

Although a lot of shells fell into the sea, because of the dense number of shells, many shells still fell on these ships.

When the shell hit the wooden warship, the violent explosion instantly tore apart the vulnerable wooden warship one after another.

Zheng Zhilong's boats were just ordinary wooden boats, and they couldn't withstand the violent explosion at all.

The shells were like raining, wave after wave, and it was impossible to stop.

There was a strong smell of gunpowder smoke wafting across the sea, and besides the smell of gunpowder smoke, there was also a faint smell of blood.

The sea fish under the sea surface were frightened by the explosions one after another and fled towards the deep sea.

The shell exploded on the sea surface, stirring up countless tall water columns.

Zheng Zhilong stood on the deck, holding the side of the ship firmly with both hands, lowering the center of gravity.

He looked at the continuous flames and explosions in front of him, and he froze in place.

"What is this? What are these things?"

Zheng Zhilong murmured absentmindedly when he heard the sound of piercing through the air.

However, before he finished shouting this sentence, there was another wave of shelling.

"Boom!!!"

For a while, the sound of shell explosions came and went, resounding non-stop.

A shell directly hit the waterline of the bow of the foremost ship.

The moment it hit the ship, it exploded, and the powerful force blew the bow of the wooden warship apart.

The people standing on the bow were either killed or fell into the sea.

Driven by the high-speed air waves generated by the explosion, the sawdust swept around crazily like a knife.

The people standing on the deck behind the bow had no time to react and were washed by the sawdust.

Sea water rushed in from the destroyed bow, and the warship sank at a rapid speed.

Red, beginning to smudge in seawater.

The surviving people on the warship watched this scene and jumped into the sea one after another.

After ten or so breaths, a vortex appeared at the place where the warship sank, and those who escaped from the ship were swept down.

"Hey!"

A rocket shot across the air, leaving a trail of white smoke and flying towards a nearby warship.

"Oh!"

There was another loud bang, and the rocket hit the ship's building.

The violent explosion blasted a huge hole in the ship's building, and the scorching heat instantly ignited the wood.

The flaming sawdust splashed, igniting the sails on the ship.

"boom!"

All of a sudden, the entire sail was on fire.

Most of these sails are hard sails. After soaking the hardwood boards with tung oil, they are painted with varnish and spliced ​​side by side.

Tung oil is flammable, and it is a wooden material, so when the burning sawdust splashes on the wooden sail, the entire sail is quickly engulfed in flames.

Immediately afterwards, the entire vessel was set on fire.

Some people who didn't come and jumped into the sea were ignited by the flames and kept howling.

(End of this chapter)