Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 741 One battle will determine the universe, and the era of the Great Ming Sea will come!

"fire!"

"fire!"

"Aim at that four-masted ship and hit hard!"

On the seven-foot fast boat, Li Mingfang, the general of the Daming Navy, was standing at the bow and directing her warship to charge forward.

The clipper rode the wind and waves and quickly approached the big ship of the Hongyi people. The sailors in the cabin speeded up the oars, which increased the speed of the clipper.

Like this fast boat, the Daming Navy dispatched seventy ships at once. The Hongyi people who were caught off guard by the unexpected war looked blankly at the fast approaching Daming warships in all directions, and involuntarily appeared on their faces. With a look of fear.

As the commander of this powerful pirate fleet, Fan Zheding from the Red Barbarians couldn't help but think of one of his predecessors when he saw the rapidly approaching warships of the Ming Dynasty.

That senior came all the way to the east, saw the vast land and resources of the Ming Dynasty, and held the idea of ​​conquering this huge country to become famous in Europe. After a brief investigation of Daming, and knowing that Daming does not pay much attention to military equipment, he thought very lightly of Daming. The giant, who looked weak, attacked.

The result is self-evident. At that time, Ming’s armaments were indeed slack, but that was only limited to ordinary guards. Whether it was on the nine borders of the north, or in Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong and Guangxi, where the Japanese were prepared in the southeast, they all had quite elite troops. What's more, Daming is not so vulnerable.

When the navy of the Ming Dynasty fought against the fleet of that predecessor, many small boats of the Ming Dynasty rushed forward like this crazy. Those small boats had various styles: some were divided into two sections, the front section was filled with gunpowder, and approached directly before and after. The two sections of the hull were separated, and the front section of the cabin carrying gunpowder directly collided; some bows were filled with firewood and kerosene, and immediately ignited a fire after approaching; others carried various firearms
The doomed battle let the Hongyi people know that a giant is a giant, and a weak giant is also a giant. What's more, this giant has not completely lost its strength, and it still has a huge army, with countless craftsmen and people.

Now, it is his turn to fight against the navy of the Ming Dynasty. Fan Zheding believes that he will not repeat the same mistakes. He has no intention of conquering that huge dynasty. He also knows the power of that dynasty. He just wants to get a piece of the pie at sea. The merchants in the DPRK went around doing business, which has already greatly affected their income.

If the merchants of the Ming Dynasty really ran all the way to India and Africa unscrupulously, how would the Dutch make money?

There are many powerful countries in Europe, some are naval powers, and some are land powers. For a dynasty as large as Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is the mainland. Therefore, as a maritime power across the ocean, Fan Zheding believes that he can make Daming suffer.

After tidying up his three-cornered hat with beautiful eagle feathers, Fan Zheding looked at his first officer: "Let our ship stop those Ming people's boats, and prevent them from approaching our main fleet."

The first officer seemed very confident: "Don't worry, these Ming people's boats can't get close to us. Their boats are too small to pose any threat to us."

While the two were talking, the Hongyi people's cannons roared to the sky, and the cannons smashed solid shells at the densely packed Ming Clippers in front of them, trying to stop them with shells footsteps.

The sound of the rumbling guns continued to roar, as if the loud noise from the sky thundered made everyone's ears fall into the constant buzzing, the smoke rose, and from time to time ships were concentrated by shells, the sound of the hull breaking and the screams of the crew never stopped.

In the narrow sea area between the three islands of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, more than 350 warships from both sides squeezed into this small irregular rectangular sea area, entertaining the enemy with countless shells.

Now that the clippers of the two sides are approaching each other, Li Mingfang ordered his subordinates to put on bombs, preparing to teach the approaching Hongyi clippers a lesson.

As the distance between the two fast boats got closer, Li Mingfang could already see the faces of the red barbarians on the opposite boat through the jets of water and gunpowder smoke.

Red-haired, blue-eyed, long-haired ghost-faced, barbarian from overseas, he really doesn't look like a human!
"I really thought that Daming was still in the time when the sea was forbidden, left and right, fire dragon bombs are ready!"

Following Li Mingfang's words, several sailors ran over carrying two large fire dragon bombs and placed them on the wooden rails at the bow.

Looking at the thickness of the two round stools in front of him, and the large fire dragon bombs depicted in the picture of flying dragons spitting out beads, Li Mingfang looked at the clipper boat opposite and smiled: "Aim and hit."

The fuze was ignited, and as the gunpowder in the dragon bomb was ignited, amidst the screaming sound, the two dragon bombs shot out from the wooden rail with their tail flames. Before the Clippers on the opposite side could react, they hit the bow of the ship and exploded!
boom!boom!
Two deafening bangs accompanied by flames splashing and smoke rising.

When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, the bow of the clipper ship had been blown to pieces, and the people on the bow were thrown directly into the sea by the impact of the explosion. On the red barbarian sailor.

A bearded Hongyi man only saw two long smoke trailing from the Ming Dynasty clipper opposite, and the next moment his bow was blown to pieces, a piece of broken wood the size of a palm did not know where it came from. Where did it fly over, punching a hole in his abdomen.

The bearded man touched the cavity in his abdomen, and the torn and shattered intestines flowed out of the hole continuously. He was awakened by the severe and unbearable pain after a long time in a daze, screaming and wailing, He kept stuffing the intestines into his stomach with both hands, but he couldn't stuff them back.

The other Hongyi sailor only heard a whistling hot wind flying past his face. He touched his face subconsciously, but there was half an ear that fell off and his hand was full of blood. His cheeks were torn apart and his ears were taken off.

Some people had their arms and legs broken by the broken wood, some were directly thrown into the sea by the impact of the flame explosion, and some were directly shaken near the mast when they were far away, and they were dizzy and didn't know what happened.

The two fire dragon bombs directly destroyed the counterattack ability of this fast ship. The violent shock caused the people on this ship to fall heavily on the deck or hit their heads on the bulkhead or the artillery, leaving their noses and faces swollen. At a loss.

There were screams, howls, and curses, and the Hongyi people's clippers began to panic!
And Li Mingfang, who saw the fire dragon bomb's meritorious service, slapped his thigh suddenly: "Rush up, replace the artillery with flower bombs, and sink it directly!"

Scenes like this keep appearing in this narrow Java Sea.

With a series of sharp and ear-piercing whistling sounds, one after another fire dragon bullets shot out from Daming's clippers, severely damaging or even sinking one after another of the red barbarians' clippers amidst the sky full of gunfire.

Relying on the sharpness of the fire dragon bullets, the Clippers of the Daming Navy were able to break through this obstacle and advance rapidly towards the core ship of the Hongyi people.

Fan Zheding looked at the scene in front of him in astonishment. He didn't have the slightest idea what the flames flying out from Mingren's ship were. It was often just a whistling sound, and one of his own ships would be destroyed by the flames and gunpowder smoke of the explosion. shrouded.

"What weapons did the Ming people use?!" For the first time, Fan Zheding felt that naval battles were different from what he had encountered in the past.

Naval battles should not be that the warships of both sides keep approaching each other, and then fire solid shells at each other. After the distance is close enough, they use chain bombs to destroy the enemy's mast to prevent the enemy from escaping. Then go hand to hand?

How could the Ming people destroy their ships with firearms from such a distance? !

And Fan Zheding immediately realized a more serious problem. The firearms on these Ming Dynasty clippers can destroy his own ships, so if they get close, can they also pose a threat to his main fleet?

As long as these ships are approaching, your own warships can't ignore them, and once you spend your energy on driving and destroying these fast ships, those big ships of the Ming people can attack themselves as they like!

They are not under any threat!
"Let all the ships pay attention, first destroy the fast ships of these Ming people, and don't give them a chance to approach. The main warships retreat, and keep a distance first." Fan Zheding realized that this battle is not easy to fight, and he immediately ordered to prepare to run.

Fight if you win, and run if you can't win. This is perfectly normal for pirates.

After all, his current identity is that of a pirate, isn't he?

Qi Mingguang used binoculars to watch the movement of the warships opposite, and after finding that the speed of those big ships had slowed down, he also realized that the Hongyi people wanted to run away.

"Order the ships to approach quickly and bite the warships of the Hongyi people, and they must not be allowed to escape!"

"The ship speeds up, go up."

Following Qi Mingguang's order, the steam power unit in Weiyuan's cabin began to operate, and a shovel of coal was fed into the boiler. The steam turned into kinetic energy drove the power wheel to turn, and the huge Weiyuan began to move forward at full speed.

When thick black smoke was ejected from the two huge chimneys of the Weiyuan, the propellers rotated rapidly, driving the Weiyuan, which was more than [-] tons, approaching.

When the Weiyuan was advancing at full speed under the billowing black smoke, the huge black body immediately attracted the attention of the Hongyi people.

I couldn't help noticing that this ship was too big. Whether it was the big blessing boats of the Ming people or the big Galen boats of the Hongyi people, they were as weak as children in front of this huge ship of more than 40 feet.

The huge pitch-black body rolled over like a hill, forcing the Hongyi people to concentrate their firepower on this big ship. Everyone knew that this ship was flying the Qinglong Treading Sea Flag, the Mountain, River, Sun and Moon Flag and many command flags. The big ship is the main ship of the Ming court, and the general of the Ming people is on this big ship.

Accompanied by the sound of rumbling guns, one after another the shells flew and smashed on the hull of the Weiyuan, but after a dull collision, these shells could not cause any effective damage to the hull of the Weiyuan at all. The flying shells fell on the hull and made a dent, and then fell powerlessly into the sea.

The sound of metal and iron clanging told the Hongyi people that this is a huge warship covered with iron armor!
At this moment, the Hongyi people were undoubtedly a little desperate. Their solid shells could not penetrate the iron armor of the Weiyuan, but the Weiyuan, which was advancing at full speed, was surrounded by many big blessing ships and fast boats, but it could pour out firepower at will. .

The [-]-jin blunderbuss and [-]-jin blunderbuss on the Weiyuan are both special-made artillery pieces. In addition to firing solid shells, these big blunderbusses can also fire more powerful explosive shells.

And on the grooves on the deck of the Weiyuan, the sailors are already placing those heavy firearms.

"Where's the Long Snake Array Breaking Arrow? Push it over, push it over quickly!"

Following the shout of a captain, seven or eight sailors pushed the heavy long snake arrows to the bow and placed them on the grooved wooden rails. Nine specially-made rockets have been placed properly. These rockets are slender and slender. A prismatic armor-piercing cone is placed on the head, and a ferocious long snake with bared teeth is depicted on the body.

Daming heavy-duty armor-piercing firearms and long snake formation-breaking arrows are generally used to pierce the enemy's shield formations, shield vehicles and other defensive forces. Now they are very suitable for destroying the hull of the Hongyi people.

"Long Snake Breaking Arrow, aim at the enemy ship, launch!"

The pungent gunpowder smoke rose, and the flames flickered in the smoke. The nine long snakes pierced the array and flew away, roaring towards the warship of the Hongyi people.

When the huge iron-clad ship Weiyuan approached with billowing smoke, Fan Zheding realized that something was wrong. His own artillery shells could not effectively kill it, but this huge black ship with a body as large as a hill could withstand it. Seeing our own artillery fire approaching, it seemed that our own artillery shells were tickling mosquitoes, and they had no effect.

And when the giant ship approached, the flashes of flames erupting from its bow made Fan Zheding subconsciously shout: "All boats dodge!"

But is it still too late?

The flames were flickering, and amidst the stern howling of the wind, Fan Zheding saw a black shadow flying directly from him. He squatted down subconsciously, and immediately felt a tremor on the deck, followed by a flame erupting from the cabin, exploding inside the hull Appeared!

Fan Zheding felt his body lighten, and then he was overturned by a powerful force!
With its incomparable hull, the Weiyuan rushed forward against the gunfire of the Hongyi people. Seeing the mighty main ship, other lucky ships and clippers burst into cheers.

Amid the cheers of "Ming army is mighty!", the Daming navy successfully broke into the Hongyi people's fleet, and the scuffle broke out completely at this moment!
In this narrow Java Sea, more than 350 warships from both sides are fighting together at this moment. The distance between the enemy and us is very close, often within a nautical mile or two, there are all warships of our own side and the enemy's.

The rumbling guns continued to roar like thunder and never stopped. On the deck, the sailors of the Ming Dynasty and the sailors of the Hongyi people held muskets and began to shoot at each other. And buckshot skimming cleans the sea.

The artillery was roaring, the flames were mixed with the smoke and mist of the explosion, and the intensive falling of the shells stirred up water columns that turned into rainwater and extinguished the flames on the warship.

In such a melee, even the hoarse shouts may not be heard by the friendly forces. The ships are completely independent, pouring their own firepower on the enemy with all their strength.

As the only behemoth on the battlefield, Weiyuan attracted all the attention of both the enemy and us. This monster covered in iron armor continued to advance against the gunfire of the Hongyi people, crushing the enemy ships along the way one by one.

A Hongyi clipper looked at the approaching Weiyuan and roared in despair, launching attacks with muskets and cannons, but these attacks landed on the thick iron armor of Weiyuan, just dents and white spots. Amidst the dull sound of symphony, the Weiyuan crashed into the fast boat without accident.

Afterwards, under the pressure of Weiyuan's huge size, the clipper shattered inch by inch and became a piece of wreckage.

And Weiyuan's understatement, as if effortless performance, completely broke the confidence of the Hongyi people.

"It's a devil's ship, it's a devil's ship, devil!"

"Impossible, it is impossible for such a warship to exist, God, have you abandoned your faithful lamb?"

"No, no, save me, save me, I don't want to die!"

"I want to live, I want to live, no!"

The shrill cries and wailing shattered the confidence of the Hongyi people. They experienced sea battles and sent their opponents to the bottom of the sea one by one, but they were really helpless in the face of this big ship that could not do any damage at all.

Is this ship really a manpower match?

Facing ordinary opponents, the ferocious Hongyi pirates can still attack desperately and fight the enemy desperately, but facing the enemy who can't do any harm at all, the Hongyi people desperately use artillery, muskets, and swords to fight, but Not even a little effective damage can be done, such powerlessness makes people despair, and people can't afford to resist.

Just like a giant whale breaking into a school of fish, wherever the Weiyuan sailed, there was chaos, and the warships of the Hongyi people fled desperately, not wanting to run into the Weiyuan.

On the other hand, the Weiyuan can give full play to its full firepower, firing rockets and bombs one after another, the flames flickering among the gunpowder smoke, and the roar of the artillery will send destruction to the heads of the Hongyi people.

On the warships of the Hongyi people, wailing and crying accompanied by the flames of the explosion resounded through the sea area. The broken hulls poured into the icy sea water continuously. The Hongyi people fled the battlefield in panic. They put down the boats and tried to Fleeing in small boats, they jumped off their warships, planed and swam in the icy water until they were hit by fragments of the hull and stray bullets flying from nowhere.

The blood began to smear the sea water, and the pungent gunpowder smoke and strong bloody smell filled the air. Qi Mingguang watched the flames flickering all around, and the shouts of the Daming Marine Division shook the sky.

The clippers acted like swimming sharks, and three or four ships moved together. After destroying the resistance of the enemy ship with fire dragon bombs, the dense shells came and sank it.

Relying on its strong guns, the Dafu Ship sent the defenseless enemy ships beaten by the Clippers into the bottom of the sea with continuous burst and solid shells.

The cannons were constantly swallowing flames. The sailors and gunners were all shirtless at the moment, and the cabin was extremely hot. The gunners were sweating profusely manipulating the cannons, trying their best to destroy the enemy.

At this moment, no one feels tired, and everyone feels incomparably uplifted. Since Yongle, the Daming Navy once again visited Nanyang, announcing the arrival of the maritime era belonging to Daming with artillery fire and destruction!
(End of this chapter)