I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 165 Come out quickly, or you will work hard.

On the surface of the sea, 30 warships lined up and slowly moved forward, while bombarding an island two miles away.

On the island, the Japanese pirates who were about to board the ship and beat up the officers and soldiers of the guard station were wailing and howling when they were bombarded by shells flying all over the sky.

There are 30 warships, all of which are medium-sized warships costing 4000 materials.

85.3 meters long and 42.6 meters wide.

There are 4 floors up and down, and the lower floor is the ground floor, which is where the goods and the ship's pressure stone are located.

The upper floor is where the boatman is, responsible for shaking the oars to make the boat go forward and backward.

The upper middle and uppermost decks are where the artillery is placed.

In terms of naval artillery configuration, one artillery piece is placed every 2.98 meters.

Excluding the bow and stern of the whole ship, a total of 16 artillery pieces are placed on one floor.

There are a total of 32 doors on the upper and lower floors.

In other words, a warship has a total of 32 cannons on one side, plus 4 cannons on the tail, and two heavy cannons on the bow. For Ming Navy standard warships, a warship has a total of 68 medium cannons and two heavy cannons. A total of 70 doors.

In addition to Fuchuan, the largest flagship of the Navy, there are 45 warships of this type.

Except for the artillery of the Fuchuan flagship, the entire Ming Navy fleet has a total of 3150 light and heavy artillery.

If you add the largest Fuchuan flagship, small speedboats, and light artillery on support warships, the Ming Navy fleet has a total of more than 4000 artillery pieces of various types.

Of course, only 7% of the equipment is currently equipped, and the rest is still being manufactured by the artillery factory.

In order to provide the navy with artillery, the artillery factory worked in three shifts at 12 hours last year.

Although Zhu Zhangui provided the gun barrel, they still need to do the subsequent installation and processing.

In order to provide the navy with these artillery pieces, the artisans of the artillery factory were exhausted and sick several times.

What's interesting is that when these artillery were shipped out of the artillery factory years ago, they were ready to be equipped with the navy.

The officers of all battalions in the capital were bombed.

They found the old man one by one, clamoring to equip their battalion with artillery.

Zhang Fu of the Fifth Army Battalion played an emotional card with the old man, hoping that some of these artillery can be transferred to the Fifth Army Battalion.

It is related to the plan to conquer overseas in the future, so the old man is naturally unwilling to hand it over to them.

So they were dismissed directly on the grounds that these artillery were custom-made by Zhu Zhangui's navy, and the money had already been paid.

But these people will naturally not be reconciled.

The old man couldn't make sense here, so they found Zhu Pangpang, who was easy to talk to.

A large group of generals flattered and flattered, making Zhu Pangpang, who was receiving such a compliment from a general for the first time, almost fell into it.

Later, he was eager to remind himself not to drift, so he stabilized his mood.

But in the end Zhu Pangpang paid some artillery.

There is no other way, everyone begged to come to the door, and the old man didn't seem to care about it. In order to win the hearts of these generals, Zhu Pangpang promised to provide them with a batch before the end of the 13th year of Yongle.

As for whether the artillery factory will give these artillery, Zhu Pangpang believes that as a father, he still has a certain face with his son.

Thirty warships lined up on the sea, and while they were slowly driving in a circle, they let the artillery on one side fire wildly.

A battleship has 32 guns on one side.

When 30 warships came down in one round, that was 960 shots and nearly a thousand shots.

The navy is also proud enough, and it doesn't spare shells at all.

This is a rare training opportunity.

Since these cannons were equipped on the ship, they only fired a few shots during training. They have never experienced this kind of cannon fire.

So Zhu Zhangui regarded this battle as training, and ordered all the ships not to be stingy with shells, and to bombard them vigorously.

The fleet drove forward, and when this side was finished, it immediately turned around and returned to let the other side continue to bombard.

The 30 warships fired two cannons on each side to stop the heroic bombardment.

As the artillery stopped firing, the area on the island where the Japanese pirates were located had been blasted out of shape.

A dozen large and small warships docked at a small pier by the island had already been blasted to pieces at this moment, crookedly blazing and fell down in the sea.

Shapeless corpses were strewn all over the beach.

Under the call of the scholar, this group of Japanese pirates was almost all dispatched.

As a result, as soon as he arrived at the beach, he saw the naval warship on the sea, and before he could turn around and run away, he was smashed down by countless shells.

Being shot by artillery fire on the beach without any cover, even if it is a solid shell, the Japanese pirates can't bear it.

After 4 artillery bombardments.

Of the [-] to [-] Japanese pirates who rushed out originally, it is estimated that less than a thousand people survived now.

"Woooooooo..."

The horn of attack sounded.

Just now, they disembarked from the big ship under the artillery fire, and the marines who boarded the small boat, under the command of the horn, launched an attack on the shore.

The configuration of the Marine Corps is not all firearms.

Each assault boat can take 10 soldiers, which is a small team.

Among them, three soldiers were holding swords and shields, two were holding long spears, and two were holding wolf whips. The captain and the other two members were equipped with flintlock guns, and the captain was equipped with a flintlock pistol.

There are too many variables at sea, and storms may appear at any time.

In such a great storm, the flintlock becomes a poker.

When firearms have not been upgraded to the era of bullet casings, it is still necessary for the navy, a maritime arm, to issue certain cold weapons.

In order to speed up the charge, the soldiers on the assault boat, apart from the shield bearers in front, were also holding small paddles and paddling the boat quickly.

The weather is beautiful, the waves are not big today.

The boat quickly approached the shore, and the marines quickly jumped out of the boat and waded onto the beach in the sea.

"Steady the front, don't rush forward, wait for follow-up reinforcements!"

There are a total of 20 teams in this login, plus the commanding deputy Qianhu and the entourage, a total of 205 people.

Deputy Qianhu, who jumped off the boat, loudly ordered the soldiers to quickly build a line of defense, and at the same time fixed his eyes on the beach full of corpses to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to attack.

Deputy Qianhu's worries were actually a little bit excessive.

The Japanese pirates on the island were already terrified after being bombarded by artillery.

The moment the shelling stopped, they ran to the other side of the island, crying and screaming, regardless of their dead or wounded companions.

There are a few small boats there, which are the last retreat of the Japanese pirates.

It's just that these Japanese pirates never thought about whether the small boat they had placed high hopes on could break through the navy's blockade and escape.

Soon the second and third batches of Marines were transported down.

After forming a thousand-man team, the commanding officer Qian Hu who rushed over ordered the thousand-man team to move forward slowly.

"Everyone is not allowed to advance rashly, proceed according to the previous training, if there is a complete corpse around, there is no need to report, and I will make up for it immediately!"

Qianhu was running back and forth in the ranks, holding a broken-hair pistol in one hand and a saber in the other.

It was the first time for the marines to fight, and His Royal Highness was still watching from the battleship. He couldn't let these bastards embarrass him.

Fortunately, the members of the Marine Corps, who had undergone rigorous training, felt disgusted by the scattered corpses, but they still listened to the chant and walked forward at a neat pace.

Occasionally, when passing by a complete corpse, or an enemy who is still screaming in pain, this group of recruits will strictly follow the training requirements and stab or make up a knife.

The team advanced all the way and soon arrived at the Japanese pirates' cottage.

It was a mess inside, as if it had been blown by a typhoon.

Broken bowls, pots, and clothes were everywhere, and there were even a few corpses lying there.

The most conspicuous of them was a guy dressed as a scholar.

His body was nailed to a door panel with a spear pierced through his chest.

"Search all the rooms. Once the enemy is found, those who do not surrender will be killed on the spot!"

Qianhu gave the order to search, and the soldiers quickly dispersed in small groups to search the thatched huts and caves.

"No enemy found!"

"This house is empty..."

The search team quickly reported the situation of the thatched cottage and the cave.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Leave five teams to continue searching, and the others follow me to chase the enemy."

Qianhu took a look at the sound of the artillery that sounded from the side of the island, and understood that the gang of bastards had probably all run away.

After leaving 50 people here to continue the search, he took the rest of the soldiers and quickly rushed to the location where the gunfire sounded.

"Hehe, it's really ordinary!"

Zhu Zhangui, who was observing the entire battlefield on the flagship with a telescope, shook his head with a chuckle as he listened to the constant reports.

Zhu Zhangui also thought that the Japanese pirates were really fierce, so he ordered the fleet to open fire as soon as they came up.

As a result, he was greatly disappointed.

Originally, he thought that there would be a tough battle to fight.

But I didn't expect that these Japanese pirates were beaten so easily, and they collapsed after only a few rounds of artillery.

The Marine Corps sent to prepare for close combat is entirely to clean up the battlefield.

Looking at Zhu Zhangui who was a little disappointed, Li Hu who was accompanying him laughed.

"I told you, the strength of these guys is really average."

"It's also on land, they have nowhere to run."

"When we were at sea, the few times we met them."

"Only the first time we encountered a tough battle, and then the remaining few times, we turned around and ran away as soon as we saw us."

"In the end, these guys didn't even risk their heads, so they huddled on the island and leaned against the reef to block our attack."

Zhu Zhangui smiled lightly and shook his head.

You can't really believe in history.

But at the same time Zhu Zhangui is also a little sad.

Japanese pirates of this strength turned out to be a major disaster in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and even dozens of them could reach Jinling.

It was hard for Zhu Zhangui to imagine how weak the fighting power of Ming's army was at that time.

It is estimated that the so-called elite troops at that time were probably about the same combat effectiveness as the officers and soldiers of the guards now.

The battle on the island, to be precise, is still going on.

The marines, who were still vigilant at the beginning, encountered a few waves of fleeing Japanese pirates, and found that the combat effectiveness of these Japanese pirates was really too weak to watch.

Later, Qianhu felt that the pursuit was too slow, so he directly ordered the pursuit in small groups.

For the first time on the battlefield, members of the Marine Corps who are bent on meritorious service.

After dispersing, one by one screamed excitedly, looking for the pirates all over the mountains and plains on the island.

Spotting the traces of the Japanese pirates, the soldiers waved their weapons and chased after them like a Chinese New Year.

Zhu Zhangui has promised.

If you capture a Japanese pirate from the Ming Dynasty, you can get five silver coins, and if you cut off your head, you can get three silver coins.

If it is a real Japanese pirate, one tael of silver will live and five taels of silver will die.

Although the salary of the navy is not low, who would think that their own money is too much.

Each team also has its own allocation method.

Work together to capture an enemy, and the bounty you get is shared equally.

If you catch it alone, you can get [-]%.

In order to get rewards to improve the family's life, when the prisoners were captured, the soldiers screamed excitedly.

That's like catching rabbits in the autumn harvest.

Once someone finds the Japanese pirates, a large group of marines will chase and intercept them.

If it was the kind of real Japanese pirates, the people in the captured team would be as if they had just married their wives, and their mouths would be distorted.

As for how to distinguish real Japanese pirates from fake Japanese pirates.

This has already been explained above.

Those who scold Baga and Lu, or those who call flax are real Japanese pirates.

Others are not.

The reason for this division is because most of the members of the Marine Corps are from Shandong.

The official dialect of the Ming Dynasty was not as popular as modern Mandarin.

Many soldiers and civilians use local dialects for most of their daily conversations.

Only when you reach the level of an officer, you will learn Mandarin because you need to contact your superiors.

If soldiers or civilians meet people from other provinces, most of the conversations are guesswork.

"Flax belt, don't hide, come out quickly, we Da Ming will work preferentially for prisoners!"

On a cliff, a team is searching the area.

The team leader, who can speak a little Mandarin, held a flintlock gun with a bayonet, and while picking the surrounding grass, he shouted words to persuade him to surrender.

"Head, I have a question that I don't understand. What does the linen belt mean?"

A spearman stabbing the grass with a spear, glanced at the side of the island, who was still thinking about the sound of the guns, and asked a question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

How does the captain know what the linen belt means?

But as the boss, he couldn't lose face under his subordinates.

While stabbing the surrounding grass with a bayonet, he said in an educational tone: "I told you to read some books, but you refused to read, and even said that you would get sleepy after reading a book. You don't understand such a simple truth!"

"I told you to remember, the linen belt is the plain name of the Japanese people!"

The soldier nodded with a half-understand look on his face, and then asked in doubt.

"Then why are they called Wa people instead of flax belt people?"

The captain's mouth twitched violently.

Why the hell does this kid have so many questions.

"Head, head... There is a real pirate here!"

Just when the team leader was thinking about how to answer this question, behind a big rock in the distance, a musketeer pointed his gun at the rock, and shouted excitedly to this side.

"Is it a real linen belt? Don't beat him to death. It's worthless after death."

The squad leader shouted excitedly, except for the two who were vigilant about their surroundings, the others rushed up excitedly.

When they arrived behind the big rock, they saw a hidden small cave behind the rock.At this time, there was a guy with very strange hair inside, who was trembling and raising his hands, muttering in his mouth, and didn't know what he was saying.

"Come out the hemp belt quickly, or your Bagagaya Road will die!"

The squad leader who ran over saw the other party's outfit, his eyes lit up.

This is a serious Japanese pirate, but it's worth a tael of silver.

Holding a gun and pointing at the Japanese pirates at the entrance of the small cave, the captain learned the half-baked Japanese pirate language he learned from the captain, and shouted loudly at the pirates whose hands were trembling.

"Ya Butterfly!"

The pirate blinked blankly, and looked at the captain with a puzzled expression.

Hearing the other party's Japanese pirate language, the team leader's eyes brightened even more.

"Damn it, I know that what I said is not standard, you don't need to teach me to say it, get out quickly, or you will die!"

"Hi hi hi..."

As soon as he heard that he was dead, he looked at the weapon that was pointing at him, and the pirate crawled out in fright.

"Put your hands up so I can see your hands!"

"Hi hi hi..."

The Japanese pirates who had been frightened out of their wits didn't know which tendon had opened up, but they actually understood the meaning of the squad leader's shout.

Holding his head in his hands, he moved forward little by little.

"Hey, head... there's another one inside!"

As the Japanese pirates outside came out, the soldiers found that there was one squatting inside.

"Haha, let's send it!"

The squad leader laughed excitedly, making others look at the Japanese pirates who came out. He once again used the Japanese pirate language that he couldn't find in his tune, and shouted loudly into the inside.

To be precise, the battle was to capture prisoners, and it didn't end until evening.

Of the more than 3000 Japanese pirates on the island, more than 2600 were killed and nearly 400 were captured.

As for the injured, I'm sorry I didn't find the injured Japanese pirate.

In this battle, apart from the navy wasting some shells, the marine corps was only a wounded man who sprained his foot because he ran too fast to catch the prisoner.

Evening sunset.

Under the protection of a large group of guards, Zhu Zhangui landed on the island where the Japanese pirates were located.

Seeing the captives knelt down in rows by the soldiers, Zhu Zhangui asked Qianhu who had gone ashore.

"Have you caught their leader!"

Chito shook his head regretfully.

"The last general has been interrogated just now. When their leader was not in a good position in the battle, he went back to the camp to pack his things and prepared to run away. As a result, he was bumped into by them when they were going back. Disputes and conflicts broke out between the two sides. In the chaos Their leader was killed by real Japanese pirates."

Zhu Zhangui nodded.

"Then have you found what I want?"

Qianhu quickly took out a stack of letters from his arms and handed them to Zhu Zhangui.

"Your Highness, here are all the things with markings found in the camp."

Zhu Zhangui took it and looked it over.

It was found that some of them were Japanese characters, and most of the others were pages torn from books.

The only one that was considered a letter, the handwriting was a little blurry, it was obviously soaked in water, but some of the content could still be seen clearly.

The letter was written by a person surnamed Zhao, and the recipient was this leader.

The content is to invite the leader to attend a meeting, which will be held ten days later.

It is no longer clear what will be discussed, but the location of the meeting can be seen very clearly.

"Penghu Island!"

Looking at the place where the meeting was held, Zhu Zhangui had a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)