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

Chapter 185 Naval Battle in the Bay of Bengal.

The Ming Fleet was several nautical miles away.

More than a dozen warships, large and small, are besieging the two warships with Mingzi flags in the middle.

The dozen or so battleships on the periphery are still using the oldest offensive method.

Weapons such as crossbow beds, bows and arrows, kerosene, etc.

The two ships in the middle fought back with artillery fire, accompanied by bursts of gunfire from time to time.

But for some unknown reason, the firing power of the artillery and muskets became weaker and weaker. In the end, each battleship only had two or three guns firing.

"Old Qi, do you still have gunpowder?"

On one of the two warships, a naval officer with a broken hand was waving his only hand to give orders while turning his head to look at a man who was holding a knife and leading the soldiers to prepare for close combat. Army officer.

"No more. The last stock in stock has been sold out just now. Lao Qu is ready to work hard. Our buddies may be left here."

"It's my brother who is sorry for you. In the next life, my brother will be a cow and a horse, and I will pay you back this debt!"

"Hahaha…"

The naval officer let out a laugh.

"What do you say you owe or not? If it wasn't for me being greedy, would such a thing happen?"

These two warships were the squad that Zhu Zhangui sent out at the beginning.

They followed the route they used to go to sea with Zheng He, and they traveled all the way to Ceylon Island, where Zheng He's fleet once docked.

When they first arrived, the people on the island were wary, but later they learned that they were from the Ming Dynasty and they came here for friendly exchanges, so they relaxed their vigilance and let them dock.

Que Guang, the captain of the naval squad, and Qi Yuan, the captain of the Shenji Battalion, naturally didn't come here for a friendly exchange.

As soon as they arrived at the place, they used various names to inquire about the current situation of the Three Kingdoms in order to lay a solid foundation for the next all-out attack.

After their inquiries, the Tughluk dynasty mentioned by His Royal Highness, the third dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, has been destroyed.

The current country is ruled by a dynasty called Saeed. The king seems to be called Hazel Khan, who claims to be a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

The whole country is divided into two parts, this is called Said Dynasty, which is located in the south.

And in the far north, there is an invading country that has occupied a lot of territory.

After inquiring about the basic situation, the two did not sit idle and wait for Zhu Zhangui's arrival.

The two discussed and decided to set up a boat and circle around the coastline of Ah Sanguo to draw a map of the sea area so as to prepare for future attacks.

After staying in Ceylon Island for a while, the two learned about the situation here, bought a piece of land with money, left hundreds of soldiers to guard it, and then set off to explore the terrain and draw a chart.

They first followed Zheng He's route, going west around the coastline, turning back when they reached the border of India, and then going east, turning back when they reached Bangladesh.

But by accident, something went wrong on the route to the east.

When the group of them arrived in Madras, Qi Yuan, the commander of the Shenji Battalion, ate seafood every day and felt a little tired, so he discussed with Qu Guang and wanted to go ashore to buy some meat back.

Di Guang didn't care about it at the time, and it happened that he was also a little greedy, so he stopped the boat directly in Madras and asked Qi Yuan to go down to buy meat.

It took Qi Yuan a whole day to take people out.

Refraction, who was waiting at the pier, was filled with slander.

To complain in my heart, I'm afraid it's not just greed.

Until it got dark, Qi Yuan ran back covered in blood in a panic, and there were thousands of people chasing after him.

At that time, Di Guang was taken aback. Seeing his partner being hunted down, he naturally couldn't just watch.

Without further ado, he led people off the boat and confronted the other party.

But unfortunately.

Qi Yuan went out to purchase and took the interpreter with him, but he was the only one who ran back. Obviously, the interpreter and the soldiers he brought out were all killed.

There was a language barrier between the two parties, and the situation was tense.

Under the confrontation, the opponent did not know who shot an arrow and killed a soldier, and the battle broke out in an instant.

Most of the troops from the Shenji Battalion who came to the Three Kingdoms came from the Guard Battalion.

These people followed Zhu Zhangui back then, burned and killed countless invincible at sea, and they were brainwashed by Zhu Zhangui's Ming Empire's supremacy, they looked down on these overseas barbarians from the bottom of their hearts.

Everyone on his side was killed, and everyone was indignant.

And Qi Yuan, who had been hunted down for so long, was already full of anger in his heart.

Accident-prone, he drew his knife and gave the order to fire.

The battle broke out instantly.

Shenjiying fired a round of fire, directly knocking down a large area of ​​the opponent.

Seeing that the army was firing, Qu Guang knew that he couldn't stop, so he directly ordered the artillery on the ship to fire.

In an instant, there was the sound of gunfire and fighting at the Madras Wharf.

The two sides fought from dusk to midnight, and it didn't stop until the people on Ah Sanguo's side were repulsed.

After the battle, the two simply cleaned up the battlefield and the bodies of the fallen soldiers, and then decided to go back to Ceylon Island and take it down as a stepping stone for future land attacks.

But when they returned to Ceylon, they found that their temporary camp had become ruins.

The hundreds of soldiers left behind were all killed, their bodies were stripped naked, and nailed to pillars.

The battle broke out immediately.

Relying on strong boats and sharp guns, the two directly started a battle with Ah Sanguo with sharp muskets.

In the beginning, they won almost every battle, and wherever they went, the enemy was defeated.

But there are too many enemies.

With the consumption of gunpowder, coupled with non-native warfare, it was attacked day and night.

The soldier's mental strength has almost reached its limit.

Seeing that if this continues, there is a possibility of defeat.

Qu Guang and Qi Yuan decided to retreat first and return to a designated supply island in the Bay of Bengal, waiting for Zhu Zhangui's arrival.

But on the day they were about to withdraw, the maritime forces of the Three Kingdoms surrounded them.

The enemy has more than 30 warships, and they looked like they were going to swallow them as soon as they came up.

In the waters of Ceylon Island, they fought a naval battle with the enemy.

Because they fought too hard back to Ceylon, the gunpowder was quickly consumed. When the enemy navy rushed over, their gunpowder storage was less than 1/10.

As soon as the two parties came into contact, the naval squadron showed great power and directly sank the opponent's three warships.

Then just turn around and run away.

There is no way not to run, the gunpowder has almost been consumed.

They decided to use their speed to get rid of each other, and when they turned around to meet up with the main force, they came back to beat up the gang.

But I don't know why, these threes seem to be staring at them, and they don't have the idea of ​​chasing them, so they chase after them desperately.

In the middle, they kept using the clippers to harass the battleships of the squadron.

House seemingly endless rain.

I don't know if it was bad luck or what happened. The two battleships at the back of the squadron entered the reef area when they were fighting with the enemy's small boats. One of them directly hit the reef, creating a big hole for the ship. The sea water is pouring in like crazy.

The other ship was also trapped in it, and was surrounded by the small fleet of Ah Sanguo, and a boarding battle was carried out.

The loss of two warships at once made Refractor tremble with pain.

Qu Guang felt depressed and aggrieved. If it wasn't for the fact that when the supply ship came back, it encountered a storm and sank unexpectedly. With enough supplies, how could he take all these rags in his eyes.

Not wanting to watch the brothers of the two ships fall into the sea, Qu Guang decided to rush in and rescue the brothers of the two ships.

The gunpowder on board is still enough for a battle. When the time comes to rescue people, with the advantage of large numbers of people and strength, they should be able to get rid of the opponent soon.

Do it when you think of it.

Refraction immediately ordered the battleship to turn around, and rushed directly into the enemy's formation.

After sinking the opponent's two warships, he shot desperately regardless of the consumption of gunpowder, and successfully rescued the people on the two ships.

But the enemy didn't want to let them go.

In the end, they also used desperate methods to surround them regardless of the casualties, planning to take the two warships by boarding.

The reason Ah Sans are so crazy is because of the artillery on the ship.

Ever since he saw the power of the artillery, Ah San, the naval commander, was drooling with envy.

Thinking that if he had such a weapon, maybe he could also ascend to the throne.

In order to obtain these artillery pieces, the commander of Ah San's navy directly issued a death order to take down these ships at all costs.

"Report the gun compartment on the first floor, there is no gunpowder!"

"The second floor of the report is gone!"

"There's another box on deck!"

The enemy's battleship was getting closer and closer, and news came from various artillery layers that the gunpowder had run out.

Diguang and Qi Yuan just looked at each other.

"There are all of them, get your weapons and prepare to fight!"

"And tell the bilge, once we are defeated, open the water inlet valve immediately, these bastards may have taken a fancy to our artillery, we can't give them these treasures."

"Bao bao bao..."

None of the members on the ship spoke. One by one, they picked up things that could be used as weapons around them, and made preparations for the final battle.

"The time has come for brothers to be loyal to the country, kill!"

Soon the enemy warships slowly surrounded them, and the boarding battle officially broke out.

Qu Guang and Qi Yuan let out an angry roar, swung their knives and rushed forward, standing together with the Ah Sans who jumped over the boat.

The cold soldiers flickered and blood spattered.

Ah San and Da Ming, two countries that had almost no fighting in history, started fighting hundreds of years in advance in another time and space.

The combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the three countries is generally weaker, but they are numerous.

Relying on their superiority in numbers, this gang of Assan caused a lot of casualties to Daming.

"Woooooooo..."

Just when the battle between the two sides was at its most intense, the distant horizon reminded of the sound of desolate horns.

The two sides who were fighting slowly stopped and looked into the distance.

"Haha, it's our people, it's our people."

At the top observation post, the observer who shot the enemy with a bow and arrow took a look into the distance with a telescope.

Looking at the very familiar shape of the ship and the fluttering bright flag, he roared excitedly.

Qu Guang's eyes lit up, kicked Ah San who was in a daze in front of him, and shouted angrily while holding up the blood-stained sword.

"Brothers, our main force is here, victory is just around the corner for me to kill!"

"Kill!"

The reinforcements arrived, and the morale of the soldiers of the Ming army who had planned to fight to the death reached their peak in an instant.

One by one roared without fear of life and death, slashing and killing the enemy frantically.

"Remind me, don't go to the northern waters, there are hidden reefs!"

After cutting down the refraction of an enemy, he suddenly remembered something, and roared at the observer above.

The observer reacted immediately, quickly dropped the bow and arrow in his hand, picked up two flags, and waved them desperately at the battleships in the distance.

Li Hu, who had already climbed to the sentry tower, saw the semaphore of his own ship through the binoculars, his face changed slightly, he picked up the walkie-talkie and said quickly: "The roundabout warship on the right cancels the order, there is a hidden reef over there, return to the main force immediately, Attack head-on with the main fleet."

After giving the order, Li Hu rejoiced for a while.

Fortunately, the ship over there reminded me, otherwise the main battleship would suffer losses.

This is the trouble of not being familiar with the sea area.

Where there are hidden reefs and where there are shallow areas, it is easy to fall into them if you don't understand them.

The navy is different from the army.

The army lost its way, the worst thing is to find it slowly.

If the navy does not know the situation in a certain sea area, every point it advances is a life-threatening test.

The enemy suddenly came to reinforcements, and the number of warships was several times larger than them.

The naval commanders of the Three Kingdoms were frightened and quickly ordered the whole team to retreat immediately.

It was so difficult for them to fight the 4 warships. There were hundreds of warships coming from the opposite side. My own dozen of warships of different sizes probably weren't enough for the opponent's teeth.

Seeing that the enemy wanted to run, Li Hu sneered, picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered.

"The detour troops from the rear side speed up, these guys are about to run away, don't let them run away!"

"The main fleet speeds up, catch up with them and eat them! Once in range, there is no need to report and shoot immediately."

At 3:4 p.m., the fastest Jiaolong No. [-] and No. [-] ships entered the range of the bow heavy artillery first.

"Fire!"

Following the order of the artillery commander, the two heavy artillery at the bow opened fire first.

There were four cannon blasts, and four shells whizzed forward.

But the shooting accuracy on the sea can be said to be extremely poor, let alone this primitive artillery.

In the first round of shooting, all four shells missed.

The nearest shell was hundreds of meters away from the enemy fleet.

A few minutes later, the loaded artillery fired again.

This time the luck was a bit better, and three shells were straddled.

Looking at the shells flying overhead, Ah San's commander was in a cold sweat.

The distance between the two sides is still so far, the enemy is almost hitting him.

It is hard for him to imagine how powerful this country is, and it has developed such a terrifying weapon.

With firing feedback, the gunner resets the angle according to calculations.

The third round of shooting officially started.

Boom boom boom, four cannon shots sounded again.

This time, two shells fell on the side of the enemy's ship.

During these three rounds of shooting, the heavy artillery of several warships hit the range.

In the fourth round of shooting, more than a dozen heavy artillery roared in unison.

More than a dozen shells rubbed against the air and made a sharp roar, and two of them hit the enemy's ship heavily, making two big holes in the ship of Ah Sanguo.

Chase and flee.

At the last moment, the naval encirclement was finally formed.

Looking at the Ming navy slowly surrounding them, the officer Ah Sanguo roared unwillingly!

Then ordered to hoist the flag of surrender.

(End of this chapter)