mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 888 Heavy Rain Pear Blossom Needles, one dozen each without making a sound
Guangzhou Prefecture.

Fish merchant Liang Yingyuan came to visit Li Zhaohui, a well-known gentry in Guangdong.

Liang Yingyuan explained his purpose and cried: "After the Erchen Maru case last year, Zhao Chuanxin announced that the Japanese would not be allowed to land on the island. Nishizawa Yoshiji temporarily avoided the front and led the crowd to leave, but he soon came back. This time, Nishizawa came back. Nishizawa Yoshiji not only occupied the island, but also broke up the fishing boats and sampans of our "Xinsihe" and "Guanganxiang", and the wood floated on the sea. Nishizawa Yoshiji, more than a hundred people armed with swords and guns, destroyed the Dawang Temple on the island last time , this time they used iron tools to dig up the tombs on the island, took out the bones, burned them and dumped them into the sea. It was tantamount to crushing the bones and scattering ashes, and it was too much to deceive others..."

Li Zhaohui had a high reputation among the gentry in Guangdong and had a wide network of contacts.

When everyone encounters problems, they all use him as their backbone.

Once, he witnessed with his own eyes how Zhao Chuanxin handled the Erchen Maru, which was very satisfying.

Later, a boycott movement against Japanese goods was launched locally, and he was one of the leaders.

Hearing this, Li Zhaohui violently photographed several cases and knocked down the tea bowl: "What? Is this happening? The Japanese are so arrogant. Come with me to pay a visit to Governor Zhang."

Liang Yingyuan was overjoyed when he heard that Li Zhaohui could meet Zhang Renjun.

The two went to the Governor's Mansion and saw Zhang Renjun.

The staff of the Japanese embassy said to Laikawa Qianzhi worriedly: "Mr. Consul, is it inappropriate for you to be so tough? We privately built the Anfeng-Feng Railway outside the customs, and outside the customs is the base camp of Zhao Chuanxin, which has been attacked by North China, People in the areas outside the customs were criticized, and they spontaneously followed the example of the south in boycotting Japanese goods. Such a two-front war between the north and the south would be difficult to cope with."

This time Zhang Renjun was really angry.

……

"Haha, let me tell you, we have discovered that you have dispatched the Eagle gunboat to land on the island again and again, so we have also sent the Yakaze to escort you. It is our duty to defend the territory, and we cannot let our merchants and fishermen suffer."

So shameless.

However, Asahi Yaikawa just raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "Governor Zhang, Dongsha Island is originally an unclaimed desert island. It was first discovered by our Japanese businessman Nishizawa Yoshiji. There is no such thing as invasion. Since it is Nishizawa Yoshiji It was discovered that he naturally owned the fishermen and fish traders who came to the island. Governor Zhang should blame them, but why did he blame Nishizawa Yoshiji instead?"

Liang Yingyuan bitterly told Laichuan Qianzhi what had happened.

Not only did Laikawa Qianzhi not feel guilty, but he beat him up, and he did not care at all about the boycott of Japanese goods in Guangdong that had just subsided.

The temple was destroyed by the Japanese, the graves were dug by the Japanese, and the boundary markers were destroyed by the Japanese.

Laikawa Asahi imitated Westerners to shrug and spread his hands: "Governor Zhang's visit always makes the consulate shine. I welcome you here."

Li Zhaohui originally thought that Lai Chuanqian had to at least apologize once or twice for hindering the boycott of Japanese products.

Laichuan Qianzhi smiled lightly: "Governor Zhang, you can't say that. Please note that there are no temples, no tombs, and no boundary monuments on the island. How can you prove that it is your territory?"

After going out, Li Zhaohui felt sad: "Master Zhang, we can't just let it go..."

This made Zhang Renjun very angry.

Nishizawa Yoshiji looked at Liang Yingyuan: "Haha, the flag of our Empire of Japan is hanging on the island now, so it should be our land. On the contrary, it is you. There is no evidence that it is your land."

Liang Yingyuan breathed out.

How is this different from a robber?

This is what Asayuki Yaikawa did before.

Asahi Yaikawa is indeed a rogue character, even towards his own people. He smiled and said: "We only need to take care of the south. Let the consuls in the north worry about the north."

Li Zhaohui's beard and hair were all spread out.

Zhang Renjun stood up: "Let's go."

How is this different from being a scoundrel?

Seeing that Zhang Renjun was not giving up, the two regained their morale and gained some hope.

"..."

Zhang Renjun narrowed his eyes: "Consul Lai Chuan, if you don't give me an explanation, I will visit you every day like you did before."

"you……"

Li Zhaohui and Liang Yingyuan were confused.

Now this is used to prove that Dongsha Island is an uninhabited island.

Zhang Renjun took his entourage, Li Zhaohui and Liang Yingyuan to the Japanese Consulate.

Zhang Renjun's mood has calmed down: "Lai Chuan Qianzhi is a shameless person. We can't confront him without producing evidence. When I go back and look through the old books, you and I will be witnesses. I found the physical evidence, leaving him speechless." deny!"

Li Zhaohui pointed at Laichuan Qianzhi and said: "You dig people's graves, you will be punished by God."

Zhang Renjun said: "There is no doubt that Dongsha Island is our country's territory."

The Japanese can always refresh their lower limit, which makes people sit up and take notice.

And wait for Zhang Renjun and others to leave.

Zhang Renjun didn't blow his beard and glare, he just frowned and sneered twice: "Japanese Consul in Guangdong, Asahi Raikawa, some time ago, he always came to harass him because of the boycott of Japanese goods movement. Now, it's time for me to come to harass him. "

South China Sea.

Li Zhaohui and Liang Yingyuan were really unwilling to leave like this, but Zhang Renjun spoke and they had to leave.

"Ah this..."

Liang Yingyuan went crazy, pointed at Laichuan Qianzhi and cursed: "Shameless, it's obviously you who did it."

The faces of Zhang Renjun and the others were as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Without morals, anything is possible.

On the Shikoku Maru, Yoshiji Nishizawa was looking at the Flying Eagle in front of him with a smile.

Someone said to him: "The captain of the Eagle is looking at us with a telescope."

Nishizawa Yoshiji stretched out his hand: "Bring the telescope."

Give it to him.

He and Huang Zhongying were almost looking at each other, but they couldn't see each other's faces clearly, but the human form was clearly visible.

Nishizawa Yoshiji has long been unhappy with Huang Zhongying's repeated landings on the island.

He rolled his eyes and pointed his finger at a Chinese man who was cleaning the deck: "You, come here with your wife."

The Chinese was forced to work on the ship by Nishizawa Yoshiji, and there were many people like him.

The man retreated in fear and hid his mother-in-law behind him.

Nishizawa Yoshiji winked at his men, who immediately stepped forward, caught the two men and pushed them forward.

The man's face was pale and his lips were pursed, but he couldn't say a word. His mother-in-law advanced like a somersault and was almost pushed down several times.

Nishizawa Yoshiji raised his leg and kicked him: "A dog-like Chinese, how dare you disobey me?"

He kicked a few times, knocking the man staggering, and then looked triumphantly at the Flying Eagle in front of him.

On the Flying Eagle, Huang Zhongying gritted his teeth when he saw this scene.

Then, he saw Nishizawa Yoshitsugu teasing the man's wife again, using his hands and feet. When the man saw this, he was anxious and wanted to pull her forward, but was knocked to the ground by Nishizawa Yoshitzu's men.

Nishizawa Yoshiji stepped in and kicked the man a few more times, causing blood to flow from his mouth and nose.

The veins on the back of Huang Zhongying's hands were exposed, and she almost turned around and bombarded that damn Nishizawa Yoshiji in the South China Sea to death.

At this moment, someone exclaimed: "Hey, what is that?"

Huang Zhongying heard a faint sound that sounded like a cannon. He immediately put down his monocular and looked, only to see something moving in a snake shape in the air gradually approaching the Shikoku Maru merchant ship.

He hurriedly raised the telescope again, but before it could focus properly, he only heard a "boom".

It's a pity that he missed the wonderful first half.

The cruise missile hit the stern of the Shikoku Maru.

Sawdust was flying and smoke was billowing.

The officers and soldiers of the Qing Navy on the Flying Eagle stared at each other with wide eyes.

"Who? Who fired the cannon?"

"Are you stupid? Can't you hear the cannon fire?"

Huang Zhongying subconsciously wanted to ask who fired the gun, but immediately blushed. Fortunately, she didn't ask, otherwise she would look like a fool.

He raised his telescope and looked around, but found nothing.

There are no boats and no people, just the endless sea.

Where did this... shell come from?
The gunboat Yakaze behind the Shikoku Maru was also stunned.

"Baga, what's going on?"

"I don't know, a shell hit the Shikoku Maru."

"Who fired the cannon?"

"I don't know, maybe it's the Qing Dynasty's Flying Eagle, but I didn't see the smoke."

"..."

The captain of the Yakaze gunboat widened his eyes and raised his beard: "Damn Chinese people, regardless of whether they did it or not, fight back and fire at the Flying Eagle."

boom……

They really fired.

But the shell failed to hit the Eagle and simply fell into the sea, stirring up a column of water.

The officers and soldiers of the Flying Eagle were startled: "They fired!" "Should we fight back?"

Huang Zhongying's face turned livid: "Of course we have to fight back! Prepare, prepare, follow my orders..."

Regardless of the consequences, since the Japanese fired, there was no reason for him to stand passively and be beaten.

Huang Zhongying, whose courtesy name is Zanhou, is from Fuzhou and his ancestral home is Changle.

He graduated from the 11th driving class of the Fujian Shipping School, and later studied at the Liugong Island Gunnery School in Weihai.

During the Sino-Japanese War, he served as the third officer of the "Qiyuan" and assisted the captain in severely damaging the Japanese ship "Yoshino".

This is also a Navy veteran.

He is not afraid of fighting.

But it is estimated that after the fight, if you win, you will be criticized by the court, and you may even be punished.

If you lose, it goes without saying that it is nothing more than death.

But he could have expected that his death would be meaningless, and that perhaps in the end the court would let it go and even apologize to the Japanese.

The imperial court is definitely capable of doing this kind of thing.

After all, if Zhao Chuanxin had not appeared in time last time, the Guangdong Navy would have almost fired a cannon to apologize to the Erchen Maru, which would have become a great shame in their lives...

Because of the dilemma, Huang Zhongying felt very aggrieved and could not simply fight the Japanese.

But before he could give the order, a series of gunshots were suddenly heard.

The sound of the gunfire was a bit sharp, a bit rapid, a bit like a volley of gunshots, and yet paradoxical.

bang bang bang...

But the Japanese gunboat Yakaze behind the Shikoku Maru burst into flames.

The projectiles were like a gust of wind that seemed to be unstoppable. The gunboat Yakaze was seen, and the fire splashing from the hull was endless. Thousands of soldiers fell down and lined up to die.

The gunboat is really riddled with holes.

There were no living people on the rangefinder, only flesh and blood.

A large stream of blood flowed down the mast of the lookout post behind a string of fire.

The conductor was reduced to rubble in the flames.

The bridge was spray-painted into a hornet's nest.

The power distribution room collapsed.

Inside the bridge, the captain of the Yakaze was torn into pieces of flesh and blood...

Boiler smoke surged out from the flue that was leaking from all sides.

Even the tension lines used to reinforce the mast and hang the signal flags were broken several times, which shows the density of the projectiles.

The soldiers outside the firepower net were scurrying away, but the bodies inside the firepower net were already in pieces...

The survivors completely forgot about the attack on the Flying Eagle, and only felt that the end of the world had come.

Huang Zhongying and a group of Qing navy officers and soldiers were dumbfounded.

The fishermen and sailors on the Shikoku Maru, whose stern had just been blown off, were in a state of panic just now, but now they were staring blankly behind, not caring that the ship on their side was crumbling.

The man who had been severely beaten also forgot about the pain and allowed the saliva mixed with blood to flow from the corners of his mouth.

The disheveled woman sat on the ground, supporting the deck, her lips trembling but she forgot the shame.

Finally, the gunfire stopped.

In the distance, on the shallow reef, only Zhao Chuanxin's head was above the water. He was also shocked to see the result of the battle. Tears of compassion could not help but fall from the corner of his mouth. They were sticky and wet, and he wiped them away hurriedly.

Suck...

So cool.

What a pleasure.

Xingyue told him: The theoretical rate of fire of this weapon is 100 million rounds per minute. Just one round of shooting consumed 1200 projectiles in an instant.

Zhao Chuanxin was shocked by this number.

Everything just happened in the blink of an eye, and the Yakaze was ravaged into shape!
In fact, the principle of Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle is very simple, so simple that it is shocking.

Just like an old-fashioned firecracker for shooting pellets, each barrel is loaded with several rounds of pellets, and the pellets are separated by oil-based gunpowder. The pellets are in front, and the oil-based gunpowder is behind, and they are arranged in series in the barrel.

Corresponding to each section of oil root gunpowder, there are mycelial primer and worm silk ignition control nodes in the barrel. Xingyue only needs to control the firing sequence of each barrel and the ignition interval of each section of oil root gunpowder.

Xingyue only needs to ignite the oil root powder of the first round. The gunpowder gas pressure generated by the burning of the oil root gunpowder pushes the projectile to accelerate along the barrel and fly out of the muzzle.

Under the pressure of the oil root gunpowder gas, one end of the subsequent projectile expands, locking the barrel to immediately withstand the high-pressure gas acting on the front of the projectile.

This will not cause the high-pressure, high-temperature gunpowder gas to leak and ignite the oil root gunpowder of the next round, nor will it cause the cylindrical part of the projectile to collapse.

After the previous projectile leaves the barrel, the oil-based gunpowder of the next projectile can be ignited, which can quickly reduce the pressure in the chamber to an appropriate level without affecting the launch of subsequent projectiles.

Thus, each projectile is fired from the barrel in sequence.

The Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle is in the shape of an octagon, with sixty barrels arranged at the four corners, and sixty in the middle, adding up to three hundred barrels.

Load four rounds of ammunition and shoot them out one after another, which is 1,200 rounds of projectiles in an instant.

When it was turned on, not only did Xingyue have to control it, but Zhao Chuanxin also had to use the Old God Crucible brand to absorb heat and cool down the barrel.

Firstly, it is to prevent the thermal expansion and contraction of the barrel from deforming and causing air leakage to ignite the gunpowder at the back. It is also necessary to prevent the layers of projectiles fired from the barrel from overheating and exploding the barrel in the middle. After all, the strength of steel is limited, so manual intervention is required.

The pear blossom needles of the heavy rain are fired at an alarming speed and with a shocking density. When they hit a person, they will inevitably be bruised and bruised. When they hit a gunboat, they would inevitably get bruised here and there without making a sound.

Zhao Chuanxin wiped his saliva again and said, "Make more Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles."

Xingyue said: I can’t afford to fight, I really can’t. This round of experiments has already consumed all our oil root gunpowder and mycelium primer. The worm thread ignition is also a one-time use. Five strands are consumed each time to make ignition power. Now the worm thread in the hand has been consumed. The cost of a round is five thousand gold coins.

"With this power, even if five thousand gold coins are locked in one round, it's good to make a friend!" Zhao Chuanxin peeked out of the water to observe secretly, and couldn't help but wave his arm to make a splash: "Man, sometimes I feel that I am not strong enough. But in the blink of an eye, I feel that I am worrying too much, and I, Zhao Chuanxin, will still be beaten ten times!"

He was wondering, could the Desert Emperor withstand such a metal storm?
Xingyue reminded again: I am the only one who can load the projectiles, gunpowder, primer, and worm silk for the Heavy Rain Pear Blossom Needle. No one else can do it for me. Reloading is time-consuming and laborious. Even if I make a few more, I don't have time to reload ammunition for you all day long.

Just one will do!
Zhao Chuanxin thought so.

No matter who it is, if they catch him by surprise, they will suffer big losses.

He put away the empty Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle and swam southward from the sea.

On the Flying Eagle, the soldier swallowed his saliva and asked Huang Zhongying: "Captain, let's..."

Huang Zhongying was stunned for another five seconds: "Huh? Oh, uh... I guess the Japanese won't chase us, are you right?"

"Ah, yes, yes, I think so too."

"It's very true, we didn't fire a single shot, you all saw it, and you must report it truthfully when you turn around."

"..."

"It's like a storm passing through..."

"It's tragic, it's so tragic, it's so tragic, I can't bear to look at it, Mazu bless him, hehehe..."

Others would become famous all over the world with a single kill, but Zhao Chuanxin killed five people in a row but failed. Fuyi went to hide his merit and fame. What did he say?

He is very low-key.

He did not run far, but went to Dongsha Island.

Dongsha Island is actually very small. If viewed from a high altitude, its shape looks like a paramecium.

The area is only about 1.8 square kilometers.

There were a few white clouds floating in the blue sky, and there was wind, but not too much.

The temperature is about 22 to 3 degrees Celsius. The snow-covered Lubin Prefecture and the strong north wind can freeze your ears off, but it is not impossible to go shirtless in Dongsha Island where you can endure the cold.

On the island, there are indeed several plaster flags fluttering in the wind, which is very eye-catching.

When Zhao Chuanxin surfaced from the reef, the water on his body evaporated instantly.

He got some fresh water and washed the salt powder off his body. He wore a linen long-sleeved T-shirt, very long overalls, a Panama hat, and a red denim square that barely covered his upper lip.

He went ashore.

There were several Japanese samurai armed with swords guarding the shore, and some diving masters from Okinawa went to fish for a kind of seaweed called seaweed.

The local fishermen, however, could only work for them reluctantly due to the coercion.

Zhao Chuanxin approached them silently and watched for a long time. Finally, someone noticed him: "Hey, what are you doing?"

Xingyue reminded him: According to my testing, this kind of seaweed should be sold at a good price in the Brilliant Oasis.

Both the Heavy Rain Pear Blossom Needle and the Loitering Bomb cost money, but Zhao Chuanxin was salivating. In addition, he has to prepare nutritional medicines for a long time, accumulate bank reserves, and have money to buy materials for Xingyue to spend. Xingyue also needs to transform the soft gold armor and flying fish spine whip for him and manufacture Xingyue M1909, etc...

Zhao Chuanxin is very poor in money.

After listening to the words of the Japanese samurai, Zhao Chuanxin flicked the brim of his Panama hat, put his hands in his pockets and stepped forward, smiling and saying: "I just saw that you have been fishing for seaweed for a long time and it has not come up. I can't help but feel worried. Are you afraid that you will drown under the sea?"

"Baga, are you cursing us?"

After saying that, he moved his hand to the handle of the Japanese sword beside his waist, and the four inches of the fingertip were already bladed...

(End of this chapter)