At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 378 Destruction
In the bilge of the Golden Griffin, the black gun barrel spit out flames, and the shells flew towards the Zheng He like meteors.

At this distance, there is almost no need to aim because the target is too big.

Under the fierce bombardment, the side of the Zheng He ship...was smashed into holes one after another.

Yes, a shell made a dent!
That's all...

Zhu Qizhen was very angry!

Why?
My ship is worth 3000 million taels of silver.

Are you worthy of smashing it?

"Steer right!"

"Lower the sails!"

"The artillery battalion is ready!"

As a series of orders were passed on, everyone was acting nervously and orderly.

The Zheng He finally opened its fangs, and the two layers of gun ports in the bottom deck were opened. Countless gun barrels protruded out of the ship, like a giant beast from the deep sea, and the oncoming pressure was almost suffocating. .

Charlemagne couldn't help swallowing, only feeling his head buzzing.

This... how to fight?
It's like a seven or eight-year-old naughty boy holding a stick in his hand, but a two-meter-strong man in armor and holding a machete came across from him, and he was so stupid!
The iron-clad ships of the Ming court turned out to be like this!
At the beginning, when Prussia got the blueprint of the ironclad ship, it caused an uproar.

The Eastern Romans believed that their navigation technology was far superior to that of Ming Dynasty. Faced with this unimaginable technology, they did not believe it could really be realized.

Some nobles even used this to attack Prussia, thinking that he was a grandstanding clown.

Today, Charlemagne finally realized that... the clown turned out to be himself!

How to do?
He smiled wryly, but he knew very well in his heart that he had no choice but to fight.

If you don't fight, you will die.

At least you can die for a while...

"Soldiers of the Eastern Roman Holy Empire!"

Charlemagne forced his composure, and shouted loudly: "Almighty God has chosen us, here today, let us fight for the glory of the Eastern Roman Holy Empire, take up your weapons, and fight the devils from the East! "

Boom!

Boom!

Before Charlemagne's pre-war mobilization was over, he heard violent artillery fire from ahead.

He looked up, and saw the flames from all the black gun muzzles on the opposite side of the ship.

Countless shells whizzed towards them, falling like stars!

Boom!

The first shell was hit accurately and exploded, sawdust flying across the bow of the ship, screaming again and again.

This is not a solid iron lump, but a blooming bomb that has been continuously improved by the Academy of Sciences and Wang Gong Factory.

Boom!

Boom!

Shells continued to hit, and the Golden Griffin immediately became riddled with holes and burst into flames.

The soldiers on the ship had lost their fighting spirit long ago. They wanted to escape for their lives, but where could they escape on the ship...

As soon as the sea breeze blew, the fire swept across the entire ship in an instant. Then, the ship began to tilt and slowly sank into the icy sea water.

Boom!

Boom!

As soon as the first round of attacks ended, the second round began.

Huge explosions sounded one after another, and in the gorgeous flames, the Golden Griffon was instantly reduced to ashes, completely disappearing from this world.

The soldiers on the other ships were terrified.

They are the navy, and they are best at naval battles, comparing tactics, positioning, ship performance, sailor skills, and artillery power... However, in front of this huge ironclad ship, everything is in vain.

In the face of absolute strength, any technique and tactics are meaningless.

Boom!

Boom!

On the ship's side of the Zheng He, the black muzzle of the gun continued to spit out flames. For a while, the sea was full of flames, and the warships of the Eastern Roman Empire disappeared one by one.

The battle situation up to now, can no longer be described by victory or defeat.

But... crushing!
Those ships, which were fine a second ago, suddenly disappeared.

Even when they were preparing for the ambush, they were still imagining that after defeating the ships of the Ming army, they saw those Orientals jumping into the sea for help.

Now, there are indeed many people struggling in the sea...

woo-

The huge steam engine let out a deep roar, and black smoke continued to emerge from the chimney. The ironclad ship began to accelerate and rushed towards the Eastern Roman fleet.

The Eastern Roman fleet had no power to fight back at all. Even if a few artillery pieces responded, at most, they would smash a few dents on the steel ship.

woo-woo-

The roar became more and more urgent, and the ironclad ship began to accelerate, rushing directly towards the densest place of the Eastern Roman fleet.

The incomparably huge hull even created a vortex, making the opponent's ship have nowhere to escape.

Boom!

The Eastern Romans on board watched helplessly as the huge steel warship crashed into it, smashing a medium-sized warship to pieces like cutting tofu.

Countless people fell into the sea howling, and even more people didn't even have the chance to howl...

At this stage, the battle has become a one-sided massacre.

Ironclad ships rampage, simply wanton.

Yes, unscrupulous, because people really have nothing to be afraid of.

Than what, artillery?
You hit it, a pit.

They hit it with a cannonball, and the boat was gone!
than armor?
Then there is no need to compare...

What else can it compare to, than sailing technology?

In the face of absolute strength, the so-called technology is so ridiculous...

All-round crushing, yes, unscrupulous!

The sea has become a hell on earth, where the iron-clad ships pass, they bring only destruction.
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The battle was over, and the entire Eastern Roman fleet was wiped out.

The Ming army began to clean up the battlefield, Jin Ying smiled happily, and trotted forward to report the battle situation.

"Your Majesty, more than 42 enemies were wiped out in this battle, and [-] were captured."

Zhu Qizhen was not satisfied with the result, and asked, "Why are there still prisoners?"

"Back to the emperor, all the enemy troops on board have been wiped out. As for the 42 captives, they were captured by General Zhang."

"Zhang Mao?"

Zhu Qizhen hurriedly asked: "Where is the man, let him come to see me quickly!"

"Yes!"

Jin Yingsan had no choice but to walk away. After a while, Zhang Mao came up to see him.

"Minister Zhang Mao kowtowed to the emperor!"

"Please get up!"

Zhu Qizhen raised his hand as a signal, and then asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Zhang Mao immediately scouted himself to the opponent's base, took advantage of the foggy weather to make a surprise attack, was chased by enemy ships, and was finally trapped on the five small islands, and he said it back and forth.

"I attacked rashly and almost missed the opportunity of the battle. I...please forgive me!"

"What crime please?"

Zhu Qizhen smiled and said: "At the beginning, I told you that I asked you to be the vanguard, not to investigate. When it is time to attack, attack decisively, and you must not hesitate."

"Yes……"

Seeing that the emperor did not punish him, Zhang Mao felt even more disturbed.

If the ironclad ship came a few days late, I was afraid that I would be trapped to death on the island.

Or, it wasn't the ironclad ship that came, but other warships were ambushed by Charlemagne's fleet, and the outcome of this battle was hard to say.

"I heard that you captured more than forty prisoners?"

Zhang Mao hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, one of them, Wells, is an officer, and his status is not low. I think he must know the whereabouts of the blueprint of the iron-clad ship!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Bring it here, I'll have a look!"

Zhang Mao went out to say hello, and then Wells was kidnapped and brought in.

"Your Majesty!"

Zhang Mao kicked him from behind, and Wells knelt on the ground involuntarily.

"Evil oriental devils, God will not forgive you!"

"Yo, I can speak Chinese!"

Hearing this broken Chinese, Zhu Qizhen was immediately happy, and then asked: "Tell me, what is your name and what position is it in the army?"

"Humph!"

Wells snorted coldly and turned his head away, looking uncooperative.

Zhang Mao became angry immediately, slapped him on the face, and turned his head away again.

"The emperor asked you something!"

"emperor?"

A look of shock appeared on Wales' face, and he asked, "Are you the emperor of Ming Dynasty?"

"That's right, it's as good as fake!"

"It's really...it's incredible..."

"What's so incredible?"

"Didn't the emperor of Ming stay in Zijin's castle? How could he go to sea to fight in person?"

Zhu Qizhen felt it was funny, this guy seemed to have a lot of research on Daming, but the Forbidden City is not the Zijin City, and the emperor can conquer it himself.

Especially leaving without saying goodbye, really exciting!

"I am the emperor of Ming Dynasty. I went to sea this time to get back what you stole. You should know what it is?"

"what?"

Wells shook his head, pretending to be ignorant.

"Still pretending to be garlic!"

Zhu Qizhen suddenly sank down, and asked: "I'm here to ask you, the blueprint of the ironclad ship was stolen by that... Prussian, yes, that Prussian, where is the blueprint now?"

"I……"

Wells shook his head and said, "I don't know!"

Zhu Qizhen was not so patient, he waved his hand directly and said, "Drag it out, chop it up and feed it to the fish!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Mao picked up Wells and walked out, which frightened Wells, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute, wait a moment!"

In his prediction, since the Emperor Ming came here for the blueprints, as the only remaining senior officer, he should be taken seriously.

Perhaps it can be used as a bargaining chip in exchange for some conditions.

However, people don't even plan to think about it...

Zhang Mao gave him a hard meal, threw him on the ground, and said, "What do you want to say quickly, this is your last chance!"

Wales turned pale with fright, and hurriedly said, "The drawings are in Ceylon!"

"Island of Ceylon..."

Zhu Qizhen couldn't remember this place for a while, Jin Ying saw this and hurriedly opened the map.

Wales pointed to one of the large islands, and said, "This is the island, and our Queen Dosia is on this island."

Zhu Qizhen looked over and suddenly realized that it was Sri Lanka Island in southern India.

"How many people are there on the island of Ceylon?"

"There are 5000 people, all of whom are the navy of the Eastern Roman Holy Empire."

Zhu Qizhen said disdainfully: "You can't go back to your home if you are beaten, what a god!"

Wells subconsciously wanted to refute, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

What people say is the truth, what is there to refute...

Speaking of which, Osman and those people are really fierce. If it weren't for the underdeveloped navy, Queen Dosia would not be able to escape.

I thought that I would go to the east to accumulate strength, develop and grow stronger, and wait for an opportunity to take back Constantinople, but all dreams collapsed at this moment!

Ironclads are terrifying!

What's even more frightening is that they actually made it!

On that small island, he could see clearly, the terrifying roar of the huge iron monster, easily destroying a fleet.

At that moment, he felt extremely hopeless.

It turns out that those blueprints are not a fantasy. Just imagine, if this ship was made by Eastern Romans, what would it be like?
However, reality does not have what if...

God did not take care of himself, or... God is dead!
Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Jin Ying, have all the ships in East Rome been destroyed?"

Jin Ying replied: "It was a fierce battle just now, and everything was destroyed. However, a small warship was found outside and a white flag was hoisted, so the artillery fire was not wasted."

When Wells heard this, he said, "That's the Flying Shark. It's a scout ship. It's fast, but it's not equipped with artillery."

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "How many people can the Flying Shark carry?"

"If you are over fifty, you can sit down if you have more."

"Well!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Take the forty or so captives and return to Ceylon Island on the Flying Shark."

"what?"

Wells thought he had heard wrong, and could hardly believe his ears.

Not only him, Jin Ying and Zhang Mao also showed strange expressions, very puzzled.

But Zhu Qizhen said disapprovingly: "Go back and tell your queen, she took my things, and now I want to take them back!"

Wells hesitated: "Are you really letting us go?"

He even thought that the other party was playing a cat-and-mouse game, let him go, and when he got on the boat, he suddenly fired a cannon, enjoying the thrill of hunting...

Zhu Qizhen didn't want to continue talking nonsense with him, so he waved his hand and signaled Zhang Mao to take him out.

Zhang Mao understood, and dragged Wells out.

"No...don't kill me..."

"Who is going to kill you? Didn't you hear the emperor say, you go!"

"Huh? Really, really..."

"Stop fucking nonsense, get out!"

Wells disembarked tremblingly, gathered the other captives, and then everyone boarded the Flying Shark with expressions of horror and doubt.

The ship has a long and narrow hull and is fast, making it suitable for scouting.

Because of this, it is not equipped with artillery, just to maximize the speed of the ship.

The sails were raised, and the Flying Shark set sail.

Under the huge shadow of the ironclad ship, slowly, headed west.

Welsh stood at the bow of the ship, carefully looking to the rear, he was even ready to accept the baptism of artillery fire at any time.

He would not be surprised if the ironclad fired suddenly.

However, as the distance got farther and farther away, the long-awaited artillery was not fired.

Is it...

Wales wondered, did the other party really let him go?

Why……
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PS: I heard that there is an Easter egg chapter, you can post pictures, I don’t know what it looks like, if there is any update reminder, I will try to post it, it is roughly the prototype of the Zheng He Ironclad Ship in my mind.

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