The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 423 Master Ye revealed a secret, multi-stage rockets were prepared for war, and Wang Baobao was in charge of the Ming Dynasty!
"Aim at the enemy ships that emerge."

"fire!"

In fact, on the deck of a handsome ship called a 'three-masted gunboat',

After the artillery observer on the left gave an order, the artillerymen began to aim individually.

The window used to extend the gun barrel out of the parapet is much wider than the gun barrel, which gives the artillery a certain degree of free aiming authority.

After all, they are on a moving ship, bombarding moving targets, so it is impossible not to give them such authority.

Whether the cannon can hit depends not only on the distance observer, but also on the experience of the aiming gunner.

It is obvious that these newly formed navies do not have much experience, especially the experience of attacking targets that move in a straight line while moving laterally. It can be said that there is very little experience.

But even with little experience, ten of the twenty shells hit.

Just these ten shells caused three Japanese warships that had just left the port to lie directly on the seabed!
"Well done!"

"Tell the artillerymen not to blame themselves for wasting ten rounds. If they can hit ten rounds in the first actual combat, it is already very good."

"Whenever they can hit all twenty shots, after the war is over, I will reward each of them with ten shots."

"Not only the artillery on the left, but the artillery on the right as well!"

Wang Baobao stood on the commanding pavilion, looking at their results, watching the Japanese ship being smashed with a big hole, watching the sea water quickly pouring into the cabin, and watching the Japanese soldiers quickly entering the water, he couldn't help but want to be brave. Bundle!
When the soldiers heard this, they were also very positive.

Not just because of the ten-guan bonus, they didn't know why. Anyway, as soon as they saw the Japanese soldiers being bombarded and heard the Japanese soldiers' screams, they felt extremely comfortable.

Even they themselves can't explain why they feel so comfortable!
It is simply much more enjoyable than holding a girl and drinking wine!

"Quick, load the gunpowder."

"You have to be quick and fill me up with gunpowder."

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The soldiers were so active that the gunner responsible for loading gunpowder was obviously very fast, but the aiming gunner still felt very slow.

In this way, they bombarded for several rounds before they finally managed to hit all 20 shells on the four Japanese Nanchao battleships that emerged.

After the artillerymen on the left had perfected their skills, Wang Baobao ordered again: "The warships on the right of the Japanese Nanchao Pier have successfully sailed out."

"Order to the power cabin to retreat quickly, keep the distance, then use the right rudder, and the artillery on the right to prepare for battle."

Almost at the same time, the bell in the power cabin rang rhythmically.

In the artificial power cabin,

The cabin captain in charge of drumming loudly said: "Stay still on the left side, paddle on the right side, and make an emergency turn."

"After the bow is straightened, sail at full speed!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his thick arms began to beat their war drums rhythmically.

At this moment, this huge battleship is a huge dragon boat!

They must win this dragon boat race!

Encouraged by the war drums, the oarsmen made the boat turn quickly.

Immediately afterwards, they should paddle in both directions, add the pedal keel, and the two power systems can quickly output.

But this cannot be blindly fast. It must be fast with a unified rhythm and frequency. Only when the rhythm and frequency are as unified as possible can the speed of the ship be raised to the fastest while ensuring that the hull is relatively stable.

When the boat is moving at high speed and the wind direction is turbulent, whose boat is the most stable will have a greater chance of hitting the opponent.

In order for them to have a unified rhythm, Ye Qing even hired a coach for them!

Yes,

The cabin chief drummer of each ship is a senior dragon boat racing drummer.

Whenever a dragon boat race is held during the Dragon Boat Festival, paddlers, led by drummers, will shout chants and paddle in time with the drumbeats to achieve the best rowing effect.

It's the same now. Whether they're paddling or pedaling, they're all shouting chants, in time with the drumbeats, and pumping out rhythmically at the same time.

On the warships of the Southern Dynasty of Japan,

Their captain was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.

"how is this possible?"

"One ship can top four of our ships, and it's iron-clad on the outside. How can such a heavy guy be so fast?"

"Outflank, outflank!"

"Idiot, you can't even catch up with me, why are you outflanking me?"

"Look, he turned sharply again and faced us sideways."

On the deck of the battleship at the front, the captain, reminded by the lieutenant, looked at the scene in front of him and his eyes widened when he saw so many gun barrels sticking out.

He shouted loudly: "Spread out quickly, spread out on both sides."

The deputy also shouted loudly: "Our ship is not as flexible as it. If it wants to turn sharply, it must slow down."

"Slow down and spread out!"

On the handsome ship where Wang Baobao is,

He looked at the Japanese Southern Dynasty fleet within range and began to slow down and turn to both sides, only narrowing his eyes slightly.

In his opinion, the best opportunity is when the enemy ship starts to turn but the turn is not completed.

At this time, the enemy ship is moving the slowest, and the exposed strike points are like hitting a snake seven inches, or hitting a person in the waist.

Compared with hitting the bow of the ship, hitting the waist of the ship, whether it is the probability of hitting or sinking, is much greater than hitting the bow of the ship!

"Now, fire!"

The next moment, twenty solid artillery shells drew parabolas with black tail clouds in the air.

The first round of shelling still didn't hit all of them, but only a few shells made huge splashes.

Of course, there are also a lot of sea fish!

After a few rounds, the artillery on the right was hit by all twenty shells.

After several rounds of bombardment, seven enemy ships were sunk.

The Japanese soldiers on these seven enemy ships were either directly killed by the shelling, or they were still flopping in the sea.

Yes, they are all good swimmers!

But this is not a river or an offshore shoal, so whether you can swim or not has little bearing on whether you drown.

Their results are the same. Even if they don't drown now, they will be pursued and their country's warships will be involved in the bottom of the ship.

Wang Baobao looked at this scene, his eyes still burning, and he didn't say a word.

He just thought to himself: "It's time to plant the seeds of terror."

"The next thing I have to do is let the seeds of fear take root in their hearts!"

Thinking of this, he decisively ordered: "Put the bow outward and evacuate quickly."

Soon, the bow of the ship was pointed in the direction they came from, and quickly moved away from this sea area, like a sneak attacker who had just hit and run.

"idiot!"

"Chase, catch up with me!"

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At this moment, the Japanese navy of the Southern Dynasty was stationed in the port, and there was no longer a ship parked in the port.

Except for the dozen or so ships that were sunk, all of them had successfully sailed to sea and tried their best to pursue Wang Baobao's handsome ship.

After all, the Southern Dynasty of Japan had hundreds of warships imitating the Tang Dynasty. No matter how powerful the handsome ship Wang Baobao was on, it could not annihilate all these Japanese warships in the port.

The generals of the Japanese ships in the Southern Dynasty gritted their teeth with anger when they saw that they could never catch up to the stern of the enemy ship. They looked at the trebuchets and crossbow beds on their own ships that did not have enough range.

But apart from being furious, they also saw how powerful the Ming warships were.

"Is this the Ming Dynasty's navy?" "No matter how we learn from it, we are still so much worse than them."

"A handsome ship, just like that, destroyed a dozen of our ships!"

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Just as Wang Baobao expected, his method of monopolizing the pack of wolves indeed planted the seeds of fear in their hearts.

But at the same time, the seeds of greed were also sown!
Greedy for the Ming Dynasty's naval shipbuilding technology, greedy for everything in this country that has become the center of the world with its strength!
At this moment, the deputy general suddenly shouted to Wang Baobao: "Commander Wang, the stern gunner said, can you slow down a little and put the enemy ship within their shooting range."

"They said that the bow artillery and the artillery on both sides have fired, but they haven't fired a single shot yet!"

When Wang Baobao heard this, he realized that he had made a mistake.

He really didn't do a good job and actually ignored the stern artillery, giving the impression that the stern artillery was a stepmother.

Wang Baobao looked at the reference objects on both sides of the bay and immediately ordered: "Reduce the speed of the ship, let them enter the range of my stern artillery, let them fire two rounds and then distance themselves."

"Remember, control the distance between the two sides and don't let their long-range weapons take advantage!"

The lieutenant immediately clasped his fists: "The last general takes orders!"

A moment later, he heard the sound of cannons coming from the stern direction, the sound of enemy ships breaking, and the sound of enemy soldiers wailing and falling into the water.

And, of course, there was the cheering of the stern gunners.

At the same time, the number of cabins in this five-story ship was reduced layer by layer, and the various soldiers on the fifth-floor forward cabin also started to have opinions.

The first deck has the largest area. In addition to the artillerymen responsible for forty-eight cannons surrounding it, it has the largest number of close combat soldiers.

On the front deck of the four floors upstairs, there are archers, divine machine archers, and the 'Fire Dragon Water' multi-stage rocketeers on the top two floors!

Seeing that the artillerymen had already accomplished their feats, they felt the urge to give it a try.

Wang Baobao's soldiers who were full of fighting spirit were also very satisfied, but he still looked serious on the surface.

He once again looked at the coast reference on both sides and his own warships on the opposite side, and then immediately ordered: "Pass this commander's order."

"Stop advancing, quickly turn sideways to the battleship, anchor and prepare for battle!"

As soon as Wang Baobao finished speaking, the deputy general was stunned.

You must know that their current location is exactly in the center of this bay.

If they drop anchor and fight alone at this time, they will really give the enemy a chance to surround them.

But then I thought about it, this world-famous marshal would not be so reckless.

Although this marshal from the grasslands outside the pass is tough in his fighting style, he is definitely not a brainless fool.

Thinking of this, he no longer thought about it and went directly to give the order.

After anchoring, the vice-admiral ran back and said: "Commander Wang, let's raise the flag!" (The flag of the navy: specially used to gather the fleet for the decisive battle)
Wang Baobao ignored it, just looked at the ships of the Japanese and Southern Dynasties in front of him, and then counted silently in his heart: "Ten, nine, eighty-one!"

Just when he counted to one, all the hundreds of Japanese warships from the Southern Dynasties that were originally pursuing him stopped on the sea.

Yes, they all broke down too.

On the Blue Army Commander Ship, the officers all looked at each other in confusion. They really couldn't understand what these Japanese generals were thinking.

Logically speaking, they should take the opportunity to encircle them, but instead of taking the opportunity to encircle them, they hurriedly anchored and stopped the ship outside the range of the cannon?
The deputy general asked quickly: "Wang Shuai, what happened to them?"

Wang Baobao still looked forward, but said firmly: "Because, fear!"

Above Oji Harbor,

Chiba Chongwu, who was still dripping with water, and his lieutenants looked at this scene and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Chiba Chongwu nodded and said: "Admiral Yamamoto Kazuki is worthy of the title of his naval family and did not rush forward rashly."

The deputy general asked puzzledly: "Why can't you rush forward?"

Qianye Chongwu's eyes only jumped slightly, and he pointed into the distance and said: "Do you think there are so many enemy warships, why do they all anchor at the mouth of the bay?"

"If we surround this handsome ship, they won't rush over?"

"We've fallen into a trap!"

"We have already fallen into the trap when our entire army leaves the port!"

"We can no longer fall for the trap, we can only stop there and adapt to changes!"

The lieutenants listened to Qianye Chongwu's explanation and nodded in realization.

At this moment, Qianye Chongwu hurriedly said to the lieutenants: "You should hurry back to the Ghost Emperor."

"These naval forces are not our reinforcements, but reinforcements invited by the Northern Dynasty. The Northern Dynasty will soon know about the news of the war here."

"At that time, they will definitely attack Nara on land."

"You must lead troops to defend it!"

"After the victory here, I will immediately bring troops to help!"

Immediately afterwards, he said with piercing eyes: "As long as we don't continue to fall into the trap, we will definitely win."

As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped on the only boat that had not left the port and was specially sent to bring him here.

The lieutenants just bowed to him and ran back quickly.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the vice-admiral ship, could not calm down.

He held Ye Qing's monocular and looked at the handsome ship anchored in the center of the bay. When he looked at the enemy fleet in battle formation in front of the handsome ship, he suddenly had an illusion.

He only felt that they were like soldiers watching the battle standing on the city wall of Yanmen Pass.

And that lone giant battleship was a general outside Yanmen Pass, guarding the pass.

As for the enemy fleet opposite, they are the former enemy forces outside the pass!
However, the leader of the enemy forces outside the pass at that time has now become the naval commander in charge of the pass for the Ming Dynasty.

But it was precisely because of this that he was extremely worried.

He didn't want the 'wonderful man in the world' who finally surrendered to him to die in front of him.

"What is he doing?"

"What on earth does he want to do?"

"He rushed there alone for two purposes!"

"First, he wanted to show off the strength of the Ming warships and make the other party fearful!"

"Secondly, he is also trying to lure the snake out of its hole!"

"Now he has achieved both goals. Either he can directly lure the enemy over, or he should raise the 'waving flag' and let us rush over!"

"But he happened to be anchored between the two armies. What else does he want to do?"

"Isn't he afraid that the enemy will take the opportunity to surround him?"

Xu Da, Mao Xiang and Zhu Di also frowned secretly after listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's analysis.

Zhu Yuanzhang's temper was a little impatient, but as the commander-in-chief of the Poyang Lake naval battle, he was still very accomplished in this regard.

I have to say, his analysis is very right!
At this very moment,
Ye Qing grabbed his monocular and said, "You are still very self-conscious, please return it to me quickly."

Ye Qing looked at the lonely Ming Dynasty ship and the hundreds of Japanese enemy ships ahead that did not dare to surround him and said, "But they didn't surround us!"

"No,"

"They're also anchored out of cannon range!"

As soon as Ye Qing finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang and others realized that the other party could obviously take the opportunity to encircle them, but they did not encircle them.

Thinking of this, several people looked at Ye Qing again, looking forward to his answer.

But Ye Qing didn't answer. He just looked straight at the ship through the monocular telescope. It looked like the handsome ship where Wang Baobao was in charge of one man!

at the same time,

The scene of Wang Baobao chatting with him about tactics in private also appeared in his mind again!
(End of this chapter)