The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 426: Zhu Yuanzhang is greedy again, Master Ye custom-made firearms for them, and Wang Baobao wins the first battle!
The deputy general in charge of artillery and archers was quickly issuing combat missions according to Wang Baobao's orders.

The artillerymen and archers who received the order were also ready for bombardment and preparation for firing divine machine arrows.

At this moment, all the soldiers on each deck held their breath.

At this moment, in this sea area, apart from the sounds of waves and rapids, there was only the sound of the roaring Japanese soldiers that kept coming.

Standing in the command booth, Wang Baobao, in addition to looking at the real-time position of the enemy ships, focused more on the real-time local sea area in front of the enemy's front row of battleships.

On the blue sea surface, the surging white waves can fully reflect the local current conditions.

In Wang Baobao's eyes, white waves coming from east and west were rapidly attacking the enemy ship.

The reverse current generated by the enemy ship's rapid breach of water interacts with the current coming from the east and west.

Finally, among the twenty Japanese warships imitating the Tang Dynasty that were moving forward in staggered rows, the ten warships in front began to deviate slightly.

Their direction deviations are also inconsistent, either to the left or to the right.

After all, they were rebels of the Tang Dynasty. Their military command system was still in a good shape. From the issuance of orders to the implementation of orders, it was not much slower than that of the Ming Dynasty.

"Wait a little longer and we can launch."

But even so, they were secretly praying to their 'Amaterasu', hoping that the huge enemy ship on the opposite side could fire their guns later or miss them all.

In the command booth of the front row fighting ship, the captain and general discovered that the helmsman at the stern of their ship had tried his best, but still could not control the bow of their ship from deviating from the course.

One of the captains and generals shouted: "Archers, fire up, prepare to launch!"

After the cannon retreats, the artillery only needs to reload and push out of the parapet to carry out the next bombardment!
Twenty hot solid artillery shells, dragging black flowing clouds, drew an extremely conspicuous black parabola against the background of the blue sea and sky.

Just when their bow direction shifted significantly, twenty cannons opened fire one after another.

"Magic Arrow, launch!"

"General, if we don't control the course, the accuracy of our trebuchets, crossbow beds, and bows and arrows will deviate even further."

"General, the current is too chaotic and fast, and our course has seriously deviated."

These Japanese oarsmen were bumped everywhere in the bottom cabin, their heads were bleeding, or their limbs were broken directly.

But this makes no difference to Wang Baobao, because what he wants is a deviation in the direction.

Just when the twenty Japanese captains of the Southern Dynasties were thinking like this, their lieutenants also came to report.

Finally, they bombarded heavily above the waterline of the enemy's first platoon of battleships.

In order to adapt to this powerful recoil, the base of the cannon still has two wheels.

And at this moment,
At the commander's booth of the Ming Navy's Blue Army Ship, Wang Baobao immediately frowned slightly, and then shouted: "Fire!"

The next moment, the twenty cannons on the left, under the control of the artillery, were already aiming at the ten enemy ships in the front row of the enemy's first army in pairs.

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In an instant, sawdust was flying everywhere, and when a cannonball hit it, a huge hole was formed, and the diameter of the hole had already extended to below the waterline.

The First Army of the Japanese Navy of the Southern Dynasties, on the deck of the front row of battleships,

The sky-shaking cannons fired one after another, and the cannon barrels extending out of the parapet continued to retract under the powerful recoil.

After the Japanese captain issued the order, his lieutenants also began to prepare individually.

Their fists kept clenching and their palms were filled with sweat.

The fierce intrusion of seawater instantly lifted the oarsmen in the bottom cabin.

"Trebuchet loaded, ready for launch!"

"idiot!"

And the consequence of them drifting with the current during the sinking process was the fierce impact, and the ten fighting ships in the back row had no time to dodge.

In the command booth of the twenty battleships of the First Army of the Japanese Navy, all the captains and generals held their breaths.

"Launch, launch for me with all your strength"

The shrill wails could not prevent the hull from rapidly tilting and sinking, nor could it prevent the hull from drifting with the current due to loss of power and directional control.

There is no way, their power is not as powerful as firearms, and even the range is only half of that of Daming firearms!
After a while, their eyes were filled with hope, and in their minds they thought, 'Amaterasu ghosts and gods have appeared? '

Soon, all twenty battleships of the First Navy of the Japanese Southern Dynasty were ready for attack.

On the decks of the ships of the First Army, these Japanese soldiers who originally screamed fiercely have all turned into wailing drowned dogs, or the wailing drowned dogs in the future.

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Their only remaining crossbow beds and archers fired with all their strength.

You must know that their distance at this moment is already within the range of the cannon. If they don't fire anymore, they will have to enter the range of their trebuchets and crossbow beds.

Because as the distance got closer, they could clearly see the twenty black and thick gun barrels protruding from the parapet of the deck!
"Crench!"

If it hadn't happened, the Ming Navy commander's ship facing them from the side would not have fired its shots.

"Crossbow bed, ignite the crossbow and prepare to launch!"

It must be revealed!

"hold on!"

As for those trebuchets that have not fallen into the water, they no longer have the ability to launch.

You must know that the launch of a trebuchet cannot be operated by one or two people. They cannot use the trebuchet at all on a deck like this that is like an eight-magnitude earthquake.

They were lucky enough not to be killed by their own trebuchet!

On the admiral's ship at the center of the Japanese fleet, Chiba Chongwu and Yamamoto Kazuki both reached out and grasped the railing next to the fighting pavilion.

Such a result in the first battle is extremely heart-wrenching for them!
Such a result of the first battle can only be described by the phrase "halfway through the battle, you will die"!

What they can expect now is that the various types of arrow rain that have drawn parabolas in the sky can cause certain damage to enemy ships.

This was the first and last attack on the Daming Shuai by the First Navy of the Southern Dynasty of Japan.

They don't expect to cause any devastating blow, as long as they can knock off a piece of wood from this huge and hateful Daming Shuai, it can be regarded as a result that will not be 'zero'!
Aboard the Ming Dynasty Blue Army Commander Ship, the deputy general immediately gave an order: "Defense!"

The next moment, all the standing naval soldiers raised their shields diagonally when they should have done so, and squatted and hid under the parapet when they should have done so.

As for Wang Baobao's surroundings on the command booth, they had already been protected in all directions with shields by his own soldiers.

Soon, these flying arrows hit the side panels and deck of the ship.

"how is this possible?"

"How is this possible?" On the ship of the Japanese admiral of the Southern Dynasty,

Chiba Chongwu and Yamamoto Kazuki looked at the scene in front of them and exclaimed in their hearts.

If there weren't so many subordinates watching, or if they weren't concerned about the general's dignity, they would have screamed out loud.

In their eyes, most of these arrow rains composed of ordinary bows, ignition bows, and giant crossbows hit the Ming Navy's commander ship.

But after they hit the side plate, they all created a trail of sparks and then turned urgently into the sea.

As for the rain of arrows that hit the deck, they were either blocked by the shield or fell down powerlessly.

After the movement of the arrow rain passed, the soldiers guarding Wang Baobao lowered their shields again and moved out of sight.

Wang Baobao looked at this scene and immediately remembered what Ye Qing said to him while pointing at the 'Hull Armor'.

"Look carefully at every square piece of armor anchored to the hull. Without exception, they are all high in the middle and low on all sides!"

"It's not so much a piece of armor as it is a 'four-sided pyramid' with a slope so small that it's not easy to detect!"

"Although the slope is so small that it is not easy to detect, there is a slope after all."

"Such a slope can cause all armor-piercing arrows to deviate in trajectory at the moment of contact, thereby losing most of their penetrating power."

Wang Baobao suddenly realized: "By changing the direction of force, we can achieve the effect of unloading force!"

Ye Qing just nodded and smiled, giving Wang Baobao an affirmative look.

When Wang Baobao thought of this, he smiled and nodded with satisfaction, and at the same time said to himself: "Brother Ye, you are so talented."

"I didn't quite believe it at the time that such a small slope could have such a good force-relieving effect."

"But now I see that the giant arrows from the crossbow that can shoot through men and horses can only pass by!"

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Just when Wang Baobao was sighing like this, the Ming Dynasty's arrow rain also hit a large area, and the deck of the second row of Japanese fighting ships was smashed to pieces by the first row of fighting ships.

It was already difficult enough for these Japanese soldiers to stand on the deck that was like an eight-magnitude earthquake.

Now we are about to be hit by the divine machine arrow again!

The Ming Dynasty's magical arrows are, to put it bluntly, arrows with a gunpowder barrel tied to one end of the arrow.

As long as the fuze at the tail of the arrow is ignited when it is launched, it can explode at the same time as it hits the target, or shortly after hitting the target, or even in the sky above the target.

The Shenji Arrow is not a product of the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, but a firearm of the mid-Ming Dynasty.

While Ye Qing created it in advance, he also made some improvements. In addition to the shape of the arrow being more aerodynamic, the formula in the gunpowder barrel was also improved.

In each gunpowder barrel, in addition to the corresponding amount of gunpowder, there are also a lot of irregularly shaped iron filings.

Of course, there is also a lot of 'lead' waste produced by manufacturing solid artillery shells!
Lead is a soft and malleable weak metal, but also a real heavy metal!

In modern cities, lead can be used in building lead-acid batteries, warheads, shells, welding materials, fishing equipment, fishing equipment, radiation protection materials, trophies and some alloys.

But in this Ming Dynasty, those were military firearms materials that were banned by the people!
The main reason why solid bullets use a large amount of iron and lead as raw materials is because they are thick and have a strong bombardment effect.

And Ye Qing added lead waste into the magic arrow because lead is 'highly toxic'!
This is Ye Qing's exclusive firearm tailor-made for the Japanese country. People like Bei Yuan, who will become China's enemies in the later stages, are not qualified to try this special firearm!
This is the real reason why Ye Qing did not make such firearms during the Yanmen Pass defensive battle, but made a large number of such firearms during the war against the Japanese!

After a large number of divine machine arrows were launched,
Twenty "sniper" level archers who had been transferred to the enemy ship's command booth fired their magical arrows at the enemy ship's command booth.

At this very moment,
A goshawk flew above. While it was frightened by the explosion below, it also looked down curiously.

Within the eagle's eye, there were explosions on the deck of a Japanese navy battleship!
Since the amount of gunpowder in the magic arrow was not too much, the fire caused by the explosion disappeared instantly.

But their explosions sent high-temperature iron filings with lead powder attached, as well as high-temperature tiny lead chunks flying everywhere.

"what!!!"

"My face, my face!"

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Some Japanese soldiers' eyes were shot out on the spot, some had half their faces bruised with blood, and some had their bodies and limbs injured.

They howled in pain and either rolled on the deck or jumped into the sea.

Blood quickly stained the sea surface red, and sharks with obvious fins also rushed towards us!

Of course, the most miserable ones were not these Japanese soldiers, but the Japanese naval captains of the Southern Dynasties who were directly shot in the chest by divine machine arrows.

Their armor was blown away in all directions, and their flesh, blood and organ fragments were also blown away in all directions.

After a while,

The twenty Japanese and Southern Dynasties Navy imitation Tang warships that launched the first round of attacks on the Ming Dynasty Blue Army Commander Wang Baobao were all lost their combat effectiveness and even all mobility capabilities.

None of them sank completely immediately, but they became completely silent after passing by the Ming Blue Army's handsome ship.

At this point, the only evidence of their existence is the wood debris still floating on the water, as well as so many floating corpses and Japanese soldiers still fluttering helplessly!
The officers and men of the Ming Dynasty Blue Army at the rear looked at the remnants of the Japanese and Southern Dynasty navy approaching them. After a moment of silence, they immediately started cheering.

"Well done!"

"This marshal from the grassland is so awesome!"

"At first I thought he was beaten and run around by Xu Shuai all the time, so he wasn't that powerful!"

"What are you talking about? Being able to escape from Xu Shuai's hands several times is already very impressive!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is not blind, otherwise he would not be named 'The Wonderful Man in the World'!"

"Of course, since he is so powerful now, we, Mr. Ye, should take the lead!"

"At first I was a little scared when I saw so many enemy warships, but now I'm scared as hell!"

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Ye Qing and Zhu Yuanzhang were also cheering and applauding on the vice-admiral's ship.

Only Zhu Yuanzhang and the others, who were lying on the guardrail of the female wall and watching this scene, had not said a word until now.

But except for Ye Qing, everyone's hearts were already in turmoil at this moment.

They all know Wang Baobao's commanding and combat skills.

But no matter how powerful your commanding and combat skills are, you must have good soldiers and good equipment to achieve the ultimate effect like this.

Beating his opponent twenty to zero without getting hurt?
Except for the naval battle at Baijiangkou, such a water-based battle was the only one in history.

Thinking of this, everyone looked at Ye Qing's profile with horrified eyes.

And there was a very strong look of 'greed' in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes!
(End of this chapter)