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Chapter 348 0345 [Grandpa Dragon King, please spare my life] Additional update

On the boundless blue sea, a giant ship broke through the waves and sailed on the sea.

Three smaller warships, in the shape of a "C", sailed in front of the giant ship.

On the left and right sides are fire ships and tug boats.

Behind the giant ship are eighteen cargo ships loaded with cargo.

For six days, they sailed along the coast of Shandong.

Now, we have arrived in Dengzhou,

This drive was calm and extremely smooth.

Next, it's just a matter of crossing the Channel and entering the North Sea.

When we arrived at Beihai, we were very close to Nigu Haikou, so we could arrive there within ten days.

In the cabin, the boatman skillfully steered the giant ship toward the strait.

The route from Jiaozhou Bay to Beihai has become extremely mature after hundreds of thousands of years of maritime trade.

Even without the assistance of positioning instruments such as starboards and celestial rulers, the boatman can easily drive the ship into the North Sea based on ocean currents and wind directions.

Li Nanjia stood on the deck, with the sea breeze blowing in her face and ruffling the hair on her temples.

Summoning the messenger, she ordered: "We are about to cross the North Sea Strait. Please cheer up the soldiers."

Although the navy of the Kingdom of Jin was weak, it had to guard against it.

"Yes!"

The ordering soldier bowed and responded.

Before he could turn around and leave, he heard a sharp and piercing whistle from above his head.

Li Nanjia's eyes narrowed, and when he looked up, he saw the sentry on the observation deck, blowing his whistle and waving a small black and white flag.

Li Nanjia shouted loudly: "The enemy is attacking, all soldiers prepare for war!"

Wow!

As soon as the words fell, groups of navy soldiers rushed out of the cabin and came to their respective guarding areas in an orderly manner.

Kuang Zixin, wearing a paper armor, strode to the deck and asked in a deep voice: "How big is the enemy's army?"

Li Nanjia replied in a cold voice: "With black and white flags, there should be no less than fifty ships."

"Fifty ships?"

Kuang Zixin’s face was filled with disbelief.

Not to mention the Jin Kingdom, even if we added all the navies of Korea and Japan, we would not be able to make up fifty ships.

Not long after, hundreds of boats, large and small, appeared in the sight of Li Nanjia and others.

These ships are as large as more than thirty meters, and as small as only ten meters, they are blocked in the mouth of the strait in a mess.

"It's a pirate!"

Kuang Zixin recognized the other person at just one glance.

He was originally a pirate, and he quickly figured out the cause and effect.

When encountering a big prey that cannot be eaten by one person, it is common among pirates to find someone to work together to kill it.

But now that so many pirate forces have gathered, this is the first time Kuang Zixin has seen them.

Li Nanjia sneered: "These pirates are really bold and dare to cause trouble for our navy. They just happened to use these pirates to sacrifice the flag!"

"It needs to be resolved as soon as possible without delaying military aircraft."

After Kuang Zixin finished speaking, he shouted loudly: "Order the frigate to pay attention and stop the enemy fireship!"

No matter how big or small the ships at this time were, they were all made of wood, so fire attack was the most common tactic.

Sure enough, as the distance between the two sides continued to close, more than thirty small fishing boats rushed out and headed straight for the Shenzhou battleship group.

These small fishing boats are loaded with hay and firewood, and doused with kerosene to support combustion, and are controlled by three or five pirates who are proficient in water skills.

Whoosh whoosh!

Several blasts of wind sounded.

I saw six three-bow crossbows firing simultaneously on three frigates.

Arrows like spears shot out.

In the first round of mounted fire, half of the arrows missed, but three small boats were hit.

The terrifying power of the three-bow crossbow directly penetrated the fire ship, causing seawater to continuously pour into the ship.

Then came the second salvo.

After several rounds of volleys, more than a dozen fireships still broke through the fire net of three-bow bed crossbows.

Driving a fire ship to the bottom of a frigate, one pirate threw a hook lock and hooked the frigate firmly. When another pirate was about to take out a fire stick to light the hay on the ship, a dense rain of arrows struck. .

In an instant, the two pirates were shot into hedgehogs.

Of the more than thirty fireships, only five were successfully ignited.

However, before the pirates could be happy, several water jets sprayed out from the frigate, and the fire that was ignited was extinguished instantly.

Seeing this scene, Kuang Zixin couldn't help but sneer at the corner of his mouth.

What tricks did the pirates have? He was so clear in his heart, how could he not have a way to deal with it?

When the frigates and Shenzhou battleships were being built, he proposed to build several water tanks high on the ships.

It can be used as daily drinking water in peacetime, and used to douse fire boats in wartime, killing two birds with one stone.

On a pirate ship in the distance, Zhang Qing curled his lips and said, "I told you not to play with these fancy things and just charge straight to the kill."

Boom boom boom!

Accompanied by a burst of passionate drums, hundreds of pirate ships charged towards the Shenzhou battleship group.

Ni Mu stood on the deck, staring at a pirate ship that was more than thirty meters tall, constantly calculating the distance in his mind.

This pirate ship is the largest of them all.

After a moment, he said: "Flat angle, move the muzzle three inches to the left."

Upon hearing this, the main gunner immediately began to adjust the angle and direction of the siege gun.

After the adjustment was completed, the other two gunners immediately began loading gunpowder and shells.

"Ready!"

"fire!"

laugh!

The fuse was ignited, flashing with dazzling sparks.

boom!

The deafening sound echoed over the sea.

Zhang Qing stood on the deck, doing pre-war mobilization.

Suddenly, he saw a puff of smoke rising from the deck of the Shenzhou battleship, followed by a loud noise.

Just when he was confused, an iron cannonball struck like lightning.

Zhang Qing subconsciously wanted to dodge, but unfortunately it was too slow for the cannonball.

boom!

Zhang Qing's eyesight went dark and he lost consciousness forever.

The second master standing beside him heard a muffled sound and saw Zhang Qing turned into a puddle of flesh. Blood mixed with minced meat and internal organs spattered all over him.

However, the power of the cannonball did not stop there. After smashing Zhang Qing into a pulp, its power did not diminish, and it hit the second, third, and fourth...

After killing more than a dozen pirates, the shells slammed into the cabin.

When the wooden cabin was penetrated, splinters of wood flew across the air. These splinters were like sharp steel needles that could easily penetrate into the flesh, causing secondary damage to the pirates.

"Ahhhh!!!"

For a moment, there were bursts of shrill screams on the deck.

This scene was witnessed by the pirates on other ships on both sides, and all of them turned pale with fear.

They had never seen artillery before, and thought it was some kind of magic trick used by the Shandong Navy.

Otherwise, how could Zhang Qing and the other pirates be turned into flesh just seven or eight hundred steps away?

A precise shot hit Ni Mu's face with a smile on his face.

The two gunners quickly cleared the gun barrel.

After some observation, Ni Mu continued: "The elevation angle is one inch, and the muzzle moves three inches to the right."

"Ready!"

"fire!"

boom!

Another loud bang.

It's just that the shot missed. The shell almost missed a pirate ship and fell into the sea water, causing a splash several meters high.

Even so, the pirates on the ship were frightened.

There were pirates kneeling on the deck, kowtowing and chanting: "Grandpa Dragon King, have mercy on me, Grandpa Dragon King, have mercy on me!"

Ni Mu curled his lips and adjusted: "The elevation angle is one inch, and the muzzle moves two inches to the right."

boom!

After adjustments, the shot hit successfully.

Not only did it take away the lives of more than a dozen pirates, the cannonball also broke a treacherous pole on the ship.

After three consecutive shots, Ni Mu and other gunners stopped firing.

There was nothing we could do, the barrel temperature was too high and it would take a while before we could fire.

This thing is very powerful, but its shortcomings are also obvious. At most, after three consecutive shots, you have to rest for a while and wait for the barrel to cool down again.

And after firing thirty cannons, they have to be sent for maintenance, where craftsmen check whether there are cracks in the copper core, iron hoops, and barrel.

Once cracks appear, it cannot be used again, otherwise there is a risk of explosion.

During training at the Yidu Military Camp, Ni Mu had seen with his own eyes the horror of a gun barrel exploding.

Five gunners were killed on the spot.

One of the unlucky ones even exploded into the sky, flying seven or eight meters high.

When he fell, he was no longer human.

Since then, all gunners have been able to memorize the rules and regulations of artillery.

Even though these three cannons only killed twenty or thirty pirates, the real power was far more than that. At least half of the pirates were frightened and filled with fear, let alone the will to fight.

Seeing hundreds of pirate ships approaching, Ni Mu ran into the cabin excitedly.

The siege guns are useless, but there are still field guns!

Not long after, the three frigates collided with the pirate ship. Hook locks were thrown from all directions. After the ships were firmly connected with the hook locks, the pirates held knives in their mouths one by one and began to engage in battle.

"Kill!!!"

A loud shouting of death rang out.

When the pirates rushed onto the deck, they were greeted by powerful crossbows.

Whoosh!

A hail of arrows struck, and the pirates immediately fell in pieces.

The three frigates were surrounded by more than a dozen pirate ships, and the remaining pirate ships took advantage of the situation and rushed to the rear, heading straight for the Shenzhou battleship.

Kuang Zixin calmly ordered: "Sail at full speed, prepare field artillery on both wings!"

Facing the oncoming pirate ships, the Shenzhou warships did not dodge and rolled over them.

Seeing this, the pirate ships turned their rudders one after another to avoid the Shenzhou warship.

Are you kidding? What is the tonnage of the Shenzhou battleship, and what is their tonnage?

Just the two-foot-long ramming horn on the bow of the battleship, which was covered with thick iron sheet, was terrifying enough.

You can use your toes to know what will happen if you get hit.

Avoiding the collision angle of the ship's bow, seven or eight pirate ships took the opportunity to arrive at the left and right sides of the Shenzhou battleship. Just as the pirates were about to use hook locks, they saw the battleship's cabin window open and five dark gun barrels sticking out.

"fire!"

Boom boom boom!

Along with the deafening loud noise, bursts of thick smoke rose into the air.

Although the range of field artillery is not as good as that of siege artillery, its range of damage at close range is extremely terrifying.

The spurting iron nails and caltrops covered an area of ​​several feet.

But after hearing a loud crackling noise, the pirate ships on both sides were instantly beaten into sieves.

In the cabin and on the deck, countless pirates fell to the ground and howled, and blood quickly stained the deck red.

"Keep going, field guns firing freely!"

Hearing the screams from the pirates, Kuang Zixin gave the order again.

Boom boom boom!

Field artillery fired one after another, constantly harvesting the pirates' lives.

The sea water gradually turned red, and broken wooden boards and corpses floated on the surface of the sea.

Li Nanjia held a machete in his hand and said with a complex expression: "Since the emergence of artillery, individual bravery will become increasingly useless in the future."

"Isn't this good?"

Kuang Zixin said with a smile: "In the past, it took several years or even ten years to practice martial arts before you could achieve some success. But with firearms, you can learn it in just three to five months."

"Yes!"

Li Nanjia sighed quietly.

"Run!"

The one-sided massacre made the pirates terrified.

Although everyone was trying to eat with their heads in their belts, no one wanted to die.

Now they are no longer fighting, but are being unilaterally massacred by the Shandong Navy.

Dozens of pirate ships fled in all directions without any hesitation.

The messenger asked: "Brigadier, do you want to pursue us?"

Kuang Zixin waved his hand: "No need, they are just a bunch of trash fish. We will deal with them slowly later. The most urgent task now is to transport food and baggage. If the military plane is delayed, I can't afford it."

　PS: The protagonist’s template was written with reference to Xiang Yu, and it was even weakened a bit. If you think the protagonist's military power is fantasy, you can read Xiang Yu's achievements in the history books and you will find that the protagonist is actually normal.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)