My son A Fei has the appearance of a sword master

Chapter 141 Encounter with the Portuguese Fleet

"Akkuli Monkey Yahou Ben (Whether your eyes are open or closed), Dida Lugong Gaho Da Hei (They will all see your lover), Gei Thi Gei Hongmei Ou Ya Na Ye (I How should I tell you, my friend), don’t tell me what love is like..."

"Lulu lulu lulu..."

"Puchi... cluck..."

"Oh, Zhu Qiqi, why are you laughing again? Can you still have fun? Is your laughter point that low?"

Looking at Zhu Qiqi, who was trembling on the flower branches and laughing like the sound of a hen laying eggs, and Li Tianxin, who was holding an acoustic guitar, he complained helplessly, and Shen Lang also laughed and shook his head.

On the Arabian Sea, five treasure ships and warships were spaced fifty feet apart from each other, sailing in a cone formation in a one-two-two arrangement.

On the deck of the leading pilot ship, the women each held a piece of paper in their hands, with a Tianzhu song transliterated in Ming Dynasty Mandarin.

But after watching a Tianzhu song and dance last night, everyone was very impressed by its lively and casual style.

Bai Feifei and Ruyi Huancui have practiced ghost dance since they were young, and they have profound dance skills, so they also want to learn Tianzhu dance.

It's not that they have to learn to please anyone. With their status, they don't need to please anyone in this world.

Li Tianxin respected them very much. Although the couple had a lot of fun in the boudoir, there was no such thing as pleasing. Even if they were pleasing, they were pleasing each other.

They learned Tianzhu dance to entertain themselves, so when Bai Feifei and the others proposed it, Li Tian had an idea and decided to make up a song and dance by himself.

In his previous life, he liked music very much. In order to understand English songs, he passed CET-[-] in English. Because he liked Sakai Spring water, he also learned Japanese.

Of course, another advantage of learning Japanese is that you no longer have to look for "Chinese subtitles" channels when watching movies.

As for Hindi, he really had no interest in it, so he didn't study it specifically. When he came across a song he liked, he used the empty-ear transliteration method to learn the song, and then searched the Internet for the general meaning of the lyrics.

When it comes to Hindi songs, apart from the song "I Played in the Mud in the Northeast", the song that impressed him most was the song "Burning Love", which was mistranslated as "The Bride Married, the Groom Is Not Me".

Not only is this song beautiful, its accompanying dance is also very cheerful and lively. The key is that the movements are simple and easy to learn, suitable for large groups of people to participate, and the more people there are, the more fun it will be.

So Li Tianxin planned to teach this song and dance to everyone, and everyone would have fun dancing together.

But when everyone was rehearsing, Zhu Qiqi would always laugh because of the transliteration of Konger and "Lulululu", causing everyone to be unable to sing.

"Sorry, sorry, give me some time, let me laugh enough and it will be fine."

Zhu Qiqi apologized repeatedly, took a few deep breaths, and started again. This time Zhu Qiqi finally stopped laughing.

In addition to practicing martial arts and presiding over factory work, Li Tianxin also made many musical instruments in his spare time.

Acoustic guitars, violins, violas, cellos, saxophones, trumpets, French horns, jazz drums, etc. were all produced.

Huan Cui plays the violin very well, Panda'er is also good at jazz drums, Shen Lang likes to play the saxophone, and everyone else is also good at it.

This time they went to sea with a full set of musical instruments, just to relieve the boredom of long voyages.

As time went by, everyone became more and more skilled in singing and dancing. Young linguists and sergeants who were not on duty were all allowed by Li Tianxin to join in and have fun together.

The dance moves of this song are indeed simple, and even the sergeants can learn it immediately, and soon the ship begins to sing and dance.

……

Two days later, the fleet was only dozens of kilometers away from the Maldives Islands.

It has been twenty years since they went to sea. Apart from some small fishing boats not far from the coast, they have never seen any other large ocean-going ships.

But today, when they were about to arrive at the Maldives Islands, they encountered another fleet.

The fleet consisted of fifteen sailing ships, but those sailing ships were less than ten feet long and less than three feet wide.

It was about twenty meters long and seven or eight meters wide. There was a very gorgeous flag hanging on the ship.

The flag as a whole looks like a crown. On the left and right sides of the crown, there are two symmetrical green western dragons with long wings.

Li Tianxin and the others sailed from the northeast to the southwest, while the fleet came from the north, and their target was obviously the Maldives Islands.

Although the speed of those sailing ships is far less than that of the treasure ships and battleships, they are located relatively forward.

After the group of linguists saw the flag on the ship through the monocular telescope, one of them said: "Mr. Li, that is the ship of the Flemish people. Judging from the flag, they are from the Kingdom of Portugal."

Li Tianxin nodded slowly when he heard this, already knowing what he was saying.

Today, the Maldives is still under the rule of the Delhi Sultanate of India, and the person in charge is called Prince Kannaunura.

But during this period, the Portuguese had already noticed this archipelago, and in a few years, it would become a Portuguese colony.

Today, a large number of ports in southern Tianzhu are occupied by the Portuguese. Not surprisingly, this fleet came from southern Tianzhu.

The Portuguese had not yet been to the Ming Dynasty and did not know much about the Ming Dynasty. The Ming people also had dealings with the Portuguese in Tianzhu, Persia, Dashi and other places, and their language was also learned by the Ming people abroad.

The Portuguese first arrived in the Ming Dynasty in the ninth year of Zhengde of Wuzong in the Ming Dynasty, that is, 1514 AD, which is still 40 years ago.

Li Tianxin ordered: "Go ahead and turn the fleet into a long snake formation. Let each ship be more vigilant. These Fo Lang robots are greedy and are opening up colonies all over the world. They may want to take advantage of our treasure ship."

"If the opponent approaches within 800 meters, signal them to keep their distance and not come any closer. If the opponent ignores them, once they approach within 600 meters, fire to sink them all."

The reason why it is 600 meters is mainly because the range of Western artillery in this era is about 500 meters, so 600 meters is almost the final absolute safe distance.

Although in fact, for the sake of accuracy, Westerners in naval battles often fire their guns only when they are within 200 meters, but this is just a precaution.

If the treasure ship was hit by a blind cat and a big hole was made in the treasure ship, Li Tianxin would be heartbroken.

Whether it can be repaired or not is secondary. The key is that Li Tianxin doesn't like his boat to become a broken ship, just like people don't like their car to become an accident car.

"Yes."

The ordering soldier immediately conveyed the order through the short-wave radio. When the Ming army officers and soldiers heard it, they suddenly became excited.

When they were attacking Southeast Asia, they fired mortars several times, and because the artillery shells were limited at that time, they were not satisfied at all.

After the cannon came out and was installed on the battleship, they only hit some dead targets during training and never engaged in a serious naval battle.

The main reason is that in this era, except for the Western countries, no country around the Ming Dynasty has a strong navy. Naturally, even if you want to fight, you can't find an opponent in this naval battle.

Now they hope that those Franji people will be ignorant and take the initiative to provoke them, so that they can enjoy the naval battle.

Their cannons have an effective range of more than ten kilometers. They can basically hit anywhere within a kilometer, and they can fire several shots per minute.To deal with the front-mounted smoothbore cannon of the Folang machine, it is simply a dimensionality reduction strike.

……

On the Portuguese ship, a crew member suddenly exclaimed loudly: "Captain, Captain Paul, come and see."

A big white man wearing a blue captain's hat and a Western rapier hanging on his waist came out of the cabin and asked, "What's the matter, Arnold?"

The crew member pointed to the side and said: "Look, the boat is such a big boat."

Captain Paul looked in the direction of his finger and was also surprised.

He immediately turned around, squatted down slightly, kicked off his feet, and soared into the sky, leaping nearly 20 meters high, and finally landed on the horizontal bar of the mast.

Captain Paul's jumping movements are not as light as the Ming Dynasty warriors performing Qing Gong. There is no concept of Qing Gong in the West.

Their jumps relied on physical strength and the support of the fighting spirit in their bodies. When he jumped up, the entire ship was pushed down by him.

After jumping onto the highest mast, Captain Paul set up a pergola and looked to the left and rear.

The fleet over there was at least two or three nautical miles away from them by visual inspection, but he could still see the ship clearly and even see some details. So how big must the ship be?
Moreover, the sails of those giant ships were not opened at all, but they were sailing at extremely fast speeds, even faster than their small ships.

What kind of ship is this?Where did it come from?

Captain Paul said excitedly: "God, I have never seen such a big ship in my whole life. Quick, get over there."

The order was given quickly, and the flagman notified other ships with flags. The helmsman immediately turned the helm, and someone else adjusted the sail angle so that the sails were always filled with wind and maintained the fastest sailing speed.

The fleet turned a corner and cut in front of the treasure ship fleet.

Because the Portuguese ships were not big, they were very close to each other. On the ship next to them, some people jumped on the mast to watch.

The people watching over there asked loudly: "Captain Paul, do you know where those giant ships come from?"

Captain Paul replied: "I don't know. I have never seen such a big ship. I will go over and check the situation later. If I have a chance, I will seize these five ships."

The people on the other boat were shocked: "Are you crazy? How many people can be carried on such a big ship? With such a small number of people, we can do well without being robbed by the other party."

Captain Paul said: "That's why I said we should check the situation first."

There were only 80 people on each of their ships, and the total number of people on the fifteen ships was only a thousand people.

The opponent's huge ship may be able to carry thousands of people on it. If you want to seize the ship, you can't fire cannons, otherwise they will be distressed if the giant ship is damaged.

But without firing, their ship is not as high as the opponent's, and the muskets cannot hit the opponent's people at all, so they can only board the ship for close combat.

Thousands of people against thousands of people, even if Paul was very confident in his guys, it was too dangerous.

So he planned to board the giant ship first, find out what was going on on the ship, and then decide how to deal with it.

Looking at the other party's sailing direction, it was obviously heading for the Maldives.

If there is no chance at sea, wait until you arrive in the Maldives to find an opportunity. Then, if you attack at night, the chance of success will be much greater.

Captain Paul is very confident because many people in their fleet are swordsmen.

He himself is a great swordsman. He has been out for more than ten years and has been to many countries. So far, he has never been defeated. There are not many people who can defeat him in his own country.

The great swordsman of the Kingdom of Portugal is already considered a top master, competing against the second-tier masters of the Ming Dynasty's martial arts.

Above the Great Swordsman are the Sword Masters, and there are only three of them in the entire Portuguese Kingdom.

As for the ceiling among Western swordsmen, there is only one person in the whole of Europe who is known as the Sword God, and his name is Johannes Richardnall.

In short, the first echelon of Western warriors are sword gods and sword masters from various countries, and the great swordsman is already the top master in the second echelon.

In the fleet formed by Paul, in addition to him, the great swordsman, there were more than twenty swordsmen, more than sixty great swordsmen, and more than 200 swordsmen.

These nearly 300 people gave Paul the confidence to travel all over the world and do whatever he wanted.

Although the rest are not swordsmen, they are no weaker than the elite soldiers. Moreover, they are equipped with the most advanced matchlock guns in the world and are not afraid of any opponent.

As the distance got closer, Paul and the Portuguese could feel more and more the shock brought by the giant ship, and their hearts became increasingly hot.

If they had such giant ships, wouldn't they be able to navigate the oceans and no longer have to be afraid of wind and waves?
……

On the treasure ship battleship, Shen Lang looked at the Portuguese fleet turning in front, and his eyes sank slightly: "Looking at the posture of these guys, it turns out they are coming with bad intentions."

Li Tianxin nodded and said: "The other party chose to turn and block in front of us instead of approaching us. It is obvious that they have malicious intentions."

Xu Faming stroked his beard and said: "The other party's ship is obviously slower than ours. If they run parallel to each other, we will soon be thrown away."

"Is it possible that the other party wants to communicate with us but is afraid of not being able to keep up, so that's why they took this step?"

Li Tianxin said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out, but the other party is from Folangji, so that is another matter. I am more inclined to believe that the other party is interested in our treasure ship."

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Army on each ship saw that the other party actually put up a blocking posture, turned from the front, and came towards them in a semi-arc shape. Naturally, they got the bad intentions of the other party.

A circle of windows on the battleship's hull was opened, and the slender barrel of the cannon stretched out.

Mortars were also set up along the upper deck.

Each treasure ship warship is equipped with 48 cannons, four at the bow and stern, and [-] cannons on the left and right sides.

At this time, five warships were arranged in a long snake formation, lined up in a row, with a total of twenty cannons in front, pointing at the fifteen Portuguese sailing ships, and there were also forty mortars waiting on the deck.

Seeing this situation, Li Tianxin quickly laughed and scolded: "You bad guys, we only brought so little possessions, so save them for me to shoot. There is no place to replenish the shells after they are all gone."

"coax"

There was a burst of laughter on the deck. Most of the sergeants from the Southern Military Region were from Guangdong and Guangxi. When Li Tianxin scolded them for being bad, each one of them was not only not angry, but also felt more friendly.

The messenger joked through the shortwave radio and said to the people on the other ships: "Mr. Li said, you bad guys, please save some money for me. We only have this little possessions, and there is no place to make up for it."

The officers on the other ships were also overjoyed, and the generals also felt that it made sense. They immediately ordered the ship's bow cannon to fire only two rounds at most, and aim at the bottom of the opponent's hull, hoping to sink it with two shots.

The mortars on the deck can only fire three shots at most. The first hit rate of the mortar is too low after all. One of the shots is used to test the ballistics, so in fact it can only fire two shots.

(End of this chapter)