Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 458 Fight to Fame

When this kind of heavy artillery fires, its sound is like fireworks in the sky, while other artillery fires are like firecrackers on the ground, and the sound is not at the same level at all.

When Shi Lang's battleship was retreating, the soldiers on board would immediately realize that they were looking forward to such a cannon sound when they heard the sound of the cannon. They could hear it from the sound. They heard it in Zhenjiang and Jiangyin. After hearing the sound of cannons like this, he knew that Lord Jian Guo's main fleet had arrived, and this was enough for the red-haired boy!
Shi Lang and other generals all fixed their eyes on these chasing ships.

Seeing that Hong Maozi's five warships were all shot one after another, "Boom, boom..." There were five loud noises, and five balls of fire accompanied by billowing thick smoke rose from Hongmaozi's battleship. I saw Hong Maozi's stumps flying around.

"Transfer!"

After the giant ship Yangwei finished its first round of heavy artillery fire, its huge body turned 180 degrees in the sea, and the muzzle on the right was aimed at the five enemy ships that were already on fire.

"fire!"

"Boom boom boom..." There were five loud noises again, deafening, and five heavy shells flew out of the sky...

The five red-haired warships were triumphantly chasing the ships of the Ming army.There were nearly a thousand red-haired generals on the ship, without any warning, they only heard five loud bangs before being hit by shells falling from the sky.

With a bang, the mast of one ship was blown away by the gun, and the hull shook violently as if hitting a rock in the sea. The other ship fell to the center of the ship by the bomb. The roof of the upper level was lifted off.

Another shell fell on the port side and exploded. The ship was blown out of a big crater, the hull tilted, and a harsh squeaking sound was heard. The other two shells fell on the deck and exploded. All five ships caught fire on the spot.

The red-haired man on the ship flew up into the sky for some reason, and when he landed again, he was already a mutilated charred corpse, and some were blown to pieces on the spot, turning into a ball of fire and thick smoke rising up.Some fell to the ground after being shaken, while others fell into the sea.

The rest suddenly became a mess and fled in all directions. Some shouted to put out the fire, some hid in the cabin, and some were covered in blood on the deck like killing pigs, calling for help, but no one paid any attention. With climbing, the pride and clamor just now have disappeared without a trace.

Some red-haired men on the ship held binoculars and hurriedly started looking for the target, because they didn't know where the shells came from. The firepower of these "fleeing" bright ships was not so fierce at all. This must be the artillery on a large-tonnage warship. That's why it's so powerful.

At this time, five loud noises came from the sky. These red-haired boys had already had a conditioned reflex and knew what was going to happen. They ran with expressions of astonishment, some covered their heads, some lay on the ship, and some One was blown to the point where only one leg was left. Hearing the sound of the cannon, he stood up on one leg, dragged his bloody cry, and ran forward with the other half amputated. He fell down on the ship after just two steps. .

The red-haired boy who was looking for the target with the binoculars just saw the shadow of a giant ship through the thick smoke of the war, when he heard such a roar from far to near, he was so frightened that he quickly threw the binoculars and got down... …

Five shells came one after another, followed by five bangs, and they all hit the target again. Fireballs and thick billows rose up, and the five ships became even more lively.

Two guns per ship, impartial. After ten heavy artillery rounds, the five red-haired warships lost their combat effectiveness and all turned into fire ships. One capsized and two ships were seriously tilted, so there was no need to fight again. It is only a matter of time before it sinks under the sea.

There were two other ships that were in better condition. When they saw something bad, they quickly stopped chasing and turned around to escape.But the red-haired man on the ship thought so, the sails were already on fire, it was difficult to turn around, and he couldn't run anymore, and turned in circles on the sea, because the one or two hundred sailors on it suffered heavy casualties, and the operation was not effective. .

Shi Lang and the others enjoyed watching it, Hongmaozi is not arrogant now, what is meant by strong ships and cannons, it is not Hongmaozi, but the Royal Navy fleet of Ming Dynasty, and it is Yangwei, where Lin Yi, the supervisor of the country, belongs!

They even forgot to retreat, Shi Lang was excited to see, these red-haired warships were in a mess with fireworks, some capsized, some were sinking, and some were circling in the sea, he just wanted to command the fleet to rush over.

At this moment, his subordinates Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian shouted beside him: "Look, General, Yang Wei!"

Shi Lang turned his head and saw a four-storey giant ship approaching at high speed, chopping the waves.

This huge monster was getting bigger and bigger, Shi Lang hurriedly ordered his ships to avoid it.

At this time, there were several loud noises, and the two enemy ships that were circling in the sea were blown into pieces. The huge fireball mixed with thick smoke billowed up, and fell down one after another at the highest height, and the eyes disappeared.

Hongmaozi's more than 60 merchant ships and eight escorting warships were several miles away.

Of course, the red-haired boys here also paid attention to this battle. At the beginning, they saw that the Ming army’s ships were lost, they were blown up and sunk in the sea, and the rest fled. Through the binoculars, they watched with gusto, including the red-haired tycoon Fu Jia, who also had a bright smile on his bright face, pointing and commenting from time to time, and praised their naval warriors and battleships for their mighty invincibility. It is more to ridicule the backwardness of the Ming warship and the incompetence of the Ming navy.

On the command ship, the escort commanders of this group of fleets were also surrounded by many generals, making arrogant remarks. The commander-in-chief Kars shook his head and shook his butt, looking at the telescope for a while, and looking at his subordinates for a while. Nuzui giggled, and for a while he curled his mouth to look arrogant, showing extreme contempt for the Daming Navy, making them seem superior and unmatched.

But then, the situation changed suddenly.

It is estimated that they also heard the sound of the guns. Kars hurriedly put his binoculars on his eyes. He saw in the camera that five of his ships were on fire one after another. He was wrong, but their flag and the logo of the East India Company were still looming in the gunfire and smoke, and those unique sailor costumes that were flying, all of which showed that he was right.

"How is it possible?" He cried out involuntarily, let go of the binoculars, rubbed his eyes, and put it back on quickly. There were a few more extraordinary gunshots, and his battleship in the camera was even worse.

At this time, Kars's side was extremely quiet, and he could almost smell it. He was so stupid at that time. The binoculars in his hand and the astonishment on his face were frozen there. All the attitudes of contempt and contempt were swept away by the sea wind.

They didn't understand that this was at sea, where did the Ming army come from with such powerful artillery fire?They can sink five of their warships in the blink of an eye. Although these five ships can only be regarded as middle and low warships in Europe, they are enough to sweep the East and Southeast Asia.It was so terrifying to be sunk in the blink of an eye, even the Spanish Navy and the Portuguese Navy, the former overlords of the sea, couldn't do it. Could it be a thunder attack... My lord...

These red-haired boys are superstitious, and the thoughts in their brains don't know where they are going.

In the astonishment of the red-haired boys, a huge monster appeared in the lens of their binoculars, riding the wind and waves, and their faces became even more astonished, including their escort commander Kars, who was full of disbelief. The big guy I have seen - the giant at sea!

They put down the binoculars and looked at each other, and then put up the binoculars again. The Big Mac in the lens became bigger and bigger, and the outline became clearer and clearer. The flag of Ming Dynasty and the logo of Yang Wei, these guys who are called China hands certainly know it.

"How is it possible? How could Ming have such a huge ship? It's absolutely impossible!" Kars and the red-haired boys put down the binoculars in their hands and shouted, as if they saw the mountains without edges and the sky and the earth. Believe in the facts before you.

At this time, no one challenged them, but they put the binoculars in their eyes again, and the Yangwei was getting bigger and bigger, with a huge hull, a four-story design, and black hole muzzles arranged in three layers. They roughly counted at least sixty or seventy.

The bottom layer is full of armor and loaded with guns and live ammunition. These sailors must have at least a few thousand people. The number of soldiers on this huge ship is estimated to be more than the soldiers and sailors of their thirteen ships.

And he found that behind the giant, countless Ming army fleets followed, covering the sea in darkness.

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw—" Kars first called out hastily.The subordinates around him woke up like a dream, and they were in a mess...

Hong Maozi's merchant ships and warships hurriedly turned around and turned to the southwest.But it will take time for the 60 merchant ships and eight warships to turn around and flee.

Just at this moment, a more shocking cannon sound rang out again.

"Boom is boom boom... boom boom boom..."

A battleship was hit again, the hull caught fire, and the red-haired sons on it were shaken into the sea, and the rest of the warships were so frightened that they dropped the merchant ships and fled.

The red-haired men on the merchant ship were cursing at their mothers right now, of course they were scolding the escorting red-haired men, who ran for their own lives at the critical moment. Of course, merchant ships are not as good as military ships, and their firepower is incomparable. There are only a few muskets, no artillery, and they are equipped with Cargo, heavy and slow to move.

But you can't sit still, the merchant ship is also moving forward at full speed.But it was soon left far behind by the warship.

"We must let them pay their debts with blood, chase after them!" Lin Yi in the observation cabin held a binoculars to see that the red-haired man wanted to run away, and squeezed out a few words coldly.

The Yangwei was at full power, cutting through the waves like a fast gallop, and quickly caught up with these merchant ships. Of course, the Yangwei did not fire at these merchant ships. Through the binoculars, Ji Dong had already seen that it was a cargo ship, and it was 300 meters away from them. At that time, the red-haired boys on the merchant ship took out their muskets to fight back, but when the muskets on Yangwei fired, the red-haired boys on the ship fell into the water one after another, and some of them hid in fright.

The giant ship quickly approached these merchant ships. Lin Yi looked at the densely packed warships following behind, and immediately ordered: "The women's battalion will attack, all merchant ships will be detained, and the red-haired men on board who refuse to surrender will be killed!"

"Promise." Xiaoying and Zhezhe agreed, and Su Moer and more than 300 marines immediately changed into sailor uniforms, took muskets and short knives, stepped into the water one after another, armed and swam, targeting the red-haired boy merchant ship.

After the women's battalion was launched, Lin Yi commanded the giant ship to leave the merchant ship behind and continued to chase the seven red-haired warships.

Now the seven ships were in a state of distress, and when they saw that the giant was chasing after them, they all pulled up their sails, no one cared about anyone else, they just cared about running for their lives, and they didn't form any formation.

But Hong Maozi's battleship runs fast, and the giant runs even faster. Regardless of its large tonnage, it is full of power. First, there are 10 sailors stepping on the water wheel, and secondly, there are 10 masts and [-] sails on the ship. One sail is bigger than Hong Maozi's three-masted sail.

Therefore, the four hundred sailors below stepped on the water wheel together, and all the ten large sails above were pulled up, and they quickly caught up with the last enemy ship. When they reached the range of the range, a few shots were fired, and the ship smoked and burst into flames. The red-haired son on the top was blown away, and when the Yangwei passed by it, the ship had already sunk below the surface of the sea.

The remaining six ships fled desperately, and the Yangwei increased its horsepower. These warships started to fight back while running. Several water jets rose and fell in the front, rear, left, and right sides of the Yangwei. The hull deck was splashed with sea water, and there were many soldiers on it. The armor was wet, but they remained motionless, muskets in hand.

At this time, a shell roared and landed on the giant ship Yangwei. With a bang, a ball of fire shot into the sky, and the soldiers on the ship immediately put out the fire.Such shells are like tickling the battleship, and the giant ship continues to advance at full speed.

"Boom boom boom boom boom..." There was another burst of heavy artillery and a thousand catty Flang machine, and three more enemy ships were hit, one disintegrated on the spot, and two were paralyzed by fire.

The remaining three fled in three different directions.Ji Dong ordered to hold on to one of the big ships, leaving the other two alone. This time, within 10 minutes of chasing, the big enemy ship hoisted a white flag, which was a signal to admit defeat and surrender.

Ji Dong ordered the giant ship not to fire first, and soon he could see clearly without binoculars. The red-haired men on the ship lined up one after another, with their hands raised high, walked out of the cabin and lined up on the deck.

The Yangwei was approaching, and the 3000 musketeers on board quickly took control of the enemy ship. This is the capital ship of the thirteen enemy ships. Relatively speaking, it has the largest tonnage and the strongest firepower configuration, but they dare not compete with the Yangwei. They choose In order to surrender, the Ming army captured Kars and other 350 red-haired men alive.

But the other two red-haired warships escaped. Ji Dong used the binoculars to see that the ship ran too far and did not chase after it. At this time, they had chased for more than 40 miles. He looked through the binoculars and looked at the fleet of the Ming army behind. They all became little ants on the sea, and they couldn't go too far with a single ship, and the poor would not chase them, so Lin Yi ordered the enemy ship and Kars and others to return to the voyage.

When the Yangwei returned to the coastal waters to join the formation of hundreds of Ming warships, the battle here was over. Xiaoying swam across with the female battalion armed, approached the merchant ships and rushed to the ship one after another, easily controlled more than 60 merchant ships, and killed a total of More than 50 red-haired businessmen who did not know the current affairs were armed, and the rest became their captives.

The Navy ships counted the number of people. In this battle, a total of twelve Ming ships were damaged, and the Navy will suffer more than 600 casualties.

This battle taught Hongmaozi a lesson. He wiped out more than 2000 Hongmaozi, sank nine enemy ships, and detained more than 60 Hongmaozi's merchant ships. All the goods on the merchant ships became the spoils of the Ming army. And more than 350 Hongmaozi generals, plus more than 1000 Hongmaozi traders on the merchant ship, all became prisoners of the Ming army.

Since then, the Ming Navy battleship Yangwei became famous in the first battle.

(End of this chapter)