Chapter 122             The cannon is better than the cannon

This also shows that the water below has also been converted from fresh water to sea water. Where river water mixes and intersects, the flow direction of the water flow is chaotic after all, and even vortexes appear. Of course, it is impossible for a large vortex to reach the sky and the earth to appear like a movie. But at this time, the ship just cannot borrow the power of the water flow.

Whether it was the ships of the government army, the ships of the Japanese pirates slowed down at this moment.

The official army ships gradually dispersed through the pursuit of this journey. No formation could be preserved.

After retreating all the way, Wang Zhi stood at the bow of the boat and looked carefully with a thousand-mile mirror. Fortunately, Wang Zhi felt something was wrong before this. Therefore, his position was relatively backward and he was not hit.

Wang Zhi gritted his teeth and said, "Haifeng."

Mao Haifeng said: "What are the adoptive father's instructions?"

Wang Zhi said: "This is the time to fight for life. The ship speed here has dropped, and the official army brigade has also dispersed. Our ships have more ships than the official army and have rich experience in water warfare. At this moment, the victory or defeat of the counterattack is still between the two. You also know that if we lose this battle, the East China Sea will be so big that there will be no place for my father and son to stay."

Mao Haifeng understood what Wang Zhi meant and said, "Entertainment Father, you sit here, I'll go now."

Wang Zhi said, "No need. I mean, now all the ships are handed over to you, and my boat is handed over to you to command. I will be here, win, and go straight to Nanjing. I want to shock the world of the Ming Dynasty. If you lose, you, my father and son will go to the underworld together."

Wang Zhi was also ruthless.

In history, Wang Zhi was lured by Hu Zongxian and then killed, and Wang Zhi partly fell apart. Although it also caused a large number of Japanese pirates to fight back, there were wars from Jiangnan, Zhejiang and Fujian. It was not until the 41st year of Jiajing that it was slightly calm.

But overall, no one can organize all the pirates. The Japanese pirates who fight on their own naturally do not have that great ambition.

Wang Zhi has been forced to do something cruel. He had the intention to negotiate peace before, but now he has no choice but to let Zhou Mengchen see his power.

But Wang Zhi was so fierce that he was indeed extraordinary.

The greater number of Wang Zhi's direct lineage is a merchant ship, which is no different from the ships of ordinary Japanese pirates. But it does not mean that Wang Zhi has no killer weapon. He has a fleet of several ships, all of which are large ships. Among them, there are five ships, which are even a circle larger than the ships of the Ming army.

It is said that two or three of these ships were sealed by the imperial court at that time.

What is a ship used by envoys of the imperial court to send missions to foreign vassals. Because we want to promote the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the ship is large, it can be built as large as possible. From this perspective, the Zheng He treasure ship seems to have the same function. After all, the Zheng He treasure ship is also on missions for diplomatic purposes.

Anyway, after Zheng He's fleet, the largest ship built by the Ming Dynasty was to seal the boats. However, the number was not large, because the foreign vassals that the Ming Dynasty needed to seal the boats were only Ryukyu, Korea, and Annan. Sorry, the role of sealing the boats was generally to enthrone the vassal kings. Annan had never had the status of a king in the Ming system. Therefore, whether the King of Annan was elected as an emperor or a king in the country, it was just a chieftain in the Ming Dynasty. So it was not enough to use such a large ship.

Most of these sealed boats are face-saving projects. Think about it, how often the kings died in North Korea and Ryukyu are. Generally, if you use them once, you will be sealed. What you need to use next time will no longer be used. Unless the frequency of two kings dies too quickly, you must create new ones.

As mentioned earlier, if a wooden boat is well maintained, it will be fine if it has been used for a hundred years.

Therefore, whether these unusable ships are really unusable or unusable is also a problem.

Wang Zhi’s money is driving the way, but he can’t get any kind of ship.

And these sealed boats were made from the Flangji.

These cannons are even more sophisticated than the Ming cannons. This is also caused by Zhou Mengchen's weapon ideas. Apart from the cannons that killed Altan in the city of Beijing, Zhou Mengchen never thought about building a very good cannon. He thought of mass production of qualified quality cannons and turning artillery from artworks to crafts.

This is also determined by the size of the Ming Dynasty. In some small Western countries, dozens of fine artillery cannons are enough to become the pillars of national defense. However, for the Ming Dynasty, there are so many places in the world that require artillery. Just changing all nine sides to defense is impossible without a thousand or two.

Wang Zhi's main force came forward, and when the speed of both sides decreased, he joined forces with the official army. For a moment, the artillery of both sides bombed. Most of the pirate ships between the two sides were shocked and inexplicably. Because it was very pleasing to fire the gun on the ship. Many artillery mistakenly hit the secondary car and hit other pirate ships.

However, no matter what, Wang Zhi's behavior came out and cheered up most pirates. In particular, the Ming army's ships slowed down. The pirate ship's flexibility and fast reaction were also demonstrated.

Just over ten miles outside the estuary of the Yangtze River, the two sides fought in a melee.

The test for the Ming army has just begun.

Yu Dayou's troops are the best at water warfare. Lu Tong's troops are still okay, and Tang Kekuan's troops and Liu Xian's troops are just brave enough to fight and kill. The Japanese pirates are all seeking life at sea. People who really can't beat them will not be able to eat this bite at sea. So Wang Zhi was able to unite these pirates and establish a certain order, but these orders are based on the establishment of force. Without force, it is impossible to gain a foothold at sea.

Although many pirates suffered great losses and have now escaped quietly, there are still many pirates who want to persist in fighting. After all, most pirates understand the significance of today's battle, especially the government army has such a large fleet of ships under the pretext of shipping, and they will no longer be able to move around in many places along the coast in the future.

In order to be able to rob freely in the future, we must defeat the navy of the official army today, so that they dare not have this idea again.

For a moment, the two sides were in a stalemate. At this time, the artillery fire of the Ming army played a role, with thousands of small cannons and hundreds of cannons. Although in Zhou Mengchen's view, the number of cannons was still insufficient. The small cannon that could only shoot more than a hundred feet, sometimes even a trace was left on the other side of the ship. What kind of cannon is it?

There are only two cannons that can really work in one ship. There are too few, but there are fewer Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty. Most of the artillery of pirates are purchased by themselves, and a small cannon costs hundreds of taels of silver. The production price of military weapon supervisors is no more than ten taels.

The cannon, even the most 500-pound cannon, is at least more than 100 taels. And it is even more valuable to pirates.

The cost gap makes most pirates reluctant to spend too much money, and they don’t think they need too many artillery. Nothing else, artillery is useful in naval battles against powerful players. But for ordinary merchant ships, there is no difference between having or not.

Even a waste of money.

But they thought this way and suffered a lot in this battle.

Although the Ming army was in trouble during the melee, overall, no ship was lost, but the captain and sailors died and injured a lot, relying on dense near-defense firepower. It confirmed Yu Dayou's view that there is no other way to naval battles, large ships beat small boats, cannons beat small cannons, and small cannons beat no cannons.

However, in the face of the flexible and maneuverable tactics of the Japanese pirates, the Ming army had no good idea. So more than a thousand ships fought in this sea area, forming a stalemate.

Faced with this situation, Liu Xian couldn't sit still.

Liu Xian is not very good at naval battles. He can stand firm on the ship. He only fights from the perspective of defending the city. In short, he is often passive under the siege of Japanese pirates. Even Liu Xian's ship was accidentally surrounded. A group of pirates rushed up.

This made Liu Xian show his power, waving a long sword in his hand. Although he was only wearing a light chain mail, he opened and closed, and had advances and no retreats. He was like a knife and a single sword. In a moment, he killed all the Japanese pirates who rushed up.

Liu Xian felt that every hair was open and very comfortable. He thought to himself: "This is what I, Mr. Liu, want to fight."
Chapter completed!