On Zheng He's treasure ship, the soldiers of the Adan Kingdom formed a formation, protected by shields and spears, and thought they were very safe, but a number of strange things flew over their heads and landed in the middle of their queue, bouncing and smoking, and the soldiers naturally knew what it was.

"Gunpowder!" began to crowd one by one, and their military formation was immediately chaotic, but before they could react any more, the booming gunpowder bag exploded, red fire and gunpowder smoke burst out, and the gravel and broken iron wrapped inside exploded and splashed everywhere.

This is the gunpowder fired by the artillery machine of the Ming army, which can withstand a certain impact and is fired at a distance of 300 steps. At that time, the lethality of black powder was not very large, but compared with the powerful explosives of later generations, it was already very good at that time, more than six catties of gunpowder plus more than three catties of broken stones and broken iron, enough to kill and injure people within twenty or thirty steps.

People within a few steps will either die or be seriously injured, and those who are a little farther away will also be injured to varying degrees. It is not bad to be able to injure the opponent, but it can be regarded as reducing the combat effectiveness of the opponent, not to mention that with the medical conditions at that time, the mortality rate of the wounded soldiers was very high.

After the explosion, if you look from the outside of the military formation, the explosion heart frequently people fly, flying gravel and broken iron swept the queue, many people screamed and were hit by several bullets, although they were wearing rattan armor, but the rattan armor near the explosion could not stop the explosion, and the soldiers in the distance had no protection for their faces and limbs, and they were easily killed.

The array of Adan soldiers is very dense, and each one that falls into the gunpowder bag can cause dozens of casualties, especially the psychological impact it causes is very serious, it is a feeling of being completely powerless to resist in the face of powerful heavenly might.

Twenty artillery planes can fire 200 catties of explosives per round, and more than 70 rounds can be fired in one cup of tea, and a total of more than 10,000 catties of explosives can be fired. In fact, it was only fired five rounds, because there was not so much gunpowder to squander at will, but even then a thousand pounds of explosives were fired.

A thousand catties, an average of five or six soldiers can get a catty, taking into account the factors of repeated bombardment and many people lying down later, not all gunpowder packs can kill and injure many people, even so, the deck is emptied for more than half, two-thirds of the soldiers are incapacitated, and the rest are frightened.

With a sonorous sound, the Ming soldiers poured out of the deck and raised their weapons in their hands. The quality of the remaining more than 1,000 Adan soldiers is also not bad, and they quickly formed a military formation nearby, and the various small military formations are still close to each other and merging.

But then they were dumbfounded, because the Ming army took out several barrels of muskets and heavy crossbows, although they were only small muskets, but they broke their large shields and military formations, and there was no problem at all in killing and injuring them. Even if it's a heavy crossbow, packing up a dense infantry formation is like a game, it's all a string of penetrations.

If that were the case, then the Ming army, which had a clear superiority in numbers, would be able to slaughter them, stragglers and wounded soldiers.

"Jingle ......" the sound of weapons falling to the ground, surrendering at this time is the only sensible choice, if you don't want to die. Although there are a small number of mighty and unyielding fierce and vicious officers who do not want to surrender, especially officers who are in great danger of their lives, but most of the comrades-in-arms have surrendered, what is the use of a few of them not surrendering?

After receiving the prisoners, the prisoners were taken prisoner, the public trial, and the officers were killed, and the more than 5,000 elite soldiers of the Adan Kingdom were all wiped out. Nanyang people, who usually think they are good, really face the Chinese who have been tested by war for a long time, whether it is equipment, tactics or fighting will, they are not opponents at all, just like a lost dog facing a hungry wolf.

Chen Zuyi led the crowd to leave Zheng He's fleet, although he heard the explosions on the treasure ship repeatedly, but there was nothing he could do. If he goes back now, he will inevitably face a two-sided attack from the Ming army, and he doesn't know how many people and ships he will lose. Now the plan can only hope that the soldiers on the treasure ship can withstand a while longer, and at the same time kill and injure as many Ming soldiers as possible, he went back and brought reinforcements back, five or six for one, can also kill the Ming army.

At present, he is already riding a tiger, and he has to do it to the end, but can the Ming army let him do this?

Chen Zuyi is now facing great difficulties, because most of the people have already boarded the treasure ship, and the defense of his fleet has been greatly weakened, although there are still more people than the other side, but it is almost impossible to keep such a huge number of ships, especially so many small ships.

Most of the small boats only have one person left to operate the sails, at most there is one more steerer, there is no one to paddle the oars, the hull is fragile, the speed cannot be fast, there is no ability to fight back, and the only way to kill the big ship is to perish.

Despite this, Chen Zuyi still decided to work hard, he ordered all the small boats to sail to the middle of the fleet, escorted by the surrounding large ships, it seems that the safety of the small boats has improved, but in this way, the mobility of the fleet has been greatly reduced, and it has been unable to take the initiative to attack, and has almost become a large target. The big ship, in particular, has become a shield role.

The warships of Zheng He's fleet approached and harassed again and again, seeing the pirates on the opposite side waving their weapons, grinning their teeth, and having the virtue of daring to come over and fight with you, they laughed and raised their middle fingers frequently: "Cao, what kind of person is Lao Tzu, can he die with this gang of black-skinned monkeys? ”

Some stand on the side and scold, with a variety of insulting actions, and the Nanyang people are also doing it, but if you want to talk about these garbage things, China has a long history of culture for tens of thousands of years, but it is much more powerful than these barbarians, even if the language is not understood, it can completely drive the opponent crazy. There are also arrows that shoot slowly, taking the Nanyang people as a target for archery practice, and some stand on the side to face the other party, so as to insult the other party.

Chen Zuyi, who once ran rampant in the South Seas and was incomparably bullish, had almost blown up his lungs, almost exploding, and his hair stood on end in anger. Despite this, he did not lose his mind and ordered the hunt to kill, because at this time, it was he himself who was unlucky to disrupt the battle.

Wang Jinghong is Zheng He's deputy commander, as the deputy of Zheng He's fleet, he looked at it for a while, and found that the other party was not fooled, Wang Jinghong laughed loudly: "Don't make trouble, it's important to do business." "Ordered to remove two heavy crossbows from the cabin, tie them to the ignition items, and move a little closer, aiming at the sails of the opposing ship.

The effective range of the heavy crossbow is up to 500 paces, and the accuracy is not very good, especially with a fire strap, but in the face of a sail as large as a hill. Stab... Stab... Two shrill sounds rang out, and a large arrow more than three feet long flew over with a large ball of fire and flew towards the sails of the pirate ship.

However, the first shot was slightly off, but it was quite close, causing a sigh of regret from the Ming army and the fear of the pirates. Seeing that they were being bombarded, but unable to dodge, the pirates were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and before they could react, a second wave of attacks came.

"Bang, bang!" the two arrows pierced, and the breach burst into flames, and the pirates screamed in such a hurry that they lifted water to the sails. Some people even climbed the mast and carried water up to try to extinguish the fire, but if they climbed so high, could they not be shot into hedgehogs?

Chen Zuyi saw it jumping from a distance, originally he also had a heavy crossbow on his boat, but it was far away, and when he came over, the cucumbers and vegetables were cold, and he also had to consider the consequences of giving up the gap. He could only signal to the nearby boats to help the liner.

The sail was originally made of canvas, but it was already very dry and easy to burn under the scorching sun, and in a short time the whole sail had burned into a wall of fire. Finally, someone turned out the pump from the bilge that had not been used for 10,000 years, an artificial water pump, but by the time they finally finished the installation and started to draw water, the fire was already very big and difficult to extinguish, and the pump could not reach the height of the mast.

At last the thick rope of canvas tied to the high part of the mast burned, and the whole sail fell with a roar of fire. The pirates screamed and fled everywhere, and some hurriedly jumped into the sea, but they were prepared, and there were not many casualties.

The sails of the burning ship were blown by the wind and continued to burn on the ship's buildings and side of the ship, which made it easier for the pirates to put out the fire. The fire must be saved, and the damage on the main deck is not difficult to repair, but if it burns any further, it will damage the structure of the ship, and it will be troublesome to repair, and a large ship is very valuable. If the Great Seal is the life of an official, the ship is the life of a sailor.

While the pirates were fighting the fire, Wang Jinghong ordered: "Rush over!"

The large ship he sat on rushed straight ahead, passing a hundred paces away from the pirate ship. In fact, the pirates on the burning ship had two choices, intercepting them and fighting the fire, but if they intercepted it, the ship could not be saved, and in the end the pirates still chose to fight the fire sensibly.

Of course, Wang Jinghong and the others did not force their opponents to fight with them, but the pirate fleet was already prepared, and sent a ship from the oblique spur to intercept them, and a large number of pirates had already poured onto the deck, ready to engage in a broadside battle. Wang Jinghong ordered three bronze cannons to be removed from the cabin, and the torches and medicine letters to light one cannon were lit.

"Tom!" a solid cannonball flew out and landed near the pirate ship blocking the way, making a large splash of water, and the pirates were terrified. Artillery and scattered shells are aimed at the big killer of the port battle, and the deck is basically swept away after two bombardments, so what else is there to play? So the other side made an emergency turn and gave way to the channel.

In the distance, there was a sound of cannons, and it was another ship with cannons that also acted according to the plan, breaking through the defense and breaking into the inner circle. Since there was no one to block the road, naturally the Ming army began to kill, in order to avoid being poisoned, the boats with some methods could only scatter and flee for their lives, which made it more convenient for the Ming army to encircle and suppress.

Chen Zuyi spat out blood a few times, hating that he lost the cannon last time, so he would have today. The battle continued into the evening, and more than forty percent of the pirate boats sank, many escaped and disappeared, and less than thirty percent remained. At this moment, Chen Zuyi's single transportation only has more than 6,000 people left, and another 4,000 people will be left to defend the Ming army's warship, and at this time, he can send more than 2,000 people to Zheng He's treasure ship at most.

"How many trips do you need to toss, can the people on the treasure boat persevere to the end?" Chen Zuyi couldn't help but secretly worry, and already had some bad feelings.

When Chen Zuyi crawled back to the temporary camp in Sumatra on the other side, the people who risked their lives to report the news from Zheng He's treasure ship also arrived, bringing the news of the destruction of all his elite soldiers. "Poof... Burst... Poof..."At this moment, he really couldn't stand it, and vomited several mouthfuls of blood in a row.

Don't blame him for being too vulnerable, this blow is too big, pirates are the main armed forces in the South Seas, there are really few countries with so many regular armies, God knows how much effort he put into this army?

"Can this garbage be called an army?" but Nanyang can't compare with China's hundred-fought lions, which are already very good in Nanyang.

The vision of the toad at the bottom of the well is not something that Dapeng can understand, and the bitterness of the poor is not what the rich people in China can imagine. Needless to say, just take out a thousand catties of gunpowder to blow up people, this is not something that Nanyang Tubalu can understand. At that time, gunpowder was a frighteningly expensive thing, and the average person could not match good military gunpowder. There are also the high-level bows and arrows of the Ming army, the arrows are like torrential rain, and the habit of smashing and sinking ships at will, it is obvious that they are smashing people with silver.

In fact, war is almost like fighting silver, and it is not enough to have silver, but it is pure nonsense to talk about winning a hundred battles and dominating the world without silver. Can flesh and blood withstand incoming shells, and can stone-throwing ones beat cruise missiles?

What kind of flesh and blood bravery, what kind of honor, maybe once or twice, but for a long time, that thing can't be used as food or cannon. The feudal dynasties in history were not so much defeated by the rebel army as they were defeated by their own hands.

Besides, Chen Zuyi's side was in a big loss, his fleet suffered heavy losses, and the bosses who wanted to follow the robbery rolled their eyes and suddenly had other thoughts. The current situation is very obvious, Zheng He's fleet is quite strong, and it is already very difficult to win, these pirates have always been bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and they simply can't bear such heavy losses.

"God knows how much gunpowder the Ming army still has, and how many cannons?"

"Perhaps, it is a good idea to rob Chen Zuyi?" some bosses still thought.

But the main thing is to think about it, the people of Bolin State were originally the main force of this operation, and Chen Zuyi still had a lot of people in his hands, so it was not so easy to clean up. However, this did not prevent the bosses from turning their faces and snatching some boats to go home separately, and before leaving, they threatened to let Chen Zuyi compensate them for their losses, and in a blink of an eye, only Chen Zuyi was left on the beach with a few thousand people.

Chen Zuyi has lost more than 10,000 people on the treasure ship twice, the elite army and the pirates and gangsters under him, as well as a large number of ships, and without the support of the bosses, he has no strength to attack Zheng He's fleet at all, and he can only go home with hatred. Originally, this Bolin State was also a strong and domineering character in Nanyang, and he usually bullied people enough and offended people too much.

However, after this battle, their enemy country Sumatra and some tribes that were usually hostile saw its weakness and attacked the Bolin State one after another, and the pirates also took advantage of the fire to loot and plunder everywhere, and for a time the Bolin State was embattled on all sides, and its survival had become a problem. The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the drums were beaten by thousands of people, not to mention that this Bolin State was not a good bird in the first place.

Hearing the collapse of the pirates, Zheng He's fleet was jubilant, and many soldiers burst into tears, for a major victory had been achieved, and that with their own hands. Although driven by advanced weapons and advanced training, the courage of a large number of Ming soldiers regardless of life and death was also one of the key factors in victory.