Chapter 305: A Gift Package Delivered to the Door
Bianshan Haikou, which is almost near Cen Son in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, was a tourist attraction in later generations, with a nine-kilometer long sandy beach.
The Changtear Mountain Range near Bianshan Mountain extends along the coastline to the sea, and there is a large piece of flat land at the top of the mountain range, and there is a Xiangu Temple on the flat land, where Wu Shiren's large military camp tent is placed.
Along the stretching out of the Long Tears Mountains, the Xishan Army built three batteries here, with a total of more than 25 cannons, and most of the Xishan Army's warships were also placed in this wide bay.
But this is a big taboo in the navy!
Isn't it time to put a battleship in the bay and wait to be shut down and beaten by a dog?
The correct plan should be to send the battleship out for maneuvering, taking advantage of the advantage of being familiar with the nearby hydrology, and cooperating with the batteries for defense.
But Wu Shiren, the squire of the Ministry of Works, who is the commander of the water division, doesn't understand, you can see what kind of person this person is from his official position.
This one, like his father Wu Shishi and son Wu Shidian, is a literati!
These three Wu are famous historians, writers, and Confucian scholars in Vietnamese history, and the Wu family culture school has an important position in the history of Vietnamese literature, but this just shows that he does not understand military affairs, let alone the navy, which is a highly professional military branch!
Wu Shiren himself was a Yiwei Kejin in 1775, served as the school secretary of the North Zheng Dongge, the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, and also served as the attendant of Zheng Kai, the son of Zheng Zhu.
This is a pure civil official!
Wu Wenchu actually came to let him serve as the commander of the navy, he was simply dizzy.
Historically, the Qing Dynasty's Guangdong Navy Division was corrupt and unusable, so there was no sailor in the Battle of Qingyue, so Wu Shiren even got the name of a soldier.
But now, what Wu Shiren is about to face is Ye Kai's dozens of warships, including the third-level battleship of the Deep Sea Shark, and he also placed his own ships in the port, which is simply a gift package from God to Ye Kai!
"Boom! Rumble! "On the third day of the lunar month in 1788, just after the dawn, Ye Kai's fleet took advantage of the high tide to rush in!
Ye Kai's fleet had more than 600 naval guns, and the three batteries of Wu Shiren on the Xiangu Temple were ploughed by this powerful firepower before they could open fire.
A Xishan Army team stumbled and ran in the lanes of the fort, because it was a rising water, Ye Kai's fleet came quickly, but in just ten minutes, the two batteries located in front were basically destroyed, and only the inner and left batteries were left and a few cannons could fire.
As soon as the stumbling team ran into place, they roared angrily for the soldiers to hurry up and reload, and there were still four cannons left in the remaining battery group, of which the main cannon was obtained by Zheng Zhu from the Dutch back then, and was called the 10,000-jin general cannon by the Xishan Army, but in fact it was still an old-fashioned ignition smoothbore gun.
However, this old cannon in Ye Kai's eyes was still very powerful in the eyes of the running team, and he didn't believe that any ship could only withstand such a cannon.
"Mazi, you Made, hurry up and load, Ah Crab is ready to light the fuse, tilt your head, hurry up and aim!"
The team watched the battleship like a monster in the sea entering the port, and the hair on its body stood on end.
Not only are the warships in the harbor fixed near the docks, but they are not even equipped with ammunition, and they are about to be rushed in by the big ships on the opposite side, which is simply a one-sided massacre!
"That's it! Aim! Tilting his head, he suddenly slapped the barrel of the cannon and shouted loudly.
"Ignition!" The team couldn't wait, and hurriedly gave the order.
The crab who was in charge of lighting the fire blew up the fire sickle in his hand.
Rumble! The earth-shattering thunder sounded!
However, it was not Ah Crab who lit the fuse of the cannon, but a large ship that was rushing towards the harbor, and the orange-red fire kept flickering, and at least twenty cannons were fired at this time.
The accurate rifled guns accurately hit the group of batteries that had escaped the first wave of artillery fire, and the rocks were splashed and dusty, and even the rocks were trembling!
A spinning stone slashed through the crab's neck like a sharp blade, and the crab shook twice and fell to the ground in the blood mist.
A large pile of rocks that fell will also be waiting with wide eyes to see that the opponent's big ship is buried by the pockmarks that hit.
The other artillerymen who had been loaded with Mazi were directly shaken off the battery, and fell into the sea with a miserable howl.
Near the cannon, only the crooked head and the team in charge of aiming can still move.
But the crooked head was even more crooked, and he was hit by a flying stone, bleeding profusely, and his thigh was broken by a falling boulder, twisting into a strange angle.
Except screaming, tilting your head can't do anything!
The team struggled to get up, he picked up the still shining fire sickle that Ah Crab had thrown away, and struggled to light the fuse!
"Boom!" The 10,000-pound cannon with the team's infinite hope fired, and the huge projectile shot like a meteor in the orange-red light, shooting towards the big ship.
"Shot! Shot! The team fought back the pain and cheered.
"Boom!" The shell hit the bow of the Abyssal Shark without incident, but as majestic as the cannon sounded, it was actually just an 18-pound front-loading smoothbore cannon.
And a third-class battleship like the Deep Sea Shark, even if it is hit by a 24 or even 32-pound cannon, it will not cause too much damage, and it will take at least five to eight cannons to lose its combat effectiveness, not to mention this 18-pound old gun.
The Deep Sea Shark shook a little, a small hole was punched out of the bow, and the black cannonball bounced a little, but it still fell into the sea.
"How so? How so? This is a 10,000-pound cannon! Shouldn't it be a one-shot shot and eroded for ten miles? ”
The team stood up in despair, muttering unconsciously, and then he saw the orange-red light of the peerless fire, which had come from the big ship.
More than 20 warships that rushed into the harbor first turned their hulls sideways, the gun suits of the two and three decks were all removed, and countless black cannons opened fire together, and the fleet carefully built by Wu Wenchu, consisting of more than 20 Cantonese-style red single boats and Vietnamese-style galleys, instantly became burning torches.
When the Xishan warships were bombarded, the first regiment of the Fuxing Army, the loyal army, that is, the servant army composed of natives from all over the Malay Peninsula who had been requisitioned, immediately dispatched and rushed directly to Wu Shiren's camp!
Ye Kai stood on the deck of the Interceptor, looking at the two men dressed as Qing Dynasty people in front of him with pride.
"Lord Zheng Bo, what do you think of this Western galleon compared to Chen Tianbao and Mo Guanfu?"
The so-called berth owner, in fact, has been handed down from the Ming Dynasty, pirate ships generally have berth owners, ship owners, financial deputy and other positions.
The shipowner is easy to understand, and the deputy is generally the second or third master, in charge of property and trade lines.
The owner of the berth is even more remarkable, as he is usually a small port that can collect goods from the mainland, and can help other pirates sell their stolen goods, and there are many large pirates with seagoing ships under his command.
Up to now, the function of the anchor has basically been replaced by the Nanyang Chinese half-pirate and half-merchant led by the Ye Jia Longsheng, but the title of the anchor owner is still retained, and Zheng Qi, a big pirate, can be called the anchor owner.
Zheng Qi was a short and stout man, with black and red skin, his hands were full of cracks, his muscles were knotted, and his hands were arched.
"Master Ye has these thirty big ships, how can Mo Guan Fu, that is, the big Buddha Lang Ji man on Luzon Island cannot be compared with the Dutch, Chen Tianbao, Mo Guan Fu and others' fleets are like local chickens and tile dogs compared to Ye Tang Master!"
The title of Ye Hall Master refers to the Hongmen Fuxing Hall that Ye Kai opened the mountain and established the hall in accordance with the rules of Hongmen, Zheng Qi is not a person from the Fuxing Company, nor is he Vietnamese, so he calls Ye Kai the Ye Hall Master.
"Lord Zheng Bo, you and my ancestors are all supporters of King Wu of Yanping and King Wen, and they are all heroes who oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Ye Kai looked at Zheng Qi with a look of reminiscence.
"Xin'an Zheng Maosen, see the chief, within five days, Zheng will bring three Dafu ships, five red single boats, the rest of the fifteen large and small ships, 700 sea athletes and 3,700 family members to vote, please accept the chief!"
"Good!" Ye Kai hurriedly leaned down to help Zheng Qi, who was kneeling on one knee.
"From today on, Lord Zheng Bo will be the first captain of the navy of my revival company, and he will be awarded the rank of brigadier general, and my fifteen Dafu ships will also be under your control!"
Zheng Qi, who had just stood up, was stunned again, fifteen Dafu ships equipped with 1,220 Western-style rifled cannons, even Mo Guanfu did not have such a net worth, Ye Kai handed it over to him who had just taken refuge verbally without blinking an eye.
Thinking of this, Zheng Qi knelt down again, and he knelt down on both knees.
"Zheng Maosen will definitely not be entrusted by the chief, inherit the legacy of his ancestors, and restore my Ming Dynasty!"
Ye Kai hurriedly pulled Zheng Qi up again, and beckoned to the other side of the boat by the way.
"This is the big carp He Hezai, General Zheng should have heard of it, I now appoint He Hezai as the second captain of the Navy of the Fuxing Company, and confer the rank of colonel, and the two of them will work together with me to restore the rivers and mountains!"