Chapter 567: Whaling by Small Boat
Li An has not commanded a close battle for a long time, and with the explosive growth of the strength of the Tang Army, the generals below have been able to complete the combat mission well, so naturally he doesn't need to take action in person. Tomato -''.'f'q'x-s'
However, it is quite nostalgic to not experience the excitement of close-quarters combat for a long time, and now that there is such an opportunity, Ang Lee decided to go crazy again and accompany the deceased king of Sri Buddha to exterminate a group of pirates, and complete this task by commanding the battle at close range.
Of course, this close range is relative, not to personally hold the sword and run in front of the enemy to cut the enemy, but to be at a distance of one or two hundred steps from the enemy, so as to ensure one's own safety, with the range of a pirate bow and arrow, at most only a hundred steps, as long as you stay a hundred steps away, there should be no danger.
King Sri Buddha was very happy, and hurriedly said: "Li Shilang, thirty miles away from the royal city, there is a group of pirates, the number is not much, only one or two hundred, however, that place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Xiao Wang once sent a thousand soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress, but the result can only be retreated, I don't know if the Tang army can take it." ”
Li An smiled and said, "One or two hundred, isn't it enough for our army to stuff their teeth?" It can be taken in half an hour. ”
King Sri Buddha smiled and said, "Li Shilang, although the number of these pirates is very small, they are all murderous, and they are all some desperate guys, so there is no need to take prisoners, and they can all be annihilated." ”
Li An nodded and said, "Okay, since His Royal Highness the King has said so, then it's better to annihilate them all, and not a single one will be left alive, hahaha!" ”
As for the soldiers of the forward battalion, as long as they are told that these pirates have done too much evil and are unforgivable, then the soldiers of the forward battalion will not have any psychological uneasiness, they have made meritorious atonements and have long forgotten the fact that they are pirates.
"That's great, tomorrow morning, Xiao Wang will send someone to lead the way, and we will go together to witness the moment when the pirates are destroyed."
King Sri Buddha was so happy to see the pirates destroyed, and there was nothing more than that made him happy, after all, these pirates were his henchmen, and he could destroy one and one less.
Li An smiled slightly and picked up the wine glass: "Come, let's continue to drink, and go to kill the pirates early tomorrow morning." ”
There are so many delicious and delicious things at the dinner party, how can Ang Lee miss it? In particular, there are some special delicacies that Ang Lee has never eaten, and he is a little sorry for himself if he doesn't take the opportunity to eat more.
King Sri Buddha was also very cooperative, as long as it was needed by Ang Lee, and he could do it, he would do his best to cooperate in order to curry favor with Ang Lee and seek his own personal interests.
Although he is the king of a country, his small country does not have much strength, and it is extremely difficult to exterminate the pirates of one or two hundred people, and there is no dignity, so it is not ashamed for him to curry favor with Ang Lee, since ancient times, the ministers of the kingdom do not worship the king of small countries, and even the future generations are the same, the adjutant of a large country goes to a small country, and Mr. President personally greets him, while the president of a small country goes to a big country, and the big country only uses an adjutant to greet him, and the treatment is obviously inconsistent.
After eating and drinking, Li An accompanied King Sri Buddha to walk around the camp, with five or six meters of soldiers in front of him opening the way, and a few followed behind, in order to prevent sudden danger, in fact, with Li An's skills, he can deal with general dangers by himself, and he does not need the protection of others, but his status is noble, and these security aspects are obliged to abide by.
Ang Lee's tent is very large, and it is the same specification as the tent of King Sri Buddha, that is to say, in order to please Ang Lee, King Sri Buddha greeted Ang Lee with the gift of a king, that is, he was on the same level as himself, which is still more reasonable.
Of course, the woman's comfort is indispensable before going to bed, after returning to the camp, Li An hugged left and right, pushed all the four young beauties down on the couch, and wantonly got free, treating exotic beauties, Li An is rarely pitiful and cherishes the jade, and can play as much as he wants.
When Ang Lee and King Sri Buddha began to rest, some of the Tang army's soldiers and horses had already begun to prepare for the next day's anti-piracy operation, because the number of pirates was too small, only one or two hundred, so there was no need to send too large a team, and a small number of soldiers and horses were enough to deal with it.
According to Ang Lee's requirements, there were only six warships ready for war, of which the main force was five steam gunboats, and one was a steam landing ship, and it was absolutely enough to use these forces to deal with small-scale pirates.
When he got up early in the morning, Li An relaxed his waist, feeling that the whole person seemed refreshed, and there were four naked little Loli lying beside him.
Ang Lee rubbed everyone's body, got up contentedly, and let the four of them dress themselves.
Breakfast is soy milk and poached eggs, and a plate of vegetarian bean sprouts, I ate too much meat yesterday, and Ang Lee's stomach is a little crooked, so I want to eat some vegetarian food to make my stomach more comfortable.
King Sri Buddha also got up very early, a little earlier than Ang Lee, he was too tired from hunting yesterday, he also slept early, and when he saw Ang Lee get up, he stepped over.
"Li Shilang, Xiao Wang's forward soldiers and horses are ready, and they can go to fight pirates."
King Sri Buddha said.
Li An nodded and said, "Okay, let's go directly to the port and not go back to the royal city." ”
Soon, the hunting party immediately set out, aiming at the harbor near the royal city, where Ang Lee and King Sri Buddha rode in Ang Lee's sports car, and the rest of the men and horses did not travel and rode all the way, and it took half an hour to reach the harbor.
At this time, the preparation of the harbor was ready, and the Tang Dynasty dispatched six warships, while Sri Buddha only dispatched two leading ships, each of which had more than 100 soldiers.
There were not many soldiers and horses on Li An's side, each of the five steam gunboats had more than 100 soldiers, the steam landing ship had an ironclad artillery convoy and an infantry brigade, and there were only 100 soldiers who rushed to land on the beach.
Although there are very few people, it is more than enough to deal with a pirate group of only one or two hundred people, and the elite soldiers of the Tang Army can pinch these pirates to death with a slight stretch of their hands.
"Your Royal Highness, please!"
Ang Lee chose the largest steamer ship as his command ship and boarded it with King Sri Buddha.
"Li Shilang, please."
King Sri Buddha looked at the steam gunboats of the Tang Dynasty with envy and felt the great strength of a great country.
Such a large steam gunboat, they Sri Buddha would never have been able to build it.
The two large ships that led the way were the first to set off, leading the way in front of them, and the six warships of the Tang Empire followed closely behind and began to start.
"Filthy ......"
When the steamer was activated, the ship's power system made a loud noise, which startled King Sri Buddha.
"What a boat! Big and sturdy, what is this big chimney for? ”
King Sri Buddha asked curiously.
Li An explained with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, this is the power system of the big ship, and the bottom of the ship is full of burning coal, as long as the coal burns, the ship can keep moving forward." ”
"This boat doesn't have to be paddled manually, just like a car doesn't need to be pulled by a horse, it's really amazing! Datang is really amazing, how fast can it drive? ”
Sri Buddha passed away the king, and asked with a look on his face.
Li An said with a smile: "The steam gunboat is much faster than the ordinary rowing boat, three times faster than the oarrow sailboat when the wind is downwind, and more than ten times faster when the wind is headwind!" Ha ha! ”
"Wow, it's so fast, it's so powerful, such a huge warship, it can drive so fast, if you encounter pirates, no matter how powerful the pirates are, they still can't escape."
King Sri Buddha said with a shocked expression.
Li An smiled: "That's for sure, as long as the pirate ship is found, he will definitely not be able to escape, and there is also a system on this ship, which can detect pirates earlier and faster, sometimes, when we find a pirate ship, the pirates still don't know anything?" ”
"Looking at the system, what's that?"
King Sri Buddha asked curiously, he naturally didn't understand what this new word meant.
Li An took the deceased king of Sri Buddha, climbed up to the ship's command tower step by step, pointed to a telescope, and said softly: "Your Royal Highness, this is called a telescope, which is the telescope of the warship, as long as you put your eyes here, you can see a far place, and the farthest distance can be shortened by more than a hundred times, and the ships of more than ten miles seem to be in front of you." ”
"Oh, it's still like this, it's amazing, Xiao Wang must try it."
King Sri Buddha was very interested, and hurriedly used his binoculars to look at the ship leading the way.
However, when he first started using it, King Sri Buddha did not know how to use a telescope, and under Ang Lee's patient teaching, he was able to fully learn this extremely simple skill.
At this time, the leading ship was already five miles away, but when he looked through it with a fifty-fold telescope, that is, a distance of about fifty meters, it was just like in front of his own eyes, and the soldier's expression could be seen clearly.
"This, this, this...... It's also amazing, it can bring the scenery closer to the eye, this ......"
King Sri Buddha was so excited that he couldn't help himself and wanted to take off the telescope and take it home.
"His Royal Highness loves telescopes! Come, there are also ten times more hand-held binoculars here as a gift for His Royal Highness. ”
Ang Lee handed a ten-magnification telescope into the hands of King Sri Buddha and said generously.
"This, is this for me? Then Xiao Wang accepted it, haha! ”
King Sri Buddha closed his mouth with joy, and quickly picked up the treasure and looked ahead.
This doesn't look as good as just now, but the range of things you see is a lot larger, not bad, not bad!
King Sri Buddha smiled from ear to ear, very satisfied with the gift Ang Lee had given him, and looked around, having a good time.
Li An was tired of playing with the telescope for a long time, so naturally he had no intention of playing with the deceased King Sri Buddha, he took a few steps back and lay down on the rocking chair of the command platform.
Because there is really no foreign enemy that can threaten the steam gunboat of the Tang Empire, as long as you stay on the steam gunboat, it must be safe, drying clothes on the deck, and setting up rocking chairs on the command platform is not a problem.
Of course, this style of hedonism will definitely affect the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses, just because the combat power of the Tang Army is too strong, and it doesn't matter much if it affects it a little, and it is appropriate to attack the pirates.
"Li Shilang, is there anything else to enjoy so much on the Tang Dynasty warship?"
King Sri Buddha was tired of playing with the binoculars, walked up to Ang Lee's side, and asked with a smile.
Li An smiled and said softly, "His Royal Highness the King is also lying down!" These are specially explained by the official yesterday, and the ordinary soldiers will never have this treatment, only the official and the king can do this, and when the official returns to take the boat, these rocking chairs will also be removed. ”
"Oh, I see, then Xiao Wang is welcome, and lie down and rest."
King Sri Buddha lay down gently.
There are very few rules in a small country, unlike a big country like the Tang Dynasty, even the posture of walking is very particular, sometimes a small country is just to cater to the big country, it seems so restrained, now, Ang Lee has been very casual, he doesn't care much about etiquette at all, King Sri Buddha will naturally not be restrained in front of Ang Lee, the two are like friends, they don't care about those annoying etiquette at all.
"Whales, whales, big whales."
After crossing a small island, everyone saw a large whale, and at the same time, more than a dozen small boats quickly arrived at the place where the whale appeared.
That's right, this is a man-made whaling operation, as long as the whales are caught, these people involved in the whaling will be able to share a lot of whale meat, enough for them to eat and drink for a while.
Naturally, Ang Lee and King Sri Buddha also heard the shouts from the deck, and quickly got up and looked into the distance.
The whale has fallen into the water, however, a breath is not completed, a human breath only takes a short time, but the whale is different, the whale is dozens of minutes to float up to breathe once, a breath can inhale fifteen cubic meters of air, and at the same time, it is necessary to first exclude fifteen cubic meters of exhaust gas.
Such a huge throughput will definitely take a certain amount of time, and it is absolutely impossible to complete it in a few seconds, which provides ample opportunities for whaling fishermen.
Ang Lee was fortunate enough to see the whaling activities of the fishermen who had passed away, and he was naturally very excited, and picked up the binoculars to carefully observe the whaling activities of the fishermen.
"These small boats are like ants in front of the whales, they are really too bold, they dare to hunt huge whales with such a simple boat and harpoon, it's amazing, haha!"
Seeing the rise, Ang Lee laughed happily.
"Li Shilang, this is the whaling skill that my Sri Buddha has passed down for hundreds of years, and Xiao Wang has never seen it a few times in his life, especially the whale in front of him, it is really too big, I am really worried about these people."
King Sri Buddha spoke.