"The front is the Zhoushan Islands, I heard that there is an extremely powerful group of pirates here in the Zhoushan Islands, and the leader of the leader also calls himself the Sea King, and all the ships coming and going from the south to the north must pay tribute to this Sea King to be safe and sound."

On the bow deck of the 'Taishan', Lin Shuhong looked at the islands in the sea in front of him through the telescope, and said with a smile to Du Mingen, the Marquis of Taiping, who was beside him.

"Aquaman?"

When Du Mingen heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he smiled and said: "Our Ming Dynasty has always imposed a sea ban on the outside world, giving these pirates and pirates a space to survive. ”

"I also have a good understanding of these pirates around our Ming Dynasty, and the pirates in Zhejiang and the East China Sea are mainly this Fang Guozhen, who is known as the king of the sea, using this Zhoushan Islands as a base, plus colluding with the Japanese from the Japanese country."

"Wang Zhi and Matsuura Takanobu, who were killed by Li Yuanshan and them last year, are also famous pirates and Japanese pirates in this area, but they are mainly engaged in business, and they specialize in taking the routes of North Korea and the Japanese Kingdom."

"Further south is the pirate group entrenched in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Ryukyu, and their leader Sun En, known as the sea spirit, this Sun En, while being a pirate, is also a maritime merchant, going north to Korea, the Japanese country, and sometimes to the South Seas region."

"To the pirates in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Qiongzhou, the biggest pirate leader is called Wang Zhi, known as the King of the Pure Sea, this Wang Zhi's favorite thing to do is to eat black and black, specializing in robbing other pirate groups, in addition, he is ruthless, all the sea ships have to meet them, if they are obedient, they can still live, if they are a little disobedient, they will be killed immediately."

"So in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Qiongzhou, this Wang Zhi was exterminated, and the pirates in this area were basically eliminated."

"If you go to the Nanyang region, the indigenous shipbuilding technology in the Nanyang region is not good, so the biggest pirate in the Nanyang region is still our Ming people, his name is Chen Zuyi, known as the overlord of the seven seas, dominating the entire sea area of the Nanyang, often going back and forth between our Daming and Nanyang region to do business."

Lin Shuhong seems to be very familiar with all this, and it is obvious that he has put a lot of effort into this trip to Nanyang, and he has investigated these things clearly in advance.

"Sea King, Sea Spirit, Pure Sea King, Seven Sea King...... I hope that they will all come to us for trouble, and we will clear them out at once, and this sea will be much safer, and our merchant ships will not have to worry too much when they go south in the future. ”

Du Mingen also smiled after hearing this, and he didn't pay attention to these pirates at all.

"Bell~Bell~"

At this moment, there was a bell from the mast, and at the same time, the lookout also said loudly to the people below: "There are pirates, there are pirates~"

When Du Mingen and Lin Shuhong heard this, they immediately came to their senses, and quickly took out their binoculars to look at the ocean in front of them.

I saw that the water and the sky were connected, and under the blue sea and blue sky, I could vaguely see a huge fleet of ships lying across the sea, the number was very large, and there were hundreds of ships, among which the dozens of ships at the beginning were all Daifuku ships.

On each ship, pennants fluttered, and the unique flag of pirates was raised, and pirates with swords could be seen shouting on these ships.

"The flag of Aquaman Fang Guozhen~"

"Sea Spirit Sun En~"

"Pure Sea King Wang Zhi~"

"Chen Zuyi, Overlord of the Seven Seas~"

"There is also a Japanese group from the Japanese country, Otomo Sorin~"

Lin Shuhong looked at the groups of pirate ships on the sea, and quickly recognized the flags and words on these pirate ships.

"It's all here, it's all here, all the pirates and pirates in the entire Southeast Asian region are here, it's incredible~"

Lin Shuhong said in disbelief, and the whole person was a little dumbfounded.

Isn't the invisible power behind this too strong, and it is a little terrifying to be able to gather all these famous pirates and pirates.

"It's best to come all, and we'll look for it on the sea after the province~"

Du Mingen put down the binoculars and said with a sneer.

Then he didn't hesitate any longer and immediately ordered: "Prepare for battle~A-word combat plan~"

As Du Mingen's order was issued, a red flag was immediately raised on the 'Taishan', and then on the mast, the flag soldiers began to wave the flag in their hands over and over again to convey Du Mingen's order to other ships.

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On the ships, the rapid bells began to ring continuously, and the news of the attack of pirates and pirates was also conveyed to each ship in the first time.

"It's really coming~"

On the 'Hui Shang Number', Zhu Benduan was a little dumbfounded, but he didn't expect to really meet pirates and pirates, and then he said a little anxiously: "What should we do?" ”

"What should I do?"

"Just wait to see the show, I didn't see that our ship is changing teams."

Feng Xiang looked very calm, looking ready to watch the excitement.

I saw that on the sea, the ships began to deform rapidly, the ships of the Tianjin Ocean Trade Company were outside, and the ships of other trading houses were in the middle, and the whole formation became a triangular formation, and on both sides were the big ships of the Tianjin Ocean Trade Company.

Although the people on every ship were panicked and scared, because the captains were all graduates of Tianjin Maritime College, in Tianjin Maritime College, flag language and acting according to orders were the most basic courses.

Therefore, when Du Mingen gave an order, whether it was a ship from Tianjin Maritime College or not, they all quickly completed the formation change according to the flag, which is the benefit of unified teaching.

If it weren't for the existence of Tianjin Maritime Academy, these hundreds of ships would most likely become very chaotic because of the arrival of pirates and pirates, and then they would be like a plate of scattered sand, and then they would be broken by pirates and pirates.

Now it was different, all the ships under the command of Du Mingen, like an arm's finger, all strictly followed the requirements, discharged a huge formation, and rushed towards the pirates and pirates on the sea like thousands of troops.

"Let me give you a taste of the newly made cannon from our Miyun Iron Factory~"

Du Mingen looked at the fleet behind him that had completed the change of formation, and nodded with a full face, the students who graduated from Tianjin Maritime Academy are good at this, everyone is on the sea, as long as there is someone to command, everyone can unite and act according to the command.

At this time, on the dozens of large ships of the Tianjin Ocean Trade Company, one of the doors in the rows of cannon holes has been stretched out, and this time the cannon is different from all the previous artillery.

Liu Jin has tens of thousands of skilled craftsmen under him, and these skilled craftsmen don't do anything, and specialize in all kinds of machinery, technology, etc., including those who specialize in guns.

The flintlock musket was researched by these people under the prompting of Liu Jin, and Liu Jin also attached great importance to artillery, and also said the technical concept of artillery in later generations, and then developed a new type of cannon, which was named 'Miyun Cannon'. ’

The biggest difference between the Miyun cannon and traditional artillery is that it adopts a design similar to that of later artillery shells.

Historically, artillery has been loaded with gunpowder, compacted, reloaded with shells, and finally pushed out with the huge impact force generated when the gunpowder burns.

In such a way, the loading of artillery is very troublesome, and the artillery of later generations is all loaded by rear-loading shells, and the speed is naturally very fast.

The Miyun cannon is also a reloading gun, and the ammunition and projectiles are also made into shells, you only need to load the shells into them, and then ignite the lead.

The appearance of post-boring artillery was originally not until the 18th century, because the appearance of thundermercury produced rear-loading artillery, which greatly accelerated the loading speed of artillery.

Now that Liu Jin has not made thunder mercury, there is naturally no way to make the kind of mature artillery that came out in later generations, but it is almost the same to use a lead to ignite it.

The most important thing is the casting technology of artillery, Miyun Iron Factory not only produces steel, but also manufactures armor weapons and firecracker artillery, there are special people to study these things, plus the technology that Liu Jin exchanged from the golden finger, it is to create this kind of excessive product.

Don't look at it as an excessive product, but for the artillery technology of this era, it is definitely an epoch-making technology.

Traditional artillery is too troublesome to load, and the rate of fire is actually very slow, often only a few minutes to be able to shell once, but the Miyun Iron Plant is completely different, because the shells are already manufactured, and the rate of fire increases linearly.

"The distance is 18 miles, and the wind speed is level 4~"

On the big ships, the crew members who graduated from Tianjin Maritime College held pens and paper in their hands, constantly writing and drawing on them, and began to calculate the distance, speed, wind direction and so on.

These are extremely important design parameters, and once the cannon is fired, they can constantly adjust the angle and direction of the shelling according to these data, and then carry out accurate shooting.

On the other side of the sea, many pirate leaders were also looking at the huge fleet on the sea in front of them, and when they saw that the fleet had completed the change of formation in a short period of time, it had turned into a triangular formation and rushed towards their side.

Sea King Fang Guozhen couldn't help but take a breath.

"I have long heard that the navigation skills of these northerners are very good, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation, and it was really amazing to be able to make hundreds of ships complete the formation change in such a short period of time!"

He is a veteran at sea, this expert shot, at a glance, he knows if there is one, just a change of formation, he has to admire, and at the same time frowns, there is a faint sense of ominousness.