Chapter 578: Witness
"The sky is endless, my Nanyang Han businessman."
"Da Wei is back!"
"It's the sky that doesn't stop me in China, Pu Xingfeng has gained momentum, laid down the South Seas, and then got the south of the Great Wei, I believe in the Heavenly Sect, and I will not be able to turn over for hundreds of years or thousands of years, my Han people have passed down the torch since the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, and the torch has been passed down from generation to generation, if it is destroyed by heaven, it is really a sinner under the millennium!"
"No, no, with this water division, and then there are so many elite government soldiers, Pu Xingfeng is not an opponent, he is dead."
Pu Xingfeng, like the two Luzon thieves, has no bottom line and lower limit at all, many pirates are just seeking money, and perverts like Yan Qi who kill people for fun are a minority after all. But Pu Xingfeng was to seize the territory and promote the teachings, and everywhere he went was a hell of blood and fire, and he wanted to intimidate the people with his killings, force the people of the enemy country to submit to obedience, and then obtain land and a large number of slaves.
In the more than ten years that Pu Xingfeng has been crisscrossing the Nanyangs, I don't know how many Nanyang natives and Han people died at his hands, and I can't remember the number of killings, at least in the hundreds of thousands.
Every Pu Xingfeng's subordinates were stained with blood on their hands, and with Yan Qi and Liu Dan, the two thugs, all countries in Nanyang, regardless of whether they were indigenous or Han immigrants, were all miserable by them.
When they saw the powerful Great Wei Shui Shi appear in front of them again, people were shocked, excited, and even couldn't hold back their tears, many men who are usually tough and resolute, regardless of age or youth, many people shed tears of excitement.
"Victory!" Luo Fangren took the lead, passing through the fleet composed of 10,000 Nanyang Han people, and began to cheer one after another.
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"It's over, it's over......" Regardless of the feelings of the surrounding heavenly clans, and no longer afraid of being ordered by Pu Xingfeng to be killed or thrown directly into the sea, Pu Shou shouted like a woman with a high voice.
No matter how strong and ferocious a warrior is, he only despises the life and death of others, and regards taking the lives of others as pleasure, but it does not mean that he is happy to be taken by others.
Pu Xingfeng relied on less than 50,000 elites, and the main force fought less than 200 ships, and those small ships seemed to be as many as cattle hairs, but their combat power was quite doubtful.
If the arson ship is full of heavenly warriors, who can fight desperately as if they were dead under the constraints of doctrine and patriarchal law plus military law, there is still a lot of chance for this battle to be carried out, after all, it is an attack and a defense.
But although there are many soldiers on those small boats, most of them are miscellaneous soldiers of vassal forces, and it is good that they did not escape, and it is impossible to think about it by driving a small boat that caught fire to ram the enemy ship, risking the great danger of death and life for Pu Xingfeng.
Many celestial people were pale, and some people also exclaimed like Pu Shougao.
They already knew the strength of the enemy, and they had lost more and won less in the previous battles, but before that, they were also the same as Pu Xingfeng, thinking that they did not concentrate on fighting to the death with the Wei State Water Division, as long as they made up their minds, with the elite and daring of the Heavenly Fang soldiers, it was not without a hard fight in the face of the superior Wei State Water Division...... This state of mind is not surprising, the Celestial people have been crisscrossing this sea area for more than ten years, surrendering to a big country like Manchu Jia, these small countries have no power to fight back, and the sea area of Wei is also empty, more than ten years ago, they teamed up with the rest of the pirates, and successfully attacked the Great Wei Fujian Road, which is an important maritime town of Wei, but the result was still conquered Yifu, and the killing was quite refreshing.
Guangdong South Road was also threatened, and Wei had no choice.
Once complacent, arrogant, and even expected to create a large territory not inferior to the local of Tianfang in this Nanyang and Wei country, who would have expected that it would be defeated in a few years?
The former kings have been destroyed one after another, and the rumored powerful Great Wei Sailor has come again?
"It's over, it's over......" Pu Shougao muttered to himself, the battleship swayed, he was a little dizzy, but at this time he didn't care about anything.
What kind of temper King Qin is, Pu Shougao knows too well, as long as it is a sinner who has made a mistake, King Qin will never forgive, and he has no possibility of being forgiven, let alone a reason to be forgiven.
As an outsider, he was taken in by the Great Wei, but he has been dormant in the Great Wei, harming the interests of the Great Wei, and his heart is towards the mother country and his own ethnic group, and he does not hesitate to kill countless people of the Great Wei.
If he is caught, he will be put to death, and he will be escorted back to Fuzhou, where he will be tried, and then beheaded in public in the eyes and scolding of thousands of people.
Thinking of such a tragic result, Pu Shougao had no way to calm down at all, he still had a lot of wealth, and he also had an industry in Tianfang's hometown, but he couldn't go back, neither Tianfang nor Dawei had a place for him.
This is the end of the bets on both sides, Pu Shougao moved to the side of the ship step by step, and finally smiled miserably, but he threw himself into the sea without hesitation, in the exclamation of everyone, this businessman who was quite outstanding and famous in Fujian Road and even in Dawei, and the big businessman who had dealings with the two prefectures, just fell straight into the sea, splashed like a stone, and then struggled in the undulating water for a while, and then sank to the bottom of the sea.
Pu Shougao's results are also like stones, no one cares, and no one pays attention.
Pu Xingfeng also had a gloomy face, he already knew his end, he had already lost this battle if he didn't fight, the ships of the government on the opposite side were already lining up in array, preparing to attack, seeing those sturdy sailors adjusting their sailing, experienced and capable, those government troops in armor, the long guns in their hands were lined up on the side of the ship like a dense forest, and those warriors with shields and horizontal swords, the armor on their bodies was also shining.
On the one hand, there are regular soldiers, who have received the most rigorous training, and they have also been beaten on the battlefield of iron and blood, with good armor and sharp soldiers, and on the other hand, they are mainly pirates, and more than half of them have strange thoughts, and they are always thinking about escaping.
In addition, although there are many more ships on the Pu Xingfeng side, more than 1,000 ships are small boats, most of which can accommodate dozens of people, and some oars can only accommodate a dozen people, which are just small offshore fishing boats.
In terms of the total tonnage of the warship, the quality of the ship, and the ability of the melee soldiers, there is no doubt that the military and naval divisions of the Qin Wangfu of Great Wei are all in a state of complete crushing!
Pu Xingfeng's face showed a look of madness, he raised his hands in the air, and shouted: "The true god is above, bless us to defeat the strong enemy!" ”
"Bless ......"
"Pray to God ......"
Countless celestial people raised their scimitars and prayed to the sky, and the chain mail on their bodies made a rattling sound under the shaking, this was their last resort, and it was also their last resort.
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"Enemy ships are approaching." Deng Wenjun has already returned to his ship, which also has a captain and a first mate and other five officers and five chiefs, who are responsible for the operation of the warship and the command of the sailors, and at the same time there is a battalion of more than 300 government army officers and men, and a battalion commander is responsible for commanding these government troops.
In general, the captain is responsible, and the day-to-day sailor management, ship maintenance, courseing, berthing, including whether to engage or avoid the enemy, are all responsible for the captain.
The captain of the ship was not only born as a naval division, but also received infantry training in the martial arts hall, and at the same time went to the infantry of the government army to experience and know the infantry, so that he could be the captain and command the marine officers and soldiers of the naval division.
The officers and men of the naval division must not only be proficient in land warfare, but also receive training in tactical skills such as receiving gangside and jumping on ships, and at the same time, they must be proficient in water nature, know the knowledge of handling ships and live on them for a long time, and their training period is generally much longer than that of ordinary infantrymen.
This is also the reason why in the system of the government army, the gunners on the ships of the naval division are the highest, followed by the cavalry, then the officers and soldiers of the naval division, and finally the officers and soldiers of the army.
For some of these important technical arms, veterans who can master skills have turned into professional sergeants, and their salaries are not below the middle and lower ranks of military attachés, or even higher, and this is the reason.
Beside Deng Wenjun were two tall Dutchmen, in addition to the captain, first mate, commander of the government corps and others, and the commander of the gunner.
The first mate is Huang Laifu, he was transferred from the captain of a small warship to this capital ship as the first officer, in fact, with his qualifications, he is enough to be the captain of the capital ship, but Deng Wenjun's capital ship, as well as Liu Yi's capital ship, Tian Heng's capital ship, these three big ships are all over 1,000 tons, this is the new No. 1, and it is also the largest tonnage and the most powerful flagship. There is a whole regiment of officers and soldiers attached to the ship, and there is a battalion of gunners, and there are more than 2,000 sailors and officers on board.
"Arrange for the soldiers to prepare the hook and block the beat." Deng Wenjun glanced at the sea, the chaotic enemy ships had already rushed along the sea breeze, if everything was very unfavorable, today's wind direction can be regarded as an ally of the pirates, and the enemy has a tailwind.
At the beginning of the war, Liu Yi's flagship had already issued an order, and all the warships were arranged in a zigzag shape according to each detachment.
A large number of ships pulled out on the surface of the sea and laid out in a line.
This tenet is not only implemented in the army and cavalry, but also in the navy.
The one-word formation, the strictly trained officers and men of the government army, the standard armor, weapons, the standard means and methods of engagement, and the complete flag command are also the magic weapons for the sailors to defeat the enemy.
"It's close." The big ships in the voyage break through the sea water and form riptide waves, and countless big ships move together, which is simply a thrilling feeling.
Standing on the side of the ship, Van Nick and Von Kearney were both blond haired, dressed in the navigator's favorite robes, with short muskets and daggers stuck at their waists, and refined thin iron swords, the standard dress of early Tessie colonists.
The Dutch, Spaniards, Portuguese and other early colonists were very concerned about this war.
But now their focus is no longer on the exploration and colonization of Asia...... They were extremely shocked by the strength and norms of the sailor they were in, and the height of civilization that they later represented were extremely shocking, and they didn't dare to think anything out of the ordinary at all.
They are concerned about the plans of this sailor after defeating the Tianfang people, and they are glad that the Wei people, that is, the Chinese, do not seem to be very aggressive, even in the Nanyang countries that are very close, the Wei people also plan to establish a solid trade route, and there are a small number of garrisons and ministers who manage various countries, but first, they do not plunder the people of the countries as slaves, and second, they do not establish colonial governments to plunder the local wealth, but only establish trade channels, and the stationed ministers are also to supervise trade, and at the same time protect the interests of local Chinese and Han merchants from being deprived, If there is a dare to embarrass or even kill Han Chinese and Han merchants, then the Minister of Control will send a garrison army to intervene......
After several years of observation, the Dutch and the Taixi states have come to the conclusion that Wei has no intention of ruling directly in the Nanyang territory, but at most gradually naturalizes the local area to form a large cultural and economic circle with common culture and interests, and then Wei is responsible for regional military defense, and that's it.
Compared with the brutality and bloodshed of the early colonists, the Great Wei was undoubtedly a higher-level civilized country.
This conclusion has also been widely recognized in the Taixi countries.
Since the Great Wei will not engage in violent colonization at the doorstep, of course it will not be to Taixi, and due to the conflict of trade and culture and religion, the war between Wei and the Heavenly Party will continue, and it is quite obvious that what Wei wants to do most now is to open up Malacca and ensure that the shipping lanes are unblocked, so that the trade volume will increase hundreds or thousands of times.
This is not an exaggeration, in another time and space, the Ming Dynasty and the colonizers of various countries traded, and a third of the hundreds of millions of taels of silver in the world poured into China in a few decades.
The benefits of trade and the abundance of profits were also one of the basic interests of the naval battle in front of them, and the two Dutchmen, as well as the observers on the rest of the ships, were shocked by the strength of the Great Wei's sailors on the one hand, and rejoiced on the other.
"The Wei people are very well prepared." Fannick looked at the swarming boats, there were already quite a few sailors on the side of the ship holding long poles, which could push the burning boats away, and some directly hooked the boats with scratching hooks, and the guards were quite tight, in the eyes of the Dutch, the opponent was a rabble, and these pirates had no chance of winning until they were prepared with well-trained officers and soldiers of the Great Wei.
"Fortunately, we will not be enemies of the Chinese." Vannick's eyes twinkled.
"The Chinese are also a civilized country, and civilized countries have a set of rules for getting along, but in this place, we must bow our heads and act according to the rules established by the Chinese." Although unwilling, what von Kearney said was quite sincere, and it was also the consensus of the Tessie people.
At this moment the screams of killing rang out, and many of the small boats were set on fire from a distance, and the pirates jumped into the water, and the burning boats slowly went down the river, and the pirates swam in the water like fish.
There was no sense of threat at all with such an attack of this intensity, and in front of the giant ship, the small boats were pushed away, and a small number of collisions were also blocked, which was not enough to set the big ship on fire.
The pirates in the sea swam away, and many of them were on fire and rolled in the sea for help.
More Celestial Ships poured over, this kind of pointed giant ship was once famous, and it was once the king of the ocean, but at this moment, compared with these square giant ships of the Fu Ship of the Fu Navy, the size is obviously much smaller.
Fuchuan-type warships are not suitable for ocean voyages and will be eliminated sooner or later, but at this moment, they are well-deserved kings of the sea.
The hard-sail watertight cabin is easy to maneuver and will not sink easily, and the stern of the castle-like ship can stand more soldiers and be more accessible to the side of the ship. At a time when the output of firearms has not yet reached a certain height, this fleet is undoubtedly invincible.
There was a muffled thunderous sound in the distance, followed by a series of loud bangs.
The two Dutchmen looked different and watched from the side of the boat.
The orange firelight continued, and then the gunners on the flagship of the No. 1 began to light the fire rope one after another, and then the hull of the ship shook, the fire splashed, the loud noise continued, the cannon sprayed, the projectiles flew out, and the black iron cannonballs fell on the pirate ship that rushed over, and you could see a large number of cannonballs falling on the enemy ship, and the flesh and blood on the enemy ship were flying, and countless white-robed swordsmen were blasted into flesh and blood pieces, or they made holes in the hull one after another, and sawdust flew sideways, and the damage was serious in a short time!
There is no doubt that the artillery of the government army is larger in caliber and more powerful, although the government army is installed late, but due to the advanced technology, there is no doubt that it surpasses the Taixi countries in terms of the function of the artillery.
The difference is that there are only more than ten guns on the thousand-ton flagship, and there are two decks in the bow and stern, mainly because the shape of the Fu ship is different from that of the Taixi ship, and it cannot form two and three decks to install guns, and it cannot be equipped with dozens or more than a hundred guns on the ship.
Even so, the power is enough.
A large number of celestial ships were hit, and countless people under the iron fire were frightened and rushed, and before they could engage in the battle, the form of the entire battlefield was already in a one-sided crushing state.
"This sea area is going to be different."
At the last moment, the two Dutchmen drew a cross at the same time, and both eyes were full of excitement.
"It's a historic moment." Fannick said with a solemn expression: "A thousand years later, there will be painters who will record the sea in front of them, these artillery fires, these mighty Chinese soldiers, and the tragic situation of the defeated Heavenly People, and we are fortunate to be in this historic moment, which is our luck and the luck of this era!" ”