Chapter 333: Approximate Exercise

The Xia family and the Jiang family had an alliance for a period of time, and Xia Qingjiao thought that he had a certain understanding of the strength of the Jiang family's fleet at that time.

However, after the two sides broke off later, there was no new progress in the understanding of the Jiang family's ships, and the Xia family's judgment did not make any new progress, in this era, the so-called intelligence work was actually a joke, and Jiang Feng's new ship was basically a nearby operation, so now although rumors are flying all over the sky, there is very little understanding of the real situation.

But Zheju Zhongshou knew that Jiang Feng was powerful, and nearly 600 of his subordinates were all wiped out by Jiang Feng's people who were less than him in land battles, and they all lost their heads.

So after the two of them made a provocative thing, the defense on Daimon Island was also extremely tight, except for the necessary ports and docks, the rest of the ground was built with high forts and fortifications, making landing almost impossible, of course, the level of defense was built according to the standards of this era.

Although it is a strict battle, but the situation on the island is still jubilant, the merchants who come to visit from all walks of life can really say that it is endless, everyone wants to come here for a convenience, and when the ship is sailed in the second year, it is too peaceful on the sea. In the Xia family, there are still many people who are dissatisfied with Xia Qingjiao's seizure of power, but seeing that he is so prosperous, he gradually changed his concept.

Autumn in southern Zhejiang is actually the best season here, and the good weather is neither hot nor cold, and it is the most pleasant.

The whole Damen Island was still in chaos, but this time it was not the merchants who came, but the fleet of the Jiang family's army, two big ships, Shunfeng and Huifeng, as well as five gunboats of about 350 tons, and 20 sailing ships of about 100 tons.

The people on Damen Island were dumbfounded, they knew in their hearts that Jiang Feng might come to attack, but they didn't expect that it would be so open-minded to come to the door.

The water at the two piers on the island is not too deep, so the two ships that can be called giant ships, Shunfeng and Huifeng, can't get too close at all, but Jiang Feng is not in a hurry, he just sent the children of the Xia family who followed Xia Cuiyu to sit on a small boat to persuade him to surrender, and the conditions proposed are very simple, the first evil must be done, and the coercion will not be followed.

Although this condition is simple, it is also very harsh, who is the chief evil on the island, one is Xia Qingjiao, the head of the Xia family, and the other is the leader of the Japanese Kou, Zhiju Zhongshou, these two people control the force on the island, and naturally they will not hand them over honestly.

If it weren't for the children of the Xia family who were sent over, they would have been cut down by Xia Qingjiao and Zheju Zhongshou who were like thunder, and when the people were released, the Xia family didn't pay attention to anything, and more than 20 small boats were directly put down.

This is also a suitable method, between Damen Island and Yueqing is a little close to the appearance of the inland sea, it has always been calm, Jiang Feng's big ship relies on the wind, but it is not as flexible and fast as the small boat, Linjia Island has always been near the wind and waves, so the boat at that time also suffered a lot of losses, but the situation is different here on Damen Island.

Xia Qingjiao and Zhiju Zhongshou both judged and understood in the fortress in the distance, if these small boats were close, although the big ships could not climb up, but those small boats that seemed to be transporting troops should have no problem, and these small boats were equipped with bows and arrows and braziers, and in the era of wooden boats, flames were the nemesis.

Ajaya looked back and forth at the situation on the water, the hull of the ship was slightly undulating, the sea was very stable, Ajaya opened his mouth and shouted a few words to the flag-bearer on the ship's floor, of course, in Chinese, the standard-bearer nodded, and immediately passed the news with a series of actions.

When the five large ships approached the port of Daimon Island, they had already adjusted the position of the ships, in other words, an arc around the port.

In the tidal flats and coasts to the north, even if the people on the island want to run, they can only get on small boats, which is equivalent to being called lambs to the slaughter, and the leaders of the island also see this situation, so they just stay on the island honestly and do not go out, and try to fight with each other.

Seeing the flag, the people on the five big ships began to get busy, the five ships did not have any large-caliber guns, the largest was only a nine-pounder gun, but at least a three-pounder gun.

The baffles on the side of the hull were opened one after another, revealing the swarthy muzzles, and now the distance between the two sides on the sea was still far from reaching Jiang Feng's fleet, so the people on the boat were still rowing desperately, but the distance of the guns was enough.

With a whistling, a cannonball was fired from the cannon, landed on the side of a dinghy without accuracy, and smashed into the sea, causing quite a splash.

The members of the dinghy who had been worried about looking at the swarthy muzzle of the ship suddenly relaxed, but this mood did not last long, and then the ship shook violently, and the exposed muzzles burst into flames at the same time or one after another.

More than 20 shells whistled down, but this time it was quite accurate, and more than a dozen people on the dinghy who were closer were blurred by the shells at that time, and they fell from the boat, and after the boats were hit by the shells, they sank directly.

Of course, these people didn't know that the purpose of the first shell was to determine the position and angle, and the rest of the artillery fire was hit after a little adjustment, which was not too far away, and the targets of more than 20 small boats were not too small after they were gathered together.

Since it is an expedition, it is natural that it will not carry too many shells, and the artillery commander looks at the sea water distressedly, more than 20 shells fused with lead and iron are on the bottom of the sea, and they must not be able to recover, thanks to just one ship to open fire, otherwise wouldn't it be a big loss, more than 20 small boats over there, to be precise, there are only a dozen small boats left now The death squad is frightened, thinking that if a few ships fire together, will it be okay?

Sure enough, the boat turned and the speed was very fast on this calm sea, almost twice as fast as when it charged, and rowed back towards the port, and the people on it didn't even want the boat, and even the rolling and climbing ones ran into the port without looking back.

Then, the people who were looking at the port on the ship could no longer see anything alive running by, Jiang Feng stood on the side of the ship, the anger that was originally on the port of Incheon has now dissipated, and all that remains is a working attitude, that is, to eliminate the forces that challenge him at sea, and to take this force under his command. Now it was just a calm judgment, Zhang Liang, who was standing beside him, was already a little anxious, and shouted with Aguya on the side:

"Old man, are these bastards on the island going around to the back, don't let them run into the sea!"

Ajaya over there is no longer the tattered captain he was back then, he was dressed quite exquisitely, and his face was cleanly shaved, and after hearing this, he said with a smile:

"Little general, if the enemy goes to sea, what will happen to them will be even more miserable than on the shore, and they must know this."

After Jiang Feng glanced at it a few times, he slapped the side of the boat with his hand and shouted:

"Zhang Liang, you take a thousand people ashore and bring the small cannons on the warship!"

After hearing his words, Zhang Liang agreed excitedly, and immediately had Zhang Liang's guards come to assist him in the iron armor on the ship, put down the boat on the Shunfeng, and pulled Zhang Liang to the military ship.

The so-called troop carriers were the armed merchant ships of the past, and now there are only four guns on each ship, two of which are still detachable Furlong cannons.

The flag passed Jiang Feng's order, and the twenty warships slowly approached the direction of the port, and the people hiding in the bunker far away from the port suddenly became anxious, and sent a small boat to test it.

The other party's ship came here from a distance, and it was a problem to feed or something, if they held each other there, they would find a way after the other party left, and these people on Damen Island didn't expect that the other party would really come here, or really come here so soon, and this place is extremely close to the continent of Daming.

It is too bold for the Jiang family army in Dengzhou to dare to come back in such a situation, but looking at the warship that was about to put down the plank, the people hiding on the shore suddenly became anxious, and they were about to go ashore.

Hearing a shout, hundreds of people with knives and guns had already stood up from their hidden hideouts, howling and running over, but they forgot that although the guns on the warships were small, they were still cannons, and they were relatively light cannons, and the sailors on each ship quickly aimed the loaded cannons at the rushing crowd.

"Collapse! Collapse! "There were more than a dozen muffled sounds, and the iron balls visible to the naked eye flew over with a roar, because they were all small cannons of about one pound, so the sound was still not too powerful, but these high-speed flying iron balls were still powerful enough for people.

After a burst of screams, more than a dozen people fell, and the rest of the people were stunned, and then someone shouted a few times, and those people shouted and rushed up, shouting in Japanese, these people are obviously the Japanese under the command of Tadashi, it is estimated that they will not be able to launch the second wave of shells for a while and a half, and there is no need to worry about hitting them.

Zhang Liang had already stood on the shore first, the musketeers had not yet lined up, and the people who went ashore first were all spearmen, and there were only about one hundred and fifty people, but he didn't care, but felt that the blood all over his body was hot, so there was no fighting......

"Come on, let's have a good time!!"